City lifts water restrictions second time this summer
Athens Mayor Raymond Shepard announced that the Highland Avenue reservoir neared capacity and normal level is 15 feet. Residents may wash cars and water lawns again but should conserve if levels fall. Restrictions began May 16, lifted June 10, with another possible if drops reach about 10 feet.
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Raymond Shepard
Highland Ave
Shepard
Athens
Bay State
Ohio University
Zoning and service bills dominate Athens council session
Athens council reviewed amending Sunday bowling alley hours and deleting a 2 pm opening. A zoning change for Dairy Queen property near Columbus Road was set for Aug 20. Also discussed Eden Place paving costs, bond issuance, water and well drilling at Athens State Hospital, and utility tapping rate increases.
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Paul Efaw
Foster Coe
Arthur Kasler
Palmer St
Athens County
Kasler
Dairy Queen
Columbus Rd
Sunset Dr
Peace Corps Training Outlined For Ohio Volunteers
Dr Roy P Fairfield head of the Ohio University training project told Athens Rotary Club volunteers that Peace Corps training prepares 49 volunteers for sensitive field work. He stressed the U S prestige and foreign impressions, noting most education previously done by missionaries and that training runs July 5 to August 31 before two years teaching in West Cameroons.
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Peace Corps
Roy P. Fairfield
Ohio University
Athens Rotary Club
U. S
West Cameroons
Assistant To Registrar Named At OU
Edward R. Beckett Jr is named assistant to Ohio University Registrar Robert E Mahn and liaison to IBM equipment. A Huntington W V native and 1956 West Virginia University graduate with a 1957 master’s, he has worked at Marshall University and the University of Arizona and lived in Athens with his wife and 17 month old daughter Margaret.
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Edward R. Beckett, Jr
Ohio University
Robert E. Mahn
Beckett
IBM
Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia University
Marshall University
University of Arizona
Science Research Associates
Chicago
Margaret
Elizabeth Drive
Athens
Athens Retail Lumber Company Is Purchased
A former Athens resident, James B. Roberts, becomes general manager and secretary treasurer of University Lumber Co. Inc., which bought Sleeth Lumber Co. Roberts plans home remodeling and financing via banks and FHA, with expansion and new staff. Orville O. Sleeth remains with the firm, while Roberts and family return to Athens after years in Cleveland.
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Athens
James B
Ben) Roberts
Sleeth Lumber Co
Columbus Rd
Sleeth Lumber
Columbus
Federal Housing Administration
Roberts
Athens High School
Cleveland
Ohio Roberts
J. B. Roberts
Athens Lumber Co
Barbara Zawada
Ohio University
Stolen Car Recovered in Washington County
A 20 year old Belpre man driving a stolen 1953 auto was arrested by Deputy Ward Cunningham on Route 50 four miles west of Athens Monday afternoon. Beall was turned over to Belpre Police Department Monday night.
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Belpre
Ward Cunningham
Athens
Sheriff’s Office
Washington County
Cunningham
Roy Lee Beall
Stewart Rome Canaan FFA Meeting Plans Camp
Stewart Rome Canaan FFA will meet at 8 p m Wednesday to discuss camp. A wiener roast will follow the meeting.
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Stewart
Rome-Canaan
FFA
Light Rain in Athens Briefly Spoils mild Tuesday
A light shower appeared in Athens Tuesday morning with U. S. Observer C. L. Colmer recording only a trace of rain. After a high of 86 degrees Monday, the temperature dropped to 65 overnight and had risen only five degrees by 10 a.m.
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Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Tools Stolen From Route 507 Project Site
Tools valued about 1000 dollars were stolen from a station wagon at the Routes 50 and 7 highway project site. Deputy Ward Cunningham said a welding outfit, cable stretcher, metal dies, socket and Allen wrenches, hammers and other tools were taken from the firm’s field office after a rear hatch lock was broken.
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Sheriff’s Department
Ward
Interview As Communication lecture at Bucknell given by Dr Black
Ohio University assistant dean Dr Bernard R Black spoke at Bucknell University Lewisburg Pa on Monday presenting The Interview As Communication during the Summer Training Program for Employment Counselors. He was accompanied by his wife. The Coolville Volunteer Fire Department plans an ice cream social Saturday at 8 pm at the fire house with games and cake or pie donations sought from volunteers.
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Bucknell University
Lewisburg
Ohio University
Bernard R. Black
University College
Eon
Wif
Coolville
Births and dismissals at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mr and Mrs Delbert Brickles Albany Route 2 welcome a daughter. Mrs Dale Orcutt Athens Guy White Guysville and Mrs Harold Shifflet Glouster reported births. Mrs Paul Gilkey Athens dismissed.
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Delbert Brickles
Albany Route 2
Dale Orcutt
Athens
Guy White
Guysville
Harold Shifflet
Glouster
Paul Gilkey
New Club Member Inducted by Athens Kiwanis
Richard H. Lockard of Athens was inducted as a member of the Athens Kiwanis Club at a dinner meeting Monday evening in the fair grounds shelterhouse. The gathering also welcomed four guests from the Gallipolis Kiwanis Club.
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Richard H. Lockard
Athens
Athens Kiwanis Club
Fairgrounds
Gallipolis Kiwanis Club
DiSalle Attacks Mechem Voting Record In Senate
Governor DiSalle criticizes Mechem for voting patterns on aid and tax measures, cites funding gaps for higher education and Ohio universities, and calls Athens County problems serious amid Southeastern Ohio tour with a caravan of media.
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DiSalle
Senate
Mechem
Central
Ohio
Nelsonville
Tico Woklace
California
104Th General Assembly
Athens County
Ohio University
Athens
William A. Lavelle
Vernon R. Alden
Building Not Yet Accented in County Project
County commissioners weigh acceptance of a new sheriff’s residence and juvenile detention space now fully occupied since January. The Army recruiter and probation staff have moved in, payments on the $100,000 project are incomplete, and architects are to be contacted as the Southeast Ohio TB Hospital expands with county funds.
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City Planning Commission
Bide Workman
Planning Commission
Army
Ashland
Southeast Ohio
Signs Posted At Construction Site Protest Delays Athens Project
Construction of a 500000 dollar apartment building on Route 50 near Athens progresses today amid protest as signs from carpenters and laborers unions appear across the highway. About 20 local unemployed men gathered to oppose Harold Builders Cleveland contractors on the job.
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Route 50
Athens
Harold Builders
Cleveland
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