Steady Rise in Ohio School Property Taxes Noted
A Public Expenditure Council report shows rising shares of property taxes allocated to schools across Ohio counties. Athens leads with 77.2 percent of total taxes to schools, while Morgan has 37.1 percent. In 1968 Athens County school taxes totaled 3,272,099 from 4,238,196 in total property taxes, with increases across several counties. The report cites an overall Ohio school tax rise of 119,319,011 between 1963 and 1969, outpacing the general tax gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio’ Public Expenditure Council
Ohio
Athens
MorGan
Scrosse
Gallia
Perry
Gallas
Hocking
Meigs
Winter
OPEC
Ec Ee Oe
Inet
First Appalachian Highway Sub-Surfacer In Ohio
A giant new sub-surfacer, costing about 76000 dollars, begins work on the Appalachian Highway in southern Ohio. Operated by Engie Construction Co of McArthur, the machine uses two cords and sensors to grind the sub surface to exact elevations, creating a 12 foot wide strip per pass for a standard 24 foot traffic lane. The project covers Vin ton Meigs and Athens counties with bid openings planned for June 17 and October for segments near Albany and Jackson County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lovell
Ohio
Jov
Engie Construction Co
McArthur
Optium
Vinton
Meigs
Athens
Ohio Department of Highways
Givens
Pike County
Albany
Jackson County
Fire dept brothers build dollhouse for ventilation training
Athens firefighters Cap Richard Cooley and Lt Royce Cooley built a three story dollhouse to teach ventilation and smoke movement. Chief Dalton explains how the model demonstrates window cuts, stairwells, elevator shafts, and fans to clear dense smoke for safer interior operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Met
Cap
Richard Cooley
Royce Cooley
Freman
Charles Dalton
Dalton
Captain Cooley
Bud Lowry
City Mechanic
Aiken
Richard Cowley
Middleport Restaurant Owner and Fire Chief Jack Bechile
Jack Bechile, Middleport restaurant owner, serves as cook and bottle washer while volunteering with the Middleport Volunteer Fire Department and emergency squad. Since 1848 he has delivered babies, led as fire chief, taught first aid, and helps his community from his cafe and church duties. He and wife Euretta, both West Virginians, embody local hospitality and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Jack Bechile
Jack
Fire Department
Tie
Baby
Jacks
Jackies
Euretta
West
Tu Endie Wei Park Bridges Past And Present History
Tu Endie Wei Park in Point Pleasant blends colonial memory with ongoing river life. At its center the Mansion House log structure recalls Walter Newman’s 1798 build and the Point Pleasant Battle Monument marks a contested early Revolutionary War episode. The park, operated by the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources since 1901, showcases era artifacts, graves of Lewis and others, and a plaque recounting the trap and skirmish that historians cite as the first battle of the Revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Tu-Endie-Wei Park
Walter Newman
Chin
Kanawha
Andrew Lewis
Charles Lewis
Cornstalk
Ann Baily
Lewis
Ann Bailey
West Virginia Department of Natural Resources
Charles Rogers
Col
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Ruides
Gertrude Batson
Elizabeth Liter
Lorde Wilfong
Lexington and Concord
Lewh
Lard
Nure
Dunmore
Calef
Cornstate
United Indian Nations
Batle Pont Pleasant
Minutemen
Lexington
Redcoats
Puck-E-Shin-Wa
Tecumseh
Virginia
Ohio
Bienville de Celeron
France
Laver
Matthew Arbuckle
George Washington
Fort Randolph
Daniel Boone
Comnatalk
Comstalk
White Construction To Place Negroes and Puerto Ricans
New York officials announce a prototype job training plan in Brooklyn to place Black and Puerto Rican workers in New York City’s white construction industry. The program, starting in June, would hire one on the job trainee for every four journeymen, with expansion hoped citywide. Cyril D. Tyson, commissioner of manpower and career development, described it as a major breakthrough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Affccal
Brooklyn
Cyril D. Tyson
Mane Power and Career Development
Also Mentioned on This Page
Electronic
Appalachiae Highway
Mtght Peete
Senege
Walter
Athens Firemen
Pelt Piresent
Paiet Picasamt
Mr. Stork
Beulah Jones
Jack Secutle
By Roy Cross
Detric
Cornstaff
Apain
Tm Park
Mansion House
Biff
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!