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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1968
Page
3
Two civil service examinations will be offered next Monday for Athens police and fire department positions. Police have four openings, fire have one. Exams at 7:30 p.m. in city council chambers. Training and advancement options noted.
Spring arrived and construction on Ohio University campus resumes with contractors obtaining fire permits for new homes. Projects include Old Coach Road by Sebring Building Contractors and LaMar Drive by Glen Knudson. Franklin Sheeter builds on Andover and Canterbury Drives, and Belleana Drive hosts an office apartment by Phil Halbirt. Sertoma Club hosts Earl Ingels Jr. at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Ohio University Inn to receive a Heart Fund certificate.
Birth announced for Mr and Mrs Oscar Carson of Athens Route 3 a daughter. Hospital notes list admissions Mrs E B Morgan Blanche Rauch and Mrs John Vierows of Athens the Rev William Brown of Carbondale and Mrs Gerald Nelson of Millfield Route 1. Dismissals include Samuel Bennet Jr Terri Bennet Mrs James Buck Edwin P Carpenter Sr Robert Hamilton Myrie Koker Mrs William F Laziman and daughter Elizabeth Milar Mrs Neil Niggemeyer and daughter Berchrom Springer.
The Ohio University Employees Credit Union conducts a passbook audit led by audit chair C B Stephenson. Members were mailed verification notices and urged to confirm accounts or mail passbooks to P O Box 265 Athens for verification. Also, a fire squad treated 85 year old Mrs Rauch Sr for a possible heart attack at 48 Franklin Ave. and County Road 28 will close midweek for a small bridge replacement.
U S Representative Clarence E Miller attacks the 1970 census questionnaire as a bureaucratic overreach with 67 questions. He proposes a seven question alternative to meet constitutional needs for districting. He warns against privacy intrusions and says nonresponse could be a federal offense. He cites possible local benefits from questions on employment and disposal methods but opposes federal inquiry into personal details.
Spring made its official entry in Athens with a 9 am temperature of 54, rising to 76 on a sunny day. Spring cemetery cleanup is scheduled for March 25 at Waterloo Township Cemetery. Lot owners may save winter decorations by removing them or notifying Sexton Ernest Whitlatch at Athens Route 1, phone 664-2405.
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