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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1965
Page
2
Construction progresses on the West Green dormitory with $1 275 000 total budget. Completion aimed by March 1 to house visitors and students next fall. Dorms 8 and 9 named for Byers and Treadley will be built, each housing 150. Crook Hall opening will push student housing to about 2200.
Court records show Shane Kelly, 29, of Nel ene tie coal of brill on coin and entering, charged with breaking and entering on December 12 in Nelsonville. Court-appointed defense for Kelly was Les W Kirkwood. He had five prior indictments referenced in the filing.
Mrs Goff R Dunfee explains no door canvass this year and asks residents to mail contributions to March of Dimes. In Nelsonville the drive is run by the Business and Professional Women's Club led by Mrs Mabel Hoffner. Donations can be sent to the Athens National Bank. Dr Theodore E Boyd notes 250000 births yearly with serious defects and cites 50 birth defects centers funded by March of Dimes.
Dean Paul L. Noble of Ohio University College of Business Administration will address members at a 7 p.m. meeting of the Parkersburg Marietta Chapter of the National Association of Accountants at the Sportsman Grill on Thursday.
Four_file candidates seek May primary seats with incumbents in Athens and Glouster. Brandon T. Grover Jr. and Richard Phillips filed as Republicans for city council seats. Ralph Woods filed as Republican city treasurer. Thomas Williams Jr. and Dorothy Vernon filed as Democrats for Glouster offices.
Mayor Raymond Shepard names a 13 member city cleanup and beautification committee to pursue a program of improvements. An organizational meeting is scheduled for 7 30 p m on Wednesday January 27. Appointees include Ruth Wooley Alice McCracken Mrs Tom Wolfe Marcella Steward Ed Zopp Mrs Goff Dunfee Pat McCleary Paul Kimes Sylvester Bastian Burton DeVeau Wilsonth Mrs John Huffman and Roy Cross.
Dr. Donald E. Perry, chair of Industrial Arts, told a Ohio University forum that successful leisure starts with preparation for work. He warned youth habits risk delinquency if leisure is unstructured and urged more programs to make high school graduates more employable. He noted 50 percent are employed in ice and sales and cited academic barriers to youth entry.
Appalachian Region Commission executive director John L. Sweeney will discuss the Appalachia Redevelopment Act at a Lawrence County development meeting in Chesapeake High School at 6 p.m. Thursday. Sweeney, appointed Nov. 1 by President Johnson, has advised on federal regional development for 11-state Appalachia including 24 Ohio counties. The Ohio University Institute for Regional Development announced the event.
Athens forecast shows cloudy skies with a rise to 37 at 9 30 a m and a six degree increase from the morning low The previous day Tuesday reached a high of 32 according to U S Weather Bureau observer C L Colmer.
A city school bus carrying 35 passengers was struck by a car on Athens Two Road south of Route 56 at 3 10 p m Tuesday. Gerald Adams 60 of Athens Route 2 the driver of the car was cited for a conditional violation. No injuries were reported. A grave marker from Athens State Hospital cemetery found near Carnegie Hall was turned to police. Mary Jean Wirock 48 of Columbus was rushed to Sheltering Arms Hospital after illness at 12 08 p m Tuesday.
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