Mrs. Parrish Resigning From County Agent Post
Athens County extension agent for home economics Olive W. Parrish will retire September 30 after a multi decade career beginning as a vocational home economics teacher and advancing to state consumer marketing and extension supervisor roles. She and her husband live on a 200 acre farm between Coolville and Hockingport. 4-H program plans discussed with county commissioners show Athens County hosts 43 clubs with 591 members, 57 junior leaders and 98 advisors.
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Olive W. Parrish
Athens County
Parrish
Conn
Ohio State University
University of Cincinnati
Carthage-Troy
Coolville
Cooperative Extension Service
Hamilton County
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Indiana
Ohio
State University
Northwest Ohio
Parish
Jack
Hockingport
Athens Girl Hurt When Car Leaves County Road
An Athens girl suffered a forehead abrasion when the car she rode in left County Road 11 four miles north of Route 682 and struck a guard rail. Kathleen Matter released after treatment at Mount St. Mary Hospital. Other accidents, all without injuries, included a skid on wet Route 50 near Route 278 involving John H. Wright, and a double incident on County Road 78 near Nelsonville Early causing a rollover and a left-of-center citation for Thomas, South Zanesville.
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Athens
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Kathleen Matter
Highland Ave
John M. Signor
Columbus Rd
State Highway Patrol
John H. Wright
Albany
Hollis
Huntley
New Columbus
Nelsonville
Thomas
Zanesville
Robert L. Six
Murray City
Mercury Hits 91 As Muggy Weather Stays
The morning temperature was 73 degrees with expected thundershowers. Monday’s high reached 91 while overnight low was 71. Athens saw no rain in the last 24 hours but the Hocking River rose to 6.09 feet from upstream rainfall.
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U. S
C. L. Colmer
Athens
Hocking
Historic presidential limousine to be shown in Athens
The Secret Service car used behind Kennedy in Dallas in 1963 will be on display at Jones Cadillac Buick in Athens from July 11 to 21. The Queen Mary, a 1956 Hess and Eisenhardt built convertible, carries nine and was loaned by Fred Brown of Portsmouth.
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Secret Service
Athens
Fred Brown
John Jones
Brown
Portsmouth
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Clint Hill
Kennedy
Jacqueline Kennedy
Hill
Hess & Eisenhardt Co
Cincinnati
Dwight Eisenhower
U. S
Jones Buick-Cadillac
Eabs St
Albany Weed Cut Ordered
Mayor Donald Pratt orders all Albany property owners to clean weeds from vacant lots by July 1 or village workers will perform the work at the owner’s expense. Weeds must be cut again by September 1 and abandoned vehicles must be removed from property by September 1.
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Albany
Donald Pratt
Pratt
Athens Youth to Train for Commission
Gregory Bridgewater a 19 year old Athens youth has been selected to become an officer candidate and to train for a commission as a second lieutenant with the local National Guard unit. He will receive a year of intensive weekend training at Fort Hayes Columbus and four weeks at Camp Perry in addition to instruction in leadership tactics weapons and related military subjects. Bridgewater a 1966 Athens High School graduate is the son of Mr and Mrs Erle H Bridgewater Jr of 19 Roosevelt Drive Athens He is attached to Headquarters Battery 2nd AW Battalion SB 174 Artillery in Athens His father an Athens attorney and colonel commands the 16th Engineer Brigade of the Ohio Army National Guard.
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Athens
Gregory Bridgewater
National Guard
Ft. Hayes
Columbus
Camp Perry
Bridgewater
Athens High School
Erle H. Bridgewater Jr
Roosevelt Dr
174
16Th Engineer Brigade
Ohio Army National Guard
Road Slip Repair Contract Awarded to Grim Excavating
A contract for repairing a Columbia Avenue slip was awarded to Grim Excavating Co. of Athens as the low bidder at 41,900, slightly under the city estimate, with Maiden and Jenkins Construction Co. of Nelsonville bidding 59,000. Safety Service Director Dwight Robinson announced the selection from bids opened last week.
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Grim Excavating Co
Athens
Columbia Avenue
Safety Service
Dwight Robinson
Grim
Maiden and Jenkins Construction Co
Nelsonville
Downtown Traffic Lights Fail After City Hall Short
An outage hit a portion of downtown and city hall area about an hour this morning due to a short in a terminal box at city hall. Police and utilities responded to restore power and traffic signals as repair crews investigated the fault.
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City Hall
O0 Purchasing Units Move To McBee Plant
The Ohio University purchasing department moves to former McBee Plant No 1 at W Union and Smith Streets to unify offices including maintenance scientific and layout facilities. The Haning Hall main office will relocate and only the food procurement section stays on Factory Street. The move accompanies multiple university transfers into McBee plant buildings given to the university last October with the second plant on W State Street opening by August.
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Ohio University
McBee
W. Union and
Smith Streets
Gerald Evans
Factory Street
Howard Hall
Haning Hall
W. State Street
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes
Admission notes list individuals including James Kennedy Athens Mrs Charles Milligan Athens Route 1 Mrs Donald Rosser Athens Route 4 John Yeltz Chauncey Rice P Thomas Nelsonville Route 1 and Mrs John Bartholomy Nancy Newsom. Names reflect local residents and family entries from New Marshfield area.
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James Kennedy
Athens
Charles Milligan
Donald Rosser
John Yeltz
Chauncey
Rice P. Thomas
Nelsonville
John Bartholomy
Nancy Newsom
Plan Picnic For Annual School Reunion Dinner
Plans are underway for the annual school reunion and picnic dinner at Canaanville Church on Sunday July 7.
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Canaanville Church
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P.O. Box
Newark, Ohio
Citizens Financials Corp
County Road
Western Union Telegram
Allie Nats
Ares
Mercury
Cialist
US. Dept. of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics
Washington D.C
Columbus & Southern Ome Electric Co
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
Copper Plumbing CO
Amesville, Ohio
Athens Auto Agency
West Germany
Queen Mary’s
Jones Cadillac-Buick
Dmir
Tom Hendershot
Richland Ave
Athens, Ohio
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Bloomington
Illinois
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Herman Howard
New Marshfield
Southeastern Ohio
Carter
Altmans
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