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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1968
Page
3
The Athens Business Association board backed Issues One and Two at a Wednesday meeting. Issue One authorizes up to 500 million in bonds over five years for highway and state wide public projects. Issue Two would grant a property tax exemption to Ohio homeowners including seniors 65 and older.
Athens County Red Cross board met at the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. room on May Avenue. Major Charles Elliott described military service organization procedures for moving personnel to and from Southeast Asia and how Red Cross workers aid American forces in Vietnam. He outlined next of kin notification and casualty procedures. Frank Tennemacher discussed the Athens United Appeal Fund, aiming for $57,000, unchanged from last year, to support nine local agencies.
Common Pleas Court has continued a request for a temporary restraining order on Stimson Avenue road work assessments to November 12. Plaintiffs Robert Decker Ambassador Laundry Stout's Farm Supply and TCB Co. of Columbus seek to invalidate $23,837.37 in city assessments, arguing lack of a uniform policy and that Council did not levy fees for past repairs on Madison and Columbia avenues.
A fall festival sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Coolville Fire Department will be held Saturday at the Coolville fire station starting at 5 p.m. The event will feature rides a country store homemade candies and other refreshments and games.
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