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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 14, 1964

Page

2

Taft Visits Athens Discusses Senate Bid With GOP Leaders

Robert Taft Jr a Republican Senate hopeful met Athens area GOP leaders including William Rowland and Milton Nuzum to discuss campaigns. He spoke on Lincoln Day in Marietta and planned events in Chillicothe Paulding and Toledo with a Washington DC return for labor and education hearings on a double overtime bill funding vocational centers.

Paul Efa U.S. Senate Robert Taft, Jr Athens Representative Taft Washington, D.C William Rowland Milton Nuzum Central Committee Taft Marietta Chillicothe Paulding Toledo Labor and Education

Commission To Study Recreation Faces Exploratory Meeting

The reorganized city recreation commission schedules an exploratory meeting Tuesday at 4 p.m. with A. M. (Tony) Reis as chairman and Robert Repp as secretary treasurer. The panel will review operations and how to better use funds, and will oversee Crystal Pool and the broader city program.

City Recreation Commission Tony) Reis Robert Repp Reis Crystal Pool

Alden News: Ohio University President Welcomes Third Son

Vernon R. Alden, 15th president of Ohio University, and his wife welcomed their third son at 6 04 p.m. Thursday at Shelter ing Arms Hospital. Officials note he may be the first child born to an OU president in office. The family also has children Robert 11 Anne 8 and James 4.

Sheltering Arms Hospital Ohio University Vernon R. Alden Robert Anne James

New Hospital Plans Focus Of Sheltering Arms Meeting

Progress on a new hospital will be discussed at the Sheltering Arms Hospital Foundation annual meeting led by president Hil C. Musser. Two board members will be elected. The meeting opens at 7 30 p m Friday in the nurses dining room at the hospital. In other action the Plains School District voters will decide Feb 18 on transferring to the Athens city system with polling sites listed across multiple precincts.

Board of Trustees of Sheltering Arms Hospital Foundation, Inc Hil C. Musser The Plains Athens Board of Elections

Shelter ing Arms Hospital Notes

Mrs Vernon Alden and Mrs John King plus Burl Lanning and Ben Stout are listed among admissions. A newborn son is noted for the Alden family in Athens. Other entries mention Frank Rose, James Haning, and Bernard Weekly with family members in Athens and nearby routes.

Frank Rose Athens James Haning Carpenter Ben Stout John King Stewart Burl Lanning Millfield Bernard Weekly

Hebrew Classes Start Saturday at Hillel Foundation

Beginners and advanced readers invited to join at 10 a.m. Saturday. No registration fee. Classes open to students faculty and townspeople.

Hillel Foundation

Cheerleaders and crowds to contest in Athens County tourney

Athens County basketball tournament opens Saturday with cheerleaders and cheering section judged for sportsmanship and enthusiasm. Advisors briefed on five criteria while business firms donate trophies to promote sportsmanship and leadership in the county. Judges will be placed in the center section during the opening night games.

Athens County

New Merit Badges Planned For Boy Scouts

Dr. Richard Hamilton of the Kootaga Area Council announced three new merit badges in atomic energy electronics and model design and building. He noted revised requirements for archery architecture and skiing with minor changes in dairying first aid to animals personal fitness printing and world brotherhood. February will feature merit badge counselors presenting topics to Athens area troops as Eagle Scout progress remains tied to earned merit badges across more than 100 fields.

Richard Hamilton Kootaga Area Council Atomic Energy Athens

Autopsy Set In Death Of Ohio University Student

John W. Pentz 19 of West Richfield Ohio University sophomore died after convulsions at Hudson Health Center and in Huron Road Hospital. The Associated Press notes he was moved from Mount St Mary Hospital Nelsonville where he was admitted a day earlier.

John W. Pentz West Richfield Ohio University Huron Rd. Hospital Cleveland Associated Press Pentz Mount St. Mary Hospital Nelsonville Grosvenor Hall University Hudson Health Center Harriett K. Pentz William Butler Nelsonville Hospital

Clearing Weather After Snow Storms

Weather report notes clearing conditions following snow with two cloudy days. U.S. Weather Service observer C L Colmer records 10 am temperature at 40 degrees, eight degrees above morning low. Thursday reached 38 with another half inch of snow.

U.S C. L. Colmer

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