Athens housing boom hits peak with October permits
Residential construction in Athens rose to a 15 month high in October with 25 permits issued totaling 371 618 dollars. Eight permits covered residences including a 167 000 dollar project. Major commercial builds included a motel car wash restaurant and department store remodeling. The month also featured a Sunday Methodist missions talk by Rev Hugh N Lormor on Horizons Unlimited.
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Service - Safety Director
David B. Arnold
Fairview Ave
Harry Evarts
Strouds Run Rd
Richard S. Mayer Lamar
Sebring
Livingston Rd
Dayton Kern
Briarwood Dr
L. F. Engleman
Lorene Dr
Stout Farm Supply
Stimson Ave
Dorna Corp
Columbus Rd
Luckoff’s Department Store
First Methodist Church
Hugh N. Lormor
Southeast Asia
Pakistan
Methodist Board
Division of World Missions
South Dakota
Pomona College
California
Boston University School of Theology
Rangoon
Burma
New York
Horizons Unlimited
Athens
John Wesley Seay
Avon Pl
Luckoff
Coal Truck Turns Over On Highway
A coal loaded truck overturned on Route 50A four miles east of Route 33 in the afternoon. Driver Isaac Lamar Walton of Wellston, 56, was uninjured after the brakeline broke while descending a hill and the truck slid into an embankment, spilling coal onto the berm.
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State
Highway Patrol
Isaac Lamar Walton
Wellston
Dividing Ridge Hill
Walton
Cub Scout Training Session Sets Leaders Course
A basic training session for cub scout leaders will be held at the Gloucester High School Gym on Sunday at 2 p.m. The Hock-Hocking District announced the event at the Nelsonville round-table. District Executive Roger Harris said the meeting is for those needing leadership training and information. The district plans an all day hike on November 21 at Taber Memorial Park with possible overnight camping in Wayne National Forest. Harris urged more units to join the fall Frontier Round-up recruitment to expand scouting. Advanced outdoors training for leaders is scheduled for November 13-14 at Camp Kootaga in Parkersburg.
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Glouster High School
Hock-Hocking
Nelsonville
Roger Harris
Taber Memorial Park
Tom Cassell
Wayne National Forest
Frontier
Harris
Camp Kootaga
Parkersburg
Births and admissions at Shelterings Arms Hospital
Mrs. Edith Reed of Glouster and Mrs. Donald Spencer of Nelsonville Route 2 join the patient list. New arrivals include a daughter to Mr and Mrs Joseph Kelbley of Athens and a son to Mr and Mrs Carl Ross of New Marshfield. Discharges include William Saunders and John Baytos of Athens and Mrs William Channel of The Plains. A court action lists Hughie Chester McCune Jr against Georgianne Ellen McCune for gross neglect.
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Joseph Kelbley
Athens
Carl Ross
New Marshfield
Edith Reed
Glouster
Donald Spencer
Nelsonville
William Saunders
John Baytos
William Channel
the Plains
Hughie Chester McCune, Jr
Georgianne Ellen McCune
Inn Open House Sunday At Ohio University Inn Athens
Captain Mowery of the Ohio Hotel and Motel Association will attend an open house at The Ohio University Inn in Athens. The $2 million inn offers 88 guest rooms, suites, dining rooms, cocktail lounge, swimming pool, banquet hall, and ample parking. Open hours Sunday 2 to 6 pm followed by Monday business at 9 am.
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Captain Mowery
Ohio Hotel & Motel Association
Athens
Ohio University Inn
National Association
Eugene L. Bostrom
OHMA
New Athens
State Hotel and Motel Trade Association
Innkeeping
Richard Homstead
Inn
Oberlin Inn
Bostrom
John
City Teachers Discuss Bond Issue and Sales Tax
Clyde Plant the Athens city schools superintendent addressed the Athens Education Association meeting at Morrison School on the PEP program and bond issue passage. A panel of foreign students compared educational systems, with Ohio University students Lucy Puccio Jack Schow and Hubert van Schouwenburg from Peru Sweden and Holland sharing views. Japanese exchange students Mariko Tabe and Yoko Kitamura performed in native dress, Sharon Geibel accompanied on piano.
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Clyde Plant
Athens City
Athens Education Association
Morrison School
Ohio University
Lucy Puccio
Peru
Jack Schow
Sweden
Hubert van Schouwenburg
Holland
United States
Ironton
Mariko Tabe
Yoko Kitamura
Tokyo
Sharon Geibel
Anna C. Rose
the Plains
Don Blosser
AEA Presiding
Discipline Committee Report on Oct 26 Demonstration at OU
Ohio University's Discipline Committee released its findings on the Oct 26 protest against a flag pole sitting ban at a fraternity house. Four fraternities were reprimanded while Delta Tau Delta was praised for calming the mounting demonstration. The report underscored university free assembly rules and suggested possible regulation changes.
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Ohio University
Delta Tau Delta
Public hearing set on State Route 329 relocation
The Ohio Department of Highways schedules a 10 a m hearing on November 20 at Ames Bern High School auditorium about relocating 0.37 mile of State Route 329 starting south of County Road 26. Arguments for and against will be heard.
