Graduation Hours Cut By Board For AHS Plans
Athens High School trims graduation requirement from 18 to 17 credit hours plus PE and health. A resolution raises summer school tuition from 14 to 16 for residents and 20 to 22 for nonresidents, boosting teacher pay to 520. Burke and Plant report on in-demand subjects as June through August program is set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Shively
Athens High School
City School Board
Roger K. Burke
Burke
Sup
Clyde Plant
Plant
PTA Numeration Council
Merrill Riggle
Athens
American Association of School Administrators
Philadelphia
School Management Institute
Columbus
Ohio University
Health Board Hears annual vital statistics report
The Athens City County Health Department released its annual report detailing 1180 births and 590 deaths with heart disease as the leading killer. Expenditures reached 43000, and the per capita cost for a full public health program was estimated at 2.50, with Athens area spending 0.91 per person in 1960. The department lists sanitation, TB control, milk inspection, 3000 milk sanitation inspections, 12000 chest X rays, vision screening and immunizations as major services. A centralized refuse disposal project for the Stewart area is planned. Board members included Carl Frey and Dr. Allan Baldwin among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens City-County
Health Board
H. M. Boocks
Athens Area
Health Department
Commissioner Boocks
Stewart Area
Carl Frey
Ruth Blair
Nelsonville
Keith Zimmerman
Albany
Ray Chadwell
Athens
Allan Baldwin
Bicknell Foraker
Athens Driver Fined After Two Accidents
Charles L. Thomas, 22, of 489 Richland Ave., was fined in Municipal Court after pleading guilty to two city police charges from traffic accidents within an hour. He paid $10 plus costs for failing to stop within the assured clear distance in front of Grover Center involving Helen E. Cooley and for driving left of center in a Hooper St. crash involving Charles L. Hanson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Charles L. Thomas
Richland Ave
Grover Center
Helen E. Cooley
N. Lancaster St
Hooper St
Charles L. Hanson
Curtis St
Phone Lines Are Affected In East Athens
Commonwealth Telephone crews repaired a water damaged manhole on E State St between Verona Place and Sunnyside Drive after a two hundred plus phone outage. The issue shorted six 100 pair cables affecting 229 lines and 418 subscribers. Restoration aimed for tonight with a replacement part due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth Telephone Co
East Athens
James B. Kimball
Commonwealth
E. State St
Verona Place
Sunnyside Drive
Kimball
Leroy Nickoson Rites Planned in Stewart Church
Funeral services for Leroy Nickoson age 92 former Guysville resident are set for Friday at 2 p.m. in Stewart Methodist Church with Rev. J Gordon Sullivan officiating. Burial will follow in Stewart Cemetery. Friends may call Hughes funeral home at any time. Nickoson died Tuesday night in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Nickoson
Guysville
Stewart Methodist Church
J. Gordon Sullivan
Stewart Cemetery
Hughes Funeral Home
Nickoson
Columbus
Woman Hurt In Crash At City Limits
Florence L. Chalfan, 50, and Charles F. Chalfan, 54, both of Athens Route 3, suffered injuries in a two car collision on Columbus Road near the north city limits. Carl L. Wooten, 42, of 28 Graham Drive, drove the other vehicle. he was hospitalized after the crash with a head injury. Wooten said his brakes failed while behind a bread truck turning into City Produce Market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Graham
Wooten
Rome Student Wins County Spelling Bee
Linda Dorr, 13, of Athens Route 4, Rome Canaan student, won the Athens County spelling bee at The Plains. She will compete in the state contest in Columbus on April 8. Second place went to Rachel Hayes of Columbia Elementary. Several Athens County students and three county teachers participated and judged the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
the Plains
Linda Dorr
Donald Dorr
Athens Route 4
Rome Canaan
Columbus
Columbia
Rachel Hayes
Mildred Gregory
Carpenter
Route 1
Richard Knott
Jacksonville
Judy Knight
Mary Jane Matheny
Murray City
Sandy Saylor
Waterloo
Shelia Hickel
Carthage Troy
Donna J. Goins
Ames-Bern
Shade School
Frances Grogan
Nancy Burson
Ames Bern
Ruth Klingenberg
Watrloo
Births at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mr and Mrs Larry Wilcox of Athens welcome a son and Mr and Mrs Robert Rice of New Marshfield welcome a son. Admitted include Mrs Charles Chalfant Athens Route 3 Charlotte Perry Athens Route Mrs Shannon Ward Athens John W Martin Athens Route Rev Carl L Westen Athens Mrs Leo Kennard New Marshfield Tad Grover Athens Route 4. Dismissed Homer Depue Sharpsburg Howard Russell Athens Kayanna Smith Athens Andrea Stobart Stewart Route Joey Vanity Athens Harold Castle Guysville Route
