Catfish Stockups At Athens Pond Draw Kids To Park
George Billy of District 9 oversees stocking channel catfish at the Department of Natural Resources pond on E State Street. Kids with fishing poles watch the 12 to 23 inch fish being released to boost kiddy fishing and to serve as a stock for future impoundments and the state fair. Officials plan fall improvements including draining and sealing the pond to curb seepage and bank erosion, with stone paths and a fishing platform to enhance year round use.
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George Billy
Natural Resources Pond
E. State Street
Athens
Department of Natural Resources
Billy
Verner Hondell
Division Forester
Honchell
Ohio University hosts eight summer workshops for thousands
About 2,731 people will come to the Ohio University campus over Sunday and Monday for eight summer workshops. Programs include a Summer Institute in Economics for social studies teachers, a Summer Institute of Mathematics funded by the NSF, an Instructional Leadership Conference, a high school art workshop, a forensics workshop, a high school publications workshop, a journalism program with noted professionals, and an annual Workshop on Economic Education. Names of local participants and directors are listed along with dates through July 1.
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Ohio University
Harry Crewson
Athens
Richard D. Blosser
Mound St
Logan Senior High
George Tipton
Logan
Logan Junior High
National Science Foundation
Robert J. Liffey
Insitute
Ted J. Foster
Congress
J. William Click
Helen Bottel
King Features
Mell Lazarus
Miss Peach
Russell N. Baird
Charlotte Bell
Luella Cliffton
Richard Gentry
Lynn Johnson
Guido H. Stempelin
A. T. Turnbull
Paul H. Wagner
Isabelle Work
Jan Penix
Michael J. Changnon
Carl Fleischhauer
Lawrence J. Gregory Jr
Wayne R. Lennebacker
Bruce A. McElfresh
Frank Salmo
Bruce Humphrey
Prgram
John Neff
New Lexington
Anna C. Rose
The
Plains
Ohio
Byron Hollinger
Ohio Council On Economic Education
Charles Minelli
Memorial Auditorium
Elms
Marriage Licenses Listed for Local Residents
Bruce A Rem 23 Bourbonneis and Judith A Williams 23 Athens seek marriage. Larry Sapp 24 storekeeper and Mil an K Martin 24 secretary of Peal Mecum Jockgaewitie lumber mill Pan and Joan Lee Powell 16 Amesville home. Victor Joe Mayle 21 Cutler factory worker and Alice Velmarsons 19 Stewart at home. Lonnie R Walters 19 Guysville book binder and Carol J Stephenson 18 Glouster clerk typist. Michael G Brozok 18 cook and Kath R Bennett 17 typist, both of Stewart. James F Vernon 24 Glouster public health representative and Phyllis A Hartley 22 Nelsonville stenographer. Jerry L McLaughlin 22 Marion laborer and Sharon Berry 20 Trimble waitress.
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Bruce A. Rem
Bourbonneis
Judith A. Williams
Athens
Larry Sapp
Milan K. Martin
Peal Mecum
Jockgaewitie
Joan Lee Powell
Amesville
Victor Joe Mayle
Cutler
Alice Velmarsons
Stewart
Lonnie R. Walters
James F. Vernon
Cures For Appalachia Ills Involve Adequate Housing
The Appalachian Housing Conference at Port Columbus brings together about 75 business and public officials to tackle substandard housing. speakers cite wide rural dispersion, a four in ten rate of substandard housing in some areas, and a turn key method where private developers build low cost housing for public authorities to own. A seven thousand five hundred dollar unit model could cost about fifty dollars monthly to mortgage, aiming to expand access for low income families. Conference to propose methods to attack the housing problem.
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America
Center For Economic Opportunity
Appalachian
CEO
Ohio University
Port Columbus Holiday Inn
Appalachia
Sam Sharp
Appalahia
Francis C. Moravitz
Appalachian Regional Commission
West Virginia
Kentucky
Doris Mersdorf
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Jerome H. Pintof
United State Gypsum Co
New York City
Steven Silvert
Office of Economic Opportunity
Columbia Avenue Opens Temporarily After Slips
Columbia Avenue near North Wood Drive reopened at noon in a single lane under temporary traffic control. Trucks are barred while a repaired ditch directs traffic over corrugated pipe. City awaits a consultant’s core drilling report to determine slip causes.
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Columbia Avenue
Northwood Drive
Dwight Robinson
Head Start Classes Begin At Alexander
Registration for the Alexander School District Head Start Summer program will be held Friday Saturday and Monday. Students aged four to six with no previous schooling are eligible to begin classes Monday. Sessions run 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Transportation and lunch are provided. The sessions end August 12.
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Alexander
Athens Principal Offered Columbus Education Post
A veteran Athens city school administrator, not extended a new contract, has been offered an education position in Columbus. G A Gardner, 39 Grosvenor St., served eight years as principal of Athens Junior High and would have been eligible for full retirement in two years. Twenty three of the junior high faculty urged a new contract, saying attempts were being made to railroad him out of the system. Gardner previously headed Ames-Bern schools 25 years and holds degrees from Ohio University. The middle school plan for grades 6 7 and 8 has been delayed.
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Athens City
Columbus
G. A
al) Gardner
Grosvenor St
Athens
Gardner
Chauncey and the Plains
Fred Chase
State Department of Education
Ames-Bern
Amesville High School
Ohio University
Fifteen Athens Ministers Transferred at Ohio Conference
The Ohio Annual Methodist Conference at Lakeside announced major reassignments for Athens ministers. Retiring Rev. Dr. John Koontz moves from Athens First to Riverside in Columbus. Loren Parker leaves First Methodist for Waynesfield in the Lima district. New associate is Rev. C. David Misicka, an Ohio University graduate, joining First Methodist. Other transfers include Braley, Saum, Bowser, Alkire, Sullivan, White, Ramsey, Makarius, Lebenstrom, Brown, Hickman, and Hill to various parishes and churches. Middleport notes also cover local social updates.
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Ohio
Lakeside
John Koontz
Athens
First Methodist Church
Wilmington
Riverside Methodist Church
Columbus
Loren Parker
First Methodist
Waynesfield
Lima
Wesley Foundation
Ohio University
Methodist Theological Seminary
Delaware
Carroll
Dumontville
Harold Braley
Athens Central
South Salem
Donald Saum
Athens Richland
Earl C. Bowser
Valley Parish
Richland
Melvin Alkire
Baltimore
Police respond to Buckeye Mart false alarm
Athens police were surprised Friday morning when Buckeye Mart on E State Street triggered a false burglar alarm. Only a meter maid was on scene at 9 am and she called the store to confirm the alarm was a false reading. In a separate note, Herbert Sharp, 12 N Shafer Sr, died Friday morning en route to Sheltering Arms Hospital. Jagers and Sons Funeral Home handles arrangements.
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Athens
Buckeye Mart
E. State Street
Herbert Sharp
N. Shafer Sr
Sheltering Arms Hospital
City Fire Department
Jagers and Sons Funeral Home
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