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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1955
Page
7
Athens County Vehicle Title Office reports March activity rising from February and last year. Titles processed 1483 with fees totaling 1771.60, driven by car transfers and plate sales. New cars titled 223, used cars 1031, trucks 26 new and 143 used, plus 35 station wagons 9 trailers 10 motorcycles 4 scooters 2 semi trailers.
Athens High School band members earned state superior ratings at Washington Court House after district superior ratings at Ohio University. Distinct honors went to Jane Barker soprano Vic Campbell drums Margaret LaFollette piano with additional superior honors for miscellaneous strings ensemble woodwind trio clarinet quartet mixed vocal ensemble and drum ensemble. Barker also earned an excellent rating for clarinet. Other excellent ratings went to Ernest Kittle baritone brass quartet cornet trio and boys ensemble. Good ratings were won by Carolyn Williams flute and another clarinet quartet.
The annual Union Good Friday Service gathers at Albany Baptist Church with Albany Methodist and Alexander Presbyterian churches participating. The one hour event begins at 1 PM with music and speaking. The Rev. Roland P. Globig and Rev. Kiam H. Covert will deliver talks on The Reason for the Cross and The Message of the Cross.
About 5000 students will leave campus for spring break with classes dismissed at noon Wednesday. The break runs one week, returning at noon Wednesday April 13. Tau Beta Alpha national convention of speech and forensics will begin Thursday on campus and run through Saturday, drawing about 300 delegates nationwide.
Ohio University's Air Force ROTC informed that about 10 200 cadets will be appointed as reserve second lieutenants in the year ending April 30 1955 with 8 100 for flight training and 2 000 for technical and administrative duties. About 3 500 selected Air National Guard appointments and are being ordered to active duty for training.
Martha Goodin files an answer and cross petition for divorce against Earl Goodin in Common Pleas Court. She denies gross neglect and accuses Earl of gross neglect and extreme cruelty. Custody and support of their child are sought by Mrs. Goodin.
Gracie Noland files for divorce from Joseph Noland in Common Pleas Court citing cruelty. She seeks temporary restraining order on encumbrance or sale of property and alimony in Dover Township.
A Common Pleas Court jury heard testimony in a workers compensation case. Homer Davis of Millfield Route 1 sues the Industrial Commission of Ohio seeking the right to participate in the compensation insurance act.
Nineteen veterans from Athens County returned home in March after Army Navy Marine Corps and Air Force service. They filed discharges with the Selective Service Board and will be held on inactive reserve for five years.
Knights Templar announce annual Easter Sunrise rites open to the public at 6:30 a.m. Sunday. Members will gather in full uniform at the Masonic Temple and march to First Presbyterian Church, led by Commander O. G. Houck.
A Glouster youth on probation from Common Pleas Court was jailed Saturday on a breaking and entering charge. Robert Fierce, 18, was arrested by sheriff's deputies for entering the Burns residence on Congress Run and taking a watch and a flashlight. He had been indicted by the grand jury on a larceny count and placed on probation for five years.
A county wide meeting will be held at the Athens Grange Hall at 8 p m on April 11 under the sponsorship of the Athens Farm Bureau and the Farm Bureau women's committee. Refreshments and entertainment will be provided.
A short circuit in wiring caused a fire in Virgil Walraven s auto at 43 Stimson Ave Saturday afternoon. City firemen were called at 12 08 pm to 139 W Washington St where the car ignited.
An affidavit accusing Bery Ashcraft of petit larceny was dismissed in Municipal Court on the prosecution’s motion.
Athens Chapter 39 Royal Arch Masons will hold a meeting on Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the Masonic Temple announced by J T Stiff the high priest.
Serene Lodge 479 IOOF will conduct degree work and serve refreshments in a meeting at 8 p m tonight. A prior notice wrongly listed the meeting for Friday.
Residents enjoyed another bright sun filled day as temperatures rose from a 22 degree low at Hamley Run to 44 by 9 am. Sunday's high reached 62 after peaks of 71 on Friday and 75 on Saturday.
A long history of salt making along the Hocking River in Athens County is recounted from Pruden mills to Armitage works, with notes on brine wells and 19th century furnaces. Four cars were damaged Sunday in a Route 50 chain reaction near Albany, with no injuries, plus two single vehicle crashes on Route 33 near Athens.
Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Alexander Presbyterian Church for Peggy Ervin and her husband a dairy farmer born in Greenbriar County West Virginia. Surviving relatives include children, grandchildren, and multiple siblings across Ohio and West Virginia. Burial will follow at the adjoining cemetery with calling hours starting Tuesday afternoon.
The Albany VFW post 9893 will hold an officers installation Tuesday at 8 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
Local soil conservationist Bob Wilson emphasizes soil's central role in jobs and livelihoods. He notes 100 million acres ruined, 460 million acres of good cropland remain, and half of a three acre per person share is eroded or damaged. Districts, guided by farmers, provide free farm planning with U.S. Soil Conservation Service support.
Sometime Sunday morning a farm wagon parked on S Court St drifted or was shoved and crashed into the parked auto of Robert S Turner at 3 Park Place. The wagon had been used in the J Prom parade and belonged to a local fraternity, causing considerable damage to the Turner vehicle.
Fines assessed two drivers cited over the weekend by the State Highway Patrol. Frank Bateman, 22, Springfield, charged with parking in the wrong direction on a public highway, fined $5 and costs in Municipal Court. Fred F. Kittle, 77, Athens, arraigned before Justice of the Peace T. F. Cecil of Coalville, paid $10 and costs for failing to observe a stop sign.
Mrs. Cheryl Seel, 38, of 68 Hudson Ave, was fined $10 and costs in Municipal Court on a charge of failing to have an operator's license. City police filed the charge.
The notice offers a package of theft insurance and the option to tailor a policy. It invites readers to contact the office for a needs check and a recommended quote with no obligation.
Waterloo Township trustees report plans to remodel the former Dickens Garage into a fire station and to acquire a 1948 two ton truck with a 1000 gallon water tank. A town meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m at Town Hall invites residents to help rebuild and support the fire department. A benefit dance by the VFW is set for Saturday from 3 p m to midnight at the VFW clubrooms to aid the effort.
The 16 year old son of Common Pleas Judge Francis D White was injured when his motorcycle collided with a southbound car driven by Jon Ellsworth Huggins at Highland and Columbia Avenues. White suffered a fractured right arm lip lacerations and body bruises and was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital. Huggins, 17, Athene Route 4, told police he did not see the motorcycle as he turned left. He was ordered to appear in Juvenile Court for failing to yield the right of way.
The facility records admissions including Violet Baughman Athens Delores Parsons Glouster Route 3 Peggy Ervin Athens Route 5 Genevieve Jones Athens Route 2 Dean Edwards Athens Marshal Seigfred Athens Delbert White Athens Route 4 Frank Joslin Bellefontaine Ellen Cline Albany Route Etta Hart Chauncey Virginia Locke Athens Route 5 Lena Dunn Athens. Discharges include Robert Smith Athens and daughter Albert Warren Athens Route 2 and son Christopher Peck Zaleski Yvonnie Westfall Malta Route Thnabeth Canode Carpenter Jo Ainsworth Cleveland Lois Wren Athens Crawford Athens Route 4 Judy Price Mansfield Kathryn McDaniel Nelsonville Route 1 Harry Vaughn Athens.
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