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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1958
Page
6
After nearly a day without rain, Athens saw a heavy shower just before 8 am totaling 1.03 inches in about an hour. The Hocking River rose to 9.12 feet as streets flooded and temperatures hovered around 67 degrees following a 83 64 degree temperature swing.
Robert Lee Owens, 14, of Athens Route 3, was cut on the left foot Thursday afternoon while operating a power mower at the motorcycle club grounds in Sugar Creek. He slipped and fell under the blade, sustained a deep cut, and was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital by passerby W A Lafollette of Millfield Route 1. Owens lives with his aunt Mrs John Law. his mother resides in Arizona.
Members of the Junior Rifle Club are asked to assemble at the Armory at 8 a.m. Saturday before traveling to the Hocking Valley Sportsmen's Club range on Radford Road for a shoot.
Carl W. Wharton of 44 Shafer Street was fined 25 dollars plus costs after pleading guilty to intoxication in Municipal Court on Friday.
Athens planning commission reviewed a 70 page zoning draft presented by W G Roeseler of Ladislas Segoe and Associates. The panel also approved Frank DeBuses Mulligan Road subdivision. final council approval pending. The ordinance outlines general provisions residence and non residence districts special provisions and administration.
The fire department emergency unit made two runs from Thursday evening to early Friday. Charles Russell Jr., 11, injured his knee at the Mill Street intramural field and was advised to see his family physician. Thomas Pitts, 24, was found near Union and Factory streets with severe abdominal pain and was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital.
Mrs. Mary Lois Dennett 36 of Athens Route 3 is hospitalized at Sheltering Arms with a cerebral hemorrhage multiple fractures and contusions after a two car crash on Route 50. Passengers Daniel Morris 12 and Ethel Cole 38 were treated and released. Driver Clifford Hill 50 pleaded guilty to drunken driving and posted bond. Hill’s brothers Arliss 35 and Delbert 47 were fined for intoxication charges.
Milford Dailey, 37, of Athens Route 4, pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to driving while intoxicated. He was fined 125 dollars, sentenced to three days in jail, and his driving license suspended for three months.
Members of Albany Post Ground Observer Corps will participate in a 24 hour alert beginning at 5 p m Saturday. The announcement stated the action is part of routine civil defense readiness and will involve observers on duty through Sunday.
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