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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1961
Page
2
Mayor Kenneth Lands plans to sign the city service act after its third reading, placing four city employees the water plant superintendent and assistant the sewage plant superintendent and the clerk under civil service. Sands said he will sign the bill. the ordinance passed 4 to 3 amid council opposition.
An advertisement touts a variety of pile cures with a claim that over a million dollars yearly is spent on relief. It promotes a son’s ointment said to ease itching in minutes, priced at 60 cents a box or 85 cents a tube, with options for sale and delivery.
James Cox, 31, of Jacksonville, was arrested by sheriff's deputies for Stark County authorities on a non-support warrant. Cox has served two prior terms in the Ohio Penitentiary, deputies said.
U. S. Observer C. L. Colmer reports a mainly cloudy and humid Athens day with a 10 a.m. temperature of 76 after a low of 68. Tuesday reached a high of 91 with rainfall totaling 0.09 inch.
Nominations open for the Junior Fair queen and escort contest in Athens County. Girl Scout, FFA, FHA, and 4-H clubs may nominate one candidate each who must be at least 16 as of Jan 1. City-County Health Department will select July 26 at 9 a.m. after reviewing health and youth involvement. The queen will go to the state fair on Aug 25.
Carlisle Chalfant QMC and his wife with three sons spend two weeks with G H Chalfants of New Albany. He serves aboard USS Suffolk County LST 1173 at Norfolk Virginia. A 2C Larry R Chalfant has returned home to Offutt AFB Nebraska after two weeks convalescence with his parents.
State Highway Patrol reported a Route 56 crash Friday evening a mile west of Route 691 involving Freda Hutchison 22 of Cleveland and James Howell of Logan. Hutchison car turning right onto a township road was hit in the rear by the Howell car. Howell left the scene.
The fire department and emergency squad responded to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad depot in Athens at 12 07 pm Tuesday when Mrs. James Finn age 41 of Lima became ill on the train. She was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital.
Barbara Lou Shonborn, 17, daughter of Mr and Mrs Guy Shonborn of Glouster, was fined five dollars and costs by Juvenile Court after pleading guilty to driving without a license. The court denied her the right to obtain any license for 90 days.
John W. Deem of 42 W. Carpenter Street will retire Aug. 1 from Ohio Fuel Gas Co Southeastern Pipelines district office in Athens after 38 years with the company. Born in Kananga and an Army Merchant Marine veteran, he is a former Wellston Masonic master and active in local Lions clubs and First Presbyterian Church. He and his wife Grace have a son Dwane in Columbus and a daughter Mrs. Ted P. Blower of Zanesville.
Joseph Alexander 72 of Guysville died Tuesday afternoon at Veterans Hospital Huntington West Virginia. He was a World War I veteran. Services set for 10 a.m. Thursday at White Funeral Home with burial at Mount Liberty Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Wednesday.
The two day old son of Dow and Linda Finsterwald died Wednesday morning in a West Palm Beach Florida hospital. The baby was born there Monday. Surviving are the parents three brothers Ted Dow and Russell Edwin and a sister Jane. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs R W Finsterwald Athens and Dr Rudolph Pedigo Lancaster.
An Athens Route 2 man, Doc Sexton aged 70, was arrested by sheriff deputies for indecent exposure in front of children. He pleaded guilty in Municipal Court and was jailed for failure to pay a $25 fine plus costs.
K. T. Crossen Post 21 of the American Legion will meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Legion home to finalize caucus plans for the department convention in Cincinnati this weekend. Commander James Balding said refreshments will be served.
Mayor Kenneth Sands says the east Athens plant is functioning while Columbus contractor C Ray Sikes cleans a clogged digestor. It is the first cleaning since 1955 and the project should finish by Thursday.
New admissions listed at Sheltering Arms Hospital include Mrs. Richard O Neal of Athens Route 4, Mrs. James Finn of Lima, Mrs. Mabel Bratton of Mineral, Mrs. Carl H Lamp of Athens Route 1, Mrs. Frank Jones of Shade, Mrs. Granville Thompson of Nelsonville Route 1, Harold Pierce of Athens, Mike Marshall of Athens Route, Mrs. Robbie Zeigler of The Plains, Mrs. Walter Stonerock of Albany Route 1, and Mrs. Clark Cleveland of Athens.
Four drivers cited by the State Highway Patrol forfeited bonds after failing to appear in Municipal Court on speeding charges. Names and bonds: Steven Oser Chase, 64 Columbia Ave, $31. Richard F. Price, 32 Barnesville, $21. Robert Leslie Cornwell, 20 Peach Ridge Rd, $31. William Charles Valentine, 26 Cedarville, $16. Another case, George William Massey, 21 Chesterhill, forfeited a $16 bond for parking on the highway.
Richard Walter Lambard aged 25 of Athens Route 2 pleaded no contest in Municipal Court to a State Highway Patrol stop sign citation. He was found guilty and fined five dollars plus costs.
Two 17 year old Nelsonville youths admitted stealing a black 1950 sedan from the Ray Riggs used car lot on N Court Street last Thursday night. They were arrested by Nelsonville police Sunday after an Athens police chase near the Southeast Ohio TB Hospital. They hid the car in gravel pits off Route 33 near Kimberly during the day. Both had prior BIS custody at Lancaster and will have their cases sent to state authorities for disposition. One was released from BIS recently, the other had been out for over a year.
The North College property formerly occupied by Hughes funeral home and bought by the First Presbyterian Church was acquired from Mrs. Helen Ferguson of Fort Lauderdale Florida and her two sons Grant of Denton Texas and Don of Dayton.
An advertisement touts a powder named pasteeth for denture comfort claiming it prevents slipping and irritation. It markets the product as simple to apply on denture plates and says it can be bought at any drug counter.
Bobby Dale Dalton of Coolville was fined $50 and costs by County Court after pleading guilty to driving with fictitious license plates. Sheriff deputies filed the charge.
Athens chapter of the Izaak Walton League will meet Thursday evening at 7 30 at the farm cabin, officials announced.
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