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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1960
Page
7
City council votes to partner with the county on resurfacing Strouds Run Road and the adjacent Cable Lane segment. County workers and equipment will be provided free of charge in exchange for materials worth about 6000 dollars. The project will start after Dow Lake road work finishes.
The Plains local board of education spent two and a half hours hearing a parent delegation demanding action against Alfred Gendemalik, an English teacher at the high school. The meeting included hostile student witnesses and was attended by Athens Municipal Court Judge John F. Newcomb and county prosecutor Joseph B. Vanity Jr., with a transcript taken by Margaret Barber.
Vacation special offers at a Hollywood Florida air conditioned motel near beaches golf courses and fishing. Rates listed include rooms from 25 dollars per night and the ad provides a mailing address for reservations to Mr and Mrs Harlan Antle at 2 Dewey St Hollywood Florida.
Russell W. Finsterwald reports from Athens as the Plains school board hears parents and students accuse educator Gendernalik. Judge Newcomb defends discipline while officials outline that formal charges require due process and a private or public hearing. The board plans to reconvene August 9.
A Carthage Township farmer surprised two Meigs County youths attempting to steal gasoline from his farm tank. Robert Barton held them at gunpoint until Meigs and Athens County deputies arrived. Sanders and Taggart, both 19 from Reedsville Route 1, were to be arraigned on charges of entering property with intent to steal fuel.
About 2000 prospective Ohio University freshmen will visit campus over three weeks for pre college counseling. The initial session opened with 217 counselees. a second session starts at 1 p m today. Students undergo English proficiency tests, the Ohio state psychological examination, and fall semester counseling while parents accompany their children in Bush Hall and Jefferson Hall dormitories.
Athens County Chapter of the Ohio Civil Service Employes Association will meet at 7 30 p m Wednesday in the Athens State Hospital therapy building. Arthur Day administrative assistant from Columbus will discuss OCSEA membership. The meeting is open to all city county and state employes per Carl Cone secretary of the chapter.
Hocking Valley AFL-CIO Central Labor Council will meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the Grange Hall on the Athens County Fairgrounds. Guest speaker will be Charles Barker Logan with the Bureau of Workmen's Compensation. Charles Ennis, president, urged delegates and alternates to attend.
Mrs. Edward Matters formerly Leota Montgomery, of Coraopolis Pennsylvania, died in a Pittsburgh area hospital Sunday evening after a heart attack. Sister of Mrs. Herbert Wilson was notified of her death.
Rose Scott of A4N Highland Ave was arraigned in Municipal Court on a charge of using profanity on a public street. She pleaded not guilty. A hearing is set for July 21 and bond was fixed at 31 dollars.
Harrison Cox of Springfield sues Robert E. Francis of Troy in Common Pleas Court for $3076.41 in damages from an auto accident on Route 56 west of Athens in July 1958. Cox alleges his son Max A. Cox was injured when the car he drove was struck by Francis’s vehicle, with $2000 claimed for lost wages plus hospital medical and nursing costs.
Edwin Dow Love and Carolyn Jean McKee. Cecil Edward Alwine and Nellie Jean Blessing. Jimmy Lee Howard and Delores Lucille Robinson. Fred H. Walbrown and Barbara L. Bolin. Owen Thomas Walraven and Fay Elizabeth Griffin. Kenneth Harry Malone and Peggy Marlene McBride. All residents and occupations listed for each pairing in Athens Columbus Gloucester Jacksonville Chauncey and related routes.
In Municipal Court Tuesday two men faced traffic counts from a July 14 collision on E State St. Henry M. Tribe of Albany, 53, was convicted for an improper right turn, while Donald L. Boyer, 22, Frost Route 1, was convicted of failure to stop within assured clear distance. Each pleaded innocent. Boyer argued Tribe signaled left then turned right. Police cited both drivers.
County Treasurer T. O. Kincade announced that Wednesday is the final day to pay the second half of real estate taxes. He said no further extension is planned, noting the July deadline already extended 30 days from the original June 20 date.
Nelsonville reports the death of Vance Lee Haddox 21 in California on Sunday. Son of Mr and Mrs Ivan Haddox former Athens residents they lived on W Washington St and ran a local grocery. He attended Athens elementary school and had been ill six months. Aunt Mrs Lloyd Gibbons travels to California with family. Burial in California.
E. E. Faires Sr transfers Glouster property to Charles B. Faires of Dayton. Clinton C. Courtney conveys undivided half interest in two Dover Township tracts to Lucille Courtney. Lucille Courtney conveys undivided half interest in part of lot 1204 in Nelsonville to Clinton C. Courtney. Harry C. Beckler transfers Inlot 886 in Athens to Fred H. Beckler. Doris W. Chess transfers undivided half interest in property in Canaan Township to Velma E. Baker in Franklin County.
Mines F. McAllister, 28, Albany Route 2, was fined 10 dollars and costs in County Court Monday after arrest by the State Highway Patrol for parking on the highway.
Legion to meet at 8 p m Wednesday in the Legion home per commander Wilson H Carr The meeting is called by Crossen Post 21 American Legion and will be held at the Legion home with member attendance advised
An electrical storm moved into Athens on Monday afternoon then gave way to light rain. Minor utility damage occurred with the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co transformer in the Athens Country Club area taking the worst hit. Rainfall totaled .88 inch as the high reached 89. Early morning low was 65, rising nine degrees by 9:30 a.m.
Millfield man Bolin slain on Columbus Road suffered skull and limb fractures with facial injuries. He worked for brother Pearl, Athens Route 5, timber cutter. Survived by wife Margaret and four children at Millfield Route 1, plus brothers John of Pomeroy Cecil and Robert on Athens Route 5 and five sisters including Janie Munn and Lola Weatherstone. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. at Clarks Chapel Church with burial nearby. viewing after Wednesday noon at Jagers and Sons.
Jo Ann Walker Barnhart of Nelsonville sues Richard C. Barnhart for divorce claiming extreme cruelty and gross neglect of duty. they wed June 10, 1948 and have no children. Ellen Sue Collins of Athens Route 2 sues Henry D. Collins seeking custody of one minor child. they wed May 12, 1957.
Twelve classes will be judged in the third annual Children’s Horse Show on Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Athens County fairgrounds. Rider age limit is 18. entry fees 50 cents and 1 dollar. Judges Harold Zeinmeister Philo and ringmaster Richard Vaughan. announcer Charles Hayes. Proceeds benefit the Children’s Home.
Six Athens County men left by bus Tuesday for Columbus to undergo pre-induction physical exams at Ft. Hayes. The group was led by John D. Toth of Glouster, with Melvin C. Carsey and Keith E. Figgins of Nelsonville, Blaine A L Bell and Ronald E. Mayle of Sharpsburg, and Paul E. Hupp of Trimble. Robert H. Miller Jr., an Ohio University student from Linden, Alabama, was transferred to the local board for examination.
Admission records list William Cunningham and Margaret Gilkey both of Athens along with Marian Kirk and other residents. Dismissals include Mrs William Wagner and her daughter. Michael Bean from The Plains also appears in the notice.
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