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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1965
Page
3
The mayor's bypass advisory committee, lacking a response from Gov. Rhodes, met at city hall with 14 members preparing information for a potential meeting. A sub committee continues gathering background while Athens groups press for traffic studies and a state stance on a local bypass.
Athens County Extension Office opens reservations for the South central District Autumn Health Conference on Oct 25 from 9 a m to 3 30 p m at the Waverly Methodist Church. District includes Athens Adams Brown Gallia Highland Hocking Jackson Lawrence Meigs Pike Ross Scioto Vinton counties. Southeastern District event is Oct 28 at Stockport Methodist Church. Conferences are sponsored by the Ohio Real Health Council and 33 cooperating agencies.
Elmorro Farms Frost won first place at the All Ohio Hereford Cattle Show held with the Fairfield County Fair in Lancaster. More than 90 head of cattle were shown, judged by Harold Hinrichs of Woodville.
Becky Tyner announced a mock city election sponsored by the Athens High School Government Club. Nationalist and Federalist parties select candidates for mayor and seven council seats with winners to occupy city hall posts on Oct. 28.
A motorist, John Allen Landacre aged 33 of 225 West Washington Street, was injured Tuesday night when his car lost control and struck a telephone pole on Route 50 east of Athens. He suffered facial lacerations and was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital. Landacre was cited for lacking an operator's license. He attempted to pass a vehicle turning left. Separately, Robert Leidy of 122 West Union Street reported his 1958 motorcycle stolen to city police.
Officer F. T. Fannin, in charge at the local Highway Patrol Post, reminded the public of interview dates for would be highway patrol officers. Recruitment resumes at Columbus Road Post on Friday through Monday with a written exam planned in Jackson on October 27.
Mr and Mrs Ted Kempton welcome a son in Athens. Mr and Mrs Paul Heizer announce a daughter from Guysville Route 1. Ralph Carpenter and Charles Gross listed in Athens alongside Dan Kaczor Rickey Young. Mrs George Sheldon in Athens and Christina Dawson in New Marshfield appear in the records.
General Telephone Co. has a 250000 dollar microwave system in operation linking Athens and Nelsonville. J B Kimball, district commercial manager, said the line will handle long distance calls from Athens initially. The system uses two 200 foot towers near Athens and Logan with Athens Angel Ridge site southeast of Athens. It will join a larger network across Southeastern Ohio as nationwide direct dialing nears. The current setup uses 16 channels, expanding to 960 channels now and eventually 3840 channels with full deployment.
Robert G. Lorent will explain the 1965 Social Security Act amendments at 7 30 p m in Athens. The talk is hosted by the Hocking Valley AFL CIO Central Labor Council at Knights of Columbus Hall on Mill Street with Athens Hocking and Vinton county labor reps and seniors invited. Information materials will be distributed.
It is estimated that over a million dollars annually goes to remedies for itching piles. Druggets praise Peterson's Ointment for fast, cooling relief in minutes with a 70 cent box or 85 cent tube. Delighted or money back.
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