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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1965
Page
10
Hartford teenagers told the Menley & James Laboratories Family Life Institute panel that adults must listen to their problems and feelings. They argued listening fosters family unity and helps address violence prejudice and economic stress shaping teen life.
Obituaries note the deaths of Carl B Littlejohn 74 of Logan Effie McCarley 86 of McArthur John D Humphrey 71 of Coolville Anthony Cleavenger 65 of McArthur Donald R Devol 55 of Leavittown plus funeral details and family survivors. Local services set at Heinlein Wrightsel Maggie’s and Leonard Funeral Homes with draped obituaries and lodge affiliations.
Middleport residents hosted a flurry of holiday visitors over Christmas weekend. Names include Earl Knight and family. Ron and Marian Lambert. Alice Jane Lambert. A W Lambert family. William Lambert. David Miller. Larry Wiley and son. L A Wiley and son. J A Young family. Joe Young. Charles Bradbury family. Leo Kennedy Jr. Lorene Kennedy. Patty Yates. Richard Pickens family. Jan Hauck family. Brent and Brenda. Paul Kautz family. Bill Thomas. Eloda Webb. Wendell Kautz. Warren Pickens. Charles Pickens family. Dixie Pierce. Mil lard Pierce. Nina Bland. Miss Pierce visits Wheelersburg. Mrs Pearl Reynolds. Minerva Childers.
A Civil War memorial to Gen William T Sherman in Chattanooga Tennessee draws few visitors except at night when teenagers gather for informal recreation. Plans are underway to address the neglected site and attract visitors.
Community notices recount a birthday gathering for Jana Wiseman at Margaret Parsons home in Rutland. Updates cover Frank Laudaker’s hospitalization in Hugo Colorado after a heart attack, a kitchen fire at Mrs. Clara Hull Waldo with $700 damage, and several local visits and visits to Gilkey and Alkire households. It also covers Harve Eastman at Marks Rest Center and Sherman Reservation historical details with park service plans and a court ruling on a University CIT Credit Co promissory note.
Ohio highway officials report 50 holiday traffic deaths during Christmas to New Year 1965 with 49 in motor vehicle crashes and 1 in a train. Most victims were local, fair weather prevailed, belt use low. officials see no clear pattern and estimate year end fatality rate near 4.9 per 100 million miles.
Jerseyville Illinois reports scarce ground hogs on Ground Hog Day. Mark Matthews collected 307 ground hog scalps this year and more than 400 last year. He earns 25 cents per scalp, reflecting a small seasonal income.
Cubs of Den Five Pack 64 visited the Smead Manufacturing Co plant in Logan on Monday afternoon. Attending were Billy Todd Ray Maccombs Steve Conley Mark Brady and Hoy Seckinger and Robert Todd along with Mr. and Mrs. Clay Todd Mr. and Mrs. Wade Brady and other group members.
Miss Louise Stone of Oxford secretary at Miami University visits Mr and Mrs Charles H Stone on Mt Vernon Avenue.
In Syracuse the Third Wednesday Homemaker and Help and Learn Clubs held their annual yuletide dinner at Addie Norris home. Geneva Nolan co hosted decorations. Madelyn Stuttler led prayers. January February plans were set with Modern Home Care as January project led by Sara Roush and Betty Hayes. Artie Sellers and Sara Roush led an afternoon program, with carols sung by the group and piano by Margaret Cottrill. Mrs. Sellers read scripture and Mrs. Stuttler offered a Christmas prayer.
The piece notes Lynda and Luci Johnson holidaying with skiing in Evanston Wyoming and Waukegan Illinois respectively. It mentions Marcello Mastroianni disputing income figures with Rome tax assessors in a light take on Italy’s tax joke. James Farmer steps down as CORE director to lead a national literacy project Center for Community Action Education. Gen Earle Wheeler tours US bases in Thailand visiting Saigon and Taipei as about 12 000 service members are based there.
Vinton County Board of Education interviews architectural firms for the proposed Vinton County High School. Design Associates of Columbus is chosen to potentially handle the project as a contract is negotiated soon. The board to review Williams Dean report and building site committee plans.
Geneva Steiner Dilley of 90 Columbia Ave Athens Ohio is duly appointed Executrix of the estate of Frank Brown Dilley, deceased in Athens County Ohio. Creditors must file claims within four months as of December 10. Dated December 10 in Ros Probate Court.
Probate judge Harold J. Rose of the county is noted with a date stamp 12 21 and a reference 3 otw indicating an official action or notation in the record.
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