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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1954

Page

5

Moffet Named Executive Assistant for McBee Sales

Dale P. Moffet has been named executive assistant of The McBee Co. sales department. He will run the systems and procedures library in Athens and oversee technical material for sales reps and training of new salesmen. He previously led the Southern Division in Atlanta and technical services in Kansas City and Omaha. The family plans to move to Athens around September 1 to 23 Sunnyside Drive.

Dale P. Moffet McBee Co Moffet McBee Athens Atlanta Kansas City Omaha Neb Bob Sunnyside Drive

Heat Is On as Mercury Tops 90 in Ath ens

The temperature reached 90 by 11 a.m. with a low of 70 overnight and a Sunday high of 92. C L Colmer, US observer, notes milder conditions at rural Hamiley Run with a high listed as 90s and a low of 60. The day opened with a 64 degree low and 76 by 9 a.m., while Friday and Saturday highs ran in the 70s.

Athens C. L. Colmer U. S Hamiley Run

OU Dean Joins Syracuse Executive Controls Program

Dean Clark E. Myers of Ohio University College of Commerce will guest consult next Tuesday for a session of the Executive Controls Program at Syracuse University. Myers, who joined Ohio University on July 1, formerly taught at Kansas, Texas, and Harvard, and will lecture on Control of Maintenance. The Syracuse program runs Aug. 9 to Sept. 2 with executives from business and industry in attendance.

Clark E. Myers Ohio University College of Commerce Syracuse University Syracuse N. Y Myers Ohio U University of Kansas University of Texas Harvard University College of Business Administration Business

Five Five Drivers Fined by Area Courts

Weekend fines issued by area courts following State Highway Patrol arrests. Chester S Mundry 31 Reedsville paid 10 dollars and costs for spilling sand on Route 50 while en route to a construction project. Charles Sloane 23 Athens Route 4 forfeited bond 15 dollars for speeding. John Nelson 26 Logan Route 4 fined 10 dollars and costs for passing in a hazardous zone. David E Young 18 Albany Route 3 fined 10 dollars and costs for unsafe operation. John E Derringer 29 Dilke Ont fined by Mayor Wadley 10 dollars and costs for speeding.

Chester S. Mundry Reedsville Carthage Gap Justice of the Peace T. F. Cecil Logan Court Joseph Phillips Charles Sloane Athens John Nelson Logan Albany O. D. Pincelli David E. Young Chauncey Charles Wadley John E. Derringer Dilke Ont

State St Resident Robert Caheen Dies in Pocahontas

Robert Caheen 77 of 118 E State St died Saturday night in Pocahontas Illinois while visiting his step-daughter Mrs Helen Gillespie. He was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge and had worked at the Carpenter-E State service station for years. Friends may call at Jagers funeral home after Tuesday noon. arrangements pending.

Robert Caheen E. State St Pocahontas Ill Angeline Helen Gillespie Caheen Odd Fellow’s Lodge Jagers

Airmans Carsey Promoted to Staff Sergeant at Elmendorf

News from Elmendorf Air Force Base Alaska reports Seldon L Carsey an airman first class promoted to staff sergeant. He and his wife Peggy Hood reside at 1025 11th Ave Anchorage Alaska. Parents Mr and Mrs Jesse Carsey of Athens Route 2 received the word.

Seldon L. Carsey Elmendorf Air Force Base Alaska Jesse Carsey Athens Carsey Peggy Hood New Marchfield Llth Ave Anchorage

Suspects in Albany Drugstore Break Held in Jail

Carl Quick 34 and Elizabeth Quick 32 pled innocent in Municipal Court to illegal entry of Clines Drug Albany. Bound to the grand jury they remained jailed in county custody after failing to post bonds of 2000 and 800. The Quicks, Blacklick Ohio, were arrested after a June 2 intruder fled in a car fired upon by Albany Mayor O D Pincelli.

Carl Quick Albany Elizabeth Kettell Elizabeth Quick Blacklick Ohio O. D. Pincelli Quicks

Peter Coss Dies Sunday in Powhatan Point

Peter S. Coss, 62, a former Ath ens resident, died Sunday afternoon at his Powhatan Point home after a several month illness. Survived by wife Lucy, a son Jesse of Cincinnati, two grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and three sisters Frances Dana Athens Mabel Holmes Dayton and Cecelia Ross Los Angeles. Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home handling arrangements.

