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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 30, 1964

Page

2

City Income Tax Brings In 178300 Withholdings Pending

Mayor Raymond Shepard reports 178300 to date from the city one percent income tax after nine months of operation. Of this, 130000 has funded street work and the rest to the general fund. Withholding payments for October to December due Jan 31 will refine the nine month picture. A 300000 annual target was projected with 225000 by three quarters. January payments must total 50000 to meet the goal. In Municipal Court Donald S. Neff forfeited a 20 bond for failing to appear on bad check charges.

Raymond Shepard Donald S. Neff Columbus Charles Jeffers C and E Super Value Store

Logan Man Sentenced for Robbery in Nelsonville Case

Common Pleas Judge John Bolin sentenced Bobby Lewis Crawford of Logan Route 1 to the Ohio Penitentiary after he pleaded guilty to robbery. Crawford, charged in the Nelsonville incident, allegedly took $35 from William Thurman Cline, an attendant at a Marathion service station nearby. He was arrested at a tavern on Route 216 near Nelsonville.

Common Pleas John Bolin Bobby Lewis Crawford Logan Oroville Ohio Crawford William Thurman Cline Nelsonville Cline Marathion

Drake Promoted To Production Planning Manager

Former Athens resident Wendell Drake has been promoted to production planning manager at Royal McBee Corp. portable typewriter plant in Springfield Missouri. Drake joined Royal McBee after graduating from Ohio University in 1951 and has worked at Hartford before moving to Springfield in 1959. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W B Drake of 19 Elmwood Place. another son, R B Drake, is district sales manager for Royal McBee in Memphis Tennessee.

Athens Wendell Drake Royal McBee Corp Springfield Drake Royal McBee Ohio University Hartford Memphis, Tenn

Review of 1964 Highlights Continues in The Messenger

The continuation covers September events across Athens and beyond. Key items include two Coolville youths killed in a bridge collision, OU and city enrollment figures, hiring of Fred James as police captain and Clyde Beasley Jr. as sergeant, a drought causing halted burning permits, a courthouse jury list for the Darrell Fierce murder trial, and Barry Goldwater’s presidential campaign stop. Ralph L. Kittle of The Plains injured in a multi car crash near Hagerstown with two fatalities.

Coolville Mercury Ohio University Fred James Clyde Beasley Council Athens Alden Citizens Committee Royal McBee Litton Industries Barry Goldwater Darrell Fierce Ralph L. Kittle Lloyd Kittle the Plains Hagerstown Md Hagerstown Kittle Richmond du Pont

City school board to hold 1965 organizational meeting

The city school board will convene an organizational meeting at 7 30 p m Monday per Supt Clyde Plant The board will elect a president vice president and set monthly meeting times and locations Sol Rosenberg is the current president and Homer B Gall Sr is vice president In Chicago a marketing association conference drew 100 professors including Harry F Evarts associate dean at Ohio University and Robert Raymond assistant professor Jockey John Ralph Adams is kin to former rider and trainer John H Adams a three time leading rider

Supt Clyde Plant Sol Rosenberg Homer B. Gall, Sr Chicago American Marketing Association Harry F. Evarts Ohio University College of Business Administration Robert §. Raymond John Ralph Adams John H. Adams

Mineral youth pleads innocent to menacing threats

An 18 year old Mineral resident Merle Bullock Jr was arrested after a disturbance at the Cliffordon Meter store in Mineral. He pleaded innocent in County Court to a charge of menacing threats with a $400 bond and requested a jury trial. Deputies said he tried to trade a shotgun for tobacco and fled into a wooded area nearby.

Mineral Sam Buffington Merle Bullock, Jr Bullock

Shelter Front: Hospital Notes Admitted List

Admission notes from Shelter Arms Hospital include names and residences such as Mrs. Frank Levacy Athens Domini McCarthy Athens Mrs Carroll Seifert Albany Route 2 Bonnie Bradley Athens William L Collins Athens Route 5 Mrs Murven De Weese Athens Moss White Athens Ali Daffa Athens Mrs Paul Hartley and daughter Athens Route 4 and Mrs Charles Jeffers Athens Route 1.

Frank Levacy Athens Domini McCarthy Carroll Seifert Albany Bonnie Bradley William L. Collins Murven de Weese Moss White Ali Daffa Paul Hartley Charles Jeffers

Employers Receiving Federal Tax Forms in Cincinnati District

IRS says Cincinnati district employers are receiving pre addressed Form 941s with revised wage schedules to allow the Social Security Administration to use new scanning equipment. Employers should follow instructions carefully, the IRS urges.

Cincinnati Internal Revenue Service IRS Social Security Administration

Traffic Fines in Athens Municipal Court

Ralph L Johnson 34 of 38 S Court St Athens found guilty unsafe operation fined 15 dollars and costs. June Patterson Hostetler 38 Athens Route 4 failed to stop at stop sign fined 5 dollars and costs. John E Webb 22 446 Richland Ave Athens passing on curve fined 10 dollars and costs. Paul E Wolfe 46 Nelsonville speeding pleaded innocent posted 32 dollar bond case continued. Walter L Douglas 30 Athens Route 5 failed to obey police officer bond forfeiture 30 dollars.

Ralph L. Johnson S. Court St Athens June Patterson Hostetler John E. Webb Richland Ave Paul E. Wolfe Nelsonville

Ohio Sees Record Traffic Toll Since World War II

Ohio to register its highest highway death toll since before World War II in 1964, officials say. John P. Irwin of the Automobile Club of Southern Ohio urges motorists to start the new year with a pledge to drive more carefully as the Highway Safety Department estimates about 2100 deaths on state streets and highways.

