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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 09, 1976

Page

3

Pomeroy Nursing Home Tops Meigs County Plan For 1976

Meigs County Regional Planning Commission names a county nursing home as the top priority for 1976. County officials note land near Veterans Memorial Hospital is available for construction, with Jennings Associates due to report in February on funding possibilities.

Beulah Jones Meigs Pomeroy Meigs County C. E. Blakeslee Jennings Associates Planning Commission Mulberry Heights

Property maps aid buyers and tax recovery at county meeting

Buehl emphasized maps would help property owners and buyers where boundaries are unclear and aid locating unpaid taxes. Discussion also touched the second phase of the Pomeroy Mason Bridge repairs with Edison Baker of Middleport urging state action.

Buehl Pomeroy-Mason Bridge Edison Baker Middleport

Proposals Seek Athens Bypass Route 33 Power Plant Site

ETE urged the commission to press the highway department for the Athens by pass and completion of Route 33 to Athens. Other proposals call for developing industrial sites including the Great Bend area where Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co has thousands of acres under option for a proposed power plant. Housing was discussed with a potential 48 unit Pomeroy apartment building if plans are finished.

Commission Highway Department Athens Great Bend Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co Pomeroy

Meigs Planners Urge Fast Bridge Work And Route 124 Pump

Transportation officials weigh hardship from a bridge closure expected March to October. Meigs planners want Route 124 improvements and contact state and federal representatives including U S Rep Clarence Miller to speed repairs. Proposals include a Ravenswood Pomeroy Middleport bridge project and broader regional access.

Meigs

Traffic congestion review noted at Johnson-led meeting

A review of traffic congestion was conducted with Johnson serving as president. The next meeting is scheduled for January 27.

Johnson

Green Scholar Named at Hocking Tech in A P Green Award

Terry Weaver was named the first recipient of the A P Green Scholarship at Hocking Technical College, funded by A P Green Refractories Co. The two year award supports high school graduates entering the Ceramic Engineering Technology program, first in the nation. Weaver, son of Mrs. Robert Weaver of Crooksville, graduates from Crooksville High School. The program trains students for heat processing of clays and inorganic minerals in ceramic industries.

Nelsonville Terry Weaver A.P. Green Hocking Technical Weaver Robert Weaver Crooksville Crooksville High School Hocking Tech United States California

Welfare Budget Okayed by Pomeroy Meigs County Officials

Meigs County Commissioners approve the Welfare Department budget totaling 215302.29 with detailed allocations for salaries contracts public assistance medical aid food stamps and retirement. The paper notes the first ever breakdown and mentions annex buildings and options to house students including moving a portable unit from Union Furnace Elementary School to a West lot site at an estimated cost near 35000.

Pomeroy Meigs County Welfare Department Ullman Union Furnace Elementary School

School board weighs lunch routes and rent for West School

Officials consider bringing children to West School for lunch while noting narrow streets and low curbing. Rent for both buildings ranges from 300 to 400 dollars monthly. A decision is delayed but boards seek a plan to meet an August 15 deadline so teachers have time to set up rooms for pupils.

Logan School Board approves 1976 appropriations in meeting

Logan City School Board finalized the 1976 budget totaling 4,507,934 dollars with a general fund of 3,915,804 and bond retirement and other funds. New officers Karen Collison and Justin L Wells were sworn in. Don Young elected president and Dan Long vice president.

Young Dan Long Larry Wells Tri- County Joint Vocational School Board Long Wells Logan City Hocking County West School Ed Ullman West

Driver Hurt In Accident On Route 124

Charles Nease of Pomeroy Route 4 sustained injuries Thursday morning in a traffic crash on Route 124 near Rutland. His eastbound pickup veered on snow and ice, struck a bridge, and was taken to Holzer Medical Center by the Rutland Volunteer Emergency Squad.

Pomeroy Charles Nease Pomeroy Route 4 Rutland Nease Holzer Medical Center

Street crews clear Nelsonville streets after snow fall

City crews plowed snow from most streets Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Ice beneath the snow made some roads hazardous. No serious accidents were reported.

Nelsonville — City

County plans for indigent defense and grant signs

Hocking County Commissioners approved hiring local public defenders on an as needed basis and authorized grant applications for rural area and village signage. Indigent defendants may choose counsel or request the judge to appoint an attorney. A county bar association fee schedule was adopted.

George Lovell Logan Hocking County The County Bar Association Common Pleas Court

Hocking County Public Defender Plan and Fees Adopted

The county sets attorney fees by case type including felonies from $550 to $900 and misdemeanors from $125 to $500. Post conviction work is $40 per hour with half day trials at $150 and longer trials at $300 per day. Funds include $3,000 from attorney fees, $1,200 from miscellaneous employes, and a proposed $49,563.05 Buckeye-Hills grant to erect 833 signs for emergency routing, plus building purchase authorization of $31,500 and current bills totaling $9,736.94.

Court of Appeals Thomas A. Hickman II Buckeye-Hills- Hocking Valley Regional Development Association Hickman Charles F. Shonk Council On Aging West Logan

Washington Cavalcade reviewed at Middleport Literary Club

Mrs. Arthur Strauss led a session on Washington's Cavalcade by Charles Hurd at the Middleport Literary Club meeting in Mrs. Nan Moore's home. She described the presidents and Washington's growth from swamp to capital, noting White House hostesses since Abigail Adams. New officers were elected: Bernard Fultz president, Charles McDaniel VP, Ben Philson secretary, Sibley Slack treasurer, with Forrest Bachtel reading the report. Mrs. James Euler attended as a guest.

Middleport Arthur Strauss Washington Charles Hurd Nan Moore Strauss United States Capitol Stauss White House Abigail Adams Dolly Madison Bernard Fultz Charles McDaniel Ben Philson Sibley Slack Forrest Bachtel James Euler Dwight Wallace

Day Care Teacher Opening At Nelsonville Center

A day care teacher position is open at the Nelsonville center of the Tri County Community Action Agency day care program. Applicants must be in good health with experience with young children and will plan activities and participate in career development. Salary is 4886 dollars annually. Applications due January 21 at day care centers or the CAA office.

Nelsonville Center Tri-County Community Action Agency Arlene Sheak CAA

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