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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1971
Page
8
Nelsonville York High School stages Annie Get Your Gun in four 2 pm performances dedicating the show to Spencer Steenrod a Nelsonville High School graduate and longtime drama educator. Barry Wood directs with Nancy Christian in the title role and a cast of 27 plus 53 dancers and singers.
A five week course in home greenhouse construction and management starts Tuesday at Tri-County District Joint Vocational High School. Two hour nightly sessions begin at 6 30 p m and are open to any interested homeowner. Call 753 3511 for more information.
Hocking Valley Community Hospital admitted Mrs. Dave Van Duren Mrs. Leonard Roach Mrs. Elizabeth Summer Mrs. Elizabeth Bryan and William Solon all of Logan plus Timothy Ludlow of Rockbridge. Dismissed Mrs. Raymond Moore of Haydenville.
Col Richard W. Smith USAF will be the guest speaker at the Logan-Hocking District Boy Scouts Recognition Dinner to be held Friday at 6 p.m. at the armory in Logan. He has 20 years in scouting and holds the Silver Beaver Wood Badge Scouters Key and other honors. A potluck dinner is planned by the district wives.
Logan-Hocking County sheriff investigators probe a series of break ins at Robert W. Wilson’s Jenkins Road residence near Gore since mid December 1970. Entries occur after midnight via a forced front door with candles used inside. Items stolen include small electrical appliances watches radios and linens.
The Nelsonville Chapter 400 of the Ohio Association of Public School Employees canceled its regular session at York Elementary School cafeteria due to weather. The next meeting is set for March 17. A Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3467 Auxiliary business meeting was scheduled for Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Post home.
Nelsonville York High School students perform a 1966 revival of Anne Get Your Gun February 21 24 25 and 28. Ethel Merman sent a signed photo wishing them luck. The article recounts Annie Oakley's life from Ohio birth to fame with Frank Butler and the Buffalo Bill show and notes her death in 1926.
Logan Clay Products Co reports a 15 percent rise in profits for fiscal year 1970 despite lower shipment volume. President Barton A. Holl credits tight cost controls and notes future outlook tied to environmental regulation. Eight directors re elected and Richard H. Brandt fills the final board seat.
The Logan Junior High School Band of 90 seventh and eighth graders earned a superior rating at the District XIII band orchestra and chorus competitions in Columbus. Judges praised tone blend leadership and musicianship and noted very few technical errors.
The lands, lots, and parts of lots returned delinquent by the County Treasurer of Athens County, with the taxes, assessments, and penalties, charged thereupon agreeably to law, are contained and described in the following list.
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