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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1949
Page
5
OU students and Athens residents prepare for the Christmas and New Year break as up to 5000 students depart after Friday classes. Most city schools close Friday afternoon. offices observe December 26 and January 2 as holidays.
The Kimberly bridge over the Hocking River two miles south of Nelsonville is back open to traffic after two weeks closed for reflooring with treated lumber. State Route 144 between Stewart and Coolville is being re-graveled by W. E. Engel, McArthur, and Route 329 graveling from 50A to Stewart is finished. Winter patching on 50A near Amesville and on 50 from Guysville to Coolville continues as weather allows. A Community Sing is set for Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in Union Church.
Westfield Massachusetts write-in candidate John F. Milar won the Ohio University 1952 graduating class presidency with 143 votes. Harold P. Meehan narrowly beat James R. Patrick for men's vice president by two votes. Ann H. Hammerle won women's vice president. Norris T. Hartshorn narrowly defeated Duane F. Murphy for treasurer. Patricia A. Cook and Patricia J. Weaver were elected secretary and historian respectively.
Parents and cubs gathered at the First Presbyterian Church for a tree decorating party. Clarke Daily played Santa and handed out fruit and candy. Bobcat pins went to John Simpkins and Max Schwar zel. Wolf badges to Victor Campbell Richard Taylor and Wayne White. Tom Van Meter earned a silver arrow, Bill Markham a gold and silver arrow. John Risch and Paul Schwartz completed cubbing and joined Boy Scout Troop 55. Risch earned the Webelos medal.
A Christmas program will be presented Sunday at 7 p.m. at Zion Baptist Church on the Lower Plains. The event is organized by Mrs. Roy Langel Mrs. Irene DeWeese and Mrs. James Gabriel.
Sheriffs Bateman said William Dalton, 21, of near Bartlett, is in custody and will face cattle theft charges for three calves from Louis Butcher of Rome Township. Hanford Mayles, 20, of near Cutler, pleaded innocent to three cattle theft counts and was bound over to the grand jury on $3000 bond. both cases involve calves valued at $200, $60, and $100 stolen from local farmers. Mayles and Dalton were linked to multiple thefts. Dalton was arrested at his home.
Athens High School announces its honor roll with seniors juniors and sophomores added for earning a B average or higher. Listed are senior honorees Salley Algeo Charles Frank Jean Kay Hartley Philip Nye Crescen tia Spurbeck Frederick Stehr and many others along with junior and sophomore students achieving the same academic standing.
New officers were elected at a noon Tuesday dinner in Athens. Dr. Hel Mitchell became president, Dr. A. A. Baldwin vice president, and Dr. C. R. Hoskins secretary. Dr. Frank W. Lowenstein spoke on an Athens County Nutrition and Health Survey, the only one of its kind in the country and directed by Dr. Lowenstein.
Mrs. Max Williams of Nelsonville Route 1 was injured when a jar of canned goods exploded at her home around noon Wednesday. She suffered a serious eye injury and cuts and was admitted to Sheltering Arms Hospital in good condition today.
Weather permitting Colum bus and Southern Ohio Electric Co workers will attempt a repair Sunday causing an hour long power interruption from 9 to 10 am. The outage will affect Athens Guysville Stuart Codville Richland Ave Jerseyville and nearby areas after a rain postponement last week.
State patrolmen investigated two truck automobile crashes within two miles of each other near McArthur. No injuries were reported. Charlies E. Boggs and Raymond Roy Keller collided at Route 56 and 75 at 8 a.m. Boggs fined for failing to yield. Robert B. Bishop and Billy G. Clemens also collided at 1 p.m. with Bishop fined for unsafe operation. Additional fines were issued to Lloyd B. Hall and William Barnhart for speeding and license issues.
Temperatures fell to six degrees above zero last night the lowest mark this year and tied earlier dates of Jan 30 and Feb 2. The high yesterday reached 29, with frost on the ground and ice on windows as thermometers read 11 degrees the season's previous low at 9:30 a.m. The six degree cold snap is one degree below December 1948's prior low.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Walden R. Bruce of Athens. Admitted cases include Mrs. Max Williams of Nelsonville Route 1 and Mrs. Frank Shumway Jr of Athens Route 2 with her daughter. Also listed are Mrs. Rosina Eddy of Athens and Larry Joe Evener of Athens Route George Stout, Mineral, and Mrs. Alma Hutchins of Guysville.
Ohio University associate professor John D. Edwards spoke on The Atom, tracing atomic research history and its use in modern warfare. He used slides for illustration as Lt. Robert Worthman announced weekly drill sessions paused for holidays with the next unit meeting set for Jan. 5.
The Saturday meeting of the Jersey breeders of District 15 will be held in the Chesterhill High School gymnasium rather than Chester High School as announced in Thursday’s Messenger.
Dr. Charles Frederick Kittle will be the first holder of the Dr. Samuel S. Murdock Jr. fellowship in surgery at KU Medical Center. The $15,000 gift honors S. S. Murdock and funds two research projects on gastric physiology with autonomic nervous system links and on sympathetic effects on pulmonary physiology. Kittle, from Athens Ohio, is in his second year of residency and has coauthored six medical articles.
Students at Athens Junior High School earned honor roll status for the second six weeks of the fall semester with grades of B or higher. The seventh grade list includes Jane Barker through Mary Lou Wichterman, the eighth grade names Tommy Baird to Geneva Wilson, and the ninth grade roster appears complete.
Richard Lysakowski of Chicago and Jack Boyd of Cambridge were inducted into Alpha Omicron at a Thursday ceremony. Ralph F. Beckett, OHIO professor, pledged 14 actives to Delta Sigma Pi. Athens area pledges include Thomas C. Sanders, Richard L. Mathews, and Don Dial.
Mayor W. P. Mickle joined the Athena Garden Club to seek aid enforcing state and city laws against highway and street litter. The city ordinance carries up to 150 dollars for a first offense and 300 for a second, while the state law imposes 50 dollars and up to 30 days in jail. The Athens Garden Club, with Ohio Association of Garden Clubs, led the push to keep highways clean.
John Emery Hammond 72 died suddenly at his Lower Plains home Friday at 10 30 a m after four weeks illness. He was a lifelong Athens County resident and retired coal miner. Survived by wife Cora. daughters Mary Adams Guysville Bernice Dowler Columbus Bessie Keasey Chauncey. sons Wilford Cittle Hill Wilbur Leonard Floyd Columbus. sister Dora Stump Columbus. 12 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
Edward Bishop Jr aged 33 and Dorothy Mae Gabriel aged 34, both residents of Athens, are identified in the report.
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