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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1969

Page

6

Public Health Nurses June Report Released

The June report details vaccination efforts measles and DPT tests and home visits by nurses in Athens and surrounding areas. It notes 83 food allergy tests, 63 DPT injections, 77 oral polio vaccines, 60 auxiliary visits, and 356 home visits while tracking tuberculosis, heart disease, fever, disabilities, and other health issues. The vital statistics bureau records 7 births and 38 deaths in the county for June, compared with 1069 births and 51 deaths in May.

Naunres Tospph Sagtang Bureau of Vital Aatistice

Driver Fined Jailed License Suspended in Munnespel Court

James L Kempton 34 of Valley Acres Trailer Court pleaded guilty in Munnespel Court Saturday to driving while under the influence. He was fined 200 dollars and costs, given a 60 day license suspension and seven days in jail. Kempton was arrested by Sheriff Harold E Shields at about 3 30 p m Friday.

James L Kempton Valley Acres Munnespel Court Jo Keorpton Harold E. Shields

Appalachian Road Work Set To Start Near Albany

Albany officials announced Appalachian Highway work will start next week with Ye Eagle Contracting Co McArthur and Shelly and Sands Zanesville crews. The project moves village waterlines and begins at the south edge connecting to Route 30 near Alexander Local High School. A bridge over Route 691 is slated to begin around September first.

Albany Donald Pratt Ye Eagle Contracton Co McArthur Shelly Sands Zanesville Pratt Alexander

Old Age Doesn t Sour The Sweets

Grand Rapids couple Clarence A Sweet age 99 and wife 84 stay active despite arthritis. Mrs Sweet sews two dolls weekly and mends undergarments, tends a flower and berry garden, while Mr Sweet runs a Grand Rapids shoe shop and repairs or refurbishes old equipment for resale. They summers in a Lake Erie cottage boating and fishing.

Grand Rapids Clarence A. Sweet Sweet Lake Erie

Cuba Seeks Higher Match Output While Using Fewer Boxes

Havana reports plans to raise match production to 406 million boxes for distribution in 1969. Official totals show growth from 270 million in 1964 to 976 million in 1968, though a veteran user questions the figures noting fewer matches per box and occasional undercounting in random checks.

Havana Cuba Communist Party Granma

Athens County Land Transfers Amidst Miscellany

Fragmented entry lists transfers and notices in Athens County including names like Amiens Dire Hook and Richard Bain, various properties in Athens and nearby areas, and references to estates and deeds. Scattered items mention Phi Alpha Fraternity, deceased individuals, and a miscellaneous note about picking up broken glass.

Dire Hook Amiens Giouatar Beres Cears Wilhoma Nthe Baar Cyrus Athens Ave Fresh Athans Inlet Magna Rewlara Rinena Mom Rewn Toneeere Darra Brown Kenneth Mumehiay Howard Humphrey Willem Humptray Giusy Barry Decsoned Chauncey Alma Berry Bard Chroneey Merkart Arthur Steels Trey Dorwid Skesiv Deras

Albany Community Fair Planned for September

Albany plans a September community fair organized by the Albany Community Fair board with Waldo Poston as president. The event features grandstand shows, garden tractor and farm equipment pulls, parades and races, a small pet parade, horse shows, prizes for produce and baked goods, an art show for district residents, vendor displays, and rides. Volunteers from the Alexander Local School District are invited to contact John Wandling of Albany.

Alexander John Wandling Albady

Dem Leader Asked To Give To His Foes

In Harrisburg PA a letter from the Republican National Committee asks Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee leader Thomas Minehart to donate 10 for a 12 year subscription. Minehart replies with a copy of The Pennsylvania Democrat and notes the offer while deflecting fund donations.

Dem Warrisburg Shoutman Pennsylvania Republican National Readquarters GOP Jeter Thomas Minehart Minehart Pennsylvania Democrat

Access Roads At Fairgrounds Paved In Crews Practice

Athens County engineer crews gained paving practice at the fairgrounds using 10,000 gallons of tar and nearly 600 tons of stone. The work included testing a new paving machine, with projects on County Roads 3 19 and 2h plus berm and ditching tasks. An old bridge on Rome Two was replaced with a steel deck after removing the wooden one.

Gerald Hann Fairgrounds Fair Grounds Hann Far Board Ber New Marshfield Figley Road Coury Road Skyline Speedway Rome Harn

House Fire Confusion as Debris Burns at Construction Site

Richland Area volunteers were called at 9:45 p.m. Friday to a brick house on Route 504 North Y. They found a fire in debris burning inside the shell of a building slated for removal for the Athens Route 33 bypass project.

Richland Area North Y Athens

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