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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1961
Page
9
A heavy wet snow halted travel and closed all county schools in the Athens area. Snow measured at five inches blanketed Rural Hamley Run with temperatures around 38 at 11 am and 32 overnight. St Pauls School in Athens closed for the first time this winter due to bus conditions.
A nine county Southeast Ohio district aims to place elderly hospital patients into foster homes. Donald Swanson of Toronto, appointed to recruit and approve homes, will work with Athens and Cambridge state hospitals and local offices to assess homes and arrange boarding with financial aid if needed.
A new elementary science book titled Wading Into Science by Elizabeth M. Fuller and Robert L. Shrigley with Mary J. Ellis as contributor was published by Denison Publishing Co. It targets fourth and fifth graders but can aid third graders, teachers, or parents at home.
A $31 bond was forfeited in Municipal Court when John B. Eggleston age 42 of Athens Route 2 failed to appear for arraignment on a State Highway Patrol charge of driving left of the center. He was cited after a wreck on a township road.
Police Chief Grogan said the theft involved Campus Laundry on West Union Street rather than No-Way Laundry. He noted no charges had been filed by the laundries over the $1.50 theft.
A meeting at 10 a.m. February 16 in the First Methodist Church Fellowship Hall will launch a county program to provide Friendly Visitors for lonely seniors. Attendees will learn program aims, hear talks by experts including John M. Small and Ellen Thompson, and plan volunteer roles with luncheon by church volunteers.
Lawyers and judges from Athens Hocking Meigs Morgan Noble and Washington counties will attend a district meeting of the Ohio State Bar Association here Saturday. OSBA president Matthew J. Smith of New Philadelphia will be featured speaker at a dinner meeting. Erle H. Bridgewater Jr of Athens will preside at the afternoon session.
City firemen answered a blaze at Smitty Printing Co. 75 Stewart St. Tuesday afternoon a bale of straw outside the building was ignited by a tossed cigarette Fire Chief Charles Dalton said a booster hose quickly extinguished the fire.
Births include a daughter for Gordon W. Horton and his wife of Athens and a daughter for David Turrill of Albany Route 3. Also a son for Don Olbers of Millfield Route 1 and a daughter for Willard Clark of Athens Route 2. Admissions listed include Linda Smith of Athens Route 1 and Della Rose of McArthur Route. Blood used three pints.
The Athens County board of elections approved petitions for all 69 candidates ensuring primaries in Athens Glouster and Nelsonville. The Glouster two mill tax levy proposal for five years was also approved despite opposition from the village mayor. One candidate withdrew before the deadline withdrawing from the Democratic ballot race in Glouster.
Eldon Ahle 59 of Glouster Route 2 and Paul Heiner 49 of Fleming drove in a Route 50 A collision a mile east of Route 33. Heiner stopped for a school bus unloading passengers when struck from behind by Ahle. Ahle cited into Athens County Court for failure to stop within the assured clear distance.
Instruction in first aid will begin Wednesday and Thursday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Red Cross chapter house 132 N Congress St. The classes run three weeks. Contact instructors Jim Ried or Bob Nusbaum for details.
Veterans will gather at 8 30 p m Thursday at the American Legion hall per commander Charles Kinnison outlining the schedule for the gathering.
Dale Morris age 50 of Athens Route 5 was fined $10 and costs in Municipal Court after pleading guilty to the charge of driving without an operator's license by city police.
Shirley Lewis aged 18 of Coolville Route 3 forfeited a $31 bond Tuesday in Municipal Court after failing to appear on a city police charge of failing to stop within the assured clear distance.
National Boy Scout Week runs Feb 7 to 13 with the Hock-Hocking district led by Bill Teders Walter Ervin and Frank Batdorff planning events. Units display windows attend church as a group and judge windows. Scout-o-Rama set for June 17-18 at the Athens County Fairgrounds.
Annual inspection of two Masonic bodies set for the week at the Masonic Temple. Athens Council 15, R&SM, to be inspected Friday evening in the Royal Master degree by Thomas C. Swope with a 6:30 p.m. dinner. Athens Commandery 15, Knights Templar, to be inspected Saturday by Chesterfield J. Holley with the Temple conferred at 4 p.m. and full form opening at 7:30 p.m.
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