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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1957
Page
6
More than 7000 people visited the Athens County Fair on Thursday for harness racing and live stock judging with 5000 paid admissions plus season passes. Children's Day drew families as fireworks capped the night display while 4 H and FFA judging continued.
At the Athens County Fair a traveling Thomas Music Co organ entertained crowds while caramel corn sales overwhelmed a busy midway line. Dennis Kish escaped serious harm after a brush with a car. Kiwanis Shelter volunteers served refreshments as adults joined in the rides. cigarets were not sold. The Highway exhibit offered fresh water and photos of Ohio's road work and careless driving outcomes.
The Red Cross office treated 26 headaches along with minor cuts and scratches in a brisk evening session.
Among the graduates are 22 from Athens. They include James Joseph Armbruster, Stella Ave., MEd. Carl Eugene Conrad, 175 N Lancaster St., BSJ. Gene Vernon Daugherty, Route 1, BS. Robert Leo Davis, 16 Watt St., BSC. Richard Lyon Edwards, 9 Foster Pl., BSEd. William Carmine Gargiulo, 242 E State St., AB. La Roma Dee Gaver, 498 Richland Ave., MEd. Albert George Hueteman, 107 Elmwood Pl., MFA. Robert James Mokren, 51 N Lancaster, BLIT. Carl William Phillips, Apt. 4 6 E State, MS. Jack Spencer Sampselle, 60 S Shannon Ave., MEd. Robert Floyd Scheuverman, 15 Park Pl., BSIT. Gary William Schwartz, 17 S Lancaster St., BSME. William Carroll Seifrit Jr., 21 Marietta Ave., MA. Robert Arthur Shuman, 117 E State St., BSME. John Lee Simmonds, 27 Curran Dr., BSJ. Wilbur Gene Sims, 171 N Congress, MSJ. Albert R. Squibb, 44 Ohio Ave, MEd. Jack Earle Uhl, 88 W State St., BSC. Patricia Ann Williams, BSEd. Ralph Charles Ulbrich, BFA. and Jimmie Alan Carter, 542 Richland Ave., BS.
The largest balloon ever released in the United States was launched today at Grenier Air Force Base.
Admission notes list Mrs Charles Kisor and Mrs William Cunningham among new patients at Sheltering Arms Hospital in Glouster and Athens. Names include Mrs Adda Canny Albany Route Zale Maxwell Groveport. Discharges include Mrs Stanley Brown Athens and her son.
An empty pipeline truck crashed into a car on Long Run Road near Athens Thursday afternoon injuring passenger Jewell E Clifton 63 Sulphur Bluff Tex. James C Smith 30 Eudora Ark suffered bruises. Jesse F Rocko 38 Tyler town Miss drove truck and admitted left of center. Rocko forfeited a $30 bond in municipal court.
In Municipal Court Judge John H. Newcomb rejected probation leniency for three intoxication defendants. Albert Rutter of Mineral paid a 100 dollar fine plus costs after a July sentence that had suspended most jail time on condition of sobriety. Elmer Dewey of Athens, already on probation, was denied another chance for leniency despite illness claims. Ira Wolfe of near The Plains received 50 dollars in fines and 30 days in jail, with no leniency granted.
An Athens State Hospital patient became ill around 9 a.m. Friday at a West Union Street service station and was transported back to the hospital by the fire department emergency squad.
Walter Douglas, project engineer for Division 10, Ohio Department of Highways, says the final stretch about a mile between Whitehall and Hebardville should open Friday night or Saturday morning. Completion work continues for three to four weeks with gutters, berms, guard rails, and driveways finished. The new highway replaces Margaret's Creek bridge and the Fisher Station grade crossing, shortening a winding route into a straight, safer link from the Y in South Athens to Albany.
Mercury rose past 90 degrees to 92 at Hamley Run on Thursday with a overnight low of 54 and a 9 am reading of 70 as humid air moved into the area for the Athens County Fair now in its third day.
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