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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1969
Page
2
The Red Cross bloodmobile failed to reach its 250 pint goal during a two day visit to Athens. Donors contributed 104 pints Tuesday, raising the total to 182 with 162 registrants.
Discussion of four city projects is on the agenda for a public meeting of the Mayor's Citizens Advisory Committee next week. Mayor Shepard will discuss the proposed new creation area pool location parking garage and remodeling plans for City Hall.
An overheated stove is blamed as the possible cause of a fire that destroyed a two story frame house near Coolville on Tuesday. Eleven Coolville-Troy volunteers fought the blaze led by Chief John Coen but high winds and the late discovery left them unable to control the fire. The Johnson family was away at the time and the home of George Johnson Jr. was lost.
A residence two miles south of Coolville near Route 7 was heavily damaged by a blaze traced to a wood burning stove. Neighbors reported the fire, and firemen arrived with a pumper and two water tank trucks as high winds kept fanning the flames. Two nearby garages were saved. The home belonged to Mrs. John Deeter of Coolville.
The Ohio University Symphonic Band under Gene P. Thrailkill will begin a nine city spring concert tour March 17 with two shows in West Virginia at Wahama High School in Mason and Charleston High School. The 72 member group then performs in Marietta Pittsburgh Rootstown Tallmadge Plymouth Ontario and ends April 13 in Memorial Auditorium Athens.
Michael Mixon of 10244 E State St appeared in Municipal Court on a police charge of selling hash last January 20. He pleaded innocent with bond set at $5000 posted and bound over to the grand jury. Jane Spurgeon of 23 Franklin Ave also pleaded innocent and was bound over on her own recognizance for unlawfully harboring a felon.
Two vehicular homicide charges against Larry C Thompson 20 were dismissed in Municipal Court on motion of prosecution due to insufficient evidence. Thompson of Little Hocking Route 1 had pleaded innocent to the charges after the crash that killed Donald L Huffman 42 of Torch and Larry Edward Burd 24 of Little Hocking, who were passengers in his car when it struck a divider on Route 7 near Coolville.
Linda Leila Flor ence wore a 70 year old wedding band and carried a silk handkerchief from China tied to a Boxer Rebellion era era story. The name Leila has been passed down for 122 years to the oldest daughter across five generations. Temperature readings noted 40 early Tuesday, 28 in Athens before 8:30 a.m. per observer C. L. Colmer.
Martin A. Janis, director of the Ohio Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction, will attend the dedication of the new employees dining room at the Southeastern Ohio Mental Health Center in Athens. He and center superintendent Dr. Harry Choynick will speak at the 10 30 a m ceremony, titled Gates of Grenada, which is open to the public.
Medical facility notes list patients and dismissals including Ernie Winders Jack Wise Mrs Mary Packard Athens Route 2 Ira Gilkey Athens Route 5 Pauline Coulson Mrs Hazel LaHugh Millfield and others. In municipal court Charles S Allman age 22 Albany Route 1 faced unsafe operation charges with 35 dollars and costs. William L Palmer of Bush Hall pleaded guilty to shoplifting a 1 magazine from Logans and was fined 25 dollars plus costs.
A $37 100 grant renews a prior $32 000 grant from the U S Bureau of Education for the Handicapped to the University of Oklahoma's School of Hearing and Speech Sciences. Dr Richard E Ham directs the program used to train teachers, supervisors, speech therapists and related staff, with the grant effective September 1 1969 as announced by Representative Clarence K Miller. The Holland Tunnel date 1927 appears as a related note.
Four owners fronting Stimson Avenue filed suit August 23 to block 23837.37 in city assessments for widening and repaving in 1967. The case, before Judge John Bolin in Common Pleas Court, centers on whether benefits justify the 1550000 project cost and one third city funding.
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