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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1964
Page
5
Nelsonville School officials adopt a resolution of necessity to place a 2.3 mill operating levy on the May ballot for five years. If approved, it would raise about 17,250 annually, mostly for teacher salaries, with proposed raises to existing pay scales based on training and experience.
Miss Joy Young, Nelsonville High School junior, won the school spelling bee held during the morning assembly. Runner-up was Steve Schultz. 27 students from fifth to twelfth grade competed after a qualifying written test. Prizes will be awarded in May with representation for the Columbus contest and state university contest.
Nelsonville city crews near completion on an eight inch cast iron water line across the Factory Rd river bridge. Connection at the east end may occur Friday or Saturday with flushing before coupling. CD pipe kept for emergencies. engineers verify strength and capacity to handle city pressure.
Community groups schedule Friday through Wednesday events across Hocking County. Meetings include Buckeye Trail Riding Club, Queen Vashti Rebekah Lodge, and local church groups with activities from 7:30 to 8 p.m. A divorce action is filed in Logan. a study club plans an Athens demonstration.
Admission records list Mrs. T. H. Goodlive of Logan and Mrs. Herman Gardner of Nelsonville Route 2. Dismissals include Max Saylor of Walbridge, Stanley Huston of 47 E Hunter St, and Mrs. Kenneth Williams of 228 W Hunter St Logan. Glouster Priscilla Class holds meeting. WSCS to meet in Nelsonville. notice of filing and hearing on inventory in Meigs County Probate Court for Dana Salser. hearing set April 18 1964.
Mayor William Hoffman declared April Cancer Crusade Month urging local crusade committees to raise funds. Mrs. Lowell Cole chairs York Township effort with house to house canvass leaders named across Buchtel Deanville Kimberly and surrounding communities. Appeals mailed to clubs and businesses as Athens County American Cancer Society seeks active citizen participation.
Names listed for newborns and parents in Mount St Mary Hospital notes include Wanda L Hale McArthur Route 2 Margaret Wood Buchtel Master David L Wilcox New Plymouth Route 1 Alice Denny Shawnee Iva F O Nail Nelsonville Route 1 John Amberge Corning Tyrone Watkins Logan Virginia Ellis Nelsonville Mrs Carl Williams and daughter Buchtel Mrs Charles E Fick and daughter Nelsonville Linda Toth Athens Beverly Shifflet Glouster Route 3 John West Corning Route 2 Sharon Nutter New Straitsville Alta Murphy McArthur Route 2 Judith Hash man Corning Route 1 Linda Miller New Lexington transferred to Childrens Hospital Columbus Kenneth David Carbondale Chester Hiles New Lexington Route 2 George Smith Athens Addie MacCombs Nelsonville Route 1.
The Glouster Kiwanis Club will conduct a door to door light bulb sale Monday evening as a semi annual fundraiser for glasses and other needs to help children stay in school. Four guests attended the meeting including Don Seevers Dan Teater and two Athens Riding Club members who assisted with planning a horse show for the July Fourth weekend.
Shawnee village council approved the bid of Hoosier Steel and Tank Co to repair the water tank and allocated 700 dollars for the work. The council also planned culvert repairs with corrugated pipe and street fixes. It voted to fund Shawnee’s share of Perry County Planning Commission at five cents per capita or fifty dollars. A Shawnee planning commission will be formed with Mayor Allen Porter and Councilman Ted Forsythe. Mayor Porter to attend the Ohio Mayor’s Association meeting. bills totaling 572.72 were ordered paid and receipts of 32.64 reported.
Twenty two counties were represented at a two day Southeast 4-H advisors conference at the Ohio State Exposition Center. Hocking County was represented by Don Young Bill Melvin and Miss Sharon Baertsche. The theme was To Lead You Must Understand.
Airman 2-C Ronald Spencer, son of Mrs Flossie Spencer of Hemlock, returned to the United States after an 18 month tour at Cales Field Azores with the Military Air Transport Service. After a 21 day leave he reported to L C Hanscom Field Bedford Massachusetts. A 1959 Shawnee High School graduate, he has served in the Air Force since January 1962. Another son Harlan Spencer recently received an honorable discharge from the Army at Fort Benning Georgia.
State patrolman used a hand extinguisher to douse a 1955 auto fire on old Route 33 in Haydenville at 5 30 p m. Virgil Delbert Smith of Nelsonville Route 1 owned the car. Smoke and flames appeared around the transmission causing $100 damage to wiring and the hood.
Retta Howe Class of First Methodist Church met Wednesday in the church social rooms with Mrs. George Schoonover in charge of devotions. New members Mrs. Wesley Hawkins and Mrs. George Lattimer joined the class. Ten members attended the social hour with tables adorned by red candles and geranium blossoms. Hostesses were Mrs. Ronald Riley, Mrs. Schoonover and Mrs. Ervin Locke.
Cub Scout Pack 64 resumes church visits by attending Sunday morning services at the Independent Holiness Church. Cubs should assemble at the church by 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Parents may accompany the boys if they wish.
Logan Hocking County commissioners approved advertising for bids on a station wagon for the highway department. Specifications are available in the commissioners office with bids due by April 23. An advance draw of $40,000 from the tax fund was approved. Approved bills totaled 572.58 for the county and 148.92 for auto and gas. The Detroit Tigers had more than 40 certified fan clubs in 1963.
Presbyterian Womens Association will gather at 7 30 p m Monday at the First Presbyterian Church Circle Three will host the meeting Mrs Burley Blair will discuss The Religions of Hawaii Members are reminded of the Scioto Presbyterian Society meeting in Athens on April 9
Judy Roach, 19, of Lancaster, was charged with disorderly conduct after causing a tavern disturbance and roaming city streets. Brought before Nelsonville Mayor's Court, she pled guilty but the mayor dismissed the charges on condition she leave town.
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