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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1969
Page
5
Middleport village council approved a 1969 total budget of 337 520 at a quiet session in village hall led by Mayor C. C. Fisher. The plan boosts last year’s 326 888 by about 10 000 with higher salary schedules and funding for police, sewer, water, and road projects.
The Middleport village council heard the annual fire department report showing 57 calls including in and out of town runs. Total damage across Middleport and Salisbury Two and Cheshire Two reached 63 490 with losses to homes brush fires autos and miscellaneous calls. The report noted gas line work by Columbia Gas Company of Ohio affecting streets to be repaired and completion unlikely before spring.
A Monday curriculum committee meeting at Heights United Methodist Church reviewed church school material from multiple publishers. The senior choir practiced for a winter church event while Sunday bulletins noted gifts for Pleasant Valley Hospital chapel fund and warm wishes to Mr and Mrs Harry Godfrey on their golden anniversary.
Syracuse ministers plan Union Evangelistic Crusade in March at Asbury United Methodist Church with 7 30 p m services daily and a Good Friday program at 2 p m Rev Miller to deliver the afternoon message and Rev Stut tler to lead the program A choir and ushers will record attendance A World Day of Prayer service follows at United Presbyterian Church Also on the schedule a Homemakers Club meeting and a lodge inspection Featured pork with raisin sauce recipe in the closing notes.
The Middleport Village Council on Monday approved salary increases for police, street, water and utility staff. Chief of police rises to 390 monthly, patrolman 315, extra police 1.65 hourly, and overtime scales set by years of service. Heavy equipment and water department positions receive 2.20 hourly rates with 40 hour thresholds, plus various clerical and maintenance pay boosts for parks, lifeguards, dispatchers, meters, and related roles.
POMEROY Three fines were levied and one bond forfeited in Pomeroy Village Court Saturday morning before Mayor Charles Legar. Fined were Junior Mattox 19 Leon West Virginia 10 dollars and costs for an illegal muffler Charles Hysell 20 Pomeroy 5 dollars and costs for failure to yield while backing and Richard Lewis age unknown address unknown 5 dollars and costs for intoxication. Lloyd Roush 32 Point Pleasant West Virginia forfeited bond of 23.70 dollars for speeding.
On Homer McClaskey Road south of Route 325 in Gallia County a southbound car driven by Linda Warner 26 of Vinton and a northbound vehicle driven by Turley George 18 of Vinton collided on a blind curve. No injuries and no citations were issued.
Texaco Co. won the Meigs County gasoline bid and the commission plans to accept pipe bids next Monday. A countywide meeting on solid waste dumping is set for Wednesday at 7 30 p m in Pomeroy Junior High School with state health officials to discuss new laws and enforcement challenges. Warden Ours noted an all day disposal session, and road improvement for a new Tuppers Plains housing area will be discussed with county prosecutor Bernard Fultz for county township involvement.
El Salvador authorities barred entry of foreign hippies on Thursday. Immigration chief Col. Jose Angel Berdugo called the group a social menace.
Pomeroy police cited five persons over the weekend. Ronald Reynolds, 24, Pomeroy, no operator license. Robert Pyles, 22, Gallipolis Ferry, illegal muffler. Susan Wells, 22, South Charleston W Va speeding. Robert Bowen, Pomeroy, speeding. Michael Smith, 22, Middleport running a red light.
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