County Board Again Is Fiscal Agent For Adult Education
The Athens County Board of Education will serve as fiscal agent for the county adult basic education program again this year. The board met Saturday and decided to keep the program in the central county office. Last year 73 adults enrolled in high school equivalency classes. State funds total about 9 000 dollars this year, and county funds amount to 18 709.09 dollars after fixed costs and upcoming obligations. The board is reconciling books with the county auditor to fix discrepancies. The county board also reversed a prior transfer of Title I equipment to Tri County Vocational School and will allow Shade Elementary School principal William Elmore access to some equipment. Board President Clyde Pratt to rescind the transfer decision.
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Athens County Board of Education
Alexander
Federal Hocking
Christman
Tri-County Vocational School
William Elmore
Shade
Clyde Pratt
Pratt
Diana Rohner
Charles Knowlton
Hocking
Perry
Chivalry Persists As Meeting Spurs Courteous Gaza
Athens County School Board meetings crowded, reporters and staff swap seats as seating becomes scarce in the superintendent’s office area. Actions include resignations, the hiring of a new three county supervisor funded by state funds, and plans to inventory EMRC films and HAPSEC equipment.
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Athens County School Board
W. State St
Messenger
Susan Crites
WOUB
Jim Reader
Miss Crites
Pipeline Replacement Kickoff By Columbia Gas at The Plains
Columbia Gas Transmission begins a 59 thousand dollar pipeline replacement project on Route 682 at The Plains. The work covers 14 plus miles of 36 inch steel pipe replacing aging line serving The Plains Chauncey Jacksonville Trimble and Glouster with completion expected before November 1.
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Columbia Gas Transmission Corp
The
Plains
Columbia Gas Transmission
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Columbia Gas of
Ohio
Columbia Gas System, Inc
Ernest F. Rothel
Southeastern
Columbia
Rothel
Little Hocking Man Injured In Mishap
A Little Hocking motorcyclist was injured when his cycle up set near Athens County Road 93 and Route 50. The patrol cited Benjamin Harrison Knox and Thomas J. Russell for unsafe vehicle and defective brakes. Michael L. Augenstein, treated at St Joseph's Hospital for arm abrasions and leg puncture, was cited for no operator's license after losing control near Route 50.
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Athens County
State Highway Patrol
Benjamin Harrison Knox
Ewington
Thomas J. Russell
Mansfield
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Parkersburg
W. Va
Coolville
Michael L. Augenstein
Augenstein
Athens Senior Wins in National Horticulture Contest
Harold Blazier, an Athens High School senior, placed second in the Commercial Arrangement Challenge at the Ohio State Fair, using bronze mums from his garden for a buffet arrangement, a carnation corsage, and a nine-stem pompon mum table display. He also finished fifth in the On-the-Spot Arrangement. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Marion R. Blazier of Athens Route 1.
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Harold Blazier
Athens
National Junior Horticultural Association
Blazier
Marion R. Blazier
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Chivalry
Doris Mace
Albany
Perry County
Hapsec
Earth
Householder’s, Inc
Pontiac
Cadillac
Main St
Lancaster, Ohio
Columbia Gas
Border
Rollen Drive
Rollen
Little Hocking
Security Bank
Athens, Ohio
AHS
Scholl
Walgreen
Bob Hager
Cnsinnati
Logan
Court St
van Heusen
Metcalf Knits
Erry
Marting
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