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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1948
Page
2
An unofficial check shows Athens County land transfers near normal for spring with March totals at 163 for transfers and 89 mortgages and liens. Vehicle titles hit postwar records with 1,011 new and used cars and trucks, 28 new 1948 models, and total fees rising to 1,400.35.
Caroline T. Ruston 88 died Sunday after months of illness at her son William A. Ruston’s home 146 Mill St. She was born in England and lived in Nelsonville before moving to Athens 52 years ago. Survived by three sons James Earl Alfred and four daughters plus siblings, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 2 p.m. at Dowler and Ferguson with Rev. Joe B. Maffett. burial in West Union Street Cemetery. Visitation ends 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Farmers led the March count of marriage license applicants with three signatures on the Probate Court record books bringing total couples to 11 for March. The month’s total rose two from February and set a 1948 first-quarter average of 11.6. From March 2 to 30, seven applicants were under 20, ten were 20 to 30, and five were over 30. Occupations among men included welder and miner, while four unemployed women led the applicants with others listed as deputy clerk of probate court, beautician, student, factory worker, machine operator, clerk and waitress.
Fred Emerson Varner of Carthage Township died unexpectedly at his home aged 50. He leaves wife Ruby Ackley Varner, daughter Mrs John Westfall of Guysville, son Ronald Varner, and brother Freeman Varner of Athens Route 3. Funeral Wednesday at 2 p.m. Carthage Church with burial beside. White funeral home notes visitation through Tuesday noon and at the residence after.
Mrs. Iva Russell Clark, 75, died Sunday in St. Joseph Hospital Parkersburg after a brief illness. Survived by husband Frank F. Clark near Coolville two brothers Harley Athens and Ed Wheeling and sister Mrs Myrta Morrison Torch. Funeral at Torch Baptist Church Tuesday 2 p.m. burial in adjoining cemetery.
Two men were fined over the weekend after state patrol arrests for driving without tail lights. Robert J. Sheaf, 37, of Buchtel, paid $10 and costs in Nelsonville court after a ruling by Mayor Oral Daugherty. Charles Kittle Jr., 24, of Gloucester, faced a $35 fine plus costs from Mayor W. P. Mickle.
Jacob P. Schuler, 34, of 271 Highland Ave, was charged with operating a numbers pool. He pleaded guilty and received 10 days in county jail and a $100 fine plus costs. He was arrested Saturday for intoxication. police found gambling ticket receipts. He also fined $10 and costs for the intoxication charge.
Ohio veterans with children born there may obtain free birth certificates by completing a form from the Ohio Department of Health. Wesley Miller announced at the VA Education and Training Unit that forms are countersigned by a VA official and mailed to Columbus, then the certificate is sent to the VA office and the veteran is notified to supply additional information.
Warm weekend weather kept temps rising after a 25 degree drop to a low of 48 last night. By 9:45 a.m. Monday the mercury reached 66, following a Saturday high of 56 and a Sunday low of 29, as observed by Mrs. C N France. The Hocking River rose to 35.40 feet as receding levels continued.
Boy Scout representatives of the Hock Hocking District will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Knights of Pythias Hall Nelsonville Earl Nye district committee chairman said
Harry Ruth, 25, of 28 Montrose Ave., was fined $5 and costs by Judge William P. Mickle after police charged him with failing to stop at a stop sign at an intersection.
The Federal Rent Control Law, effective Thursday, extends controls to March 31, 1949 with no automatic rent increases. Veterans receive 30 day preference in newly built housing until April 1, 1949. New leases dated before December 31, 1948 may set rents up to 15 percent above the ceiling. leases must be filed with the local rent office within 15 days. Enforcement powers widen, tenants can sue for triple overcharges, and eviction rules require 60 days notice unless specific violations occur. Housekeeping in private homes with two or fewer paying guests is decontrolled.
Roy Battles of Radio WLW will speak at a countywide Farm Bureau meeting at Mechanicsburg School Wednesday at 8 p.m. The event, open to the public, features music by the Farm Bureau Youth Council and followup refreshments. Battles, an Ohio State agriculture alum and former Pike and Clermont extension agent, appears on WLW radio farm programs.
Firefighters answered five calls in three days after a busy period. Monday’s run sent crews to C D Kenny Co warehouse on W State St where a discarded truck was burning. Sunday saw two chimney fires, including Alvin Lamborn’s 7 N May Ave home with a wood shingle roof damaged by sparks. Neighbors helped move furniture as flames spread and a large crowd gathered.
The eighteenth annual All Ohio Safety Congress will convene in Columbus on April 13 to 15. T. E. Ashton and Edward A. Brandfass of the Industrial Commission of Ohio announce the event aimed at boosting accident prevention in industry. The 1947 Ohio injury and disease claims rise accompanies plans for sessions, with over 3,000 industrial representatives expected and Neji House serving as headquarters.
A list from Sheltering Arms Hospital records births and medical notes in Athens and surrounding towns. Names include Mr and Mrs Moore with a daughter in Athens, plus new sons for Copen and Greene, and patients like Edna Cain Albany plus major surgeries for Reid Reeves Albany.
Workmen began repairing the W. Union St sidewalk in front of the Post Office this morning. Sections of the walk in good condition are being removed and replaced with new concrete. Post master Francis Frebault said the resurfacing is part of a general Post Office repair project begun last November. Other parts of the project, interior and exterior repainting and a new letter drop, have been completed.
State Highway Patrol reported two crashes on Richland Ave over the weekend with minor injuries. Branch Townsend, 63, backed from a driveway into Lewis W. Carsey, 41, Athens Route 4, causing substantial vehicle damage. In a second incident George Malloy, 31, Shade, struck a parked truck owned by Earl Sapp, 37, Athens Route 5 while watching children cross near Mechanicsburg School.
In Athens on assault and battery charges George T. Smith and William Russell were fined five dollars plus costs. Russell received a 30 day jail sentence suspended on good behavior. Carl Williams and Carlos D. Sams were fined ten dollars for intoxication, as was Walter Baird on a police intoxication charge.
Athens retail merchants association will convene Tuesday at noon in the Berry Hotel with secretary Oscar Fulton announcing the gathering.
The mobile chest x-ray unit from the State Department of Health started operating at the city county health department headquarters on Washington Street just after 9 am. Two x-ray technicians and a nurse receptionist staff the unit, which can produce up to 100 x rays hourly, though about 500 people are expected today. About 50 adults and children were waiting at opening. Tomorrow tests will be at The McBee plant with further stops listed in Nelsonville April 7 Chauncey and Glouster April 8 Stewart and Coolville April 9.
City police activated a no left turn sign at Court Street and Union Street to ease congestion in the business district during peak weekday afternoons and Saturday evenings. The rule blocks left turns for all traffic except northbound Court Street vehicles.
A Red Cross benefit party will be held in the Coolville high school building Tuesday at 8 p m. The Rube Gould orchestra will play for round and square dancing on the program.
An Army Day exhibit in Athens features 25 World War II paintings loaned from the War Department. Capt. Mark Treat of Ohio University ROTC notes the works, by on the spot artists, will hang in the Chubb library gallery after Army Day until April 21.
Sir Guy and President John D. Baker travel to Chillicothe to address the Ross County Historical Society and Chillicothe High School on Great Britain’s economic situation. They will visit the OU branch in Chillicothe and return to Athens for Army Day and a Memorial Auditorium convocation at 9 40 a m attended by students faculty and townspeople.
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