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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1963
Page
2
Athens Ohio city filing fees rise after pay raise. Council members pay 3.60. mayor 27. solicitor and city auditor fees also increase. Candidates filed before the bill may pay additional amounts to be eligible for the May primary. Ray Bobo cites 4 p.m. May 1963 filing window.
A Shade area man, Jake Wilburn Piper, 48, was arrested this week by city police in connection with a Meigs County arson case. He was wanted over a $5000 fire at a Bear Wallow Ridge home owned by Constance Piper. Deputies say Mrs. Piper filed the charge and he was turned over to Meigs Sheriff Robert Hartenbach.
Athens County reports two deer fatalities on Route 33 near the county line and near the Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. plant. A doe was struck Tuesday by Julian Edgar Moore of Athens Route 1. A buck was hit this morning by an unidentified truck. it was alive but badly injured and was euthanized, with the carcass sent to Athens State Hospital.
Albert Schuler 71 died unexpectedly Tuesday morning in Athens at his sister’s home. He is survived by brother Raymond of Canal Winchester and sister Anna Marcinko of Columbus. Funeral mass at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Father Francis Maloney officiating, burial in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call at Jagers and Sons Funeral Home with Office of the Dead Wednesday at 8 p.m.
Mrs Earl Christiansen a former Athens resident died in a Parkersburg hospital. Friends may call at Ogden funeral home St Marys Ave with funeral services at 2 30 p m Burial will be at Guysville County Court Alan Keith Sheppard 20 Ashtabula speeding 15 dollars and costs Edwin Walford 19 Bridgeport speeding 20 dollars and costs Dennis Madson 24 Athens changing lanes without due caution 10 dollars and costs
Athens Business Association launches its first office at 2 Washington St in a temporary space once used by Drs Sprague. David Young reports hours 9 to 4 weekdays and 9 to noon Saturdays. Mrs John Algo, 74 Elmwood, becomes ABC secretary as the group expands member services and community projects including city finances and parking work.
Municipal Judge John Newcomb Thursday ordered 18 year olds David Arthur Allen and Jerry Lynn Baker to scrub the floors of court offices on alternating Saturdays for three days each. They pleaded guilty to petty larceny after stealing a battery valve cover floor mats and taillights from a car. Sentences include a 100 dollar fine suspended six months jail with two days served and six months probation.
Ernest E. Helwig 62 of Russells Point died Tuesday morning at Mary Rutan Hospital Bellefontaine. Born in Athens he was a son of the late John and Elsie Helwig and a retired tree surgeon for the U S Department of Agriculture. He is survived by brother Clyde of Columbus and four sisters Aura Bas ford Russell s Point Ida Johnson Mansfield Frances Koon The Plains and J W Hamilton Casper Wye. Funeral services will be at 10 a m Thursday at Van Horn funeral home Lakeview with burial at Pleasanton Cemetery Ath en s County about 2 30 p m Thursday.
Mild day forecast for Athens with a 32 degree morning low and 57 high Tuesday. Rural Hamley Run recorded 56 and 19. Juvenile authorities report two runaways from Toledo ages 16 and 17 to be returned to Lucas County. A Boy Scout troop charter will be presented at 8 p.m. Wednesday at American Legion post 21. State Highway Patrol reports 31 speeding arrests on Route 33 near Athens during a four hour air speed check. Evan Howard Hughes 54 Oak Hill pleaded guilty to intoxication in Municipal Court and was fined 25 dollars.
Lions Gov. Glenn Fannin of Ironton spoke at the Sportsman Grill to Athens Lions Club members about the international convention in Nice France. He urged delegation to future conventions and praised local projects while James Armbruster led the meeting and new member Michael Disko joined.
Names and addresses listed for patients or staff associated with Shelter ing Arms Hospital in Athens and Chauncey including Bruce Chapman George Mather Glen Romine Mrs Ronnie Stover Paul R Green Orval Ryan Mrs Andrew Jackson Mrs Albert Hall James Barrows Jr Hollie Hudnall Arthur Rowland Roy Shuler and locations Athens Albany Chauncey New Marshfield Route 1 Route 2 Route 4.
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