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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1973
Page
8
Wellston Rotary Club will present its 20th annual minstrel show at Wellston High School auditorium Friday and Saturday nights at 8 with a Thursday matinee. The program promises new features and variations.
An article describes a Chauncey boys meeting for Biddy League players at the Chauncey gym Wednesday at 7 30 p m to discuss a Saturday banquet. It also outlines a minstrel show format change and includes notes on related events and ticketing at Ward's Drug Store.
County Prosecutor Michael Nolan distributed a ten point guide to local merchants on handling shoplifting cases. The guidelines, given Tuesday, instruct store owners and employees on steps to follow when witnessing theft and aim to curb losses that drive up prices for consumers.
Miss Margaret Davis, a 99 year old Oak Hill resident, marked her birthday with a celebration at the Davis Home for the Aged. Rio Grande College staff and students visited, with Dr. Herman Koby and Kathy Gledhill among the attendees as the Grande Chorale performed hymns and songs.
Athens County shelter records a likely sewer gas explosion Monday, not a bomb. Sheriff Paul Brown said criminal investigators found no burn marks and theorized gas buildup in the pump house ignited by a spark from the motor.
Death notices from Middleport to Bidwell list Mabel Berry Sanborn 89 former Middleport resident dying in Akron with services at Grace Episcopal Church Middleport and burial Riverview. Allen C. Brewer 74 Portland dies at Pleasant Valley Hospital with survivors including wife and four daughters. Lowey Sayre 79 Racine dies in Holzer Medical Center with church ties. Bernard K. Boggs 59 Bidwell Route 1 dies at Pleasant Valley Hospital after short illness with Navy service and large family survivors.
Dr. William Moore of Ohio University's History Department will give a midday lecture in Baker Center Ballroom on crime in America from conspiratorial and socio economic perspectives. The 12 10 p m talk lasts until 1 p m. Also on Wednesday Athens Mental Health Inc meets at 7 30 p m at the Ohio Valley Evaluation Unit in the OU administrative annex at Spaith and W Union Streets.
Jackson County commissioners will not reimburse Sheriff Hile Fyffe for 3449.63 in legal costs tied to his defense in a 1 million civil rights suit filed by Mrs. Oliver Mills. The suit alleged rights violations during a search tied to the arrest of her husband, who was later convicted of manslaughter in the shooting death of former Vinton County Sheriff Harold Steele. The federal case ended in a hung jury and the civil rights charge was dismissed.
Roger Watson of Athens is named to the Dean’s List for the first semester at Kentucky Christian College Grayson. The other text notes an Eskimo dance with a solo participant chanting to a drum beat.
Pearl Buck born Pearl Sydenstricker in Hillsboro West Virginia died at age 80 in Vermont. She married Dr John Lossing Buck in 1917 and divorced in 1935 then wed Richard J Walsh who died in 1960. Buck adopted nine children and founded Welcome House in 1949 to care for American born children of Asian ancestry.
The Center program board and The Farmacy sponsor two films about Appalachian farming. The screenings, in Baker Center Room 327, include Searching for Organic America and Garden. Showings occur at 1 30 p m 6 30 p m and 7 30 p m with a 10 cent admission donation.
Mrs Gladys Hanbury, a woman janitor in Coventry, summons six men after hearing cries from a cat trapped in the Provident Building Society strongroom. The team arrives, unlocks the door, and rescues George the office cat, believed to be suffocating while the building’s loudspeaker alerted staff.
The Athens Kiwanis Club honored area 4-H advisers Anne Culbert Don Van Nostran and other volunteers at a Monday night gathering themed Focus on 4-H Students and advisers were praised for county wide leadership efforts as the group announced a pancake dinner result of 1500 attendees yielding over 900 dollars for service projects A 26 mile Athens Marathon trophy was awarded to Carl Hatfield Morgantown WV for winning the race.
Rio Grande College announces a concert by St. Bernard from Columbus and a dance on March 21 from 9 PM to midnight at Lyne Center. Admission is $1 at the door. Rio Grande students and one guest enter free with valid I D. card. Sponsored by the Student Activities Committee.
The Gallipolis State Institute and eight counties including Jackson Washington Scioto Gallia Hocking Athens and Meigs accept invitations to the second annual Arts and Crafts Fair at Baker Beacon School. Students will present music singing dance and marching in the event hosted by the AtCo workshop.
The 36th annual Gallipolis Area Chamber of Commerce meeting will occur at Rio Grande College cafeteria at 6 30 p m Saturday. Speakers include Donald Buckley and Peter R Steenland. A full crowd is expected with growth projections near coal mines and Gavin Plant.
Nelsonville Finance Committee met Monday night with Mayor Donald W. Bumgardner and city officials to study proposed pay raises for city employees. The current three year pay increase plan expires this year.
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