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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1963
Page
2
An unofficial count from Clerk of Courts shows county auto dealers boosted new and used car and truck sales in 1962. Highlights include 1943 new cars and 7891 used cars sold, with 186 new trucks and 1018 used trucks, plus total fees of 19743.50. December records list various vehicle types and several specialty vehicles.
James Healy of Harvard University labor relations authority warned at Baker Center that unions are numerically weak and frustrated, needing a metamorphosis to handle modern labor issues. He cited strikes like last summer’s airline walkout, urged more deliberate government intervention, and argued for refined bargaining over crude tactics amid competition and automation.
Dr. Margaret Mead addressed a full Memorial Auditorium audience at Ohio University outlining anthropology as the science of national character. She argued America’s intolerance for authority, belief that children know more than parents, and the need to understand other nations for peaceful coexistence, citing wartime England as a misused term partner.
Funeral services were held Friday morning at Jagers and Sons for the stillborn daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Adkins Route 50 W. Burial followed at Alexander Cemetery. Survivors include two brothers Tom Jr and Charles and three sisters Jayice Donna and Kathy. Grandparents are Alex Adkins and Mr. Mrs Charles Sigman. Harold Showborn and Patricia Vore listed among mourners.
Admitted Paul Cunningham of Athens Justin Sayers of Rockbridge Route 1 and Terry Ogg of Guysville. Discharged Mrs Kenneth Galvin of Athens Lee Howard of Athens Harold O Sedwick of Athens James Winfield of Athens Clarence Nichols of Glouster Mrs Charles Hudwell of Athens Route 3 and daughter Mrs Ray Suydam of Athens and son. Blood used three pints.
Joseph B Kelly announced that Thomas M Belk of Charlotte has been named Charlotte News Man of the Year for directing a campaign to build a new YWCA in the city. The Junior Chamber of Commerce has long recognized him among outstanding young men for community service.
Annual inspection of Athens Commandery 15 Knights Templar set for Saturday at the Masonic Temple led by Warren H. Smith deputy grand commander. The Order of the Temple will be conferred at 4 p.m. with full form opening at 7:30 p.m. said Bert Vercoe commander.
A mild January night in Athens brought thunder storms as temperatures rose to 62 degrees. U. S. Observer C. L. Colmer logged a low of 50 today and rainfall reached .62 of an inch by 8 30 a.m.
The mayor's office announces two new city planning commission members. Joseph B. Vanity Jr., attorney of 54 Morris Ave, takes a five year term and is a former county prosecuting attorney. William H. Herbert, Ohio University purchasing agent of 8 Tulane Dr, serves a two year term and is a former city mayor and council president. They replace Erle Bridgewater Jr. and B. J Schwarzel whose terms expired.
The city emergency squad responded to three incidents. At 9:41 a.m. Friday a three year old boy, Stevie Hogan, had his right arm caught in a washing machine wringer at 152 Grosvenor Street. mother freed the arm and no injury was reported. At 11:13 a.m. Thursday Mrs. Kenneth Galvin, 58, of 43 Moore Avenue, was ill and transported to Sheltering Arms Hospital from 197 West Union Street. At 5:47 p.m. Thursday Clifford Wade, 66, of 59 North Lancaster Street, was ill and taken home by wife from Athens Lumber Co., West Union Street.
A vacated log cabin on Nelsonville Route 2 near Dowler Ridge was burglarized. Deputies Carl Welling and Sam Buffington investigated, listing missing items such as an ax a hatchet a hammer a fireplace grate and two joints of stove pipe. Owner Joe E. Simms first reported the entry to the Nelsonville police.
Robert Eugene Powers aged 32 of 224 W Union Street was cited by city police for excessive speed after his car struck a vehicle driven by Eleanor Ruman age 20 of 7 E Stimson Ave, tore down a picket fence and struck a parked tractor on West Union Street. Powers was attempting to pass Ruman and hit her car as she turned left, according to Patrolman Dwight West.
Dr John F. Brown Jr of General Electric Research Lab Schenectady will speak at 8 p.m. Monday during a Marietta College gathering of the American Chemical Society Upper Ohio Valley Section.
City crews repair College Street near the Phi Mu house after a 25 foot sewer tap dug last summer. Settling soil prompted concrete base installation while stones are hauled and large holes filled on traffic bound and non paved streets. Nuzum notes hot mix is summer manufactured.
Firemen were dispatched to the Alico Launderama at 72 West Union Street at 9 15 p m Thursday to disconnect a washing machine motor that was overheating and smoking no injuries were reported and the scene was cleared promptly
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