Rain Recorded As Weather Observer Notes Inches
Rain began falling early today but only .19 of an inch measured. Mrs. C France, weather observer, reports a 10 degree temperature range with a high of 42 and a low of 1 degree.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1946
Page
5
Rain began falling early today but only .19 of an inch measured. Mrs. C France, weather observer, reports a 10 degree temperature range with a high of 42 and a low of 1 degree.
Two 15 year old girls Nancy Sanders and Colleen Timmons were injured when a car they rode in collided with a parked vehicle in Albany. Nancy Sanders had a cut forehead and Colleen Timmons sustained abrasions. The driver was Joel Williams of Athens Route 4. parked car owned by How W Cline. Front parts of both cars damaged.
Ohio University moved to bar additional out of state students for the second semester as housing fills. The executive committee ordered stricter scholastic standards to clear room for Ohio veterans and local students while expanding on campus housing efforts. About 1,000 new students planned to enroll next week atop 2,100 already registered.
Robert R Jones arrives home after 33 months as Army radio operator with 24 months in the Pacific theater earning multiple ribbons and medals. Richard G Ingerham promoted from private first class to corporal at Camp Anza. Frank Armentrout fined for intoxication. several family service notices report ships, landings, and recoveries of relatives in the Pacific and Europe.
Walter Donald Gastin 25 of Haydanville and Ruth Arlene Six 20 of Hosonville. Walter Witlam Taylor 23 of Millfield Route 2 and Helen Grace Golden 18 of Millfield Route 2. Ralph Edward Erwin 19 of Nelson and Nellabell Foughty 20 of Millfield Route 1. Boyd Stevens 28 of Mineral and Faye Snyder 25 of Glouster. Francis Victor Nelson 23 of Springfield and Lucile Warren 21 of Nelsonville. Howard Edward Turner 29 of Athens and Jula Doris Abbott 23 of Athens. Everett Williams 30 of Athens Route 2 and Violet Ewing 28 of Athens Route 4.
W. E. Ausenheimer resumes duties as assistant comptroller for the McBee Company. He entered the Navy in January 1943 and served aboard the USS Elkhorn which operated from the submarine base at St Thomas Virgin Islands.
A long discharge roster lists service members by hometown and unit across Ohio towns including Gallipolis Laurelville Athens Chester Glouster McArthur Pomeroy Nelsonville Racine Sayre Vinton Stockport McArthur and others with ranks from Pvt to First Sergeant and grades from Pfc to T-5. Many names appear with parenthetical or abbreviated designations and multiple towns are noted.
A 28 year old Mansfeld woman was treated at Sheltering Arms Hospital for head and body injuries after a night time beating during an alleged assault. She named her 65 year old Mansfield father as the assailant. Sheriff George Bateman took her to Coolville convenience station where she fled from the car. She said the automobile had been stolen and described it as a 1936 Chrysler sedan. State authorities sought a man matching her description. The Highway Patrol had been notified of a stolen car of similar description recently.
Mrs Roger Connor of Athens County chairs the Fletcher General Camp and Hospital Council covering 20 central and southeastern Ohio counties. At Cambridge Jan 24, Red Cross official Schoonmaker said council support depends on Cambridge hospital disposition. If VA operates the hospital, Red Cross will retain staff and council work.
A naturalization officer will be present at the Athens County Clerk of Courts office on Thursday January 11 at 9 am to assist anyone interested in filing naturalization papers.
Don Spinny Ronson and Dwight Robinson announce the opening of the Robinson Brothers Farm and Home Appliance Co at 9 Mill St. The store will sell electric ranges refrigerators irons deep freezers hot water heaters dryers sinks garbage disposals and other electrical appliances plus pumps milking machines milk coolers for farm use and Hotpoint and General Electric items. The brothers operated a tire business for 20 years in the same building and have deep roots in Athens with wartime service in the Army Air Corps and defense plant work.
Athens headquarters reports three convictions for unsafe operation of a motor vehicle. Donald E. Palmer of Corning was fined $5 and costs in Mayor Frazier's court. William L. Kief fer of Chauncey was fined $10 and costs in Mayor Hines' court. William Embrey of Glouster was fined $5 and costs in Mayor Williams' court for passing in a restricted zone.
The First United Brethren Church of Corning will host a 7 p.m Sunday interdenominational youth program titled Mold the World through Unbounded Christian Fellowship. Participants include Julian Young Edward Ferguson Edward Hern Dorothy Woodruff Charlene Levering Eileen Roberts Vada Roberts Vivian Marshall Betty Rowland and Rev Wallin E Riebel with Mrs Wilma Gibbs directing the High School Class Sunday School program.
The McBee Company reception room booklet won first place in the Columbus Advertising Club Ad of the Month contest for its type of promotion. Mentions of various local residents and visitors appear in the readable fragments, with names such as Mr and Mrs Lee Dexter and Mr and Mrs J W Weaver noted among others.
The Clock Pool room at 35 N Court St had its license suspended indefinitely after police said tip sheets were sold there yesterday. Operator Dale Morrison of Athens Route 4 was fined 150 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to permitting a game of chance in the poolhall. He was arraigned before Mayor Franz Woodworth. Morrison, a twice-convicted gambler, faced police records of prior gambling charges. Also, a divorce petition was filed today in Athens County Court House by John W. Fuller against Garnet Fuller.
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