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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1970
Page
6
Residents in Pomeroy report garbage piling up with no collection or legal dump. County officials discuss county funds, landfills, and regional dumping options, noting Syracus e and Middleport operate partial dumps while neighboring towns consider permanent solutions.
At Meigs County Court, defendants were fined or forfeited on various charges including speeding and resisting arrest. Several received probation or suspended costs, with specific names listed. A separate suit, Mary Qualls versus Kroger Grocery Co., seeks 23036 for injuries from a shopping incident at Pomeroy store.
A fragmented voice shares memories of grandparents guiding families, praising discipline and civic duty while critiquing modern behavior. The speaker recalls law, order, wartime heroism, and community values, contrasting past resilience with present shifts in responsibility and respect for authority.
Mason County students Michael Stevens Robert Dye and Roger Lee Powell were appointed by Congressman Ken Hecller to serve as pages for two months each in the U S House of Representatives. Stevens will work March and April Dye May and June and Powell July and August. They will attend Capital Page School at the Library of Congress and receive a 475 dollar monthly salary for room board and transportation.
H R Garland son of Cept and Mrs Howard Garland of Gallipolis has been named as assistant director of CORWA RE and WO a regional health planning role. The appointment comes from Tomas Kilinedinsi and Richard A Wilmer. Garland will work across Butler Warren Health Planning Association areas aiding communities in planning health services facilities and manpower for physical mental and environmental health. Garland is a 1955 Point Pleasant High School graduate with degrees from WVU and UC. He, his wife and two children reside in Marlemont Ohio. Elizabeth Oller Middleport has filed for divorce from Harry Richard Outer in Middleport.
Paul Caldwell and the Caldwells perform for Americanism program sponsored by Drew Webster Post 39 Pomery Meigs and Middleport schools. Matinees at 1:00 and 2:30 PM and an 8:00 PM evening show feature a 90 minute program with a 14 member ensemble presenting music, comedy, safety message, and an American salute.
Meigs High School Vocational Industrial Club delegates will travel to Columbus to study state government. They will hear Sen. Oliver Ocasek of Akron and visit chambers of the supreme court, house, and senate under the Ohio VICA program. Delegates include Debbie Hunnel and ee Wood.
A petition with 219 signatures failed as Mason council rejects a proposed sanitary refuse pickup and landfill operation plan under state health rules. Dumping will remain at Clifford Carson's Foglesong Road site with current arrangements, and residents may haul waste to approved sites only if state guidance changes.
Dr. Joe Mock of Community Health Center Inc spoke to the Mason County Mental Health Planning Committee about a day treatment program serving Cabell Lincol Nason and Wayne counties. It offers group therapy, recreation, and education programs to rehabilitate without hospitalization and coordinates with local organizations for comprehensive care. A children's program will observe evaluate and treat, with about 40 percent of underachieving children affected by emotional problems. The Huntington center grand opening date will be announced. for info contact Ruby Waugh at 675-2793.
Point Pleasant firemen responded to a noon Friday blaze at Terry Dennis’s 102 Van Sickle Court residence. The fire caused medium damage mainly to one room while burning two bicycles in gasoline. seventeen senior and seven junior firefighters battled the flames before returning to station at 12 30 p.m. In Pomeroy, a collection of 62 from Rock Springs supported the Emergency Squad’s purchase of a new truck, with thanks to Mrs. Clifford Leifheit for leading the drive.
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