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Ohio Department of Highways Today
Ames - Bern High School
Five New Scout Units Planned in Hock-Hocking District
Three prospective cub scout packs and two prospective boy scout troops will enter planning stages this week in the Hock Hocking District. Roger Harris urges all interested parents and boys to attend. Meetings include Stewart Methodist Church for a cub pack at 7:30 p.m. tonight, Coolville Methodist Church Monday, Amesville Presbyterian Church Wednesday at Ames Bern School, New Marshfield Methodist Church Monday, and Shade Parents' Teachers' organization Tuesday at Shade School, all at 7:30 p.m.
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Hock-Hocking
Roger Harris
Stewart Methodist Church
Coolville Methodist Church
Amesville Presbyterian Church
Ames-Bern School
New Marshfield Methodist Church
Shade Parents’ Teachers’ Organization
Shade School
Mercury Records Mild Freeze Then Rise In Warm Thurs
The report notes a low of one degree below freezing on Friday and a 40 degree reading at 9 am after Thursday’s 70 degree high. Meteorologist C. L. Colmer of the U. S. Weather Observatory provided the figures.
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U. S
C. L. Colmer
Harris cites transistor era as vast communications shift
Ohio Assembly speakers describe the transistor radio era as the broadest communications change, enabling area access to competing broadcasts and US motives. Reed Harris of USIA notes jazz as a cultural link, calling Louis Armstrong a leading American ambassador. The event, part of The American Assembly program at Ohio University, informs regional cultural exchange findings.
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Ohio Assembly
Athens
Reed Harris
U.S. Information Agency
Harris
U.S
Africa
Louis Armstrong
United States
Information Center Service
USIA
WPA
OWI
Edward R. Murrow
Chauncey-Dover School Audit Released
State examiner's report on the Chauncey-Dover Exempted Village School covering July 25, 1962 to June 30, 1964 notes a $12.53 payroll deficit which the Athens City district later covered. Chauncey joined Athens on July 1, 1964. minutes were neatly typed and no findings were issued.
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Chauncey-Dover
Chauncey
Athens City
New Jersey Teacher Sues for False Arrest
June V. Dwyer of Caldwell files in Common Pleas Court against Monte V. Davis seeking 9250 damages after a false arrest case in August. Davis allegedly told police she disrupted the peace, leading to a one hour and 30 minute detention. Dwyer was acquitted in Municipal Court on August 14 and seeks punitive and compensatory damages plus lost wages, legal fees, and witness costs.
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New Jersey
Monte
Promoted to vice presidency at Steppe's Beauticians
Robert J. Richardson 37 and Edgar Shaw 39 have been appointed to vice president posts at Steppe's Beauticians Inc. and affiliates. Effective Nov 1. Richardson, an Ohio University journalism graduate, joined Steppe's in 1962 as advertising manager. Shaw began with Steppe's in 1950 as a hairstylist and rose to supervisor before 1961.
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Robert J. Richardson
Ohio University
Edgar Shaw
Newark
Steppe’s
Beauticians, Inc
Wilmington
Richardson
The
University
Athens
Standard Oil Company
N.J
Aruba
Netherlands Antilles
Shaw
Steppe
Philadelphia
Paterson
N. J
Basil Rutter
Ice Skating Classes For Beginners At Ohio University
Registration for six beginner ice skating lessons at Bird Arena runs 3 to 5 p.m. on November 9 10 or 11. Classes span November 14 21 December 5 12 and January 9 16 with age groups 6-8 at 9 9-11 at 10 and 12-14 at 11. Each child must provide their own skates per the division of physical education and athletics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Bird Arena
Division of Physical Education and Athletics
Trimble Jaycees Meet At Athens Club Session
About 10 members of the Trimble Jaycees attended a Thursday night meeting of the Athens Junior Chamber of Commerce at Ohio Fuel Gas on Route 50W. They discussed the internal program for the coming year and continued work on the picnic area near West State Street.
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Trimble
Jaycees
Athens Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ohio Fuel Gas
Route
W. State St
Curriculum Day at Athens High and Chauncey Dover Meeting
Teachers from Athens High School and Chauncey Dover joined The Plains for a system wide Curriculum Day. Ohio University education assistant professor Paul Roaden presented an NASSP produced film on latest high school curriculum developments. Paramathia Lodge 25 F and AM to confer Master Mason degree at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Masonic Temple per John P. Buck.
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Athens High School
Chauncey Dover
The
Plains
Paul Roaden
Ohio University
National Association of Secondary School Principals
Paramathia Lodge 25
F & AM
Masonic Temple
John P. Buck
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Donald K. Barstow
RAY Douglas Insurance
Mill Street
Paul M. Williams
Ph. LY
Carl J. House
Harold B. Swisher
Columbus, Ohio
Royal McBee
Hayden, Stone Incorporated
NEW York Stock Exchange
D. H
Jonesy) Sams
Cline Bldg
O. Ph. LY
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mowrey
Discipline Committee
City
Columbus
Raymond Shepard
Vaughn Earich
Mercury
Ohio
American Assembly
Columbia Univer
Robert Richardson
Earl Mathews
Earl F. Mathews
Trimble Jaycees
Harold Starkey
E. M. Conant Realty
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