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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1971
Page
2
Edwin Pyke has resigned as president of the People's Rights and Benefits League. Vice President Philip J. Smith has assumed the presidency. Charles Bullock was elected as vice president at the meeting.
Santa will host visitors at the Athens County Courthouse area on Friday 2 to 4 pm and Saturday 12 to 4 pm with additional hours Monday to Dec 23 2 to 4 pm and 6 to 8 pm and 2 to 5 pm on Christmas Eve. The November league meeting notes 30 low income families received baskets and 40 chickens and 5 turkeys were distributed.
A two day nurse workshop sponsored by the Ohio Department of Health and Ohio University’s Conservation Project was held at the Ohio University Inn. Speakers included Jane Ergood Ann Sommers Dr Harold Fogelson and Richard Bunner with attendees from multiple county health departments schools and centers.
The Southeastern Ohio Section of the Society of Plastics Engineers will hear Gil Nach from Merrill Lynch in Marietta at Hotel Lafayette. The session includes a 6:30 p.m. social, 7 p.m. dinner, and 8 p.m. business meeting with a Q and A following. Reservations via Bill Yost at Borg Warner in Washington WV.
Athens police investigated a brick thrown through a dining hall window in Bromley Hall reported by resident assistant Ann Lyon. No arrest was made. Window valued at 150 to 200 dollars. Separate report: Michael Post said a tape player and seven tapes were stolen from his station wagon between Monday afternoon and Tuesday evening.
Prof. Harley Oberhelman of Texas Tech University is the new president of the Texas Foreign Language Association. He was elected at the fall meeting in El Paso, as the 500 member group represents language teachers from primary grades through the university level in Texas.
A hand carved grand piano donated by Bertha Lindel to Goodwill traveled from Boston to Iowa City in 1887 and moved westward with the Lindel family over several years. It drew attention in a South Dakota prairie town among local Indians including Chief Rain-in-the-Face before finally reaching California and Goodwill.
A AP report from Cape Town cites a Dutch Reformed Church publication claiming about 75 percent of divorces begin on the dance floor. The clergyman author argues modern dancing arouses collective oneness and can lead to ecstasy and undressing, suggesting provocative dance as a goal.
Dr. Ben C. Hobgood, former head of the University Libre de Congo in Kisangani, has been named director of personnel at Southern Methodist University. Born in Lotumbe Congo to American missionaries, he spent nine years as a Disciple of Christ missionary in the Congo and eight years on the Congo Inter-University Commission.
Ruby Casteel, 50, pleaded guilty in Athens County Municipal Court to driving while intoxicated. She was fined 200 dollars plus costs, sentenced to seven days in jail, and had her license suspended for 60 days. Other cases included fines for public intoxication, open container, overtime parking tickets, and a restaurant bill dispute.
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