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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1960
Page
5
Nelsonville Ohio. Patrolman Tom McMannis, suspended since November 24 1959, is reinstated to duty effective December 14 1959 after Civil Service Commission action. He will report at 4 pm today.
Nelsonville police investigated a minor crash in front of Mount St. Mary Hospital involving Virginia A. Warren and Ada Leon Wallace. Warren, 45, was parking when Wallace, 41, backed in. Warren's emergency brake failed and she struck Wallace, damaging the other car’s transmission. Warren was fined $20 and costs for insufficient brakes.
Cleveland general manager Frank Lane aims to keep at least one of 13 minor leaguers for the full season after Tucson spring training. He cites Jim Perry as a success story from a similar stint last year. Ed Drapcho, 24, 11-6 with 2.23 ERA for Mobile last season, is favored to earn a spot.
Funeral services for Carson Green, who died at his residence Wednesday, will be held Saturday at 1 30 p m at the Norbert W Johnston funeral home. Officiating will be Rev R S Lawrence and Rev Lester Litten. Burial will be in Glouster Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home anytime.
The Senior Progressive Study Club met at Mrs. N. R. Maxwell’s Madison Street home with Miss Sabra Armstrong in charge. The club voted a donation to the March of Dimes. Eva Kientz spoke on her West trip. Mabel LeFever showed color slides of the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone. Eleven members attended. The next meeting will be January 19 at Mrs. Carl Whaley’s Spring Street home.
Mrs. D V Rannells led a program on the Hawaiian islands from ancient Sandwich Islands to present statehood, first requested in 1919 and accepted in March 1959. Mrs. Jay Nimon hosted with guests Mrs. D O Davis and Mrs. Frieda M Lappen assisting.
Nathan Allman 78 of Prattsville died at home after a long illness. Survived by three sons Alfred Everett John. three daughters Margaret Mary Eva. two brothers Elmer Roy. two sisters Martha Addie. Funeral Saturday 2 p.m. at Prattsville Free Will Baptist Church. Burial in Prattsville Cemetery. Wrights el Funeral Home in charge.
Point Rock society notes list numerous holiday visits and family gatherings. Families including the Radekins Foster Goode Vale Hoffman Phillips and Keeton welcomed relatives and friends from Columbus Belleville and Akron for Christmas and vacations with multiple dinners and visits.
Nelsonville First Presbyterian Church schedules its annual meeting with a 6 p.m. dinner served by the Doreas Society of the Deanville Chapel, followed by a 6:45 p.m. business session including financial reports and officer elections. The church, organized in 1868, has been incorporated in Ohio since 1911.
Hocking County auditor Carl Engle reports January to March receipts of Aid for Dependent Children totaling 11 110.10 dollars and Aid for the Blind totaling 2 411.78 dollars.
Holiday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Cash Braley included Mr. and Mrs. William Gillogly and Miss Oda Gillogly of Albany, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Schweitzer and Frank Schweitzer of Columbus, and Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Diles of Milwaukeeport. Mrs. R. C. Lansbury returned from Huntington Valley, Pa., after visiting her daughter and son-in-law, the Haymans. On New Year’s Day Mr. and Mrs. John Schaaf joined at the Hayman home, and Mrs. Lansbury then went with her grandson and wife, the Schaafs, for a visit in Alexandria, Pa.
Miss Ruth Hushower of Washington DC visited with Mr and Mrs John Hushower their son Bob and Jean Ann Weiss Eileen Sanders and Wayne Sanders in Nelsonville Ohio during a regional social gathering.
Job's Daughters bake sale moved to Trimble Town House on Saturday at 10 a.m. from Jacksonville City Hall. The adjusted location aims to accommodate more attendees and ensure event readiness.
Forecast calls for fair and mild conditions today with highs in the 40s. Colder tonight with scattered snow flurries mainly in the north and lows around 20s. Saturday offers partly cloudy skies and cooler air, especially in the south.
In Miami Beach on the eve of a January 20 NFL directors meeting George Preston Marshall of the Redskins and George Halas of the Bears heated the debate. Marshall warned expansion could go to court if approved while Halas argued that not expanding would violate antitrust law pointing to a monopolistic unanimous or 10 of 12 vote rule.
California through its athletic commission withdrew from the National Boxing Association signaling possible closer ties with New York or support for federal boxing control. Commission official Jack Urch said California would join any group aiming to restore boxing to public esteem, noting New York and Massachusetts as other NBA members and acknowledging New York investigations.
Mrs Muriel Dowler has been released from Mount St Mary Hospital and is staying with her sister Mrs Ruah Dean on Poplar Street.
Mount St Mary Hospital notes list births for Glouster and Nelsonville couples and multiple admissions and dismissals including Ronald Shaw Rosa Mingus Leota Barrows James Meredit and several named residents. Nelsonville James Crabtree fined ten dollars and jailed for non payment of a mayoral peace disturbance fine.
Fifty eight prominent Britons urged the United States to renew its ban on nuclear weapon tests. The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament called the decision to resume tests a setback to 1959 progress and a threat to disarmament hopes for 1960. They asked Britons to write President Eisenhower demanding the United States vow not to be the first nation to resume tests.
The Majestic Theater reopens Friday under Wilma and Paul Oakley who have run the Orpheum Theater for seven years in Nelsonville. It will operate five nights a week Friday to Tuesday with Sunday matinees and continuous shows, closing Wednesdays and Thursdays.
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