County School Referendum to appear on November ballot
The county school board placed the Ames Bern Rome Canaan and Carthage Troy referendum on the November ballot after a 35 minute meeting. The board also admitted Glouster Exempted Village into the county system and hired two outside attorneys for the Supreme Court case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames- Bern
Rome-Canaan
Carthage-Troy
Glouster
Supreme Court
T. C. Porter
Porter
Lavelle
William Brown
Homer B. Gall Jr
Gal
Gall
Roger Jones, Jr
Athens
Willian Knepper
Columbus
AHS Band and Chorus Sweep District Music Ratings
Athens High Schools band and girls chorus earned top rating of 1 at the district music contest in Ironton. The 72 piece band, directed by Walter Suchanek, and the 32 member chorus under Mrs. Sue Sheeder with assistant Mrs. Inez Shirer, advance to the state finals in Mansfield on April 25. About 20 schools competed in seven counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens High
Ironton
Gible
Mansfield
The
Ohio Music Education Association
Walter Suchanek
Sue Sheeder
Inez Shirer
Ex-Service Station Man Files Suit
A former service station employee from The Plains filed a $15 000 damage suit in Common Pleas Court alleging injuries in 1962 while installing a battery in a customer’s car. He says the car moved forward pinning his legs against a wall in Edna Black’s garage on Richland Avenue.
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Common Pleas Court
Ermit Gilkey
the Plains
Edna Black
Richland Ave
Gilkey
South Canaan Road Home Damaged Fire Causes Blaze
A Sunday morning fire on South Canaan Road damaged the Walter Carsey home estimated at 3000. Neighbors helped move furniture as two Richland Area Fire Department pumpers plus 14 firefighters fought the blaze near Willow Creek. Volunteer firefighter injured and hospitalized after knee injury.
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Walter Carsey
S. Canaan Rd
Richland Area
Carsey
Willow Creek
Carseys
S. Canaan
Messenger News
Russell Hall
Athens County
Hunter Hope
Rock Riffle Rd
Royal McBee Corp
Richland
Canaan Rd
Hall
Millaver Cited for Unsafe Operation After Downtown Crash
City police cited Robert H. Millaver, 19, of 10 S High St for unsafe operation following an accident early Sunday at 120 W Union St. His westbound auto knocked a parking meter from its cement base. Millaver was fined $30 and costs in Municipal Court. Earlier Sunday police reported a broken window at McPherson Shoe Store on W Union St.
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Robert H. Millaver
S High St
W. Union St
Millaver
McPherson Shoe
Area Traffic Court Citations and Custody Decrees Listed
A batch of traffic fines is issued for offenses including speeding mufflers and reckless operation in Athens area, with penalties from $5 to $75 and costs. Custody changes include Glenna M. Brown gaining custody and Judith Elaine Smathers restoring maiden name Judith Elaine Snow. The Red Cross degree conferral is announced for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Masonic Temple by Athens Commandery 15.
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Glenna M. Brown
Charles C. Brown
Judith Elaine Smathers
Henry Milton Smathers Jr
Judith Elaine Snow
Order of Red Cross
Masonic Temple
Athens
Knights Templar
Ross M. Davis
Health Reports Made Officers Elected Advisory Council Meets
Dr H M Boocks Athens County health commissioner presented the health depart ments annual report for 1963 to the Athens County Advisory Council and officers were elected at the councils annual meeting Saturday The officers all of whom were re elected are chairman Charles Cone Canaan Township vice chairman Ivan Tribe mayor of Albany and secretary Richard Carey mayor of Trimble Boocks noted strides in environmental sanitation with 323 inspections and visits excluding sewage disposal and water supply 223 visits and inspections and 505 water samples An air sampling program began in Athens County in the city as part of a national air pollution study with samples taken twice monthly Heart disease topped the death causes count with 318 deaths followed by strokes 128 cancer 50 pneumonia 41 and accidents 24 Contagious diseases declined while chronic diseases rose Boocks stressed looking to the future to address public health problems He explained federal grants and said they’re accepted only if the local health board controls the program
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H. M. Boocks
Athens County
Health Department
Athens County Advisory Council
Charles Cone
Canaan Township
Albany
Richard Carey
Trimble
Boocks
Athens City
Muskingum Dam saves $52 million in flood damages
M A Laslie, area engineer for the U S Army Corps of Engineers, reports flood control gates closed across the Muskingum Conservancy District saved $52 022 000 in damages. Rainfall March 4 to 10 averaged 6 inches district wide, with 8 14 inches in heavy areas, while total district cost is just over $50 million. The projects reduced the river stage at Zanesville.
