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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1961
Page
4
Ohio schools will administer about 1.7 million standardized tests over eight months to aid teachers, gauge achievement, determine scholarship recipients, and guide college placement. NDEA funds bolster secondary testing, with 192,000 tests this year versus 68,600 three years ago.
Chauncey area residents shared visits with relatives from Lancaster Portsmouth Columbus St Petersburg Fla Barberton Groveport Coshocton and Columbus. Homecoming at Chauncey Church of Christ and Rally Day practice at Chauncey Church of God were noted along with Ladies Night at Bartlett Masonic Lodge.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Vamos Jr. of Chauncey announce the birth of their daughter Bridgette Dawn at Berger Hospital in Circleville on September 2. Grandparents are Kenneth and Donna McCune of Mt. Sterling and Paul and Vamos of Chauncey. Great grandmothers are Sarah Shewalter Athens, Gertie McCune Millfield, and Nancy Smith Columbus. The couple also has another daughter Tamia Kaye Vamos.
Cynthia Ann Maynard is born at Mount St. Mary Hospital to Frank Maynard and wife in Pikeville Kentucky. Grandparents are Walter Venters of Nelsonville and Corbett Maynard of Pikeville. Great grandparents include Frank Lewis of Chauncey and great great grandmother Viola Lewis of Nelsonville.
Two suits in Common Pleas Court challenge Ohio Industrial Commission rulings. George Fearns of Murray City claims a 1954 injury at Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. James Q. Miller of Athens Route 2 alleges an injury at the Athens theater Schine-Ashland Corp. in 1958. Both claims were disallowed in July. James L. Young as administrator of the Bureau of Workmen's Compensation is named as a defendant in both suits.
The writer recalls the century old in county bean dinners in Vinton and Jackson Counties with white beans coffee and crackers. He describes village bands old soldiers pack peddlers hucksters and the social scene as families visited from distant points.
The Plains OU Airport hosted a Scout outing as Troop 58 members and 17 family members enjoyed a first time scenic flight. Fifteen scouts took the ride over Athens and The Plains with leaders and parents in attendance.
The Resolute Insurance Co of Hartford seeks restitution of 117.95 paid after a 1959 Nelsonville auto crash. A Michigan auto rear ended a car driven by Charles Larkins, with damages paid to Larkins. The company targets Melvin D. Pritt Roy and Robert Ferguson of Detroit as liable.
Charles Orris Davis petitions Common Pleas Court for divorce from Hazel Davies citing gross neglect and extreme cruelty. He also seeks custody of three minor children. The couple wed January 25 1935 in St Marys West Virginia.
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