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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1973
Page
10
Burdette farm on Thomas Ridge reports strong growth from Virginia pine Scotch pine and white pine planted four to five years ago with Western District crew help. Plans include a potential farm pond and SCS assistance on location.
The Western Soil Conservation District will place Footprints In The Soil and Reflections On The Water in every agency office, the Mason County library, and each vocational agricultural department. Present and past district supervisors will receive copies. The book, compiled by Jean Ek Oliverio, notes how conservation work formed in West Virginia and honors key contributors.
Ohio Highway Patrol reports a 9 27 p m collision on Route 7 near Route 248 Chester. Larry Salser 27 of Tuppers Plains drove into a drive in parking lot after rear end collision with a semi driven by Jess Glover 27 Olive Hill Ky. No citations or injuries reported.
Meigs Chapter of DeMolay will select a 1973 Sweetheart at a meeting Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Middleport Masonic Temple. Contestants are Jacque Gabritsch Point Pleasant Elizabeth Blaetmar and Cathy Rayburn Pomeroy. Refreshments follow the meeting.
Jean Whitehead of Ohio State University visited her parents Mr and Mrs Ernest Whitehead and sisters. Multiple guests from Jane Lew West Virginia Zanesville Wooster Akron Pomeroy Road Portland and Porterfield visited local families in Reedsville. Mrs Mabel Hetzer and Mr Rawleigh Hetzer of Akron also visited. Syracuse hospital note: Mrs Oris Hubbard admitted to St Marys Huntington room 538.
The Pomeroy National Bank held its annual meeting at the bank offices and reelected seven directors: Dr. R. E. Boice, Alfred M. Elberfeld, Edison Hobstetter, Horace Karr, Roger Morgan, Warren Pickens, and Eldon Weeks. Judge Manning D. Webster was elected director emeritus as he retires from the board. Edison Hobstetter was re-elected chairman and Maxine Griffith was re-elected secretary.
Meigs County Board of Education approved bus driver certificates for Ray Worth, Carlotta Reed, Robert Reed, Larry Smith, William Hannum and Martha Dudding at a Tuesday meeting in the superintendent’s office. The meeting also saw re-election of officers and bank staff, noting 1972 growth and a $17 million deposit level.
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