Peter S. Coss Athens Powhatan Point James and Myrtle Watson Coss Powhatan Mining Co Lucy Coss Jesse Cincinnati Frances Dana Mabel Holmes Dayton Cecelia Ross Los Angeles Dowler-Ferguson- Hughes Funeral Home

OU Graduate Is Appointed At Morris Harvey College

Ben Morton, a 1952 Ohio University graduate, will become director of public relations at Morris Harvey College and teach journalism in Charleston West Virginia. He previously served as assistant director of public relations at Evansville College Indiana and held a OU journalism graduate assistant role while pursuing his master’s degree.

Ben Morton Ohio University Morris Harvey College Charleston W. Va Morton Ruthanne Coe Perry Coe Albany Effie Sands Athens Evansville College Evansville Ind

Births and admissions at ShelterinG Arms Hospital

Mr and Mrs Jack Hettick Corning welcome a son. Admitted include Frank Nye Athens Mrs Virginia Locke Athena Mrs Jean Beshara Gloucester Mrs Thetta Haskins Corning Mrs Ora Smith Albany William Gilkey Athens Jimmie Webb Athens Mrs Eva Crumley Athens. Dismissals list Mrs Kermit Clark Cecilville and daughter Phillip Russell Athens Elizabeth Ervin Gloucester Grace Gabriel Athens Lucille Goins Athens Mrs Ethel Perry Athens.

Jack Hettick Corning Frank Nye Athens Virginia Locke Athena Jean Beshara Glouster Thetta Haskins Ora Smith Albany William Gilkey Jimmie Webb Eva Crumley Kermit Clark Cecilville Phillip Russell Elizabeth Ervin Grace Gabriel Lucille Goins Ethel Perry

New Hunting Licenses On Sale In Court Office

Resident hunting licenses cost 2.25 and non resident tags cost 15 25. Permits expire August 31. A jail sentence of 25 dollars plus costs was imposed on Clark H Rice of Grosvenor Street after a Municipal Court arraignment on intoxication charges. He was jailed for failure to pay the fine.

Clerk of Courts Clark H. Rice Grosvenor St Rice

Marker Remains Of Enoch Arden Tale In Athens

The head stone of Timothy Goodrich marks the 83 year old grave in Hewitt Cemetery near Mineral Waterloo Township. The triangle of pioneer families Wilkins Goodrich and Binghams is recalled as the trio behind a strange Athens County legacy. Timothy Goodrich married Mrs Wilkins after 1829 and died in 1863.

Enoch Arden Athens Timothy Goodrich Athens County Wilkins, Goodriches Binghams Hewitt Mineral Waterloo Township Timothy Wilkins Silas Bingham New Orleans Ohio Wilkins Margaret Creek Goodrich Bingham Goodrich Pardon Hewitt Moses Hewitt Athens Wear State Street Boden Bratton John Hewitt Mineral and Carbondale Waterloo Towship Triangle

Real Estate Transfers and Athens County Cemetery Notes

Real estate transfers feature numerous deeds in Athens County with transfers involving Nelsonville Athens Glouster and Dover Township. The second part catalogs burial sites across Waterloo and New Marshfield including pioneers Lowry Howson and the Hewitt family grave markers and Civil War veterans.

Hubert C. Stage Roy W. Smith Nelsonville Sugar Creek Coal and Mining Co Melvina Pincelli Real Estate Dover Township Mary H. Woodrow Davis Errett A. Davis Athens Claud Dry Joseph McCafee Svycamore Heights

Statewide sales tax decline hits Athens County

Athens County receipts for July 1 to Aug 7 show 43,261.30 in sales tax, down from 48,652.60 last year, a 12 percent drop. Week of Aug 7 fell to 7,504 from 11,977. state reports note declines across Ohio though some counties vary.

Athens County Ed Lasch Ohio Hocking County Hocking Gallia Meigs Morgan Perry Vinton Washington

Straitsville Driver Fined

Three drivers cited over the weekend by the State Highway Patrol were fined Monday in Municipal Court. Slliam E. Lanning of New Straitsville, 31, fined 30 dollars for unsafe operation after his car struck a bridge and damaged a mailbox and a house. Lanning treated at Mount St. Mary Hospital. Perry Richard Root of Middleport, 44, fined 10 dollars for parking on the highway. Virgil W. Evener of Athens Route 3, 38, fined 50 dollars and costs for driving without a licensed driver while holding only a permit and jailed for nonpayment.

State Highway Patrol Slliam E. Lanning New Straitsville Lanning Big Bailey Run Mount St. Mary Hospital Costa Perry Richard Root Middleport

McKinney Elected Vice President of Universal CIT Credit

Theodore M. McKinney is elected vice president of Universal CIT Credit Corporation. J. A. Balding, in charge of the Athens branch, reports the former New York City sales director will base his headquarters in Cleveland.

