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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1957
Page
5
Dentists in Hocking County observe National Children's Dental Health Week and warn that eating candy and sticky sweets between meals causes rapid acid attack on tooth enamel. They urge teaching children to brush immediately after meals to prevent long term dental decay and potential need for artificial dentures.
Logan area education meetings organized by the County Extension Advisory Council aim to help farmers plan for the coming crop year. The first session is scheduled for February with more details to follow.
Land transfers in Hocking County include Vivan Hart and Katharine Hart to Nellie Hartshorn for six acres in Perry Township and Frederick Junior Stiverson to Rose A. Williams in Perry. Other transactions cover Oakland Addition parcels in Logan, White Brothers and Ebert allotments, and various townships. A March program on sheep management and weed control by extension staff is announced with meetings in the courthouse auditorium.
Ohio Department of Highways announces a February 7 hearing on relocating a 0.7 mile section of Route 595 in Ward Township near Perry County. The segment will run southeast to a bridge over Monday Creek and will revert to affected property owners after completion. Hearing at 10:30 a.m. in the county courthouse commissioner's office.
Police investigated a two car collision at Mulberry and Front at 2 p.m. Saturday. Dorothy L. Parker 35 of Columbus drove east on Front and Helen L. Rutter 32 proceeding south on Mulberry.
Admission notes list Mrs. John Hart of Creola Mrs. Vina Hannan of Ray Route 1 and Mrs. Effie Strawn of Logan for medical and surgery. Discharges include Mrs. Kenneth Jones of Laurelville and Carl Miller of McArthur Route 1.
A semi and a convertible collided on Route 35 3.7 miles east of the junction with Route 325 injuring Bernard Keefer of Vinton Route 2 who was taken to Holzer Hospital with a possible back injury. The crash involved Lena Forester of China Grove North Carolina driving a Central Motor Lines truck and occurred as a third unidentified semi braked to avoid the car. Donald Flynn of Racine also damaged his car on Route 124 in Syracuse and was cited for Unsafe Operation.
Sigma Phi Gamma plans a Valentine Dance February 16 at the Waltonian clubhouse with music by the Starlighters. Province meeting set for February 9–10 at Fort Hayes Hotel Columbus. Nosth Libri League discusses members' children issues. Young Adult Class at First Methodist hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Craig Kinney with Neal Dillon as president and Wallace E. Blake as teacher.
About eight Grace Methodist Church members and eight from Rio Grande joined more than 500 people at Trinity Methodist Church in Portsmouth for a district missions meeting focused on Southeast Asia.
Gallipolis police charged Chester Jacobs Jackson Rile Wheeler L Clinton Treadway Harry Brigsby and Escom Murray with making illegal left turns at Pine and Vinton where a warning sign stands Each posted a $10 bond for municipal court appearance Seven earlier drivers forfeited bonds Percy Bryant was fined $5 and costs for intoxication and rearrested Sunday for the same offense
Harold F. Shoe maker 58 of Bidwell was arrested by the state highway patrol for driving while intoxicated and to appear before Municipal Judge W H Jones today. Herbert D Cole 43 of South Charleston W Va paid 5 dollars and costs in Rio Grande Mayor Northup s court for speeding, and Gillan K Taylor 46 of Stewart paid 15 dollars and costs before Justice R E Grindley of Minersville.
A World Church film about denominations was shown at a Methodist Youth Fellowship meeting in Gallipolis. Plans were made for a bake sale February 23 at First National Bank and a joint MYF Presbyterian youths meeting February 17. Betty Gilkerson, 19, of Kentucky will be evangelist and lead singing with two other young ladies.
Two similar accidents occurred on Cedar Street near Second Avenue in Gallipolis, one Saturday at 5:50 p.m. and another Sunday at 2:40 p.m. Light damage reported. Bert Smith, 18, Gallipolis Route 2, pulled from a parking space as Leslie Rayburn, 29, Jackson Road, Clifford Schoals, 40, Point Pleasant, pulled from a parking place in the first collision. In the Sunday crash taxi driver Lloyd Walker, 55, 663 Third Ave, was involved.
Logan Larry Roberts from Ohio State University School of Dentistry spent the weekend here with his parents Mr and Mrs Francis Roberts.
The interdenominational Youth Rally at Rio Grande Community Hall drew roughly 150 youths. Rev. John Davis urged balancing church and worldly life and respecting elders while music and choirs from Rio Grande College and local schools enriched the program. A state youth movement note cited 15 000 youths at 90 rallies statewide with cooperation efforts planned for 1958.
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