Athens Council OKs Four Ordinances in Flood Review
Athens city council adopted two ordinances on first readings and passed others on second and third readings. The measures include overtime pay for fire department personnel retroactive to May, bidding for a $43,000 Columbia Avenue slip repair, and authorizing demolition plans for South Green Urban Renewal properties. Officials report seven additional slips found, total eleven, with repairs targeted for Peach Ridge Road. inspections note no major slips.
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Athens
Columbia Avenue
Roosevelt Drive
Raymond Shepard
Robinson
Peach Ridge Road
Shepard
South Green
Engineering Associates
Wooster
Five Construction Projects Resumed After Heavy Rains
Five city construction projects resume after two weeks of rain delays. A new medical center on E State Street will house four doctors and dentists. A Shell service station at Stimson and Elliott, built for Fritz Wheaton, includes a 29 by 60 foot office and about $28,000 cost. Laughlin's Music and Vending Service adds a $24,000 concrete block and brick facing extension at Central and W State. Steppes Beauticians on Columbus Road gains a second story for $20,000 for Basil and Claudine Rutter. A Dairy Isle Drive In rises on Richland Avenue, a 28 by 6 foot building costing about $18,000 by Horace Karr Chester.
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E. State Street
Children’s Home
Stimson Avenue
Elliott Street
Fritz
The
Steppes Beauticians, Inc
Columbus Road
Basil
Claudine Rutter
Dairy Isle Drive-In
Richland Avenue
Horace Karr
Chester
Carter's Pills advertisement prompts digest relief
An ad touts Carter's Pills to wake up slower digestion and stimulate peristalsis for temporary relief from irregularity. It claims the product benefits the lower digestive tract and features a large number of satisfied users, concluding with a 40 cent price.
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Carter
Kiwanis Plans Vietnam Honor Roll in Athens County
Athens Kiwanis Club endorses a proposal to post a Vietnam Honor Roll on the Court Street side of the courthouse. Norman Allen chairs the effort to list county residents who served at least 90 days and those killed, with about 800 involved overall. The club may seek donations to cover costs and also discussed aiding the Red Cross with toilet kits for inductees. In other notes, the Hocking River fell from flood crest and Norwalk High School graduates were addressed by Dr. Fred E. Luchs at commencement.
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Vietnam
Athens Kiwanis Club
Norman Allen
Court Street
Allen
Kiwanis Club
Red Cross
Farm Aid Grants $25 000 to Aid Local Farmers
Athens County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee received a 25000 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission to help county farmers complete conservation practices. Funds target Margaret Creek Wolf Creek and Federal Creek watersheds with plans prepared by soil conservationists and approved by the ASC for about 15 farming operations.
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Athens County
ASC
E. State St
Wolfe
Department of Agriculture
Sheltering Arms Hospital Admission Notes
A list of patients admitted to Sheltering Arms Hospital includes Stacy Berry Alma Reeves both of Athens Ruth Ann Bross trom Athens Route 1 Jesse Brooks Athens Route 2 Mrs Green Marks Athens Route 4 Arthur Antle Chauncey Willard Rowland New Marshfield Route 1 Edna Miller The Plains Lenora Harvey Coolville Melinda Newton Nelsonville Elizabeth Beatty Onita Johnston Stephen McKinley Mrs Delbert Brickles Mrs Correll Umbargar Homer Pierpoint transferred to University Hospital Columbus.
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Stacy Berry
Alma _ Reeves
Athens
Ruth Ann Brostrom
Jesse Brooks
Mrs. Green Marks
Arthur Antle
Chauncey
Willard Rowland
New Marshfield
Edna Miller
the Plains
Lenora Harvey
Coolville
Melinda Newton
Nelsonville
Elizabeth Beatty
Onita Johnson
Stephen McKinley
Delbert Brickles
Correll Umbargar
Homer Pierpoint
University Hospital
Columbus
Deer Killed Crossing Route 33 Near Nelsonville
A deer was killed about 5 30 a m Tuesday after it crossed Route 33 a mile north of Nelsonville into a northbound car driven by Albert Bachus 26 of Nelsonville the State Highway Patrol reported
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Albert Bachus
State Highway Patrol
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