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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 22, 1972

Page

5

Tri-County Vocation Board votes on hires and bids

The Tri-County District Joint Vocational High School board hired two instructors for Rural Family Life and Food Service, authorized bids for motel insurance valued at about 1.002 million plus liability coverage, and approved a driver training term. Open house set for Dec 13.

Wilbur Mender Nelsonville Board of Education Tri- County Joint Vocational High School John Lavelle Athens Earl F. Matthews Insurance, Inc Margaret Sanders Beth Mulvill Sanders Ohio Department of Education National Corporation Ronnie Smith Smith

Prospective employees named for city exams

The Municipal Civil Service Commission announced successful examinees for city posts on Nov 8. Roberta Adler Judith Tolliver Maxine Dixon earned Income Tax Clerk eligibility. firemen Michael Crihfield Thomas Steenrod. police patrolmen Steve Mowry Michael Spackey Joe Ramos Carl Lanning Jr Charles Forrest Daniel Dodd David Gwilym. Interviews will be with Mayor Bumgardner. open house 7 to 10 p.m. Sophomore orientation and transportation study noted. field trip allowed for a cosmetology class to Chicago. route 33 land lease for Hocking Valley Inn signs approved. Insurance agency designation and bidding concerns discussed.

Nelsonville Municipal Civil Service Commission Phil Pritchard Commission Donald W. Bumgardner Roberta S. Adler Judith A. Tolliver Maxine Dixon Michael L. Crihfield Thomas Steenrod Steve Mowry Michael W. Spackey Both Logan Joe A. Ramos Carl H. Lanning, Jr Charles R. Forrest Daniel L. Dodd David Gwilym Albany Bumgardner Parkins Chicago

Jackson Attorney Named to Jackson County Court Seat

Attorney David G. Howell is appointed to fill the Jackson County Court judgeship vacancy created by George Scurlock’s resignation on Sept. 29. Howell serves until after the new year when Roy Gilliland of Wellston takes over. Howell has practiced in Jackson since 1946 and was former city solicitor.

Jackson David G. Howell Jackson County George Scurlock Howell Roy Gilliland Wellston

Hocking Tech Plans Campus Layout For New Nelsonville Campus

Hocking Technical College trustees heard a December deadline for the master campus plan to be presented by the architect and contract manager. The plan calls for a loop road and two story buildings on the former Baird Brothers site on Robbins Road. The board approved transferring 63000 from the general fund to the plant fund for mobile homes and master plan design fees.

Nelsonville Hocking Light Baird Brothers Robbins Road Tri-County Anna L. Smith Elizabeth St James A. Davis Davis

Special Jury Drawn For Murder Trial In Wellston Case

A special jury has been drawn for the first degree murder trial of Charles Rice accused of killing Eloise Click in Wellston last May. The panel includes residents from Wellston and Jackson. trial set for December 12 in Jackson County Common Pleas Court.

Jackson Charles Rice Eloise Click Wellston Rice Perry Doty Max Downard Tom Mitchell Tom DeLay William Slavens Jackson County Common Pleas Court Diana Bane Robin Scharfenberger Rex Wilson Dale C. Bundy Homer E. Jones Lawrence Townsend Francis I. Wille Jarvis Burke Thelma Newman Clara Duffy Norma Williams Beulah Scott Cecil Richards Evelyn Aleshire Ray Scharfenberger Clarice Cook Essie L. Johnson

Five Hocking County defendants hear cases in court

Judge James Stilwell heard five defendants in Hocking County Court on Monday. Larry D. Wilson was fined 150 dollars plus costs, jailed three days, and had his license suspended 30 days for driving while intoxicated. Charles F. Hicks pleaded no contest to failure to maintain distance, fined 15 dollars plus costs. Robert E. Coakley and Brian W. Chaney each paid 10 dollars plus costs for speeding. Earl W. Blackston admitted using someone else’s registration tags. Several defendants were dismissed. Ed Goss was fined 25 dollars plus costs for public intoxication.

Logan Hocking County James Stilwell Larry D. Wilson Charles F. Hicks Robert E. Coakley Nelsonville Brian W. Chaney Lancaster Earl W. Blackston Rockbridge

Mowery To Join Police In Logan

Steve Mowery, 25, of 220 Iron St., will join Logan police Dec. 1 after Marvin Smart resigns. Named among the top three civil service scorers, he was interviewed by Roy Loomis and Mayor M. B. Haney. A 1965 Logan High graduate, he earned All Southeastern Ohio honors in football and pitched for the baseball champions. He attends Hocking Technical College in police science.

Logan Steve Mowery Iron St Marvin Smart Roy Loomis Public Service and Safety Mowery Loomis M. B. Haney Logan High School Chieftains Hocking Technical College

Mount St. Mary Hospital Notes Entrants List

The Mount St. Mary Hospital notes mention Viola Corby Tommy McMannis Teresa Fields and others in Nelsonville Logan Stockport Route 2 Mae Dishong John Belt Margaret Hinzy Ruby Swindell and John Hugh Thomas Riley.

Mount St. Mary Hospital Viola Corby Tommy McMannis Teresa Fields Nelsonville John Hugh Logan Thomas Riley Stockport Mae Dishong John Belt Margaret Hinzy Ruby Swindell

Logan Council postpones sewer rate talk

Logan officials did not discuss a possible sewer rate increase at the special meeting. A closed session next week will involve the mayor and the public service and safety director to pursue the issue amid a projected $23,000 budget shortfall for the Sewer Department.

Logan Public Service and Safety Ed Dalton Virginia Gano

Innocent Plea Entered In Lancaster Weapon Charge

Logan Willis Tripplett of Lancaster pleaded innocent in Hocking County Court to a concealed weapon charge. Judge James Stilwell set bond at 1000 dollars. Tripplett remains jailed. The case ties to break ins at Enterprise School Bob s Sunoco on Routes 33 664 and Bob s West Gate Sohio on Logan Route 1. Tools stolen about 110 dollars and machines damaged. Investigations continue by the Hocking County Sheriff s department.

Logan Willis Tripplett Lancaster Hocking James Stilwell Tripplett Enterprise School Bob Sunoco West Gate Sohio Hocking County

Fiddling And Picking Jam Set In McArthur

The Appalachian Cultural Heritage and Pioneer Skills Project hosts a music workshop jam December 3 at the old Swan School seven miles north of McArthur on Route 93. From 2 to 5 pm dulcimer mandolin guitar banjo and fiddle players teach and share tunes, followed by a 5 pm carry-in supper and a 7 pm concert jam with dancing. Sponsored by the Ohio Arts Council to preserve Ohio foothill folk arts.

McArthur Ohio Appalachian Cultural Heritage and Pioneer Skills Project Jackson Old Swan School The Ohio Arts Council Ohio Foothills

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