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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 26, 1966

Page

2

Four More City Jobs Considered in Council Program

City council and Mayor Raymond Shepard plan a package to add four payroll positions on February 7. Proposed duties split between safety and service directors with Dwight Robinson and a fire department lieutenant. Also sought are a fire prevention officer and two civilian communications dispatchers for the police department.

Paul Efaw Dwight Robinson Raymond Shepard Charles Dalton Council

Ohio University gets grant for engineering research needs

The electrical engineering department receives a $1000 grant from Western Electric Co. to buy equipment, hire staff, raise pay, and secure insurance. If the city endorses an insurance program, it would share hospitalization, major medical, and dependent coverage costs. Ninety five city employees would be eligible.

Ohio University Electrical Engineering Western Electric Co

Ohio College Official To Be Rally Speaker

Ray W. Bosh director of the office of church relations for Hiram College will speak at the youth day service at First Christian Church. The service begins 10 15 a m Sunday and is open to Athens youth. Bosh previously served as associate secretary of the Ohio Society of Christian Churches and directed a church development program. He has pastorates, was ordained in 1950 in Mantua, and helped run summer Chi Rho camps along with various civic activities.

Ray W. Bosh Hiram College First Christian Church Athens Bosh Ohio Society of Christian Churches Mantua

Area Man Files First For Board

Delbert Trout of Albany Route 1 filed the first petition for the county commissioner nomination with 130 signatures. The Chauncey native, semi retired for health, worked 30 years in construction and the highway department and is active in labor and civil service groups. He and his wife with two sons live near Albany.

Delbert Trout Albany County Election Board Trout Chauncey State Highway Department AFL Building and Trades Council Ohio Civil Service Employer Association

Cub Scouts Enter Derby at First Methodist Church

Seventeen racing cars built by fathers and sons competed in the Cub Scout Pack 56 Pinewood Derby held in the basement of the First Methodist Church. Mathew Jonas won first place and a boy scout knife. John Watkins took second with a cub scout eating utensil set. Peter Williams earned third with a cub scout ring. Several adults and scouts from Athens Greenup area listed as participants or dismissals.

Fathers and Sons Pinewood Derby First Methodist Church Mathew Jonas Abner Jonas Morris Ave John Watkins Lloyd Watkins Eden Pr Peter Williams Ben Williams Grosvenor Sr

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