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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 21, 1967

Page

4

Telecast Filming Set In Perry County Area

Logan area residents join a Perry County telecast titled The Tour of the Arizona Beaver and shot August 5 to 12. Dewey Ringhiser Jr. the Arizona Beaver from Phoenix will be featured with Jim Wren Bobby Gee and his band. Barnstorming stops include Shawnee New Straitsville Sayre and Lake Burr Oak with homecoming August 5 in Bristol. Mine fire area and audience scenes included. Sheriff probes 18 auto tires stolen from Dodrill Ford Sales in McArthur.

Logan Arizona Beaver Perry County Dewey Ringhiser Jr Phoenix Ariz Warner Enterprises Hollywood Calif Ringhiser Polka Jim Wren Bobby Gee Bristol New Lexington Shawnee New Straitsville Royma Acres Sayre Lake Burr Oak Straitsville Mcarthur Harold Steele Dodrill Ford Sales

Leases Bought By Oil Company Shifts Local Oil Profile

Kentucky Drilling and Operating Corp purchased 39 leases from Hall Brothers Oil Co in Falls and Marion Townships. The record deal may position the buyer as one of the nation’s largest oil and gas producers, with Barton A. Holland Associates remaining major producers elsewhere in the county.

LOGAN Hocking County Kentucky Drilling and Operating Corp Hall Brothers Oil Co Falls Marion Kentucky Concern Barton A. Holland Associates

Nelsonville Savings Stamps Honor Local Women

Certificates from the Treasury Department were presented to Nelsonville women for their work in the school savings stamp program at the Nelsonville Post Office. Postmaster William Theisen received one for his supervision of the program in local schools. About 905 pupils participated, with seven hundred fifty-five redeeming stamps for cash and 151 exchanging stamps for bonds.

George Lovell Poston Nelsonville Wilbert Warren, Jr David French Richard Covert Bill May Charles Warren, Jr Vaughn Gwilyn Nell Hoce William Theisen Luther E. Gunsett Columbus U.S. Treasury Department Treasury Department Wilbert Warren Jr Neil Hoce Charles Warren Jr Theisen Pirouette Club Gunsett Ohio

Grain and livestock market report from Ohio and Cincinnati

Ohio grain prices hold steady for No 2 red wheat No 2 yellow corn and No 2 oats with typical ranges. Cincinnati cattle and hogs show mixed moves with hogs up to 50 cents higher on some lots and sows down while lambs and sheep stay steady. No 1-2 beans quoted at 2.64 to 2.71 per bushel.

Columbus, Ohio Ohio Cincinnati USDA

Officials Confront Bridge Closure Complaints on Mulberry Street

Logan highway officials, county commissioners and township trustees hear complaints from motorists about the Mulberry Street bridge closure that carries Route 93 over the Hocking River. Detours via Routes 33 and 328, Golf Course Road and Nickel Plate Road stir dust and strain unpaved township roads, with salt offered for dust control amid rain.

Logan Mulberry St Hocking River Golf Course Road Nickel Plate Road Green and Falls Township State Highway Department Hocking County State High Department South Logan Star

Powell En Route To NYC

Deposed Congressman Adam Clayton Powell heads to New York to appeal a criminal contempt of court citation. He is due to land at Kennedy at 11 32 a m and will be met by the New York County sheriff who will place him under technical arrest but Powell’s confidant says he will not be detained. Robert L. Carter and Henry Williams arranged the stay and appeal with the courts and Powell’s Harlem lawyer will seek an order for a stay and to appeal.

NEW York Adam Clayton Powell Powell Kennedy Robert L. Carter National Association For the Advancement of

Patrolman George Plants Resigns From Point Pleasant Dept

Patrolman George Plants resigns from Point Pleasant Police Department effective Friday saying pay was too low. He has served since January, with a prior 22 months in the department. City needs four patrolmen as council votes to hire three more. Civil service exams required. Plants earned 350 dollars per month.

Point Pleasant George Plants Police Department Jack Pyles Plants

New Library For Logan Is Possible

Logan city officials eyed a potential new public library on East Main Street after taking an option on James C. Rine property now housing Webb's Meat Market and Horwell's Music Shop. The district library board would raze the current building and erect a new one if funding is secured from public trust and federal sources. The library serves 5,238 patrons with a 138,000 book circulation, plus a bookmobile circulating about 60,000 items.

Logan E. Main Street James C. Rine Logan- Hocking County District Library Board Webb Horwell Jack Stephens Public Trust

4-H Clubs To Give Car Safety Check

4-H members will run voluntary automotive safety checks July 26 to 29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Each day checks occur in industrial parking lots for the first two days and a special Main Street lane is set up for the final two days.

Logan 4-H Main Street

William Cleve Potts 83 Syracuse resident dies

William Cleve Potts 83 of Syracuse died Thursday evening in the Pomeroy Veterans Memorial Hospital. He leaves wife Augusta, brother Frank, niece Jenny Isabel Potts of Syracuse, and several cousins. Funeral Sunday 3 p.m. at Syracuse Presbyterian Church with Rev Linson Stebbins officiating. Burial in Syracuse Cemetery. Friends may call at Ewing Funeral Home in Pomeroy.

Pomeroy William Cleveland Potts Syracuse Pomeroy Veteran’s Memorial Hospital Augusta Frank Jennie Isabel Potts Syracuse Presbyterian Church Linson Stebbins Syracuse Ce Ewing

Area Death Notices Continue From Pare 1

Athens County holds a temporary treasurer appointment as the central committee plans a successor to the eight thousand dollar post. Earich, elected in 1964 for a full term, served until September 1969 and is survived by Helen, two daughters, three grandchildren, and a brother. Funeral details set with Memorial Services by Trimble Lodge. Marie Timmons Taylor dies in auto accident in Meigs County. services at Ewing Funeral Home with Letart Cemetery burial. Also includes a celery appetizer recipe with anchovy cream cheese filling.

Earich GOP T. O. Kincade Athens County Commissioners Olive Rose Central Committee Ted W. Brown Trimble Wilbur Kempton Jr Dayton Janet Earich Adolph Earich Millfield Hughes Funeral Home Athens Paul Johnson Joe B. Maffett West Union Street Trimble Lodge Clarence Charles Charleston Ruby Cantley Columbus

Eviner, David Barnette, Ford memorials in local notices

In Mesa Arizona Guy R Eviner 74 died at Scenic Rest Home. Surviving wife Rose daughter Gladys Buel two sisters and three brothers preceded him in death. Burial in Arizona. Grave side services held for infant David Wayne Barnette Letart. Eldon Ford 59 funeral Sunday at Jagers and Sons Burial Brown Cemetery Sand Ridge.

Mesa Ariz Guy R. Eviner Delmer Margaret Eviner Nelsonville Arizona Rose Gladys Buel Aguila Nellie Dowler New Marshfield Lucile Shoualter Chauncey Point Pleasant David Wayne Barnette Longdale Jack Welch Clifford Dorothy Roush Barnette Letart Holzer Hospital Artie Roush Thornton Barnette Athens Eldon Ford Millfield N. Congress St

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