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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1972
Page
5
Judge James Stilwell fined three persons and declared 23 bonds forfeit in Hocking County Court. Fined were Beryl W. Love and two others.
Petitions circulate statewide to amend a ban on burning household trash leaves and tree trimmings by private property owners. Mildred Patterson chairs a committee asking a common sense approach while Rep. Ray Luther has introduced legislation to allow only hauled away burning ban materials, enforced by the EPA.
Logan exchange completes a 47900 addition of call switching gear by General Telephone Co of Ohio. Michael A. Castaldi Jr. says 400 new customer lines and 300 terminal numbers added, expanding power facilities to support 400 more customers. The DC powered system uses large batteries to run switching, servicing 7,285 telephones across 308 square miles in Hocking and Vinton Counties.
A 200 pound hog wandered along Lake Burr Oak Blvd near State Route 78 Wednesday night and returned to Vern Coakley’s farm pens by Thursday morning after traveling about three fourths of a mile from the highway. Coakley said the pig had been bought in Lancaster on Wednesday. The marshal had radioed the pig was headed toward Nelsonville before apparently deciding to stay away from the city nightlife.
Mount St. Mary Hospital notes admit a long list of patients including Dora Davis and Tina Cunningham from Wellston and Nelsonville areas. Dismissals include Shirley Rose and Barbara Oblinger. Airman William Arnott, a 1972 Federal Hocking graduate, assigned to Castle AFB California after basic training at Lackland AFB Texas.
Edna Norris was elected chairman of the Kilvert Advisory Board. Goldie Tabler was named vice chairman, Dorothy Mayles secretary, Barbara Simmons treasurer, and trustees named were Gerald Congrave Everett Walker and Victoria Lieper.
Euterpean Club in Logan meets at Mrs. Fred Black home Mrs. Bradford Phares presides over the business session The club plans a puppet show Peter and the Wolf for elementary students in the Logan School District A hospital program for Extended Care Unit patients is also being explored and may begin after approval Workers at a Surrey printing factory banish overtime until the ghost Henry is removed from the shop floor.
Nelsonville police arrested two motorists for drunken driving over the weekend. Russell Miller and Richard Maffin are in city jail pending hearings before Mayor Donald W. Bumgardner. Others were cited for unsafe operation and speeding and must appear in Mayor's Court. Logan High School notes powder puff game raised 1088.32 dollars for the junior class fund.
Doctors dispense over 50 million Anacin tablets yearly for pain relief from headache dental pain arthritis and colds. The message promotes Anacin as a fast acting tablet with high pain reliever content and claim of minimal stomach upset.
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