City Council Rejects Cliff's Supermarket Rezoning Request
The city council rejected a reading of a proposal to rezone two lots east of Cliff Bean's supermarket at 284 E State St from two family residential to neighborhood business. Residents, led by Dr Rush Elliott, opposed the change citing traffic, property values and trash, while Bean and attorney W Parker Walker supported it.
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Council
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Alexander
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F. State St
David Dreisbach
K. State St
Cornwell
Walker
City Council Passes Income Tax Companions and Fire Contract
The council approved two companion ordinances for city income tax, discussed the Ohio University fire contract, and set hiring for an income tax deputy auditor at 5200 annually plus a 3000 clerk. A consultant will interview applicants Wednesday. A rule adoption and Kantner subdivision acceptance were read. inquiries into past OU runs and records were requested. Committees will review codes, inactive funds, a guard rail, and more.
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Ohio U
Veterans Village
Byron White
Columbia Ave
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Raymond Shepard
Edgar Tuckerman
Robert Sutton
Crewson
Kantner
Peach Ridge Rd
Joneswood Dr
Eight AHS Students Share Plans At Rotary Luncheon
Athens High School’s top eight seniors spoke at the Athens Rotary Club lunch at the Sportsman Grill. Dialing into futures, Fulks Wilson and Roberson tentatively chose Ohio University while other classmates outlined their post graduation paths. Principal Wilbur Lewis introduced the speakers and guidance counselor Ronald Mills discussed college acceptance challenges. Rotarian Harry Willard of Wellston attended as a guest. A World Series review and baseball strategy session is set for next week.
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Wilbur Lewis
Ronald Mills
Harry Willard
Wellston
Athens Trio Omitted From Ratings List
An Athens trio composed of two violins and piano was left off the high ratings list at the Ohio Music Education Association district contest. The group was rated first in Class A and includes Joyce Jones, Ann Rannow, and Stef ania Denbow.
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Athens
Ohio Music Education Association
Joyce Jones
Ann Rannow
Stefania Denbow
Salvation Army Camp Outlined At Youth Forum
The opening night at the Citadel covered the four fold policy of the Salvation Army youth forum and described a summer camp program serving 35 Ohio counties. The camps welcome adults, young couples, children and teens as Capt. Henry Tempel and visiting officers greeted delegates.
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Hospital Notes and Fire Call Report
Shelter notices list new births for families in Athens and The Plains with names including Gardner Gateley, Robert Reeve, William Riedel, Sharon Dowler. Dismissals mentioned include Robert Barney, Harley Wallace, Melvin McKnight, Ruth Case, Allen Kresge, Roy Rowland, Belle Davis. A fire alarm at 11:05 a.m. Tuesday responded to by city firemen for a rag in a janitor's closet at College of Education Building, E Union St. fire extinguished upon arrival.
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Athens
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Chauncey
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New Marshfield
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Roy Rowland
Guysville
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College of Education
Mild Weather Lingers In Athens After Rain
U S Observer C L Colmer reports 9 30 a m temperature at 52 in Athens after a night of rain. Monday’s high reached 56 degrees and rainfall totaled 0 13 inches.
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U. S
C. L. Colmer
Trio Admits Parts Theft At Auto Parts Store
Three men pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to grand larceny for stealing items valued about 180 dollars from Triplet Auto Parts at Routes 50A and 33. Judge John Newcomb bound Edward Russell Weekley and Richard Austin Weekley of Cutler Route 1 and Thomas Walter Wells of Lancaster Route 6 to the grand jury on under 1000 dollar bonds. Deputies said Morgan County authorities arrested them. A fire department squad treated Julia Ann Gabriel 42 of Beckley Apartments at Dorm Fire West Green for a possible heart condition before transporting her to Sheltering Arms Hospital.
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Edward Russell Weekley
Richard Austin Weekley
Cutler
Thomas Walter Wells
Lancaster
Morgan County
Fire Department
West Green
Julia Ann Gabriel
Beckley Apartments
Gabriel
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Language Of Amos Is Described At Kiwanians Meeting
Rev. Gilbert Schneider a Baptist missionary and Ohio University Peace Corps instructor spoke to Kiwanians about pidgin English described as the working man’s language of Africa. He discussed its colorful use and its four letter words as non taboo once understood through context.
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Mr. Schneider
Peace Corps
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Schneider
Firemen Tour Lawhead Press Plant on E State Street
City fire department regulars and volunteers toured Lawhead Press on E State Street Monday night as part of the department program of plant information.
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Lawhead Press
E. State St
Ames Bern transfer petition to put Athens district on ballot
A second petition to place the Ames Bern transfer to the Athens City School district on the ballot was presented to County School Supt. T. C. Por. William Lavelle said it contains 325 signatures and will go to the county election board to verify. Lavelle noted 271 signatures, or 55 percent, are needed. He said the county superintendent will cooperate with a suit pending in the State Supreme Court to hear the issue promptly. The county school board had earlier invalidated the first petition for insufficient signatures.
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Athens City
T. C. Porter
William Lavelle
Porter
County Election Board
Lavelle
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Ames Bern
Athens
Old Dog Confinement Ordinance Goes Into Effect
City police report the old ordinance restricting dogs to their owner's property from March 1 to October 1 is now in effect. The prior measure remains moot while the November ballot question on year round confinement sits in Common Pleas Court.
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Driver Fined and Jailed for DWI Guilty Plea
Harve Owens Lenigar of Canal Winchester, aged 45, pleaded guilty in County Court to a State Highway Patrol charge of driving while intoxicated. He was fined $150 plus costs, sentenced to three days in jail, and received a license suspension.
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Canal Winchester
Lenigar
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