Bypass Talks Stalling As Governor Ties Up Schedule
Athens residents and officials report Gov. Rhodes cannot meet the Citizens Advisory Committee on bypass plans as his calendar is full for October and November. The highway director Masheter is to receive the committee’s letter, with state leaders also addressed.
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James Rhodes
Athens Citizens
Citizens Advisory Committee
Barbara P. Daniel
Rhodes
Citizen
P. E. Masheter
Citizen's
Daniel
Athens County
Masketer
One Bond Issue and 12 Leveys On County Ballots Nearby
County voters on November 2 face a 637 262 dollar bond issue for a tri county vocational high school and a 2 mill operating levy, plus 12 additional levies across Athens Perry Hocking and other counties. Several villages renew or add millages for cemeteries streets lighting and school operating costs. The tri county district spans multiple counties and seeks grant support if approved.
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Athens County
Athens City
Tri-County
Athens
Perry
Hocking
Vinton
Morgan and
Meigs
York Local
Canaan
Glouster Village
Jacksonville
Coolville Village
Renewal
Lodi
Bern
Ames
Nelsonville City
Consulting Engineering Firm Opens City Office
The Floyd G Browne & Associates Ltd consulting engineers, based in Marion, opened a branch at 14 S Court St Athens. J Arthur Hamilton P E announced the move. The firm offers sanitary and municipal engineering services including water and sewer systems, waste disposal, power generation, electrical plants, and site construction, with investigations drawings specifications and supervision.
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Floyd G. Browne & Associates, Ltd
Marion
S. Court St
Athens
J. Arthur Hamilton
P. E
Velopers
Hamilton
Mattress Fire Damages Room on State Street
A burning mattress filled a third floor room and hallway at 714 W State St with smoke. Firefighters rescued two people from the third floor as the blaze caused $25 in damage to contents. the owner is Mrs Mary Johnson.
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State St
City Fire Department
Jim Hudnall
Mary Johnson
Mercury Drops Below Freezing Then Rises in Athens
Heavy frost coated parts of Athens Monday as the temperature fell two degrees below freezing. By 10 am the mercury climbed 13 degrees to 43 with weekend rainfall totaling .24 inches. Sunday reached 45 and Saturday 54, according to U.S. Observer C L Colmer.
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Athens
U.S
C. L. Colmer
Colmer
Nine districts vote on Tri-County Vocational School plan
Citizens in nine districts across Athens Hocking and Perry counties will vote November 2 on a two mill operating levy and a seven tenths mill bond issue for Tri County Vocational School. Both must pass to access federal funds and establish the center.
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Athens
Hocking
Perry
Tri-County Vocational School
The
Messenger LY
Tri- County Vocational School
Area
Tri-County Vocational System
Athens County
Alexander
Federal-Hocking
Nelsonville
Trimble
York
Hocking County
Logan
Starr-Washington
Perry County
New Lexington
Honor Rolls Listed by Two County Schools
Ames-Bern High School reports twenty five students on the first six week honor roll led by Joy Dishong and Barbara Brawley. Waterloo High School in New Marshfield lists honors across grades from Twelfth to Seventh with multiple named students.
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Amesville
Ames-Bern High School
Nellie Woolley
Joy Dishong
Barbara Brawley
Edie Curry
Paulette Woolley
Judy Smith
Patsy Golden
Joyce Hensley
Sandra Cunningham
Patty Mingus
Janet Schmittauer
April Burchfield
Tommie Hill
Tim Smith
David Smith
Vicki Goins
Stephen Dishong
Raymond H. Brooks
Lee Hoisington
Bill Brown
Carol Withrow
Jackie Crow
Wanda Gorby
Clara Elliott
Dean Efaw
Kathy Lightfritz
James Blair
Larry Clark
Becky Hudwell
Dea Holland
Jeff Clark
Linda Hawk
Christy Sickels
Barbara Stover
Goff Rice
Sheltering Arms Hospital Admits and Dismisses List
Admission notes list patients admitted to Sheltering Arms Hospital including Mrs Doren Brill Athens Mrs Charles Sharpe Chauncey Mrs William Peters Frost Route 1 others. Dismissals include Frank Richey Athens Route 3 Mrs Barbara Weekley Athens Charles Gross Athens Ricky Young Athens Ida Frost New Marshfield and others.
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Doren Brill
Athens
Charles Sharpe
Chauncey
William Peters
Frost
Joseph Jenkinson
Pataskala
Homer Mansfield
John J. Smith
Robert R. Barker
Frank Richey
Barbara Weekley
Charles Gross
Ricky Young
Ida Frost
New Marshfield
Paul Heizer
Guysville
John Sanders
John Williams
Vocational School Meetings Planned Across Three Counties
Public meetings on the proposed tri county vocation school are scheduled this week as announced by Athens county school superintendent T. C. Porter. Tonight Amesville hosts eight o clock session, Albany hosts Tuesday eight, Glouster holds Wednesday eight, and Coolville houses Saturday at 7 30 p.m.
