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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1950
Page
5
Athens endures a second frigid morning under subzero temperatures with the official ion reading four degrees below zero at the E. M. Poston plant. Utilities boost gas pressure to ten ounces to meet demand while large industries cut usage to protect domestic supplies.
County agent Ross Wright and 4-H advisor James Singer will attend two poultry school and a 4-H advisors short course. Wright will hear lectures on efficient capital labor and feed use, cross-breeds and hybrids, plus a discussion on the Ohio poultry industry. Singer's sessions cover daily experiments teaching methods and 4-H instructor problems.
Birth announced for a daughter to Mr and Mrs George Poclski of Athens. Admissions include Mrs Lester Waldeck and Shirley White of Athens, Gerald McKee Chauncey Donald Rife Dexter Duane Bell Athens Downey Altman Nelsonville, and Mrs John Arnold Trimble. Dismissals include Mrs Helen Bosworth Columbus and Mrs Fred Webb Rio Grande with H D Thacker Chillicothe. Charles Burnfield Athens Meredith Rowe Athens Cecil Castle Athens.
Essex police said they believed the venerable Stone of Scone stolen from Westminster Abbey had been dumped into the River Couch under cover of night. Officers reported a group seen dumping a heavy bundle from a small boat while patrols searched five miles of riverbank and boats hunted along the stream.
Harry Leo Ervin 25 of Athens Route 4 changed his plea from innocent to guilty before Common Pleas Judge Francis D. White. He was fined 100 dollars plus costs, jailed 30 days, and lost driving rights for six months after arrest by the State Highway Patrol on Saturday.
William J. Van Aken, 66, long serving mayor of Shaker Heights, was found dead in his parked car, apparently from a heart attack. Local officials confirmed his death in the Ohio suburb.
Disabled American Veterans unit will convene Friday at 7 30 p m at the Armory. Ernest Mccording provides the meeting details and invites members to attend.
A Wednesday fire at 32 percent S Court St started when a roast burned on a kitchen stove in Apartment No. 3. Residents smelled smoke at 3 58 p m and firemen arrived to find the roast burning. the apartment is rented by Mrs Edna Hoodlet to three working girls who reportedly left.
Mrs. Nona Sayre 69 former Buchtel resident died in Columbus at a son’s home. She leaves four sons Harvey Edward Thomas and Fred plus daughters Kay Andrews Pauline Carsner Flora Taylor and Lucille Bookman. Survived by brothers Edward Harry and William Stevens and sisters Anna Corwin and Clara Dowler. Husband Clark Sayre and a daughter precede her in death. Body brought to Stout's funeral home in Nelsonville pending arrangements.
George Roberts aged 64 of Sharpsburg Route 1 was jailed for non payment of a $10 fine plus costs levied by Mayor W P Mickle for intoxication. He pleaded guilty to intoxication and innocent to an assault and battery filed by his sister Cora Roberts. A hearing on the assault charge is set for Saturday at 10 am.
Norma McHarg of The Plains, Athens County wins the Prince of Peace contest and will compete in a district event at Walnut Street Methodist Church in Chillicothe on Sunday January 7. Counties entered include Scioto Lawrence Jackson Pike Vinton and Hamilton with the district winner advancing to the state contest in Columbus for cash prizes and scholarships. The Ohio Council of Churches sponsors 22 district contests as 150 silver medalists from counties compete after elimination rounds beginning Armistice Sunday.
Robert L. Foughty aged 21 of Athens Route 3 was fined ten dollars and costs by Mayor W P Mickle after a State Highway Patrol arrest on a speeding charge on Route 33 yesterday evening.
A county treasurer report shows Athens area sales for the week ending Saturday at 11 797.61 the highest for the year with strong Christmas receipts and miners pay contributing to the uptick. Earlier two weeks posted 8500.68 and 8437.74, both ahead of 1949 figures, while a postholiday decline loomed. Adrian VI the non-Italian pope is noted as Netherlands born.
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