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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 22, 1966

Page

3

Canvass to Alert Citizens on Medicare in Nelsonville

A house to house canvass organized by the Nelsonville Medicare Alert Committee and the Social Security Office will visit every Nelsonville home Wednesday night to distribute Medicare leaflets. Citizens 65 and older are urged to apply by March 31, 1966. Scouting groups will cover four city sections supervised by adults, meeting at First Christian Church at 6 30 p.m. Scouts to bring flashlights. after leafleting, participants will return for hot chocolate, coffee and cookies.

Nelsonville Social Security Office Athens County Boy Scouts Cub Scouts William Theisen First Christian Church

Two Face Charges In Fatal Crash

In Hocking County Court two men face charges from a fatal Route 33 crash on November 13. James Robert Shark 23 Haydenville charged with second degree manslaughter driving while under financial responsibility revocation and failing to stop within an assured clear distance ahead. Charles Frank Hook Jr. 45 Nelsonville Route 1 charged with failing to stop. arraignments set for March 8 and Saturday. Raymond Stover 19 Haydenville died in the collision two miles south of Logan after a multi-vehicle wreck at an earlier scene. Shark allegedly struck Hook who then hit Stover as he exited his car and was carried over an embankment.

Logan Hocking James Robert Shark Haydenville Charles Frank Hook Jr Nelsonville Raymond Stover Stover Hook Hook Auto

Nelsonville Board seeks federal funds for remedial project

Nelsonville City Board of Education authorizes Supt. Lloyd Gray to apply for Title One funds for Project Two, with 100 percent federal contribution. Plan includes remedial basic skills programs, potential additional guidance, three relocatable classrooms, and nurse support under Project One. Betsy Shumaker resigns library post. Louise Wolf appointed to fill term. Bonnie Koontz resigns as junior high teacher. Roberta Hofer t hired. Campus notes include Camp Fire Girls use of playground, attendance at Atlantic City admin convention.

Nelsonville City Board of Education Lloyd Gray Gray Betsy Shumeker Louise Wolf Fort St Bonnie Koontz Roberta Hoffert State Department of Education James Shumaker Joseph Baker and Associates Athens County Welfare Board Roland Pierce

Hocking Trustees Name 14 Doctors to New Hospital Staff

Logan Ohio Hocking Valley Community Hospital board of trustees named 14 physicians to the medical staff including Drs. Richard C. Jones Lethia Starr T J Najm J E Raugh J Ward Doering Owen F Yaw George F Jones Charles F Raugh Jan F Matthew Richard E Bullock McArthur Richard A Welsh William D Monger William S Jasper Sr all of Lancaster and John L Webb Nelsonville Barton A Hall chairman donated a $25 savings bond for the first baby born at the hospital The board also outlined the dedication program for Sunday with Donald Newkirk executive secretary of the Ohio Hospital Association as a tentative speaker A professional open house is set for Thursday 3 to 9 pm public open house Friday Saturday and Sunday

En F. Yaw George F. Jones Charles F. Raugh Jan F. Matthews Logan Richard E. Bullock McArthur Richard A. Welsh William D. Monger William S. Jasper, Sr Lancaster John L. Webb Nelsonville Barton A. Hall Donald Newkirk

Nelsonville Soldier Participates in Germany Exercise Winter Arrow

PFC Michael G. McGuire, son of James L. McGuire of Nelsonville, took part in Exercise Winter Arrow in Germany. He serves as a cook in Battery B, 5th Battalion, 8th Infantry Division 83rd Artillery near Baumholder. He joined the Army in August 1964 after basic training at Fort Knox.

Nelsonville Michael G. McGuire James L. McGuire Patton St 8Th Infantry Division Germany Margert Evans

Nelsonville Lad joins Texas Air Core Unit

Nelsonville news notes William J. Barber Jr son of Mr and Mrs William Barber Sr will leave Wednesday for Fort Hayes Columbus for assignment to the United States Air Force. He goes to Amarillo Air Force Base Texas. Barber has served in the Nelsonville Civil Air Patrol Squadron and recently was executive officer. Gary Young son of Mr and Mrs Eugene Young Pinegrove Drive promoted to air man second class and stationed at Forbes Air Force Base Kansas as warehouse specialist with 838th Combat Support Group Tactical Air Command. Heart Sunday Drive total collection 376.18 reported by Mrs Martha Friedrich chairman. donations may be mailed to 62 East Washington St.

Nelsonville William J. Barber, Jr William Barber Fairview Sr Fort Hayes Columbus United States Air Force Amarillo Air Force Base Texas Barber Civil Air Patrol Nelsonvillen Gary Young Eugene Young Pinegrove Drive Young Forbes Air Force Base Kansas 838Th Combat Support Group Tactical Air Command Heart Martha Friedrich Heart Fund Pandorian Club Phyllis Betts Washington St University Hospital Preston Minner Franklin Sr Alva Johnson Memorial Hospital Waynesburg

Mount St. Mary Gets Role In Lyons Fund

Mount St. Mary Hospital is named to participate in the Ruth Lyons Christmas Fund funded by Ruth Lyons TV show audience. The fund buys toys and gifts for hospitalized children at Christmas and other holidays, supporting Nelsonville area families and patients.

Mount St. Mary Lyons Fund Nelsonville Mount St. Mary Hospital Ruth Lyons M. Euphemia

Local meetings schedule across Tri County district and city schools

The Tri County District Joint Vocational School Board meets Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the district office 84 W Washington St The City Board of Education holds a special session tonight at 6 30 p m in the high school board room The board will act on a special resolution A World Day of Prayer service is set for Friday at 7 p m at Murray City Methodist Church Pythian Sisters Valley Temple 137 meet Thursday at 7 p m at the Pythian Hall

Tri-County Joint Vocational School Board W. Washington St City Board of Education Murray City Methodist Church Pythian Sisters Valley Temple 137 Pythian Hall

Electronics With Music in Wichita Revels in Radio Echoes

Roseanne Hefner of Wichita heard voices from an organ after it picked up a two way citizen band radio conversation. The incident shows how electronic devices can inadvertently transmit external audio.

Wichita Kan Roseanne Hefner

Mount St. Mary Hospital Notes Archive List

A roster of names appears in the Mount St. Mary Hospital notes listing residents and affiliates across Ohio towns including Nelsonville Athens Logan Glouster The Plains New Straitsville The Plains and Jacksonville. Names include Jethro Barber Master Harold Johnson Charles Smith Margaret Ann Love and others with addresses noted.

Jethro Barber Angel of Mercy Nursing Home Albany Harold Johnson Nelsonville Charles Smith Charles Joseph Wellston Margaret Ann Love New Straitsville James L. Hogue Trimble Frances B. Baker Athens Julia Poches Jacksonville Elizabeth van Atta Logan Delores Hood William Sneddon Pattie Bolin the Plains Ed Birtcher

Fewer Girls In India Population Gap Narrows

New Delhi report shows gender imbalance shrinking as 972 women per 1000 men in 1901 fell to 941 per 1000 by 1961. Government study highlights persistent skew but progress in female population numbers.

New Delhi India

Deaf Man Perfects Tiny Transistor Hearing Aid Ad

An ad claims a compact energized unit by a hard of hearing inventor has perfected a tiny transistor hearing aid that makes whispers audible. Interested readers are urged to write HEARING, 32 E. 9th St., Erie, Pa., for free information with no obligation.

E. 9Th St Erie

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