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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 03, 1971

Page

2

Athens Autumn Trade Festival Moves Forward With Booths

Charles W. Reamer notes mood is upbeat as Ohio University employees settle a strike. Harry Crewson says 71 of 72 Municipal Parking Garage spaces for local vendors are reserved. new groups join including the city fire department to participate in the festival.

Ohio University Athens Harry Crewson Crewson Wilson McGee Claude R. Sowle Sigall Sowle Raymond Shepard Lowle

Town N Gown Festival Doors Open For Six Hour Garage Display

Town N Gown festival features police equipment on display during a six hour event from 3 to 9 p m with no admission. Homecoming plans include Miss America Laurie Lee Schaeffer returning to campus for the October 30 game against Western Michigan. The full October moon will reach perigee the next morning and farmers and sailors note its influence on tides and planting.

Police Department Western Michigan Ohio University Bexley Atlantic City Laurie Lee Schaeffer Earth National Geographic Society

Woman Mistakes Porch Rug for Large Snake Invader

A Cleveland area woman reports a big brown and white snake to the Ohio Division of Wildlife. An officer asks for details on removal gear, but she later reveals the intruder is only a braided porch rug blown off the porch.

Ohio Division of Wildlife East End

Weather forecast mentions scattered showers and warm Sunday

Partly cloudy and warm with low to mid 80s in the area Sunday. Fog and haze likely early morning. A cold front moves in, bringing showers later Sunday into Monday. National forecast notes cooler air from Canada and scattered showers across several regions. Local figures include highs 34 and 59, humidity around 50 percent, and sun data.

National Weather Service Canada Midwest Oregon Carolinas Great Lakes Texas

Non-Academic Employes Back To Work

The Messenger reports that AFSCME Council 21 plans to appeal the contempt conviction and seeks to release dues as the strike ends. University leaders praise the settlement while warning labor peace remains fragile.

Afscme Council 21 Herschel Sigall the Messenger Council Leonard Sigall Fourth District Court of Appeals Council 21 McGee Frank Stewart Wilson

Waley Family Elects Officers At Reunion

The Waley family chosen at Glouster Memorial Park elects Mable Hurley president with Betty Keller as vice president Laurell Murphy as treasurer and Ruby Rosette as secretary. Numerous committee members and attendees from across Ohio are listed with oldest and youngest honorees noted.

Glouster Mable Hurley Andrew and Elizabeth Waley Betty Keller Laurell Murphy Ruby Rosette Millie Miller John Mecum Bert Whaley Helen Love Marguerite Bratton Wanda Wright Lacy Windell Orville Hurley Herbert Nall Lois Windell Tom Beddow Delbert Six Chrystal Cannon Grace Mecum Olive Trace Laura, Whiting Davy Rogers Detroit Mich Glouster Memorial Park Baltimore Pleasantville Thomas Bellow Plain City Jack Whaley Painesville Nyle Cannon Grove City Flossie Theisen Eloise Woods Joe Ellen Woods Helen Kraynik Dave Rogers Corning Lena Woodruff Logan Bert Beddow Alberta Beddow Barbara Beddow Beth Beddow Gary Bed

Coal truck escort clarified by Athens police

The Messenger report was corrected to state Ohio University Security Police escorted three coal delivery trucks to Ohio University heating plant Thursday night. Capt. Charles Cochran confirmed Athens police did not escort the convoys.

Sigall Crewson McGee Ohio U Athens Charles Cochran Ohio University Messenger

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