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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1971
Page
4
A gasoline line fire at Martins Grocery on Fisher Chase Road south of Athens was extinguished after 4 p.m. A tractor tank sparked the blaze as Larry McGrath tried to move the vehicle across the road. Mrs Earl Martin alerted firefighters and the pump was shut off before spread.
Virgil Atkins announces Meigs County Granges will observe degree night Friday at 8 p.m. at Rock Springs Grange Hall with Hemlock Star Laurel Racine and Ohio Valley Rock Springs and Chester Columbia and Harrisonville Alfred providing four degree entries. Attendees may take all four degrees and are asked to bring cookies or sandwiches for the social hour.
Athens Chapter of DeMolay installed new officers at a Masonic Temple ceremony. Michael C. Disko Jr. was named master councilor with Micky Harris as senior councilor and Stephen Jagers as junior councilor.
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