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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1963
Page
3
Athens City-County Health Department opens a door to door survey of residents aged 65 and over in Albany and Lee Townships to assess health needs and programs. Health educator Jim Collins says the effort aims to guide future services and may expand statewide if successful.
A free soil clinic for on the spot testing of farmer samples is set for Dale Scott and Son farm four miles north of Albany on State Route 68 Tuesday Aug 27 from 830 am to 430 pm. Baldridge of Federal Chemical Co. will advise on fertilization and soil management based on test results. Farmers should bring dry samples and follow collection steps.
Plans were announced for the Athens County Farm Bureau annual summer meeting at the Junior Fair Building. A 6 to 7 30 p.m. steak supper will be followed by square dancing with the Green Mountain Boys. The 8 p.m. business session will cover 1964 policy resolutions. Reservations for dinner can be made by telephone LY 31541.
A Meigs County woman, Bessie A. Weed, 74, Pomeroy, paid a $24.70 bond in Municipal Court for an improper left turn at E Union and College streets after a collision. Police said she turned left as another car was turning right. Other brief notes list hospital arrivals and discharges along with local youth and area residents.
Maj. Robert E. White, longtime Army advisor for the Ohio National Guard, receives reassignment orders to Japan. He will join the Inspector General office at Army headquarters and leaves Athens Armory where he advised the 2nd AW Bn SP 174th Artillery and other battalion units at Logan McConnelsville New Lexington Caldwell and Marietta. White and his wife Vivian and sons Jim and Don will depart in September from their Sunnyside Drive home.
Over 200 elementary teachers from across the state gather at Ohio University for the 13th annual four day workshop in Baker Center ballroom. The program offers university credit and new teaching materials with sessions led by Virginia Austin James Carter Marjorie Coakley Frances Henderson Gilbert Stephenson and Katherine Crews.
Army Pfc. Dewayne V. Carder of Athens Route 2 serves as a cannoneer in Battery D, 1st Battalion, 73d Artillery, 1st Armored Division at Fort Hood Texas. The 20 year old entered the Army in 1961 and trained at Fort Jackson South Carolina. Naval recruit David J. Lovsey, 17, son of Mrs. Royal Lovsey The Plains, completed basic training at Great Lakes Illinois with a full dress parade for 1000 plus recruits.
A series of property transfers lists buyers and sellers across multiple townships including Troy Dover Rome Trimble York and Lodi. Notable deeds include Clyda Penny to Otha Roush about 81 acres in Section 32 Troy Township and P G Chapman to Gaylord Storer about 55 acres in Sections 20 and 21 Rome Township.
County Judge George Schoon fined and jailed Charles H. Koska 38 of Athens Route 2 after a Saturday Route 33 arrest. Koska pleaded guilty to two charges from the State Highway Patrol driving while intoxicated earned a 150 dollar fine and three days in jail plus a 60 day license suspension. He also faced jail for nonpayment of 10 dollars and costs for driving left of center.
Richard H. Adler 21 Cleveland charged with speeding by State Highway Patrol. fined $10 and costs. Robert L. Nelson 18 Logan charged with speeding. fined $20 and costs. Claude W. Minerd 45 Little Hocking charged with speeding. fined $30 and costs.
Mrs Darrel Tom of Lam born Studio Athens completed a one week course at the Winona School of Professional Photography receiving a special certificate of merit. The school in its 42nd year is at Winona Lake Ind near Ft Wayne and is run by the 8000 member Professional Photographers of America.
Joe Rutter of Glouster Route 3 was confined in the county jail after missing a $25 fine and costs levied by County Judge George Schoonover for disturbing the peace. He had pleaded innocent to the charge filed by Frank Smith and failed to appear for a hearing, leading deputies to arrest him on a bench warrant.
Dr. Ray F. Spring of Ohio University reports the forthcoming Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society will publish his paper titled Lattice Isomorphism of Finite Non-Abelian Groups of Exponents. The paper was presented at an American Mathematical Society meeting in Washington DC.
Sheltering Arms Hospital received a fifty dollar gift from Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Kasler of Trimble in appreciation of care. Mrs. Kasler, a patient, told director Betty Anastas to use the funds to buy something for the hospital.
Athens County Sheriff Harold Shields investigated a reported death of 19 year old William Young in a Brownsville Texas tavern affray near the Mexican border. Young, employed at a San Benito restaurant, was said to have been choked to death. Brownsville authorities were being sought to confirm the report.
Glouster residents report a variety of travel and home visits. Airman Ronald E. Snyder on leave from Reese Air Force Base Texas visits Greens Run for 15 days, Merle Danford returns from Bedford as a house guest, and Charles William and family vacationed with Tanno Lintala in Rice Lake Ontario en route to Canada. The group also includes celebrations in Wooster for a daughter's birthday and a silver wedding anniversary, plus visits in Columbus and Fostoria.
Glouster Exempted Village Board of Education reviews coal and gas heating conversion by Columbus Heating and Ventilating Co. and Vance-Ollers Plumbing and Heating Co. Summer renovations include repainting and new furniture. A special meeting is planned to finalize phases.
GLOUSTER David Petitt, son of Mr and Mrs William Petitt, enrolled for six weeks at St Aloysius Military Academy New Lexington in a vacation and learning program. He swam, boated, played baseball and camping and earned medals in an obstacle course and softball throw. In September the seventh grader will enter the military school as a cadet.
The Athens daily weather report notes partly cloudy and cooler conditions on Monday. At 9 a.m. the temperature was 66 degrees after a low of 58, with Sunday's high 78 and Saturday 85 degrees.
Berkley Frost, 21, of Athens Route 2, faces bond forfeiture for improper passing cited by city police, totaling $26.
Contact listing for Houck and Reed, attorneys at 5 West Union Street Athens Ohio with phone number LY 3 4646.
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