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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1960

Page

18

Three Villages to Get Burr Oak Water by May

Only three of six villages on the Lake Burr Oak pipeline will be ready to receive water by late May. Glouster Jacksonville and Shawnee can tap in once the line is active, while Murray City Trimble and New Straitsville face delays due to finances and construction time. The Burr Oak Plant is about 78 percent complete and the pipeline 90 percent. officials expect water flow around end of May with distribution starting soon after.

Roy Cross Glouster Lake Burr Oak Murray City Trimble New Straits‘ville Jacksonville Shawnee Straitsville New Straitsville Perry County Ohio Division of Natural Resources Neil Butt Burr Oak Butt Ohio Division of Water Columbus Hocking County Tom Jenkins Dam Newark City Water Department Messenger Newsphotos

Water line expansion plans face multiple Ohio towns

The State Department of Health approved George Sheeter's designs for New Straitsville and Trimble as they pursue financing for extended distribution lines to 550 residents in Trimble and to private customers in New Straitsville. Murray City plans a costly pipeline across terrain, with Butt in charge of operations and testing while towns prepare to raise water rates to 55 cents per thousand gallons.

State Department of Health George Sheeter Athens New Straitsville Trimble Department of Health Sheeter

Chauncey Obscure Personalities Gather for Visits

Chauncey area residents and relatives from Worden Martinsburg Dayton Athens Nelsonville Chillicothe Owosso and others visited or returned home after weekends and holidays. Notables include Becca Showalter daughter of Mr and Mrs Pearl Showalter and ROTC standout Richard Friedberg of Ohio University.

Becca Worden Ill Lucille Showalter Lester Showalter Harry Peggy Crooksville Richard Dehmann Martinsburg Lee Schoonover Ray Smith Athens Pearl Douglas Florence Hooper Howard Bobo Floyd Williams Nelsonville Merle Waxler Chandlersville Clarence Sisson Ray Howard Florida Ottawa Carl Moody Jerry Jimmy David Myers Woodsfield Clifford Sanders John W. Rood Chillicothe Richard Friedberg Ohio University Daniel Friedberg Leftonia Chauncey

Local families visit in area during weekend

Carpenter Mr and Mrs William Marcum and sons of Columbus Mississippi are spending a short vacation at their home in this area visiting relatives. Walter Jordan spent Thursday evening with cousin Rodney Jordan for Rodney s birthday. Other guests were Mrs Faye Jordan Lavern Jordan and children. Clair D Stansbury and daughter Julia Ann Columbus were weekend guests of his parents Mr and Mrs Dale Stansbury. Mr and Mrs Mendal Jordan attended the OAPSE banquet at Chester.

William Marcum Columbus Walter Jordan Rodney Jordan Rodney Faye Jordan Lavern Jordan Clair D. Stansbury Julia Ann Dale Stansbury Mendal Jordan Chester

Local visitors stop by in Straitsville area

N Straitsville hosts a string of visitors with relatives in town. Gene McIntosh and family from Cleveland visited Ben Jones. Herman Keeler and daughter from Barberton called on James Keeler. John Moore and daughter from Columbus visited Mrs. Abram. Robert Jewett and children from Megador visited relatives here. Mabel Price of Columbus visiting Mrs. Abram. Albert Rutgers and daughter from Laurelville visited. Elizabeth Mills visited in Athens recently.

Gene McIntosh Cleveland Ben Jones Herman Keeler Barberton James Keeler John Moore Columbus Abram Robert Jewett Megador Mabel Price Anna Abram Albert Rutgers Laurelville Eliabeth Mills Athens

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