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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1964

Page

2

Ohio University Inn Names New General Manager

Eugene L. Bostrom, former Hopkin Airport Hotel GM, named general manager of the Ohio University Inn on Richland Ave at Dairy Lane. The 90 room Colonial Williamsburg styled inn opens in October with Bostrom directing planning and operations and a Bobcat Room off campus hub for faculty students and guests.

John W. Galbreath Galbreath Richland Ave Dairy Lane Eugene L. Bostrom Bostrom Cleveland Hopkins Airport Athens Parkbrook Ypsilanti Mich Niagara Falls N.Y Penn McKee McKeesport Hotel New Yorker New York City Cornell University College of Hotel Administra Tion Ohio Hotel & Motel Association Greater Cleveland Association Cornell Society of Hotelmen United Appeal Anita Kristine Ohio University Inn Inn Ohio University

Ames Home Destroyed By Fire In Amesville

A two story frame residence belonging to Mr and Mrs Bennie Runyon at the edge of Amesville burned early today while the family was away. Firechief James Dillie said the blaze started suddenly and only walls remained. No one was found in the ruins and the Runyons’ car was missing. A separate fire near town Sunday morning destroyed a gas and oil well engine on the Wyatt McDaniel farm but the rest of the equipment was saved.

Amesville Bennie Runyon Ames-Bern-Amesville Runyon Wyatt McDaniel Dillie

Cooler Day Follows Rain With Light Temperatures

Weather eased after the rain as Cc. L. Colmer reports a 10 am temperature of 70. Daybreak low was five degrees cooler than that and Tuesday reached 90 with 0.49 inch of rainfall.

U.S Cc. L. Colmer

Parole Date Listed For Murder Case

A New Lexington man, Gilbert Helwig, 53, imprisoned since 1938 for the killing of John O'Brien at Sunrise Filling Station, has a parole date set for about October 22. His first degree murder conviction was commuted to second degree, and he is now at the London Correctional Institution. His brother Carl, who shot O'Brien, remains in a life term at the Ohio Penitentiary.

Lexington Athens Associated Press Gilbert Helwig James A. Rhodes Helwig London Correctional Institution Carl John O’brien Sunrise Morrison-Brown Hill Ohio Penitentiary Gilbert

NFO Holding Action Hits Stock Sales

NFO action causes crowds at livestock sales as trucks depart with animals and farmers face cross picket line instructions. A Athens County farmer notes no immediate price impact, but beef costs may rise next week. Demonstrations have occurred in Marietta and Zanesville.

NFO Fox Athens County Athens Ohio Marietta Zanesville

Shelterin g Arms Hospital Notes

Births include a daughter for Mr and Mrs James Stack Albany Route 1 and a son for Mr and Mrs Stanley Trout Albany. Admissions list James Steele Athens Mrs Roy Golden Amesville Route 1 Gerald Lee Glass New Marshfield. Discharges cover many residents including Mrs Oris Rutter Athens Route 3 Anita Jo Rice Albany Route 1 Mrs Emmett Olbers Glouster and others. An application for a D-2 permit filed by Inn Management Corp Richland Ave and Dairy Lane seeks sale of high powered beer and wine for on premises and carryout.

James Stack Daugher Albany Stanley Trout James Steele Athens Roy Golden Amesville Gerald Lee Glass New Marshfield Oris Rutter Anita Jo Rice Emmett Olbers Glouster Gerald Kyle Herbert Harris Ray Griffin Virgil Grandy Trimble Eileen Farley Herbert W. Davis Anna Charney the Plains Billy Bunch William Brinkman Ida Bricker David Bennett Stewart Vern Scott Kathleen Smith Steven Staten Carol White Nora Boggs The Inn Management Corp Richland Ave Dairy Lane Ohio Department of Liquor Control

Boy Taken To Hospital After Night Fire Dept Call

Fire department emergency squad rushed to 14 Woodland Ave at 11:25 p.m. Tuesday for 17 year old John Stanson who was ill. He was transported to Sheltering Arms Hospital for treatment.

Fire Department Woodland Ave John Stanson Sheltering Arms Hospital

Fierce Found Sane At Lima To Stand Trial For Murder

Darrell Napoleon Fierce 51 of Glouster Route 3 was indicted for first degree murder in May 1963 for the Feb 9 1963 killing of his brother Loran in a Buchtel tavern. A Lima hospital report says he is now restored to reason and able to be returned to court for further proceedings.

Darrell Napoleon Fierce Glouster Route 3 Lima State Hospital Fierce Loran Common Pleas John Bolin Lima Jerry O. Crist Common Pleas Court Crist

Lumber Yard Tank Fire Extinguished

Athens firefighters extinguished a blaze at Rardin Bros. Lumber Yard on Lincoln Street destroying an old wooden water tank built against a large frame shed. Two trucks and ten men operated the booster hose, arriving at 3 35 p m and working about 30 minutes. No damage estimate or injuries reported.

Athens Fire Department Rardin Bros Lincoln St Dalton

Frey Resigns as Athens County Children's Home Supervisor

Carl S. Ted Frey resigns as supervisor of the Athens County Children's Home. The resignation has not yet been accepted by the child welfare board, which may call a special meeting this week. Frey, a former juvenile probation officer, was appointed in July 1962.

Carl S Ted) Frey Athens County Children’s Home Child Welfare Board Frey

All City Schools Set For Sept. 9 Opening

About 3400 pupils in the Athens area will return to classes on Wednesday September 9 as the three districts resume full days. Separate high schools plan to form a comprehensive campus pending a November bond issue. Kindergarten begins September 14 with principals arranging parent meetings. Principal staff and bus workers prepare registration transportation and cafeterias for the new term.

Chauncey-Dover Plains Clyde Plant Athens Plant Athens High School Mac Williams Maxwell Ferguson Sidney Roach

Well Pumped Dry Report From Burr Oak Lake Property

Gerald Buckley of Corning reported to sheriff deputies that a well on property he bought at Burr Oak Lake was pumped dry last Saturday. Deputies are investigating.

Gerald Buckley Corning Burr Oak Lake

Peterson's Ointment Advertisement for Piles Relief

Aimed at sufferers of pile itch an ad claims over a million dollars yearly spent on remedies. Peterson's Ointment offers fast relief within minutes with a 70c box or 85c tube applicator and a money back guarantee.

Peterson

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