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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1956
Page
11
The United Steelworkers strike halts about 90 percent of production while maintenance continues in mills. Nonstrikers face limited layoffs. management notes a transitional phase with cautious spending and possible salary cuts if the strike extends.
Mrs. Howard Burgardt, former Albany Della Graft, died at home in Michigan. Survivors include her husband and one daughter. Numerous Albany residents and relatives visit and host across Michigan, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, and Ohio. Marriages and visitors from Mansfield, Columbus, Lincol n Village, and Phoenixville feature in social notes.
Chicago faced the nation’s highest polio rate with 268 cases and five deaths this year. Dr. Herman N. Bundesen urged immediate inoculation with the Salk vaccine, noting only about one-third of vaccinated individuals reached paralysis protection and urging parents to seek vaccines at private doctors or city welfare stations.
Rutland social items list the Buryl White and family and others at funerals and visits. George Roberts funeral in Warren, extended family visits in Ohio, and several residents visiting relatives in Columbus, Columbus area trips, Eastern Star attendance, and a minor car accident incident in Texas affecting Mrs Siders and her daughter.
Dr Luisa Taner of Little Rock and crew from Memphis and New Orleans completed a 500 mile river tugboat to motorboat crossing from New Orleans to St Louis in 41 hours 57 minutes Sunday night at 7 14. William J Tedford Sr 44 William Tedford Jr 17 and Nick Croll 30 set a new speed record averaging over 25 mph and shaving 5 hours 23 minutes off the previous mark. It was the Tedfords third attempt after two prior stoppages for motor trouble before reaching the 500 mile target.
An Associated Press survey tallies 16 deaths from nine crashes on Ohio highways between Friday evening and midnight. Among the fatalities two 16 year old girls died in a crash near Paulding, while another wreck near Ashland claimed two lives.
Laurel Cliff page lists weekend visits and guests from Columbus Fairmont Toronto and St Petersburg Florida. Names include Pearl Yorker Hugh Ferguson Kimberlee Gene Alkire Tracy Bradsiss Jessie Tracy Homer Russell Ted Pellins Cora Renshaw Margaret Hysell Foster Dervill George Martin Ernest Powell Orville Allen Georgia Huff Jose Turner Herman Michael Ruth Allen Bruce Hilt and others.
The forecast predicts temperatures about five degrees below normal with a high near 89 and a low around 65. Expect a cooler spell Wednesday and Thursday, with showers on Tuesday through Thursday and total rainfall about half to one inch.
Andrew T. Post, 33, father of three, walked into the U S Secret Service in Cleveland with a suitcase containing counterfeit $5 and $10 notes totaling $80 100. He said he turned himself in after reconsidering and cited family and army ties. Post and Willard VanTrees 85 were charged with counterfeiting after they printed notes with a $4000 investment and passed some notes east before surrendering. Both men failed to post $7500 bail.
Hemlock notes cover a family picnic honoring Clarence Thompson upon return from Army discharge after 18 months in Oklahoma. Spouse Edna Sue Laning met him at Fort Sheridan to accompany him home. Thompson’s Logan meeting with his parents Merle and an extended byline cast includes Lanning, Foura, Detler, Toki, Tharp, and Harman families among others. Ice cream and cake served. various visits from Columbus to Logan and nearby towns noted.
Vienna report says Polish Prime Minister Josef Cyrankiewicz acknowledged in a National Day speech that many mistakes were made in rebuilding Poland after World War I while noting production has risen fivefold from prewar levels. Radio Vienna reported on the address by the Communist-led government.
The Messenger invites readers to submit full mailing addresses and names for a Military Mail Call column. Examples include Iray Lowery, A2c. Joseph Albany. Lee Adams, Pvt. A. Leon Henson, Athens. James P. Ginnan, USNTC. Glenn Cundiff Jr., SP3. Addresses and service details are provided for inclusion.
French forces pounded the remnants of an Algerian Nationalist band near the Moroccan border with bombs artillery and small arms fire in one of the largest actions in weeks. About fifty rebels were reported wiped out in wooded mountains southwest of Tlemcen within 30 miles of Morocco.
A cargo passenger combination vessel and a tanker collided in dense fog in the Atlantic off New York at 1 10 a m Monday causing damage to both ships. One passenger and one seaman on the combination vessel were slightly injured.
Long BC reports Mr and Mrs George Shaner of Ashland and Mr and Mrs Leo Stueldnger of Mansfield visiting relatives here recently. Several locals return from visits to East Liverpool Jeronsville Ashland Cleve. Various associations note visits by Misses Tina Helen Swan and Miss Bell Swain. Riverview Council Daughters of America installed officers with Mrs Grance Londen installing.
Ohio election rules may create large groups of ghost voters among undergrad and grad students who leave their hometowns but remain tied to them while studying. Secretary of State Ted W Brown notes the strict interpretation of residence may lock students to their college town or hometown, affecting future elections.
Moscow based BESM the high speed electronic computer works twenty hours daily on mathematics nuclear physics and hydro dynamics solving problems at about nine thousand per second It translates chess plays and traffic control and can guide rockets Its creators claim it can do anything a US calculator does but slower Academician S A Sbedev praises its precise logic and Lebedev notes it was completed after two years and is unique in the Soviet Union reserved for complex scientific work
Coolville WSCS met at Mrs. Anderson Bentz home with Mrs. Russell assisting. Theme Senter the Seed. 16 members, guests Helen Macleod E G Alden Marguerite Boston Set zer. Macleod new member. August meeting at their homes. Bethel WSCS hosted 12 members nine guests. topic Scatter the Seed. birthday honor for Mrs. Gilliland with surprise shower. Mrs. Marvin Walker new member. Class Five mothers picnic at Miss Lucille Davis home with theme Mothers. 42 attendees including Mr and Mrs Wallis Rand and son Jimmy. Several families visited and returned from Three Rivers Michigan. 13th Branch Osborn Reunion at Lancaster July 15. about 70 attended. Raymond Ward Columbus elected president. will meet third Sunday in July next year. Edith Humphrey Albany visiting cousin Letha Cecil. Rateliffs former residents, now Spring Arbor, Mich. E M Daugherty guests of Charles Daugherty and Paveline near Athens. Gains and Cecil families visiting T F Cecil. Darlene Christine Ward Columbus returned home after three weeks with grandmother Villa Kincade. Vernon Severini Toledo visited parents Emmett Levering Corning and Luella Smith. Leora Bingman visited relatives. retiring to New Jersey. Marriage of Jess V Ferris and Maxine McAfee Farnsworth at Cecil home July 15.
Poplar Ridge and Jamestown residents hosted visiting relatives from Lorain Fostoria Huntington Marysville Parkersburg Cheshire and Kyger. Families and guests gathered at the Blankenship Rose Jones James Cremeans and Lemley households with extended kin from Fostoria Huntington and Addison in attendance.
Visiting rounds include Mr and Mrs O W Fitzwater hosting notes on Rutland visitors J Dyer and others. Families named Edler Davis Thomas Taylor and Loveday are listed as guests at various homes with multiple relatives and a July funeral in Mansfield.
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