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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1951
Page
7
Patty Whaley, a senior at Athens High School living at 139 N Congress St, wore a rain coat and colorful umbrella during a brief shower that delivered 0.08 inches from Sunday to Monday and the same from Monday to Tuesday. Cloud cover aided crops slightly but offered little relief to farmers.
The Texas Eastern Transmission Corp. won permission Monday to cross county roads with a 30 inch gas line from Kosciusko, Mississippi to Uniontown, Pennsylvania. The route will pass Meigs County line to Bern Township and cross Route 33 and Route 50, with traffic not to be interrupted and highways restored or damaged costs reimbursed. This follows a Tennessee Gas Transmission Co. line built in the past year and a booster station near Albany.
The State Liquor Board fined George Couladis owner of the Esquire Grill with a 15 day suspension for selling to a minor but withheld the penalty pending good behavior after a hearing. A waiter an Ohio University student pleaded not guilty to selling alcohol to a minor and was bound over to the grand jury.
James G. Boden, Athens businessman, named to a new OPS millwork industry advisory committee by Price Stabilizer Michael V. DiSalle. Boden is VP and GM of Athens Flooring Co. and Malta Manufacturing Co. of Malta. He lives at 23 Ohio Ave. First meeting planned in Washington, D. C. He also serves on the National Millwork Association frame standards committee.
Clerks stenographers and typists in Athens County may take civil service exams September 28 and 29 for state and county public assistance jobs. The Ohio State Civil Service Commission says this is the first test under cost of living salary adjustments, with wage scales from 145 to 252 dollars monthly for clerks and clerk-typists and 160 to 252 for clerk-stenographers. Applications must be filed in Columbus by 5 p.m. September 19 or postmarked by midnight that date. Exams will be at the Hotel Berry for local applicants.
George W. Miskimen paid a $5 fine and costs in Mayor Mickle s court for dumping garbage along W State Street. He was reminded that disposing of garbage on the street conflicts with city health rules and that the correct receptacle is the can behind his W Carpenter Street home.
August 28 market notes from Cincinnati show hogs trading moderately active with barrows and gilts down 25 cents from Monday, cattle demand good on early rounds but overall meager, steers and heifers 625-900 lbs at 33.00-36.50, calves light, sheep meager with lambs steady at 31.00. eggs and poultry prices listed with large eggs 64-69% A, broilers 31-33, butter 70 cents per lb, potatoes 2.25-4.50.
Lloyd H. O Hara vice president of the Ohio Junior Chamber of Commerce will speak at the Athens Junior Chamber of Commerce charter presentation. The ceremony begins at 6 30 p m at Lake Hope Lodge. O Hara is Montgomery County assistant prosecuting attorney and former Dayton Jaycees president who won the outstanding president's award at the last state convention. He will discuss state and national projects.
Birth announcements show Mr and Mrs Lorin Staats Athens a son and Mr and Mrs Ralph Goldsberry The Plains a son. Dismissals include Richard Bolin Albany Mrs Pressley Brown Glouster and son Hugo Schrappe Chauncey George McClelland Glouster and others.
Police Chief Joseph P. Grogan said patrolmen found two bicycles at the county fairgrounds. Owners may identify and claim them at the police station.
Federal Social Security workers from the Zanesville office are in Athens for two days at the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation on N Court St. They explain amendments to the social security law extending coverage to additional groups and providing more people with Old Age and Survivors Insurance.
Monday in Athens saw a high of 71 degrees with light showers and cloudy skies. Overnight low reached 60 and at 9 am the temperature was 59 degrees.
Postal officials invite sealed bids by Sept. 13 for carrying the United States mail on the 109.1 mile Athens to Columbus star route. Route visits Athens Chauncey Millfield Jacksonville Trimble Glouster Corning Rendville Moxahala New Lexington Junction City Bremen Rushville Pleasantville Thurston Baltimore Basil Pickerington Brice then Columbus. Bids require $7400 bond and vehicle capacity of 840 cubic feet, with term Oct 1951 to June 30 1955.
Paul T. Russell aged 29 of Millfield pled guilty to stealing a radio from a parked car in Athens. He was released on $500 bond after being bound over to the grand jury. Police reported he dropped the radio during a chase along W State Street and Congress, then fled toward Court Street before officers caught him near Wa State behind a business district.
Earl Lochary of Amesville admitted guilt on charges of writing bad checks to two taxi firms and failing to pay fares. In Mayor Mickle's court he faced a $500 bond and was sent to county jail after failing to post bail. He is on probation from a prior bad check conviction.
Three men arraigned in Mayor Mickle's court on intoxication charges. William L. Coots Jr and M. Shafer Sr pleaded guilty. Shafer fined 15 dollars and costs with five days jail, suspended. Carl Williams pleaded guilty and fined. Alvin Willard Carsey was jailed for failing to pay 15 dollars. All arrests by city police.
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