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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1957
Page
6
Santa Claus style pay boosts sweep city offices as City Council unanimously approves two emergency ordinances. Raises cover city treasurer and council members, police and fire chiefs, sergeants, lieutenants, patrolmen, clerks, and various public works staff with overall increases near five percent.
Athens Police Chief J B Grogan told the Kiwanis Club at the Berry Hotel that while Athens faces a major traffic and parking problem, it lacks organized gambling teen age crime and prostitution. He noted most drunken driving will involve adults and praised the Halloween parade for reducing property destruction.
Willard Martin Hibbard 87 a retired Pomeroy Road farmer died Monday evening at Shelter ing Arms Hospital He was a member of Athens Evangelical United Brothers Church Survived by daughters Helena Reeder Athens and Genevieve Hibbard Canton three grandsons and three great grandsons a son Francis died in 1947 Services 1 p m Thursday at Jagers and Sons Funeral Home Rev Harold Sturm burial in Alexander Cemetery
Athens man Dennis Rosser 21 escaped injury when his car left Route 33 north of Logan and demolished after crashing through a guardrail into a field. Patrolmen say he apparently fell asleep and he was cited into Logan mayor's court on December 7 for driving left of center.
County commissioners viewed the Dover Township road section and approved the weekly bills at their regular Monday meeting. No action was taken on the Addressograph Company bid to equip the county with its equipment.
City water will be turned off in east Athens Wednesday morning for installation of new valves and replacement of fire plugs. Service Safety Director Franz Woodworth said the affected area includes everything east of the Children's Home. The outage starts at 9 a.m. and will last at least four hours.
Mrs. Myrtle May Craig, 52, died Tuesday at Mount St. Mary Hospital Nelsonville after a long illness. Survived by husband Edward Craig four sons James Edward Lake Charles AFB Robert Langley AFB Va Charles Hebron Ohio William Mexico two daughters Dorothy Campbell New Straitsville Betty Reynolds Corning mother Billa Webb New Straitsville sister Nellie S h le r Detroit two half sisters Elizabeth Sthal Hollywood California Helen O Neil Pontiac Mich half-brother William Webb New Straitsville. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday Apostolic Church New Straitsville Rev Harold Kellenbarger officiating burial New Straitsville Cemetery. Friends may call at Mrs Billa Webb home after 7 p.m. Tuesday until service.
Raymond Butterworth transfers in Nelsonville to George W. Redd. Walter D. Freeman moves parcels in Waterloo Township to Golda Clark of Athens. Helen V. Seel of Cincinnati conveys two tracts in Lee Township to Maurice D. Wright of Albany. Carl F. Efaw of Athens deeds a parcel in Waterloo Township to William Davidson.
The fire department emergency squad responded to 179 N Lan caster St shortly after 9 a.m. on Tuesday for William O. Pratt aged 72 suffering a strangulated hernia. He was transported to Sheltering Arms Hospital for treatment.
A 1954 Ohio University graduate Malcolm Carmin joins a group of Royal McBee sales trainees under Dan Merrick in a Columbus based program that ends December 19. Other class members include Harry Arnold William Dunker Denton Bush Robert Francis Fred Suppes Thomas Harlan Jr Paul Hundagan Ken Kennedy William Neal III and George Pappas.
The Plains couple Mr and Mrs George Gilkey welcome a daughter. Carbondale couple Mr and Mrs Homer Staten welcome a daughter. Admissions include James DeWeese Athens Route Mrs Eugene McCarthy Athens Donald Lash Athens Frank Richey Athens Route 3 Mrs Allan Kresge Athens Ethel Steward Albany Mrs John Reeves Athens Eugene Jones Nelsonville Thomas Parsons Athens Route Roy Richey Athens Dismissals include Mrs Frank Foster Athens and son Charles Fletcher Athens Emma Thompson Athens Rt 3.
The Plains resident Margaret Ward was injured in a collision on Route 682 Saturday while riding with driver Thomas Ward 23 of Rockbridge and not in the other vehicle. Norman Allen 22 of Athens Route 2 was the other driver, per the State Highway Patrol correction in Monday's paper.
The report notes a cloudy Tuesday with a low of 25 degrees and a 9 am temperature of 37. It mentions Monday reached a high of 46 and trails off with incomplete data.
The Athens County Humane Society will hold a meeting at 7 30 p m on Wednesday in the Athens State Hospital receiving building.
The Athens district Soil Conservation program for 1958 will be set by the board at an open meeting Wednesday evening at 8 in the office at 18% S. Court St. Reorganization is delayed until the January meeting due to a member's absence. Officers will be elected then.
Scott E. Wilson head of the meat department at the A and P Food Store in Athens marks 25 years with the company. He joined as a meat cutter in Parkersburg on December 3, 1932 and became head of the Athens store's meat section the next year. He will receive a leatherbound certificate of membership in the A and P Quarter Century Club in Columbus from Vice President H B Freeland.
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