City Council Approves Lot Renumbering and Meter Maid Plan
City council adopted a two hour agenda approving a city wide lot renumbering plan to resolve duplications in Mechanicsburg and old city areas and prepare for new house numbering. A meter maid position was approved with a 160 dollar monthly salary for 90 days rising to 175, to patrol downtown meters and aid enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicsburg
Richland Ave
Safety Service
Old City
al Nellis
Nellis
William Rowland
City Manager Plan Favored by Athens Mayor
Mayor William H. Herbert spoke to the Athens Kiwanis at the fairgrounds shelter house outlining city growth plans. He endorsed a city manager form of government and predicted an income tax would eventually replace property taxes as the main revenue source, with council and officials in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elza Graham
E. State St
Carl Weber
Grand Park Boulevard
Raymond Shepherd
Service
Brewer and Sons
Herbert
Fire Department
Elmwood Drive
Elmwood Place
Woodworth
Court Union
Court-President Streets
Columbia
Garfield Avenues
Health Department
Richland Avenue
Blackburn Hill
State Highway Department
Council
R. H. White
Shepherd
Wilson Smith
William Weisenbach
Harvey G Householder
R. A. Smith
George Rutkoskie
Athens
William H. Herbert
Athens Kiwanis Club
Fairgrounds
William Rowland
Safety Service
Franz Woodworth
George Smith
Economic Education Need Stressed at Ohio Workshop
Representatives from labor business and agriculture debated economic education at the Sixth Annual Ohio Workshop on Economic Education opening banquet at Lindley Hall. Ohio University President John C. Baker warned that a US economy slip would ripple globally, while John Rooney and T. W. Prior addressed automation and the nation’s free economy. D. R. Stanfield noted the farm’s move from a mechanical to scientific revolution, as 65 teachers and guests attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindley Hall
John Rooney
Ohio Cio Council
Columbus
T. W. Prior
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Akron
D. R. Stanfield
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, Inc
Ohio University
John C. Baker
Stanfield
Dean F. N. Hamblin
College of Education
Ohio
Frank Bean
Francis N. Hamblin
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Messenger Newsphoto
Man in Municipal Court Granted Probation in Complex Case
Chauncey man Jan Taylor twenty two faced trespass and disorderly conduct charges after an escape at Club 33 near Athens. He pleaded guilty to resisting a special deputy arrest, was fined five hundred dollars and costs, jailed thirty days with sentence suspended, and placed on six months probation with sobriety conditions and stay-out provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jan Taylor
Chauncey
John Newcomb
Taylor
Fairfield County
Athens
Eugene Goldsberry
Hocking River
Goldsberry
Bonnie Slagle
Shelter Reading: Hospital Admits and Discharges List
A hospital notices list in which patients admitted include George Fuller from The Plains Chester Brown of Athens Route and several others named with Athens area routes. Discharges include Jack Smith and David Wood among others, with multiple Athens and surrounding localities represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fuller
the Plains
Chester Brown
Athens
Jack Smith
Fredia Jones
David Wood
Wallace Myers
Albany
Joe B. Allen
Local Couples Listed in Juvenile Court Record
A series of young couples from Nelsonville Athens Guysville and surrounding areas are named with ages 16 to 25 in a list from a juvenile court record. Names include Homer Proffitt Dixie Clark Paul Bell Betty Slisher Harold Henry Barbara Woolley John Wood Tanya McMannis Freddie Waldrow Mona Hale David Conkey Barbara Bruce Roger Shultz Bruce Humphrey Rosalie Kim Blaine James and May Hart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Wayne Henry
Amesville
Barbara Ellen Woolley
Millfield
John William Wood
Nelsonville
Tanya Lynn McMannis
Freddie Waldrow
Athens
Mona Hale
David Conkey
Barbara Bruce
Roger Allen
New Marshfield
Janice Faye Shultz
Bruce Lee Humphrey
the Plains
Rosalie Jeannine Kim
Guysville
Blaine Allen James
May Helen Hart
Sugar Creek
Two Return From Junior Leader Camp
Two Athens County 4-H Club members return from Camp Ohio after a week at the State Junior Leadership Camp. Marilyn Neutzling and Bernard Buck Walsh said the camp theme for older members was Junior Leaders Improve Family and Community Living.
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Athens County
Camp
Ohio
Marilyn Neutzling
Paul Neutzling
Athens
Bernard
Buck) Walsh
Bernard Walsh
Stewart
Albany Masons Set 8 PM Thursday Meeting
Albany Lodge 723 Free and Accepted Masons will meet at 8 p m Thursday according to pastor John P Hamill.
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Masons
Albany
Albany Lodge
F&am
John P. Hamill
Plans Changed For Kelly Leedey Rites
A funeral service for Kelly Leedey age 70 from Millfield Route 1 is set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Jagers funeral home conducted by Rev. Hildred Keiffer. Burial will follow in Augustine Cemetery with visitation at the funeral home.
