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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 10, 1968

Page

3

Crowded field seen for Fourth District Court of Appeals race

Death of Scioto County Judge Lowell Thompson opens the race for the Fourth District’s seat leaving Marshall Carlisle Jackson’s term up. Republican Roy Gilliland and several others including William Ammer and Forrest Moore seek nomination with others possible. Filing deadline is Feb. 7. district spans 14 counties.

Fourth District Court of Appeals Scioto County Lowell Thompson Marshall Carlisle Jackson Thompson Roy J. Gilliland Wellston Jackson County Pickaway County Lawrence County John C. Bacon Meigs County Common Pleas Court Bacon Adams County Hocking County Common Pleas Harley Meyer Meyer Highland County Common Pleas Darrrell Hottle Hottle Elliott Meyers Ironton Meyers State Board of Education Adams Athens Brown Gallia Highland Hocking Jackson Lawrence Meigs Pickaway Pike Ross Scioto Vinton Washington Gordon Gray Homer Pete) Abele McArthur

Occupation Survey Set Conducted in Crooksville Area

Mrs. Patricia A. Hinkle of Crooksville Route 2 will lead a special Bureau of Census survey during the week of Jan 15. She will visit a few sampled households to collect data for the Bureau of Labor Statistics on how long residents have held their current jobs. Similar interviews occur in 448 other U.S. areas.

Patricia A. Hinkle Crooksvile Bureau of Census Hinkle U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Silimar U.S

Rev Harold R Strum Attends Denver Missions Meeting

The Rev Harold R Strum former pastor of Athens EUB Church and Ohio University graduate attends the Denver board of missions meeting He is executive secretary of the Ohio Southeast Conference board of missions and serves as pastor of the EUB Church in Oak Hill Ohio

Harold R. Strum Athens Evangelical United Brethren Church Ohio University Board of Missions Denver Colo Mr. Strum EUB Oak Hill Ohio

Building Permits in Athens Top 1967 Figure Early 1968

Athens building permits show 1968 surpassing 1967 by over $500000 with two early January permits totaling $3605000. Sheltering Arms Hospital on West Union Street accounts for the surge at $3600000. Largest 1967 permits included Sigma Alpha Epsilon house at 55 East State Street for $150000 and Logan Federal Building at 898 East State for $100000. December issued 15 permits totaling $54028, the largest a $20000 two family Elmwood project.

Athens Sheltering Arms Hospital W. Union Street Maplewood Ave John Clark Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity E. State St Logan Federal E. State W. Whaley Elmwood Max Nanna Aubrey Oxley State St Christ the King Parish House Mill St Nick and Locky Parkis W. Union St Robert and Margaret Winkler Avon PL Karl K. Rose Mulligan Rd Everett and Lillian Shirley Greenbrier A. M. Reis McGuffey Lane Bette Clifford Lash St Dana Crar N. Court St Bromley Hall R. G. Palmer Congress St Stanley P. Fisher Homer Brown Franklin Ave

Dick Gregory to speak at Negro History Week kickoff

Dick Gregory will headline the Negro History Week program February 11 presenting Civil Rights and Black Power. James Steele notes the event becomes a separate university program with campus funding. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles close the week February 17 at Grover Center.

Dick Gregory James Steele Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Steele Smokey Robinson and The Grover Center

All-Negro Show Auditions Set in Athens At Mt Zion Church

Auditions for an all Negro cast for a May production will be held at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Wednesday and Thursday nights from 7 to 10. The show, based on The Establishment Theater's A Hand Is On the Gate, features reader’s theater with dance song and instrumental numbers and runs May 9 to 11 at Appalachian Lighthouse. Dr. Floyd Gaffney of Ohio University directs with support from Athens church groups and student organizations. Open to graduate and undergraduate performers of African and Afro-American heritage with tryouts for dramatic readers dancers vocalists and instrumentalists scheduled by time.

Mt. Zion Baptist Church Appalachian Lighthouse Establishment Theater New York City Floyd Gaffney Ohio University School of Theater Athens

Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes Discharges and Dismissals

Hospital notes list patients including Mrs. Louis Conner The Plains Mrs Harlan Linscott Athens Mrs Donald Hawk The Plains Robert Peck Albany Route 3 David Mackie Athens Route 3 Sarah Smith Athens and Charles R Arnold Jr Nelsonville along with Keith Brill Albany. Discharged are Richard Gaston Gladys Murphy Mrs Pearl Burchfield and son Harry Coon Jr.

Louis Conner the Plains Harlan Linscott Athens Donald Hawk Robert Peck Albany David Mackie Sarah Smith Charles R. Arnold Jr Nelsonville Keith Brill Richard Gaston Gladys Murphy Pearl Burchfield Harry Coon Jr

Old Airmail Stamp Not Acceptable

Athens post office demonstrated postal economy by stamping a letter with an eight cent air mail stamp for a Jan 8 postmark that arrived with two cents postage due. Postmaster Arthur Cornwell explained air mail stamps cannot pay first class postage and cited a 30 cent special delivery stamp example.

Athens Arthur Cornwell

Rabbi Heschel To Speak In Kennedy Lecture Series

Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, noted Jewish theologian, will deliver the Kennedy Lecture address at Ohio University on Thursday Jan 18 at 8 15 p m in Memorial Auditorium on Who Is Man He is a professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York City and has been active in civil rights and Vietnam protest work He has held teaching posts at multiple universities and is renowned for works on Jewish history philosophy and mysticism.

Abraham Joshua Heschel Ohio University Memorial Auditorium Dr. Heschel Jewish Theological Seminary of America New York City Protestant Union Theological Seminary Heschel Selma Ala Vietnam Namics U.S Warsaw Poland University of Berlin Hebrew Union College Stanford University University of Minnesota University of Iowa Berlin Hochschule Fuer Die Wissenschaft Des Judentums Frankfurt Lehrhaus Martin Buber Germany England Institute For Jewish Learning London Cincinnati

Air Patrol Session Scheduled Tonight in Athens

Flight training and ground school will be planned at a Civil Air Patrol meeting of the Athens Composite Squadron to be held Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co building on S May Avenue. The meeting is open to all interested persons. Call Kenneth Williams 593 6380 if unable to attend. Andy Benyi, presiding minister of the Athens Jehovah s Witnesses congregation, will lead the Chilli cothe assembly January 19 to 21.

Athens Civil Air Patrol Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co S. May Avenue Kenneth Williams Andy Benyi

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