Therapist Hired By Schoolmen Board Hires Speech Therapist
Athens County education board hired Patricia Skinner as a speech therapist to fill a July vacancy. They discussed vacancies across Alexander, Federal Hocking, and Trimble Local systems and approved hiring three Hocking Education Council staff. A pediatric clinic reported 39 children examined with one hearing issue found. Bills totaling 5236.36 were approved. Minimum high school standards must be met by July 1 as part of system wide upgrades.
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Athens County
Hocking
Trimble
Hocking Education Council
Ralph Greco
Kenneth Wulff
James Short
Nelsonville
Summer jobs offered by Tri County Youth Corps program
Officials announced applications for the Tri County Neighborhood Youth Corps summer program for girls aged 14 to 21 with family incomes meeting Office of Economic Opportunity guidelines. Applications available at area high schools and state employment offices in Athens Logan and New Lexington and must be returned to employment offices for processing.
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Tri-County Neighborhood Youth Corps Program
Stu
Office of Economic Opportunity
Athens
Logan
New Lexington
Hocking Climbs Won’t Hit Flood Crest Expected
The Hocking River rose today but is expected to stay below flood crest at 14 feet. Weekend rainfall of 0.77 inches pushed the level to 13.57 feet by 10 a.m. Monday. U.S. Observer C. L. Colmer notes an 11 a.m. temperature of 73 after an overnight low of 61 and a high of 80 Sunday.
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Hocking
U.S
C. L. Colmer
Work Begins on City Budget for 1969 in Athens
Athens Mayor Raymond Shep ard announced immediate start on the 1969 budget due to City Auditor Robert J. L. Lee’s absence after surgery. Shepard and deputy auditor Mildred Woodburn will draft the plan as departments report needs and aim to have the county budget commission review it this summer. A band meeting previously set for May 27 was moved to tonight at 7:30 in the Athens High School auditorium. The U.S. Board of Education was established on March 2, 1867.
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Athens
Raymond Shepard
Shepard
Mildred Woodburn
Robert J. L. Lee
Lee
University Hospital, Columbus
County Budget Commission
Athens High School
U.S. Board of Education
Births and admissions at Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes
The hospital reports births to Mr and Mrs Newell Keaton Amesville a daughter and to Mr and Mrs Ronald Stansberry McArthur Route 1 a son. Admitted include Joan Lievellen and Violet M Brickles Albany T R Pierpoint Jacksonville Mrs Kermit Wiggins Athens Route 2 David G Clark Athens Edna Smith The Plains. Dismissals list multiple patients including Eldin Markins Frank Cargould Joseph Bartlett Gerald Hann Dennis Davis and daughter Nancy Smith Thomas Oldfield Rollie Sutton Jr Mary Nero Lester Tabler Clyde Coe Peggy Wallace and others.
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Newell Keaton
Amesville
Ronald Stansberry
McArthur
Joan Lievellen
Violet M. Brickles
Albany
T. R. Pierpoint
Jacksonville
Eldin Markins
Frank Cargould
Joseph Bartlett
Gerald Hann
Dennis Davis
Nancy Smith
Thomas Oldfield
Rollie Sutton Jr
Mary Nero
Lester Tabler
Clyde Coe
Jackson Clover
Orville King
Peggy Wallace
Barry Arbaugh
John Getsi
Attempted assault involved during rooming house burglaries
Athens police investigate two burglaries of student rooming houses over the weekend. One entry at 14 Kurt St. included an attempted molestation of a female resident, who screamed as the assailant tried to strangle her and fled. A separate break in at 10414 W. Union left three gunshots fired, with bullet holes in ceiling and floor. A burglary at George Smith’s 4 Evans St. home occurred Sunday night with a small coin theft.
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Bern
James Copeland
Athens
Herbert E. Horbert
Little Hocking
Holbert
Genevieve Smith
Stewart Roue
Patricia Ann
Copeland
Kurt St
Union
George Smith
Evans St
Engineer's Appointment Delayed by Certification Status in Athens County
Athens County remains without a sworn county engineer as Harold W. Hitchens awaits secretary of state certification and a $5 bond. Commissioners plan a special session to approve the bond and swear him in, then head to Marietta for a flood relief meeting with officials to assess damages. Local residents seek road and bridge fixes, including a flooded access road and a private bridge replacement, amid an approved $69,370 bridge project on County 7 to raise crossing levels with the Hocking River due to higher river levels.
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Athens County
Harold W. Hitchens
Secretary of State
Columbus
Cen
Tral Committee
Hitchens
Hitchen
Marietta
Hollis Cunningham
Chauncey
Agricultural Stabilization Service
Red Cross
County 7
Coolville
Hocking River
Hocking
Ohio River
Man Denies Guilt For House Entry
A Little Hocking man appeared in Athens County Common Pleas Court on a breaking and entering charge. Jack Crites, 20, pleaded guilty and was bound to the Athens County grand jury. Bond was set at 2500 dollars. The entry targeted Floyd Richards’s home in Coolville Route 1, occurring between November 1967 and April this year while the family was away. Loot valued over 1000 dollars included shotguns revolvers coins and watches.
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Athens County Common Pleas Court
Jack Crites
Athens County
Grand Jury
Franklin Sheeter
Crites
Floyd Richards
Coolville
Richards
Florida
Truck Knocks Out Traffic Lights Slows City
A truck trailer tangled with cables on Morris Avenue, knocking out the traffic light on E State Street. David Clifton, 48, of Cleves, was driving. Three utility poles were damaged. A separate Sunday crash on W State Street led to a backing citation for Barbara Adams, 24, of Athens Route 3. Other drivers faced improper backing and passing charges from a Saturday collision at College and Washington Streets.
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Morris Avenue
E. State Street
David Clifton
Cleves
W. State Street
Barbara Adams
Athens Route 3
Adams
William Fish
the Plains
College
Washington Streets
Clarence Riley
Athens Route 2
van W. Snider
Elmwood Pl
Passenger Trains To Resume On B and O Railroad
Passenger service on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is expected to be resumed Tuesday after a flood pause of more than a week. The Metropolitan Limited remains the only scheduled train, with eastbound arrivals in Athens at 12 02 p m and westbound at 6 55 p m. Some freight has already resumed and repair work continues on washout spots along the right of way.
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Baltimore and Ohio
B&o
Metropolitan Limited
Athens
Bank sues four residents in two notes cases
Peoples Bank of Nelsonville files two suits in Athens County Common Pleas Court. Plaintiffs name Chester D and Vera Elliott of Guysville and John and Hazel Westfall of Coolville. The bank seeks payment on two promissory notes for 16521 dollars and 2000 dollars plus interest. The Chicago population figure is noted as about 3,537,300.
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Athens County
Two Autos Stolen In Weekend Thefts
Police investigated the theft of two cars over the weekend. Charles Hanning reported his 1987 sports car missing from a parking space on N Court Street around 6 p.m. Saturday. Michael McGarity reported his 1963 auto missing from a parking space on N High Street sometime Sunday night.
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Charles Hanning
N. Court Street
Michael McGarity
W. State St
N High Street
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Beaumont
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Plains
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Jim Archer
Guysville
Jerry L. Kaltenbach
Archer
Ohio
Stewart
Peoples Bank
BIG
Chicago
Don Reed
Bob Baur
Complete Insurance Service
Zea Fire
Aaneaanera Reed and Baur Inc
Watch Repair Service
Wilson Baker
Court
Athens Berry Hall
J. Spence Rutter Photographer
Dudio
Washington St
Cret
ATP
Elsonville
Southeastern Ohio
DEPT
Isale
Ami
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