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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1977
Page
12
Beulah Jones argues in a regional column that winter hardships expose energy shortages and urge practical use of coal from Ohio and West Virginia. She criticizes environmentalist public policy, calls for expanded rail and mining to boost heat, jobs, and reliable power while preserving conservation goals.
The Meigs County Council United Methodist Church on Ministries at Apple Grove set goals to raise Sunday School attendance, boost membership by five percent, address dropouts, and run revivals including a county wide event. They approved monthly fasting on the first Friday and announced several hymn sings and training sessions led by clergy in February and March.
Rio Grande College will resume a full schedule Monday after a week without classes due to an energy situation in Southeast Ohio. The Redwomen face Glenville at 5:30 p.m. and the men play Ohio Dominican at 7:30 p.m. The cafeteria also reopens today from noon to 1 p.m.
A book titled A History of Meigs County will be placed in Meigs County schools. Written by Michael Gerlach with research by Gerlach and Mrs. Leland Parker, the work uses local sources and 19th and 20th century histories. It covers Indians and explorers, settling, towns, industry, and turbulent years including a 1824 kidnap case and a fugitive slave case. About 50 copies will be available to the public for a donation to the Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society.
Thirteen Rio Grande College and community college students complete a two year medical laboratory technician program with Holzer Medical Center. Graduates will take registry exams next spring and join local hospital labs. Instructors include Steve Elberfeld and Karen Smith.
Sheriff James Proffitt said deputies arrested Russell Allen Robinson, 19, Darwin, and two Racine juveniles for breaking and entering an unoccupied home owned by Clarence Story on Route 681. The incident occurred before noon Friday. nothing appeared missing though the house was ransacked.
The Tuppers Plains Chester Water District reports 56 06079 in improvements including 10 188 feet of new lines. Over six years nearly 34 miles of pipelines added with 250 59047 total improvements. District sought FHA loan grant to extend lines, possibly adding 44 miles through Sutton Lebanon Chester Olive Orange and Bedford townships in Meigs and Athens counties.
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