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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1957
Page
6
After rain swollen the Hocking River crept down from its crest at 15.1 feet as bitter snow arrived Monday morning. The area saw 1.85 inches weekend total, with Route 144 closing at Hockingport and routes 50 A 690, and 50 West flooded. sun returned by late morning, bringing cooler but clearer conditions.
Fourteen Athens County men were released from the armed services in January per the local selective service board. Six enlisted personnel were discharged from the Air Force including Ray E. Kellogg Claude E Kantner Jr John S Guthrie Samuel D Carpenter Jerald L Cunningham and Robert R Michael The Plains. Inducted personnel include Robert Six Donald R Hockenberry Ronald R Hartman Harold J Rowan all of Athens and Robert F Martin Torch. Army discharges include Clyde J Metcalf Stewart Kenneth R Koker Athens and Benny J Canny Albany released from the Navy.
Seven Ohio University students pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to malicious destruction of property. Each defendant was fined 100 dollars plus costs with 50 dollars suspended, placed on six months probation and ordered to pay restitution for damage to five city parking meters and related property. Police chief J B Grogan said the group daubed red enamel on Park Place porches and damaged meters and windows last week.
Okey Mayle, 40, of Cutler Route 1, denied cutting with intent to wound in municipal court. He is held under $200 bond until a preliminary hearing Friday after deputies brought him to court.
Joseph D. Richards of Duncan Falls was fined five dollars and costs by Chauncey's Mayor Charles Wadley on a State Highway Patrol charge of passing over a yellow line.
A compilation of property transfers lists William R. Rose to Carl E. Wheeler in Bardin's Addition Athens. Rodney Campbell to Roger Dillon in Jacksonville. Rosseell Hughes to Jessie McDonald York four acres. Margaret Frost to Paul R. Mac Combs in The Plains. Donald Parsons to William S. Bernard in Trimble. Jack Oakley to Otis Swyers in Nel sonville Longstreth's Addition. Carl Clifford to Earl Diles in Trimble. William Christman Sr. to Harold Wagner in Glouster Vassar Fire Clay Addition. Margaret Fridenmaker to Paul B. McVey. Warren Dotson in Lee Edith. Cecil Gwinn to Gail Watkins 103.64 acres in Athens Township. Lucille Good to William Sprague in Grand View Highland Athens.
The Athens County courthouse will be closed all day Tuesday in observance of Lincoln's Birthday, as announced by the commissioners. Banks will also close in observance of the holiday.
A list shows several marriage licenses granted to pairs in the region. Notable pairs include Charles Barnes of Columbus with Barbara Ryan of Athens, and Byron W. Andrews of Athens with Adrienne Joyce Pomeroy of New York City. Other couples include John T. Bullock of Chauncey with Sharon Jeanette Miller of Athens Route 3 and Richard E. Daugherty of Anchorage Alaska with Adrienne Pomeroy.
Carl C. Williams age 45 of Athens Route 4 and Willard A. Carsey 37 of 439 Richland Ave pled guilty to intoxication charges filed by city police. Carsey was fined $50 and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail. Williams was fined $50 and costs.
Heart Fund drive workers for Athens County have accepted appointments as campaign heads. The drive opens in February with a house to house collection planned for Sunday February 24. Co chairmen include Shade Mrs Wayne Harris Poston Mrs Guy Gabriel and others with officers Tony Agnone president and Dr E A Sprague secretary all from Athens.
List of births and admissions at Shelterings Arms Hospital featuring families from Athens Guysville Chauncey Millfield and Albany areas. Notable entries include new son for Barnhart Stewart and daughter for Conkey with multiple births and admissions listed across routes and towns.
Ralph W Clark announces that the Master Mason degree will be conferred on a candidate Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Masonic Temple by Paramythia Lodge 25 F and A M.
Virgil Evener 40 of Athens Route 3 pleaded guilty to petty larceny in Municipal Court. He was fined 100 dollars plus costs after being charged by Howard Slusher Commonwealth Telephone Co general manager with taking about 3500 pounds of steel wire from the utility storage depot and selling it to a scrap dealer.
An overheated oil furnace in a house trailer at 23 N McKinley Ave brought firefighters on Saturday at 9 15 p m. Fire Chief Charles Dalton said no fire damage occurred and no equipment was used. Mrs Wayne Coombs the occupant had shut the fuel line off.
Dale A. Morris aged 46 of Athens Route 5 was fined $50 and costs after pleading guilty to intoxication in Municipal Court. The charge was filed by the State Highway Patrol.
Donald Hoisington 35 of Willoughby faced non support charges filed by his former wife Catherine in Municipal Court. The sentence was suspended and he received one year probation. He must pay current and back support as ordered by Lake County court and was brought in from Willoughby by the sheriff’s department.
Lawrence Schofield, 56, of Athens Route 2, was fined 100 dollars and costs in Municipal Court after pleading guilty to intoxication. He was charged by sheriff's deputies at Sheltering Arms Hospital following a Friday night transport for a head wound from a fall in the parking lot of a Route 33 tavern north of Chauncey.
Marion Reynolds, 46, of Nelson Ville Route 2, forfeited a $10 appearance bond in Municipal Court on a city police charge of jay walking at a downtown intersection. The affidavit states he did not obey a traffic officer's order.
Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Bethesda Methodist Church for Violet Caro Chesser 88 a former Albany resident who died Sunday in Toledo at her daughter Lavina Kusan’s home. Surviving are three daughters Sarah Ann Cummings Mary Warren and Katherine Dillinger and five sons David Joseph Vernon Amos and Travis plus George and the husband predeceased. Burial will follow at the adjoining cemetery with funeral home visiting hours until services.
Three people pled guilty to traffic violations in Municipal Court Monday after patrol arrests. Calvin F. Nutt of Columbus, 31, fined 20 dollars for driving without a license. Robert L. Hunter, 41, Athens Route 3, fined 15 dollars for speeding. Joanne F. Chambers, 19, Athens, fined 15 dollars for failing to yield the right of way. Each also assessed court costs.
Raymond Dyar, 43, of 19 Montrose Ave, pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to driving while intoxicated. He was fined 125 dollars plus costs, sentenced to three days in jail, and his license suspended for three months after a two car crash at Lancaster Street and Second Street, with no injuries.
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