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T. C. Porter
Athens County
Amesville
Albany
Glouster
Coolville
Two Hurt In Two Car Collision At City Intersection
Two persons were injured in a two car crash Saturday afternoon at President and Congress. Mildred M. Burnside 33 and Myrtle Roberts of 16 Hanlin Ave. suffered possible neck injuries. Irvin E. Taylor 38 of Marion Indiana was cited for an improper turn.
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President and Congress
Mildred M. Burnside
Myrtle Roberts
Hanlin Ave
Irvin E. Taylor
Marion
Ind
Woman falls on church steps injures head
Mrs Homer Mansfield aged 48 of Athens Route 2 fell on the front steps of St Pauls Church at 11 am Sunday. Her head struck a hand rail and she was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital by the fire department emergency squad. Deputies report 23 fifths of whisky stolen from the Midway Tavern on Route 33 at Circle Hill Sunday morning.
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Homer Mansfield
Athens Route 2
St. Paul's Church
Fire Department
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Midway Tavern
Route 33
Circle Hill
Athens Junior High Book Fair Opens This Week
A student book fair at Athens Junior High School runs Monday through Thursday in the library. It aims to spur reading and build home libraries while earning 20 percent of sales for new library books. Displays cover classics fiction biographies and more with after school hours 3 30 to 4 15. Educational Reading Service supplied the selection.
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Athens’ Junior High School
The
Educational Reading Service
Cement blocks tossed onto Court St from balcony above
Police reported cement blocks and a 39 inch board were thrown onto Court St from a balcony above Conti's Inferno at 34 S. Court St. P. Verchinelli, 18, of 3214 S. Court St., pleaded guilty to throwing two 25 lb blocks and the board, one block struck a parked car. He was fined $25 plus costs.
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Court St
Conti
S. Court St
Ae P. Verchinelli
Tan Court
Veilchinelli
Regional Planning Commission To Meet For Athens County
The Athens County regional planning commission will hold its initial meeting at 7 30 p m Tuesday at Cohighbs Gas Co Route 50E The agenda is expected to include organization and rules of procedure Some members have been named while others are still under study.
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Regional Planning Commission For
Athens County
Cohighbs Gas Co
Richland Volunteers Battle Home Fire Sunday
Crews from the Richland Area Volunteer Fire Department were called at 9 30 p m Sunday to Harvey South on S Canaan Road for a blaze caused by an overheated partition above a fireplace. Damage was estimated at 200 dollars with two trucks and 15 men responding. South had the fire under control upon arrival.
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Richland Area
South
Wells Drilling Expands in Athens County Report Says
The Ohio Oil and Gas Association scout report lists 12 permits to drill wells in Athens County. Rome Township leads activity with leases to Marion Moore, William H Morrison, and Carl Starlin and includes a canceled permit for a Brozak lease in Canaan Township. Production figures show 44 barrels in 24 hours, 100,000 cubic feet gas, and a high output 850,000 feet gas plus 4.5 barrels oil per hour from a Sartorius second well.
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Athens County
Ohio Oil and Gas Association
Rome Township
Marion Moore
William H Morrison
Carl Starlin
Mary
Walter Burson
C. F
C. Starlin
Bern Township
Daisy Fleming Et al
Midwest Oil Corp
M.A. Sartorius
Brozak
Josephine Deeter
P. Johnson
M. A. Saterius
Andrew M. Brozak
Canaan Township
Driver Hurt In Avoiding Does On Road
A 44 year old Athens man Kenneth Dwight Brooks received a mouth cut and loosened tooth after losing control on Route 56 east of County Road 38 while avoiding two dogs. His car struck a concrete bridge wall abutment and ended in a ditch.
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Kenneth Dwight Brooks
Athens State 2
Marionette Show Slated for Athens Junior High
The McAleer Marionettes will perform Rumpelstiltskin for Athens Junior High students Tuesday at 1 30 PM in the high school auditorium under the sponsorship of the Student Council. Dismissal follows the show due to the monthly teachers meeting. No school Friday for the Southeast Ohio Teachers Association meeting.
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McAleer
Athens
Student Council
Southeastern Ohio Teachers’ Association
Nurses Alumni Group Meeting Scheduled
The Holzer Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in Davis Hall. All members and graduates who wish to join the association are urged to attend.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
Davis Hall
Rabid Skunk Found Dead In Athens County
The Athens City County Health Department announced a skunk found dead on Hooper Ridge last week was rabid after test results from Ohio Department of Health labs in Nelsonville. Sanitarian Robert Green said the animal found near Route 50 A was not hit by a car and had no known contacts. It is the first rabid skunk report in the county since last spring.
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Hooper Ridge
Athens City
Robert Green
Ohio Department of Health District Laboratories
Nelsonville
Keith Hanson
Route 50 A
Green
Albany Lodge Meeting Time Set by F and AM Leader
Albany Lodge 723 F and AM will meet at 7 50 pm Tuesday according to Don Haning master.
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Albany
Albany Lodge
F&am
Don Haning
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