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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1965
Page
5
Police Chief J. B. Grogan reveals a year of personnel shuffling and rising activity with 1634 arrests and 477 accident investigations in 1964, up from 1336 arrests and 342 accidents in 1963. He highlights training plans, a push to shorten work weeks, raise clothing allowances, and equipment issues including a faulty cruiser transmission and aging radar gear.
County Treasurer Vaughn Earich announces bank visits to collect real estate taxes. He will be at Nelsonville First National Bank January 25 26 27 Coolville Tri-County February 8 Glouster Community February 9 10 Amesville First National February 15 during regular business hours.
Mr and Mrs Roger Chouteau announce a son born at Shelterin g Arms Hospital along with birth notices for Mrs Robert Harrison Athens Mc Arthur John Davidson Ath ens Route 2 Florence Ullman Athens. Discharged list includes Raymond Bardin Athens Bill Goodin Athens Georgianna Sprouse Athens Lesta Gill Athens Bonnie Bradley Athens and Mrs Mount Tippie and daughter Athens Route 3.
Arnall T. Connell known as Pat, chief designer of Athens city plan, accepted a post as chief urban designer with the National Capital Planning Commission in Washington D C. He will return to Athens next week to finish the plan due March 15 with extensions granted by the city and state authorities.
Tom Lynch and Lewis Schoeman joined the Ath ens Lions Club in a combined initiation and awards night led by international councilor Lewis McBride. McBride received an attendance award for 13 years. Roy Robinson earned the Old Monarch award for 10 years of perfect attendance and service. Additional attendees recognized included H. C. Rutter Jerome Myers William Channell C William Rose and Gomer Jones. Channell moving to Cambridge received a Lions blazer. Recruiting honors went to M T Vermillion and Walter Cornwell six members and Kent Bumpass and Walter Ervin two each.
Municipal Court dismissed a driving while intoxicated charge against James Royal Flaiz 20 Athens due to affidavit wording. He pled guilty to unsafe operation, fined 50 dollars and costs, and given a six month license suspension.
Milton C. Johnson 34 of Athens pleaded innocent to a charge of assault and battery filed by his wife Sara Jean Johnson. He was held on a $31 bond and the case, handled by city police, was continued until Jan 13. Dr. H B Boles an Athens optometrist received a glaucoma detection course certificate from Ohio State University. The Order of Malta will be conferred at 7:30 p.m. Thursday by Athens Commandery 15 Knights Templar per Harold R. Kimes.
County Judge George Schoonover appoints Roy McKee of Chauncey to fill the vacancy on the Dover Two board of trustees after John Law resigned to become county commissioner. Law had been elected to a four year term in 1963 and resigned after winning the 1964 county post. Other names include William Riley Russell and Floyd Hart as trustees. Local traffic fines list Madhu Purushotam Asar of Athens for expired tags with $10 and costs. The Parkersburg Marietta NA of Accountants chapter will meet at Chancellor Hotel with James E. Meredith Jr. attending as national vice president.
Common Pleas Court Tuesday sent Henry Brown 25 Millfield Route 1 to the Ohio Penitentiary for probation violation. Brown was on two years probation beginning September for malicious destruction of property owned by Sugar Creek Coal Co. He was arrested recently by Nelsonville police for driving while intoxicated.
A 15 year old from Athens was sent to the state youth commission for testing and placement in a state youth institution. He was taken to Columbus Wednesday by the county juvenile officer. The youth was on probation in June for stealing from lockers at Grover Center and was caught again in December.
L Colmer reports an early morning low of 33 and a 9:30 a.m. rise of two degrees. Tuesday’s high reached 52 as the day remained mild.
West Athens residents faced a two hour gas outage Tuesday evening after construction crews damaged an existing line near Route 50 at about 4 30 p m E F Rothel district manager for Columbia Gas Co said service was restored between 6 p m and 8 p m Crews worked near the pipe to repair the damage Rothel noted the incident and restoration.
Dr. Burton DeVeau was elected chairman of the Athens Soil and Water Conservation District board of supervisors for the coming year. Ed Sheridan was named vice chairman, Paul Brown secretary, and Lee Enlow treasurer. The board meets Tuesday evening and plans to attend the Ohio Conference of Conservation Districts in Columbus in January 1921. They also voted to enter a newsletter contest sponsored by the National Association of Soil and Water Conservation Boards.
Raymond McKnight led Albany FFA in its annual greeting card sale raising funds for the chapter. He set a new record with 106 sales, beating the 101 sale mark set in 1960 by Jan Pickett. McKnight, a Albany High freshman and first year FFA member, earned 15 dollars for the record and 5 dollars for winning the contest. John Myers finished second with 76 sales, Donald Keeton third with 23, and Steve Dodd fourth with 20.
C M Gill of 209 East State Street was celebrated at a luncheon at The Ohio University Inn for a half century as Athens representative for Travelers Insurance. Gill started in 1915, later formed his own agency, merged with Earl Mathews Insurance in 1958, and entered semi retirement in 1963. He also served as Athens mayor.
The Athens County Red Cross announces the first bloodmobile visit of the year on January 11 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and January 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Church of the Good Shepherd. Daily quota is 150 pints and all blood types are needed. Appointments can be made by calling the Red Cross office at LY 3 1651 or LY 3 1183.
A persuasive classified-style offer promises a Swift Homes franchise with an established business model. It touts factory and field training, national advertising, cooperative programs, semi-annual promotions, and financing with no money down for qualified buyers. A Swift rep will visit Athens Ohio for confidential interview. respond to Box 117 The Athens Messenger.
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