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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 01, 1968

Page

9

License Tag Reservers Being Taken

Nelsonville residents may reserve 1968 Ohio auto tag numbers from Feb 1 to March 1 through deputy registrar Mrs Ruth Barber located on Columbus Street. The new plates feature red letters on white and go on sale March 1 with display required by April 16. Also today the Genford Dugan Post 229 American Legion Auxiliary Unit meets at 7:30 PM at the Legion War Memorial Building.

Nelsonville Ohio Ruth Barber Columbus Street Genford Dugan American Legion Legion War Memorial

New Books Arrive At Nelsonville Public Library

Nelsonville Public Library adds a diverse slate including King Lonnie Coleman Dangerous Visions by Harlan Ellison The Gentlewomen of Evil by Peter Haining A Madras Type Jacket by Evelyn Hawes and more titles such as Rochelle by David Slavit The Saint on TV by Leslie Charteris Money Management for Your Family and The American Musical Theater by Lehman Engel plus biographies and fiction from authors like Gerald Green Patricia Moyes and Irving Shulman.

Nelsonville Nelsonville Public Library King Lonnie Coleman Harlan Ellison Peter Haining Evelyn Hawes Benjy Boone Maurice Dolbier Charlie Pocock George Beardmore Brooklyn Gerald Green Leslie Charteris The Margaret Lynn Tucker Coe Patricia Moyes Jay Packer Hersey James A. Pike Trudy Baker Anthony Bailey Valentino Irving Shulman Christine Jorgensen American Musical Theater Lehman Engel

Groundhog Makes Early Appearance at Robert Bentley Farm

At Nelsonville the Bentley farm reports a groundhog emerged from under a garage around 2:30 p.m. carrying a paper sack. Mrs. Bentley noted it was the first sighting since last fall, joking the whistle pig may have chased the weather forecast or grown hungry.

Nelsonville Robert Bentley

Nelsonville Youth to Appear on TV Show Job Show

Nelsonville youth Bill Wend will be interviewed on WBNS TV Channel 10 Saturday at 2 30 p m about training received at Mahoning Valley Vocational School and Technical Center in data processing on an IBM computer. He is son of Mr and Mrs Robert Wend of W Washington Street. The data processing course will be offered at the new Tri County District Technical Institute near Nelsonville where enrollment is under way.

Nelsonville Fort Hayes Columbus Wbns-Tv Bill Wend Robert Wend Washington Street Mahoning Valley Wend IBM Mahoning Valley School Tri- County District Technical Institute

Pulitzer Prize Winner Turns to Politics in Pennsylvania

Robert V. Cox, 40, city editor of the Chambersburg Public Opinion and 1966 Pulitzer recipient for Peggy Ann Bradnick coverage, resigns to seek the Democratic nomination for the Pennsylvania state House. Cox previously pursued clues about the Shade Gap kidnapping case’s mountain man, later linked to Bradnick’s abductor and the FBI agent’s killer.

Chambersburg Robert V. Cox Peggy Ann Brodnick Shade Gap Chambersburg Public Opinion House of Representatives Bradnick Cox Miss Bradnick

Local Births and Dismissals Reported Across Towns

Mr and Mrs James Cartwright Logan welcome a son. Mr and Mrs Earl Davis Trimble announce a son. Admitted include Robert Turnbull Shawnee and several others from Glouster Logan Nelsonville The Plains and Columbus. Dismissed are James Russell and son Gary Campbell and son James Henderson Adkins Stewart Lantz Smathers Hamner Mulpas and a baby girl Teyral.

James Cartwright Logan Earl Davis Trimble Robert Turnbull Shawnee Lulu Morley Joesphine Hedfelt Glouster Sharon McLaughlin Marilyn Halasz Hemlock Joanna Knippa Columbus David Cox Kathy Stickhorn New Straitsville Charles Hook Nelsonville Margaret Martin Clarence Winigman Timothy Wayne the Plains Philip Pettit James Russell Gary Campbell James Henderson Max Adkins William Stewart Elmer Lantz John Smathers Terry Hamner Clarence Mulpas Teyral

Auto Downs Brick Pylon At East City Entrance

Nelsonville reports an auto knocked over the remaining brick pylon on Route 33 at the east city entrance Tuesday afternoon. Two pylons were placed years ago by the Nelsonville Garden Club as part of a beautification program. The south side companion was removed for a new restaurant and service station.

Nelsonville Route 33 East City

Truck Stalls On Route 216 Near Nelsonville

A Marathon Gas tractor hauling two tankers stalled on Mason City Hill State Route 216 about 5:30 a.m. Wednesday due to a broken drive shaft. Local wrecker crews could not move the heavy load until a Logan wrecker arrived. traffic was reduced to one lane as police managed the flow. A second item notes Group Two of the First Christian Church CWF meeting Monday at 7:30 p.m. at Mrs. Clarence Greek’s home, 431 West Washington Street.

Nelsonville Marathon Gas Mason City Hill Logan First Christian Church Cwf Clarence Greek West Washington Street

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