Committee Not Dead Yet Reconsiders Athens Parking Plan
Athens parking panel led by Harry Crewson says it may reconvene in late September or early October. The group formed last winter to study remedies and faced stall after its June meeting. Mayor Raymond Shepard has asked the city solicitor to examine banning semi truck rigs downtown and establishing a freight dock outside the city. Merchants appeared to lose interest in the loading dock idea at the latest session.
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Athens
Harry Crewson
Raymond Shepard
Crewson
Chesser Named City Safety Director in Athens
Thomas E. Chesser a former State Highway Patrol veteran was appointed by Mayor Raymond Shepard as Athens safety director he will oversee the police and fire departments traffic control lights and meter maids. Dwight Robinson shifts to service director overseeing street repair garbage water and other city services including the $2 million water project.
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Thomas E. Chesser
Raymond Shepard
Chesser
Athens
State Adult Parole Authority
Dwight Robinson
Robinson
Council
Athens High School
Highway Patrol Academy
Air Force
Ohio University
State Patrol
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Reynoldsburg
Virginia Ashton
Angel Ridge Road
Sheep farmers set Sept 23 ballot on promotion funding
Sheep farmers must submit ballots by Sept 23 on a referendum to decide continuing wool and lamb marketing promotion funding via deductions from wool payments. Athens County ASCS chair Mrs. Pearl Parker says eligible voters include those who owned sheep or lambs for at least 30 consecutive days since Jan 1, with ballots mailed by Sept 9.
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Pearl Parker
ASCS
Parker
Air Medal Awarded to Marine Helicopter Crewman Kirkendall
Richard B. Kirkendall of Athens Route 3 earned the Air Medal for aerial achievement while flying combat missions against the Viet Cong with a Marine medium helicopter squadron near Da Nang Viet Nam. The squadron transports troops and supplies and assists in sorties into combat zones.
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Richard B. Kirkendall
C. E. Nichols
Athens
da Nang
Viet Nam
Kirkendall
Ex Millfield Woman Is Given Promotion
Beverly Romano formerly of Millfield has been promoted to commercial department supervisor at Western Reserve Telephone Co. in Hudson. She is the daughter of Pearl Misner and is now residing in Edinburg.
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Beverly Romano
Millfield
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Western Reserve Telephone Co
Pearl Misner
Edinburg
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Thom McAn
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American Sheep Producers’ Council
Follett Store
Logan's Service
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