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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1965
Page
2
The city will move its Municipal Court to 9 N. College St in the old power age building. Four private rooms and a clerk’s office will be included with a new ceiling and forced air gas furnace. Parking spaces will be laid out on the adjacent lot after curb work.
A 29 year old Nelsonville man Shane Kelly was acquitted by a Perry County Common Pleas jury of two burglary counts and one attempted burglary. He will be held for Perry County for further processing on related charges. The jury deliberated about 25 minutes and found him not guilty of breaking and entering charges tied to incidents in December. Kelly, defended by court appointed attorney Charles W. Kirkwood, faced charges stemming from a November 24 service station burglary involving $120 in batteries and cash. Prosecutor Homer Gall Jr. led the state case.
A Warren native and Youngstown University graduate has been assigned as the Athens district supervisor for the state bureau of probation and parole. He previously served as a parole officer in Warren and as an unemployment counselor. The Athens office covers 18 counties and supervises about 400 parolees, including 35 in Athens County, with five parole officers and two secretaries. The family plans to move to Athens.
Judge Harold Rose fined and jailed Charles William North 19 of Athens Route 3 after he pleaded guilty to acting in a way tending to cause the delinquency of a minor. North was fined 500 dollars with 400 suspended, one year in jail with six months suspended, and three years probation on release. He kept the 14 year-old girl overnight in Marietta. she was released to her parents and will face court later.
City maintenance crews reported Clara O Holdren 75 of Little Hocking cited for failure to yield the right of way after a two car collision at Routes 50 and 144 in the morning according to the State Highway Patrol.
City police cited three motorists in two car crashes on Thursday. Harry L. Erwin 39 Athens Route pleaded innocent to a DWI charge and bonded at $300. James Frederick Yates 27 Athens was cited for an improper turn after a two week accident at Union and High Streets. Franklin Kelly 22 Guysville Route 4 failed to yield after a two car crash on E State near Carpenter Street.
Vacancies exist at the Athens post for ages 18 to 21 in the post dispatcher job and ages 21 to 35 in the se patrol. The next training school begins March 16 with February 16 deadline to apply. Information on education height and qualifications is available at the patrol post on Columbus Road.
More than 1400 new pilots must be recruited from civilians to meet an expanded Air Force pilot training program. S. Sgt. William Tucker, a local recruiter, cites a college degree age 21 to 26 and good vision as basic requirements. College seniors may take the aptitude exam seven months before graduation.
Athens County's 1965 Red Cross fund drive will begin March 1 with Wilbur Mender as chairman. The drive covers all 14 townships as the chapter seeks 3264 dollars beyond an expected 15,591 from United Appeal to meet an 18,875 dollar budget. The Red Cross funds support blood collection, disaster relief, first aid training, water safety, nursing programs, and gray lady supervision. Full drive details to be announced by February 20.
Rising temperatures continued in Athens with a 9 30 a m reading of 38 eight degrees above the early low. Thursday's high reached 48 under bright sun.
County election board reports two incumbent city officials filed petitions for the May primary. Norman Dean former Fourth Ward councilman and Tuckerman incumbent Ward councilman now have declarations of candidacy. Dean seeks councilman at large. William Rowland solicitor and Robert Sutton councilman at large filed petitions. All four are Republicans. Joe Roebuck elected Gloucester Democratic councilman in 1961 and Frank Darling filed for the village council. Darling is a Democrat. Also: Mutual of New York reports 16.2 percent sales rise for 1964 reaching 10 billion dollars in life insurance in force. Athens unit at 14 S Court St led by Lowell MacKenzie with Barry Miles and Richard Baldwin as top salesmen.
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