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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1964
Page
5
A civic appeal urges responsible citizens to uphold law and order across all government levels. It condemns white extremists and stresses protection of safety, property, and due process, warning that without enforcement of lawful procedures anarchy and terrorism could spread.
Nelsonville area hospital notes list several births and admissions including a son for Vr and Mrs Clifford Ash and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Patrick A Kessler. The Harmony Class of the First Christian Church will meet at 7 30 p.m. Wednesday at 226 West Columbus St with hostesses Mrs Russell Barrows and Mrs Leroy Hutton.
Albany FFA Chapter named regional winner in the 1963 De Kalb Achievement Program after scoring 503 of 505 at a Lancaster banquet. Wayne Hanning and Bill Wright achieved perfect 100s. others earned 95 or more for certificates and pins. The program rewards record keeping and corn variety trials rather than yield.
Sixty seven students are listed on the honor roll for the fifth six week period at Hannan Trace Elementary School. Principal Dan G Fulks released the list Friday. Names span grades one through eight and include students achieving all A’s in several cases.
Mrs. Jack McQuaid of Carbon Hill and Mrs. Kenneth Burgess of New Straitsville named in hospital notes. Donald B. Reid, 26, of Lancaster and Clara Elizabeth Hart, 31, of Rockbridge Route 2 listed as factory employees.
The Sixth Street site once housed Mercy Hospital a railroad hospital for the K and M Railroad Co. Dr E J Mossman born 1854 in Gallia County Ohio led the three story facility. later doctors and Somerville lawyers occupied the office. Early Mason County legislators included George Clendenin and Daniel Boone Mason.
Gallia Academy junior Dennis Avner received a superior rating for a bio chemistry research project on keeping tissue alive outside the body at State Science Day in Columbus. Mary Ely, a fellow Gallia Academy junior, earned an excellent rating for her project Passport to Oblivion. State Science Day is run by the Ohio Academy of Science and gathers about 600 top high school projects from across Ohio.
The Ohio Central Railroad was built from here to Charleston in 1884. In 1825 the bridge on that road was completed across the Ohio River.
State Tax Commissioner Louis J. Schneider Jr. urged Nelsonville Republicans that Ohio’s tax system supports education better than critics claim noting personal property tax adds to state revenue. He seeks an unexpired Supreme Court term through 1966 emphasizing broad life experience for judges.
Gallia County commissioners authorized the clerk to advertise bids for a new two and a half ton heavy duty V-8 truck with a 12 foot bed and 10 ton winch for the Highway Department. Bids open at noon May 5. A 1961 Chevrolet sheriff cruiser will be sold at 10 a.m. May 9 on courthouse steps to the highest bidder. Virgil Cross is approved to attend all 1964 Welfare Department meetings.
Meigs County Common Pleas Court Judge John C. Bacon to issue a ruling on Max Edmundson's suit seeking reinstatement retroactive pay and costs after his dismissal as a bus driver and supervisor by the Northwestern Board of Education following a school bus accident. Witnesses included state trooper Orin Smith district executive head Charles Carson and student witnesses. The hearing concluded with deliberation pending.
An advertisement notes a complete set of encyclopedias for sale. It humorously claims they are never used and attributes the joke to a wife who supposedly knows everything.
Twelve persons before Justice A M Goodwin pled guilty to traffic violations in Point Pleasant and surrounding areas. Fines ranged from 10 to 25 dollars plus costs for offenses including defective exhaust, left of center, improper passing, speeding, expired inspection, failure to control, defective lights, reckless driving, hazardous driving, no operators license, and permitting an unlicensed driver to operate.
Gallipolis James Montgomery Jr pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to driving while intoxicated. He was fined 50 dollars plus costs, jailed five days, and given a six month license suspension. Other defendants faced fines for reckless operation and related traffic violations in a Judge William H. Sowers proceeding. Nelsonville visitors were weekend guests of local residents.
Ruth Paulk of Chestnut Street pleaded guilty before Mayor William Hoffman to disturbing the peace charges. She was fined 10 dollars and costs.
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