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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1965
Page
11
July 26 set as target for hiring the Economic Opportunity Program Director for Hocking County. Executive committee approved August 1 as the starting date and asked applicants to submit written ones to Donald G. Young. Secretary position also to be filled with written applications.
NELSONVILLE Ohio plans advance for the 1965 Parade of the Hills festival with announced local representatives for the queen's committee and parade officials. Entries due August 1 require three billfold photos. Aug 16 and Aug 19 host two parades with Dude Howe as parade marshal and a home talent float section to engage local churches.
Logan district brings together forty county sewer plant operators for a summer gathering at Logan with a film program on pipe industry and patrols. Dick Schneider of Cincinnati serves as chairman. Four quarterly meetings occur yearly. Activities include a tour of Logan Clay and golf after dinner at Hocking Hills Country Club.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dishong of Carbondale Road mark their 60th wedding anniversary with an open house at home this Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. Married July 22, 1905 in Kimberly, they are parents of Guy, Harold, Venice Adams, Evelyn Howard, and Theda Marstiller. Their family includes 16 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.
Logan trade division sponsors the third annual Bargain Days opening today and running through Saturday. Events include an old fashioned bean supper at Worthington Park and an antique auto parade Saturday at 2 p.m. Merchants will sell street side if weather permits.
About 250 Ohio State University students marched to the statehouse to push for looser campus speaker rules after the board of trustees rejected liberalizing the policy. FSF leaders and three state legislators spoke as the protest highlighted the birth of nonviolent student action for free speech rights.
In Cincinnati, 20 year old Lee Arthur Henley was sentenced to death by electric chair for the murder of 31 year old Peter Mazes at a Cincinnati store. Henley, who said he felt he had no fair trial, notes his father Jeffrey Henley died in Arkansas electric chair 20 years earlier for his wife’s murder. The judge set October 27 1965 as the execution date at the Ohio penitentiary in Columbus.
Middleport area notices list Paula Kay Russell visiting Rainelle West Virginia with relatives H W Griffiths and a Pittsburgh trip for the Sauers and Lowerys. Names include Linda Welker in Columbus and Claude Durgee visiting Pittsburgh while stationed in French Morocco. Several locals travel or are admitted to hospitals with multiple family ties and a long farewell line of dismissals.
Warm weather spurs activity as nineteen permits issued from May 26 to July 13 total 300 300 dollars. The largest item is a 162 000 expansion at the Goodyear plant. Six new homes for Graceland Builders and Lester Risch total 116 000. Also listed are alterations at Logan Foundry and Machine, eight residential remodels, a horse barn for Hocking County, and two private garages.
Gore Troop 395 wrapped a Green Hill Campout with awards for Scouts including David Thrapp Keith Thomas Tim Dunkle Billy Baker Bob St Clair David Denny Ronnie Kinnison Ronnie Morgan Glen Carpenter John Spicer Richard Harris Steve Imboden Leslie Ward Bill Ward Robert Williamson Jerry Huber Robert Brown Kenny Wilson Scoutmaster L D Harris also present Local Board of Education in York schedules a 9 am Saturday meeting at the York School board room.
Judith Ann Duncan of New Boston won both the swimsuit and evening gown portions in the first round of the Miss Ohio Pageant held in Sandusky. The 20 year old wore the same gown as last year after an emergency repair by her mother to fix roses damaged at the cleaners. Sharon Phillian of Delaware captured the talent crown.
Closing session of the vacation church school will be held at 7 30 p.m. today at the First Presbyterian Church. Each class will present a short program followed by a refreshment hour. The school began July 6 with sponsorship from five churches and 110 children attended over 10 days.
Veteran coach Ed Bannon guided the Galion High School eleven to an undefeated regular season district and regional showing in 1950. The team beat Akron Garfield before losing to Cincinnati Withrow 6 4 in extra innings for the state title. Ray Self and Hoyt Hathaway rose as top athletes under Bannon.
Logan Hocking County commissioners agreed to pay bills totaling 2371.15. The total included 11023.46 for the auto and gas account covering county road work and 961.54 for courthouse expenses. Thursday's meeting was one of the quietest and quickest in recent months.
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