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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1958
Page
6
The ROTC department at Oklahoma University beat rival units to win a $50 savings bond from C B Nye Volkswagen Co for most blood donors. Army cadets totaled 286 donors and Air Force cadets 117 from January visits. A Red Cross plaque will honor each department with dates and pint counts.
Sixteen students had cases heard in Municipal Court with 26 total pleas or verdicts as demonstrations aftermath continues. Freshmen Jay G. Husband and Stephen H. Coats pleaded guilty to false fire alarm and were fined 100 dollars plus costs and jailed over the weekend. Other defendants faced fines from 2 to 25 dollars with some suspensions on fines and costs for improper parking and dis orderly conduct in Gamnertsfelder Hall area.
Charles Sherman of New Marshfield was cleared of petit larceny charges in Municipal Court after a hearing Thursday. Sherman faced accusation by William H. Frey of 54 S. Shannon Ave. for stealing a beret worth $5 from a car on New Year’s Eve. he pleaded innocent at arraignment and posted a $30 bond. The judge dismissed the charge after hearing the facts.
Two motorists pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to State Highway Patrol charges. Donald Powell, 41, Millfield, was fined $10 and costs for driving left of center and $25 and costs for intoxication. Larry F. Hrometz, 19, Mineral City Route 1, was fined $30 and costs for speeding 80 in a 50 zone.
Clarence W. Throckmorton, 43, Albany, pleaded innocent to a driving while intoxicated charge from the State Highway Patrol in Municipal Court. He was ordered held under a $300 bond for a hearing next Wednesday morning.
Bond of 7 dollars was forfeited Thursday in Municipal Court when Donald E Little Garnertsfelder Hall failed to appear on city police charges of illegal parking. Little, an Ohio University student arrested Sunday night, had pleaded innocent at arraignment.
District Forester Werner D. Honcell issued a warning as the first dry spell hits, releasing a list of forest fire wardens and urging debris burning only after 4 p.m. with a permit. The main fire causes are debris burning and discarded cigarettes, accounting for over half of fires. permits may be obtained from wardens across Athens County towns.
A rabies control discussion is set for 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Athens Grange Hall. Kenneth Ackerman, county extension agent, says the public is invited as the state health department outlines control methods and their effectiveness. The committee seeks broad civic representation to establish a preventive program.
County Auditor J. W. Whaley reminds residents less than two weeks remain to pay 1957 personal property taxes. The deadline for filing returns and paying at least half is April 30 with no extension. About 70 percent have paid. deputies assist in form filing. half may be paid now with the remainder by September 1 or pay full tax now.
More than 600 ROTC cadets from 16 colleges and universities in three states will travel to Ohio University Athens to compete in a First Regimental Drill meet hosted by OU Pershing Rifles. The event runs May 8 to 10 in the new ice rink building with a banquet and military ball after. The 1953 meet at OU ended with the host company taking all honors.
Frankfort driver Bernard Maxwell O'Brien, 49, escaped injury when his eastbound car failed to negotiate a Route 50 curve at Route 7, striking island warning signs. He was fined $25 and costs in Municipal Court on a State Highway Patrol charge of speed excessive for conditions.
Cincinnati April 21 25 1964 Robert E Mahn Ohio University registrar will participate in the 44th annual meeting of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers He chairs the special publications committee and the conference news committee.
Virgil Stanley found innocent Wednesday in Municipal Court on assault and battery charges against Frank Hull. Stanley is a resident of Quincy Massachusetts, per local police records.
Fifteen pledges of Tau Beta Pi will be initiated at 2 p.m. Sunday in the OU Engineering Building. Among them are Gaige Paulsen and Robert Jones. Dr. James R. Patrick will address the group during a 6:30 p.m. banquet in the OU Center. Lewis F. Hicks serves as chapter advisor.
The Athens City Board of Education hires Margaret Eileen Ferguson as manager of cafeterias at East Side Grade School West Side School and Athens High School. S R Johnson says others are being selected and cafeterias may open around May first, pending equipment installation.
The American Legion marks its home opening with a Sunday spaghetti dinner from 5 to 7 p m at 510 West Union Street. The event invites Legion members and wives, Legion Auxiliary, and Elks members and wives to attend.
Edgar Whan hosts a discussion with Sphere staff on the Ohio University English Department radio program at 6 30 p m Friday over Station WOUB.
Bob Koon of the Homestead Hotel pleaded guilty to intoxication charges in Municipal Court. He was fined $25 and costs.
Dry conditions persist as temperatures climb. The day opened with 9 am readings near 61 degrees while rural Hamley Run reported an 81 degree high, marking a sharp rise from the early morning low and a 47 degree gain from dawn.
William Joseph Driggs of The Plains died from a self inflicted gunshot wound to the stomach about 8 30 p m in his home. County coroner Dr John H Elias ruled death a personal safety related gunshot. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs William Driggs a sister Eva and three brothers Ernest Don and Larry. Private funeral Sunday 1 pm at Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home with burial at Stewart. Flowers omitted per family request.
Hospital notes list the birth of a son for Mr James Pierce and Mrs Pierce of Athens. Several admissions include Marie Brown located on Athens Route 2 along with Horace W Grover and Virginia Householder of Jacksonville. Discharges include Nick Cardaras of Gloucester and Mrs Jessie Williams of Athens Route 4. Also noted are Mrs Electa Bryan Nelsonville, Mrs Clarence Leedy Millfield Route 1, and Pamela Winning of Athens.
Glouster village officials and Child Welfare Board members visited the Athens County commissioners on Wednesday. With W. H. Wakefield away, the delegations made no formal requests, and no action was taken on their matters.
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