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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1968
Page
6
Nelsonville post office announces clerk carrier exam open to all applicants regardless of residence. Written test required. pay rates listed. Applications accepted until further notice at the post office.
Area residents may join an Athens Family Skating Group opening with a session Sunday Nov 24 at 4 30 to 5 30 pm in Ohio University Birds Arena. Sponsors seek calls to Dr Donald Brown after 5 pm at 593 5659 plus Mrs Stanton Oates and James F Scott. Membership opens to families and individuals 21 plus with dues 7 dollars for adults and 12 year olds, 4 dollars under 12, max 20 dollars per family. Bird Arena is reserved Sundays from Nov 24 through mid March.
The North American Benefit Association will meet Monday at 7 p.m. at 95 W Franklin St home of Mrs How ard Miner. The Nelsonville 4-H Group will meet Thursday at 3 p.m. at the First Christian Church on Fort Street. Mrs Virgil Kittles Camp Fire Girls meet Saturday from 10 30 a.m. to 11 30 a.m. at the Little House.
Nelsonville Public Library announces the receipt of 20 new titles placed on reserve Friday. Among the selections are A Place Called Saturday Astor The Latest Starship From Earth Boyd Time For Glory Bristow Where The Dreams Cross Douglas Through The Wilderness and Other Stories Jacobson The Naked Sword Kenyon A Small Town In Germany Le Carre A Sense Of Darkness Malliol The Bright Lights Swinnerton Up Sukenick Many A Green Isle Turnbull The School Of Soft Knocks Wie Gand Chocky Wyndham Starting From Scratch Barnes Vatican Museums Rome Newsweek My Horses My Teachers Podhajsky The Medicated Society Prager The Couch And The Altar Redding Sinatra Shaw How To Marry A Minister Hickman.
Valley Lodge No. 169 Knights of Pythias conducted a meeting at the Pythian Building led by District Deputy Grand Chancellor John Bownes who announced lodge inspection for November 20 and officer nominations for November 27. A joint Knights and Pythian Sisters dinner is planned for December 4 with officer elections December 11 and a donation made to the Ohio Pythian Home Christmas Fund.
Ohio Department of Liquor Control granted Sunday 3.2 per cent beer permits to Mildred L. Meyer of East End Tavern 616 Poplar Street and W. M. Meyer of Saratoga Bar & Grill 40 Hocking Street. The permits enable Sunday sale for on premises and carryout. Local ministerial association opposed but council records show support for expanding Sunday service. The Harry S. Truman Library in Independence Missouri has drawn over 1.75 million visitors since 1957.
The Seventh to ninth grade youth group elected Jim Dishong as president Debbie Johnson as vice president Cindy Johnson as scribe Sandy Wilson as program chairman Cathy Flowers as co chairman and Gary Tye as treasurer at Sunday's church meeting The group plans a trip to the Presbyterian farm on Sunday meeting at 3 p.m. with sack lunches. The text also notes the 1968 New Mexico State Fair attendance record with 642298 visitors and 105000 at the rodeo over 10 nights.
Commander Stephen Barber reports progress on the Legion War Memorial Building with basement brick work washed and ceiling repainted. The concrete floor will be repainted, and volunteers are urged to contact him or the post trustees to help with the project.
Baby Joyce Easler and several mothers and infants are listed by Mount St. Mary Hospital in Nelsonville Somerset Athens Jacksonville and Foster Tolliver along with names Mrs Mary Rhulman Clyde Featherston Mrs Lucille Williams Mrs Eddie Howe and son Mrs Boyd Cottrill and son Mrs Jennie Raynard and Mrs Virginia Brooks.
Helena Montana P Dave Middleman Lewis and Clark County sheriff has been investigating a local girl disappearance. He asked the Minnesota vehicle licensing bureau to check if a driving license had been issued to the missing girl. The reply Remit 50 cents to cover charges for the information. Nelsonville George Jacob Whiteman Nelsonville Route 1 pleaded no contest in Nelsonville Mayor court Tuesday night to driving while intoxicated. He was found guilty and fined 175 dollars and costs plus a three day sentence to city jail. He was arrested by city police. Pretoria South Africa P A local woman was granted a legal separation after she testified that her husband asked their friends and acquaintances for rat poison to give her and promised each year to present her with a book on how to commit death by own action for her birthday.
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