Tornado Hits Near Nelsonville Causing Damage No Injuries
A tornado touched down south and southeast of Nelsonville around 7 p.m. Saturday causing property damage along a 200 foot wide path. A mobile home was a total loss and several trees were uprooted or broken. power lines were affected but no lines were broken and there were no reported injuries.
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Dave Savings
Elza Cullison
Nelsonville
York Two
Elza
Cullison
Tom Kennedy
Wolfe-Bennett Road
Kennedy Yard
Kennedy Home
Robbins Road
New Hocking Technical College
Hocking River
Kimberly Bridge
Wareheim
HAVAR Trustees Install Officers At Meeting
Mrs. Laraine Sloane was installed as president of HAVAR at a trustees meeting. The board seeks a zoning change to permit a residential facility for developmentally disadvantaged males in the city and is examining Athens County properties. Also installed were Mary Badger vice president outgoing president, Mrs. Betty Black secretary, and Harry Sands treasurer.
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Laraine Sloane
Hocking
Athens, Vinton Area
HAVAR
Planning Commission
Mary Badger
Betty Black
Harry Sands
Alumni Celebrate Golden Anniversary at Ohio University
More than 180 alumni returned for reunions over the weekend with 32 marking their 50th graduation anniversary. Dr. Bertam A. Renkenberger delivered the keynote at Alumni Day, praising education's core values and the Alumni Gateway inscription. Athens area residents joining the celebration included A. Beryl Cone, Rush Elliott, Maude Lee Dorsey, Olive Kincaid Tully, and Isabelle M. Work.
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Ohio University
Bertram A. Renkenberger
Renkenberger
Alumni Association
Athens Area
A. Beryl Cone
Rush Elliott
Maude Lee Dorsey
Olive Kincaid Tully
McConnellsville
Isabelle M. Work
Athens Cable Addition In Service In Ohio
General Telephone Co of Ohio announced a $55 500 cable addition in the Athens exchange to upgrade existing services and support future growth. Kenley R Krinn said the project, begun in November, serves a 106.2 square mile area with 18 260 telephones and included burying sections where possible.
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Athens Exchange
Service General Telephone Co. of
Ohio
Kenley R. Krinn
Athens
Krinn
Athens County
Counties share state funds for indigent criminal cases
Five Southeastern Ohio counties received state funds in June to prosecute indigents in felony cases. Hocking County drew $89.80, Jackson $294.95, Meigs $87.25, Perry $511.30, and Vinton $222.55.
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Ohio
Hocking County
Jackson
Meigs
Perry
Vinton
Hospital Visiting Hours Notice And List Of Names
Visiting hours are 11 a.m. to 8 30 p.m. with maternity area exceptions of 2 30 3 30 and 7 00 to 8 00. Only two visitors per patient per hour in maternity and no visitors under 16 in pediatrics or maternity. A long list of names follows of residents from Athens Glouster Chauncey Nelsonville The Plains Clarksburg and other locales.
Funnel Clouds Spark Winds Rip Richland Avenue Flooding
Athens County deputies report funnel cloud touched down near Nelsonville and drifted toward Athensville while remaining above ground. High winds toppled limbs and caused outages as Richland Avenue flooded after 9 p.m. Saturday, cars wading through up to a foot of water.
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Athens County
Nelsonville
Jacksonville
Amesville
Coolville
Athens
Richland Avenue
Coates Run
Six Arrested in Friday Athens Drug Raid at 103 W Union St
Police report that six people including four adults and two juveniles were arrested after a raid at 103 W Union St Friday night in Athens. Two ounces of marijuana were seized. William Barnes of Millfield was released due to an insufficient affidavit. Lois McCune faces a per mitting use charge with a June 24 hearing. Earl Landis and Mary McKnabb face delinquency charges and will go to Athens County juvenile court. One juvenile is charged with permitting use of a dwelling and the other with delinquency.
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Athens
Union St
William Barnes
Millfield
Lois McCune
W. Union St
Athens County
Earl Landis
Second St
Mary McKnabb
Emergency Runs by Fire Department Across City
Sunday calls report Tracy Elder 2 of Clarksburg ill in front of Dominos on East State Street. Elsie Faulkner 80 of 189 Grosvenor St fell at O Bleness. Stanley Folden 27 of Athens Route 5 ill at O Bleness Athens SECEMS.
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Tracy Elder
Clarksburg
W. Va
Dominos Pizza
East State Street
O Bleness
Elsie Faulkner
Grosvenor St
Fell
Stanley Folden
Athens
O’bleness
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Tom Steenrod
Richard Moore
Wayne National Forest
U.S. Forest Service
Route 78
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Hocking Valley Motor Lodge
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Havar Trustees
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
Stephen Benedict
Glouster
John Barnes
Chauncey
Fred Loudner
John Allen Jr
Steve Pidcock
Kenneth Davis
Sharon Saydah
David A. Jones
Harry Faulkner
William Wadkins
John A. Smith
Larry Lyons
James E. Sammons
Margaret Kaminski
the Plains
Michael Nugent
Fremont
David Connor
Elmer Lowery
Hazel LaHugh
Veronica Everhart
Gary Lee George
Agnest Vaught
Brian Dennis
Arlin Radekin
Bertha Handley
Price E. Davis
James Patrick
Becky Johnson
Betty Lee
Columbus Hospital
Tom Dunlap
Lovell Wells
Beverly Venrick
Nancy Martin
Hazel Piskura
Virginia McWilliams
David Jones
Joyce Coen
Harold Smith
Everett Dorris
George Saunders
Mary Young
Vanity Fair
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N. Court Street
Warner
Emergency
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