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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1974
Page
3
Meigs County Board of Mental Retardation reviews financing for the Meigs Community School for the Mentally Retarded. The panel seeks to place remaining funds into operating appropriations through year end, with Jan. 1 salary coverage and hopes for state and local aid to extend to spring.
The Pomeroy council gave third reading to a Point View Cable TV rate hike effective January first. It also approved buying speed radar units for the police at 1497 dollars from CMI Corp in Denver to save over 200 dollars, and authorized erection of radar signs at village entrances. Jan 2 was set for presenting the 1975 appropriations by the Finance Committee.
The Pomeroy Chamber discussed a possible Pomeroy Athens bus link with Buckeye Hills and AORTA while noting mine work could fund future transit. Awards were announced for a Christmas parade gift certificate drawing and details on an Ohio Valley Fellowship drug and alcohol program.
A Rutland bridal shower honored Linda Brown of Hilliard, bride-elect of Dean Weber, son of Mr and Mrs Vernon Weber. Hosted by Mrs Emerson Jones and Miss Donna Weber at the Weber home, the event featured a red white and green color scheme.
Middleport volunteers answered two fires in town on Monday. A kitchen attic fire at James Moodispaugh’s home on South Second Avenue was contained, then a blaze at James Brewer’s Vine Street home brought a further response. Brewer is a village council member.
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