County Sewage Rules Outlined For Installers
Athens County residents and 20 sewage system installers attended a meeting on new regulations for septic tank and aeration sewage systems. A permit from the city health department is now required for new or remodeled homes, with licensed installers urged for all disposal work. Health officials cited diseases like diarrhea and infectious hepatitis from faulty systems and noted several installers already hold 1967 licenses.
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Athens County
Health Department
N. College St
A. A. Baldwin
J. K. Bratton
Board of Health
Art Gibson
Daryl Rowe
County School Board Sets Special Meeting
The county school board will hold a special meeting at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday to review contracts of attendance officers in the three county districts. Attorney Gerald Mollica, hired to defend the board in a court case, will report on the matter.
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County School Board
Gerald Mollica
Fire Wrench Stolen During Blaze at 40 S Court
At 7am vandals stole a wrench from a fire hydrant at El Union and S Court while city firemen battled a $100,000 fire on the third floor of 40 S Court. The thieves then opened hydrants on Race Elliott and Hooper Streets, using the wrench to aid access as crews laid out hoses. Charles Dalton, Fire Chief, noted the wrench’s role in opening the hydrant during the response.
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el. Union
S. Court
Charles Dalton
Race
Elliott
Hooper
Waterloo Alumni Dinner in New Marshfield at High School
The Waterloo Alumni Association of New Marshfield will hold its annual alumni dinner at New Marshfield High School on Saturday. A 6:30 p.m. dinner will be followed by a program and dance.
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Waterloo Alumni Association of
New Marshfield
New Marshfield High School
Bromley Hall Tragedy and Fire Hit Athens Streets
Ohio University student Jesse A. Hall Jr. 22 leapt from Bromley Hall fifth floor to the sidewalk on W Union Street, dying of skull and neck fractures. A nearby fire on S Court Street caused chaos as investigators noted Hall’s suicide motive amid illness and low spirits. Police say Hall had planned actions after a late night with Cynthia Krider and a telephone call seeking another room. The incident followed a separate municipal court matter involving Kenneth Chapman and Elda Hunter on traffic offenses.
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Jesse A. Hall Jr
Ohio University
Bromley Hall
W. Union Street
Hall
S. Court Street
Athens County
Robert Butts
City Police
S. High Street
W. Union
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Ted Jones
Cynthia Krider
W. State St
Kenneth Chapman
Athens
Reute 1
Ae Syneid
Shatter
R Reed Hall
Bad Cabin T Police
Ass and
Coats
Elda J. Hunter
Wi Union St
Athens PAC reorganizes selects Culbert as chairman
The Parents Advisory Committee, comprising parents from Athens wage and senior high schools, reorganized Tuesday naming Dr. Taylor Culbert, dean of Ohio University's graduate college, as chairman of the new Citizens for Better Schools. The group aims to broaden membership across Athens Chauncey and The Plains to support school system improvement and cooperate with the schools on junior and senior high programs.
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Parents Advisory Committee
Athens
Taylor Culbert
Ohio University
Graduate College
Citizens For Better Schools
Ray Spring
Chauncey and
the Plains
Culbert
Fifth Day Without Rain Reaches Fifth Day
Athens records a fifth straight dry day as midmorning temperatures climb. U S Observer C L Colmer notes 10 am reading at 68 degrees, up from a 52 overnight low. Tuesday’s high reached 73 while the Hocking River continues to fall to 48 feet.
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Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Colmer
Hocking River
Blood Quota Problems To Be Discussed
Mrs. Charles McVey executive director of the Athens County Red Cross chapter attended an all day Columbus conference of the Regional Program Committee. She reported the area failed to meet its spring quota of 300 pints with last two day donations totaling 168 pints and urged reviewing the community goal of 150 pints per visit. The committee would discuss blood distribution methods and consider plastic containers to replace glass bottles for shipments.
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Charles McVey
Athens County
Red Cross
Columbus
McVey
Newark Man Hurt and Pony Killed in Route Accidents
A Newark driver Harold E. Riffle aged 21 suffered neck and elbow injuries when his southbound car on Route 13 near Chauncey overturned after the right front wheel dropped off the pavement. He was charged with excessive speed for road conditions. In a separate incident on Route 50 near Route 7, Chester Mundry 44 of Reedsville struck a pony owned by Alvin Depoy while four or five horses darted across the road. Mundry could not avoid the last animal and the pony was killed in the 3:30 am crash.
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Newark
Chauncey
Harold E. Riffle
Biffle
Chester Mundry
Reedsville
Mundry
Alvin Depoy
Guysville
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