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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1959
Page
6
Emerson Ball of Albany Road owns a 20 inch tall pony born on Good Friday. The red and white Shetland weighs 29 pounds at birth and now runs beneath its 38 inch mother Bonnie. Ball may sell to a circus, but daughters Angela Sue and Carol Ann oppose the idea.
Funeral services are set in Amarillo for four former Athens residents killed in a Bakersfield California airplane crash. Victims Gordon Hickman and wife, Carl Ernst and wife, died last Sunday after takeoff from Bakersfield airport. Ernst operated a S Court jewelry shop in Athens. Hickman was a carpenter.
Athens DeMolay chapter members will participate in the annual Community Day on Saturday. About 50 members will work in groups raking and cleaning yards for several aged residents unable to manage their own duties, with Ronnie Begg serving as master councilor in charge.
The Rev. Austin F. Shell from Christ Lutheran Church and Ohio University Lutheran campus pastor will preach at the three day Ohio Valley Region Lutheran Student Associations conference in Mansfield. The Rev. Robert W. Schmeding will be guest preacher at the local Lutheran Church this Sunday.
A city parking lot gate on West Union Street fell on a York Local school bus Tuesday. David N. Lowery said the gate lowered onto the bus hood and broke off. Damage was just over 12 dollars and the school board pledged payment.
State Highway Patrol cited two southbound drivers after a Wednesday afternoon collision on Route 13, five miles north of Chauncey. Alex Nogrady, 45, of Millfield, making an improper left turn, and James Hill, 25, of Glouster, charged with excessive speed. No injuries.
Three drivers were fined ten dollars plus costs by County Judge George Schoonover after State High Patrol arrests. Shirley Withrow aged 37 from Albany Gambill 24 was cited for a defective muffler. Amos Tin ger 46 from Deanville cited for failure to stop in the assured clear distance.
Fifty wards from the Athens Children's Home will be entertained by members of the Ohio University Circle K club. The club, sponsored by the Athens Kiwanis Club, hosts the event rescheduled from last Saturday due to cold weather. It runs 1 to 4 p.m. at Rufus Putnam School playground.
A total of $188.14 was collected in Athens restaurants during Cancer Coffee Day this week. Thirteen businesses participated including Athens Pharmacy Begorra's Buckeye Cafeteria Clines Fairview Drive In Hartzell's Jimmy's Restaurant Parkette Drive In Quick's Sammy's Steak House Rainbow Towne House Grill and Union Grill.
Carl Williams of Athens was released from jail Thursday after paying a $50 fine and costs from a prior week. He had pleaded guilty to an intoxication charge, received a 30 day sentence suspended on payment of the fine, and was placed on probation for six months.
The Friday 9 am temperature reached 62 at Hamley Run after a low of 31. Thursday’s high hit 74 as the area warms ahead of weekend plans.
The American Legion will hold its annual marble tournament on Saturday May 25 at the Athens County fairgrounds. Edwin LaVelle chairman says four top players from each county school compete for cash and trophies. Contestants must be under 14 before July 1 and receive a free tee shirt and lunch. Play is on the race track by the grandstand. The post also names Cc. K McKinstry as Memorial Day observance chair and James M Vercoe to lead a nominating committee with past commanders Nolan Mace Harley Moler Paul Lewis and Harold Young. Mace to chair delegates to the Eighth District Convention May 31 at Athens.
An $800 bill for services as special assistant prosecuting attorney in the Nelsonville case of James Sowards is filed in Common Pleas Court by John Bolin. The document covers time from January 14 to the trial’s conclusion on Wednesday, with 17 percent of hours for preparatory matters and three days in court. The three judge jury acquitted Sowards who faced second degree murder charges for the November 16 shooting of William Porter McCombs.
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Hansen of Athens welcome a son. Admitted: Mrs. Clyde Smith Shade Ralph Barker Athens Mrs. Victor Hudwell Athens Charles Mitchell Jr Athens Mrs. John White Athens Joseph C Mattewson Albany Route 3. Dismissed: Mrs. Thomas Sarchet Athens Route 4 and son Stanley Hudwell Athens Brenda Nelson Athens Georg Grim Athens Route 5. Blood used three pints.
Four Ohio University professors will present papers at the Ohio Academy of Science meeting at Capital University. The researchers include Myron T. Sturgeon and Willard B. Phelps on a revision of stratigraphy between the Lower and Middle Kittanning coals in eastern Ohio, Jesse H. Day on teaching machines in chemistry, and Jack R. Sutherland on chlorotic dwarf of eastern white pine.
Three Athens County youths were injured Thursday when a car on Route 329 lost control on a curve and rolled over. Driver David Coen 17 of Guysville faces speeding charges after being treated at Athens Medical Center. Passengers Bernard Walsh 17 Stewart and James Williams 18 Stewart sustained head and body injuries. A separate minor accident at Carthage Troy school involved bus driver Russell Daugherty 38 Coolville backing into a parked car.
Thousands of travelers from five Southeastern Ohio counties are expected at the Auto Club Athens Area Travel Show April 29-30 at the Berry Hotel Athens. Highlights include fourteen 30 minute color films shown daily with two time blocks.
Oba Douglas Jr. of Athens Route 5 pleaded innocent to auto larceny in Municipal Court. He is held on $500 bond for a preliminary hearing next Tuesday. The station wagon owned by Alvin Blake was stolen from the Hideaway near Guysville and was recovered by sheriff's deputies.
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