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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1947
Page
25
Loren C. Staats announces the Athens Community Chest Drive met its $9,895 target with co chairs James E. Householder and H. C. Dorman. Staats also notes the Athens Community Welfare Association annual meeting will be Feb 17 at the Little Theatre Athens High School.
Sam notes Bem Hackney and his wife return from a nationwide trailer tour impressed by regional diversity in speech, tastes, laws, and customs. He insists the core American spirit is tolerance and unity, admitting occasional intolerance but viewing it as the exception and urging others to travel to see how differences enrich the nation.
Bishop Schuyler E. Garth aged 48 of Madison Wisconsin delivered the baccalaureate sermon at Ohio University June exercises eight months after a plane crash near Hankow China killed 25 aboard with one survivor The victim and his wife had been in China since late December to study Methodist needs He was president of the Wisconsin Council of Churches and supervised 509 Wisconsin churches Their three children remain at home and his sermon urged that there is more power in great friendship than in a split atom.
Athens High School announces the first of two second semester concerts on February 11 under music director W C Fingerhut. The program features the band orchestra and glee club with two small ensembles, a clarinet quartet and cornet trio. Soloists Paul Lehman David Lewis and Nancy Rosser perform in a band number Etude in Boogie. Proceeds benefit the music fund.
A light tan short coat likely owned by a woman or child was left on a sidewalk. A finder turned it in to Athens police headquarters Wednesday night. Chief J B Grogan said the owner can claim it there.
Mrs. Everett Ward of Athens welcomes a daughter. Barbara Peters Doris Bradley and Grace McPherson admitted for major surgery. George McCoy and Linda Carol Slay treated for medical and accident cases in Athens and Coolville. Richard Thompson admitted after an accident.
Lee S. Roach from Hooper Sr. assists the ant chief of fish management at the Ohio Division of Conservation and Natural Resources. He left today by train from Columbus for San Antonio to attend the American Wildlife Conference in Texas.
Steven George Kochis 29 of Gloucester Route 4 and Margaret Marie Toth 24 of Millfield Route 2 receive marriage licenses. Frank Shumway Jr 25 of Millfield Route 1 and Ladonna Faye Fuller 18 of Chauncey also obtain licenses.
Edna Starkey and others transfer 203.46 acres in Canaan Township to R. W. Clifford. Andrew Plant and Gladys Plant transfer part of lot 122 in Trimble to William Mayo and Marjorie Anderson. John TA Hamer and Edith B Hamer transfer 24 to 100 acres in Hockingport to Carl A Richards.
Two Athens youths escaped serious harm when a Piper Cub trainer crashed into a railroad embankment at Grosvenor Crossing near Athens at 3 30 p m. Pilot Griffith Evans 19 and passenger Richard Thompson 19 were treated for minor injuries. Evans had just earned his private license after pre flight checks. The plane sustained about 1000 dollars in damage. Evans and Thompson are locals with ties to Ohio University and the Navy and Marines.
President John C. Baker said eight new faculty join Ohio University effective Feb 1, including Ralph E. Abbott as assistant professor of geography and geology and Israel Knox as acting instructor in philosophy. Instructors in accounting and romance languages were added, while three resignations include Claire McKellogg Betty Luhring and Emil Beck.
Athens County March of Dimes drive is progressing splendidly says chairwoman Mrs. Carman Church as solicitors canvass homes and donations flow in through schools and theaters. Five Athens High School students plan a floor show at an Eagles Lodge March of Dimes dance tonight featuring Nancy Rosser and Norma Jean Dry with other vocal selections and a trombone duet. Sixteen high school girls are collecting at Schine's Athena and Ohio theatres led by Freddy Williams, with listed contributors including Theresa Lavelle and Donna Buck. The drive may close around February 15 and receives broad support from individuals and organizations.
Harry Larson aged 43 of Athens pleaded guilty before Mayor Franz Woodworth to operating a truck with lumber protruding more than seven feet without a red flag. He was fined $5 and costs. Milo Bean, 64, Athens, pled guilty to intoxication and also fined $5 and costs.
The State Industrial Commission sued Charles L. Levering on January 27 seeking 856.27 for wages due from three workers between June 21, 1945, and October 29, 1946. The case was settled when the sum was paid and the suit dismissed Wednesday.
Henry N Burgett 66 of 1306 Neil Ave Columbus died recently in Columbus He was known in Athens where he lived years ago and served as secretary of the Athens Automobile Association and later of the Route 50 Association He leaves three sons two daughters and two grandchildren plus a brother His former wife Inez Burgett lives in Lancaster Funeral services and burial were at Houcktown Ohio
President John C. Baker will address Ohio University's mid year class of 98 at commencement in Music Hall Auditorium. He will speak on The Greatest Thing in America. Ninety one bachelors and seven masters will be conferred. Colleges lead in graduates: Commerce 28, Arts and Sciences 27, Education 25. Reception follows at Boyd Hall.
Everett W. Baughman 23 of The Plains pleads innocent at arraignment before Mayor Franz Woodworth. Bond set at $1000 and he is bound over to the grand jury. Police say he kept a .32 caliber revolver in his truck for months and may have carried it on his person.
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