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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1962
Page
6
Middleport and Pomeroy are to appear before the Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission on Thursday September 13 in Cincinnati to explain delays in sewer disposal plans. Middleport faces 2 pm, Pomeroy earlier. hearings follow a water analysis showing minimal river pollution.
The Middleport Church of the Nazarene pastor Clyde Bartlett and family return from a two week Ohio and West Virginia vacation. Numerous locals and relatives, including the Chambers, Hawleys, Cunningham family, and others, host or visit across Ohio and nearby towns.
POMEROY Meigs County groups push participation in a group eligibility plan for a Red Cross blood donation drive at Pomeroy Junior High School from 12 noon to 6 pm. The plan covers donors and immediate family for six months with a 10 percent participation minimum. Denise Gross of Racine, seven, needs about 20 units for heart surgery in Columbus. Ladies Auxiliary of Syracuse Volunteer Fire Department runs the canteen. walk-ins welcome.
Toledo manufacturer and lawyer John Marshall Briley Republican candidate for U S Senate will speak at an 8 30 breakfast Wednesday in Blosser s Restaurant event hosted by Hocking County businessmen and political leaders Briley born 1905 Monmouth Illinois son of a locomotive fireman graduate Monmouth College 1927 Harvard Law School 1930 active civic leader Eagles Moose Republican finance committees in Lucas County and Ohio alternate delegate at large to 1960 Republican convention married with four children
Word reached here of the death of William Baumgardner who died from injuries after an auto accident at Fort Bragg North Carolina. He was the son of Mrs. Mary Woods of Pomeroy and is survived by his wife. Funeral plans are incomplete.
The Internal Revenue Service reports two 25 pound bags of Jack Frost sugar seized in Athens County Ohio on July 31 1962 for violation of 26 U S C 7302. Anyone with an interest may file for remission or mitigation or file a claim with a 250 cost bond by September 27 1962 or the property will be forfeited and disposed of by law. W R Green Supervisor in Charge Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Cincinnati Ohio.
Byron, administrator of Addie Balderson estate, files petition in Athens County Probate Court Cause No 24739 seeking sale of Lot 19 in Stewart Village. Cecil Mace and unknown heirs must answer by October 20, 1962 or judgment by default will be entered.
Henry Carpenter transfers to David Lee Richards and Jannette Ann Richards a lot in Rutland. Thomas J. Woods and Eileen Woods to Truman D. Hall and Ilone Hall a lot in Middleport. Walter W. Terrell to Anna Mae Terrell a lot in Pomeroy. H A Hayman to Howard M. Lawrence parcels in Lebanon Two. Roland C. Thaler and Ruth Thaler to John Frick and Alice Frick parcels in Salisbury Two. Iva and Calvin Orr to William T. Shelton and Betty A. Shelton 30 acres in Letart Two. Freeland S. Norris trustee to E. L. Proffitt 13.77 acres in Lebanon Two. Ruth and Gordon Proffitt to E. L. Proffitt 13.77 acres in Lebanon Two. T M Galaway and Murl Galaway to Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric easement in Columbia Two. Nay Carpenter and Velma M Carpenter to Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric easement in Columbia Two. Howard B Caldwell Jr and Marvene Y Caldwell to Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co easement in Orange Two. Raymond C Frecker and Lorena A Frecker to Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co easement in Orange Two.
Five Pomeroy High School students Kay Compton Jane Baer James Mees Fred Sisson and Ralph Werry visited former Pomeroy band directors Mr. and Mrs Paul Fulks in Huntington and later called on Mr. and Mrs Ray Woodgeard in Logan The group learned about former school music leadership Robert Biffle 30 Minersville Route 1 was arrested for reckless operation Saturday night.
Logan William Poole of Bremen Route 1 is granted a divorce from Ruth Poole of Bremen on grounds of gross neglect of duty, per court decree. The action dissolves their marriage and records the cited fault.
