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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1964
Page
3
A report by consultant J. Emerson Davis on Athens city income tax surveys lists 555 business and profession listings, including 81 non profits and 474 taxable entities. The survey notes 411 employers with withholding, 4344 home contacts, 1207 return calls, and 2596 residents not subject to withholding. Owners and businesses cooperated.
Karl Ruskin Sr district president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles will speak at a Sunday district meeting hosted by Athens Aerie for eight lodges. The 2 pm session includes a ritual initiation by Logan Aerie degree team and a Pilot Dogs entertainment segment from Columbus. Dinner and dancing follow. District includes Athens Corning Glouster Jacksonville Logan Marietta Murray City Nelsonville and Pomeroy.
A list of property transfers shows numerous deeds from Athens County and nearby areas. Names include Ethel Seiple, Raymond Webb, Harold Jasnau, Earl Davis, John Nunemaker, John Jagers, Christopher Brooks, Richard Harris, Bert Carpenter, Robert Neal, Richard Lucas, Floyd Allen, Frank Risley, George Grim, Chester Bond, Helen Jackson, Erle Jackson, Luther Null, Golda Archer, Elmer Crites, Victor Stover, and George King transferring tracts and parcels to spouses, relatives, or local buyers across Athens, Amesville, Nelsonville, Troy, Waterloo, Lodi, and York townships.
The Athens area Christmas Tree Growers Association will host the annual state wide summer tour on July 17-18. Activities include visits to Tordon Tree Farm near Wellston and Shoemaker Tree Farm Route 50, with a banquet at First Methodist Church Athens, and a beef barbecue at Sunnyvale Nursery Route 13 featuring tree judging and production talks.
Athens County recorder offices show a June rise with fees totaling 1440.35 vs 1181.75 in May. June filings include 203 chattel mortgages 146 deeds and 152 mortgages, plus numerous other instruments. Athens County 4H clubs plan a July 14 agriculture projects clinic at the junior fair building led by Kenneth Ackerman and Sue Van Dyke.
The Southeastern Ohio Hereford Association holds its annual district field day and picnic at the Ed Wagoner farm on Route 56 Sunday. About 150 people from 10 counties are expected to attend.
Max Frederick Hemsley 17 of Jacksonville faces speeding charge with $5 plus costs and 30 day license suspension for employment. Michael Lyne Grubb 17 of Athens cited for inadequate muffler with $5 and costs. County Court lists Philip E Harner 49 Morgantown no mud flaps with $10 and costs. Marriage licenses issued for James Edward Carlos 26 and Sarah Ann McPherson 25 both teachers in Athens.
Observer C Colmer reports warmer and more humid conditions in Athens on Thursday. A 9 30 am reading reached 80 degrees, up 16 degrees from the early morning low, with Wednesday's high listed as 84.
Common Pleas Court may modernize with a tape recording device to replace a reporter. Judge John W. Bolin tests courtroom machines to capture all testimony as Eleanor Becker nears retirement. If no qualified reporter is found, the device could become the official record after acoustic upgrades and further tests.
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