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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1962

Page

2

City Council Hears First Reading of Christmas Pay Raise Plan

Santa Claus returned to city hall as seven council members gave first reading to a pay ordinance for about 60 employees. The measure would raise salaried staff by 200 monthly and others by 10 cents per hour, with a second and third reading set for Jan 2 to fit the January payroll.

Ifrom Santa Claus City Hall Police Fire Departments Richard Rypma Raymond Shepard Non-safety Department

Blanche M. Robinson dies. longtime Bellaire and Athens resident

Blanche M. Robinson of 175 East State Street died Wednesday night at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a life as Bellaire organist and choir director then a housemother at Ohio University Athens retiring in 1961. Survived by daughter Ruth Ann Picard and son James M. Robinson. services Friday at 2 p.m. at Jagers and Sons funeral home with burial at Mound Hill Cemetery. Contributions to the heart fund requested.

Blanche M. Robinson E. State St Sheltering Arms Hospital Bellaire Athens Ohio University James Blanche McClellan First Presbyterian Church Athens Music Club Bellaire Daily Leader Ruth Ann Picard James M. Robinson Denver Colo Jagers and Sons Thomas Niccolls Mound Hill Cemetery Gallipolis Heart Fund

Carsey Rites Set Saturday

Funeral services are planned Saturday morning for George Carsey 61 Athens County native who died Wednesday in a Chillicothe Hospital. Survivors include a brother Charles Albany and two half sisters Martha Gabriel Athens and Cora Johnson Columbus. Burial will be in Alexander Cemetery.

George Carsey Athens County Chillicothe Hospital Gilbert and Mary Hill Carsey Albany Athens Ohio University Charles James Gregory Maryville Martha Gabriel Cora Johnson Columbus Jagers and Sons Funeral Home John Davies Alexander Cemetery

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