Road Resurfacing Plans in Athens County Progress
State Highway Department advances resurfacing on four sections in Athens County including Route 33 from Athens to Nelsonville. Widening of Route 33 berm completed. full blacktop may start as early as Monday. Amesville work includes storm sewer, curb work, and dust control edging with curb-to-curb paving planned after.
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Athens County
Athens
Nelsonville
State Highway Department
N. Lancaster St
Pepsi Cola
F. H. Brewer Co
Lancaster
Amesville
George King
Elim
Mercury Drop Follows Rain In Athens
Athens residents welcomed a change to sunny skies and cooler air. The high reached 87, the first under 90 in two weeks, and the temperature fell to 50 early today with a 6 degree rise by 9 30 a m. Thursday rain measured 12 inch.
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Athens
Mercury
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Sheltering Arms Hospital Admits Local Residents
Admitted Kenneth Harvey The Plains Bernard Spiegel Athens William Harvey The Plains Mrs Charles Smith Athens Alber E Watkins Chauncey James Evans Wellston Mrs William Jenne Athens Carolyn Bobo The Plains Mrs James Cooper Albany. Dismissed Mrs Trevison Brunton Gloucester Route 1 Gary Sams Athens Mrs Sarah Bernard Guysville Mary Powell Amesville Mrs William Tippie Glouster Thomas Yeager Athens.
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Kenneth Harvey
the Plains
Bernard Spiegel
Athens
William Harvey
Charles Smith
Alber E. Watkins
Chauncey
James Evans
Wellston
William Jenne
Carolyn Bobo
James Cooper
Albany
Trevison Brunton
Glouster
Gary Sams
Sarah Bernard
Guysville
Mary Powell
Amesville
William Tippie
Thomas Yeager
Foreign Educators May Visit Ohio County Schools
County school superintendents say foreign educators from Ohio University may appear at local schools for assemblies or PTA meetings. Dr. Carl H. Denbow of the International Teachers Development program extended the invitation. State Patrolman Carl Seiferth outlined new state bus laws and the annual rail bus check. Administrators also discussed a heads clinic at Ohio State University in September.
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Christman
Trimble
Carl H. Denbow
Carl Seiferth
Seiferth
Ohio State University
Athens Route 1 Driver Pleads No Contest in Muffler Citation
James Ryan a 22 year old driver from Athens pleaded no contest in Municipal Court to an illegal muffler citation issued by city police. Bond was set at 9 dollars and the case was continued until Tuesday.
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Athens
James Ryan
Albany Area Resident Dies
Albany Henry A. Steinmetz 67 former painting contractor died Thursday evening at his home on Albany Route 2. Survived by wife Dorothy two sons William Steinmetz El Paso Texas and Franklin Clark Toledo two daughters Betty Gardner Albany Route 5 and Mrs Edward Pugh Athens. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Pearl Chapel Church with Rev Earl Russell officiating and Wells Cemetery burial. Friends may call at Bigony funeral home after 10 a.m. Saturday.
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Pearl Chapel
Earl Russell
Wells Cemetery
Bigony Funeral Home
Parked Car Hit by Drunk Driver Fined and Jailed
A driver hit a car parked on East State Street. David Lee Booth 22 Parkersburg pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated. He was fined 125 dollars plus costs, received six days in jail with three suspended, placed on four months probation, and had his Ohio driving privileges suspended for four months.
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E. State St
John Newcomb
David Lee Booth
Parkersburg
Booth
Ohio
Dismissal Moved in Dorman DWI Case
Charles Dorman charged with driving while intoxicated had his case continued by Municipal Court Judge John Newcomb. He took under advisement a motion by City Solicitor William Rowland to dismiss for insufficient evidence and set the case for September 21. Dorman pleaded innocent and was cited August 8.
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Charles Dorman
Peach Ridge Rd
John Newcomb
William Rowland
Newcomb
Dorman
Petitions Circulate for Margaret Creek Conservancy District
Residents begin circulating petitions for forming a conservancy district in the Margaret Creek Watershed. The Albany meeting chaired by Ed Wagoner reviewed petitions and letters from state and federal officials about survey work by July 1, 1962 and potential federal assistance. The Plains and Athens areas are considered within the district, next meeting set for October 12 with petitions due.
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Margaret Creek
Servation
Walter H. Moeller
William Batt
Cincinnati
City Council
Fred W. Weber
John Millar
Soil Conservation Service
City of
Athens
Plains
Conservancy
Claire Berry
Richland Ave Resident Dies at 76 in Athens
George F Cradlebaugh 76 of 523 Richland Ave died in Sheltering Arms Hospital after a brief illness. He ran a Shell Service Station at the South Y before retiring nine years ago. Survived by daughter Dorothy Slaughter and son Derwood both of Athens a brother Grover of Akron a sister Ethel and wife Flossie who died earlier. Friends may call after 10 a.m. Saturday at Jagers and Sons funeral home with services at 2 p.m. Sunday conducted by Dr John Wesley Seay. Burial in West Union Street Cemetery.
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George F. Cradlebaugh
Richland Ave
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Cradlebaugh
South Y
Dorothy Slaughter
Athens
Derwood
Grover
Akron
Roy
Ethel
Flossie
Jagers and Sons Funeral Home
John Wesley Seay
West Union Street
Mrs. Cora Harbarger Dies Friday in Akron
Former Athens County resident Mrs. Cora Harbarger died Friday morning at her Akron home after a long illness. Her husband Ed Harbarger preceded her in death. Surviving relatives include a sister Mrs. Blanche LaFollette of Athens.
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Cora Harbarger
Athens County
Akron
Ed Harbarger
Blanche LaFollette
Athens
OU Lists 55 New Faculty Members For Fall
Ohio University announces 55 new faculty joining for the academic year with the English department receiving the largest group. New hires span Accounting Architecture Art Chemistry Dramatic Art Economics Education Engineering English Finance Fine Arts Geography History Home Economics Library Mathematics Modern Languages Music Physics Social Science Sociology Statistics and Zoology, with several holding instructor and assistant professor ranks.
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Memorial Auditorium
Sevent
Engineering
Ray Hadley McClary
Indiana University
Bloomington
William Joseph Miller
California State Polytechnic College
San Luis Obispo
William Alphonse Keyser, Jr
Rochester
N. Y
Institute of Technology
William Clark Kortlander
University of Texas, Austin
Walter John Moran, Jr
Woman
Edwin L. Glick
University of Florida
Gainesville
Robert Leland Darcy
Ohio Council On Economic Education
Kansas State University
Manhattan
John Emmett Walker
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Samuel Edward Pisaro
State University of New York
Brockport
Eva Doris Davis
Portsmouth
West Junior High
Mary Margaret RadJford
York
Buchtel
Billy Gene Raines
Montgomery County Board of Education
Dayton
James Edward Rodgers
Corning
Calvin H. Baloun
Chemical
University of Cincinnati
Terry Marvin Badfer
William Taylor Beale
Europe
Cambridge University
Richard Walter Behnke
Donald P. Lomax
Ohio
Roland John Jackson
Robert Meredith Burrill
University of Chicago
Ralph Adelbert Garverick, Jr
Ohio University Lancaster
Katherine Mouser Baker
Wellington
Erma Louise Langford
Pennsylvania State University
State College
Helen Baldwin Golos
Mount Allison University
Sackville
New Brunswick
Canada
Hubert Paul Weller
John Dietrich Wragge
University of Mainz
Germany
Clayton Baker
Wava L. Walfred
Farmington, Mich
Ellsworth Joseph
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