Better Health Program Seen for Athens County
A study by the Athens League of Women Voters argues Athens County could gain more federal funds and services with a full time health commissioner. It cites Lawrence County receiving about 30 thousand dollars in grants for a well child clinic speech therapy chronic disease and family planning, comparing budgets of sixty thousand versus ninety thousand. The report urges improved records, computer-assisted research, and development of services such as well baby and nutrition clinics, home health and extended care facilities, and enhanced mental health resources.
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Athens County
Athens League of Women Voters
Athens
Charles Baird
League
Ohio Board of Health
Ohio
Lawrence County
Lawrence
Dalton Tom
Ohio Department of Health
Athens County Health Department
Ohio University Computer Center
Phillip Powell
A. A. Baldwin
Baldwin
Deadline Extended In Contest
The Ohio Department of Highway Safety extended the deadline for its annual safety slogan essay contest to midnight March 31. Winners receive prizes including a 1968 Ford Fairlane Fastback and the Ohio number one license plate, with juvenile top prize a family auto license plate set and $100 savings bond.
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the Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Ohio Department of Highway Safety
Warren C. Nelson
Ford
Ohio Association of Insurance Agents
Divorce Petitions Filed From The Plains Area
Petition summaries show Sendra Hawk of The Plains vs Donald Hawk of The Plains over extreme cruelty. Shirley Morris of New Marshfield vs Garry Morris of Athens Route 1 for gross neglect of duty. Rot F. Shirer of 108 Grosvenor St against Iani Kaye Shirer of Athens for gross neglect of duty.
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Sendra
Hawk
the Plains
Donald
Shirley F. Morris
New Marshfield
Garry Morris
Athens
Rot F
Shirer
Grosvenor
Iani Kaye Shirer
Auto Fire Doused in Athens Fuel Pump Leak
Athens firemen extinguished an automobile fire at 2 55 p m Thursday at W State Street and Miller Avenue. A gasoline leak in a fuel pump was blamed for the blaze causing an estimated 200 damage to the car owned by Clyde Jarvis The Plains.
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Athens
W. State Street
Miller Avenue
Clyde Jarvis
the Plains
Kroeger Concert Of Chamber Works At Ohio University
Karl Kroeger of the Ohio University School of Music faculty will lead a free Sunday concert in Ewing Auditorium featuring five of his chamber works. Performers include Donald Eason, Joseph Thayer, Timothy Schmidt, and others with an ensemble of brass, strings, and percussion. Kroeger holds degrees from Louisville and Illinois and is a member of the American Composers Alliance.
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Karl Kroeger
Ohio University School of Music
Ewing Auditorium
Kroeger
Eugene, Ore
New York Public Library
Louisville
Oklahoma City
University of Louisville
University of Illinois
American Composers Alliance
Donald Eason
Lakewood
Joseph Thayer
Athens
College of Fine Arts
Timothy Schmidt
Lyndhurst
Ohio
William Fischer
Hebron
Kason
William R. Brophy
Elmer Horsky
Logan
City Schools
Robert D. Smith
Byrne Newhart
Marietta
David Holland
Toledo
Selly C. Kaneshige
David Cooper
Mansfield
David Lewis
Gene Thrailkill
Richard Wilson Talmadge
Smith
Easter Seals Drive Opens in Athens County
More than 13 000 Easter Seals delivered to the Athens post office to reach local residents this week as the 1968 campaign runs until April 14. Eleanor A. Minister, president of the Athens County Society for Crippled Children and Adults, urged continued support to fund treatment and rehabilitation for handi capped people in Athens County. Last year over 100 individuals received help. rising costs mean more funds are needed this year.
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Athens
Eleanor A
Athens County Society For
Athens County
Miss
Athens County Society
National Society For Crippled Children
Pat Shaw
Saturday Dinner Planned By VFW in New Marshfield
A public chicken dinner will be served Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post of New Marshfield. Proceeds will fund Little League baseball uniforms, said post commander Rolland Llewellyn.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
New Marshfield
Rolland Llewellyn
Attorney Seeks New Trial in Phi Kappa Sigma Case
Erle H. Bridgewater filed a motion for a new trial in Phi Kappa Sigma versus General Telephone Co. in Athens County Common Pleas Court. General Telephone has two weeks to respond before Judge John W. Bolin rules. A jury awarded the fraternity 67000 for damages to a three story addition after excavation near General Telephone land. original claims totaled 95000 in compensatory and 25000 in punitive damages.
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Erle H. Bridgewater
Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity
General Telephone Co
Athens County
General Telephone
Birth at Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens
Mr and Mrs Richard Jones of Athens welcomed a daughter. Admitted were Stephen Schloss Forest Shoe maker Ellen Cumbo Minnie Green Phillip Peterson Mrs Joseph Libman Zachary Clem ons and Herbert Rast of Athens. Dismissed Doris Matthews Mrs Frederick Dudis Thomas Davies Teresa Warner Mrs Rex Stor er Albert Carpenter Terry Dickens Frances Konkaskia Mrs Leslie Bailey Mrs Arthur Boyer Mrs Evah Fortney.
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Richard Jones
Athens
Stephen Schloss
Forest Shoemaker
Ellen Cumbo
Minnie Green
Phillip Peterson
Joseph Libman
Zachary Clemons
Herbert Rast
Cyrus Horsley
Chillicothe
Doris Matthews
Frederick Dudis
Thomas Davies
Teresa Warner
Rex Storer
Albert Carpenter
Terry Dickens
Frances Konkaskia
Leslie Bailey
Arthur Boyer
Evah Fortney
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Baird
Columbus
E. Dale Mattmiller
Ohio University Health Services
Muskingum County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Adornetto
Zanesville
Muskingham County Association
VFW
McCulloch
WP Om Sa
SC Naleme A
Stimson
A&p
Athens, Ohio
Oxford
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Donald K. Barstow
Don Barstow
Mill ST
Navy
Tan
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