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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1973

Page

8

Meigs Planners Discuss Power Plant and Bridge Plans

Meigs County Planning Commission met at the Farmer's Bank to discuss a proposed hydro electric power plant near Racine Locks and Dams and a bridge across the Ohio River linking Ravenswood to eastern Meigs. The group endorsed the projects and noted environmental study by the Federal Power Commission and comments from West Virginia officials.

Beulah Jones Meigs Bureau Pomeroy Racine Ohio River Ravenswood Meigs County Planning Commission Farmer's Bank James Roush Meigs County West Virginia Federal Power Commission Ohio Power Co Pat Meeker Surveys Unlimited Middleport Meeker Ohio

Meigs Board Issues 66 Bus Driver Certificates

The Meigs County Board of Education approved 66 bus driver certificates across three districts. Certificates were issued for the Meigs District, Southern Local, and Eastern Local schools. A safety meeting for bus drivers was set for August 23 at Meigs Junior High School cafeteria Middleport. Superintendent Bowen announced a hearing impaired teaching unit and the need for substitute teachers.

Pomeroy Meigs County Board of Education Robert Bowen Meigs Thomas Weaver Ella Southern Leo Morris Linda Morris Eloise Pickett Cora Loftis George Wolfe Alice Wolfe Alice Globokar Naomi Floyd Beatrice Wood Lee Wood Norman Wood Rosalie Sayre Ernest Wood Leatha Cotterill William Ratliff Teresa Cremeans Minnie Thornton Linda Jett Ralph Macomber Warren Black Nick Grueser Mary King Charlotte Dillard Esther Black Vernon Weber Mont Vance Vonnie LeMaster Cordelia Brown Ammette Knight William Smith Pauline Durst Dan Smith Jean Wood Clarence Wickline Austin Phillips Faye Manley Junior Durst Marshall Adams Charles Cornell Larry Smith Delbert Smith Gordon Proffitt Karl Cross Ray Proffitt Paul Sellars Eastern Robert Shook Cecil Caldwell Harold Brannon Violet Satterfield Frank Upton Oris Smith Francis Benedum Gary Dill Darlene Reed Ronald Eastman Helen Blake Mary Rose Archie Rose Paul Baer Theodore Pullins O. J. Pennington William Hannum Middleport Ohio Highway Patrol Bowen

Meigs County Sets Multiple School and Township Posts

Filing deadline passes as Meigs Local, Eastern Local, and Southern Local boards seek two or three trustees each. Incumbents Porter and Hill among those running. other listed candidates include Snowden, Hysell, Hoover, Cline, Smith, Larkins, Evans, Bostick, Hill, Shiveley, Pyles, Wingett, Bentz, Burdette, Lohse, Perry, and McCoy. Village posts in Rutland Racine Syracuse also on ballot. township trustees elected.

Gary Evans Jack Bostick Donnie Hill Howard Shiveley Charles Pyles Danny Brown Maxine Wingett Dorothy Bentz Hill Pyles Meigs Robert Burdette Harold Lohse George Perry J. O. McCoy Joan Stewart Rutland Council Anna Wines Racine Harriet S. Neigler Albert Hill Alfred Lyons Jr Larry Wolfe Grace Roush David Cleland Dale Boyd Racine Board of Public Affairs Syracuse Village George Holman Woodrow Zwilling Eber Pickens Robert Wingett Betty Hayes Board of Public Affairs David Ohlinger Richard Vaughan

Patrol Reports Three Wrecks in Gallia and Vinton Counties

Ohio Highway Patrol logged three crashes Wednesday in Gallia and Vinton Counties. A 25 year old man, Jerry Schoolcraft of Vinton, lost control on Route 554 after an accelerator stick and overturned. Pamela McGee, 25, of Jackson, swerved to avoid another car and hit a tree on Route 160. a dog bite occurred to her child during discussions with tree owners. A second two car crash north of Vinton involved Willard Woodruff, 61, of Vinton, and James Rockwell, 32, of Gallipolis, with Woodruff cited for failure to yield. no injuries reported.

Gallipolis Ohio Highway Patrol Gallia Vinton Jerry Schoolcraft Pamela McGee Jackson Route 160 Willard Woodruff James Rockwell Woodruff

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Roush Chester Two Sutton Two Pomeroy Village Commission Buehl Hiland Church Road Edison Baker Page Street Johnson Carl Barnhill E. F. Robinson Pat Meeker and Associates Dave Perry C. E. Blakeslee Bowman Chauncey Meigs Board Athens County Lawrence Stewart Roger Morgan Patrol Nsurag Prositon THE Secuurdly Bank Gith Court St Athens
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