County clash over Children's Home site stirs debate
Controversy in the county centers on land selection for a new Children's Home. Commissioners insist on secrecy while Child Welfare Board and staff urge in town cottage plans near medical facilities, citing expertise and public funds.
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Cotinnad
Cooms
Ioners
Child Welfare Board
Children's Home
Pricle
Welfare Board
Beacon School
Margaret Bridgewater
Helen Worstell
Ohio University
Commis
Sioners
Cane
James Edwards
Bud
Worsteif
Charman Howard Stoyt
Stout
Miss Sprout
Ridgewater
Miss Spout
Worstell
Carroll Road
Ste
Athens
Carrol Road
We Child Welfare
Highway Department
Children’s Homeland
Clint, Edwards
John Law
Jack Whnte
White
County Home For the
Chauncey
Hom
Home Staff and Child Welfare Board
Slalt
Whitt
Messenger
Fromers Cline
Edwards
Law
State Architecture Department
Cline
Esard
Medical Center
Chauncey-area
Aiport
Albany
Athens County Agnicatural Society
State Street
Child Welfare Agency
University
Fairground
Two Admit Forgery Of Checks Bound Over For Grand Jury
Two suspects pleaded guilty to forgery charges in Municipal Court and were bound over to the grand jury. Reginald T. Sanders, 22, of 205 Carriage Hills, allegedly forged a $20 check on Mary R Stow’s account on May 14. Lona B. Washington, 18, of 134 Read Hall, appeared next, with Judge Franklin J. Sheeter presiding. Captain Charles Cochran attributed the case to ongoing investigations and cooperation that helped clear the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald T. Sanders
Carriage Hills
Mary R Stow
N. High St
Lona B. Washington
Read Hall
Franklin J. Sheeter
Washington
City Pole
Charles Cochran
Driver Escapes After Threat Ignites Highway Crash
Lloyd E Wharton of Rockbadge reported a menacing car swore at him and threatened to beat him up on Route 31 near Rockbadge Road. He swerved and the Mullard Pipeline Co pickup he drove went 75 feet into the woods, overturning and injuring his left arm. He was treated at Hocking Valley Community Hospital for a cut.
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Rockbadge Rd
Hum
Wharton
Mullard Pipeline Co
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
20 Athens Men Enlist In Navy for Great Lakes Training
Twenty Athens area men enlist in the Navy and will undergo basic training at Great Lakes. The enlistees include William J. Bricker Gordon E Neal Edward W. Reighard Jr Michael A. Jonas Jeffrey L Tillis Alfred E Buschel Jr Donald A Waite Jeffrey Karr Fetched from local high school graduates and others, the group spans Athens Nelsonville Glouster and nearby towns with ages 17 to 19 and timing in May.
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Athens Area
Athens Navy
Samuel Roberts
Great Lakes
Wiliam J. Bricker
Athens
Wiliam Bricker
Alexander High School
Gordon E Neal
Mik
Danny A Neal
Wexander High School
Raymond G Carder
Var‘gna D. Pratt
Edward W. Reighard Jr
Nelsonvilla
Edward W. ‘Beighard
Nelsonville-York
Pomeroy
Alfred E. Buschel Sr
Meigs High School
Donald A. Waite
New Marshfield
Beatrice Bentley
Superhuman Plant Sought With Mandrake Powers
A long coated plant called a mandrake was believed to grant superhuman powers. When rocks were uprooted they screamed causing madness and death to listeners, alarming locals in the tale.
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Comrissioners
Carroll
the Messenger
Food
Chine
Army
Inver
Moodig
Agricultural Society
Huffman Mobile Homes Sales
Henderson
W. Vo
Genova Plastic
The
Kittle Lumber & Supply CO
ING Material Specialists
Louster
Ohio
Corning
Becemae & Walker
Freteat Fares Ay
Gravely Tractors Sales & Service
Cochran
Chapman
Caplan
Robin D. Fisher
Colege of
Communnication
Taft Broadcasting Co
Fisher
Jone L. McClay
Taft
Vier
Navy
Jeffrey Karr
Middle Freelon
F. Peck
Cheshire
Bir
Randolph Peck
Kgger Creek High School
Joseph M. Gallaher
Coolville
Ivan G Gallaher
Jeffrey L Mahoney
Buch Fel
Denver
Mahoney
Norman D Staats
Middleport
Pat E Dawley
Stewart
Edward Darley Lonnie R Nelson
Parkersburg
W. Va
Linda L. Dans
Clarence E Jordan
Mulfield
Clarence Jordan
Athens High School
Richard J Jordan
Dexter City Route 1
Mervel P Jordan
Rardin Bros
Liecohe St
Goeglein Ready-Mix CO
Augdeethortprone
Be Serbars
Zasr
C & C Plumbing
Baker Road
Kroes
Sakrete
Waere
Free & Sannere Meookier
Materials CO
Columbus Road
Athens, Ohio
Camp Bougle
Gesspool & Septic Tank
Gleaner
Ebersbach Hardware
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