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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1957
Page
7
March real estate activity in Athens County rose for the second straight month led by mortgages up 26 percent to 93, the highest March total on record. Deeds numbered 137 and chattel mortgages reached 534, with 472 instruments recorded overall and fees totaling $1228.95.
Twenty couples applied for licenses in March as Probate Court records show. Applications were heavy early in the month and declined later. Last month 26 applicants set a record for the month in seven years. Ages ranged for men 18 to 43 and women 16 to 56 with averages 22 and 20. All applicants were Athens County residents and occupations included students farmers laborers servicemen teachers truck drivers clerks well drillers and factory workers.
Birth notices list Mr and Mrs Robert Jones Shade Route 1 a son and Mr and Mrs Fred Leach Athens a son and Mr and Mrs John Biggs Athens a son. Admissions include Robert Vanity Athens Jessica Williams Athens and Holly Hawk Athens. Dismissals feature Rodney King Athens and Mrs Robert Stanley Athens Route 4 among others.
John T. Van Meter of The Plains pleaded guilty to a police intoxication charge. Municipal Court Judge F Newcomb suspended the 30 day jail term and $100 fine plus costs, ordering AA attendance indefinitely and placing him on six months probation.
Kesterson Ice and Storage Co of Parkersburg files a 179.76 recovery suit in Municipal Court against Edward H Jr and Donna J Dunn of Millfield Route 1. Plaintiff seeks payment on an account.
Margart Ann Dake 19 denies vagrancy charge as Municipal Court sets trial for Wednesday morning. Police raid at the Russell Hotel 104% W Union St netted five women including a juvenile. A 17 year old girl was turned to juvenile authorities and three others were advised to change addresses. Dake remained jailed after failing to post a 100 dollar bond.
Daniel Sockia reports being attacked at 3 a.m. by a man and a woman outside his home on Sunrise Drive Athens. He says a woman struck him with a high heel and the man assisted, following earlier trouble at Club 33 north of Athens as he walked home.
Seven Ohio University officials returned from Detroit where they attended the American Personnel and Guidance Association conference held April 14 to 18. Dr. Bernard R. Black was named program chairman of the American College Personnel Association for 1958 59. Dean Gaige B. Paulsen worked on the program committee and Dr. Black on the grass roots committee. Also attending were Erma Anderson Edna Dickison Margaret Harper Gene Schoch and David Long.
Kenneth Williams, 19, of Gore, faces a Logan mayor court appearance for failing to stop within the assured clear distance after a rear end collision on Route 33 at 9 10 p m. Gerald Hannahs, 53, Nelsonville, was the struck driver. The State Highway Patrol charged Williams after investigation.
Funeral services were conducted in New York for Kenneth L. Allison of New York City who died Thursday. He was the son of H. L. and Nellie Hawk Allison of Columbus, formerly of New Marshfield, and a nephew of Mrs. C. B. Beverage of 35 E. Carpenter St.
Professor Emmett Rowles and Mrs. Rowles of 97 Franklin Avenue are hospitalized in Room 224 at Hardin Memorial Hospital Kenton after injuries from a car accident Friday.
Albany Lodge 723 F&AM will confer the Fellow Craft degree on four candidates this Wednesday at 7 30 p m, announced John P Hammill, the lodge master.
Kenneth Collins age 18 of Athens was fined 15 dollars and court costs by Chauncey Mayor Charles Wadley after a State Highway Patrol filing of speeding charges.
A wet spell followed ideal Easter weather as rain arrived Monday after a five day school recess. Temps cooled from 80s to 58 as Hamley Run reported highs of 84 85 and 85 over the weekend and Athens recorded a high of 88 with a 58 degree low. Rainfall stood at 0.02 inch by 11 a.m.
Four residents of Millfield Route 1 were arrested by the sheriff and pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to a rural fundraising fraud. Each received ten days in jail and a $50 fine plus costs after soliciting money with a false story claiming to aid a burned-out family. Sheriff Harold Shields said at least $30 was collected.
Funeral services for Mrs. Elma C. Blackwood 80 of 501 Richland Ave are set for Tuesday at 1 30 p m in Richland Ave Church. Born in Athens County she worked 10 years for D Zenner Co and was a member of Richland Ave Methodist WSCS and WCTU. Survived by sister Mae Blackwood and niece Cecile Clark. burial West Union Street Cemetery. Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home handling arrangements.
Sgt. Jay Knautz of the Air Force recruiting service in Columbus will interview women aged 18 to 34 for WAF enlistment in Athens on Tuesday. He will man the recruiting room at the post office with evening appointments arranged by calling S Sgt Ronald E Miller at 31408.
Three men were fined in Municipal Court Monday on State Highway Patrol traffic charges. James Barkie, 23, Guysville Route 1, paid 20 dollars plus costs for speeding after signing a waiver of appearance following posting bond. James A. Cline, 28, The Plains, paid 10 dollars plus costs for passing without the assured clear distance. Willard F. Clark, 20, Athens Route 2, paid 35 dollars plus costs for reckless operation.
Blanche Price appeals an Industrial Commission of Ohio ruling from April 5. She claims the commission disallowed her workers compensation claim for an injury at Gem Coal Co on May 23, 1955.
Richard Stanley Thompson admitted petty larceny after police found him with a gallon can and siphon used to steal gasoline from Athens Building Materials Co. He had siphoned fuel before being caught and was fined 100 dollars with 75 dollars suspended and six months probation. He listed addresses in Columbus, Union Street, and Marion.
Rav k E Burt, 72, former grocer in New Marshfield, died Sunday morning at Shelter ing Arms Hospital after a brief illness. He worked with his father Charles Burt and brother Fred J Burt in the local grocery business and is survived by another brother W E Burt of Logan and three nephews. A sister Lena preceded him in death. Funeral service was held Wednesday at Hoodlet funeral home and burial followed in New Marshfield Cemetery.
Kathryn Gillette, 61, a former Athens resident, died Sunday night at her Michigan home after a yearlong illness. Survived by husband George and multiple relatives in Strouds Run and Athens areas, burial at Memorial Cemetery after services at Burkenkant Funeral Home Trilby Ohio.
Ralph W. Clark says the lodge will convene at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Masonic Temple for its regular session.
March permits total value tumbled to 10 905 with 14 permits issued by the service safety director office. Not a single new home permit. five porch remodeling permits. largest value 5000 for H B Curry home remodeling. other values include Wilkes 475 Collins 400 Coe 1200 Reis 600 and repairs on porches listed for Wogan 100 Martin 75 Sands 400 Douglass 300 Clark 130 plus kitchen addition Williams 300 beauty school hallway 200 Sanders 125 and Weber 800 for a garage.
Ohio counties prepare for the annual Queen of the Furrow contest in June and July. The chosen girl will tour New York City for a Dream Weekend with radio TV appearances and a $500 wardrobe, and may become hostess at the 1957 World's Conservation Exposition and Plowing Contests at Peebles. About 13 nations will compete in the international farm show, first hosted in the United States. The queen will appear on United States Steel Hour in September and may star in a U S Steel color movie about plow matches. The contest is co sponsored by Soil Conservation Districts and American fence dealers and is open to single farm girls 16 to 21.
The Athens Messenger notes that the truck trailer business was established in 1912, marking its long history in transportation industry.
A roster lists multiple companies and agencies including Barstow Dillon Gill Goddard Houck Van Dyke Mathews Seel Seiple Kempton Oakley Saltz and Rutherford. The items reference GLOUSTER OHIO and NELSONVILLE OHIO as locations.
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