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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1969
Page
14
Mary Hyre reports Mason County schools plan National School Lunch Week with three day observance in West Virginia. Lathey describes daily meals, centralised menus, and nutrition education to ensure each child has a nutritious lunch and learns healthy eating habits.
Tuppers Plains Chester Water District wins final OK from the Ohio Department of Health. Lindsay Lyons says tests are complete and about 1,500 residents in Meigs and Athens counties can start using the water. Billing begins October 15 with meters installed. The rural line, under construction since 1908, costs over three million dollars.
In a special Meigs Local Board of Education meeting, Mrs Roy Holter was named a member of the Meigs Local School District Library Board. Mrs Alice Nease was approved as a teacher contingent on release from Eastern Local Board. Purchase of Singer sewing machines from Friden Co. in Parkersburg WV was approved, along with lighting orders for the new high school, including gym stage spotlights and parking lot lights.
Wahama High School will administer SCAT-STEP aptitude tests for juniors on October 43 and MM and for freshmen on October 20 and 21. Guidance counselor Mary Capchart will oversee the administration at Wahama Junior and Senior High School.
Ohio high ways officials announced relocation and improvement work in Meigs and Gallia Counties through 1973 with an estimated cost of 96.47 million dollars. The Meigs project tops 5.4 million to relocate Route 7 South from Route 33 2.7 miles to connect with the completed section near Middleport and Ponte Rey. Gallia County has three jobs including 620000 to rebuild four bridges on Route 564, 400000 to construct 1.4 miles of Route 160, and 150000 to rebuild 2 mile stretch of Route 218 north of Route 7.
A garbled list from the Municipal Court in Lawrence records numerous traffic fines and penalties for residents from multiple towns. Names, ages, and addresses appear with varied offenses and amounts, including outcomes such as costs and penalties. The report ends with a note on the Swiss mule train converted to a high mountain pass scenic route and driving cautions for unfamiliar motorists.
The author laments inflation and urges a return to the old motto make do. He cites Grandma and Grandpa surviving scarcity, warns against wasteful excess, and imagines a future of stripped comforts, relying on thrift, DIY fixes, and self sufficiency, contrasting it with modern government spending and materialism.
The election of officers for Athens High School clubs was announced by principal Dr. Gerald A. Killen. Broadcasting Club leaders include President Mike Disko and Vice President Vicki Vaughan with Secretary Diane Irvin and adviser Ray Abram. Art Club officers are Steven Shirley president with Joe Balding as vice president and Lois Berry as secretary-treasurer with Ernest Payne and Rebecca Ault as advisors. National Honor Society officers are Brooks Fuller president, Stuart Lityman vice president, Becky Inman secretary, Kitty Murphree treasurer, with Helen Porter as faculty advisor.
Pomeroy progresses with sanitary sewer project on Second Street causing minor traffic detours. Henry L. Miller and Son Co. leads work funded by $400,000 mortgage bonds, $586,800 in EDA grants, and $180,000 state bonds. completion targeted within seven months, weather permitting. Council set to meet Monday at 7:30 p.m.
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