Ohio John P. Irwin Automobile Club of Ohio Department of Highway Safety

Bond Forfeitures Jump From Road Stops And Court Action

A list of traffic offenses includes Patrick J. Bullock 19 Nelsonville speeding $22 Walker P. Yates 65 Ath ens Route 1 failure to yield right of way $27 Donald L. Norris 24 Mill field Route 1 crossing fire hose $13 Arthur W. Kennedy 28 Dearborn Mich speeding $22 Arthur W Root 46 Des Moines Iowa speeding $17 James K Ableiter 65 Mahomet Ill speeding $27 Barry Rutherford 20 Carron Hill operating without a license $32 Wayne C Hammer 22 Athens left of center $17 Jerry W Justice 22 Hard y Ky operating without a license $32 Walter H Carter 18 Albany failure to obey traffic signal $12 Leslie B Shafer 43 Columbus speeding $15 Leslie L Childers 19 Chauncey passing on curve $20 police officer $30 Ruth V Wood 49 Columbus stop sign $15 David R Prentice Charleroi Pa speeding $25 Paul E Angle Gore unsafe vehicle $15 Ronald E Wagoner 42 Athens Route 1 speeding $25 Common Pleas Court rules The People s Bank Nelsonville can recover 1793.01 interest and unpaid amount due on note from George T and Virginia Holcroft Glouster Route 3

Patrick J. Bullock Columbus St Nelsonville Walker P. Yates Athens Donald L. Norris Millfield Arthur W. Kennedy Dearborn Mich Arthur W. Root Des Moines Iowa James K. Ableiter Mahomet Ill Barry .G. Rutherford Carron Hill Wayne C. Hammer van Vorhes Jerry W. Justice Hardy Walter H. Carter Main St Albany Leslie B. Shafer Columbus Leslie L. Childers Chauncey Walter L. Douglas Ruth V. Wood David R. Prentice Charleroi Paul E. Angle Gore Ronald E. Wagoner

School Guard Planned For West Morrison Start Second Semester

City Police Chief J B Grogan says a paid adult safety patrol may begin at West and Morrison Elementary Schools at the start of the second semester February 1. Ten volunteers from West and Morrison areas attended the meeting. no other schools were represented.

Morrison and West J. B. Grogan West Morrison City Hall St. Paul's School Grogan University Elementary

Creole Foundation Grants 700 to Ohio University

The Creole Foundation awarded Ohio University an unrestricted 700 grant to aid foreign students with tuition and instructional costs. The grant is part of 44 grants totaling 43,500 this year to U.S. institutions hosting Creole scholarships for Venezuelan students including Francisco Muguruza a sophomore electrical engineering major on Creole support.

Creole Foundation Ohio University U.S Francisco Muguruza Chacao Venezuela Ohio U Walter J. Taylor School of Architecture

Special Tax Clinic Slated by Portsmouth Chamber

A tax clinic sponsored by the Portsmouth Area Chamber of Commerce tax committee will be held at Ohio University Portsmouth on Wednesday January 13. The IRS and Small Business Administration cooperate on the event with sessions led by IRS representatives from Cincinnati covering travel and entertainment expenses self employment pension plans withholding taxes and other IRS procedures.

Portsmouth Portsmouth Area

City Council Plans Special Meeting On Fund Transfer

Mayor Raymond Shepard says the council will meet Thursday at noon to transfer funds from income tax revenue to the general fund. The council may allocate 25 percent to the general fund and 75 percent to capital improvements.

Raymond Shepard

Training Completed in VW Parts Course

James Daggett and Michael Collins of C. B. Nye Co. Athens completed a three day instruction course in inventory control and sale of Volkswagen replacement parts and accessories conducted by Midwestern VW Corp.

Columbus Volkswagen VW Corp James Daggett Michael Collins C. B. Nye Co Athens

Two Teenagers Charged In Home Break-In

Two writs of information were filed in Common Pleas Court Tuesday charging 18-year-old Danny Lee Wallace and 19-year-old Donald Terry Forsyth in a break in at Leonard Linscott's Hooper Ridge home. Both pleaded guilty and waived grand jury action, with a hearing set for 10 a.m. Thursday before Judge John W. Bolin. Investigators question the Chauncey youths about other similar incidents in the area, including the theft of a shotgun and shells.

Common Pleas Danny Lee Wallace Donald Terry Forsyth John W. Bolin Chauncey Leonard Linscott Hooper Ridge Sheriff's Office

Man Dies Walking on Route 50 Near Canaanville

A man unidentified at the time collapsed and died on Route 50 near Canaanville Wednesday morning. Officials said natural causes suspected. body sent to Jagers and Sons funeral home as sheriff’s department and State Highway Patrol investigate.

Man Rt. 50 Canaanville Route 50 Jagers and Sons Funeral Home Sheriff's Department State Highway Patrol

Northwestern Professor Sacks to Lecture on Statistics

Dr Jerome Sacks, associate professor of mathematics at Northwestern University, will give statistics lectures January 5 and 6 at Ohio University's Copeland Hall. The talks are sponsored by the National Science Foundation and Ohio University Graduate College.

Jerome Sacks Northwestern University Ohio University Copeland The National Science Foundation Ohio University Graduate College

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