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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1954
Page
5
Athens council sped emergency measures to allow letting a storm sewer contract and issuing bonds and notes totaling 164 000 while sharing 125 000 of the cost with property owners in the 126 acre district. Low bid comes from George Sheaf Co. of Columbus. Bur gess and Niple planning work included.
Police Chief J B Grogan notes a motorist who left a wristwatch at a local filling station restroom and did not report it. A second out of town father later returns a watch found by his son while en route home. Clue: no owner name or license details tied to the watch complicating the hunt.
Glouster Kiwanis members attended an inter club meeting with the Athens Kiwanis Monday night at Hotel Berry. Everett Ridge district supervisor of the Ohio Division of Wildlife and Mark White fish management agent spoke on fish and wildlife in Southeastern Ohio and new recreational facilities at Lake Burr Oak. Athens club plans to meet at Burr Oak in September as guests of Glouster Kiwanis.
Grover C. Sutton transfers real estate in Canaan Township to Clarence L. Thompson. Emmanuel Gevas sells lots 2654 and 2652 in Townsend addition to Athens to Clarence Wyckoff. Clarence L. Thompson moves property to Gerald Goodwin. Francis Wolf of Columbus sells two tracts to Ernest C. Chalfant, one in Glouster and one in Barbour and Braun's Addition. Paul R. O'Brien sells Athens Township real estate to E. T. Hellenbrandt. Vaughn Easler sells out lot 152 in Athens to Bernard C. Cooley. Myrtle Griffin sells Coolville real estate to Donald R. Russell. Earl Schneider transfers lot A-1 in Athens to the President and Board of Trustees of Ohio University.
Rain by passed Athens Monday as a cold front brings relief from heat. After a 92 degree high, Hamley Run reports 69 degrees at 9 am Tuesday, only six degrees above the overnight low.
Dr Wade E Jeffers retired physician died Monday at his Albany home after living there 20 years. He leaves wife Emma two sons Chase Tibodaux La and Reed Albany four daughters Carol Gorby Crooksville Metta Fisher Wilson Pa Gladys Woodyard Columbus Ida Cheadle Carpenter 16 grandchildren 15 great grandchildren two sisters five brothers. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm Carpenter-Church with Rev Ray Biddle officiating and Hebardville burial. Bigony funeral home to hosted calling hours.
Izaak Walton League members will discuss park improvements at a club house meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m Officers said refreshments will be served.
Plans for the American Legion picnic on the Athens County fair grounds Sept. 11 will be discussed by K. T. Crossen Post 21 in its 8 p.m. Wednesday meeting at the post home, commander Charles H. Evans said.
USDA hog prices around 23.25 to 23.50 with loads noted. sow and barrow trends mostly steady to down. Cattle slaughter slow with cows and yearlings showing 14.50 to 21.00 ranges. grass steers 19.00 to 21.00. Sheep and lambs lower, feeders around 12.00. Cincinnati produce cases show consumer grades and large white brown and mixed counts with various per cent splits.
Robert H. Ferguson resigns as principal after two years to become a guidance counselor near Chevy Chase Maryland. He previously served as county superintendent of schools 1947 to 1951 and led major bond issues, park rehabilitation efforts, and Fourth of July celebrations in Mason County. Mrs. Ferguson will teach near Chevy Chase and the couple plans to move by late August.
The Rev. Fr. Michaelaus Dzikowski 59 pastor of St Patrick's Church in Buchtel and Greens Run Mission died Monday evening in Mount St. Mary Hospital Nelsonville. He had been admitted last Friday and served St Patrick's for three and a half years after transferring from Old Washington. He is survived by a brother Eugene Detroit and four sisters including Mrs Julia Broski Housekeeper. Funeral services will be held Friday at 10 a.m. at St Patrick's Church with burial at Columbus.
Bonnie Mullins sues Harlan Mullins in Common Pleas Court claiming failure to provide, quarrelsome conduct, and seeks restoration of maiden name Wicks, half of real estate and household goods as alimony after their marriage on December 7 1939 in Lancaster with no children.
Grahams Chapel Prayer Band will gather Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O B Chapman with Mrs Blanche Webb leading. Albany notice. Entered Apprentice degree to be conferred Thursday at Albany Lodge 723 F and AM meeting led by Master Wayne Welch. New Marshfield William Frank Post 8804 VFW to meet Wednesday at 8 pm at post club rooms led by Commander Norman Saylor.
The Athens boy scouts who attend Camp Birch were named yesterday but the name Douglas Kamseth was omitted. The Pleasanton Cemetery Association invites all interested persons to a special business meeting Wednesday at 7 40 p m at the church.
George Bryan of Jacksonville was arrested by Ohio game protector for shooting a buck during closed season on a farm near Route 280 two miles east of Trimble in Morgan County. He was arraigned before Malta Mayor Dan Martin and fined 100 dollars plus costs. The deer was turned over to the Athens County Home.
Police investigated two traffic incidents. A hit-and-run occurred at Kern and Stimson Streets after a collision involving Bernard Self and Robert Decker. A Hartley car on Elliott Street was damaged when the other driver fled the scene.
Eugene Karr, 26, of Laurelville Route 1, escaped injury when his car left Route 180 in Hocking County early Tuesday. The vehicle struck a guard rail causing considerable damage, per the State Highway Patrol.
Unionizing attempt prompts Athens Milk Sales Inc to seek court injunction to halt suspected drives toward unionization. Judge grants temporary restraining order as 38 individuals and two unions named in petition prepare for Sept 20 hearing amid a broader dispute over control and contracts.
Huntington counselor Bill Walldeck told Athens Rotarians that attitude is the crucial factor in success or failure. He outlined five attitude domains: toward self, the firm, superiors, coworkers, and customers, warning weaknesses in any area can hurt the employer. He urged a return to aggressive selling as business recovers from postwar highs and honeymoons.
A series of brief notices from Sheltering Arms Hospital lists births and admissions. Entries include Mr. and Mrs. Donald Collins of Athena with a son, Mr. and Mrs Richard Bean of Athens with a daughter, and Mrs. Mary Hale of Athens admitted, among others across Athens and surrounding routes.
About 100 UAW-CIO Auto Workers from Southern Ohio West Virginia and six Pennsylvania counties praised the new mock congress method at a summer school on the Ohio University campus. Eugene Souders Education Director said the program trains secondary union leaders across 27 weeks in 16 locations nationwide.
The headstone for Electa Nelson in Hebardville Cemetery is explained by her grandniece Mrs. Aimee Masketer Sharp of Thurs ton. The stone, erected in 1878 by Lydia Smith Stacey, sits with Electa's brother John Smith and his wife on the same lot. Stacey was a wealthy New York City sister of Eletta Smith Nelson. Electa had brothers John near Albany William of Columbus and Hugh, plus a sister Carrie.
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