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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1968
Page
9
Charles Taylor of Eastern High School announces the Title I summer sessions at Tuppers Plains School. An eight week program from 8:45 to 12:15 includes reading, math, and fitness for about 80 students in grades 1 through 8. kindergarten runs six weeks from June 17 to July 31.
A musical pageant titled Flowers in His Word was presented by the Trinity United Church of Christ youth in Pomeroy after a family dinner. The event featured biblical scenes with characters such as Daniel Hannah Ruth Deborah Miriam Jonathan Amos Hagar Tabitha Abner Simon Josiah and Mara shared by the youth and other classes under Mrs. Roy Holter and Mrs. Richard Jones with Elizabeth Blaetmar as the narrator and the choir directed by Mrs. Marvin Burt.
Meigs County commissioners discussed overfull courthouse records stored in cabinets and unused spaces. They plan to convene a records commission to determine what can be destroyed. They also consider relocating a Viet Nam veterans billboard obstructing sheriff’s office view and air flow.
Paul Dodd urged Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District to grow beyond county lines to curb population and income decline in Southern Ohio. At the 25th anniversary dinner in Pomeroy, awards honored Edson Roush, Wallace Damewood, Wayne and Floyd Roush, with further honors to Tom Hamm, Don Smith, Carl Bilikam, Mrs. Everett Colwell, and Ralph Barker among others. The event featured remarks by Dodd, entertainment by the Impacts, and a dinner hosted by Salisbury PTA.
The Philathea Class of the Middleport Church of Christ will meet Thursday at 7 30 p.m. at the church. Past Councilors of Theodorus Daughters of America will meet Thursday evening at 7 30 p.m. at the home of Mrs Eva Des sauer Cave Street in Pomeroy.
Judge Robert Betz of Gallipolis asks Middleport Village Council to approve a resolution vacating and closing the alley between Pearl and Beech Streets to aid Tiny's Foodland Co. expansion. He notes purchases from the Scott, Jackson and Wilt families, rezoning needs, and a new Beech Locust commercial zone with Standard Oil, Ashland station, Chase Plumbing, Young's Supermarket, and more.
Pomeroy resident Fred Rosenbaum is in St Anthony's Columbus under observation and in ICU but improving after illness while visiting with son Jack. Pomeroy Fire Department fought a boat fire at the levee on Charles Gaskill’s craft causing extensive damage and likely an explosion. An Emergency Squad transported a Mr Still from Nye Avenue to Veterans Memorial Hospital for treatment after a Sunday incident.
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