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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1956
Page
6
County officials and school leaders reached agreements on a county recreation plan centering a new playground site at the fair grounds. A complete recreation area with lights dressing rooms bleachers and possible tennis courts and a field house for basketball is envisioned with phased additions.
The Allied Printing Trades Council announced its year officers with Bernard Cooley as president from Ath Brotherhood Hook Binders Union 11 Harrison Lovsey of Athens Typographical Union 482 as vice president Henry Heft from Athens Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union 260 as secretary treasurer Ivan Romine from Stereo typers Chapel of The McBee Co as sergeant at arms Fred William from Printing Pressmen as recording secretary The group also planned the April 2 Allied Conference of Printing Trades Unions expecting 30 to 30 delegates to Athens Romine and Williams were named to a reparations committee.
The mercury fell Tuesday as cold north air moved in. A low of eight above was reported at Hamley Run with the 9 am reading only three degrees higher. High yesterday reached 22. In Athens, C L Colmer said the U S Weather Bureau thermometer dropped to 12 this morning and had risen to only about BS at 1 am.
Briarwood annexation eyed as Athens City Council tables action on a court report and health board request. The session discussed budget balance and a new contract with the health board while annexing 75 Briarwood residential lots and forming two-year committees. New appointments included health board member Jack Felton and planning commissioner Frank Batdorff. Councilmember Wilson Smith was sworn in and assigned to the Firemen’s Pension Board.
A compiled list of individuals and addresses appears for an Athens region notice. Several names include Mrs. James Burns and Mrs. Tom Fitzpatrick with associated routes and towns such as McConnelsville and Sharpsburg, alongside other residents and place references.
A car driven by Anetta Ches, 35, Athens Route 2, ran off Route 13 near Chauncey Sunday afternoon, striking a guard rail but with no injuries. Another minor collision occurred Monday on the Athens State Hospital grounds involving Carl Hodington, 57, Millfield, and Francis Cohen, 27, Athens.
Bechtel received an award presented by Kiwanis International. Carl A. Frey, past Ohio district governor, helped. After the ceremony at Berry Hotel, a plant tour at the Messenger building was led by Jack Gilbert, sports editor. A Wednesday meeting at Mechanicsburg School invites petition circulators. The Order of Temple slated to confer degrees Wednesday at 7 pm in the Mason Temple by Athens Commandery 15 Knights Templar.
City police chief urged interested youths to apply before Friday’s 7:30 p.m. examination at city hall. The oil service exam tests for patrolmen, with a monthly pay of 251 dollars for a 48 hour week.
Troop 4 of the Boy Scouts of America received its charter during a ceremony at the Church of the Good Shepherd. District Commissioner Charles A. Randall conducted the presentation. At a later troop committee meeting, the resignation of a member was discussed.
Wilbur C. racanam of 204 Highland Av Cincinnati owner of A Sunnybank Greenhouse is dead. Funeral services set for 10 30 a m Wednesday at the funeral home in Municipal Court Monday city police report charges connected with the death?
Fire gutted a storage garage owned by Fred Mathews with work space and car parts, spreading debris over the yard. Firefighters contained the blaze within an hour and prevented damage to nearby homes and Pure Oil Co. bulk tanks on Hocking Street. Mathews was at the city garage when the alarm sounded at 10 18 am and suspects the fire began somewhere inside.
Two brothers from Route 2 were jailed on a break ing and entering charge after a Sunday night raid on the Craig Sohio Service Station and A W Gilchrist Coal Co office at Sharpsburg. A 32 caliber pistol, $1.18 in cash, two cartons of cigarettes, a $20 fountain pen and a flashlight were taken and later recovered. The suspects Wilbert W Hill 24 and Denzil Gail Hill 35 await arraignment.
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