Ohio University Students Volunteer for Clean-Up Project
About 60 Ohio University volunteers spend spring break in six southeastern Ohio communities under Project Shotgun. They assist Highland Bend Scioto County East Jackson Pike County Hamden Vinton Chauncey Glouster Athens Murray City with cleaning and repairs. Coordinated by IRD staff Robert Lemon and John Mathews with village councils and Community Action Programs. some stay in homes others commute from Athens.
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Ohio University
Southeastern Ohio
Highland Bend
Scioto County
East Jackson
Pike County
Hamden
Vinton County
Chauncey and Glouster
Athens County
Murray City
Athens-Hocking County
Associated
Institute For Regional Development
Ohio U
Athens
Robert Lemon
John Mathews
IRD
Park Improvements May Get City Backing
Athens Jaycee requests for W State Street park improvements to be favorably considered by city officials. Jaycees asked for maintenance staff, parking lot enhancements, bleachers for four ball fields, playground equipment, and reseeding of ball fields this spring while a comprehensive park development plan was reviewed. The city council and recreation commission will study the requests.
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Athens
Jaycee Park Committee
Council Recreation Committee
City Recreation Commission
Raymond Shepard
Jaycees
W. State Street Park
Burson
Recreation Commission
McBee Plant Completion Delayed To Late Summer
McBee Systems Division of Litton Industries moves completion date for the Route 50E plant. J M Connelly, McBee facilities planning director, cites weather delays, piling problems for the building foundation, and a temporary steel-structure collapse last November as factors. Groundbreaking occurred last June for the $3 million project, with an earlier May completion estimate.
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McBee Systems Division
Litton Industries
J. M. Connelly
McBee
Connelly
Athens Native Wins Award in National Sales Contest
Athens native Ross A. Sams, Ohio University graduate, won first place as regional manager in the Tappan Top Ten National Sales Contest. He and his wife and three children live in Grove City, Pennsylvania, and spent three days in Florida for the award ceremony. Sams, son of the late Ray Sams, has worked for the kitchen appliance maker since 1941 and was named manager of a three state region in 1956.
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Ross A. Sams
Athens
Ohio University
Sams
Grove City
Florida
Ray Sams
Five Forged Checks Charged in Ohio University Case
Ohio University student Russell J Falor 18 Bromley Hall pleaded innocent in Municipal Court to writing five counterfeit checks. Under $500 bond he was bound to the grand jury after arrest by city police. The charges list checks totaling 12.50 at Altman’s 53 at College Book Store 36.16 and 53.36 at Logan’s and 14.96 at Woolworth’s.
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Ohio University
Russell Jeffrey Falor
Bromley Hall
Falor
Altman’s
College Book Store
Logan’s
Woolworth’s
Birth Brings Daughter to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Blanchard
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Blanchard of Athens. In Athens applicants Edna Joseph and Thurman Tucker were admitted. Also admitted were Mrs Anna Perry Athens Route 2 Mrs Florence Bobo Athens Route 4 Robert Jackson Glouster. Dismissed were Mrs Richard Reed Nancy Hartley Michael Hartley Allen Nellis Leona Glass Mildred Risley John Christian Charles Morris Gail Kennedy.
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Kenneth Blanchard
Athens
Edna Joseph
Thurman Tucker
Anna Perry
Florence Bobo
Robert Jackson
Glouster
Richard Reed
Nancy Hartley
Michael Hartley
Allen Nellis
Leona Glass
Mildred Risley
John Christian
Charles Morris
Gail Kennedy
Open door session with Rep Clarence Miller in Athens
U S Rep Clarence Miller hosts an open door session from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the Athens Post Office civil service room. He will address the North American Conference on Blackbird Depredation in Agriculture, meet with the Nelsonville city council, and speak to the Nelsonville American Legion post. A separate note highlights that the United States contains over 74 million acres of wetlands valuable to waterfowl.
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U.S
Clarence Miller
Athens
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Logan Federal
Logan Federal Savings and Loan Association
N. Market St
Logan, Ohio
Tel
McBee Plant
Jaynes
Dupont
E. State St
Opp. Airport
Athens Native
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Miller
Nelsonville Council
United States
Coats
Ganners
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