Athens High School adds wings to relieve enrollment
The Athens City School Building Project moves forward with a $1 million expansion at Athens High School and two new wings at East and West Elementary. Willard Barker notes completion targeted for next academic year and April for the East wing. Construction faces a steel strike delay but proceeds with Davidson Building Service and Person Construction Co. as contractors.
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Ex-Resident Rites Tuesday for Mrs Batterson in Bluffton
Funeral services were held Tuesday in Bluffton for Mrs. Nettie Batterson 77 a former area resident who died Saturday in Lima Hospital after a brief illness. She and her husband both attended Ohio University where he was a mate. A son Victor and Mrs George Mozer also attended OU. The Rev Batterson who died three years ago led the Methodist church at Glouster for two years. The family including four other children served two decades in the Argentina mission field. Niece Rowena Sprout and Mrs Nellie Carpenter of Athens attended the Bluffton funeral.
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Athens High to Administer Vocational Aptitude Tests
Athens High School juniors will take a sequence of six modern aptitude tests today and Wednesday. The exams cover personal-social, mechanical, general sales, clerical routine, computational, and scientific aptitudes. The tests supplement the Kuder interest inventory given to 123 sophomores, with two groups planned each about two and a half hours long.
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Guidance Council at Center Wednesday Meeting Set
The Ohio Valley Guidance Council meeting at Ohio University Center in Athens opens with a social hour and 7 15 p.m. session. Dr. George Hill is advisor, with Norman Saylor and Jerry Ulbrich as leaders. The council, formed last year, includes about 300 teachers and administrators from southeastern Ohio and West Virginia, and will discuss a follow up study approach in guidance. The Plains Post 7174 VFW commander Kenneth Harvey announced an inspection at 8 p.m. Thursday.
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Runaway Youths Picked Up by Deputies on Route 33
Deputies stopped two runaway boys aged 11 and 13 on Route 33 after a string of recent manhunts. Deputy Harold Shields reported finding them Saturday as they walked away from the Xenia home for boys. The youths stated they aimed for Stockport to reach relatives. They were handed to juvenile authorities for disposition.
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Cancer Society unit set meeting in Athens County
Athens County chapter of the American Cancer Society will hold its annual meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Church of the Good Shepherd. Officers will be elected, annual reports heard, and a budget presented, announced Rev. Phil Porter Jr. president.
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Bound to Jury On Bad Check Count
A Route 4 man from Athens was bound over to the grand jury on a $200 bond after pleading guilty to passing a bad check. Raymond Foreman, of Mathews Oil Co., was charged with issuing a $200 check with no funds in the bank. Jordan reports aid Damascus says all Arab nations have agreed to provide military and financial aid to repel any new Israel action.
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Driver Fined Jailed and License Suspended in Drunken Driving Case
A Walls man was found guilty of drunken driving in Municipal Court last Friday. He was fined jailed and his driving license suspended for three months after the charge.
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