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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1967
Page
3
County commissioners moved to refer the East Bypass and Route 50E annexation petitions to the county regional planning commission. They also reviewed county insurance coverage and related costs after investigators found minor billing errors.
Two Southeast Asian students spoke at the Athens Rotary Club noon meeting. Trinh Phan described Saigon as a three million city with diverse groups and many Americans present due to the war. Augusto Medina discussed the Philippines with its 7108 islands and 78 dialects, noting brain drain, education growth, and US aid driving slow industrial progress.
Ohio University economist Ed win G. Charle has won a Fulbright Hays grant for a sixteen month study in Kampala Uganda. He will examine how political systems affect economic development in traditional African societies. Charle and his wife Jean plus five children plan to depart June 5 for Africa with sabbatical leave extending into fall 1968.
Pre school registration for The Plains and Chauncey students will be held at Chauncey Elementary School on May 10 from 8 30 a m until noon. School Supt Fred Chase says parents must bring birth certificates and immunization records. Two physicians will examine children entering kindergarten or first grade for the first time.
The Hock Hocking Boy Scout District Committee will hold its monthly meeting on April 26 in the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co conference room. Agenda includes membership drive reports district camporee May 5 6 and 7 neighborhood commissioner report and open discussion of district plans and problems.
The Athens Business Association will begin its annual membership drive on May 1. The group has elected a new slate of officers including James Anastas as president E F Rothel as vice president Wayne White as treasurer and Mrs John Alego as secretary. Directors named are L F Lousche Hil Musser Fritz Wheaton Art Kasler Tad Grover Leo Walker Dr Thomas Smith Joseph Stehlin and Fred Swearingen.
County Judge George Schoon revoked the probation of Kenneth Hartley after he failed to make restitution for a $209 bad check. Hartley, 26, of 221 West State Street, was fined $50 and costs and given a suspended one year county jail term.
Dr A H Blickle of Ohio University suggests thrashing webs with a bent nail on a stick to kill eastern tent caterpillars on small trees and shrubs. He warns egg masses must be destroyed with oil or solvents to prevent next year’s cycle. Lead arsenate is also recommended alongside DDT and malathion sprays.
Spring dinner meeting of the Athens County Education Association will be Monday at 6 30 p m in Ohio University Inn ball. Guest speaker will be Neilson Griffith Columbus. A folk singing quintet from Chi Omega Sorority will entertain. Officers will be elected. Reservations should be made before Friday with Mrs. James Guseman treasurer.
Ernesto V. Gomez 39 of Zanesville was found guilty in Municipal Court of leaving the scene of an accident and was fined 50 dollars plus costs. He was granted a jury trial on the DWI charge with bond of 300 dollars continued. The weather report notes freezing temperatures in Athens changing to 50 by 10 30 a m with a sunny day and a high of 45 reported for Monday.
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