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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1955
Page
5
A Jan report from Mrs. Phyllis L. Cross shows Athens County Vehicle Title Office issued more titles and collected more fees in January than December and January of the prior year. New car titles fell from December and Jan 1954, while used car titles rose, with 691 used cars titled in January.
Mrs. George Phillips 82 died Tuesday evening at her Minersville home. Survived by son Norman Syracuse. daughters Vs. Stanley Jones Pomeroy Myrtle Watson and Mrs. Paul Fisher Minersville. eight grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. Alma died in 1914. Services Friday 2 p.m. at Ewing funeral home. Burial Minersville Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Mary Virginia North 76 died Monday and will receive final rites at Millers Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. W H Green pastor of First Baptist Church will officiate. Burial follows at Mound Hill Cemetery.
Elizabeth Keller, 43, of Nelsonville, was fined 15 dollars and costs after being arraigned in Municipal Court Wednesday on a charge filed by the State Highway Patrol.
Two men from Athens County departed by bus at 7 20 a m for Fort Hayes Columbus to join the January draft. George Edinger of Jacksonville led the group with Norman J. Tinkham of Chauncey. William Tennant, a Stewart native now in Fairmont West Virginia, volunteered but will be inducted there. Gideon Society gave Bibles and the American Legion post provided candy and cigarettes.
Athens County Health Association and Mount St. Mary Health Center hosted the January chest clinic in Nelsonville with 39 attendees. Six new tuberculosis cases were found among participants, including two active primary and two inactive cases, plus two cases needing hospital care and one needing further study. The next clinic is set for February 16, funded by Christmas Seals sales.
Births list includes a son for Mr and Mrs Joseph Gura of Athens Route 4 and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Clyde McComas of Albany. Dismissed patients include Mrs Glenn Byard and daughter of Athens Route 4 and several other Athens area residents.
Gerald Bumgardner pleads innocent to shooting a cocker spaniel. Charge filed by Jean Wallace. Bumgardner freed on 25 dollar bond awaiting 8:45 a.m. Friday hearing.
A brick laden tractor trailer overturned on the Penn Lincoln Parkway west of Pittsburgh yesterday. The driver died in the crash after the vehicle plunged down an embankment.
After a brief recess winter weather returned with light snow and freezing temperatures. At least two school systems Trimble and Waterloo shut down due to icy highways. Cinder crews worked on hills and curves as officials noted a freezing morning with temperatures near 28 degrees.
A one story frame house owned by McKee Denney at Evergreen was destroyed by fire Wednesday morning. Gallipolis fire department arrived after an 8 55 a m call and found the structure completely ablaze. Some belongings were moved to a nearby townhouse on Route 160 before the flames could do more damage. McKee Denney and his mother Estella Denney lived in the home. she is a clerk for the Bidwell Springfield Board of Education.
A total of 217 Masons registered for the Paramathia Lodge 25 inspection at the Masonic Temple led by J. B. Hutchinson. The group included 109 members and 108 visitors from 46 lodges across five states, with Perry County Probate Judge Dan Jenkins and Roy Sayers among attendees. A dinner preceded the inspection and conferring of the Master Mason degree.
Gallia County jail inmates Charles Ferrell and an accomplice return to jail after escaping from the Gallia facility where they were serving 60 days for petit larceny related to wire theft from OVEC. Sheriff George Ehman plans to file jail-break charges before the next grand jury. The pair had been working as trusties at the courthouse when they vanished last Thursday.
The Korner Kitchen in Coolville was entered illegally in two prior incidents and a third entry was reported this morning. Sheriff George Bateman and Deputy Bernard Porter investigated the case. losses were not yet reported and the owner is Albert Davis.
Ohio University's Extension Division announces two management courses starting Friday February 11. Production Planning and Control in Management 38 and Wage and Salary Administration in Management 332. Classes meet in Room 5 Ellig Hall with 7 p.m. and 8 50 p.m. starts taught by Prof. E T Hellebrandt and Dr. George Davis.
The Athens College Green hosted Blaine campaign events and a famed 1884 platform collapse. Thousands witnessed the wreck as Blaine spoke before a damaged stage, with Grosvenor injured and Republicans blaming fellow campaigners for the mishap.
Charles J. Blackman of Ohio State University led a Tuesday meeting at the Athens Grange Hall on boosting milk output with lower cost. He cited 11 feed samples and seven silage samples shown by local farmers and noted high quality roughage can lift milk yield beyond three to one with reduced grain use.
Albany Lodge will confer the Entered Apprentice degree at 7 30 p m on Saturday. Donald B Knopp master said the ceremony will be conducted by the lodge officials and attended by members and guests.
A proposed bill before the Columbus Chic Howse Highways Committee would require annual safety inspections and dealer repairs before sale. Chief Grogan backs the plan to curb unsafe cars, with a second measure likely to trigger a three year license notice system across Ohio drivers.
George K. Buchanan pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to indecent exposure. Judge John Newromb sentenced him to three months in jail and a $200 fine, but suspended the jail term and reduced the fine to $100 with one year probation. He must leave Athens within 12 hours of the appearance and stay out of the city for a year following police reports of window peeping and exposure.
Don Keith Johnson 25 formerly of Athens was killed in a jet crash near Fairbanks Alaska. He graduated Mechanicsburg Junior High and Athens High School and later attended Ohio State University where he was second man on the golf team. His mother Mrs Gladys Johnson survives with uncle Herman Theisen in Athens.
Police investigated a night break in at Lockard Eat Shop on Biliett St. Chief Joseph Grogan said the building was entered overnight and cash stolen though nothing else appeared taken. A window was broken and police noted the establishment had been entered recently.
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