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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1977
Page
3
The Mason County Fair starts Tuesday at 9 a.m. in Point Pleasant and runs through Saturday with daily events. Highlights include a Tuesday parade, fair queen contest, Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius show, a greasy pole climb, pie eating contest, musical acts, a scholarship award, and the Mountaineer Old Time Fiddlers Contest finale.
Wellston Aerie 637 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles plans a nursing scholarship funded by bingo profits approved by Ohio authorities. The award targets Wellston High School senior girls pursuing nursing, starting at about 1000 dollars per year.
WELLSTON Firefighters answered two alarms this week. A car fire on Buckeye Furnace Road in Milton burned a vehicle owned by Robert Lanbert and caused total loss. At Rich Oil Station on Pennsylvania Avenue three trash barrels were set ablaze with no injuries or losses.
WELLSTON Two persons were injured in a single car accident Wednesday night. Dorothy L. Leach 56 of Second Street drove off Indiana Avenue struck a tree and both she and passenger Marjorie Downard were taken to Holzer Medical. Leach was cited for failure to have vehicle under control. POMEROY Theodore Smith reunion to be held south of Logan at Route 93 park with a noon basket dinner.
City treasurer Ralph Boo reports the third quarter operating funds are at a record low for his tenure, with only 9642.23 on hand after 50,000 bonds were cashed to avoid a red balance. The council passes two ordinances on third reading raising the solicitor and treasurer salaries.
An informative diabetes and weight control program will be held for Meigs County senior citizens at 12:30 p.m. Thursday at the Senior Citizen Center on Main Street. Lynn Murray of O'Bleness Memorial Hospital will lead, with lunch served beforehand. Reservations by Monday to Alice Parker at 992-7886. Funded by grants from CH EOA and the Appalachian Regional Commission to the COA Development Senior Nutrition Program.
Valley Lodge No. 169 Knights of Pythias held a charter draping service for James Cope and Irene Thompson who died July 19. Thompson, Columbus, was past Supreme Chancellor of the Supreme Lodge and past Imperial Prince of the Dramatic Order Knights of Khorasan and past grand chancellor of the Ohio domain. Valley Lodge schedules a special membership round-up on Sept. 17.
At a Thursday meeting, officials discussed funding for a full time agriculture extension agent for October to December and secured a $177,960 housing assistance allocation for 100 units under the Section 8 program. Commissioners approved a $1,000 state and federal funding plan and noted a $1,000 offset from federal Revenue Sharing funds.
About 26 former Coffman Stair Co. workers met at the Ohio National Guard Armory to discuss buying the Coffman plant and running it as a worker owned woodworking company. Main speakers outlined funding from EDA and local sources, with plans for a $5.3 million operation and a future meeting on August 13.
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