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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1953
Page
5
An Athens couple was injured when their car rolled over an embankment on the Athens State Hospital road. Lee F. Woodruff, 25, and his wife Holly, were taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital with neck lacerations, possible left shoulder fracture, and back injury respectively.
Common Pleas Judge Francis D. White warned New England families Kathryn Britton Andy and Mrs Brozak that unresolved quarrels could be presented to the grand jury. Britton alleges stock moves and fence disputes while Brozaks deny the accusations as sheriff deputies patrol the area.
Correction clarifies that George M. Gunn who died July 10 in England was the brother of Mrs. Minnie Christian of Athens, not her father as previously stated.
Logan county 4 H advisory council selected James E. Smith and Betty Lou Nihiser of Logan area to attend the 4 H Conservation Camp July 27 to August 1. The event, sponsored by Ohio Tractor and Implement Co and C L Horn, will feature conservation demonstrations and a bus trip to Coshocton Hydrologic Station and Mohawk Dam.
Five Hocking County women were among attendees from six counties at the Tar Hollow camp in Ross Hocking State Forest. The event ran Friday to Sunday with craft classes including textile painting watercolor painting tray making basketry and lamp shade making. Gerald Edgar of Union Furnace was named camp king with Marlene Sauters of Athens County as queen. over 60 Hocking 1 H members participated.
Logan Glass Works authorizes a two week company vacation starting Saturday with plant and office operations suspended until August 3 when normal duties resume.
The body of a man identified as Democratic candidate for Athens County commissioner in 1950 was reportedly found after a long dredging effort at Poston Mine Reservoir. Rescue teams from the Athens fire department and state patrol probed the lake while witnesses recalled he and a companion chose a deep wading spot due to lack of swimwear. The deceased, employed at the Athens State Hospital, is survived by his parents, two sisters, and three brothers.
Virginia Segale, former Athens resident, will teach piano and violin at Bradley University Peoria for the next school year. A graduate of Athens High School, she holds a BS in education from Ohio University and BM in voice with MM in violin from the Cincinnati College of Music. She ran a music and dance studio in Loveland, taught piano at Kansas State Teachers College Emporia, and played violin in the college symphony and faculty string quartet.
Leslie Parker Jr husband of Lelia Schoonover graduates with excellence from the Pacific leadership school at El Toro Santa Ana Calif. Leslie F Slusher son of Caniel F Slusher promoted to sergeant at El Toro. A Navy stockman joined Marines in 1951 now at El Toro. William Graham of Athens assigned to medical supply company 508th Airborne RCT Ft Benning Ga.
Robert Filter 21 of Haydenville paid a 25 dollar fine with 15 dollars suspended after pleading guilty to lighting firecrackers on his premises in Mayor Seel’s court. Fred Pritz charged the offense.
Funeral services for George Burchfield will be held Wednesday at 2 pm in Barnesville. He died Sunday afternoon and is survived by his sister Mrs. Cora Hammond of The Plains and brothers Arthur of The Plains Carl of Athens and James of Belpre.
More than an inch of rain fell over the weekend per observers at the Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co. plant at Hamsey Run. Temperatures for Friday through Sunday were listed as 65 and 85, 70 and 86, and 68. From 62 earlier today the mercury rose to 78 by 9 a.m. Monday.
Desmond Ash of 47 Depot Street was fined 5 dollars plus costs by Mayor Peter B. Seel on a city police filed intoxication charge.
Local hospital notes list several births and dismissals. Newborns include a son for Milford Dalley and daughters for Charles France and Cecil Newson, with other families from Athens Glouster Albany New Marshfield Milfield Athena and Zaleski. Dismissals include Audrey Niceswanger and others from Athens Glouster Millfield and Shades.
A minor accident at the sewer disposal plant was investigated by city police Monday morning. Leo Clifton Kinsel, 50, Athens Route 1, backed into John William Matson, 30, Chauncey, injuring no one. Matson had another collision Sunday on Morrison Brown Hill per the State Highway Patrol.
The Athens County Child Welfare Board reports 248 children under care in the first half of the year. The Children's Home spent just over half its annual appropriation. 6 children were placed with parents, 19 with relatives, 18 in adoptive homes, and others in free, boarding, or work wage homes. The home housed 52 children at E State St with an average of 56. Total appropriations for the board and home remain about 74,480 and 50,780 respectively.
The 1804 Putnam map of Ohio misplaced Fort Wayne near Defiance and omitted counties and Chillicothe as capital. Reproduced on the 1955 official road map, it contrasts with modern Ohio showing roads, forests, parks, airports, and turnpike routes. Copies available from the Ohio Director of Highways.
The State Highway Patrol reported five drivers convicted over the weekend after arrests on area roads. Walter R. Powell paid 10 dollars in Coalville for driving the wrong way on a one way highway. Roscoe W. Edwards was fined 10 dollars for parking without lights. Emmett Wilson paid 10 dollars for lacking a car title. James E. Bridgewater was fined five dollars with suspended costs for an improper turn. Ernest E. Rosser paid 25 dollars with 15 suspended for no driver’s license. Caleb C. Bratton was found innocent.
Three drivers were fined Saturday by Mayor Peter B Seel after city police arrests Edwin D Perry 19 Athens Route 1 pleaded guilty to passing at an intersection and was fined 10 dollars and costs D Okey Curtis Marietta was assessed 17 dollars and costs with costs suspended for traveling 47 miles per hour on FE State St where the limit is 30 Alfred Gene Conaway 24 Guysville paid 12 dollars with costs suspended for unsafe operation.
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