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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 22, 1957

Page

3

City Council Hears First Reading Of Pay Increase Ordinance

City Council opened Ordinance 314 to grant salary hikes for village staff. With insufficient members present, only the first reading passed. Next meetings will set final readings to put raises into effect. Police chief and regular officers receive staged raises, while clerical and new hires see hourly adjustments. Lincol Heights water pressure issue noted in a letter from the Public Utilities Commission engineer. Cemetery trustees’ power law request tabled for broader discussion.

Pomeroy Otho Murray Lincoln Heights Charles Legar B. D. Tackett Public Utilities Commission Tackett

Pazo Offers Instant Relief for Painful Piles

An ad touts stainless Pazo as a fast acting treatment for internal and external piles. It claims six medically proven ingredients including Triolyte and a powerful anesthetic action that stops pain and itching instantly while reducing swelling and promoting healing. Available as modern suppositories or ointment from Grove Laboratories Inc.

Grove Druggists! Inc

Brush on flood road sparks merchant police meeting plan

The Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co seeks to identify who placed brush on a flood road. In the near future members announced a meeting of merchants and policemen to discuss different duties and coordinate response.

Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co

Polio Fund Donation Highlighted At Rutland PTA Meeting

Rutland P T A members approved a 25 dollar donation to the County Polio Foundation at the January meeting held in the high school. Mrs Beatrice Smith read a Meigs County P T A Council invitation for Rutland P T A to attend a February 7 meeting at Brad bury School.

Observe All Animals Health Warning Issued

County Health Department warns residents from Rutland to Harrisonville to observe all animals after an 11 year old boy was bitten by a stray dog that tested rabid. The animal was killed and its head sent to the Ohio Department of Health Testing Laboratory in Athens for confirmation.

Pomeroy County Health Department Rutland Harrisonville Ohio Department of Health Testing Laboratory Athens

Social Security Office Hours Expanded in Pomeroy

Social Security field staff will hold weekly office hours in the Fire Department room at the City Building Pomeroy replacing twice monthly visits. Starting Jan 29 hours are 10 a.m. to 2 30 p.m. Tuesdays to aid residents of Pomeroy Middleport and Meigs County with Old Age Survivors and Disability Insurance inquiries and new retirement eligibility for self employed farmers over 65.

Pomeroy John R. Chatfield Social Security Administration Portsmouth Fire Department Middleport Meigs County

Linseed Oil Content Cited by Britannica

The Encyclopedia Britannica states linseed may contain about 30 percent oil. This note appears in a reference on plant oils and their composition.

Britannica

Board of Education Re-elects Officers at Annual Meeting

POMEROY officers and members of the County Board of Education were re elected at the organizational meeting in Superintendent O O Patterson's office Saturday night. Carl Kautz remained president and Virgil Atkins vice president with O O Patterson as clerk. The five members stayed the same including George Perry Gordon Collins and Harold G Roush.

Pomeroy County Board of Education O. O. Patterson Carl Kautz Virgil Atkins Kautz Atkins George Perry Gordon Collins Harold G. Roush

White pelicans scoop fish, unlike brown pelicans

Unlike brown pelicans, white pelicans never dive for food. They scoop fish from shallow water using their large bills.

Scouts Need Money For Valley Forge Trip

Parents of Rock Springs Scout Troop 247 will hold a rummage sale this Friday and Saturday at the Jaycees meeting place on Mulberry Street to raise funds for the Valley Forge Jambooree trip in July.

Pomeroy Valley Forge

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