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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1971

Page

11

Gilligan Warns of Severe Budget Cutbacks by September

Gov. John J. Gilligan warned of severe cross‑the‑board cutbacks in state operations if no budget is passed by September. He noted 80 percent of expenses are salaries and floated separate school funding, while the House approved an 8.2 billion dollar 1972 73 budget and the state faces a 30 million dollar deficit by August.

David Tomlin Associated Press Columbus Ohio John J. Gilligan Gilligan House Senate State Department of Environmental Protection

Area Death Notices From Zanesville to Vinton

Funeral services for William G. Hughes 66 of Zanesville will be held at DeLong and Baker with burial in Martins Ferry. Also announced are services for Charles Homer Jones 77 of Middleport a WWI veteran and NY Central engineer, and for Marge Bagley 80 a former Nelsonville resident who died in Elyria. Additional notices cover Mary Ellen Dixon 74 of Gore Route 1 Ellen Morgan 90 of Shawnee James H. Cooper 72 Albany Oliver Vincent Dailey 86 Racine and James K Montgomery 69 Vinton with funerals set across several area towns and burial in multiple cemeteries.

Zanesville William G. Hughes Maple Ave DeLong and Baker Middleport Charles Homer Jones S. Third Street Cabell-Huntington Huntington W. Va Jackson County Charles and Mary Battrell Jones New York Central Railroad United Brethren Church Ripley Hilah Knapp Jones Chloe Ann Myers Columbus Lalah Sickles Detroit Mich Rawlings-Coats Raullin Moyer Leon Nelsonville Margaret B Maggie) Bagley Elyria Memorial Hospital Elyria Athens County Leroy Millie Weaver Sandusky Bagley Robert Earl Roy Joseph James Weaver Mason Lucille) Campbell Hilda Wallace Logan John Bessie) Kline Gerald Claras) Vollmer Gore Rebecca Dawson Lancaster Fanchion Hensworth Dandridge Tenn William Racine Oliver Vincent Dailey Riverside Hospital Wilmer Ocala Fla Herbert Carl Black Lick Freda Johnson Shippings Port Celestine Johnston Mamie Riggs Maggie Riggs Octeville Omar Dailey Bruce Dailey New Brighton Howard Dailey Long Bottom Celesta Pickens Lena Aley Charleston Lucy Ellen Dailey Elmer Clark Ewing Funeral Home Freeland Norris Driftrun Funeral Home Vinton James K. Montgomery McCoy John Bryant Vinton Memorial Park

Eastern Board hires junior high coach and adds staff

Tuppers Plains Eastern School Board approves Carl Dodrill as junior high football coach and hires Linda Hutchison as elementary teacher. It accepts Ralph Wigal’s resignation, seeks tv classes from Ohio University, considers a school addition, and bids for cafeteria dishwashers.

Tuppers Plains Eastern School Board of Education Carl Dodrill Ralph Wigal Linda Hutchison Ravenswood Educational Television, Southeastern Ohio, Inc Ohio University Eley- Lee-Vargo Marietta Kelm-Foley Columbus

Barn Burns At Cheshire

A storage barn and 1500 bales of hay were destroyed in Cheshire Tuesday at 11 58 a m. Wayne Palmer owned the buildings. Middleport and Gallipolis fire units battled the blaze, saving an adjacent barn with help from 2000 gallons and Kiggere Creek Power Plant 1000 gallons. Probable cause listed as spontaneous combustion.

Gallipolis Middleport Cheshire Roush Lane Kgger Creek Wayne Palmer

New Vinton County names McARTHUR-Cam Richman football coach

McARTHUR Cam Richman of London Ohio has been named the new head football coach for Vinton County High School. The appointment followed a county board of education meeting Tuesday night. Reed had been chosen in May but resigned. Steve Arnold also left coaching duties. Greg McDivitt was selected as basketball coach alongside Reed.

McArthur Cam Richman London Ohio Vinton County High School County Board of Education Kent Reed Steve Arnold Greg McDivitt Reed

Point Pleasant educator Lowell Cook resigns as vocational education director

Lowell Cook, longtime Mason County educator and eight year fair board president, resigns as director of vocational education to become assistant principal at Ravenswood High School in Jackson County. His work includes the new vocational education center north of Point Pleasant, Wahama High School shop, and home economics labs at Wahama and Point Pleasant Junior High. The Cooks reside at 2614 Jefferson Ave. in Point Pleasant.

Point Pleasant Lowell Cook Mason County Fair Board Cook Ravenswood High School Jackson County W. Va Wahama West Virginia University Karen Keith Pratt and Whitney Hartford

Youths Sentenced to Indeterminate Terms for Car Theft

Nels Pickens, 19, Racine, and Marion Snider, 18, Columbus, were sent to the Ohio Reformatory at Mansfield after pleading guilty to stealing a car from R. H. Rawlings Garage in Middleport. Deputy Sheriff Beegle arrested them Saturday and Common Pleas Judge John Bacon sentenced them Monday to indeterminate terms. The car was wrecked in the theft.

Pomeroy Nels Pickens Racine Marion Snider Columbus Ohio Reformatory Mansfield Robert Beegle Common Pleas John Bacon R. H. Rawlings Middleport

Two Hurt In Hocking County Accident

Logan Illinois? No. The Hocking County Sheriff's Department investigated an early morning accident on Two Road 354 near Route 328 at Camp Otterbein. A car owned by Desie S. Woody and driven by Emanuel A. Berry left the road. Both occupants suffered head lacerations and were hospitalized.

LOGAN Hocking County

Stolen Tools Recovered In Meigs County Case

POMEROY Meigs County Sheriff Robert Hartenbach reports an assortment of tools stolen last November from Archie Lee Syracuse Gene Shoultz Warsaw and Greg Roush Syracuse has been recovered. Other tools remain missing with total value estimated at 250 dollars. Location of recovery not disclosed.

Pomeroy Meigs County Robert Hartenbach Archie Lee Syracuse Gene Shoultz Warsaw Greg Roush

Faulty Wiring Cause Of Enterprise Fire

Logan firemen responded at 7 45 a m to Enterprise for a house blaze at Mrs Jessie Starr Chieftain Drive caused by an electrical short Smoke issued from outer walls and crews removed the fault wiring from the home.

Logan — Logan Enterprise Jessie Starr Chieftain Drive

Also Mentioned on This Page

Hughes Services Charles H. Jones Mrs Maggie Bagley Johnson Funeral Home William A. Metchem Green Lawn Cemetery Mary Ellen Dixon Leonard Funeral Home Robert Ramsey Ellen Morgan Shawnee Ellen Nell) Morgan Herbert and Margaret Davis Davis American Legion Auxiliary Post 510 New Straitsville The Morning Star Rebekah Lodge George Morgan Margaret Peyton Humphrey Funeral Home Wilson Rollins Shawnee Cemetery James H. Cooper Albany Grant Hospital Mabel Irvine St. Clair Bigony Funeral Home Clark’s Chapel Oliver V. Dailey Montgomery Rites Eastern Board Chester Pta Chester State Department John Riebel Arvella Frecker New Vinton Hocking the Kroger Co Vanity Fair Brotsleeve U.S. Gov't Tenderay Chuck Tenderay EZ Slice Avondale Kroger Boston Roll W. Ae Wieners Clover Valley Big Valvelli Northwest Purple Patty
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