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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 28, 1968

Page

3

Temporary Injunction Sought Over Stimson Avenue Assessments

Four Stimson area property owners led by Robert W Decker and Stout Farm Supply Co asked Common Pleas Judge Bolin for a temporary injunction blocking further payment of city assessed costs totaling 23837 37 for Stimson Avenue repairs The plaintiffs claim the city failed to apply uniform assessment plans and that Stimson benefits were not in line with costs while Madison and Columbia projects were financed by the city The city solicitor Gerald Mollica and bond attorney James Smith defend the current assessment approach Also included a brief note on Thomas Williams of Route Dow released from Sheltering Arms Hospital after cutting his hand on glass with Ohio University affiliation on Wednesday

Common Pleas John Bolin Stimson Avenue Robert W. Decker Stimson Stout Farm Supply Co T.C.B. Corp Columbus Ambassador Laundries Madison Columbia Avenue Gerald Mollica Thomas Williams Dow Sheltering Arms Hospital

Meet Your Carrier Mike Beasley Hobby Racer and Beasley

Mike Beasley an eighth grader at Athens Middle School is a Messenger newsboy for three years. He hopes to become a baseball player after school and lists model racing cars as his hobby. He enjoys football and baseball and likes Christmas-time earnings more than rain and snow on his route. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Beasley.

Gasco Mike Beasley Euclid Dr Athens Middle School Mike Messenger Beasley Paul H. Beasley

Birth of Daughter for Mr and Mrs Brent Peterson

Sheltering Arms Hospital notes a daughter for Mr and Mrs Brent Peterson of Athens. Admitted Maggie Morgan of The Plains. Discharged include Delbert King Clyde Edmund Ina Chenowith Kate Brooks Terry Collins Troy Amodio Ernest Whitlatch Carol Carpenter and several others.

Brent Peterson Athens Maggie Morgan the Plains Delbert King Clyde Edmundson Ina Chenowith Kate Brooks Terry Collins Troy Amodio Ernest Whitlatch Carol Carpenter Charles Hanning Richard Sanders William Steinfort James Haning

Syracuse Social Notes Mention Local Visits and Moves

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Frank and children of Nelsonville visited his sister and brother in law the Hollys. The Riffles and Owen Hall moved into the A H Durst property. Norma Peterson and Mary Frances and two sons from Jackson Mich called on Jean Hall en route to Logan W Va. Agnes White and Richard Duckworth hosted James Robert White and daughter Mary Beth from Dunbar W Va and Carl Duckforth of Coshocton.

Margaret Cottrill Syracuse Donald Frank Nelsonville Logan W. Va Agnes White Richard Duckworth James Robert White Mary Beth Dunbar Carl Duckforth Coshocton

Police Chief Lets Speeding Motorist Off With Lecture

In Boise Idaho in 1943 Police Chief R G Haskin stopped a speeding motorist and by asking his name learned it was Alosses Abernathy Mergen thenwatterberry. Rather than issuing a ticket he gave the man a lecture.

Boise Idho R. G. Haskin Alosses Abernathy Mergenthenwatterberry

Alexander High School Students Enroll in Vocational Agriculture

Fifty eight Alexander High School students are enrolled in the school's vocational agriculture program. State supervisor James E. Dougan notes Ohio has 312 high schools offering the program with total enrollment of 15 017. Alexander provides instruction in agricultural resources production and the development of a school land laboratory.

Alexander High School James E. Dougan Ohio Alexander

Wrong Driver Listed In Traffic Citation

Julia Ann Young 22 of Albany Route 2 was charged with failure to stop within an assured clear distance not Albert L Britton 29 of Homestead Hotel in Tuesday report. Britton was parking on N Court Street near W State Street when Young’s vehicle struck his rear end.

Julia Ann Young Albany Albert L. Britton Britton Homestead Hotel N. Court Street W. State Street Julia Young

Amesville Hosts Reading Center Guided by Title I Aid

Amesville Elementary School runs a Title I funded reading center. Mrs. Romola Hopkins explains fixed goals and individualized phonics based instruction for poorer readers. The program uses tape driven phonics lessons plus language master and typewriter tools. Other county teachers include Elizabeth J. Elmore and Sharon Bourdreau.

Joseph B. Gerwood Romola Hopkins Amesville Elizabeth J. Elmore Sharon Bourdreau Alexander Sharleen Rositano Federal Hocking Mary H. Rose Mary Davis Lucile Grubbs Trimble Local

First Washington DC telephone directory 1878 highlights

The initial DC directory published in 1878 lists 187 customers on a single page. Asking for No 1 connected to the White House and No 2 to the Senate corridor. Other subscribers included six livery stables and seven ice companies.

Washington, D. C White House Senate U. S. Capitol

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