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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1963
Page
3
Mil ton Nuzum signed an order to redraw ward lines to balance voters across four wards. Council had supported the move and expects changes by the county election board, likely not ready for the May 1963 primary. Ward 1 and 3 gain fewer registered voters while Wards 2 and 4 anticipate growth.
The Plains Volunteer Fire Department reported 24 alarms in 1962 with damages totaling 14850. Chief Basil Cullison noted 20 fire alarms and four emergency squad calls, with the squad active late in the year. Major losses included Vore Ridge Community Church at 7500 and James Lyons home at 5000.
Deputy Sheriff Robert Allen reports a break in at a service station on State Route 691. Owner Adam Tolliver says items worth 16 dollars were taken including nickels, pennies, razor blades and cigarettes after a west side window was broken.
Joseph Arch Arbaugh 74 died Thursday at his Columbus home 4831 Cleveland Ave. A retired farmer formerly of Albany. Survived by wife Flora daughter Mary Davis two grandchildren two great grandchildren and two sisters Asa Cochran The Plains and Chloe Dixon Wales Mill. Services Friday 7 30 p m Schoedinger Linden Chapel Columbus with calling after 2 p m. Additional rites Sunday 1 p m Temple Methodist Church burial in church cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p m Saturday at Bigony Funeral Home Albany.
After 41 years in banking, R. G. Palmer of the Bank of Athens retires. He began in 1921 at Amesville’s First National Bank, moved to Stockport, then joined the Bank of Athens in 1925, serving as teller, cashier, vice president and director. He and wife Lulu live at 99 N Congress St and will visit daughter Mrs Bernard E Cooley in Muskegon Michigan with two grandchildren.
The 1962 news review films produced by United Press Movietone will be shown on WOUB TV at 9 p.m. on Tuesday for news highlights and Wednesday for sports. Vincent Jukes, director of television at Ohio University, announced the loan from The Messenger which allows re-showing by other capable organizations.
A workman at Ohio University West Green dormitory project fell 18 feet Friday morning. Fred Rowland, 43, of Athens Route 2, suffered a fore head laceration and possible shoulder and back injuries and was transported by the fire department emergency squad to Sheltering Arms Hospital around 10 a.m.
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