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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 05, 1971

Page

3

Damage set at 11000 in Bates Road barn fire

Sunday fire destroyed a barn farm machinery and a Jeep on Bates Road south of Athens. Loss $9000 building $2000 contents. Cause undetermined. Fire spread to grass. two hay wagons and hay burned. Firefighters saved an outbuilding. Grain of water via tanker trucks from local hydrant.

Bates Road Athens Richland Area Fire Department Pete Good J. L Chief Good Harry Bowles Morrison Brown Hill Route 33 Richland Route 56 Claire Ball Rollins Ball Ohio Division of Forestry Satuday Rock Riffle Hastings Road

Missing Buchtel boy alert issued by authorities

A 13 year old Buchtel boy Rick Matheny is missing since Wednesday. His parents Delbert and Mrs Matheny report he left school with two other boys and did not ride the bus home. One boy returned, the other identified as Steve Minney remains believed with Rick. Rick is described as 5 feet 11 inches, 150 pounds, crew cut brown hair and blue eyes. He attends Nelsonville York Junior High School.

Buchtel Delbert Matheny Athens County Matheny Nelsonville-York Junior High School

Mrs Friedenmaker and relatives visit in Columbus

Mrs. Margaret Friedenmaker of Alton Street stays with her son and daughter-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Charles Friedenmaker in Columbus. Mrs. Clyde Jones of Columbus visits her mother-in-law Mrs. Maude Jones on Hill Avenue.

Margaret Fridenmaker Alton Street Charles Friedenmaker Columbus Clyde Jones Maude Jones Hill Avenue Corbin Norris Katherine Combs Tommy Atkins Charles Williams Louise Merrell James Canode Clarence Nelson Herman McCune John Wandling Kenneth Stewart Lloyd Efaw Paul Crawford Lena Blackford Joe Helms Guwyne Campbell Leroy Mayles Virgil Goss Rod Hineman Mack Woodgeard

Church Threatened By Blaze at New Marshfield Waterloo

Firefighters and volunteers battled flames that spread from a storage building to the Methodist Church in New Marshfield Waterloo. Burning trash in the storage building touched off the blaze, which was fanned by a high wind before crews could fully extinguish it. The storage structure was destroyed and an addition to the church suffered scorch damage. Chief Charles Conkey reported.

Charles Conkey

Births at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital

O'Bleness Memorial Hospital reports multiple births in Athens and surrounding areas. Names include Watters, Hunter, Sauters, Dailey, Zimmerman, Smith, Watters and others with a mix of daughters and sons. Several families from Athens, The Plains, Albany, Glouster, Nelsonville, and Chauncey are listed. Dismissals follow a long roster of patients.

David Watters Athens Michael Hunter Otto Sauters Fred Dailey Albany Robert Zimmerman Stewart James Smith Radcliff Randy Conrad Raymond Brooks James Wescel J. Norman Palmer Thomas Hollon Ray Rose Raymond Finnearty Alfred Brooks Ralph Frost Robert Brooks Ricky McKibben John Monroe Michael Bellar Leo Sheridan Martin McKibben the Plains Norman Willis Chauncey Gary Chesser Jolly Pickle Fred Woates Wayne E. Hoyd Lowell Russell Glouster Walter Blosser Nelsonville Samuel Lewis Pomeroy

Shrider Urges Listening Across Generations at Banquet

Miami University athletic director Dick Shrider spoke at the Phi Delta Theta Founders Day banquet in Athens urging both sides to listen as they seek peace and a cleaner atmosphere. He stressed fraternities ROTC and athletics deserve campus space amid 1960s-era tensions, noting how generations share goals despite different approaches.

America Dick Shrider Miami University Athens Ohio University Inn Shrider Phi Delta Theta Miami Ohio U Glenford Navy R. Kenneth Kerr John D. Clark Golden Legion Lowell Burnelle Glouster

Burning Permits Required For Open Fires In City Limits

Athens Fire Chief Charles Dalton issued a Monday warning that open fires within city limits require a burning permit from the fire department. Permits are free and obtainable at the Columbus Road headquarters or Fire Station No. 2 on Richland Avenue near Canterbury Drive. The permit holder must stay at the scene while burning. fires cannot start within 50 feet of a building or during windy conditions, and garbage burning is prohibited.

Athens Charles Dalton Dalton Columbus Road Richland Avenue Canterbury Drive

Preparation H Offers Quick Relief For Hemorrhoidal Tissues

Doctors tested the ointment and suppositories on hundreds of patients and many physicians report using Preparation H for themselves and families. The product promises prompt temporary relief from itching pain and swelling associated with hemorrhoids.

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