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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1972
Page
11
In Letart Falls Meigs County farmers harvest cabbage and ship to Columbus. Russell Quillen inspects packing as workers sort heads for market. He expects four cents a pound but prices vary for slaw and boiled dinners. He grows 50,000 tomato plants with the season starting around July 4.
Buffalo Mining workers lead a Wildcat strike at at least seven mines in Buffalo Creek hollow and nearby areas challenging pay for flood time and demanding quick settlements of property damage claims. Nearly 1,200 miners are affected as Amherst and Island Creek operations also idle.
A rabies clinic at Cole's Lumber Yard in Tuppers Plains runs Saturday from 2 to 4 30 p m. Dr Dan Notter of Gallipolis administers vaccines. Cats must be in a covered box and dogs on a leash. The fee is 3 dollars. It is the third Meigs County clinic sponsored by the Meigs County Humane Society.
A judgment for 804.67 dollars against Lorraine Osborne of Reedsville was filed by Parkersburg National Bank. A divorce petition was filed by Joan A. Wells, care of Charles Davison, Rutland Route 1, against Roger E. Wells, Ewington Route 1.
Location for teen dance parties shifts from Meigs Junior High Middleport to Pomeroy Elementary on Mulberry Ave Pomeroy. Dances set for June 16 17 at 9 p.m with Foxx providing music. American Legion co sponsors Regatta events. Residents complain flood damage claims treated unfairly with calls of being cheated. Hicks alleges loss of furniture and a truck for 5000 dollars. Strikers cite hiring of younger workers after disaster, bypassing seniority.
Air Quality Products a 15 man firm challenges General Motors in the California used car smog device market. GM offers a $20 installed unit with lower reductions while Air Quality prices at $59 with higher emissions cuts. The market is valued at $50 to $200 million with regulatory rollout starting in 1972 in the South Coast and Bay Area.
Syracuse report notes Debbie Johnson, a 1972 Meigs High School graduate, now works at Linda's Beauty Salon on Se cond Street. She is a Racine Route 1 native and former cosmetology student of Pauline Hysell, earning two awards. Induction at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital and a July 3 start in Xray Technology are also mentioned. An emergency run to 6 Oak St. in Pomeroy aided Elizabeth Conde taken to Veterans Memorial Hospital.
Mason County School Board considers Precision Court Co. proposal for Point Pleasant High gym floor. Synthetic Sport Trend Court at 18 to 20 per thousand or maple wood at 14 per thousand are studied. two year synthetic guarantee cited for multi purpose use.
Middleport Mayor John Zerkle presided over fines for Leroy Edmund 150 dollars and costs with three days jail for DWI Henry Watson 100 dollars and costs with the same jail term and Roland E Goodwin 10 dollars for failing to stop within a clear distance A board vote approved a 6050 dollar welding and auto service grant and authorized Capehart to attend a June 24 special education conference in Institute Ohio transit and school staff changes were noted including Grant Barnett moving to Wahama as coach and athletic director with a June 29 board meeting scheduled and a June 19 budget transfer special meeting planned
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