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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1950
Page
3
Earl Cooper spotted a baby in a basket in a parked car on E Washington near Court St in Athens. Patrolman Harry Risley freed the infant from tangled blankets and fed it milk after a few back pats, saving the child before the parents returned.
The MeBee Co. stockholders elected Philip M. Zenner New York as chairman and president, filling the vacancy caused by D. R. Zenner's death. H. C. Davis of New York will become executive vice president and move to Athens. B. F. Cutler Athens remains treasurer and also becomes vice president. The board includes A. B. Roe and others, with Davis set to relocate to Athens soon.
In Aug 5 to Dec 1 1950 at Mount St Mary Hospital Nelsonville a total of 448 small X ray pictures were made and 44 large films were taken for suspected TB. The Ohio Mobile X ray unit read 45 suspected TB and 36 other chest pathologies from 3930 small films. Christmas Seals funding supports the free chest clinic and mobile unit. Athens County 1950 quota is 5250 dollars versus 3998.21 in 1949. The program urges residents to support this public health effort.
State police report Walter Price, 36, of Washington D. C., escaped injury when his tractor-trailer skidded off Route 50, overturned on its top about a mile and a half west of Albany. The truck, carrying empty acetylene gas storage tanks, was heavily damaged.
Grace Hall Skelton of Nelsonville files for divorce from Alfred Skelton of Ft. Smith Arkansas in Common Pleas Court. She seeks restoration of her maiden name Hall. They married August 25 1949 and have no children.
Isaac S Kern 68 died early Thursday at his sister Mrs Homer Graves Ath ens Route 1 after a period of ill health. Survived by sister Miss Addie Kern Washington DC and brother Albert F Kern Ashley Ohio. Funeral arrangements by Jagers funeral home not yet completed.
Mrs. Grace Hawk of Athens Route 3 says her brother Clarence Buck of 260 Elm Street Marion is in Marion Hospital with both legs broken. No details about the accident are available.
Athens County selects Irvin Wolfe to lead the PMA committee with Vernon Shaw and Edward Brooks as officers. City and township PMA and community committeemen were elected across multiple towns including Troy and Waterloo, with ballots counted November 27.
Athens Retail Merchants Association announced Christmas shopping hours. Beginning today stores stay open three consecutive Thursday afternoons to aid pre- Christmas shopping, with usual noon closing on Dec 28. In the four days before Christmas, evening hours extend to 9 p.m. on Dec 20 through 23. Police will patrol meters during the Thursday openings.
The Board of U S Civil Service Examiners announced emergency definite appointments for spare parts specialists at Columbus General Depot. Applications will be rated on experience per a statement to F D Higgins at the local post office.
Police report four cars damaged in two minor collisions Tuesday and Wednesday. In the Wednesday crash on FE State Road near Shannon, Clyde Gibson 63 Amesville and Louise Jones 27 of 98 Elmwood were involved, Jones’s car struck from the rear. Tuesday’s N Court Street incident involved Joseph W. Ervin 26 Athens Route 5 and Harold C. McBrite 30 of 27 Hanlin Ave.
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