City Schools enroll 3186 pupils amid overcrowding concerns
The Athens area district opened with 3186 pupils on a full day. Enrollment rose from last year with notable jumps at Athens Junior High and The Plains, each near capacity. Kindergarten enrollment is projected at 230, bringing total to about 3414 as Ohio University begins and families return.
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Clyde Plant
Athens City
the Plains
Chauncey-Dover
Athens
Plant
Athens Junior High School
Plains
Ohio University
Athens High
East Elementary
West
Morrison
Chauncey Elementary
Chauncey High
Millfield
Sugar Creek
the Plains Elementary
the Plains High
Building Consultant Addresses Athens Teachers on New High School
Ohio State University consultant Dr. A E Wohler urged involving faculty and staff in planning a new Athens high school. He discussed group sizes, team teaching, non graded education, automation, and vocational needs while Supt Clyde Plant urged backing a bond issue to expand both high and elementary schools. Joseph Baker displayed sample designs as about 200 teachers attended.
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A. E. Wohler
Ohio State University
Athens City
Wohler
Clyde Plant
Plant
Joseph Baker
Doan's Pills Promise Fast Relief For Backache And Bladder Irritation
The ad promotes Doan's Pills as fast relief for nagging backache headaches muscle pains and bladder irritation from overwork or stress. It claims three actions: pain relief soothing bladder irritation and mild diuretic effect. It urges asking for the large size for better sleep and long trusted relief.
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Dean
Doan
Auto Theft Charged In Lebanon Case
Andy Oliver Arrington 22 of Lebanon pleaded guilty in County Court to auto theft on a $1000 bond. Arrested by the State Highway Patrol, he was charged with stealing a car owned by T. D. Ulrich of Lebanon. The case grew from a traffic arrest and the car without an owner's permit discovered later.
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Andy Oliver Arrington
Lebanon
Arrington
State Highway Patrol
Mercury Reaches 96 in Athens Tuesday Heat Rises
The temperature climbed to 96 degrees in Athens on Tuesday as a heat wave continued. At 10 a.m. reading by U.S. Observer C. L. Colmer showed 83 after an early low of 55.
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Athens
U.S
C. L. Colmer
Two Ohio Officials Plan Viet Nam Nigeria Tour
Ohio University administrators Dr. Tom Smith and Dr. David Arnold will tour AID sponsored teacher training projects in Viet Nam and Nigeria. They will spend 10 days in Hue and Saigon, visit Ibadan and Kano, with current Ohio faculty at each site.
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Ohio University
Viet Nam
Nigeria
Tom Smith
David Arnold
Center For International Studies
Hue
Saigon
Ohio
India
Europe
Arnold
West Africa
Ibadan
Kano
Dr. Smith
Fire Destroys Marshfield Area Home
A Tuesday night blaze destroyed an unoccupied two story home on Hunter Rd near New Marshfield. Guy Adams owned the property and was remodeling it. Firefighters from Waterloo arrived with two trucks to gain control, preventing spread to a nearby building and dry woods. Alarm at 10 30 p m. Cause undetermined.
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Hunter Rd
New Marshfield
Waterloo
Charlec Conkey
Guy Adams
Conkey
Mother Sues For Damages Over Glass Injury
The mother of 13 year old James Franklin Pickett seeks 5000 from Parkersburg man William Hill Kisor for a September 1962 sidewalk glass injury in Nelsonville. Juvenile Judge Harold Rose fined Earl William Thomas 100 and six months in jail for acting to induce a minor's delinquency. Municipal Court dismissed disturbing the peace charges against Helen Flood and Charles Smith. Margaret Gilkey was taxed costs. Fidel Montes forfeited a 22 bond on a trespass charge at Gateway Motel. Masons to meet Constitution Lodge 426 F&AM at 7 30 p m Thursday in the Masonic Temple.
