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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1948
Page
5
A cold spell in Athens drove plumbers to report five homes with frozen pipes and two service stations with frozen fuel lines. George Nagle, 68, was jailed after choosing arrest to avoid frostbite, fined $10 for intoxication, and returned to his cell when he could not pay.
Legal notices list numerous transfers in Athens County including E K Cowdery to Carl Wright, Walter Hartnell estates to Adda Hartnell and Mary Newcomb, and Amos Barnhart to Clarence Casteel. Transfers cover Athens Troy and Rome townships with parcels, lots, and tracts among individuals and church trustees, detailing 187.34 acre interests in Lee and Waterloo townships and various inlot and outlot portions in Glouster and Athens.
A winter barn scene shows a farmer named Clarence feeding livestock with care, linking dairy work to motherhood and life’s oneness. The narrator reflects on the emotional rewards of farming and the Christmastide symbolism of stable origins.
Final tests complete as Athens and county sheriff vehicles receive Motorola radio units. The system links sheriff cars within 30 miles and connects city hall master control with courthouse dispatch, enabling rapid cross county cooperation and remote contact from patrols.
Mayor W. P. Mickle fined Emmett Williams and John R. Smith $200 and costs and ordered 30 day jail terms after guilty pleas in separate cases. Williams, 41, was arrested near the railroad depot for being in physical control of an automobile while intoxicated and has prior convictions. Smith, 37, was cited on an affidavit from night watchman William Moody after Moody said Smith forced him off Route 33. Smith has multiple prior convictions.
Avis Mae Wright seeks permanent and temporary alimony and custody of their three children in Common Pleas Court. She asks for ownership of the Athens home as part of the alimony. The couple, married in 1933 at Canaanville, cites David Wright's gross neglect of duty as grounds.
The Plains resident Lowry dies after a domestic shooting in which his daughter Mrs Van Horn reportedly deflected a bullet. Police tie the assault to a third fatality that weekend, joining Sheldon McGee and his wife who died Friday night in Glouster. Lowry is survived by four daughters, four grandchildren, and a sister. Funeral services are Tuesday at The Plains Nazarene Church.
Mrs. John C. Herrold, 59, died Sunday evening at her home 189 Grosvenor St after a two year illness. Born Evylesburg Licking County she lived in Newark Amesville and Athens recently. Survived by husband John C Herrold daughters Wanda Josephine Wemlinger Irene Dixon sons Martin Victor grandchildren sisters Lacey Molter Myrtle Kinsley brother George Anderson. Funeral at Dowler and Ferguson Wednesday at 2 pm conducted by Rev Harold F Kellogg burial in W Union St Cemetery.
Advertisement for Solu seals vitamin tablets claiming they aid nerves digestion skin and blood. Mentions 100 tablets for 2.50 and sale at Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store with mail order option.
Three more crashes added to the Christmas weekend tally by the State Highway Patrol bringing the weekend total to four. No injuries were reported in the latest incidents, including a Saturday collision near the Athens State Hospital gate involving Delmar W. South and Leslie H. Bailey, Bailey facing charges after an improvised left turn.
Lt Gen Leonhard T Gerow says the first phase of a special command and staff course for officers of the Organized Reserve and National Guard will begin Feb 7 at Fort Meade. Qualified officers must be reported by Jan 6, and instructors may receive a special course at Fort Leavenworth before active duty on Jan 15.
Major John C. Shefield Jr announces 18 year olds can enlist for one year in the U S Marine Corps. Not deployed abroad during training. Recruits may attend Marine technical schools and three and four year inactive reserve enlistments are being accepted. Pfe William H Rife of Dexter recently graduated from the Air Force Communications School at Scott AFB Illinois, per Army notice.
Pvt. George R. Malone, son of Mr and Mrs John Malone of New Plymouth Route 1, is serving with the 1st Cavalry Division in Japan. He attends the clerk-typist school at the Army Education Center.
Frank Needham of the Ohio Division of Forestry will conduct a timber marking and estimating demonstration Tuesday on Clarence Price’s farm one mile above Portland Meigs County. Farmers interested in practical timber management are invited to attend meeting at 10 a.m. at the intersection of the road to the Portland Dam and State Route 124.
Glenn G. Olson of Shiloh Route 4 swerved to avoid a parked car on Hanlin Ave and hit a tree after his brakes failed near Shafer St. He and his two year old son Carl suffered minor injuries and the front end of Olson’s car was badly damaged, police said.
Mrs Addie Snyder 76 of Mineral died Sunday morning in Athens after a three month illness. She was the last survivor in a nine child family and a Methodist. Survived by daughter Reba Coley Athens two grandchildren Mrs Paul Walsh Barberton Parker E Van Dyke Columbus and several nieces and nephews. Her husband Parker J Snyder preceded her in death. Funeral held Wednesday 2 pm Hoodlet Funeral Home New Marshfield with Rev Carroll Chesser. Burial Marshfield Cemetery. Friends may call after 10 am Tuesday.
Buster Johnson, 20, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined 100 dollars and costs by Juvenile Court Judge Francis D. White after pleading guilty to acting to cause a minor’s delinquency. White suspended half the fine and jail due to Johnson’s confinement awaiting sentence. Jesse Taylor, 28, free on 500 dollars bond after an innocent plea, faces a trial date yet to be set.
Discharged list notes several patients and their towns from Athens and nearby areas. Entries include Irene Hayes and Norma Lee among others with medical and surgical statuses.
Wilber Drake of Glouster Route 4 is named as defendant in a suit by C. D. Kenny Co. to recover 371.18 dollars for merchandise purchased since February 1948.
William McCoy, 61, was found hiding in a brush pile and detained today for questioning in the hatchet slaying of Cornelius Green, according to local authorities. Investigators describe McCoy as a person of interest and request any witnesses to come forward.
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