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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1957
Page
7
The New Marshfield exchange will begin automatic dialing Saturday with about 500 new numbers and changes for Athens, plus a $125000 project including a new fireproof central office. Magneto customers will still reach operators while the switch is phased in over several days.
Tar Hollow State Park hosts the Athens County 4-H Club Camp opening Thursday and running to Monday. About eighty 4-H members and extension staff will take part under associate county agent Don Young. The camp features crafts, swimming, field trips, and nature studies in conjunction with Vinton County 4-H clubs.
The region endures five straight days near or above 90 as no rain falls. Athens records 95 degrees at 11 am with a low of 67 overnight. Rural Hamley Run hits 104 Thursday amid ongoing dry spell and browning lawns.
Athens delegates to the American Legion department convention depart by train at 5 39 a m Friday. Nolan H Mace leads the K T Crossen Post with Don Strawn Sr Harley Moler Wade Poffenbarger and Harold Young among the others. Two alternates attend replacing two elected delegates. Auxiliary delegates Mrs Strawn Mrs Carr Mrs Josephine Wolfe and Mrs James Balding prepare for Cincinnati. New officer installs include Harold Young as post commander and James Wagonseller naming Roger Barron Clifford Ledford Carr Strawn Moler Langston Rypma.
The Navy Recruiting Service announces the Naval Aviation Cadet plan for high school graduates. Applicants enter via the current high school program, compete for flight training, and–if selected–report to Pensacola Florida for cadet training. After 14 months, a commission in the Naval Reserve is earned and four more months of training follow. Eligibility includes age over 18, unmarried status until commissioning, physical and mental fitness, and four years of service agreed.
Four Southeastern Ohio youths have enlisted in the Navy and will report to the U S Naval Training Center at Bainbridge Maryland for nine weeks of basic training. The recruits are Richard L Beller of Athens Route 3 David James of Millview Place Athens John W Jackson of Millfield and Robert F E Alkire of Frost. They will be assigned to duty stations or service schools after initial training per Navy recruiter Chief Howard W Fortney.
Jack Evener of Route 3 Athens appeared Friday in Municipal Court on two charges. One case was continued to Aug 1 with $5 restitution to Daisy Marin er and bound over to the county grand jury. He pleaded guilty to issuing a $35 check to Kasler Dairy Products Co. on Feb 9 and was held under $400 bond awaiting grand jury action.
Funeral services were held for Richard N Banks 22 of Parma a June electrical engineering graduate of Ohio University He was en route to Columbus last Friday to take a state engineers licensing exam when his car skidded on Route 3 ten miles south of Wooster He lived at 16 S Congress St during his senior year and worked four years as a waiter at the OU Center snack bar.
Mr and Mrs Robert Harnish of Athens welcome a son. Admitted Mrs Douglas Scott of Athens. Dismissed Carl Roberts of Athens. Mrs Elmer Finsterwald Athens Route 4 Mary Graham Athens Route 4 Mrs William Peters Frost Route 1 Mrs Danny Kiraly Glouster.
City firemen responded at 5 50 pm Thursday to the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad at Currier Street to douse a tie fire under the tracks. The cause was not determined and losses were slight.
Nelsonville born Joseph Kertesz aged 81 died in an Athens hospital. He lived with the late John Kaszonyi in Millfield and was under guardianship of Elizabeth Willis. He left no immediate relatives. Warren funeral home handles arrangements.
Dr. Ernest F. Barker, retired University of Michigan physics chairman and IR radiation expert, spoke to the Ohio University Institute for Teachers of the High School Sciences about matter energy production and annihilation. He is visiting Athens and is not a scheduled institute visitor.
Judge Francis D. White grants two divorces. Dobosiewicz of Nelsonville and Maria V. Dobosiewicz divorced for gross neglect and wilful absence. marriage Feb 28 1946 in Germany. Sue C. Griffith, step through Vera M. Clark, divorce from Jefferson J. Griffith for gross neglect and extreme cruelty. alimony in goods. Clark resumes maiden name. Married Dec 17 1955 in Athens.
Harley Johnson of Sharpsburg pleaded not guilty at arraignment in Municipal Court on a weapons charge after an affidavit by Jessie Nichols alleged she was threatened with a loaded gun. He was ordered held under $400 bond for the county grand jury following Thursday arrest by the sheriff in the Mt. Herman church yard near Sharpsburg.
Common Pleas Court approves petition by Denzel F. Jones Roy Mullins and Dale Sapp trustees of the Church of the Nazarene to transfer church property from the unincorporated Naz arene church to the incorporated First Church of the Nazarene.
Florence R woods transfers 3.05 acres in Waterloo Township to Glenn H Woods. Virginia Carter sells Waterloo Township real estate to Nancy Barber.
Four Southeastern Ohio youths began four year tours in the U S Air Force on July 10. From Columbus they traveled to Lackland AFB Texas for eight weeks of basic training before being assigned to duty stations or service schools. Names include Larry E Latimer Athens William J Ritchie Long Bottom Richard L Bobo Guysville Route 2 and John M Crary Long Bottom.
Two civil suits totaling 647 dollars were filed in Athens Municipal Court. Robert L. Sadosky seeks 272 dollars from Fred die H Wallbrown for auto damages from an accident May 18 on S Court Street near Park Place. Virgil Maxwell sues Edward E Atha for 375 dollars in rent due.
Parole hearings are announced for two Athens Countians at Mansfield Ohio State Reformatory. Richard D Morris convicted October 31 1956 for auto larceny sentenced to one to twenty years. Sherman E Schall convicted November 9 1956 for breaking and entering sentenced to one to five years.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad sent $24 395 14 to Athens County treasurer for the second half of 1956 property taxes. For 1956 total county taxes by B and O exceeded 48 750. The B and O system tax bill for 1956 was about 31 000 000, over 1 000 000 above net income.
Thirty recruits graduate from the State Highway Patrol Academy. Donald J. Bever, Somerset, joins the Athens post, restoring eight officers after a retirement. Thomas E. Chesser, Athens, goes to Hebron. Col. Moritz urges qualified men 21 to 35 to apply for the September training school, with requirements and salaries detailed.
About 200 elementary and junior high teachers and music teachers arrive at Ohio University for the seventh annual Summer Music Workshop led by Mary D Slayney. Demonstrations panels and participation with visiting consultants from Columbia University Abilene College OU and city supervisors frame the program which runs through Saturday and offers undergraduate and graduate credit with on site registration at Music Hall.
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