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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 03, 1968

Page

8

Meigs County approves 294000 1968 appropriation

Meigs County commissioners approved a 294000 dollar 1968 budget on Tuesday with road fund of 577000 to be considered next week. The action reorganized the board naming C R Karr president Robert Clark vice president and Martha Chamber clerk. Other offices and salaries are listed, including auditor 17355 treasurer 12500 and sheriff 30140 among many lines for courts health welfare and services.

Highway Department C. R. Karr Presi

4 H Steers Entered in Meigs County Fair Contest

POMEROY 4 H and FFA members weighed in steers for the 1968 rate of gain contest at Sugar Run Mill with official weigh masters Danny Zerkle and Theo Smith. Eighteen youths will compete while four others join the feeding program but not the contest. steers will be shown at the Meigs County Junior Fair in August and sold Friday evening.

Pomeroy FFA Meigs County Sugar Run Danny Zerkle Theo Smith

Eastern School Board Reorganizes At Meet

Pomeroy Eastern School Board held a reorganizational session with new members Roger Epple Donald Mora and Ernest Whitehead taking office. New officers named William Carr president and I O McCoy vice president. Regular meetings set for the second Tuesday of each month at 8 pm in the high school cafeteria.

John Reibel Sr

First Aid Station To Help Birds

A Cape Elizabeth couple opened a first aid station for oil soaked seabirds at their home amid fears sub zero temperatures will kill hundreds along Maine's southern coast. About 50 birds have been saved by Edward and his wife with volunteers and wardens transporting birds to their home. Officials cannot find the oil source.

Cape Elizabeth Maine Portland Cape Neddick Edward Jordan Jordan Home

Meetings In Meigs The DAV Hall Event and Notices

The DAV Hall in Pomeroy opens Friday at 4 30 p m for a game party with public invitation. A member dinner is set for Monday at 6 30 p m. Bricklayers Local 32 cancels Thursday’s meeting, now January 13 at 8 p m at the region hall. The Winding Trail Garden Club shifts January 17 meeting to Ohio Power offices in Pomeroy at 7 30 p m. A demonstration Foods of Biblical Lands will be given by Anna G Marcinco. Fire Department will not respond to fire calls in Salem Township unless residents have contracts with Rutland Fire Department. others should call Pomeroy Fire Department.

DAV Butternut Ave Pomeroy Region Winding Trail Garden Club Columbia Gas Middleport Ohio Power Company Anna G. Marcinco Rutland Rutland Fire Department Salem Township Pomeroy Fire Department

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