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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1954
Page
6
Athens County title office reports May transactions near April levels with 1179 titles and fees totaling 1456.20. New car titles surged to a yearly high with 150 1954 models and 153 1953 models. April had 205 and May last year 236. County will retain 968.50 bringing cumulative remittance to 4606.20.
In May the Athens city service safety director’s office logged 30 building permits including 13 for new residences valued at $168,400, a May record. Total valuations for all permits reached $209,200 with 75 used trucks, 14 new truck titles and 745 used car transactions noted, plus several other vehicle titles and remodels.
Light rain fell in Athens on Thursday as overcast skies brought cooler weather. Wednesday’s high reached 75 at Hamsey Run with a nighttime low of 49 and a morning reading of 64 by 9 a.m. today.
A portion of loot from the Cline Drug Store burglary near Albany was found along a county road to New Marshfield. Investigators say boxes of women's hose and other merchandise were left by a couple in a car with a California license who fled Route 680 after the intruder was interrupted by Mayor O D Pincelli. The mayor fired two shots at the fleeing vehicle and is believed to have wounded the man. the woman driver remains at large.
The Athens League of Women Voters released study plans focusing on city and county school systems for the coming year. Plans were formed during a spring picnic at Mrs. Eric Thompson's home with Mrs. F. H. McKelvey presiding. The next meeting is set for Oct. 5 at the Ohio University Center.
Among 2627 graduates at Northwestern University’s 96th commencement on Monday June 14 Robert Vernon Pierre of 114 Central Ave Athens will receive the Doctor of Medicine degree.
John Kule, a German exchange student from Rome Canaan High School, spoke before the Methodist Sunday school expressing hope for peace. He described life in Germany, comparing farming and religion there with the United States amid government and National Grange sponsorship.
Thomas Hutchinson of Albany is among honorees at the Ohio Association of Future Farmers of America banquet. He will receive a Soil and Water Management Award of 100 from the Future Farmer Foundation.
Arthur P. Singer transfers land in Rome Township to James H. Singer in Athens County. Martha Covell of Glouster moves Lots 29 30 SL and 32 in Village of Downing to Tony Covell. Denver Kennedy of York Township deeds property in Trimble Township to Edith Phillips. Elmer F. Jones of Athens sells land to The Elmer Jones Realty Co. Roy D. Dailey of Albany conveys Lot 1004 in Grosvenor's Addition to Ath en to Richard H. Lockard. Casper B. Athens sells three Athens tracts to J. Lowell Rapp. Wayne W. Koehler of Athens transfers property in Athens to Ohio University.
Richard Barker son of Mr and Mrs Willard P Barker 306 FE State St has completed his freshman year at Miami University and is assigned to a summer training cruise by the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps He will depart Saturday for Norfolk Va to board the battleship USS Missouri as a trainee with other NROTC students and midshipmen from Annapolis The Missouri will sail Sunday from Norfolk on a 60 day cruise returning Aug 4 with stops at Cherbourg France and Portugal
Richard Jago of Amesville pleaded innocent to an assault and battery charge filed by Billy Mayles after a Memorial Day fight at the 50 A Inn. Hearing to be scheduled later. Another participant was fined for assault and battery on the same day.
Floyd Bolin Post 3477 will hold a Friday 8 p.m. meeting at the post home at E State and Home Streets. Harold Young, commander, said the gathering is for members and veterans.
Researchers trace the Beasley lineage from John Beasley of Virginia who settled in Bern and Ames Townships, through his son George and grandson John who appears in the 1885 Pierre Dakota Territory visit photo. The piece notes lengthy family ties, Civil War enlistment, and intermarriages with Gardners Koons and Flemings, plus Vincent kin who funded the memento.
In Common Pleas Court Mary E Balderson sues Alney and Beulah Balderson of Akron claiming a half interest in five Ames Township tracts left to them by Eva F Balderson. She seeks to have defendants’ interests set up and declared void with a partition granted.
Grahams Chapel Prayer Band will meet Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Curt Dailey with Mr. Dailey as leader.
Prosecuting Attorney Joel Draper outlined the President's Committee on Highway Safety at the county level. He described four sub committees enforcement engineering education and legislation and urged civic groups to host safety discussion panels.
An alert attendant and Patrolman M M Robinson recovered a stolen 1961 car and arrested three Columbus teens aged 13 14 and 15 on Grosvenor Street. The youths driving the car had planned a trip to Charleston West Virginia but returned to Columbus before nightfall. The vehicle stolen from the Columbus Zoo parking lot was owned by a Sunbury resident. The boys are held for juvenile authorities.
A partition petition filed by Betty Payton Fultz against William Peyton Jr and Helen Deloris Johnson in Common Pleas Court has been dismissed according to court records.
The Athens County Children’s Home hosts open house for its newly completed cottages on Saturday and Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. Rowena Sprout of the Child Welfare Board says the event is in cooperation with Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hollister, superintendent and matron. The cottages, one for boys and one for girls, each hold 21 and were occupied in April.
A list of individuals associated with Shelterings Arms Hospital in Glouster Athens and Amesville includes Arthur Jauchius Jr Susan Jauchius Forest D Campbell Patterson Oldie Stout Story Coen and others. Athens Chapter of De Molay will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday at the Masonic Temple.
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