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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1957
Page
7
Winter held the area in its grasp with Athens registering four degrees above zero early morning and rising to 14 by 7 am. Hamley Run saw 12 degrees at 9 am after a four below start. Schools closed due to hazardous back roads and icy main roads slowed travel while ice chunks appeared on the Hocking River and lakes remained frozen.
Irvin Wolfe of the Athens County ASC Committee says farmers intending to plant corn in 1957 on farms with no corn acreage in 1954 55 or 56 must apply for a corn allotment to participate in the Soil Bank Program. The Jan 31 deadline marks the last filing day at the Athens County ASC Office.
William A. Blackstone of Athens filed a $484.40 damage suit against Eugene Roberts in Common Pleas Court claiming Roberts caused injuries to Blackstone’s wife and damage to his auto in an accident at W Union and Shafer last September. Blackstone states his car suffered $300 damage and his wife incurred $134.40 in medical bills. Blackstone’s wife Golda also has an $8500 damage suit against Roberts pending in court.
December enlistees Clyde Edwin Andrews of Nelsonville Route 2 and Evert Frances McKee of New Marshfield Route 1 begin nine weeks of recruit training at Bainbridge Maryland. Navy recruiter CEM Howard Fortney notes they will receive 14 day leaves after training before assignment to fleet or shore duties.
The Athens County Humane Society will convene at 7 30 p.m. Wednesday in the Athens State Hospital receiving building to discuss local animal welfare matters.
Don Strawn commander says K. T. Crossen Post 21 of the American Legion will convene at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Legion Home.
Charles Gall, superintendent of the Athens State Hospital dairy herd, reports the birth of triplet calves from a Holstein cow. One calf died at birth. the remaining two, a bull and a heifer, are healthy. An earlier Holstein from the same line gave birth to triplets 18 years ago at the barns, with all three calves surviving.
George Halfinger announces four Athens County men Elton Swart Jack Moore and Walter Wharton all of Athens and William G Friedrich of Nelsonville have tickets for SEORC dinner at 6 30 p m Thursday at the Farmer s Hotel Gallipolis Bryce Browning Dover secretary treasurer of the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District since 1933 will speak after the dinner
State Highway Patrol reports two autos collided at Route 682 and Poston Road in The Plains Monday at 3 p.m. Harry Adams 36 of 51 Avon Pl. ran a stop sign into Rodney L. Biffle 23 of McArthur causing the wreck. Adams was fined $5 and costs by Chauncey Mayor Charles Wadley. No injuries occurred.
Glouster sergeant Charles Drake, 19, is jailed awaiting military police to extradite him for overstaying leave. He was arrested at his home by local officers and is held in the county jail until MPs arrive.
Coolville police chief Calvin McGee pleaded guilty to keeping bond money posted in traffic cases and was fined 100 with 90 days in jail suspended for six months probation. Officer Clayton Lee Belore also pled guilty for failing to turn in bond money. Sheriff Shields revoked McGee’s special deputy license.
A hospital page records admissions and discharges. Admitted include Mrs. Ben Lowe Albany Route and several others named with spouses and locations such as Athens Amesville New and Zaleski. Dismissed include Mrs. Thomas Winning Athens and multiple others from Athens Route areas.
Cyril G. Schelly of the Wilkie Foundation addressed the Athens Kiwanis Club on how measurement evolved from ancient times and its impact on inventions and industry. The Society for the Advancement of Management will hear the talk at 7:30 p.m. in Ewing Auditorium on the OU campus with exhibits and slides.
A $1 penalty will be assessed on all Athens County dog licenses sold after Saturday. With the Jan 20 deadline falling on Sunday, the preceding day is the last day to purchase tags per an attorney general opinion. Tags may be bought from the auditor's office or from listed local agents H S Dye Torch R L Bailey Coolville Guy Osborne Chauncey John Davis Gloucester Kenneth Root Stewart and Walter Keating Nelsonville.
Common Pleas Court granted the motion to set aside a default judgment in a land partition suit. Defendants Alonzo Coakley and William L. Wickliffe win relief and may file separate answers as the case by Russell L. Wickliffe continues. Defendants claim rent is owed for occupancy.
Fire reports say an empty coal hopper in the Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority house at 87 S Court St caused the stoker furnace to smoke. Members called the fire department at 9 07 p m Monday. Chief Charles W Dalton reported no damage and no equipment used.
Mr. and Mrs. Ott Wagner, former Athens residents now in Clarksburg West Virginia, were hospitalized at Good Samaritan Hospital Cincinnati after their car skidded on ice into an iron utility pole on January 6. Wagner suffered a fractured nose ribs and knee cap while Mrs. Wagner broke her jaw in three places.
Paul L Rusinko 20 of Johnson Hall posted a 20 appearance bond after city police filed speeding charges in Municipal Court. He is set for a hearing Thursday.
A state tax examiner will assist vendors with second half sales tax declarations in Athens on January 30 and 31 from 9 am to 4 pm. Ralph Wheatley will staff the county courthouse on those days. Returns must be postmarked by January 31 to avoid a $1 delinquency fine. include records and stamp purchase orders, and vendors must sign a declaration of truth with the return.
Stanley Rood, 35, of Coolville, was fined $25 and costs in Municipal Court Tuesday for disturbing the peace. The affidavit by Alex Barkie, a Coolville tavern operator, states deputies said Rood refused to leave the tavern and caused a disturbance after the request.
The Sheltering Arms Hospital Foundation elected seven trustees James Boden Mrs. Fred H Beckler Dr Rush Elliott Dwight H Rutherford H C Musser John Bolin and Albert J Slatter at an annual meeting at the Hotel Berry A new two year term structure was approved along with a rule that no elected public official may serve as a trustee Incumbents Beckler and Boden were reelected and two alternates Rosenberg and Mrs Charles Woodrich were chosen The foundation reported 58089 06 raised in eight years with hospital improvements totaling 42678 47 and operating expenses of 2558 82 leaving a December 31 cash balance of 7130 39.
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