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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1973
Page
3
The Automobile Club of Southern Ohio reports that a fifth of Ohio gasoline stations limit hours while 10 percent restrict gasoline quantity. The Portsmouth club participates in an AAA weekly poll tracking fuel availability across affiliated groups. The rest operate normally.
Athens County school districts received 230000 in state foundation subsidy payments for June per State Auditor Joseph Ferguson. The list names Athens City district at 63195 and includes Nelsonville York 34179 Alexander 37799 Federal Hocking 50392 Trimble Local 45047 county board 5202 Vinton Local 74763 Vinton County board 4437 New Lexington 65183 Crooksville 42966 Northern Local 55828 Southern Local Perry 44587 Perry County board 4216 Eastern Local 38990 Meigs Local 102984 Southern Local Meigs 35594 Meigs County board 3533 Logan City 55745 Starr Washington 14035 Hocking County board 3677.
NEW STRAITSVILLE The Oroville Lucky Clovers 4-H Club met recently to discuss a Muscular Dystrophy Carnival and bake sale at the Shawnee Horse Show. Fourteen members met at the home of Sandra and Randy Rupe and heard a safety report.
Services for Harry W Bill Zimmerman 52 of 5330 Ashford Road Dublin will be Saturday 1 p m at Jenkins Funeral Home Burial is Ridgewood Cemetery He died Wednesday in Mount Carmel Hospital Columbus after a heart disease He was a Franklin Consultants Inc president a WWII veteran and member of Parkview Methodist Church and various professional and civic groups Survivors include his wife Helen a daughter Andrea and a son Mark all at home and numerous relatives Friends may call Saturday 11 a m to 1 p m at the funeral home Also noted are other obituaries and notices in the region including fuel supply conditions across multiple states with reports of normal operations limited hours and some allocations at major stations
Carl Fink son of Reginald and Mrs Fink will join over 200 student musicians at Guilford College Greensboro N C for the twelfth Eastern Music Festival. From June 23 to August 4 the event gathers 70 teachers and guests for theory conducting and masters classes with students aged 12 to 20. Thirty eight states and four foreign countries have sent participants since 1962. Fink, a bassist, attends seminars on Art and Society and will study with artists in residence.
Robert W. Stewart of 11 Fremont St. will be commissioned as Second Lieutenant at Friday ceremonies at the University of Toledo. He is a reserve ROTC cadet and will be designated a distinguished military graduate with an educational delay to finish his degree. In Nelsonville the police department received portable radio units costing about $2,000. Judith Swartz of Morrison Elementary School is named one of the Outstanding Elementary Teachers of America for 1973, eligible for a trophy and a $500 grant for her school. Birth announced for John and wife of The Plains a daughter.
Henry Saeman of the Ohio Psychological Association says a June article misled readers about Dr. James T. Webb of Ohio University and his 1971 planning study. He states Webb’s work had no part in establishing the Multi-County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Board, which was formed March 3, 1969.
John Leadman aged 86 of Bidwell Route 1 died Thursday at Holzer Medical Center. Funeral services set for Saturday at 11 a.m. conducted by Rev Alfred Holley at McCoy-Moore Funeral Home with burial in Hurricane West Virginia. He was born December 12 1887 in Hurricane the son of America and Ruben Leadman and was a retired worker for the West Virginia Rail Mill Huntington. Surviving are two sons Claude Huntington and John Grove City two daughters Kay Pontess Glenville California and Rosemary Ward Amanda Arizona and ten grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one daughter and his home was open 7-9 p.m. Friday.
Mrs Rettie Lemaster 83 of 139 East Second Street Chillicothe died Thursday in Chillicothe Hospital Funeral services will be Saturday at 3 p.m. at Ewing Funeral Home with the Rev Marshall Larimore officiating Burial will follow in Browning Cemetery Portland She was the daughter of the late Roseberry and Mary Grimm Taggart
The Ohio University Office of Workshops Conferences and Institutes coordinates 40 activities this summer to attract national participants. Events include an Orienteering Clinic led by Dr James Lavery and a July energy growth and pollution workshop chaired by Dr Moid Ahmad and Dr Rajindar Koshal.
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