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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1968
Page
11
Athens County Ohio voters will decide at the general election on the renewal of a current tax of .60 mills for five years. The measure funds operating expenses including the Children’s Home. Polls open 6:30 AM to 6:30 PM EST. Board of Elections, Athens County. William A Lovelle, Chairman. William M. Howe, Clerk.
In Athens County Ohio a general election will be held on November 5 1948 to decide a levy beyond the ten mill limit for Nelsonville York City School District. The proposal asks for an additional seven mills per dollar of valuation for operating expenses, equating to seventy cents per one hundred dollars of valuation, with polls opening at the election board offices. William A Lavelle signs for the Athens County Board of Elections on August 13 1968.
A resolution by the Trustees of Athens Township Ohio calls for a general election on November 1968 to decide a renewal dust control levy. The proposed tax exceeds the ten mill limit at a rate up to 1 mill per ten cents of valuation for three years, in Athens County. William M Howe Sr signs dated September 10 1968 with notices for October 8 15 22 29 publication.
Notice announces a vote at the November 5 1968 general election on renewing an existing tax above ten mills for Waterloo Township cemeteries. It specifies a five year levy at up to ten cents per one hundred dollars of valuation, issued by the Board of Elections dated July 26 1968.
A resolution of the Village of Glouster Council requests a vote on a levy exceeding the ten mill limit for current village expenses including street construction and maintenance. It seeks a renewal of a 2 mill levy for five years at up to 2 mills per every twenty dollars of valuation, set for the November 5 1968 general election. The Board of Elections ordered the notice dated August 6 1968 and published in following weeks.
Commissioners of Athens County submit to voters in November 1968 a renewal levy exceeding ten mills for five years to support tuberculosis hospital care and treatment for county residents. The measure proposes a rate not exceeding 40 mills per six cents and sets election time at 6:30 PM EST. Dated August 6, 1948 with multiple publication dates.
The Waterloo Township in Athens County Ohio held a vote on levying a tax of 1 mill for five years to provide and maintain fire apparatus and facilities for a volunteer fire fighting company. The notice dated July 26 1966 lists dates 10-8 10-75 10-22 30-29 and references the township and the election action.
Dover Athens County Ohio on July 30 1968 the township will hold a vote at regular polling places in Dover Township for fire protection. The polls will open July 31 1968.
The township of Canaan in Athens County Ohio schedules a general election on Tuesday the 5th at regular voting places to approve a dust control tax. The measure proposes an additional tax of 40 mills for three years, 40 mills per four cents of valuation. The article records the election timing and note on official oversight by Athens County authorities.
Area death notices list Wir d Chevalier of Tuppers Plains aged 75 who died after a month long illness at Veterans Memorial Hospital. Separate public notices announce appointments of Anita Roy Russell as administratrix of Brett Russell estate and executors for Bess Laughlin Elba Maple Cora Looney with probate dates in 1948 to 1968. An Athens city ordinance details a 214 500 bond issue to fund Briarwood Drive and related streets with a multi year tax levy to back principal and interest. Nearby items report deaths in Gallipolis Akron Columbus Logan and Point Pleasant with funeral arrangements and survivors.
David Thorne 68 a former coal operator and longtime volunteer in Hocking County died in a Toledo hospital. Services in Nelsonville will be conducted by the Johnson Funeral Home with burial in Carbon Hill Cemetery. Ernest Cook 30 died after a motorcycle crash in Laurelville with a driver charged for failing to yield. Joseph Loomis 76 of Point Pleasant, retired riverman, died after a long illness. last rites in Point Pleasant with burial in Kirkland Memorial Gardens.
Amended Substitute Senate Joint Resolution 29 proposes adding Article VIII Section 21 to authorize bonds for highways water pollution control higher education and state buildings with tax backed limits including annual caps of 100 million for highways and 259 million for other improvements plus specific allocations for water management higher education parks and airports. It also details revenue pledges amortization rules and a parallel resolution to permit property tax exemptions and homestead provisions under Article XII with a new effective date.
Ted W. Brown seals in Columbus on August 13 officially certifying Amended Substitute Senate Joint Resolution No 29 and Amended Substitute House Joint Resolution No 43 filed to amend Ohio Constitution sections. The document notes the true copy is on record in the Secretary of State's office.
Proposal to empower the General Assembly to issue bonds and notes for highways and other public capital improvements. Sets annual and total issuance caps for highways, water pollution control, higher education, parks, air ports, and state buildings. Revenues may secure these obligations. no tax or excise increase required for holders.
This brief notice collection lists obituaries and memorials for community members honored in the local newspaper. It references deceased individuals, memorials, and related notices, reflecting a somber record of recent losses and remembrances within the region.
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Funeral services for Verne V. Davis were held at the Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home with Rev. A. N. Grueser of Grove City officiating. Burial followed in Gillmore Cemetery, Middleport, with pallbearers from the foundry, including Edgar Mitch, Norman Grueser, Paul Frick and Dwight Tarker, plus grandsons Geofrey Wilson and Don Jett. Out of town guests attended from Bidwell, Waterford, Belpre, Parkersburg, Fairborn, Charleston and Poca W Va.
The message extends heartfelt thanks from relatives and friends for sympathy shown during Ruby Evans illness and death. Gratitude goes to Dr Myde Sisters and Nurses at Mount St Mary Hospital Reverend Minsker pallbearers and Johnson Funeral Home for acts of kindness and support.
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