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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1960
Page
7
The Athens post of the State Highway Patrol reports 487 accidents in 1959, two fewer than 1958, with 151 injuries affecting 262 people and seven fatal outcomes. Police logged 399 accident investigations, 981 total arrests, and 96 drunken drivers.
Harry Howard 76 a retired Lodi Township carpenter died Sunday in Albany Rest Home after a long illness. He is survived by three sons William of Waverly Gerald of Phoenix and Walter of Albany and three daughters Susan Wingett Fannie Raymond and Norah Seipel 10 grandchildren two great grandchildren and a sister Fannie Niggemeyer. Services will be at Jagers and Sons funeral home 2 p m Tuesday with burial at Garden. Irvin Kidd 36 Ironton was fined 50 dollars and costs on a guilty plea in Municipal Court for intoxication.
Two Athens youths in the Fourth Armored Division in Germany include Pfc. R L Cornwell 19 chosen for the division honor guard at Goppingen and Pfc. Jack Beverage 20 promoted to specialist four as tank driver. Pfc. Wiley T Ryan 21 with the 8th Division in Sandhofen as machine gunner. 3-C Gerald Glass advanced to senior air policeman at Lockbourne. Pvt. David W Coen 18 assigned to Ft Myer ceremonial unit often serving as the President's honor guard.
A hospital note listing births and admissions at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Newborns include a son for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pierce and a daughter for several couples. Admissions include Earl Tewksbury and others. discharges include Mrs. Donald Brunk and daughter. Blood used three pints.
Fifty members of the Izaak Walton League gathered at the league's farm cabin Sunday to install officers and observe the national organization's 38th anniversary. P. S. Wamsley received a travel case for 11 years as secretary-treasurer. new officers include Carl J. Sylvester as president and Emerson Ball as first vice president. Everett E Barnhart was welcomed as a new member.
Ruth LaVelle Masten 40 former Amesville area resident died Saturday night at Wilmington General Hospital Delaware after an extended illness Born in Middlefork West Virginia she was the daughter of Thomas J LaVelle and wife survive in Amesville Route 1 She was a graduate of Ames Bern High School attended nursing schools in Zanesville Charleston and had a brother John killed in World War II Funeral Mass 11 15 a m Tuesday at St Peters Catholic Church Wilmington with burial there She is survived by her parents husband Sherry Masten two brothers five sisters and a Washington County clerk of courts Phyllis LaVelle Cross
David Pinney age 70 of New Marshfield died Monday morning after months of illness at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Funeral arrangements are being completed by Dowler Ferguson Hughes Funeral Home.
A 21 inch television set was reported stolen from a trailer residence Sunday. Wal ter Poston of Fairgrounds reported the break in after returning from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. The thief unlatched a wood window and gained entry. Danny L. Turner was fined for an illegal muffler. Bond forfeited for intoxication. Trimble Lodge 557 F AM to meet at 7 30 p m Monday.
Gene Staley age 33 of Athens Route 3 drove off Route 50 A four miles east of Athens into a ditch. Patrol reports a passenger Hubert Stanley age 60 fell on the driver's arm causing loss of control. Stanley received a slight laceration to the forehead. Staley cited into county court for conditional speed.
George Gillette, 70, of Toledo, died Sunday in Athens after a four week illness. He resided with his sister Mrs Jesse Bennett in Athens County and had worked as a guard at the Fredric Frader Laboratory in Toledo for over 20 years. Survived by several nieces and nephews. wife Katherine died in 1957. Funeral home visitation tonight. service Monday evening by Rev L A Robinson. burial Tuesday in Toledo Memorial Park Cemetery.
An East Side dog was ordered tied up after it reportedly bit a 4 year old girl named Christy Gilbert at about 4 30 p m Sunday. Police said the dog slipped out of its collar and was owned by Don Si Gabriel of 27 Townsend Place.
William Carr, 39, of Byesville Route 1, was fined $125 and costs, jailed for six days, and had his driver's license suspended for four months after pleading to driving while intoxicated in Municipal Court on Monday.
Ohio Universitys Administrative Committee punished six students for theft and circulation of a fine arts exam. Robert E McPherson of Elyria was expelled. five others Roger H Kennedy Earl J Elbert Richard H Schaa Richard J Caporella and William D Van Orman received indefinite suspensions. About 100 additional students failed the course and were placed on probation. the actions will remain on permanent records. ROTC units will review guilty students enrolled there. President John C. Baker condemns cheating as educational dishonesty and says it will not be tolerated.
A cold front crossed Athens Monday morning with rain totaling .36 of an inch per U S Observer C L Colmer. The temperature rose to 40 after a low of 34 with the Hocking River at 615 feet and falling. Rural Hamley Run noted a low of 33 after a Sunday swing between 18 and 35.
Edison D. Cooley aged 82 of 75 West State Street died Monday at Sheltering Arms Hospital after years of ill health. Born in Uniontown Pennsylvania he lived most of his life in Athens where he worked over 30 years for the McBee Company. He belonged to the First Christian Church and the Eagles Lodge. His wife Bessie died in 1950. Survived by three sons Oscar of Columbus Edison D. Jr of Greensboro North Carolina and Donald at home a grandson and a great grandson. Funeral arrangements handled by Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home.
Mrs. John W. Risch executive secretary of the Athens County unit of the American Cancer Society returned from a two day statewide cancer control planning meeting in Columbus. Objectives include saving lives through early diagnosis forming public action and raising funds in 1960 to expand local service education and ACS research programs.
William C. Stewart, assistant professor of accounting at Ohio University, writes the January Burroughs Clearing House article How Business Picks Banks. The piece stems from Stewart's graduate thesis at Western Reserve University and his outreach to 177 major corporations.
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