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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1966
Page
4
Supt. Fred Chase announces all Athens city schools will run full days on Tuesday Aug 30 with 30 cent lunches for grades 1 through 12. Kindergarten begins Sept 6. Enrollment projected at 3700, up about 100 from last year. Bus routes and dismissal times vary by campus.
Disabled American Veterans will meet at 8 p.m. Friday. The group plans to discuss chapter activities and member services.
The city awaits two new traffic lights after council approved installation two months ago. One walk light serves Congress and W Union Street, the other covers Wallace Drive and Morris Avenue. Lights aid heavy pedestrian traffic near Ohio University and local schools.
Dr. James Hartman and Louise Schwartz of Ohio University will help Tokyo educator Dr. Kazuo Seki publish The First Japanese Who Rode the Jeep. Seki, former interpreter for Gen McArthur, plans a confidential Occupation era narrative and aims to finish revisions by next spring.
Mr and Mrs Marion Strausbaugh of Millfield announce the birth of a son. Admission notes list multiple residents in Athens Willoughby Shade Albany and The Plains. A Municipal Court jury trial on a drunk driving charge was postponed and those summoned for jury duty are excused.
General Telephone Co of Ohio will begin its yearly canvass of business telephone customers in the Athens area Monday. J B Kimball district commercial manager said canvassers will review and confirm listings for the 1966 directory to be delivered in December. Closing date is Oct 14 with a deadline for changes by residential and business customers.
Albany The Margaret Creek Conservancy District board designated Joe Skinner Construction Co Belmont Route 1 as apparent low bidder at 110300.29 for site six of the Margaret Creek Watershed project, including E R Wagoner Dam. Seven other firms bid higher with totals ranging to 246591.87. An 88532 grant from the Economic Development Administration helps defray land rights and recreation area costs at Lee Two, including camping, a beach, docks, ramps, roads, parking, and water and sewer facilities.
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