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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1973
Page
13
Pomrey Drew Webster Post 39 American Legion met Tuesday evening. Jennette Thomas, director of Meigs Local School special education, introduced by president Grace Pratt, discussed how the program helps 15 children. The class teaches self care, work, play, and social interaction.
Teachers Mrs. Wolf Miss Swindell Mrs. Kate Jarrell Mrs. Mary Skinner and Mr. John Krawsczyn led pupils in reading writing and numbers. The program featured letter books color books and a motion song as students sang square danced and recited this land is your land and my country tis of thee. The levy was explained by Mrs. Thomas and a check from the American Legion Auxiliary education chair Mrs. Couch acknowledged ongoing efforts.
Bereans Class of the Middleport Church of Christ met Tuesday night at the church with prayers devotions and readings. They voted a donation to provide washcloths for Grundy Mission and noted ill members. Christmas dinner plans were set for Dec 11 with committees named. Birthdays were observed and profiles recognized. Pomeroy Rally Day will be Sunday at 7:30 AM at the Nazarene Church with the Happy Time Gospel Singers from Parkersburg slated to perform.
Mrs Karl Krieger hosted a birthday dinner at her Washington Boulevard home for her aunt Mrs Zora B Yeager of Athens Old Coach Road. Guests included C G Hall James Brady Karl Krieger Russell Knox Teaneck New Jersey Henry Ewing Pomeroy Emogene Yeager and others. Mr Russell Knox had visited Mrs Yeager the prior week. Yeager also hosted a dinner attended by Kenneth Deweese Alonzo Deweese Nancy Williams Washington D H Russell Knox Henry Ewing Helen Norris Emogene Yeager.
New Haven reports 20 to 30 people, including women on the picket line, gathered around the Philip Sporn Central Operating Plant substation and threw rocks at guards. State police ordered the stoppage, with no union company meetings set. the Local 426 strike began July 1. Another entry notes a Hymn Sing at Alfred Church on Saturday from 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Rutland Leading Creek Conservancy District board met with Farmers Home Administration officials from Columbus at the district office. Jack W. Crisp, president, led discussions on reducing the water tap fee to 170 dollars.
The Ohio Highway Patrol cited two drivers Wednesday in separate crashes on Route 160 at Route 554 and Route 7 in Kananga. Joseph Smith, 73, Bidwell, failed to yield at a stop sign on Route 554, colliding with Grace Siniff, 65, Huntington. Smith was cited for failure to yield. Nancy Hood, 38, Addison, and Gerald Smith, 38, Bidwell, collided on Route 7 when Hood stopped northbound and was rear ended. Smith cited for following too closely. Separately, conservancy district officials discussed water taps with affordability concerns, proposing $170 installation during construction and urging sign-ups before final costs rise.
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