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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1971

Page

5

Logan Council Eyes Hartman Farm Rezoning And Fire Contracts

Logan City Council schedules third reading for Hartman Farm rezoning on Front Street to enable 86 apartment units. Fire contracts for Green Two Starr Two extend to Nov 30 with proposed cost increases cited by the safety committee.

Logan Council Ruth Wilkinson Logan Front Street Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Hartman Farm East Front Street M-1 R-3 Logan Clay Products Co Fritz Huls Safety Committee Council Green Two Starr Two Green

Story Hour Sessions Continue at Herbert Wescoat Library

McArthur's Herbert Wescoat Memorial Library held story hour sessions Monday and Tuesday mornings with 16 attendees. Six week series runs 10 to 10:50 a.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays with shorter tales on Monday and longer on Tuesday. Adults must be with a child. A floral arrangement by Liz Kruger brightened the library. Plans include a Fourth of July display and parade float. Library trustees meet Saturday.

Mcarthur Herbert Wescoat Liz Kruger McArthur Floral Art Society Shirley Smith Board of Library Trustees

Girls State Account Omits Name Merrilee Kunzman

Nelsonville delegate Merrilee Kunzman was elected to the Girls State House of Representatives at Buckeye Girls State held at Capital University. She hails from Hobart City in Greene County and was sponsored by the Nelsonville Business and Professional Women's Club. Buckeye Girls State is run as a citizenship school by the Ohio American Legion Auxiliary.

Nelsonville Buckeye Girls State Capital University Merrilee Kunzman Miss Kunzman House of Representatives Hobart City Greene County Nelsonville Business and Professional Women’s Club Richard Kunzman Ohio American Legion Auxiliary

Legion Auxiliary elects officers for Robert Wyckoff Post 303

McArthur reports the Robert Wyckoff Post 303 American Legion Auxiliary elected officers for the coming year. Officers include President G. C. Frye and First Vice President Bill Taylor. Installation was by outgoing president Mrs. Roy Hartley. Next meeting set for September.

Wrightsel Funeral Home Sold To James Blower

Wrightsel Funeral Home in Vinton County will be sold to James N. Blower, ending Paul Wrightsel’s 44 years of operation on July 1. Blower, who has assisted since 1968, will run the business as Wrightsel Funeral Home with ongoing ambulance service.

Wrightsel Funeral Home James Blower McArthur Vinton County Paul Dave) Wrightsel James N. Blower Wrightsel G. C. Fry Funeral Home Wrightsels Vinton Avenue James Paulette) Mitchell Licking County R. Douglas Columbus Blower Glouster High School Cincinnati School of Mortuary Science Rio Grande College Norbert W. Johnson Glouster Spears Funeral Home The Messenger George Lovell

Auto Parts Stolen In Nelsonville Report

Mrs. Marjorie Pickett reported the theft from her locked car trunk in Nelsonville, with a wheel and tire, bumper jack, and lug wrench taken from the vehicle over the past several days. Police are investigating the incident.

Nelsonville Marjorie Pickett Jefferson St

Vinton Schools Seek Guidance Counselor

The Vinton County School Board seeks a new guidance counselor at Vinton County High School as Marilyn Hutchins resigns to move out of state. Retirements include Maude Beverly Roger Fisher and Leonard Beverly.

German Visitor From Hanover Tours Chauncey

West German Air Force staff sergeant Rienecker from Hanover is visiting Chauncey as a guest of Linda Lohse on Jacobs Avenue. He met Lohse last summer while touring Germany and will stay in the United States until July 19.

Chauncey Horst Rienecker Hanover Germany United States Linda Lohse Jacobs Avenue

Rolling Stones launch new label Rolling Stones Records

The Rolling Stones will record for a newly created label, Rolling Stones Records, distributed in the United States by Atco Records. The first single will be Brown Sugar followed by an album Sticky Fingers with cover art by Andy Warhol, after previously recording for London.

New York Rolling Stones Rolling Stones Records United States Atco Records Andy Warhol London

Pelee Islander Expands Lake Erie Summer Service

The Pelee Shipping Co. Limited marks its 35th year of daily Sandusky to Canada service lasting until Sept. 12. The M. V. Pelee Islander carries 275 passengers and 14 autos, with seasonal itineraries between Sandusky, Pelee Island, Kingsville, and Leamington. Captain Thomas Stead leads the ship, with Fred Gerster as chief engineer and James Martin as captain and purser. Offices operate at Kingsville, Leamington, Pelee Island, and Sandusky.

Sandusky Pelee Shipping Co. Limited Ohio Canada Pelee Island Kingsville Leamington Department of Transport For Passenger Safety United States Coast Guard Tage Lake Erie M. V. Pelee Islander Thomas Stead Fred Gerster James Martin

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