Isolation shaped life of Dr. Timothy Jones in Athens County
The article recounts Dr. Timothy Jones, Brown University educated physician turned hunter and outdoorsman, who settled at Federal Creek in Rome Township. It notes his eccentric yet cultured wit, probable temperance struggles, and his burial on Taga Ridge near the Athens-Washington line as the High School site rises on Federal Creek valleys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Jones
Rome Township
Hocking River
Federal Creek
Athens County
Thomas Ewing
Ohio University
Jones
New University
Dr. Jones
Rhode Island
Brown University
Providence
Polly Hewitt
Ebenezer Barrows
Ewing
Ames Township
Errn
Barrows Air
Joel
New England
Taga Ridge
Athens
Washington County Line
Hocking Senior Citizens Plan Two Housing Types in Logan
Two projects for elderly housing are planned in Logan by Columbus architects. One privately funded single story complex nears completion on Second Street, eight units already rented at 886 dollars monthly. A second, high rise federal funded design seeks bonds and a site, though funding is tight and no location is chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gegase Lovell Messenger
Logan
Senvire
Hocking
Run of Columbus
Arine
Nieney
O'Neal Allen
Second St
Martha Clailie O'Neal Allen
Millar
Nin
Thanges
Hee C
Trubides
Ohio
Linte
Moltug
Steff
George Lowell
O’neil Allen
Pomeroy Bridge Celebrates 39th Birthday
Meigs correspondent recalls the 1928 dedication of the Pomeroy Mason bridge over the Ohio River linking Pomeroy and Mason City. Governor Donahey and Gov Gore attended, Miss Ohio Helene Radford and Miss West Virginia Lee Caphart were chosen, and local leaders like Walter Compton drove the effort for fourteen years. The project, part of the Blue and Grey Trail, faced skepticism but succeeded with no fatal accidents and local material support from Pomery Cement Block Co and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Winget
Meigs
Pomeroy
Mason Counties
Columbus
Coy
Vic Donahey
Ripley
W. Va
Gov
Gore
West Virginia
E. B. Bryan
Ohio University
Donahey
Columbus Kiwanis
Rotary Clubs
Auto Club
Lancaster
Logan
Nelsonville
Athens
Athens Messenger
Court Street
Million Dolar
Pomeroy Bridge
Middleport
Mason
Helene Radford
Simon D. Fess
Clyde
Johnson
Licinanis
Messenger
Daily Tribune
Theodore Beegle
Ohio
Omo River
Mason W. Va
Walter A. Compton
Pomerovy
Meigs County
Pomeroy Kayanis Club
Detroit
Mich
Mincolla
United States
Tt Wat
Pomeroy-Mason
Midleport
Pomeray Kiwanis Chih
Walter Compton
Compton’s Wie
August Goessler
Harry Bennett
West
Ginia
Compton
Kiwanis Club
Bravo Corp
Netle Island
Pittsburgh
Inland Waterways
Innk
Pomergy Cement Black Co
Pool Stape
Messenger Marks 63rd Year of Publication
The notice traces the paper’s heritage from April 1 1825 with the Athens Mirror and Literary Register, notes its evolution into the Messenger in 1836 as the Locking Valley Gazette and Athens Messenger, and confirms its long archival lineage through Vol 2 No 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Mirror
Locking Valley Gazette
Athens Messenger
Army ends ban on mail to lonely servicemen in Vietnam
The Army will lift its restriction on sending letters to lonely service members in Vietnam. Rep. Bob Wilson said the post office ruled mail addressed to a lonely service member care of an officer in Vietnam could not be anonymous. Thousands of letters collected for Christmas were to be distributed by Rice. The Defense Department had previously blocked mail addressed to unspecified individuals after reports of foreign soldiers receiving dog food and notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Army
Vietnam
Bob Wilson
Mai
Williem Rice
Rice
Col UM
Defense Department
Wood Meeting Set For CU Wednesday
A Forestry and Wood Seminar for Ohio county operators and others in Athens and Meigs Counties will be held Wednesday afternoon at Albany Grange Hall. Emmett Conway, Ohio University forester, directs the program funded by the U S Forest Service and Ohio Development Planning Institute. Topics include timber harvest practices forest marketing research local forest resources financial advice and group discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OAV
Athens
Meigs
Yall
Albany Grange Hall
Emmett Conway
Ohio University Forester
United States Forest Service
Development Planning Institute
Ohio
Man Fined for Parking Violations at Ohio University
William L. Offutt, a student from New York, collected 39 overtime parking tickets in a month. He was spotted by a patrolman and arrested after attempts to outmaneuver meters failed. Judge Newcomb fined him 70.05 dollars plus court costs, far more than the 1.50 to 3.00 dollars his tickets would have cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam L. Offutt
Offutt
Ohio Universiy
Fom New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Messenger District Editor
New
Byer Ewing
Eureka
T. C. Tucker
Uayes Roush
John Spires
Herman Holiner
Phillip Meinttart
Lewis Burford
Dell Fire
Marvin Swan
Millard Zerlde
Jed Webster Sr
Harald Sauer
Bernard Nease
John Purdem
Charles Roush
Anethorny Graber
M. §. McAlister
Drave Corp
Phillip Memhart
Pomeray Daily Tribune
Pomeray
Dorget
Pomeroy Bend
Walter 4. Compign
Parmeroy
Pomeroy Bend Bridge
John Bacon
Pomeroy Cement Brock Co
Air Force
David A. Westenbarger
Afrotc
Ghia University
Vernon BR. Alden
Westenbarger
North Vietnam
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