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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1966
Page
7
Logan and Athens counties together reported 792 unemployment claims last week, down from 871 the previous week. Athens had 33 new claims and 386 continuing, while Hocking posted 36 new and 337 continuing. Other southeastern counties ranged from Belmont to Scioto with varying new and continuing claims.
Vinton County selects Pumpkin Ridge in Swan Township for a new county airport on land donated by W. E. Engle of Benedict Inc. The 400 by 4300 foot runway gains preliminary engineering by Richard Zande of Columbus, with Engle also handling grading at no charge.
LOGAN The Hocking County Democrat executive committee will vote Thursday at 7 30 p m in the James Building to endorse a Logan postmaster candidate. A closed session with a secret ballot is planned. Names on the civil service eligibility list include Francis Scrappy Myers former city mayor Richard Donahoe acting postmaster and Vaughn Collins acting judge and veterans service officer.
Gary R. Sherman a 21 year old from near Rockbridge barricaded himself in his father’s Logan area home and threatened self harm with a knife after a dispute with his girlfriend. State police sheriff and deputies responded four patrolmen helped. Sherman agreed to talk and was taken to Athens State Hospital for observation on voluntary commitment.
Terry W. Bond, 47, of Nelsonville, was injured when his pickup left Route 278 north of Nelsonville and rolled over an embankment. He suffered a left leg laceration a head bump and a bruised right arm and was admitted to Mount St. Mary Hospital after a guard rail was torn from the road. Patrol cited him for excessive speed.
Nine men sat the LOGAN civil service test Wednesday night at the city building to form an eligibility list for city patrolman. The department is two officers short with vacancies dating from November 1 and January 10. Chief Roy Kelch welcomed broad applicant turnout as the county residency requirement was dropped. four applicants live outside the county.
Laurelvill e Mrs. Gerry Poling Joyce Ebert was guest of honor at a miscellaneous shower in the social room of the M. E. Church Saturday. Hostesses were Mrs. Max Ebert and Miss Carolyn Pontious. Contest winners were Mrs. Thomas Ebert and Mrs. Delbert Poling. Guests included Miss Rosemary Hitt Miss Veralyn Jinks Mrs. Myrtle Justice Mrs. Thomas Ebert Mrs. Damon Pontious Miss Susan Mettler Mrs. Delbert Poling Mrs. Ray Thatcher Miss Celesta Ho Mrs. Danny Bildle and son Greg Miss Marlene McCabe Mrs. Raymond Shaw Mrs. Ralph Ebert and Mrs. Floyd Butts.
The Logan Ohio State Employment Service office lists 19 openings including two home appliance salesmen, an experienced general office clerk, a janitor, a cook, two car hops, a boiler fireman, a casualty insurance salesman, a married couple for maintenance and cooking, eight laborers for an out of town industry, a deputy patrolman for a private organization, and houses provided.
Cardinal John Heenan will lead a 50 member Catholic pilgrimage from London to Poland for the May 1 celebrations marking 1000 years since Christianity arrived in Poland. Heenan asked the church weekly Universe to promote the trip.
Logan Federal Savings and Loan seeks to open a branch in Athens. A protest by Athens County Savings and Loan prompted a June decision from the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. If approved, the branch could open within three months. Logan has loan activity in Athens County since 1959 with $1.5 million outstanding.
An article in The Churchman an independent Episcopal monthly urges a peace movement with the radical power and popularity of the civil rights movement noting civil rights gains outpace the peace movement. It argues for a broader public push and greater backing to advance peaceful change.
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