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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1967
Page
11
The 1967 York scholarship team will be represented by 27 high school students in grades 9-12 at the Final District State Scholastic Achievement Test program at Ohio University on May 6. Selections were based on scores from the March preliminary test.
Twig Five Mount St Mary Hospital will meet at the home of Mrs Roy Wright on Third Street Buchtel Monday at 7 30 p m Members should bring a small gift to the meeting A special session of the Nelsonville York City Board of Education has been called to discuss school colors and nick name April 11 at 6 30 p m The session will be in the board room at York School building per Clerk Mrs Patti Cavote
Two 15 year old Logan area boys were placed on probation after being charged with breaking and entering and destruction of property at the Girl Scout lodge in Camp Reckoning Trails on March 15. Property valued at 150 dollars was damaged. Judge Rhea Bogert Brown ordered each boy to pay half the damages. In Nelsonville Reno Sowards pleaded innocent to driving while intoxicated charges during a hearing before Mayor Earl Hilleary and posted 300 dollars bond.
Mrs. Loretta Jean Smith of Nelsonville Route 2 was cited for following too closely after a two car collision at Canal and Washington Streets. The Smith auto rear-ended a car stopped at the signal light. six-year-old Timothy Smith suffered a nose injury and was treated at Mount St. Mary Hospital ER. Medium damage to both vehicles. Mrs. Smith to appear in Nelsonville Mayor Court April 11 at 7 30 p.m.
Nelsonville Grange No. 2436 met at Grange Hall Oak Grove with Deputy Master Waldo Poston Albany and Mrs. Poston and Mrs. Melva Ratcliff Albany as guests. Poston announced June 15 as York Grange inspection date. Frances Stage won sewing first. Elsie Weaver baking first. Centennial dinner set for April 27. postmaster notified stamp to be issued mid April. April 20 potluck dinner at 6:30 p.m.
Water service will be suspended Saturday morning on W Columbus Street from Hocking to Madison Streets Fulton Street and the west side of the Public Square. Service will be off about 9 a.m. to install a new fire hydrant at the South end of the Public Square and the project will take about three hours, according to Raymond Smith city water line superintendent.
South Logan man John D. Barker has been promoted from process engineer at Logan Glass Works to product planner optical at GE Lamp Glass HQ in Cleveland. He joined GE in 1956, earned a math degree from Northeast Missouri State, and will complete a mechanical engineering master's at Ohio University this fall. Barker, his wife Ann and children Joan and John were honored at a St. Pauls Episcopal Church parish dinner Wednesday.
Mr and Mrs Bill Hollenbaugh and daughter Peggy of Rockford DL visited relatives in Nelsonville en route to Ramsar NC where Hollenbaugh will join Wy man Furniture Co as associate after a recent promotion. They left Friday for their new home. The detour on State Route 278 between Nelsonville and Carbon Hill caused slight delays in mail deliveries and newspaper distribution by tube carriers.
Nelsonville York Athletic Boosters launched a membership drive after 30 members met at the York High School concession stand. The group approved a profit-sharing concession plan between athletic and band boosters, to be presented to the band boosters. Athletic Director Robert Sheskey outlined football and basketball expenses, while coach Dave Boston discussed the 1967 68 football program and urged interested boys to join the fitness program.
Thea Chapter 192 Glouster OES schedules its annual inspection this Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Masonic Temple.
In Bhopal India a village doctor answering an emergency call was held by bandit patients for 20 hours until payment could be arranged. The incident underscores risks faced by rural doctors and extortion by patients or their associates.
Logan Ohio reports the Hocking County Commissioners opened 18 bids for seven road improvement pieces including a pickup, two dump trucks, a road grader, an excavator, a loader and a conveyor unit. The conveyor bid was rejected for lack of bond and bids will be rebid April 20. The board will award truck bids April 22, and continue twice weekly meetings through the year. Roy Wilson to order veteran grave markers pending funds.
Mr and Mrs Jerry Dubois of McArthur Route 2 welcomed a daughter at Hocking Valley Community Hospital. Admission included Marion Spencer of Murray City and Fred Mohler of Logan Route 3 with Nancy Spar, Dale Eugene Cherry of Union Furnace. Dismissals listed include Mrs Charles Anderson and daughter and several other mothers and infants.
Mr and Mrs Floyd Russell Amesville a son Mrs Inez McGee Nelsonville Master Jeffrey Woods Carbondale Miss Lisa Woods Carbondale Miss Barbara Adams Nelsonville Route 2 Master Mark Wolfe Nelsonville Miss Juanita Lanning The Plains Mrs Laura Gaskins Nelsonville Mrs Nellie Harvey Logan Route 1 Mrs Triphine Palmer Glouster Route 2 Mrs Christina Bartlett Athens Route 3 Mrs James C Cremean New Plymouth Route 1 Ralph Conley Nelsonville Route 1 Mrs John Cunningham and daughter Paul Allen William Tokie Mrs Ida Withem Master Gary Miller Roger Humphrey Mrs Betty Davis Mrs Gladys Hughes Timothy Wagner Master Charles Oberholzer Mrs Shirley Newman
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