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Muskingum
M. A. Laslie
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Muskingum Conservancy District
Laslie
Zanesville
Fair Weather Prevails After Second Rise
Athens residents enjoy a second day of fair weather as temperatures climb from a subfreezing low to 50 at 9:30 a.m. and 53 for the day. The Hocking River rose two more feet after Saturday’s rain, reaching 13.12 feet before falling back.
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Athens
U.S
C. L. Colmer
Colmer
Hocking
Motorists cited for improper turns after weekend crashes
The State Highway Patrol cited James Walter Brown 17 of Millfield Route 1 and James B Campbell 40 of Branchland WV after two separate weekend crashes on Route 50 west of Athens and Route 33 south of Athens. David S Kellermyer 22 of 23 S Congress St pleaded innocent to a driving while intoxicated charge in Municipal Court. he posted bond under 250 dollars and the case continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Wilson Graves
State St
James Jarosi
Rossford
Richard Frantz
Mill St
The
State Highway Patrol
James Walter Brown
Millfield
Athens
James B. Campbell
Branchland
W. Va
David S. Kellermyer
S. Congress St
Court Hears 159 Cases in February Docket
Municipal Court logged 159 cases in February per clerk Blanche Wallar. Of these 61 were state cases totaling 1489.35, 98 were city cases at 1845.35, and traffic bureau take reached 2281.54. In February 1963 the court had 104 city cases with 1972 in city fines and costs and traffic ticket receipts of 1940.93.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Court
Blanche Wallar
Algae Light Study Talk At Ohio University Porter Hall
Birth announcements list a daughter for Mr and Mrs James Miller in Athens Route 2. Admitted and dismissed patients at Shelter ing Arms Hospital include residents from The Plains Richmond and Coolville. Dr Thomas E Brown of the Charles F Kettering Foundation will speak at 4 pm Wednesday in Porter Hall Room 306 on the physiological effect of light on algae.
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James Miller
Athens
Richard Michael
the Plains
Sophronia Weber
Loretta Ware
Jessie Quick
Richard Furniss
Charles Quick
Mc.Arthur
Forest Shoemaker
Howard Lievellen
New Marshfield
James Black
Ernest Coe
W. C. Channell
Ronald Huff
Nellie Marks
Richmond
Ruth Grace
Emma Thompson
William Hartley
Trimble
Franklin Washburn
Coolville
Thomas E. Brown
Charles F. Kettering Foundation
Ohio Universitys
Porter Hall
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Paul Efa
County Board
William Lavelle
Ames-Bern
Clouster - Trimble
Esther Dailey
Clouster
Glouster Trimble
AHS
Excelsior Medical Clinic
Excelsior
China
Cussins & Fearn
Athens, Ohio
Rae Eo
Moore
Kerr-Hunter Hardware CO
South Canaan Road
Russ Hall
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens County Savings
Serary
Telephone LY
Dale E. Schultz
Thomas J. Grady
Ray Ernest Carsey
Piketon
Joseph F. Rodriguez
Pearl St
John Nick Malandrakis
W. Carpenter St
Thomas G. Kish
Athens Apartments
Dennis Leroy Davis
Ronald Lloyd Sayre
Rostra
James Ray Sterling
Sugar Grove
Gary Elmer Gabriel
Harold Reginald Brown
Arthur Kessler Yeater
Bernard Thomas Jacobs
Nelsonville
Advisory Council
Muskingum Dam
Houck & Reed, Inc
Insurance Service
G. Houck
Don Reed
Bob Baur
Ph. LY
Athens, O
Tetter Service
S. Court St
Dm Murphey
Insurance Agency
Jessie W. Ley
Katherine Hartley
N. Court
Earl F. Mathews, Inc
C. M. Gill and Co
Dwight H. Rutherford
Joseph Seiple
Donald K. Barstow
D. M. Goddard
Jessie W. Ley, Inc
Nelsonville, Ohio
Ohio
Richard Guinther
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