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Wilcox
Athens
Robert Rice
New Marshfield
Carl L. Westen
Leo Kennard
Tad Grover
Homer Depue
Sharpsburg
Howard Russell
Kayanna Smith
Andrea Stobart
Stewart
T. C. McCracken 85 OU Dean Emeritus Dies
Thomas Cooke McCracken 85 dean emeritus of Ohio University died in Sheltering Arms Hospital after months of ill health. He led OU College of Education 24 years, headed education departments at multiple institutions, and served as Kappa Delta Pi president for 24 years. Survived by wife Lillian, daughter, sister, with services at Jagers funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Cooke’ McCracken
Ohio University
Sheltering Arms Hospital
McCracken
College of Education
Kappa Delta Pi
Bellefontaine
Monmouth College
Ill
Harvard University
Monmouth
University of Utah
Department of Education
Colorado State College
Greeley
Colo
Washington University
Ohio College Association
Ohio State Teacher Association
American Association of Teacher Colleges
State Department of Education
Athens
Dean McCracken
Former Ames Farmer Dies at 81 in Newark
Gilbert C. Boudinot 81 prominent Ames Township farmer died Wednesday night at Arlington Nursing Home Newark Born in Millfield he spent most of life in Ames Township moving in 1959 to his daughter’s home in Newark He is survived by his wife Blanche a daughter one grandson and one great granddaughter three sisters five brothers and several nieces and nephews Funeral services Sunday 2 p.m. Amesville Methodist Church burial in Amesville cemetery Friends may call Fawcett Stone Funeral Home Saturday 10 a.m. to noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesterhill
Gilbert C. Boudinot
Ames Township
Arlington Nursing Home
Newark
Millfield
Theodore Boudinot
Paul Davis
Amesville
Thomas Keirns
Ralph McKibben
Athens
Willard Skinner
Cell
Mentor
F. E
Clifford
Carl
Parkersburg
Sidney
Amesville Methodist Church
Max
Dinner Is Slated at Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall
A fish dinner will be served from 5 to 7 p m Friday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars dining room in New Marshfield. The public fund raising meal will be followed by a record hop from 7 30 to 10 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
River Rises as March Winds Bring Snow in Athens
The Hocking River reached 13.65 feet and climbed slowly after a further 0.26 inches of precipitation. Earlier showers and a 70 degree high yielded to near freezing by morning, with a 31 degree low and only three degrees more by 11 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
U.S
C. L. Colmer
Hocking River
Fires At Union Street Residence Prompt Gas Ignition
City firemen were summoned to Boyd Bobo’s home at 79 W Union St at 6 40 p m when a broken oven control on a kitchen range caused gas to ignite. They shut gas at the meter and used a chemical extinguisher to put out the blaze. Another call yesterday involved flushing leaking gasoline from a car tank on W Union St near S High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Bobo
W. Union St
S. High
DAY TO MEET Conrath Bean Chapter DAV
Disabled American Veterans will meet at 8 p m Friday as announced by commander Albert Peyton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrath Bean
Albert Peyton
Obscene Photo Sale Leads to Arrest in Clarksburg
West Virginian Guy Wolfe Jr. was jailed in $400 bond after pleading not guilty in Municipal Court to selling obscene photographs to Richard Leffler, a city patrolman, and using license plates of another. Wolfe fled from police before being tackled in a downtown chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
W. Va
West
Wolfe
Leffler
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Jean Malone
Jack Forbes
National Mathematics Association
Ohio
Board
Morrison School
Ents
Ohio School Boards Association
Athens Messenger
Tad
Huntington
Cross Bros
Kirby Monument Co. Successors
Union ST
P.O. Or Messenger
Rome
Charles Chalfant
Charlotte Perry
Shannon Ward
John W. Martin
Joey Vanity
Harold Castle
T. C. McCracken
Rotary Club
First Presbyterian Church
Lillian
Elmwood Dr
Clarence Moses
New Concord
Jagers and Sons
Roger M. Rice
Ames
Scott's
South Court Street
Athens, Ohio
W.va
Jim Reid
West Virginnian
Ball Albany Ai
Diles Radiobar Company
Morris Ave
Elberfeld
Logan, Ohio
Tel
Evergreen
California
Redwood
Aluminum
Logan
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