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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1969
Page
7
The Los Angeles Air Pollution Control District issued a second first stage smog alert of the year as ozone readings in the east San Gabriel Valley climbed. The alert followed a prior peak of .70 to .73 and signals possible school curtailment and facility closings should counts reach one part per million.
In Edinburgh Scotland Professor H A Bruck Scotland's Astronomer Royal told a gathering of businessmen that space may host many planets like Earth and intelligent life could be contacted through special techniques before century's end.
Kyser and Haffey families of Groveport spent a weekend with Frances Conkle. Marion Rife Charles Gordon and Shuler family from Columbus and near Salem Center visited Elex Shuler. Wayside Garden Club met at Cora Rupe home with Marion Darnell as co hostess.
Petitions filed in Nelsonville and Murray City show Avriot Decker and John E. Smathers seeking divorce from Ella Mae Smathers and Ella Mae Smathers respectively. Decker cites gross neglect while Smathers accuses Ella Mae of extreme cruelty. Ohio University campus note appears as unrelated context.
Judy Philips of Crooksville gains divorce from Robert Phillips of Vandalia Ga with child support set at $15 weekly. Margaret Louise Studer of New Lexington sues Benedict Studer for divorce over gross neglect. Charlotte Nelson of New Straitsville sues George Nelson for divorce over gross neglect and extreme cruelty seeking custody and support. Donne Thompson is granted divorce from Herbert Thompson for gross neglect with custody given and $12.50 weekly support.
Westina Crabtree Carpenter Barbara Brookhart Margie Jeffers and Kathy Cheadle of the Columbia Make-It Girls 4-H Club join Walter Jordan of the Happy Hustlers 4-H Club in a Meigs County youth trip to Niagara Falls New York and Gettysburg Pennsylvania. The Meigs County 4-H Extension Advisory Committee funded about half the trip.
Vinton Carson Hall of Ewington called on Mr. James Bush. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Humphrey spend days with relatives in Tennessee. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Davis returned home after visiting their son and daughter in law in Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Stewart of Gallipolis announce the birth of a son. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Gothard of Gallipolis and Mr. and Mrs. Oty Stewart of Vinton.
Chester Rice and Mrs. Boyer attended Rev Grove funeral in Jamestown Ohio. Roush family of Winter Haven Florida mourns the death of Guy Summerfield. C SEL land and Mrs Klaus and Linda Myers visited Ft Knox Kentucky. Harry Bennett Hillsboro and Jacob Schilling Rutland visited Woode family. Chadwell moves into Musser trailer. Nelsons attend Miles Nelson funeral in Flint Michigan. Hobart Newell and John Newell visit Columbus. Sheila returns home with parents after week in Columbus.
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