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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1964
Page
2
Probable three month extension for completing the community plan was sought by Arnall T. Connell city planning consultant. The extension would delay final submission while allowing further revisions and public input.
Mayor seeks a three month extension for the comprehensive community plan with state DOD consent conditional on city action. Connell reports six weeks in Athens with Turner and Pabst to finish drafts, detailing revised completion dates and subcontracted staff to aid mapping and documentation.
An organizational meeting for a proposed adult safety patrol will be held at 3 p.m. December 29 at city hall. City officials plan to hire 16 adults to assist children at street crossings, with duties in assigned school areas. The group will be led by Dwight Robinson and police leaders.
Athens police issued an 18 year old driver a citation for unsafe operation after his car stalled on W Union Street causing a skid into the Crawford paint shop. The same day Lovell Gains, 43, was cited for failure to yield from a private drive following a two car crash at E State and Euclid.
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. reports a 9.3 percent gain in earnings for the year ending November 30. Harry M. Miller says operating revenue rose 5.3 percent and operating expenses 5.6 percent.
Thirteen members of Ohio University's School of Dramatic Art and Speech attend a joint convention in Chicago December 27 to 30. Prof John Walker leads regional meetings as AETA second vice president and convention critic, with several professors on panels and assemblies. The U S Atomic Energy Commission renews a seven year grant of 7506 to Dr James Y Tong for chemistry research. Dr Karl Ahrendt joins the National Association of Schools of Music graduate commission. Three chemical engineering faculty attend the 57th AIChE meeting in Boston, while Baloun attends an engineering materials conference in Cincinnati and another on metalurgical thermodynamics in Pittsburgh.
Admitted Mrs. Bill Whaley of Athens Patricia Hutton Athens Route 1 Kathleen McAfee Athens. Dismissed Ali Daffa Athens Betty Mullins Athens Route 4 Mrs. Gertie Simmons Athens Kenna Goodfellow Stewart James Goodfellow Stewart Timothy Henson Athens Mrs. Gerald DeLaval Athens Route 4 Vera Syx Amesville Theresa Heiser Athens Claude Minerd Stewart.
Common Pleas Court acted on Dora Leach’s request to drop concealed weapons charges against her husband Paul Everett Leach 28 Wellston. The case had been bound to the grand jury after she asked Sept. 20 that a sheriff's deputy file the charges.
The city health department will close December 28 and 29 as it moves from 13 East Washington Street to the former First Presbyterian Church funeral home at 9 North College Street. Commissioner Dr H M Boocks says the move provides needed space for improved public health service.
Robert D. Kuhl, 40, Cleveland, pleaded innocent to three charges including driving while intoxicated and unsafe vehicle, with a license issue. Bonds set at 375 dollars, case to Dec 30. Billy D. Kuhl, 42, Athens, was fined 25 dollars plus costs for intoxication and 35 dollars plus costs for an open container.
A mattress and curtains in a bedroom were damaged in a fire Tuesday at 11 20 a m in the Anthony Trisolini residence on Long Run Rd. The Richland Area volunteer fire department extinguished the blaze. Cause has not been determined.
Cub Pack 53 Den 4 recently went caroling at shut-in homes from Richland Methodist Church. The group also visited Radio Station WATH and the Ohio University Engineering Building. Den parents are Mr and Mrs John Romine.
Four Athens Countians are among about 25 000 Americans to receive their 300th monthly social security benefit checks in January. Paul J Hughes of the Marietta SSA district office notes the program began in January 1940 with roughly 100 000 workers. By June 1964, 19.5 million Americans received benefits, and annual payments have grown from 15.8 million in 1940 to over 15.8 billion. The two SSA trust funds total nearly 23 billion.
In Athens on Wednesday mild weather continued under cloudy skies with occasional light showers. U S Observer C L Colmer logged 47 at 9 30 am after a 43 low, while Tuesday’s high reached 41. divorces dismissed for Barbara Jean McWilliams and Noble Jean McWilliams due to lack of prosecution.
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