Athens County Approves 17836 In Bills And Help
Athens County commissioners approved 17836.84 in bills at the morning session with 16867.04 from the road fund including 10023.75 for County Road 7 and 969.80 from the general fund. They also appropriated 27435 to the Athens County Children's Home for the second half of 1968, with 19560 for salaries and travel 6000 for boarding care 1250 for hospital care and 625 for other expenses. They authorized transfer of 100 from defense of juveniles to 50 in other juvenile expenses and 50 in probate expenses to fund a trip by Probate Juvenile Judge Harold Rose to the Ohio Judicial Conference in Columbus. The conference runs today through Thursday and coincides with meetings of related associations. Commissioners planned to open bids for painting several county bridges in the afternoon.
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Athens County Children’s Home
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Ohio Judicial Conference
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Court of Common Pleas
Ohio County Probate Court Judges Association
Ohio Juvenile Court Judges Association
Student Housing May Top Council Agenda
Athens city council nears a routine session after a Labor Day postponement. Mayor Raymond Shepard expects residents to address zoning rules limiting residential homes to three students, with a test case possible from recent purchases. Discussion includes the former Athens High School stadium site and a high rise parking garage, with Knowlton Construction officials set to discuss a bid reduction of up to 285000 dollars.
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Raymond Shepard
Shepard
Grosvenor Street
Athens High School
Dwight Robinson
Safety Service
Knowlton Construction Co
Ward Bound To Jury On Two Charges
Dana Ward of Mineral was bound to the grand jury on charges of grand larceny and breaking and entering. He appeared in Municipal Court and maintained an innocent plea. Bonds of 2000 dollars were set on each charge. Ward is accused by Walter Carsey of Athens Route 5 of taking a television records antennae radio and other equipment from his home.
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Dana Ward
Mineral
Ward
Walter Carsey
Athens Route 5
Beacon School Adds Four Community Classes and Pre School
Beacon School announces enrollment for four community classes and one pre school opening Wednesday. Previously enrolled students will attend for the first time Thursday. Buses run on regular schedules Thursday. New enrollees’ parents should bring children to the school between 10 am and 2 pm Wednesday. Classes meet at Sugar Creek building Route 50-A and the pre school at Episcopal Church annex University Terrace. A ballast smoke incident at Sheltering Arms Hospital caused no damage. Final entry deadline for the 1969 ABC tournament Madison Wis is January 21, 1969.
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University Terrace
Sheltering Arms Hospital
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Wis
Grand Jury Called For Monday In County
Papers were served to prospective grand jurors as Judge John Bolin ordered the sheriff to deliver the notices. Prosecuting Attorney Homer B. Gall Jr named Claire M. Buzz Ball Jr as assistant prosecutor as Ball seeks grand jury experience while running unopposed for prosecutor in November. Gall plans to return to private practice after not seeking reelection.
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Sheriff’s Department
Homer B. Gall Jr
Claire M
Buzz) Ball Jr
Ball
Gall
Return of Robin Morrow From Four Week Visit
SYRACUSE Miss Robin Morrow has returned home after a four week visit with relatives in Michigan Toledo and Columbus Details list uncles aunts and a brother in law families visited in Birmingham Michigan Toledo and Columbus Ralph Cundiff 25 of Columbus arrested by Meigs County Sheriff on a charge of disturbing the peace and released on bond
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Michigan
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Columbus
Birmingham
Arthur Morrow
Mike
Karl Morrow
Gary Morrow
Pomeroy
Ralph Cundiff
Meigs County Sheriff's Department
School Bus Routing Outlined By Officials
Athens City School District announces bus routes serving Chauncey and The Plains. High and middle school students ride the first trip at 7:00 a.m. with transfers to middle and high school buses as needed. Some pickups shift to shoulder runs at 7:20 a.m. and 7:50 a.m. Elementary and kindergarten riders depart around 7:55 a.m. Students must walk to the nearest bus stop and walkers nearby meet at Morrison School for transfers. Due to Columbia Avenue work, Columbia area riders walk to Madison Avenue or N Lancaster Street stops.
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Ohio University and Rio Grande Receive Federal Funds
Ohio University and Rio Grande College received federal grants for student financial aid in the National Defense Student Loan program. Ohio University got 281,045 for 1,043 loans and Rio Grande 27,624 for 75 awards. Rio Grande also received Educational Opportunity Grants totaling 20,000 for 38 students with awards from 200 to 800 dollars.
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National Defense
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Two Drivers Cited In Athens County Court
Two persons charged with driving while intoxicated appeared in Athens County Municipal Court this morning. Orville DeMoss of Parkersburg pleaded guilty, fined 200 dollars, costs, 180 day driving suspension, four days in jail. also guilty of failing to stop in an assured clear distance ahead with a 25 dollar fine and costs. Rhoda F Hanoning, 67, Athens Route 2, pleaded innocent and the case was continued to September 1 under a 300 dollar bond.
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Athens County
Orville DeMoss
Parkersburg
Rhoda F.hanoning
Athens Route 2
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes
Births list multiple families from Athens and Nelsonville areas with a number of newborns. Names include Walter Benson Earl Hunt Barr Westin Taylor Pinkerton and others reflecting local residents. The admissions include Nellie Reading Fern Stansbury Thomas Dunlap and several others while discharges name a large group of patients and accompanying family members.
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Athens
Earl Hunt
Long Bottom
Richard Barr
Glenn Westin
James Taylor
Nelsonville
Dow Pinkerton
Nellie Reading
Fern Stansbury
Thomas Dunlap
Ellis Mae Brooks
Charles Arnold
Orville Stover
Trinda Bickley
Jack Sharpe
John Smith
Earl Trunick
Corbin Norris
Five Hurt In Six Accidents Over Labor Day Weekend
State highway patrols in Athens and Hocking County logged six accidents over the weekend, with three injuries. Four Saturday wrecks injured five people including Shirley Snyder and Larry Coakley in a Route 216 crash.
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Hocking County
Route
Shirley Irene Snyder
Lancaster
Larry R. Coakley
Logan
Snyder
Coakley
Lee Cherniak
New Straitsville
Marie Lucille Penrod
McArthur
Hocking Valley Hospital
Carl James Bell
Paul E. Kline
Kline
Joseph Patrick Arnold
Warren
Mich
Donald Frederick Davis
Election Board Plans Session On Wednesday
The Athens County board of elections will meet in regular session Wednesday at a.m. to discuss November ballots, student registration, and a postponed county-wide registration plan. Director William Howe said Secretary of State Ted Brown will provide guidance on the November ballots and a recent Dayton federal court ruling requiring a blank space for write-ins, which may affect all ballots. The board has printed all ballots except the presidential race.
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Athens County Board of Elections
William Howe
Howe
Ted W. Brown
Brown
Dayton
George Wallace
American Independent Party
Athens
August Rainfall Doubles Last Year in Athens
Rainfall in Athens for August totaled 5.02 inches, more than double August 1967's 2.21 inches. Monday brought a trace of rain. temperatures reached 80 degrees with a low of 57. At 8:30 a.m. the air stood at 58 and the Hocking River measured 2.48 feet and remained stationary.
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Athens
Hocking
Burglaries Reported at Lakeview Center and Red Ram
Two burglaries were reported in the city early today with Lakeview Center entries found at 2 07 am and Red Ram Restaurant at 2 36 am. Desks at Lakeview Center were ransacked but safes and the restaurant contents appeared undisturbed.
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Lakeview Center
Red Ram
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