Wet vote grants $2 million Galbreath Inn in Athens
Athens residents in Precincts 1 and 2 Ward 2 voted wet by a 228 to 93 margin, easing financing for the Galbreath Inn project. John W. Galbreath and son Dan, abroad, were notified. construction now targeted at 101 units with a $1.5 million building cost and extra land costs.
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Galbreath
Charles W. Reamer
Athens
Galbreath Inn
County Board of Elections
Ward 2
Erle H. Bridgewater, Jr
Bridgewater
John W. Galbreath
Dan
Africa
Weber Unseated as President in City Council Race
Incumbent council president Fred W. Weber loses to Harry Crewson, a Democrat and Ohio University economist, by 1789 to 1501. Three incumbents win re-election. several new council members first take seats in January, including Richard Phillips and Brandon Grover Jr. and Robert Sutton. Mayor Raymond Shepard and other officials receive high courtesy votes.
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Harry Crewson
Ohio University
Fred W. Weber
Messenger
Crewson
Foster Coe
Edgar Tuckerman
Michael Molehan
Richard Phillips
Brandon T. Grover Jr
Robert Sutton
Howard Romine
Coe
E. M. Conant
George Kennedy
Phillips
Patrick White
White
E. State St
Grover
Sutton
Mol
Voters Confused Over Dog Confine Measure Ballot
Athens voters approved the 12 month animal confinement rule by 1023 to 2352 after confusion over ballot wording. The measure keeps dogs confined to owners property unless allowed elsewhere, while the council had authorized a shorter five month alternative.
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FE B. Young
Lharge
Young
City and County School Board Members Re-Elected
Incumbent city and county school board members were returned to four year terms in unofficial results. City president Sol Rosenberg earned 4511 votes, James E Householder 1993, Bernard R Black 1987. county members William Brown 1943 and Esther L Dailey 1600 led, with Robert Harrison 15361 votes. Additional local races list multiple write ins and several named candidates with varying totals.
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Sol Rosenberg
James E. Householder
Bernard R. Black
William Brown
Esther L. Dailey
Robert Harrison
State Issue Approved and Levies Pass Across Athens County
Athens County voters approved State Issue No 1 by 6457 to 4698 and passed 10 of 13 local levies. Trimble Township rejected several levies while nearby townships and towns approved fire, street light, cemetery, and school levies for five years, with Nelsonville renewal for eight years.
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Athens County
Trimble Township
Glouster
Trimble Township Memorial Park
Dover Township
Chauncey-Dover Fire Department
Chauncey
Nelsonville
Ohio University Leader Thanks Voters for State Education Issue
Ohio University President Vernon R. Alden expressed sincere thanks to Ohio voters for endorsing State Issue No. 1. He praised Southeastern Ohio counties for wider margins and urged collaboration with citizens to advance higher education and regional economic development through the measure.
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Alden
Ohio University
Vernon R. Alden
Ohio
Southeastern
Ath ens Reports Heaviest Rain in Two Months
U S Observer C L Colmer recorded 0.42 inch of rain in Ath ens today marking the heaviest rainfall in nearly two months. Overnight low was 53 and temperature rose only to 55 by 9 am.
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Athens
U.S
C. L. Colmer
First Aid Class to Begin Thursday at Grover Center
Mrs. Charlotte LaTourette chair of Safety Service Athens Red Cross and OU instructor leads a 10 hour first aid course at Grover Center starting Thursday at 7 p.m. No charge for the class and registrations can be made by calling the Red Cross at LY-3-1651.
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Charlotte LaTourette
Safety Service
Athens
The
Red Cross
Ohio University
Grover Center
Clarke Daily
Local man pleads guilty to rope theft in Athens court
James Blain Jeffers of Athens Route 5 pleaded guilty Tuesday in Municipal Court to stealing a rope valued at 15 dollars from Henkle and McCoy Contractors. He was fined 380 dollars and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail with the sentence suspended and placed on one year's probation. Franklin Coen filed the charge.
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James Blain Jeffers
Athens
Henkle and McCoy Contractors
Jeffers
Francis Coen
Chauncey School Transfer Okayed in Athens County Vote
Athens County voters approved one of three school reorganization measures. Chauncey-Dover district backed transfer to Athens city schools 408 to 325, while The Plains rejected 268 to 285. A northern district plan and a four-district merger were defeated.
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Athens County
Election Board
Chauncey- Dover
Athens City
the Plains
Athens
Nelsonville City
Glouster Exempted Village
York and Trimble
Hocking County
T. C Porter
Trimble
Chauncey
Clyde E Plant
Tribe Gains Mayor's Post In Albans Election Upset
Ivan Tribe, former mayor, defeats incumbent Wiley Colburn 141 to 81 to reclaim the Albans mayoralty. Tribe, an Ohio University graduate student, first won in 1961 but resigned last summer for a state highway department post. Colburn had been council president.
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Ivan Tribe
Albans
Wiley Colburn
Tribe
Ohio University
State Highway Department
Colburn
Brown Edges Bolin In Township Trustee Race
One township trustee and a clerk were elected Tuesday in each of the 14 political subdivisions. Harold R. Brown, Athens Township incumbent trustee, won reelection in his race. The voting results reflected steady turnout across communities.
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Brown
Bolin
Harold R. Brown
Athens Township
Shelter Notes and Election Results Include Local Races
The report lists Shelter ing Arms Hospital notes with names like Nora Gilkey and Frank Rose and records discharge and emergency transport. It also notes a mayoral and township election tally with Vernon O. Shaw re elected clerk and Charles Bolin and Kathryn Walburn as opponents, plus numerous township results across several towns with candidate names and vote totals.
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Charles Bolin
Kathryn Walburn
Vernon O. Shaw
Alexander
J. Floyd Williams
Robert L. Grinstead
Ames
Paul Linscott
Everett Saulers
Dorothy Sedwick
Bern
J. C. Armstrong
William Pinkerton
Roy C. Pierce
Lee D. Glass
Canaan
William J. Witham
Boyd L. Spencer
Bessie L. Dillinger
Carthage
Delmas Martin
Willard Beyler
Mildred Chapman
Dorothy Ackley
Dover
John D. Law
Orris F. Boudinot
John Collins Brookhart
Don F. Evener
Jane White Hanning
Lee
Harry Swart
Edna B. Whiteman
Lodi
Vern Lee Meeks
Howard Flanders
Rome
Lewis L. Moore
Leonard G. Congreve
Fred D. Russell
Clarence L. Frost
Trimble
Lovel D. Brunton
William Christman
Harold Sanders
Joseph A. Nedermeyer
Leonard Lent
Troy
Clay Rowley
Harley Sidwell
William G. Rogers
Gail Deeter
W. R. Clark
Wilma Dunfee
Waterloo
Roy D. Gillham
Harry E. Hawk
York
Kenneth Weaver
Wayne Bumgardner
Glenn A. Allen
Alice Lash
Burning permits eased by City Fire Chief
Fire Chief Charles Dalton lifted the burning ban Tuesday and praised residents for extreme caution during the dry period. The department only had three minor leaf or grass fire calls recently. Burning permits are required for any open area fire inside city limits.
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Charles Dalton
Dalton
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