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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1964
Page
5
Athens Postmaster Arthur E. Cornwell urges early mailing of Christmas cards and gifts due to possible weather delays. He recommends Dec 5 for out of town packages and to mark Do Not Open Until Christmas, use ZIP codes, keep packages tight, address on one side, include inside address, and insure parcels.
Athens County fair board will elect six directors Saturday at the Grange Hall on the fairgrounds. Eleven candidates filed petitions including Emory Allen Conrad Mulligan Homer Linscott Don Bennett Ray Clark and others from Athens Township Ames Rome Carthage The three year term for Albert Linscott ends with no bid for re election. Other candidates include Ross Bateman Adrian Parker Emerson Ball Lee Glass Bill Riley and Gaylord Storer.
The Junior Fair steer feeding project starts this week with weights planned Friday and Saturday. D. C. McIntyre will weigh 4 H and FFA steers entered for later weighing and sale at the county fair. A portable sealer will be taken to 28 4 H and FFA youths farms in the Albany, Chase, New Marshfield, Cana anville, Carthage, Guysville, Amesville and McDougal areas starting Friday afternoon and Saturday morning.
Mr and Mrs Joe Mace welcomed a son at New Marshfield and Mr and Mrs Russell Fenner a son at Athens Births. Admissions include Vada Caldwell Athens Delia Mayles Athens Route 3 Ellen Curl Athens Ruth Ann Barnhart Amesville Lenore Williams Athens Joseph Cooper Albany Route 2 Eddie Jones Guysville Route 2 and John Cain and daughter Athens Route 5.
The Plains post office will extend hours for the next three Saturdays, with windows open 7:45 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 5 p.m. on Dec 5, 12, and 19. Postmaster Gail Slater announced the schedule to handle holiday mail volume.
Dennis Batdorff vice president of Explorer Post 56 in Athens earned the Eagle Scout rank at the post court of honor held at First Methodist Church. His mother pinned the medal as William Nutter explained Eagle requirements. Batdorff, an Athens High School junior, varsity football player and Hi Y member, attended the Valley Forge Jamboree this summer. Bill Satcher of Post 56 earned merit badges in personal fitness and forestry at the same meeting. Col Cecil Helena district explorer chairman presented the post charter to Frank Batdorff as institutional representative.
A Wednesday sale report misidentified owners of the Housewares Center. The correct owners are Byron A. Wolfe and Alfred H. Carpenter, correcting the erroneous claim that Carpenter Hardware owned the building.
Two pistols were stolen Wednesday from the former Manley animal hospital on Route 56. Doug Megginson, an Ohio University student, reported a .22 Ruger single action and a .44 Walker were taken. The house, now used by two OU students as living quarters, was unoccupied with no signs of forced entry.
FCC cuts in interstate long distance reduce rates across Bell System lines. Local manager J B Kimball notes new pricing applies to station to station calls to out of state exchanges after 8 p m and all day Sunday. A three minute call to Los Angeles drops from 2 10 to 1 after 8 p m and Sundays.
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