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Kelly Leedey Rites
Kelly Leedey
Millfield
Hildred Keiffer
Jagers Funeral Home
Augustine Cemetery
Man Pleads Guilty in Plains Court for Wife Filed Affidavit
Leslie R Talbert of The Plains was fined $25 and costs after pleading guilty in Municipal Court on an affidavit filed by his wife Isabelle charging intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie R- Talbert
the Plains
Isabelle
Mercury Again Tops 97 As City Endures Heat
The city swelters as the thermometer hit 97 for a second straight day with a low of 73. Rural Hamley Run reported 94 as yesterday’s high and 64 overnight. Showers were forecast but would barely ease the heat which may have contributed to a construction worker’s death.
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U. S
C. L. Colmer
Hamley Run
Court Fines Operators of Vinton Club
Mr and Mrs Fred Pritts owners of the Vinton Club on Route 33 south of Nelsonville were fined 25 dollars and costs on assault and battery charges after a trial before Judge John Newcomb in Municipal Court. The couple had denied the charges brought by James E Darnell who said he and his wife were at the club on June 11 when the Pritts threw water on them and slapped them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Pritts
Vinton Club
Route 33
Nelsonville
John Newcomb
James E. Darnell
Darnell
Pritts
Two Hurt In Hocking Area
A Columbus truck driver Donald Abel 34 and his companion Betty Little 22 were injured when their pickup left Route 664 and plunged into a Hocking County creek near Old Man's Cave. Abel was jailed for driving under the influence after receiving treatment at Hocking Valley Hospital.
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Columbus
Hocking County
Old Man's Cave
Donald Abel
Logan City
Abel
Hocking Valley Hospital
Betty Little
One Driver Fined and Bond Forfeited After Arrests
A driver fined by Logan Mayor Francis Myers and another forfeiting bond after Highway Patrol arrests. Dale Holdren 19 of Logan assessed $15 and costs for speeding. James Carsner 35 of Columbus forfeited a $15 bond for driving too slowly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Francis Myers
State Highway Patrol
Dale Holdren
James Carsner
Columbus
Strouds Run Road Plan Stirs County Officials
Athens County Commissioners and an Ohio Department of Natural Resources rep discussed abandoning township roads 212 and 212A, closing county road 20, and relocating township road 213A as the Strouds Run lake area access. No funds available yet for relocations. action deferred until financing is secured.
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New Dow Lake
Stroud’s Run
Athens County
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Jim Wells
Department of Natural Resources
Wells
Lake Park
Park Area
Construction Worker C L Poston Dies at Athens High School
Charles L Poston 57 of Lower Plains died about 11 30 am Monday while at work on a construction job at Athens High School. He was dead on arrival at Sheltering Arms Hospital after ambulance transfer. Autopsy results pending. Survived by his wife Kathleen three daughters five sons mother three stepsons eight grandchildren and several siblings. Funeral Thursday 2 pm at Seventh day Adventist Church with burial Green Lawn Cemetery Nelsonville.
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Charles L. Poston
Lower Plains
Athens High School
Poston
John Davidson Construction Co
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Fire Department
Athens County
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Athens
Kathleen
Evelyn Kovaleski
Jean Thompson
Columbus
Shirley Ann Poston
Robert L
Donald Richard
Army
Ft. Knox
Harold W
Air Force
Fort Worth
Tex
Kenneth R
Martha Poston
Charles
Dale Patton
Billy North
Calvin
Lancaster
Elmer
Emmett
Lewis
Chester
Akron
Arthur Leach
Green Lawn Cemetery
Nelsonville
City Solicitor Named To Aviation Board
Local attorney and city solicitor William C. Rowland was named a member of the Ohio Aviation Board in a Monday appointment by Governor C. William O'Neill. Rowland is the new member on the five member board this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Rowland
Ohio Aviation Board
C. William O'Neill
Rowland
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Enlow
Favona
United States
Rooney
America
Prior
Sondrons
Sanddran
Mever
Sandran
Vance-Leach
West State St
Chauncey Man
Jessie Leach
Glouster
Thomas Gibson
Clarence Haning
Gary Jenkinson
George Timblin
Allen Bennett
Charles T. Williams
Clyde Chubb
Mary Gould
John Hook
Sonya Donlan
Melloni Williams
Rita Williams
Rhonda Williams
Homer Leo Proffitt
Portland
Dixie Ann Clark
Paul Dale Bell
Racine
Betty Louise Slisher
Cussins & Fearn Store
E. Carpenter St
Mercury
Hocking Area
Strouds Run
Shade
C. L. Poston
Aviation Board
D. H
Jonesy) Sams Cline
New York Stock Exchange
Hamilton
Dayton
Cincinnati
Charleston
Wheeling
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