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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1971

Page

2

Athens County Approves Two Year Budget for Children’s Home

County commissioners plan $378 500 for 1972 and $255 000 for 1973 for a children’s home as part of a $3 530 211 preliminary 1972 budget. Budget review by the County Budget Commission required by Sept. 1 with December appropriations contingent on state revenue.

Athens County County Budget Commission James Whaley Beacon School Tuberculosis Hospital General Fund

FH Board Discusses Teacher Contract And Facility Plans

The Federal Hacking Teachers Association and the Board of Education will meet at 7 30 p m Saturday in the high school to discuss a master contract and outline responsibilities. The session will review athletic facilities baseball summer maintenance financial statement job descriptions and bus inspections along with resignations and appointments and the new Title I allocation.

Stewart Hacking Teachers Association Board of Education Montgomery

Walton League Receives Drug Problem Briefing

Sgt Clyde Beasley of the Athens Police Department spoke to Izaak Walton League members about the local drug problem at their Wednesday evening meeting. James Welch of W Union Street joined as a new member. D K Seward presented a photograph of the new shelter house donated to Dow Lake State Park.

Clyde Beasley Athens Police Department Izaak Walton League James Welch W. Union Street D. K. Seward Dow Lake State Park

Weather Summary for Local and National Forecasts

Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with lows 55 to 60. Tomorrow partly sunny with little temperature change and highs near 80. National outlook: Sunny and warm across most of the country Friday. showers possible in the Great Lakes, South, Utah and Arizona. Cooler in the Northeast and warmer in the Southwest and deep South. Yesterday's high 84.

Great Lakes Utah Arizona

O'Bleness Hospital Notices List Births Admits and Divorces

A dense notice from O'Bleness Memorial Hospital lists births at multiple homes including Mr and Mrs John Young Guysville a daughter and several other newborns. It also records admissions including Mrs James Woogerd New Marshfield Route ae and others.

John Young Guysville James E. Johnson Pomeroy Joseph Alexander Jr Athens Joseph Bowles James Woogerd Tina Sanborn New Marshfield Floyd Heightland Millfield Emerson Peters McArthur Thomas L. Bentley Buchtel Charlotte E. Pencero Cincinnati

School Budget Tightens as Athens District Faces Shortfall

Athens City School District hearing reports a budget in the red with no surplus expected this year. Supt. Sam Henderson cites reduced 1972 receipts, aging buses, and gaps carried over from 1970 to 1971 as funding pressures. The board will vote on the proposed budget at Monday’s 7 30 p m meeting at the Middle School.

Gail S. Schnitzer Athens City Sam Henderson League of Women Voters Ohio Association of Public School Henderson S. Henderson

Bishopville Association Elects Trustees and Officers

The Bishopville Water Sewer and Recreation Development Association held a meeting at Burr Oak Lodge electing Howard Antle to fill the unexpired term of the late Jerald Knoder and D Brent Christman to a new three year trustee term. Incumbent officers were reelected: Roger Kittle as chairman William Blazek as vice chairman George R Cotter as secretary and Marcella Brown as treasurer. Kittle indicated an early loan approval is expected from state and federal authorities.

Bishopville Marcella Brown Kittle

Athens FHA Office Reports Record 6 Million in Year Loans

The Athens Farm ers Home Administration office serving Athens Hocking Meigs and Vinton Counties processed a record 6 023 540 in loans for the year ending June 30 Construction loans aided 82 families with housing buyouts and improvements Forty loans funded purchases of existing homes and five financed improvements The program also supported land and farm operation loans with regional grants and water projects for Nelsonville Rutland and surrounding rural areas.

Athens The Farmers Home Administration Hocking Meigs Vinton Farmers Home Nelsonville Appalachian Regional Commission Ceive Water Services Leading Creek Conservancy District Economic Development Administration Rutland Meigs County Servancy Milton E. Roush Gregory E. Small Georgene C. Childers Alice F. Reed

Bicycle and license plate thefts under investigation

Athens city police investigate thefts of a 26 inch boy’s bicycle from Mrs. Fred Fisher Warren Read’s home and a license plate from John D. Metzler. Plate number 646K800 was reported stolen from a car at 131 Mill Street between 6 am Monday and 10 am Thursday.

Athens City Fred Fisher Warren Read John D. Metzler Park Pl Metzler Mill St Florida

Lamps That Smoke Up Firemen Attract Fire Crews

Neighbors reported a blaze at the George Perry home on Route 50W after insect repellent lamps were lit for outdoor enjoyment. Firefighters arrived to find the lamps burning and appearing as flames inside the residence.

George Perry Clearview Heights Perry Richland Area Fire Department

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