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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1967

Page

3

Boy Scout Round-Up Dinner Set

A Baden Powell round-up dinner for Hock-Hocking District Boy Scouts is set for 6 30 p m Thursday at the Kiwanis shelter in the fairgrounds. The event marks the 1967 scouting year closing and includes an explanation of new advancement and membership drive procedures. Open to adult leaders and their wives. volunteers for troops posts and packs are urged to attend with a covered dish.

Hock-Hocking Kiwanis Fairgrounds Tom McGovern H. James Graham Graham

Servicemen's News Aviation Navy and Air Force honors

Aviation personnel Barry A. Shields and Lloyd E. Martin serve aboard the sixth fleet carrier in the Mediterranean. Joe A. Mace returns to Alameda after refresher training aboard USS Ranger. Army Private First Class John L. Foster arrives at Pleiku Vietnam base. T Sgt Rayfield Jamison receives the Air Force Commendation Medal at Nellis for Southeast Asia service. Cadet Timothy I. Moorehead earns AF ROTC financial aid grant at Ohio University amid selection from 1,400 third-year cadets.

Aviation Ordnanceman Barry A. Shields Clarice E. Shields North Shafer St Lloyd E. Martin USN Lloyd W. Martin Riverside Drive Athens U. S. Sixth Fleet Mediterranean America Taylor Naval Air Station Alameda Calif San Diego Ranger T. Sgt Rayfield Jamison Etta Jamison Lincoln Ave Gallipolis Air Force Commendation Nellis Afb Nev Jamison Takhli Royal Thai Afb Thailand Air Force Southeast Asia Timothy I. Moorehead Jack N. Moorehead W. Hunter St Logan Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps Afrotc Ohio University Moorehead Logan Senior High School

OU Local Will Meet Saturday

A regular monthly meeting of Local 1699 of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employes Union AFL-CIO is set for Saturday at 8 p.m. in Space Arts Auditorium. Oscar McGee says a Monday meeting with university officials and the union grievance committee postponed negotiation powers pending an Attorney General Saxbe opinion due in about two weeks.

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes Union Afl-Cio Space Arts Oscar McGee William Saxbe Ohio University Ohio State

Mrs Nora Atkinson Taken To Hospital After Emergency Call

Mrs Nora Atkinson 93 of 230 N Lancaster St was ill and transported to Sheltering Arms Hospital by the city fire department emergency squad summoned at 4 a m Wednesday.

Nora Atkinson Lancaster St Sheltering Arms Hospital City Fire Department

Temperature Varies Then Climbs Across Warm Week

The low this morning was 56 with a high of 86 Tuesday, rising to 73 by late Wednesday morning per U. S. observer C. L. Colmer. In municipal court, William Heyen of Wolf St Athens faces assault and battery charges filed by Kenneth Haas Jr.

C. L. Colmer U. S William Heyen Wolf St Athens Kenneth Haas, Jr

Bond Forfeitures And Birth Announcement In Coolville

Bond forfeiture notes list Glenn F Hudwell Elmer F Poston Raymond H Hageman and John R Adams with ages 57 55 33 and 18 from New Marshfield Athens Columbus. charges include insecure load excessive load and conditional speed with fines 25 32 18 21 dollars. Mr and Mrs James D Rice Columbus announce birth of 9.7 pound son Scott Davies at University Hospital in the capital city. Scott’s grandparents Herman Carson Coolville Melva Rice Ashland and Joseph D Rice Gainesville Fla.

Glenn F. Hudwell New Marshfield Elmer F. Poston Athens Raymond H. Hageman Columbus John R. Adams Coolville James D. Rice Scott Davies University Hospital Capital City Rice Joyce Carson Scott Herman Carson Melva Rice Ashland Joseph D. Rice Gainesville Fla

Ohio Senator Collins backs greatest school bill in state history

Senator Oakley Collins announces a sweeping Ohio education bill allowing districts to raise teacher salaries now with December lump sum funds. The measure creates a statewide minimum salary, boosts materials, and funds vocational training while targeting inner city and special education needs.

Collins Ohio Oakley Collins Ironton James Rhodes

School Orientation Planned By Students

The Athens High School student council will hold an orientation for new students Friday from 1 30 p m to 4 p m in the high school cafeteria. It welcomes students from Athens Chauncey and The Plains who have not attended before or recently moved to town. Bring class schedules. those are being mailed and should arrive by Thursday.

Athens High School Athens Chauncey the Plains

Film Agency to Produce Color Government Study

The Screen Digest, a film series provided to local schools as a public service by Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co., will release its first full-length color story this year. The film examines the workings of the three major branches of the federal government and accompanies monthly 20-minute issues for schools.

Screen News Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co C & Soe Screen Digest

Marriage Licenses for Local Residents

James Dean aged 18 a service station attendant and Mary Jane Watkins aged 18 a secretary, both from Nelsonville, secured a marriage license. Robert H. North aged 57 a former resident and Margaret Gillespie aged 43 at home, both from Athens, obtained a license in the same filing.

James Dean Nelsonville Mary Jane Watkins Robert H. North Athens Margaret Gillespie

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Jon Webb Athens Kiwanis Club Earl Mathews Carl F. Theilmann W. Union Street Thielmann Dale Leach Service Club Fair Boy Scout Sean Connery As Pamavision Technicolor United Artists Joe A. Mace William A. Mace Carlota L Army John L. Foster Ralph R. Foster Minersville Pleiku Vietnam 4Th Infantry Division OU Local Moin Beasley & Mathews E. Carpenter Senate Education Committee Berkshire Nyloc Her Boys Western Blue Dungarees
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