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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1966
Page
2
City School Supt Fred Chase will urge the board to approve a non graded instructional program at the new Athens High School. After two years of study teachers endorse the plan as aligning with education philosophy and enabling individualized pacing without major extra costs.
Valley Broadcasting Inc filed articles of incorporation with Secretary of State Ted W. Brown and G Kenner Bush to create a radio station serving Nelsonville and Hocking Valley. The Messenger Publishing Co subsidiary seeks FCC approval, with community interviews ongoing to determine public needs and programming. Izetta A. Bush and Marian B. Reeder of Athens also incorporators.
John V. Kasler joins Fred Beasley’s accounting and tax department alongside George Mills. A Amesville High and Marietta Commerce College graduate, he spent seven years with Marietta Ignition, Inc. and serves in accounting societies. His family resides at 5 Canterbury Dr. siblings include Arthur, Ath ens, and Dean Kasler.
The Athens Band Boosters led by Mrs. Paul J. Lewis plan new uniforms costing about 125 dollars each for a single combined band of Athens Chauncey and The Plains next year. Proceeds from door to door solicitations and other fund raisers will finance the effort.
A morning low of 35 degrees was observed by U S Observer C L Colmer, bringing frost to some areas. Under a bright sun the temperature rose to 65 by 10 am, with Thursday’s high at 69 and a trace of rain recorded.
Six firms submitted carpet bids for the new high school with apparent nylon prices from 84 693 75 to 97 288 12 and one acrilan bid of 97 288 12. Livingston Linoleum and Tile of Columbus tops low nylon bid at 80 029 95 but faces bid bond questions.
Two firms bid for $1.3 million title insurance for the South Green Urban Renewal project. The Title Guarantee Co and Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co quoted $2725 each. Lawyers Title Insurance Co bid $4757.50. Richard Beagle, city UK director, may ask the two law bidders to split the insurance. The coverage protects the city and redeveloper Ohio University in the property purchase.
State Highway Patrol cited Gene Arthur Campbell age 25 Glouster Route 3 for an unsafe vehicle and James Z. Wallace age 21 Zan esville for passing at an intersection after a Route 13 two car crash. Gwen M. Canale age 60 The Plains was cited for improper backing in a separate Route 682 crash south of Route 33. Among Purdue University summer graduates, Thomas Andrew McCaskey of Jacksonville earned a PhD in animal science.
City police reported 24 illegal parking cases in Municipal Court Friday, bringing the two day total to 54. The force logged 30 cases Thursday morning. Six defendants pleaded guilty Friday and 18 others forfeited bonds.
Anthony E. Taglia, 17, of Carbondale, cited for conditional speed and no operator's license with $5 fines and costs. sentence suspended. Virginia Brown, 41, of 23 Brown Ave., treated at Sheltering Arms Hospital after emergency squad was called at 12:18 a.m. Friday for illness at her home.
Voters in Athens County face three renewed ten year operating levies for Alexander Local Trimble Local and Federal Hocking and four new or renewal levies on Nov 8 including Albany council chambers and library, cemetery and fire protection levies in multiple townships, plus district mergers and a fluoridation question. Renewal deadlines passed Thursday afternoon with August date noted.
U S Rep Walter Moeller Democratic begins re election bid with formal opening of campaign HQ at 141 West Main Street Lancaster campaign staff map strategy during district meeting in Athens. County chairmen Joseph Allen Perry Pearl Knox Warren Sheets Hubert Lappen Dr Harold Brown William Filliott and William Hoffman named to lead Moeller for Congress efforts.
The 97 bed Scottish Rite Wing at Rickly Memorial Hospital Ohio Masonic Home Springfield opens with a 2:30 p.m. Sunday dedication. Clayton Smith of Athens Paramythia Lodge announces the five floor wing with 97 private rooms built of fireproof material. Masonic bodies in Athens sponsor one patient room.
Joseph Anderson Kelly administrator of the estate of the late Daniel Ernest Kelley of Sissonville West Virginia has filed a suit in Common Pleas Court naming Lawrence E Carney and Mildred M Carney of Chesapeake as defendants. He asserts they owe 2075 on a promissory note and seeks foreclosure on their York Two property.
Juanita Handa of Glouster pleaded innocent in County Court to destruction of property for $300 damage to a house at 18 Spring St. in Glouster. The case was continued.
Ohio Department of Liquor Control processes permit transfer for Bernard D. Weaver from Maplewood Inn at 700 E State St to Downtowner at 19 S Court St D-13.2 per cent beer for on premises consumption and carry out.
Ohio University dedicates the Hudson Health Center therapy unit as the Helen Moore Physical Therapy Department. Helen Moore, supervisor of nurses and therapy director since 1933, received honorary Alumni Association membership last June. Moore, a 1925 City Hospital School of Nursing graduate, lives at 614 University Terrace.
Athens City Council President Harry Crewson urged higher expenditures for the city recreation program during a speech to the Athens Jaycees. He noted continued increases but pushed for more funding while acknowledging past problems and calling for a professional recreation director.
Ohio Fuel Gas Co starts a 90000 dollar pipeline improvement to extend natural gas supply to Columbia Gas Co customers in Athens. The two mile, 1034 inch diameter line will replace smaller pipe from near the Athens Country Club to near Athens State Hospital, with Floyd Six and John Shaw overseeing work.
Admitted patients include Mrs Helen Reed of Athens Mrs Don Slagle of Athens and Mrs Larry Brown of Athens. Discharges list Mrs Frank Barnhart of Amesville Route 3 Mrs Edward Studer of Athens Mrs Guy Spaulding of Chauncey and others with family members from New Marshfield and Athens.
Total enrollment for the Alexander Local School District is 1451, up seven from last year. An earlier Messenger report gave fall enrollment as 1364. A parked truck on Highland Avenue drifted into an electric pole and street sign Friday morning, as police reported.
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