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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1965
Page
2
A collision on a rural road near the Hocking County line sent Cleo Smith to the hospital with a lacerated thumb and multiple bruises. She was cited for failing to stop in the assured clear distance after her car struck Okey K. Connolly’s disabled vehicle.
Captain James F. Schwikert presided over promotions and enlistments at Head Battery 2nd auto Weapons Battalion (Sp) 174th Artillery. Ronald W. McBride and Worley M. Mitchell were promoted to specialist fourth class. new enlistees include Monte J. Blower Carl E. McPherson Jack W. Gaston and Kenneth G. Smart. Athens residents noted in the record.
The report shows a 9:30 a.m. temperature of 15, up one degree from the morning low. Weekend highs were 42 and 50, with Colmer recording .08 inches of rain and about a half inch of snow.
Athens Chapter of the Izaak Walton League names Franklin H Calvin as president and Gerald Glover as first vice president with Ralph Straw as second vice president P S Wamsley secretary treasurer and Wilson Smith Roy Robison as directors. Committee chairs include Robison program and Wayne France farm. The league donates 30 for city beautification contest prizes and plans a boys rifle club at the league farm. Wayne A Jones 23 and Mary Susan Deal 23 students from Athens. William Eugene Robson 18 and Mona Warren 17 students from Buchtel and Glouster.
The period February 21 to 27 is set as Engineer Week with the theme Human Needs. Jack Dowler of the Hocking Valley Chapter of the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers announced proclamations by President Lyndon B. Johnson and Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes praising engineering contributions to federal and state projects. The Hocking Valley region covers Athens, Hocking, Perry, Vinton and Meigs counties with engineers, surveyors, and trainees. Nate Hart of Goodyear in Logan is president, Irving Badger of Nelsonville is vice president, Lloyd Gibbons of Nelsonville is secretary-treasurer, and John Owen of Logan is a trustee.
The Revelers, famed male quartet, will perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Gallia Academy High School auditorium. The group has nationwide acclaim with a notable White House appearance and will headline the third Tri-County Community Concert Association program this season.
Beverly Hills Calif Litton Industries will exchange 16 875 shares of Litton preferred for every 100 shares of Royal McBee common based on a 17 25 value per Royal McBee share. Royal McBee preferred shareholders will receive Litton preferred on a one to one basis. The swap will occur early in March as per merger terms Roy L Ash Litton Industries president stated. The remainder of the text mentions a Masonic degree event unrelated to the stock news.
Five Parkerburg area firms donate 23500 to Kootaga Area Council Scout Development Fund led by Charles Fried. The gifts are part of a 201000 total toward a 275000 campaign goal.
Births recorded for Mr and Mrs Charles Bail a daughter in Athens Route 5. Admissions list Frank Pugh Albany Maria Tatalos Athens Route 5 Mrs David Yeager Athens Don ald E Frazee Chauncey William A Blackstone Athens Monroe Johnson Athens At well Wallace Athens Mrs Hubert Wilhelm Athens Jo anna Hatch Athens Clifford aneeysear Barbara K Guysville. Dismissals include Kenneth O Davis Athens Route 1 Charlene Metcalf Athens Route 2 Mrs Russell Bashore Athens Route 1 Stewart.
A four member Peace Corps team from Washington DC will host a question and answer session at Space Arts Auditorium Monday at 8 pm to promote Peace Corps week February 21 to 27. Jacques Wilmore Enid Cole John Glennon and an unidentified member will appear with a film Mission of Discovery. A non competitive aptitude test and questionnaires are available at the post office or from Dr Paul Roaden and returning to visiting team members. Career Day features two lectures at 1 30 and 3 pm by Clerville Taylor Smoot Fahlgren Capt James Hamer James Foley and many others from fields including engineering education medicine and social work.
Miss Pat Karnya 17 of Bryan Hall was ill and taken to Hudson Health Center at 1 30 a m Sunday by the city fire department emergency squad William Blackstone 77 of 79 N Congress St was unconscious and given oxygen for about 10 minutes at 9 27 p m Saturday He was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital in a private ambulance
Blaine Evener 47 of Athens Route 3 cited for driving while license gent hall improper muffler with $5 and costs. Dick Whitacre Hunter 18 of Gamnertsfelder Hall cited for speeding with $35 and costs. David R Wright 19 of Athens cited for unsafe operation with $25 and costs. County Court record notes Robert Reuben Benjamin 74 of Millfield failed to file for.
Harry Barr will discuss 1964 averages for all test herds in the county. He will cover herd management and uses of herd records for future planning, Acker said.
Army expects higher Selective Service calls in April, May and June and urges draft eligible men to visit local recruiters. Sp. John L. Mulholland of Ashland Kentucky recommends staying in school, considering ROTC for officer tracks, or enlisting to gain transferable skills in electronics missile testing, medical labs, public information, or airborne/Special Forces pathways.
A joint presentation on management development programs will be described to Ohio River Valley industrial and business leaders at the Uptown Motel in Huntington West Virginia. Presidents of Ohio University and Marshall University will outline five years of Parkersburg area programs and discuss plans for the tri state region.
Two Ohio University students pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to driving Frank Scudder's car without consent. Charles Robert Lucas of Omaha Nebraska and William C Manning of Cincinnati Ohio were each fined 100 dollars with 50 dollars suspended, placed on 30 days probation, and ordered to share car repair costs. Police handled the case.
Beatrice Cubbison, 61, of Lancaster, pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to four counts of writing a $20 check with insufficient funds. She was fined $33 and costs on the charge filed by Dale Goldsberry. Police handled the case.
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