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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1951
Page
5
A Saturday survey in Athens shows residents largely disagree with Hoover's call for broad withdrawal from Europe and Asia yet praise him for raising the issue. Respondents emphasize caution, defense buildup, UN ties, and avoiding deep foreign entanglements while resisting full isolationism.
Two men suffered head injuries after a truck car crash on South Bridge Saturday night. Howard Guess, 35, of 220 W Union St, collided with parked truck owned by 44 year old Willard Wallace of Athens Route 1, injuring Guess and his father 45 percent Richland Ave with head lacerations. Mrs. Robert Guess was uninjured. Guess was charged with operating under the influence and fined $159 plus costs by Mayor Mickle. A second Saturday crash at 9 15 p m on West Union and Depot involved Gestel Richardson 35 Athens Route 2 and James A Holland 34 Hooper St with minor damage.
Mrs Jerome Katie Keck aged 83 died at her Hawks area home Friday evening. An adopted son John resided with her and her husband had passed away years earlier. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 10 a.m. at St Marys Church Minerton.
New Year's highway traffic was light with two minor accidents investigated by the State Highway Patrol. Herbert Foreman 47 of Logan and Ralph West 39 of Amesville were fined after investigations. Foreman received 100 dollars and costs for driving under the influence after a Route 33 crash north of Logan injuring no one besides a second vehicle driven by Thomas Shea. West paid 10 dollars and costs for unsafe operation after a Route 280 crash near Trimble involving Edwin Carpenter and his vehicle.
Thomas C. Pierce, 63, former Athens resident, died Saturday at his Lancaster home after a five year illness. He worked 44 years for Ohio Fuel Gas Co. Survivors include his wife Lucy Zeigler Pierce, a daughter Alveda Grant of Los Gatos, Calif., two sons Clyde of Akron and Cloyd of 24 Stimson Ave., plus two grandchildren Jimmie Pierce and Peggy Lee Pierce. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 1 30 p.m. in Smith funeral home, Lancaster.
The Athens Fire Department received its first call of 1951 at 12 34 a m to the apartment of C R White on W Carpenter Street. A furnace control unit sparked and smoke was smelled but no damage was reported by firemen.
A cold weekend prevails with clear skies and sharp temperature drops. Saturday’s low was 29 degrees, then the mercury fell to 19 by Sunday night as 1950 ends. Sunday’s high reached 36 degrees while Saturday reached 38.
Mrs F E J Resener aged 86 died Sunday afternoon at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a fracture from a fall. Born in Chester she spent most of her life in Gallipolis and was a Grace Methodist Church member. She lived in Athens with daughter Mrs R C Hopkins since her husband E J Resener died four years ago. Survived by granddaughter Mrs Carolyn Oster and great granddaughter Catherine Carol Oster of Alturas Florida. Funeral Tuesday 2 pm at Hopkins residence 171 F State St with Rev Harold F Kellogg. burial Gravel Hill Cemetery Cheshire. Flowers omitted.
Births reported for Mr and Mrs Ervin Mosier Ames ville a son and Mr and Mrs Santford Williams Albany Route 3 a daughter. Admissions include Shirley Six Athens. Discharges list Mrs Herbert Davis Albany Route 1 and son and Mrs Ray Collette Athens and son and Mrs Donald Collins Athens and Mrs George Poclski Athens Route 2 and daughter. Robert Allen Woodrum Albany Route 1 Gertrude Pritchard Athens. Dawn Russell Millfield. Ethel Frances Arnold Trimple. Dottie Silvas Athens. Paul E Batchelder Shade Route Clair Jacks Langsville. Jennings Cunningham Athens Route 3 and Mrs Floyd Mitchell Albany.
Mr and Mrs Ervin Mosier of Amesville welcomed the first baby of 1951 at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Their son arrived at 7 36 am Monday, joining siblings Jean 9 and Gerald 5. Mosier drives for F J Beasley Co. No other births were recorded that day.
Zane Grey Harris 27 of Sharpsburg will have a Wednesday hearing before Common Pleas Judge Francis D. White on a four count indictment for second degree manslaughter. Harris waived a jury trial. the October grand jury indicted him after a June Route 50 A crash at Sugar Creek killed four, including Cephas Harris and three Keirns family members. Bond set at 1500. Harris has prior DUI conviction. The crash damaged one family and was Athens County’s worst of 1950, second only to the 1949 six death Route crash near Hollister.
A compiled retrospective from The Messenger lists key 1950 events in Athens and vicinity. It chronicles floods, river rises, district actions, criminal cases, public works, Red Cross drives, school changes, and notable trials from January through March, naming communities, officials, and local incidents.
Sgt K E Marshall son of W H Marshall former Athens County resident promoted to staff sergeant at Framcom Air Base Japan His enlistment long extended from January 1951 In a letter to his father he cites his unit motto The Golden Gate in 58
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