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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1945
Page
5
The 1946 driver licenses go on sale Sept 10 announced by Deputy Registrar Betty Baerstow. Offices at 5 Mill St will be open daily from 9 to 5 and later 8 to 8 in the last week of September. All drivers must have a new license by Oct 1. License 40 cents, temporary permit 65 cents, chauffeur’s license 0 cents.
At 7 15 p m on the W Union Street curve west of the fair grounds four cars collided injuring three people. Francis J Abdella 20 Chauncey admitted driving at 60 mph failed to negotiate the curve and struck Ernest Hambel Glouster injuring Hambel his wife Mrs Ida Dew and infant Marie Vanborn who were treated at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Abdella and Hambel and Mrs Dew were kept for observation. the infant was unharmed. Abdella later pleaded guilty to reckless driving and was fined 50 dollars plus costs by Mayor Franz Woodworth.
G. E. Mitchell known as Mitch leaves The Messenger after decades covering Ohio University sports. Phillip E. Hallman, formerly Dayton Journal state editor and sportswriter, succeeds him. Hallman, born Roanoke Va, married Ruth Driscoll in Athens in 1944, brings a Virginia newspaper background.
Twenty six employees with 25 plus years of service at the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. joined the Quarter Century Club at a Hotel Berry luncheon led by President J. B. Poston who presented each member a gold pin with a cut diamond. Additional honorees include several with 30 plus years and members from Athens Nelsonville Floodwood and Middleport divisions. A total of 1,009 active, 102 retired, and 166 on armed forces leave will receive pins for 5 to 25 year milestones. A birth notice reports Judith Ann McDaniel born Aug 24 in Darhart Texas to Mrs Anna Jacoby McDaniel and Sgt. Charles McDaniel now in the Pacific.
The Messenger reports the University Elementary School registration line was incorrect the office will be closed until Sept 5. After that date parents of aiding farmers in conservation can call for registration. Ohio farmers show high participation in the AAA program with 72 percent volunteering to receive materials or money. County committee members at the conference included Irwin A. Wolfe of Athens.
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