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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1969
Page
3
Athens post of the Ohio Highway Patrol logged 132 accidents in July. Sgt. Guy Martin reported 59 injuries to 104 people, 550 citations, and 1 200 vehicle inspections. Officers recovered $14190 in abandoned or stolen merchandise and August started busy with 11 accidents in the first three days.
Mr and Mrs William Abdella and daughter Sharon traveled to Columbus on Saturday for the wedding of their niece Linda Takacs to Roderick Greider in a family ceremony.
BankAmericards will feature full color identification pictures as permanent ID on cards. President B T Grover Jr said photos taken at the bank create tamper proof identification and instantly verify identity. Cards will be issued for three year periods, longer than typical one year cards, with Polaroid developing the photo feature.
Maurice Currens, 37, of Route 56 Union, died at Sheltering Arms Hospital after suffering a heart attack at Abex Corp Mill Street. Emergency squads were called at 9 44 a m and 10 32 a m to assist Currens and Joe Vessalo 27 of Dicker Road Albany with chest pains. Hughes Funeral Home handling arrangements.
Terry Dicken of 284 W Franklin St Nelsonville pled guilty in Municipal Court to writing a $23 bad check to Zimmerman Auto Parts in June. He was fined 45 dollars with 25 dollars suspended if the check is honored by Monday and was charged by Keith Zimmerman.
Cart and Maude Michael of Athens transfer 22.3 acres in Waterloo Two to Sherman and Ena Ballenger. Joe Beshora of Columbus sells a lot in William Bowkley’s Addition in Glouster to John Greenlees. Howard and Catherine Anne Glouster transfer a lot in Jackson’s Addition in Glouster to Arvil and Lucy Withlin.
The Alexander School Board set the high school day 8 15 a m to 2 45 p m and the elementary day 9 15 a m to 3 45 p m at a weekend special meeting. Four teachers were hired Linda Ferguson to teach high school Spanish and French Linda McIntorf to teach at Albany School Bill Haydon named principal at Waterloo and Shade schools and Mr Koko taylo to teach social studies at Waterloo.
Wilfred Scurlock of Vore Ridge Road Athens Route 2 pleaded innocent in Municipal Court to assault and battery. Bond set at 33 dollars with a hearing at 9 a.m. August 13. Louella Scurlock of the same address alleged he struck her neck arms and legs and threatened to kill her.
A list of marriage licenses shows Lee McVey 45 Carbondale mechanic and Doris Cutlip 42 New Marshfield housewife. Other couples include Danny Holiey 19 New Plymouth laborer with Phyllis Murphy 19 Athens, and William Bradbury 25 Millfield factory worker with Margaret Kri vest i 24 Athens.
Sarah Catherine Hull 32 of Crooksville begins work as chief medical technologist at Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens. She will supervise the lab staff, liaison with doctors, and develop new tests. Hull comes from Christ Hospital Cincinnati as hematology instructor and supervisor and has studied at OSU, UC, Northwestern, Ohio State, Xavier, and St Mary of the Springs. She has worked at Cincinnati General, Passavant Memorial Chicago, and Good Samarita Zanesville.
Firemen responded to two alarms in the early hours. At 2:28 a.m. firefighters from headquarters went to 111 Central Ave. to Bill Stone’s property where sparks from a pottery kiln sparked a false fire alarm. An emergency squad arrived at 3:56 a.m. to Leach Trailer Court on West Union Street for Roy Ruth 21 who suffered a laceration to the left forearm from a broken storm door and was treated at Sheltering Arms Hospital.
The hospital notes list numerous births and names including Mr. and Mrs. Croston Athens a son Mr. and Mrs. Gilkey Albany a son and others from Athens Albany Route 1 Amesville and Guysville Route 1. Weather data shows 80 degrees at 11 30 a m and 62 overnight with a high 82 Sunday and 90 Saturday. The Hocking River level is 2.51 feet and falling. Bath Maine shipbuilding figure cited since the 1600s.
