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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1953
Page
7
City council heard amusement machine owners oppose a proposed tax on pinball machines and juke boxes while weighing impacts on local operators and state laws. Debate covered poolrooms age limits, municipal court funding, sewer upgrades, park fund starts, and several budget transfers.
An additional 44 tracts of delinquent tax land were sold for 2052.70 at a public auction on the courthouse steps. The sale brings total tract sales to 194 under the current system, with 450 offered and 23,895.75 collected. County Auditor Ralph Elliott noted the original delinquency estimate was 50,000.
Four day Farm Women Camp will run July 16 to 19 at Tar Hollow for women from Athens Hocking Vinton Pickaway Fairfield and Pike Counties. Florence B McBride announces activities include book reviews handicraft swimming watercolor painting. Athens campers led by Mrs H J Huffman will oversee vesper service and Mrs James Pritchard will present a book review.
Birth announcements list a daughter for Mr. and Mrs Ronald Wagner of Athens and a son for Mr. and Mrs Elton Swart of Glouster. Admissions include Kenneth Wade Athens Leo Frost Athens Mrs Rebecca Buckley Mineral Mrs Della Edwards Athens Tommie Winning Athens. Dismissals include Mrs Mattie Wright Glouster Mrs Shirley McDonald Athens William Jackson Mineral Mrs Bernice Deeter Stewart Bernice Kayser Athens.
Mason Morris, 75, died Saturday evening from self inflicted gunshot wounds after a period of ill health. He formerly lived in Athens County and is survived by two brothers Lewis Morris of Amesville and Chester Morris of Athens, plus a son Glenn Morris of Columbus. Friends may call at Jerry Spears funeral home in Columbus. services are set for Wednesday at 1 p m with burial in Memorial Cemetery.
Mrs. Alex Johnston, 65, died at her Chillicothe home after months of illness. Survived by husband and four sons. sisters include Mrs. Harry Elkins and Miss Besse Peuch of Athens. Funeral services set for Thursday at 11 a.m. in Chillicothe with burial there.
C Hartley Grattan told a Rotary Kiwanis and Lions gathering in Athens that knowledge of communism extends beyond the 20th century and urged Americans to study it. He linked Moscow tactics to a broader power struggle and said accepting talks should not curb defense production. He argued communism is state controlled and distorts facts, complicating objective understanding.
Athens County commissioners approved resolutions to improve roads. The county engineer is authorized to assist Coolville with 65 miles of streets on county roads entering the village, funded by 400 dollars for equipment and an operator. Canaan Township receives 300 dollars for Dutch Ridge Road stone. The township’s request to bring the road into the county system was denied, but financial aid for maintenance was granted.
Bobby Blackstone, 25, of Nelsonville, was sent to the Ohio Penitentiary to serve a term after pleading guilty to two indictments for illegal entry of Nelsonville establishments. Sheriff George Bateman led the transfer.
Athens Commandery 15 Knights Templar will meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the Masonic Temple Malvern Wilson commander said the gathering will discuss upcoming activities and plans.
Twenty nine pastors and laymen of the Whitewater Association of Southern Baptists in Ohio met at the First Baptist Church with Rev. John Snedden reporting. Rev. John Kurtz of Westwood Baptist Church Dayton led delegates from Akron Mansfield Dayton Cincinnati and other areas as a dinner preceded the conference. The Ohio group linked to Kentucky Baptists plans to form a Southern Ohio association at a fall convention with Athens First Baptist Church as the first member from the area.
Lightning hit electric wires triggering an alarm for city firefighters Monday afternoon. Firemen were dispatched at 4 12 p m to 30 Poplar Street, the residence of Mrs FE F Sammons. No damage was reported by Fire Chief Charles Dalton.
Savannah Lodge 466 F and AM will meet Thursday evening at the hall. Refreshments will be served, said Guy Norman, master.
County commissioners consider a push for an Athens County courthouse elevator after a Board of Trade resolution cites public convenience. Petitions circulate in Amesville Nelsonville Coolville Albany Glouster Trimble and Jacksonville with Merchants backing the effort. An engineer’s estimate places installation at about 35 000 dollars.
Police investigated three traffic mishaps Monday with no arrests or injuries. Delbert Chaney struck Mona Tryon’s car on W State near N Court. John Crabtree backed from a driveway into a parked car near City Food Market. R D Hughes backed into James Abraham’s auto on W Washington Street.
Showers drenched Athens on Monday with nearly an inch of rain reported by U S observer C L Colmer. Cooler weather followed on Tuesday with a 9 am reading of 70. Yesterday’s temperature ranged from 66 to 86 degrees.
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