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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1960
Page
9
A Nelsonville elementary survey by Dr. Hamel Zlatkind shows an average of 3.6 cavities per child examined, up from 2.6 in 1952 and 4.1 in 1951. Of 471 pupils examined this year, 86 percent were checked, with 105 pupils cavity free versus 167 in 1952.
The Rainbow Girls will attend services at the First Presbyterian Church in a body on April 24 instead of this Sunday, according to group leaders.
Birth notices list new sons and births for families in Albany Murray City Nelsonville Glouster Corning New Lexington New Plymouth Jackson ville Shawnee Zaleski and Radcliffe. Two units of blood used. Also notes a 300 mile railroad stretch in Australia between Port Pirie and Kalgoorlie.
A 1% block square site southeast of the Capitol in Columbus was chosen for a state office complex. Public Works Director T. J. Kauer told the Slum Clearance and Rehabilitation Commission the state will pay $4 per square foot. The Legislature provided 11 million dollars as a start toward construction costs to consolidate scattered offices.
A 17 year old Harding High senior who struck a teacher in the eye was given another chance by Juvenile Court Judge Bruce P. Henderson. The court suspended the sentence and ordered the youth to pay any medical expenses for Richard Hayes, a vocational teacher at Harding High.
Seven Republican senators unveiled a bill to create a federal state aid system for health insurance for people over 65. The state would contract with private insurers, or cover the cost itself. Any man over 65 and his wife could subscribe, with top rates at 13 dollars a month and zero for income under 500 dollars a year.
Clyde Campbell of Nelsonville elected new manager of the Southern Ohio Old Auto Club. He previously served as shop manager at Sharp Manufacturing Co. for five years and managed the Ford Hack store in Athens for a year and a half. He now heads the Nelsonville branch. The club meets at 8 p.m. in the Keith Zimmerman garage, New Marshfield.
The Retta Howe Sunday School class at First Methodist Church met after the midweek Lenten service. Hostesses were Anna Riley Ruth Barber and Rose Freer with Lily Wallace in charge. Prizes went to Ruth Barber and Garnet Schoonover. Easter gifts were planned for shut-ins and a charitable donation to the church approved.
Laurel Cliff seventh grader Laurel Diehl of Salisbury School was named school representative to the county spelling bee at Rutland Auditorium. Charles Marvin Allen of Toronto Ohio and Mr and Mrs Orville Allen visited. Charles Brown Kay and Jay of Gallipolis visited the Renshaws. Wyatt Schaefer and son David of Mt Vernon were weekend guests of Norman Schaefer.
Ralph Nicholson of the American Newspaper Publishers Assn says the Post Office Department overcharges some mail classes to offset losses and fails to assign proper costs to public services. He urges adherence to the 1958 law requiring each mail class to bear its own costs and denies subsidies to American dailies.
Youth from Epiphany Episcopal and First Presbyterian churches in Nelsonville will sing at 9 15 a m at the Epiphany Church with tunes Into the Woods My Master Went and Jerusalem before moving to the Presbyterian Church for 10 30 a m services. Reverend Al Chappelear leads the morning prayer and sermon with a 10 15 am coffee hour to follow.
Boy Scout Troop 66 assembles at 6 p.m. Saturday near the Chesapeake and Ohio freight depot for a light pack night hike returning about midnight. An adult leader will accompany, with no overnight camp. Rain postpones. check with Tom Kelly or Bill Barber for prep. Only registered scouts with signed cards may go.
Anne Campbell of Haydenville died Friday morning in Mount St. Mary Hospital after admission. He was a Natco retiree and husband of Mae with daughters Vivian Leel and Dorothy Phelps and sons Ralph Rogers Hallie died earlier. Services Monday at Haydenville Methodist Church with Rev. John Minsker officiating. Burial in Smith Chapel Cemetery. Call after Saturday noon at the family residence.
Nelsonville firefighters were called Thursday evening to the old West School building to extinguish a grass fire. No damage was reported.
Vinton residents Mr. and Mrs. Chester Tackett and children from Gallipolis were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tackett and Bert and Mrs. Pearl Tackett. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gee of Columbus called on Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Spears. Conrad Love spent Sunday with his father, John Love.
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