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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1956
Page
10
Athens Messenger reports debate over building one or two grade schools from Kyger Creek funds. Officials and residents discuss costs, locations, and impacts on education. The article outlines competing plans and projected timelines for construction and school zoning.
Bloodmobile will be at Grace United Methodist Church from noon to 6 p.m. at Holzer Hospital. Public turnout described as strong. names of local organizers and medical staff listed among volunteers. Community meetings on Kyger bond issue scheduled. debate over one or two elementary schools, with additional meetings at Bulaville and Kyner schools planned.
Ruth Maddy announces the Red Cross annual drive chiefs for a house to house canvass set between 6 and 9 p.m. March 21. Areas include Garfield Ave and Evans Heights to Crown City, with other sectors to be named. F. Leo Durkee confirms the plan amid storm-related concerns.
Ida Mae Asbury wife of John Asbury died unexpectedly at 830 pm Wednesday after an evening of fever and visiting neighbors. She resided two years near Bunker Hill on Keystone Road, previously living in Pike County Kentucky where born March 12, 1892 to C and Lily Johnson Chapman. Survived by husband, four children, three brothers and three sisters. Funeral arrangements by Vernon McCoy.
The Ohio Power Co. announced a 67 million dollar budget for 1956 construction and expansion, the largest one year allotment in company history. It includes 27.64 million for Muskingum River units three and four at Bev oly, plus allocations for Muskingum River Philo power and expansion, the central division covering Canton Evansburg New Philadelphia Wooster and Coshocton, and a total from 1955 of 34.88 million.
Gallia Academy area schools host a poster contest to back an $875,000 bond issue. Nine cash winners will be named from students at the Gallia Academy High School and other schools, with a panel judging originality, neatness, and clarity. The top prize is a $25 savings bond. additional prizes total $9 in cash. Winners announced Tuesday after a Sunday judging session at Miller's funeral home.
Gallipolis State Highway Patrol reports Ver non D. Conner 29 of Bidwell Route 1 charged with operating a motor vehicle while under influence of alcohol and jailed pending hearing in Gallipolis Municipal Court. David F. Jenkins 26 of Detroit forfeited $25 bond on a speeding charge. Municipal Judge William H. Janes fined Edward E. Durham 30 of Gallipolis $10 and costs on a speeding charge. John K. Brewer 32 of Columbus posted $15 and costs on speeding and $5 on a failure to register poster size notice at school.
Astronomers estimate that meteors fall like a fleet of 20 to 25 miles per hour, with most burning up in upper atmosphere. The cheetah, famed as the fastest four footed creature, is described in the article as an odd comparison to meteor rates.
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