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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1964
Page
4
Logan Junior High reports one hundred sixty four students on the fifth six weeks honor roll with Carol Mathias earning a straight A for 30 weeks. Ninth grade includes many named students across the lists.
The East End Tavern at Poplar and Harpers Sts in Nelsonville was broken into again early Saturday. Glass shattered at the front door entry gained by unlocking. A cigarette machine and game machines were damaged and cash stolen. the bar was previously hit about two weeks earlier.
Mrs. Foster Pritchard of Laurelville Mrs. Mason Bownes and daughter of Logan Mrs. Curtis Keels of Haydenville Roy E. Wolfe of Logan and Mrs. Jack McQuaid of Carbon Hill are listed in hospital notes.
Nelsonville Ohio will host the annual Ath ens County Future Home makers of America spring rally at 6 30 p m Tuesday The event theme is Springtime In Ohio FHA degrees and Betty Crocker awards will be presented
Delaware Senatorial candidate Robert R. Schenk accuses the state administration of failing to raise the state matching fund for education to 50 percent and of reducing it in many areas from 35 to 18 percent. He cites broken promises tied to a $250 million bond issue and urges admissions of responsibility for targeting poverty with coordinated government action.
In Nelsonville a May 3 meeting to organize a historical society will be held at the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. offices Public Square. Ivan Tribe seeks copies of the Valley Register from the period. Advance Nolan show segments arrived for a Nelsonville carnival sponsored by the Fire Department. Larry Dale Lanning and Ellen Kay Brooks are named in unrelated notices.
Chauncey Dover High School selects Chauncey Lee Bridgewater valedictorian and Benny Adkins salutatorian for the 1964 graduating class. Commencement is May 28 at 8 p.m. Lee plans to attend Ohio University. Adkins aims for a career in the U S Air Force. Both led in student government and participated in bands sports and clubs.
Three men were arrested on intoxication charges Saturday night in Nelsonville. Clifford Byrd 49 Nelsonville Route 1 posted $20 bond and was set for a Sunday hearing in the mayor's court. Robert Gene Jenkins 36 Stewart pleaded not guilty but was found guilty and fined $10 plus costs. John Joe McMahon 54 Jacksonville pleaded guilty and was fined $10 plus costs.
Logan city police cited two drivers early Sunday and set a public meeting with Mayor Jack Moore at 7 30 p m Saturday. Pearl J Wray 40 Logan Route 4 was cited at 245 a m for reckless operation on Main Street and Ronald O Fickel 23 Logan Route 4 was charged with unnecessary noise from his car on Main Street at 340 a m
The Messenger notes it is not responsible for errors in program listings when stations fail to provide corrected schedules. Boldface type indicates color programs.
The Academy Award winning film How The West Was Won will be shown in Athens at the Varsity Theater on Wednesday April 29. The Metrocolor epic features 24 stars and three directors and won Oscars for Best Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen Best Film Editing and Best Sound Achievement.
Elaine May adapts Rumpelstiltskin for a Dolphin Children's Theater summer tour. The production will feature May's daughter and visit playhouses in Westport Conn Milburn N J Eola Yonkers N Y and other locations.
Mount St Mary Hospital notes list multiple births with couples from Nelsonville Albany Chauncey Glouster and surrounding areas. Several admissions include names from Athens Logan New Straitsville Glouster and The Plains. The record notes Blood Used Three units.
The Lipizzaner Horses of Austria embark on their first American tour using crystal chandeliers as props. Portable replicas from the Viennese Riding School allow the horses to perform in familiar surroundings, enhancing the show for U.S. audiences.
Merrill Davis Brothers, Democrat candidate for Ohio Supreme Court, urged a York Two Democrat Club and Athens County Democratic committees audience in Nelsonville to expand party strength. He pressed for write-in voting and support for continued efforts toward August primary campaigning.
Nelsonville Poston Elementary PTO elected officers for 1964 65 with Harry Nixon becoming president. Vaughn Guilym as vice president Mrs Mattie Mash secretary and Mrs Mildred Andrews treasurer. The variety show is set for May 15 at Poston School. The first grade room led by Mrs Jean Carpenter won the room count with 7 or 8 wins. The junior band directed by John Hoy performed a concert during the program. Refreshments were served to 100 people.
Nelsonville notes report Mrs Leonard Myers and Mrs Wilbur Jonas spoke to Margaret Hubble's Blue Birds on the junior garden club. They were invited to join at age ten and shown transplanting and home garden flowering ideas. An annual garden club flower show was announced.
Logan High School juniors Mike Murray and George Hummel were chosen by American Legion Post 78 as Buckeye Boys State delegates for Ohio University from June 11 to 20. Alternates are Fred Busch and Eddie Penrod. Judge Vaughn Collins also to attend as an American Legion trustee.
Logan The fifth six weeks honor roll at Union Furnace High School lists nine students with A averages Day Holdsworth David Stimpson seniors Bruce Carter Elaine Delo Karolyn Redd juniors John Cherry Larry Cooke Margaret Mosure Susie Scribner freshmen Regular honor roll includes seniors Day Doolittle Virginia Lewis Dan McDaniel Jerry Wolfe Rona Miller Ronnie Wyckoff Donna Wae Carolyn Gainer juniors Thelma Beck Denzil Jarvis Mary Legg Larry McDanniel Shirley Stevens Margaret Wood sophomores Walter Alford Joy Cherry Pearl Courtney Jo Anne Topps Anette Gainer Virginia Mays Beverly Peters Jean Robinetta Regina Steele freshmen Rebecca Carter Judy Griffith Susan Reinsch eld Denny Stephenson Lynn Smith Nancy Turner eighth grade Dennis Anderson Hubert Lambert Buddy Maynard Sharry McDaniel Vicky McDaniel Kay McKibben Robert Smith Roger Stimson Pam Toops seventh grade David Bartlett Ricky Carter Garen Eggleston Glenn Griffith Terry McDaniel Mike Mount Donna Cherry Jane Beck Doris Holdren Donna Legg Judy McClain Barbara Reeves Carolyn Mosure Susan Smith
Nelsonville group plans a 7:30 p.m. Tuesday meeting at the First Presbyterian Church social rooms with Mrs. Leroy Weaver as hostess. officer nominations set as the main order. Nelsonville Eagles Lodge meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Eagles Hall with a May 5 annual election announced by President Leroy Bennett. Cecil Fellem and John Tippie pled guilty to intoxication charges and were fined 25 dollars plus costs or jailed for nonpayment. Logan administrator appointed for the late Harry J. Mowery of Gore Route 1.
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