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Nelsonville
Parkersburg
W. Va
Common Pleas
Margie Nadine Pickett
James Franklin Pickett
William Hill Kisor
Robinette Hardware
Harold Rose
Earl William Thomas
Zanesville
Thomas
Municipal Court
Disturbing the Peace
Helen J. Flood
Charles Smith
Erwin Rd
Margaret M. Gilkey
W. Union Sr
Fidel Montes
Cincinnati
Monte V. Davis
Gateway Motel
New Marshfield
Constitution Lodge 426
F&am
Masonic Temple
County School Improves Instruction Program Outlined
County Supt. T C Porter outlined a four point plan to raise instruction in the county system at the first pre school countywide teachers meeting held at Albany High School attended by about 240. He praised the county testing program as a model for a statewide system and described goals to strengthen academics for college bound students expand vocational offerings for non college bound students improve instruction for low IQ students and boost fundamentals in elementary teaching. The plan includes flexible new supervisors program and potential joint vocational district with Perry and Hocking counties with finances and implementation to be reviewed in spring.
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T. C. Porter
Porter
Albany
Perry
Hocking
Dave Winefordner
Grass Fire Put Out By Area Children
Richland area fire department volunteers rushed to Harold Douglas residence on Long Run Road Tuesday morning. A grass fire ignited by an incinerator was extinguished by neighborhood children before firefighters arrived.
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Richland Area Fire Department
Harold Douglas
Long Run Rd
Meigs Man Joins Ohio University Development Institute Staff
Paul Davis of Middleport joins the Institute for Regional Development at Ohio University, a joint effort by the university and the Southeastern Ohio Regional Council serving 21 counties including Meigs. He previously supervised stores and production at Imperial Electric and worked in accounting at Marietta Manufacturing.
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Vernon R. Alden
Paul Davis
Middleport
Institute For Regional Development
Ohio University
Southeastern Ohio Regional Council
Meigs
Davis
Imperial Electric Co
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Point Pleasant
Shelter Housing Notes At Athens And Surrounding Areas
Hospital notices list individuals connected to Shelter Arms Hospital including Mrs. Carl Phillips and Mrs. C. J. Bush of Athens, Hull Kittle of Glouster, Gilbert John son of The Plains, Edward Greer of Athens, and others. Dismissals include Mrs. Jules Sturbois of Athens and son, Mrs. James Crawford of Columbus and daughter, and Mrs. Donald Guess of Frost Route 1 and son David Perry of Athens Route 3.
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Carl Phillips
Athens
C. J. Bush
Hull Kittle
Glouster
Gilbert Johnson
the Plains
Edward Greer
James Tong
Jules Sturbois
James Crawford
Columbus
Donald Guess
Frost
David Perry
William J. Pierre
Kendall Llewellyn
New Marshfield
West Kindergarten Meeting Set for Thursday
A meeting for mothers of incoming kindergarten pupils at West Side School is scheduled for Thursday at 1 30 p m in the school auditorium instead of Friday morning as previously listed in Tuesday's story.
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West Side School
Mayor's Committee Adopts Name For Athens Tax Campaign
The mayor's advisory committee will be renamed Citizens for a Better Athens as part of the city income tax campaign. Mrs. Robert Daniel chairs the group and says other citizens will assist. The committee will meet at 7 30 p m Wednesday in council chambers.
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Citizens For A Better
Athens
Robert Daniel
Council
OU Football Coach To Address Civitan
Ohio University football coach Bill Hess will speak at the Athens Civitan Club luncheon at the Sportsman Grill. He will preview the upcoming Bobcat season as the club adjusts to a bi monthly meeting schedule on the second and fourth Thursdays. Harriet Tong, 37, of 21 Hocking Street, was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital at 4:35 a.m. Wednesday by the city emergency squad on physician orders.
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Ohio University
Bill Hess
Athens Civitan Club
Sportsman Grill
Hess
Civitan
Harriet Tong
Hocking St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
City Fire Department
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Athens Pharmacy
Beckley
Katherine Figg
Kerr-Hunter
Kroger
Carpenter Hardware
Kyle’s
Chapman
Carmwell
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Robert
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Woolworth’s
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William E. Quivey
Pomeroy
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Chauncey
David Smith
Trimble
Robert Winefurther
Shade Area
Stephen Drummond
Ames Bern
Meigs Man
Development Agency
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Institute
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Wayne Edward
10Th Armored Division
Evangelistic Meeting
the Church OF Christ North
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