Miss Sally Schaaf and Miss Mary Elizabeth Chapman of Rutland High School attended the 17th annual Local Leaders Conference in Lake Erie College Painesville. About 500 Ohio educators gathered to press for greater legislative involvement in education with a workshop announced for Columbus on September 29.
Registration for new classes at McDonald Studios of Dance will be held Friday 1 to 9 p m and Saturday 1 to 6 p m at 11314 North Second Ave. Richard McDonald says classes are limited and early enrollment is encouraged even if lessons start later. A teenage ballroom class is being organized.
Middleport local authorities announce Locust Street signal light goes into operation as Middleport schools prepare to open. Police Chief Herbert Gilkey urges motorists to observe speed limits and warns of a crackdown with no further warnings for speeders.
Minor damage occurred to a car driven by Ralph R. Snider 28 of Middleport after a collision with Everett Hawkins of Middleport at the Syracuse and Maine Streets intersection. No injuries or arrests reported.
Middleport Dr. Ray Pickens will be in Columbus Wednesday and Thursday for a post graduate institute for physicians on medical aspects of high school athletics at Ohio State University. Sponsored by the Ohio State Medical Association, the course aims to provide practicing physicians with current concepts in prevention and care of athletic injuries.
POMEROY The annual reunion of descendants of Levi and Nora Roush was held Sunday at the cabin of Mr and Mrs Walton Roush Buckeye Lake. Attending were numerous Roush relatives from Point Pleasant Columbus Letart Racine Canal Winchester Ursichville Lancaster and beyond.
Five people were fined and one person forfeited a bond in Acting Mayor Lee Smiths court Monday night. Ernest L. Rainey Emma Harrison Clyde Harrison were fined 10 and costs for reckless operation. James William Batey fined 5 and costs with fine suspended for failure to heed stop sign. Henry Butcher also fined 5 and costs for intoxication. William W Cremeans forfeited a 25 bond for failure to appear on illegal exhaust charge.
Football players from the area are invited for mouth guard fittings at Pomeroy Junior High School from 7:00 to 7:30 a m Thursday. Doctors E D Amsbury Harold Brown Harold Brown Jr and Clyde Ingels along with technician Lea Crew will conduct the fittings.
The Meigs County Motorcycle Club held its annual picnic at Lake Alma in Pomeroy on Sunday. Swimming was a major activity during the day. Lester Pyke was fined 100 dollars plus costs in Meigs County Court for intoxication before Judge Emmet W. Peoples.
Eastern Local School District cafeterias will open for the first day of the new year on Tuesday September 4 with a 2 30 p m dismissal. Teachers meet Labor Day evening at the high school. New staff include Mary Jane Goebel Ruth Knowles Samuel Ware Barbara Tripp Grace Weber John Bush Willis Parker Margaret Bissell Esther Wright.
NEW LEXINGTON A town meeting is set for Tuesday at 8 p m in the new gym to discuss progress in obtaining lake water from Burr Oak reservoir. A special council and public affairs meeting heard Oliver Nelson from Columbus and H W Venhasen of the Community Facilities Administration outline plans. Also meeting with George Sheeter of Athens, and arranged by Congressman Tom V Moorehead and City Solicitor W J Howdyshell.
Four defendants pleaded guilty before Judge John C. Bacon on charges of breaking and entering. Richard V. Hawley Ellis Clonech Coy Eugene Nitz and Ralph Lavendar remanded to Sheriff Hartenbach awaiting sentencing. Police Chief Herbert Gilkey and Sheriff Hartenbach leading the investigation.
A special meeting of the Pomeroy Emergency Squad is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday at City Hall. Dr. R. E. Boice will lecture on the heart reactor the squad plans to buy, with thanks extended to contributors and to Dr. Boice for his help.
David Chesher son of Mr and Mrs Harry Chesher left Monday by plane for San Diego Calif where he is stationed with the U S Navy He recently completed electronics training at the Memphis Tenn base and for the past two weeks has been on leave Chesher was taken to Columbus by his parents.
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