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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1950
Page
5
Old Man Winter brings Athens its coldest spell in three years with seven degrees below zero at the Poston Power Plant and widespread freezing conditions. Cars clogged with frozen engines, spiking antifreeze demand, frozen pipes, and minor accidents mark the storm era.
United Mine Workers Local 270 will hold a meeting Saturday at 1 30 p m at the hall in Coonville led by president Floyd Bridge confirming schedule and venue for members.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter McDonald The Plains welcome a son. Admitted were Paul Batchelder Shade Harold Baedecker Athens Mrs Helen Bosworth Columbus Vernon Huggins Athens Dorothea Thompson Athens Mrs Earl Bailey Albany Mrs Fred Webb Rio Grande Clair Jacks Langsville Leland Hess Athens. Dismissed Robert Blackmore Athens Mary Jo Chapman Guysville Richard Minerd Millfield Shirley Six Athens.
Billa Bobo Graft, 68, former Albany and Logan resident, died unexpectedly in a Toledo hospital on Monday. Survived by husband A D Graft of Toledo son Maynard and two grandchildren of Cleveland sister Hattie West Albany three brothers Foster Bobo Lancaster Cyrus and Earl Bobo Miami Fla. Funeral Friday 2 p m Albany Methodist Church conducted by Rev W H Marshall. Burial Hebbardsville. Friends may call Bigony Albany Thursday and until services Friday.
Mayor W P Mickle fined and jailed two men after guilty pleas on intoxication charges. Herb Rast 34 of 20 S Shafer St received 15 dollars and costs with three days in jail. John W McGuire 58 of Lash St got 10 dollars and costs and three days. Adkins 47 Huntington W Va was fined 50 dollars and costs on intoxication counts in a second arrest in two days.
Floyd R. Burris of Bolivar asks Common Pleas Court for 1439.73 from Michael Bernhardt of Amesville. The petition says the amount is due for insurance on equipment owned by Bernhardt.
GI Board Harry Summerfield ENFN son of Mr and Mrs H L Summerfield Coolville has been discharged from the Navy after treatment and major surgery at the U S Naval Hospital Newport R I Parents notified He is a 1948 Carthage Troy High School graduate who served two years aboard the USS Orion and the submarine Sunbird and is now at the New London Connecticut submarine base
Prayer Band will meet Thursday at the home of Mrs. Mary Lawk with Dorothea Webb as leader.
Athens Kiwanis Club installed its 1951 officers Tuesday night at Hotel Berry. Dr. N Howard Foster officiated and installed Richard Banks as president J E Thackrey as vice president E G Cliffton secretary Robert Hollingsworth treasurer. New board members named were A L Bechtel Peter B Leel Carl A Frey Raymond A Lee Dr W W Patton George L Smith and Fred H Hampton.
Clark E. Williams issued a request to show 16mm film at a Knights Templar party held at the Masonic Temple for wards of the Athens County Children’s Home.
Richard L. Hawk son of Mrs Mary C Hawk of Athens Route 4 has arrived at Camp Breckinridge to train with the 101st Airborne Division. His brothers Cpl Hermit Eldon Hawk serves in the Air Force at Ft McArthur San Pedro Calif and David Arden Hawk works as an electrician in the Navy aboard the USS Boxer in the Pacific.
Forty eight area residents are enrolled at Ohio State University this autumn quarter. Athens tops with 18 students followed by Nelsonville with 14. Glouster four, Albany four, and one student each from Amesville Coolville Guysville New Marshfield Sharpsburg and Stewart complete the roster.
An Athens man Harry Leo Ervin 25 of Athens Route 4 was misreported in Tuesday’s Messenger as fined 100 dollars and costs jailed 30 days and suspended driving rights for six months after pleading guilty to operating a motor vehicle under the influence. Ervin was charged by the State Highway Patrol but entered an innocent plea and awaits trial. He remains confined for failure to post 500 dollars bond.
The notice lists couples with ages and addresses: Donald Franklin Yates 21 and Wilma Marie Rollins 19 of Nelsonville. James Franklin Wood 39 Albany Route 3 and Betty Wakefield Damm 28 Athens Route 5. James Harlan Jarvis 23 Stewart and Victoria Elizabeth Davis 17 Athens. Burl Edward Crawford 20 and Eloise Humphrey 19 Coolville. Jack Gordon Canter 27 and Rita Jean Rennell 23 both of Chauncey.
Paul L Russell aged 21 of 14 Brown Ave was fined five dollars with costs by Mayor W P Mickle after city police charged him with failing to observe a stop sign.
Athens residents still received long delayed parcel post amid a Midwest backed up system. A bulging semi-trailer from Chicago dumped Christmas parcels at the depot, with more from Pittsburgh arriving later. Workers toiled to sort the backlog as crews were recalled from days off to handle the surge.
Unemployed workers in Athens have collected a total of 321 502 50 in benefits since January. November payments added 9 169 50, with an average weekly check of 23 48. Benefits cover Ohio law and GI Bill eligible veterans. Ohio law claimants received 8 949 50, including 637 50 independency allowances. Athens center reports 250 job seekers still eligible for unemployment compensation while lacking required training and experience for openings elsewhere in the state.
Wreckage clearing was rapid on Route 33 near Shade after a skid on a curve injured Harold J. Baedecker of 7 Fairview Ave. Paul Drake of Ft. Wayne Ind was identified as the other car owner. Drake reportedly left after leaving his car in an Athens garage as deputies failed to conclude the investigation before his disappearance.
Two Athens County men met in a Korea Army mess hall on December 12. Robin T. Matthews of 3 Pine Place and Charles Hoffman of The Plains reunited after Hoffman was wounded two months earlier while serving with the Fifth Infantry Regiment and had since returned to duty. Hoffman serves with the Sixth Army Medical Depot Supply Co and Matthews with the Third Station Hospital.
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