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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1957
Page
7
Hundreds attended a Sunday ceremony at First Methodist Church marking the cornerstone for a $690,000 building to replace the former church destroyed by fire two years ago. Dr. Donald R. Clippinger chaired the building committee as mortar was laid with seven church officials.
Rewiring of the Commonwealth Telephone Company's Athens exchange to install 400 lines and four new switchboards was underway with five Automatic Electric Co. reps and local staff. Completion of this phase was expected today, while the full project will take six to eight weeks with limited service impact.
Births listed for Mr and Mrs Ronald Bond Athens a daughter and Mr and Mrs Harley Bobo Athens. Admissions include Merrill Chase Albany Cheryl North Parkersburg W Va Mrs Bicknell Foraker Athens Mrs Marion Boggs Athens James Sweeney Athens Frank Miller Jr Athens Harold Sycks Athens Route 3.
George William Uleh aged 35 of Toledo faced a $25 fine plus costs for allowing an unlicensed person to drive. Lewis James Holloway, 38 of Toledo, was fined $25 and costs for driving without a license and $100 and costs for carrying a concealed weapon. Both jailed for non-payment of the fines after Monday Municipal Court.
The Junior Fair Board will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the county extension office. Don Young associate county agent says the planning program and premiums will be discussed.
John Lott of Nelsonville, age 44, was fined $10 plus costs in the Logan mayor's court on a State Highway Patrol intoxication charge.
Athens Chapter 39 Royal Arch Masons will convene at 7 30 p m Wednesday in the Masonic Temple. Russell Baily the high priest announced the gathering.
Albany Crop and Live Stock 4-H Club will hold an organizational meeting Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the high school. Lawrence Bean, advisor, announced the event.
Athens saw a drop in temperatures after a shower that left 0.12 inches of rain. At 11 am the city read 69 degrees following a low of 55 and a record 90 degrees on two days last week. Rural Hamley Run reported 0.25 inches of rain with weekend highs around 87 and 88 and lows near 53 to 56.
State Highway Patrol arrested two drivers for driving while intoxicated and they pleaded guilty in Municipal Court Monday. A third driver pleaded innocent. Charles E. Hudwell, 59, Athens Route 1, posted 225 bond for a May 2 hearing. Gerald Thomas Brooks, 26, Zanesville, and Francis Graham, 44, Nelsonville, were fined 125 and costs, received three day jail terms, and had licenses suspended three months. Graham also paid 75 dollars and costs for failing to stop after an accident.
Dr. John A. Hess of Ohio University returned from Lexington Kentucky where he attended the University of Kentucky tenth foreign language conference held April 23 to 27. About 600 delegates from 38 states and 12 nations heard papers on Language as a Mirror of Society with exhibits and a Southeast Asia symposium.
Ohio University registrar Robert E. Mahn and director of admissions Clark E. Williams attended the 43rd annual meeting of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers in Denver from April 23 to 25.
Ohio University English professor Dr. Paul Murray Kendall receives a Guggenheim Fellowship to pursue a biography of 15th century French king Louis XI. He will spend June 1957 to September 1958 in England and France studying manuscripts, with four years projected to finish the biography. Kendall, author of Richard II, is among 344 scholars and artists awarded grants for high level research.
An advertisement listing friendly local agents covers insurance needs in Athens and Glouster with firms such as C B Dillon Gill Co and Seiple Kempton. It names multiple agencies: Barstow Dillon Gill Goddard Houck Van Dyke Mathews Murphey Rutherford Seel Seiple Kempton Oakley Saltz Guinther.
Betty Jean Duffield, 31, cited into Municipal Court for two similar crashes on Route 50 east of Athens and near Hebardville. She posted 29 dollar bonds for each accident after signed appearance waivers. Henry P. Leach, 53, Athens, was the struck vehicle in the first incident. Doris H. Mace filed the second charge for failing to stop within the assured clear distance.
Lee Roy Mayes 23 year old Marietta insurance salesman appeared in Municipal Court on two forgery charges after attempting to cash two $100 checks at the Bank of Athens. Police said he admitted the forgeries and was bound over to the grand jury under $300 bond on each charge.
Two women were slightly injured when their car was rear struck by an Ohio University bus driven by Russell Bashore. Bashore posted bond for a hearing May 8 after denying charges. Two other drivers, James Foreman and Harry Fleming, were cited or fined for traffic violations in separate Saturday and Sunday incidents.
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