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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1956
Page
12
Voigt Hall, OU girls dorm named for late Dean Irma E. Voigt, will be dedicated Sunday with OU President John C. Baker presiding. Voigt, first dean of women at OU, died May 9 1953 after 36 years of service before retiring in 1949. The dormitory, occupied last year, will house 200 women.
Logan Mayor Francis Myers fined two motorists on State Highway Petra Gierget. Robert Owain of Logan Route 4 paid $90 and costs for crossing a yellow line. Sespeang at theta, 2, Columbus, fined $10 and costs.
Hospital notes list admissions and dismissals across Athens and surrounding towns. Names include Mrs Everett McNally Pennsville Route 1 Mrs James Tinkham The Plains Mrs Stephen Hamilton Athens Route 3 and others. A 4-H training session is planned for April 22 to 28 with Donald Young and Lewis McBride among advisers. A statewide Friendship Week shifted to Cambridge events in April.
Veterans and families report service members in Greenland and California training posts. Sgt. Robert C. Thompson, The Plains, stationed at Thule Air Force Base Greenland for a year, with wife Reda in Panama City Florida. Ronald C. Hooper of Albany Route 1 at Coronado Naval Amphibious Base San Diego after Great Lakes training. Pvt. James H. Mellarg of Albany Route 3 at Brooke Army Medical Center Fort Sam Texas. Emerson J. Smith of Albany Route 2 awarded Griver honors in Germany with a medical ambulance company. Additional notes on river readings and local trainees at Great Lakes and Lackland Sheppard facilities.
An information call representing the Naval Officer Procurement visited the Ohio University campus on Wednesday and Thursday to speak with senior men and women about serving as commissioned officers in the Navy or Waves after graduation. The officers spoke at OU Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Discussed were the officer candidate program and a new flight training program for aviation officer candidates. Seniors may apply for these two programs before graduation, reporting for active duty after graduation.
Floyd Bolin Post Veterans of Foreign Wars will gather at 8 pm Friday. Francis La Belle, commander, announced the event and invited members to attend.
Robert Elliot of Nelsonville filed a $35,000 damage suit in common pleas court Thursday. He claims a Northway taxi operated by John E. Bateman and Frank North caused injuries on February 9 when the cab hit his car at the intersection of West Washington and Canal. The article notes Icelandic glaciers long covered by ice are now active again as glaciers retreat.
Bones over 100 years old found on the Lloyd Copeland farm east of Guysville. Deputies will forward fragments to Ohio University for initial analysis to determine human or animal origin. The discovery site lies between New England and Guysville cemeteries.
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