Baccalaureate Held At Athens High School
Athens High School’s Class of 1968 heard Rev. Don A. Glenn urge respect for elders and self discipline in a baccalaureate service attended by 231 graduates. He called life today a preparation for tomorrow while praising education and faith. Commencement is set for Friday at 8 p.m. at Ohio University’s Memorial Auditorium.
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Don A. Glenn
Athens High School
Mr. Glenn
Glenn
Lynn Kessler
Judy Lanning
Sally Stauffer
Vera Smith
Haydn M. Morgan
Edwin Merriman
Kathryn Matters
George Warren
James Mitchell
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
Sessions On Flood Damage Aid Scheduled In 4 Cities This Week
Federal aid details under Public Law 81 875 will be explained to local officials and citizens at four regional conferences this week. Speakers Worster Swatta and agency reps outline available aid, application steps, and department roles in disaster relief across 27 Ohio counties leading to potential federal assistance after major disasters.
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Ohio
James F. Worster Sr
Office of Emergency Planning and Civil Defense
Worster
Frank A. Swatta
Office of Emergency Planning
Olney
Maryland
Small Business Administration
Farmers Home Administration
Internal Revenue Service
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Red Cross
Lancaster
Eagles Auditorium
E. Main St
Marietta
Court
Portsmouth
Ohio University
Lebanon, Lebanon High School
Oakwood Avenue
Alley Repaving At City Hall Begins By Local Firm
Work started this morning by the F. H. Brewer Co. of Lancaster on repaving an alley around city hall. Safety Service Director Dwight Robinson said the project was planned with city hall renovation but delayed by heavy rain. He cited repairs on Peace Ridge Road and Columbia Avenue slips, with bids to be presented to city council tonight to determine if costs fit the estimate. Plans also cover Elliott Street sewer issues, Joneswood and Terrace Drives widening, and LaMar Drive repaving in the near future. About 290 planes land or take off from Stapleton International Airport in Denver each day.
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F. H. Brewer Co
Lancaster
City Hall
Safety Service
Dwight Robinson
Robinson
Peace Ridge Road
Columbia Avenue
Roosevelt Drive
Elliott Street
Joneswood
Terrace Drives
Terrace
LaMar Drive
Demolition Ordinance Scheduled for City Council
Final reading on an urban renewal ordinance to authorize the safety director to contract for technical specs on demolition and site clearance for the South Green project. Also up for second reading is annexation of Athens Two territory south of the city, with first readings for firemen pay rate changes and bids for Highland-Columbia Ave slip repair.
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Harry B. Crewson
South Green
Athens Two
Highland-Columbia Ave
Three Hurt In Accident At Route 682 The Plains
Three people were hurt in a crash on Route 682 in The Plains Saturday night. Helen Reinhard, 34, of Johnstown, was crowded off the highway by an oncoming car and struck a bridge abutment. Injured were Mrs Reinhard and her sons Rickey, 14, with head injuries, and Randall, 12, with a possible concussion. They were taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital.
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Plains
Boyd Williams
Helen Reinhard
Johnstown
Reinhard
Rickey
Randall
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Plaza Shop names Downard manager at Steppe's Athens Plaza
David M. Downard of Athens Route 3 is named manager of Steppe's Beauty Salon in the Athens Plaza, succeeding Mrs. Jean Lekivetz. A longtime Steppe's stylist since October 1966, Downard will assume duties June 3. He is a U S Army veteran and Bre men High School graduate who came from a Lancaster salon. He has studied at the Virginia Farrell Academy in Detroit and Coiffure Creation Academy in Pittsburgh. Sheriff deputies investigate a break in at James Edwards home near Nelsonville with no property reported missing. The hand pulled rickshaw was invented in Japan in 1869 by Yasuke Izumi.
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David M. Downard
Athens
Steppe
Athens Plaza
Downard
Jean Lekivetz
Chillicothe
Bremen High School
Lancaster
Virginia Farrell Academy
Detroit
Coiffure Creation Academy
Pittsburgh
Frank Morgan Named Lodge's Grand Knight
Frank Morgan elected grand knight of the Athens County 1716 Knights of Columbus on Sunday. He is sports information director at Ohio University for five years and serves as secretary treasurer of the Mid-American News Media Association and on COSIDA’s social committee. He and wife with five children live at 19 Townsend Place. Other officers elected included John J. Lavelle deputy grand knight and Paul Farley chancellor. The group awarded a $25 savings bond to St. Paul’s School eighth grade graduate and thanked Bill Lavelle for hosting and Joe Manda for hall cleanup after the flood.
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Frank Morgan
Athens County
Knights of Columbus
Morgan
Ohio University
Phil Lavelle
Cosida
Townsend Place
John J. Lavelle
Paul Farley
Paul Ley
Richard Rutkoskie
Joseph Vanity
Joe Manda
Robert Kline
Louis Ruman
Jack Ley
Vanity
Knights
St. Paul’s School
Bill Lavelle
Rio Grande Professor Addresses Glouster High Graduates
Rio Grande College assistant professor Samuel S. Smith spoke to Glouster High School’s 1968 graduating class in the gym, urging scholars to set reachable ideals and persevere after failures. Seventy-seven seniors received diplomas at the fourth annual commencement of Glouster High.
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Rio Grande
Glouster High
Glouster
Samuel S. Smith
Rio Grande College
Glouster High School
Glouster Gymnasium
Smith
William Christman Jr
Anthony Nickel
Jane Guinther
Linda Gruggs
George Sassar
William White
Robert Morrison
Board of Education
Donald F. Leevers
Church of Christ
LaDonna Vaughn
Gregory Winner
Mable LeFever
Jacksonville Methodist Church
Trimble
Appointment As Fireman Named Haddox On One Year Probation
Richard W. Haddox aged 23 of 7414 Mound St has been named to the city fire department on a one year probationary appointment Chief Charles Dalton announced. Haddox an Athens native replaces George Enevoldsen who resigned after nine months. He previously worked for Coca Cola Co at the Athens plant and is assigned to the headquarters station on Columbus Road. After the year he will be eligible for a permanent appointment.
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Richard W. Haddox
Mound St
Charles Dalton
Haddox
Athens
George Enevoldsen
Columbus Rd
Coca Cola Co
Columbus Road
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Messenger
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Socrates
Civil Defense
Adams
Brown
Butler
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Clinton
Fairfield
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Franklin
Greene
Guernsey
Gallia
Hamilton
Hocking
Jackson
Licking
Meigs
Monroe
Montgomery
Noble
Lawrence
Pickaway
Pike
Perry
Ross
Scioto
Vinton
Warren
Washington
Mahaffey's
Jahaffey
Waytac
W. Stete
Tel
Stapleton International Airport
Denver
Chauncey
Clifford Davis
Converse Street
Ralph McKibben
Charles Wadley
Edward Paul Smith
Fourth Street
Ropello AL Herons Rising
Threre
MN Athens
Deneld K Bersten
Richard Guinthe
Plaza Shop
James Edwards
Nelsonville
Japan
Yasuke Izumi
David Downard
Lodge
Charles Imhoff
Paul Johnson
Lory Brafford
Oakdale
Chauncey Pta
Dover Elementary School
Mathens ‘National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Chateau
Lady Buxton
Altmans
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