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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 03, 1971

Page

6

Seven Athens County Villages Choose New Officials

Seven of Athens County’s eight villages elected town officials in Tuesday’s vote. Albany chose a new mayor, with W H Battrell winning 94 votes over incumbent Donald L Pratt, while Edna Whiteman and Kenneth Thomas Jr. won clerk and council seats unopposed. Other towns reported varied results with no contests in Amesville and Chauncey, and incumbents or small margins in Glouster, Jacksonville, Buchtel, and Trimble.

Athens County Coolville Albany W. H. Battrell Donald L. Pratt Battrell Pratt Timothy V. Goss Edna Whiteman Kenneth Thomas Jr Council Amesville George King Susan G. Quinn Edgar Koehler Board of Public Affairs Dean Kasler Homer Moorehead Buchtel William Addis Herbert B. Hines Sr Delores I. Lanning Terry K. Bunting Jack Kieffer John Shesky Chauncey Charles Wadley Helen Fiske Walter E. Staley Glouster Paul Meade Thomas Williams Jr James Gyure Charles R. Border David Carter Jacksonville Donald Chapman Arthur Wemmer Bonnie E. Oskey John Rapp Trimble Roger R. Hooper Judith A. Hall

Red Cross Blood Drive Totals Hit 296 Pints in Athens

The November Red Cross bloodmobile visit in Athens collected 296 pints, 46 over the 250 pint goal. The two day drive at First United Methodist Church drew 145 pints on Tuesday with 171 donors and 73 first timers. Monday contributed 150 pints.

Red Cross Athens Chamber of Commerce Burton DeVeau First United Methodist Church Alfred Carpenter Jack Martin Charles Harrington Lawrence Goldberg Sigmund Konigseder J. M. Beck Dwight Ferrer Peter Zimmerman Vincent Broomhall Jack Gillam Joan Vaughn Phillip

Two Year Old Girl Struck By Auto In Trailer Court

Angel Cunningham, two, ran from between parked cars at Valley Acres Trailer Court into the path of an oncoming car at 1 45 p m Tuesday. She received treatment and was released from O Bleness Memorial Hospital for cuts and abrasions. Delbert King, 69, of Chauncey was not cited.

Valley Acres Athens County Sheriff's Department Angel Cunningham Janet Cunningham O’bleness Memorial Hospital Delbert King Chauncey

Perk Wins Race In Cleveland Amid Regional Results

Election returns show a string of mayoral and city races across Ohio. Perk led with 87,374 votes in Cleveland as Gilligan aided Sensenbrenner in Columbus, Moody narrowly won, and multiple incumbents held or seized office in Akron Youngstown Canton Hamilton Lorain Dayton Lancaster Athens Fostoria with Neal Newman making history on the council.

Gilligan Carney Socialist Labor Party Joseph Pirincin Perk Pinkney Pirinc Columbus Sensenbrenner Rhodes Moody Akron John Ballard Dennis Shaul Ballard Truman Webbe Youngstown Jack Hunter Frank Franko Hunter Canton Stanley Cmich Thomas Garrett Dayton Paul Roderer John Smith Lancaster Edward Rutherford William Burt Athens Donald Barrett William Lavelle Barrett Edward van Dyke van Dyke Raymond Shepard Fostoria Dale Mills George W. Teeler Neal Newman

Festival Candidates To Be Chosen At Poston Elementary

Nelsonville Poston Elementary students will vote Thursday for festival king queen prince and princess. Winners announced at the November 13 festival at the school. Students collect money in milk cartons painted light blue bearing the Poston School stamp. All funds due by November 12.

Nelsonville — Poston Elementary School Poston School

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