Theodore M. McKinney Universal Cit Credit Corporation J. A. Balding Athens McKinney New York City Cleveland

School Buses in Athens County to Undergo Inspections

County officials announced a six point inspection schedule for 75 school buses. State Highway Patrol will conduct checks at multiple locations including Amesville Buchtel and Nel sonville, Trimble Township Glouster Village, Rome-Canaan, Carthage-Troy, Athens Local Shade Chauncey-Dover, The Plains Albany Waterloo and Athens City schools, with final days at the Athens County fairgrounds.

FE. Carsey Athens H. W. Howell Walter Lenox York Township James J. Barrows Nelson ‘Ile Yorx Township Vesta L. Beverage Paul Richard Silvas Roman Phillips Athens County Alexander Poches Jacksonville F. H. Gifford W. P. Clark Amesville L. W. Johnston Kennard F Johnson Cleveland Athens Township Vernon D. Shaw Delia Shaw William Wogan Alice Stump Columbus Glouster Eva S. Bretz Helen Channel the Plains Matheny Verity Melvin Murphy Charles W. Bailey Glouster Jack D. Coon Marie Handley Jack D Coon Albert Johnson Nelsonville Donald Campbell David Carsey Stacy Phillips Portsmouth Samuel A. Carman William A. Lavelle Athensship Mary G. McDaniel Wyatt D. McDaniel Ames Township Hazel M. Stiverson Fairfield County Paul A. Cavote Vivian Wells Grady H.R. Wilson Walter J. Shafer Foster B. Bean Guysville Wayne Ackley Rome Township Mary B. Jacobs Chauncey Roy Lester Dover Township Athens City George Christman State Highway Patrol Ames- Bern Trimble Township Johnsons Trimble Stewart Carthage- Troy Coolville Athens County Fairgrounds Shade Chauncey-Dover Albany Waterloo Sch

Two Hurt in Area Traffic Accidents

Two injuries reported in weekend wrecks investigated by the State Highway Patrol. William P. Tryon and Charlee H Koska cited. Catherline Tryon suffered facial cuts. Blanche Grady injured in Plains crash. Clyde Mullins fined for passing at an intersection.

State Highway Patrol Catherline Tryon Athena William P. Tryon Strouds Ruh Charlee H Koska Athens Koska the Plains Blanche Grady Thelma FE Talbert Plains Clyde W. Mullins Jackson Mulling

Jail Sentence in DWI Case for Otrad N. Jennings

Otrad N. Jennings, 38, of 109 W. Washington St, was fined 125 dollars and costs and sentenced to three days in jail in Municipal Court after conviction for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. Driving rights were suspended four months following a Friday accident on W Union St. Local police arrested Jennings.

Otrad N. Jennings W. Washington St John Newcomb Jennings W. Union St

Absence and Neglect Cited in Divorce Suit

In Common Pleas Court Rhoades files for divorce from Homer alleging wilful absence and gross neglect. The couple wed November 22, 1999 and have no children.

Common Pleas Rhoades Homer

Emerald Of Inexpensive Relief advertised drug sale

Stop in at your druggist and ask for Moonits Emerald OS. Apply liberally for quick relief. Guaranteed satisfaction or money back. Sold wherever drugs are sold.

Also Mentioned on This Page

MR. Moffet the Security Bank Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Court Street Athens, O Courts State St Eeeike Dial Peter Coss Sheltering Arms Hospital H. Harris George W. Dixon Lawrence Dixon Buchtel Elmer F. Jones Charles T. Williams Joneswood Phi Sigma Delta Alumni Holding Co Lacy Gillette Et al Tory Hewitt Cemetery Timothy Wilkes John Lady New Marshfield Tick Ridge Knights of the Golden Circle Howson Bernard Rebecca Howson Lowry Schalis Enlow Herron Sickles Taylor French John French William Lowry Waterloo Samuel Pulaski Lowry Lowery J. M. Lowry McArthur Eli Henry Jackson Army of the North John Athens County Savings & Loan CO H. G, Householder Sec Straitsville CTI Athens, Ohio Donald AK Barstow Om D. M. Goddard Hoock THE City Loam & Cavinge CO Como TET PHONE BOCE Buchtel-York Lee E. Busch Oys Wranglers Dungarees B.oor Gabardine Drews Mac's Thrifty Store W. State St Benjamin Moores Benjamin Moore Kerr-Hunter
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