Athens League Voters Meeting Highlights Local Campaigns
About 20 candidates and 60 citizens attended a League of Women Voters session at Athens High School to discuss city hall school district and township issues. Mayor Raymond Shepard defended his record while opponents cited needs for parks recreation and street plans. attendance varied among city office candidates.
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League of Women Voters
Athens League of Women Voters
Athens
Shepard
Shepherd
Lican
William Rowland
Gerald Mollica
Rowland
Mollica
Edgar Tuckerman
GOP
Second Ward
Barbara Daniel
Democratic Council
City expands services with new fire station and plant
Fire department personnel rise as a new fire station and a sewage disposal plant begin construction. City services expand while protective codes adopted amid opposition.
Voters Hear Candidates For School Board And Township
League of Women Voters meeting at Athens High School brings several city school board hopefuls to discuss improving education. Incumbent Homer Gall outlines six priorities while challengers Paul Brown Elisabeth Conant Walter Ervin and others present varied reform ideas plus a note on vocational expansion and early dropout prevention. Five candidates did not attend. Three seats are up.
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League of Women Voters
Athens High School
Homer B. Gall
Walter Ervin
Marion K. Fugate
Bill A. Riley
Robert Sympson
Ohio University
Carl Seiferth
Plains Fire Department
William Bishop
John Romine
C. L. Colmer
League
Richard Millman
Idus Murphree
Ernest Johansson
William Kortlander
League Voters Service
William Holmes
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Raymond Shepard
Paul Efa
Foster Coe
Coe
Repub
Richard Phillips
Harry Crewson
Democratic Counccil
Fred Weber
Crewson
Floyd Wolfe
William Lavelle
Fire Dept
City Services
Troy
Batty
Ohio
Patty Mertz
Mertz
Troy High
Jean
Patty
Pia
General Telephone
America
Paul Brown
Tricounty Vocational
Elizabeth S. Conant
Kathryn Walburn
Barbara P. Daniel
Democratic
Councillan
EAM
Craig Noble
Pawale
Pants
Raglan
Casey Jones
Bunny
Turquoise
Emerald
Oxford
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