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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1968
Page
2
Mayor Raymond Shepard will present the annual state of the city address at Monday night’s council session. He will review 1967 activities and outline 1968 plans, including a proposed parking garage, street work and water sewer extensions. 1967 income tax receipts reached 496,728 versus 454,437 in 1966, reflecting a strong construction year.
The Ohio University Alumni Association will sponsor a Scandinavian tour for alumni students and friends from July 17 to August 7. Limited to 40 participants, arranged through Intertravel Corp Tenafly NJ. Information from Jack Ellis. Also notes the first freezing temperature of the year with a high of 34 and overnight low of 13.
Athens High School home economics teacher Brenda Stricklin, a Athens County native, won the first Athens County Young Educator's Award. She received a $100 bond and a plaque after being chosen from 13 finalists representing schools nationwide. Dr. Thomas Pietras, event chairman, called her selection significant for area teachers.
Bond forfeitures list several individuals with charges including unsafe operation, disorderly conduct, open flap, intoxication, tampering with city property, and defective exhaust in The Plains area. The Plains may open teaching roles for ages 21 to 35 as Mrs. Stricklin’s award nomination highlights achievements of young educators with Pietras praising the strong county nominations. Brenda Finnearty, 1960 Plains HS and 1964 Ohio Univ graduate, works on a master’s in home economics education after teaching at Eastern High School and Athens High School.
Judge John W. Bolin of Athens County retired from presiding over a custody dispute after finding he might be biased. He granted the divorce and initial custody to Mrs Mary Allen Scaggs in 1966, and he will let another judge hear the ongoing custody question while Mrs Scaggs and her ex husband, Paul Allen, navigate further legal action.
Dr. Kenneth E. Boulding will present The Possibility and Unpopularity of Peace on Jan 19 at 8:15 p.m. in Ewing Auditorium. Ohio University’s first Kennedy Visitor, he leads the American Economic Association for 1968 and is tied to the Institute of Behavioral Science and University of Colorado Economics. The Kennedy Visitor program brings noted guests for two or more days in informal campus settings.
Robert G and Joyce A Daily of Athens transfer Lot 15 in Stanley Heights Athens Two to Charles L and N Evelyn Jeffers. Fred H and Blanche Wolfe of Nelsonville sell property in York and Starr townships to Harold and Garnet Withem. Harold and Garnet Withem transfer parts of River Lot 440 York Two to Howard and Grace Plummer.
Residents eager to plant trees from state stock should order now. Ohio DNR forester Hugh Morton notes seedlings require land for at least 500 trees, with windbreak stock available in minimum 50. Orders urged in Athens Hocking Morgan Perry counties as some species already sold out. Juvenile Court notes Mourn and Biggs, both 17, guilty of speeding related offenses with fines and suspended driving privileges.
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