Seven men faced charges in Municipal Court for driving while intoxicated. Guilty pleas led to $200 fines and costs, seven day jail terms, and 60 day license suspensions for Donald M. Grafton, Horace Smith, James E. Johnson, John B. Coffman, and Larry Eugene Stewart. Grafton also paid a fine for a stop sign violation. John Philip Keller pleaded innocent and remained jailed on a $500 bond.
Athens County board of elections reported a filing rush for November races as candidates submitted petitions before the 4 p.m. Wednesday deadline. In Athens city and Trimble districts three candidates seek seats on the boards of education with incumbents joining newcomers. Other districts saw filings for township trustees and additional county seats as officials noted no filings yet for county education posts.
Montreal AP report says Jean Luc Bombardier who rode the North Pole overland with the Plaisted Expedition plans to lead a four man South Pole trek starting around November 1. Co leader Lt Col Norman Vaughan from Byrd 1929 team, navigator Ralph Lenton of Washington DC, and mechanic Jack Willey of Tilton NH.
Radcliff residents and relatives visited in Columbus and Lancaster with several trips to Gallipolis and Hooser Medical Center. Leona Canode, formerly of Radcliff, is listed as a patient in Grant Hospital, Columbus. Jerald McDaniels of Athens Route 2 pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to converting a 1962 automobile for personal use, fined 150 dollars plus costs and 20 days in jail. Most Scillonians work in the flower industry with harvest seasons in January through March producing nearly a million blooms daily.
A head on collision on Rome Two Road 135 off Route 50 at 7 15 p m Sunday injured seven people. Drivers Lynn Lewis 49 Coolville Route 2 and Donnie Welsh 22 Coolville Route 1 were charged with failing to yield. Welsh and passenger Michael Osborn 2 were treated at St Joseph Hospital Parkersburg for facial and mouth injuries. Welsh wife Shirley Welsh had a back injury. Lewis and three of his children were reportedly not treated. Another Amesville man Paul L Stotts 31 was hospitalized Columbus after a Route 50A crash at 1 10 a m Sunday with possible back fracture. A two car crash at Route and Route 33 Saturday involved Homer B Gall Sr 70 Mulligan Road and Elson Munn 29 Athens Route 1 with Gall charged for failing to yield.
California will not lift the three mile limit oil drilling ban in the Santa Barbara Channel. Officials estimate potential annual losses of about ten million dollars while the State Lands Commission rejects lifting the moratorium. Caspar Weinberger notes risk of another leak and the commission orders a joint-study with federal agencies on cross jurisdiction drilling.
A total of 800 names were selected today to be placed in the jury wheel for grand and petit jurors for the September term. Mrs. Marjorie Mitchell, clerk of courts, said the jury commissioners Ross Wright and Alonzo Figgins will select the jurors Thursday. Probate Juvenile Court Judge Harold Rose supervised the preparation of the list, filling in for Common Pleas Court Judge John Bolin.
Presidents of 26 AFSCME Council 21 locals meet in Columbus at 7 p.m. at the Neil House to discuss wage demands in the Ohio Senate and potential future actions. Local Vice President Dale Evans presides as President Ben Fortney attends Columbus session. Athens participant Oscar McGee also attends.
Sierra Pacific Power Co won state approval to buy Southern California Edison Co which provides electricity for two Nevada counties. Reese Taylor chair of the Public Service Commission said the transfer was approved after a hearing Wednesday night as a thunder storm caused a power failure.
Tucson buyer Robert Shelton paid 205000 for a full Western town set 15 miles from the city. Thirty minutes later a thunderstorm with 60 mph winds collapsed 18 of the 20 buildings. The Cinema Center Films set cost 175000 for Monty Walsh starring Lee Marvin and Jack Palance.
Tenth District Congressman Clarence E. Miller will conduct his annual public opinion survey at the Athens County Fair from Wednesday through Saturday. The poll topics include the Anti Ballistic Missile System crime the Supreme Court Vietnam policy and campus disorders. The Miller mobile office will be on the fairgrounds for residents to participate and seek federal information.
Jennie Evener accuses Lester Brown of using licentious language in front of her 12 year old daughter on July 25. Brown pleads innocent in Municipal Court and is free on a 58 dollar bond with a 9 a m hearing set. He is from Athens Route 3 and Evener resides on Sugar Creek Athens Route 3.
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