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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1957
Page
6
Athens council advanced Sanitary Sewer District 1 by hiring bond attorneys and adopting an ordinance to advertise bids. The body also enacted a city county health contract retroactive to January 1 with Mechanicsburg included, and paid 70 cents per person for 1340 residents.
Seven of the last ten highway accidents reported by the State Highway Patrol involved single autos going off highways. No injuries occurred in the latest two. Robert O. Bowles, 23, Albany, ran off Route 680 after a tire blew, hitting a utility pole. Leonard W. Durr, 18, Kenton, fell asleep on Route 33 in Haydenville, the car striking a tree.
Funeral services for Alva Tom 66 were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Jaagers and Sons funeral home. He died Saturday night at his home 11 Brown Ave. Burial was in New Marshfield. a death notice had wrongly listed 10 a.m. services yesterday.
Donald M. Eads of 19% S. Congress faced Municipal Court on Tuesday for trespassing and illegal parking on the First Church of Christ, Scientist lot. He was fined 15 dollars plus costs.
Mild Monday gave way to a sharp drop as rural Hamley Run recorded a freezing 32 degrees by 9 am. The prior day reached a high of 53.
Merritt W. Herron, 50, of Athens Route 2, had pleaded innocent to a traffic charge after a Friday accident but was not charged by city police. He is scheduled for a Municipal Court hearing Wednesday on an affidavit from John Cooper, driver of the other car.
R A Smith age 37 of E Carpenter Sr was elected by the council Monday to fill the at large seat left by R H White who moved to council president. White became mayor after the death of Peter B Seel. Smith joins health traffic sidewalks and lighting committees and chairs health.
Hospital brief lists new births and admissions in Athens and nearby towns. The report notes a number of families welcoming daughters and sons, with names and hometowns such as Athens Glouster The Plains Albany and Chauncey. Several patients are listed as admitted or dismissed with multiple family names.
A Carthage Township delegation asked the county board of commissioners to blacktop a two mile stretch of Fish Road between Routes 33 and 50. The board provided petition forms and asked the group to circulate and return them. Also at the meeting, Rowena Sprout and Myrtie Dunbar discussed maintaining county child welfare services amid rising costs.
K T Crossen Post 21 Ameri can Legion will meet at the Legion home Wednesday evening. A chili supper will be served at 6 30 p m in honor of past commanders. Alex Blair district commander will speak after the dinner.
Fire Chief Charles W. Dalton reports an overturned warning flare on Mill and Elliott Monday at 9:20 p.m. prompted firefighters to use a booster tank to extinguish blazing kerosene leaking onto the street, with the torch warning the waterline ditch at the intersection.
A charge of unsafe operation against 30 year old Harry Erwin of Homestead Hotel was dismissed in Municipal Court on Tuesday for insufficient evidence. The case stemmed from a traffic accident on January 19 filed by Ohio University student Edwin R Brauer.
Dr Edwin G Nourse, former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, told an Ohio University Phi Beta Kappa event that the postwar expansion is easing as industry finds a sustainable production level He urged labor and management to cooperate to stabilize the economy and noted the U S tends a keystone role in world markets He spoke at Ewing Hall and was to address classes and faculty groups.
Frank M. Maerker told Kiwanis that 1955 heart disease killed 800000 people or 52 percent of all deaths. He said under 65 heart disease tops other diseases and urged giving to research and education. Ohio University joins 39 American Heart Assoc projects. Heart Sunday is Feb 24. Mayor Peter Seel honored with moment of silence.
Mrs. Lucille L. Kimmel 56 died Feb 10 at Mercy Hospital Mt. Vernon after a Jan 28 fall at home broke her hip. Survived by husband Harold W and son Robert E Mayer Ohio University photo student and two grandsons. She was formerly Grace Pugh of Mechanicsburg.
A motion for a new trial was filed in Municipal Court by counsel for Francis D White. A hearing is set for 9 am Thursday before Municipal Court Judge Creed J Lester. The motion cites eight errors, argues insufficient prosecution evidence, and asks that the guilty verdict be set aside or appealed to Athens County Common Pleas Court.
Mrs. Robert F. Bishop a native of Athens died Monday night after a long illness. She was a graduate of Ohio University and active in Pi Beta Phi Alumnae and other groups. Surviving: husband six relatives and two nephews. Funeral at Stalder home in Athens with burial in West Union Mausoleum. Flowers omitted.
Charles A. Jones of Toledo challenged the popular Lincoln myth at the Athens Rotary Club. He argued Lincoln’s ancestry and career were substantial, noting his law practice, state leadership, and high-profile cases. He labeled a Senate bill to abolish Lincoln and Washington birthdays as propaganda.
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