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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1972
Page
8
Richard E. Fraley of Pomeroy was driving north on T141 when he crossed County Road 18 and backed into a ditch in Bedford Two. He was jailed for driving while license was suspended.
Mrs. Emerson Jones presented highlights from a trip to England and Wales at the Middleport Literary Club. She described Westminster Abbey Buckingham Palace Parliament Square and St David's Cathedral and shared pictures and notes on British customs and culture. Illness prevented Mrs. Owen from reviewing.
Rutland PTA approved purchasing a set of teaching records for the kindergarten at its regular meeting in the grade school gym. Treasurer Janet Bolin reported Halloween carnival profits and announced dues will rise January 1.
Middleport Mayor John Zerkle fined four people and saw four bonds forfeited in Middleport Court Tuesday evening. Debts included Michael E. Adkins for driving while intoxicated and no license, Charles Kerwood for intoxication, Wilbur L. Ward for speeding, and James R. Betz Jr. for running a stop sign. Forfeited bonds were Leland C. Saxton for DWI, Earl F. Ingels Jr. for stop sign violation, John M. Burdett for shoplifting, and Sharon Cunningham for improper backing. The Middleport Ladies Auxiliary of the Fire Department also announced a soup sale at the fire hall on Tuesday.
The Ohio Highway Patrol logged five accidents across Gallia and Meigs Counties with minor injuries to John Birchfield and no citations in most cases. Other notes include a Gallipolis deer collision and an upcoming Eastern Athletic Boosters Club football banquet at the high school with Jerry Faust as guest speaker.
Mrs J H Farley president of the Womens Club of Point Pleasant announces interior remodeling at the clubhouse on Parish Avenue. The former Lutheran Church will be updated by a building committee chaired by Mrs Howard Carder with members Mrs Ray Eschenaur Mrs Emil Romans Mrs Mary Wheeler and Mrs Richard Sayre. Newly purchased chairs are arriving this week with one third of their cost paid. The building exterior has just been painted.
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