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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1977

Page

5

Mount St Mary Hospital staff complete supervision training

Five Mount St Mary Hospital employees earned framed certificates after finishing a seven session two hour training program at Lancaster Fairfield Hospital. The program covered communications planning budgeting and leadership with participants from Hocking Valley Community Hospital and Berger Hospital also enrolled.

Nelsonville Mount St. Mary Hospital Lancaster Fairfield Hospital Lancaster George Sufronko

Logan Junior High Sets Two Day Seventh Grade Orientation

Logan Junior High will host orientation for all 1977 78 seventh graders on August 24 and 25. Principal Charles Eichelberger notes schedules will be issued and extra curricular activities explained as students tour the building. Bus pickup will vary by district elementary, with specific meeting times at the listed schools.

Logan Logan Junior High Charles Eichelberger Central West Hilltop East Elemen South Bloomingville Rockbridge Enterprise School Enterprise Union Furnace Green and Marion Eichelberger

Thefts and Vandalism Reported in Hocking County

Hocking County Sheriff's Department logged multiple break ins and thefts across Laurelville and Logan Route 1 including a barn burglary on Long Run Road with tools lumber and hardware stolen and 81 sheets of plywood taken from a Woodruff Road site. A separate home invasion and missing wigs were reported along with damaged trailers and a glass pane broken in a vacant house. A Route 664 single car crash near Logan involved Leo D Gagnon and passenger Ron J Eddy with minor injuries.

Logan Hocking County Woodruff Road Leigh Conrad Road Laurelville Darrel Perry Murray City Gladys Hopkins

Southern Pupils to Register for Local School Openings

Perry County Southern Local Schools announce kindergarten and new student registration opening August 30. Parents must register by August 22 to attend. non registered students may miss the first days. Calls listed for New Straitsville Shawnee Elementary Corning Moxahala Miller High entries between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on starting dates.

New Straitsville Shawnee Corning Miller High School

Mount St. Mary Hospital Names August Employee of the Month

Shelby Goss LPN of Mount St. Mary Hospital is August Employee of the Month. She joined the hospital Aug 18 1966 as a nurse aide and earned her LPN degree from TriCounty Technical College in 1969. George Sufrenko notes staff and administration congratulate her and present a $25 savings bond. Miss Goss lives in Union Furnace.

Nelsonville Shelby Goss Mount St. Mary Hospital Miss Goss Mount St. Mary TriCounty Technical College George Sufrenko Union Furnace

Meigs County Fair Adds Karate Demo and Time Change

ROCK SPRINGS The Meigs County fair board announced the garden tractor pulling contest will start at 11 a.m. on Aug 20 instead of 9 a.m. A demonstration by the Ohio University Karate Club is also scheduled for 11 a.m. on Aug 20. The board warns horses must have an equine infectious anemia report to participate at the fairgrounds.

Rock Springs Meigs County Fair Board Ohio University Karate Club

Derby to Open Fair with Demolition Derby as Opening Night

Meigs County Fair runs August 16 to 20 with a demolition derby as the opening grandstand attraction. Tuesday evening event requires advance registration with limited participation. Forms are at Bob's Gulf station Pomeroy Mason Auto Parts and other listed outlets. 22 participants have registered including James Stanbery Robert Black Ronald E Russell Coy Starcher Jr Gregory Davis and others from Zanesville Pomeroy Racine Macksburg Athens and Lancaster.

Rock Springs Meigs County Bob's Gulf Station Pomeroy Kappel’s Pennsoil East Main Street Meigs Auto Supply G and J Auto Parts Pomeroy Sunoco Station W.main Shade Terry Neff Beallsville David Harper Caldwell Michael Small Dexter Joyce Frye Rutland Earl Michael Johnson Brian Johnson Middleport Ralph Maister Bruce Hanning Albany Pearl Deem Jr Lancaster Ron Dailey Portland

Meigs County Museum Opens Civil War Display

POMEROY The Meigs County Museum unveils a Civil War display for the summer featuring a full uniform loaned by Mrs. Edward Foster. Eyewitness accounts of Buffington Island and Jenkins Raid, maps and books by county veterans are shown. Open Sundays and Tuesdays 2 4 pm and Fridays 1 3 pm or by appointment at 992 2264.

Pomeroy Meigs County Morgan A.G. Jenkins Ohio County Ohio Buffington Island Edward Foster Meigs J.C. McElroy Chickamauga Chattanooga

Activities Planned For Citizens In Pomeroy Center

Meigs Senior Citizens at the Pomeroy Center host a weekly schedule with Monday cards games and square dancing Tuesday crafts chorus and kitchen band Wednesday Social Security rep hearing test results and games Thursday Diabetes and Weight Control session horseshoes and song session Friday crocheting knitting art class bowling and square dance A lunch program runs Monday through Friday 11 30 am to 12 30 pm.

Pomeroy Meigs

Brake Causes Auto Fire on West Front Street

Logan firefighters responded Sunday at 6 10 p m to an auto fire on West Front Street near Keynes Mill. Diane Gaddis drove Ron Conner s car when the right rear brake shoe heated up and emitted smoke. A passerby used a fire extinguisher to cool the blaze, preventing further damage.

Logan West Front Street Keynes Mill Diane Gaddis Second St Ron Conner

No Meeting In August

Pomory Met County Pomona Grange cancels August session due to the fair. Meetings resume in September on the second Tuesday each month at the Meigs County fair grounds with the new Grange year program to be discussed at the September meeting.

Pomeroy Met County Pomona Grange Meigs County Fair

County Fair Meigs Baking Contest Planned

The Meigs County Baking Contest is included in the county fair schedule August 16 to 20 at ROCK SPRINGS. Mrs. Lucille Leifheit and Mrs. Frances Goeglein lead the division with classes for bread cakes cookies and pies and premiums of 150 for first 100 for second and 75 cents for third.

Rock Springs Lucille Leifheit Frances Goeglein Angel Food

Riders Sought for Meigs County Motorcycle Rodeo at Fair

Meigs County Fair Board seeks riders for an international motorcycle rodeo on Saturday night August 20 at the grandstand. Cash prizes trophies awarded in each event. entries open to men and women with new events slalom broad jump slow race and wheelies exhibition by Spirit of 76. Call Wallace Bradford at 985 3974 for applications or visit area motorcycle shops.

Rock Springs Meigs County Fair Board

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Mount St. Mary Workers James Seymour Sufronko Shirley Patel Joan Licht Barbara Knott Fred Judy Sinnott Tom Schultz Fred Nagy Tary St. John’s Hocking Southern Perry County Derby Spirit of Wallace Bradford Fair Board Pipe Dreams West Union Inal Hardware and Building Supply Putnam Howe Drive Belpre DIAL Norman Allen Allen Hardware Allen’s Allen Hardware and Farm Supply Messenger
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