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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 28, 1968

Page

2

Kenova Man Heads Sales At Car Firm

Charles Moore aged 28 from Beckley West Virginia has been named sales manager of Beasley and Mathews. He comes from Kenova where he was vice president and general manager of Hayden Ford Sales and now lives at 1914 East Carpenter Street with his wife Betty Sue and two daughters. Moore is a Marshall University 1961 graduate and attended the Ford Marketing Institute in Atlantic Georgia. He is a past president of the Kenova businessmen's association and a youth leader at the First Presbyterian Church.

Charles Moore Beckley W. Va Beasley & Mathews Moore Kenova Hayden Ford Sales E. Carpenter St Betty Sue Marshall University Ford Marketing Institute Atlantic Businessmen’s Association First Presbyterian Church

CAA Seeks Assistant Supervisor in Athens County

The Tri County Community Action Agency invites applications for an assistant supervisor in Athens County with a $400 monthly salary and travel allowance. Candidates should have administrative ability, maturity, initiative and experience with groups. Applications available at Athens or Logan Unemployment offices Nov 29 and due by Dec 6. vacancy follows Maybelle Robinette’s resignation.

Tri-County Community Action Agency Athens County Frank Watters Watters Athens-Hocking-Perry Bureau of Unemployment Services Athens Logan Maybelle Robinette

Woman Charged After Collision On Euclid Avenue

Marie But ter of Guysville was charged with failure to yield the right of way after turning from E State Street onto Euclid Avenue and colliding with Phyllis K. Lovsey, 25, of New Marshfield Route 1. No injuries were reported. Intermittent rain and a 2 p.m. temperature of 48 were noted by U S Observer C L Colmer in Athens.

Marie Butter Guysville Euclid Avenue Euclid E. State Street Phyllis K. Lovsey New Marshfield Athens U. S C. L. Colmer

Lutheran Church Plans Thanksgiving Service at 10 A.M.

The Christ Lutheran Church on Mill Street will hold a Thanksgiving Day worship at 10 a.m. with Walter F. Johnson delivering the homily. The Thursday 10 p.m. Holy Communion service is cancelled this week and will resume weekly only when Ohio University is in session.

Christ Lutheran Church Mill St Walter F. Johnson Ohio University

Couple files action against county over closed road

Elza and Goldie Townsend of Athens Route 1 filed a Common Pleas Court petition Wednesday against the county commissioners and Margaret Creek Conservancy District. They own 147 acres in Lee Township accessible via County Road 12 and seek reopening or damages after the road was closed on July 15 at the conservancy district’s request.

Elza Goldie E. Townsend Athens Common Pleas Court Wednessday County Commissioners Margaret Creek

Athens County 1967 payrolls total over 32 million dollars

Ohio Bureau of Employment Services reports Athens County had 6 510 workers in 1967 with total wages of 32 445 141 dollars. Largest rise in finance insurance and real estate. declines in contract construction. Manufacturing employed 1 974 workers. mining and quarrying 158.

Athens County Ohio Bureau of Employment Services Division of Research and Statistics Ohio

Fund Drive For Athens County Retarded Children

The Athens County Youth Association for Retarded Children sponsors a fundraiser in the area selling John F Kennedy flame of hope candles molded by mentally retarded men in sheltered workshops. Proceeds support new programs for mentally retarded youths in Athens County and camping gear for a newly formed Boy Scout troop for mentally retarded boys.

Athens County Youth Association For John F. Kennedy Flame of Hope Athens County

Four Taken To OYC By Athens Court

Four youths were conveyed to the Ohio Youth Commission by the Athens County Juvenile Court. Two were linked to a city wide series of break ins in August and September with 14 businesses and clubs victimized. Another boy was sent to Columbus on car theft charges. Judge Harold Rose did not detail the girl’s case and warned more youths may appear later this month or in December. A Haydenville man was fined $80 and costs for fraudulent unemployment claims after admitting work during the week ending Aug 3 at the Towne House Restaurant.

Ohio Youth Commission Athens County Juvenille Court Columbus Harold Rose Haydenville Bureau of Unemploymentisation John Virgil Carpenter

Ohio Student Faces Two Bad Check Charges

An Ohio University student from Morrow, Robert E. Kelsey, was charged in Athens County Municipal Court with writing two bad checks. He will have a hearing on December 4. Bond was set at $33 for each count.

Ohio University Athens County Robert E. Kelsey Morrow

White forfeits bond in disorderly conduct case

Robert J. White of 192 Con vocation Center forfeited $34 in Municipal Court on Wednesday after police charged him with disorderly conduct stemming from an arrest on November 15 for breaking beer bottles at Jim's 42 Grill.

Vocation Center White Jim’s 42 Grill

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