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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1961
Page
2
The Athens County Resource Development Council prepared a prioritized list of projects for potential federal funding. Attendees at Glouster's Gordon Hotel discussed progress and the formation of committees to be appointed soon.
Ralph Edward Young twenty one of 24 Shafer Street was sentenced to the Ohio Penitentiary for burglary of a North Court Street doughnut shop. He had prior probation from 1960 for theft of a go cart. He will be taken to prison Friday with Donald J. Miller and others.
The Division of Parks seeks public comment on allowing 3.5 horsepower motors on Dow Lake. The rule, to be considered at a Jan 18 hearing in Columbus, would be experimental and require public support despite policy restricting motors on smaller lakes.
The Berry Hotel, recently bought by the Ohio University Fund, Inc., will operate as a public hotel for two more months ending Jan 30 1962. William L. Roberts will manage. Margaret Davis will oversee food service. renovations and new furniture will be added. The 68 year old building will house about 180 advanced students and foreign visitors starting Feb 5, with a graduate student and spouse chosen as residence head.
Athens County Tuberculosis and Health Association reports $2288.75 raised in week one of the 1961 Christmas Seal drive toward an $8000 goal. Last year 2268 county children were tested for TB and the group hopes to test about 9000 more in 1962 if funds allow. Positive reactors will receive free X rays and follow up. The association notes hospital care costs for TB patients in Ohio exceeded 2000 years last year, with 17 years spent in local hospitals. They urge residents to mail contributions to avoid reminders.
U S Observer C L Colmer reports Athens sees a morning low of 26 with a 10 am reading of 31. The previous day’s high was 40, and rural Hamley Run had a 15 degree low after a 39 degree high yesterday.
Common Pleas Court overruled Ruby Nuzum's motion for a new trial after a jury awarded $30,000 to Alex Bainey of Athens Route 4 for auto truck collision injuries in 1957. Judge Harley Meyer, assigned, delivered the ruling in Hocking County.
Floyd Bolin Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold a meeting at 8 p m Friday according to commander Charles Evans.
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