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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1956
Page
5
Heavy rain drenched the Athens area disrupting long distance circuits and delaying highway and construction work. The U S Weather Bureau observer reported rainfall up to an inch in 24 hours with river levels dipping and cables water soaked.
CH Harris recounts the 1907 flood that isolated Athens. Telephones, rail lines and water were cut, news moved by a single linotype engine. Dozens drowned or displaced, with Hal Woods heroic rescues and extensive damage across Glouster Trimble Chauncey and Nelsonville.
Firemen were called when a wasp nest in a fuse box caused smoke at 68 North High Street Athens at 9:55 a m Tuesday. Three drivers were fined and costs in Municipal Court, with no damage reported. A civil suit was filed in Common Pleas Court over owed services, naming Ida May Lockard s estate and others.
Three drivers were fined after Highway Patrol arrests in patrol vans. Harris, who stumbled, was stung on one arm amid the incident.
Prof A T Volwiler of Ohio University is scheduled to attend the quarterly meeting of The Martha Kinney Cooper Ohioana Library Association board of trustees in Columbus. Presiding will be Mrs Louis Seltzer of Cleveland, board president. Representatives from 14 cities will attend.
Ville was bound over to the grand jury under a $1000 bond from Municipal Court on five counts of breaking and entering. He pleaded guilty to each count. Charged through the sheriff's office, he allegedly entered the Rainbow Drive In near Old Floodwood on two occasions, the Sayre Grocery in Buektel on two occasions, and the Nelsonville Veterans of Foreign Wars club. Deputies recovered most of the stolen goods, a radio, a television set and foodstuffs. Harold Shields sat. A Nelsonville juvenile is also charged with the enterings and will appear in juvenile court.
Athens Rotary heard Recreation Director Chi outline the city recreation program for youths from 8 to 18, including Pee Wee baseball, roller skating, and swimming. The plan runs on 1500 dollars with a request for 1000 more, ahead of a new lights-equipped recreation area at the Athens County Fairgrounds to extend night games and activities led by E B Bannon and George J Riser in baseball and teen programs.
List of names and addresses including Mrs John Route 1 The Plains Kenneth Harvey Mrs Herman Janchius The Plains Mrs Charles Rider Athens Mrs L F Miller Athens Route 1 Charles Bickley The Plains Jack B Slater The Plains Francis Tabler Canton Mrs William Stobart Amesville Mrs Robert J Holmes Athens and son Donnie Skinner Glouster Route Kate Wood Albany Route David Martin Athens.
Three Albany chapter members of the Future Farmers of America attend the Ohio FFA Camp at Leesville Lake in Carroll County from July 22 to August 11. The campers attend on free scholarships funded by Harley Pickett, Art Donaldson of Albany, Gary Withrow of Standard Oil Co of Ohio, and James Graham of the Central Ohio Anglers and Hunters Club of Franklin County.
The Athens City County Board of Health announces all temporary food concessions at fairs will must display a food service operation license under Ohio law. Vendors must obtain the license from the health department at 13 East Washington Street and submit applications at least ten days before the license becomes active.
Walter Graumtich Graumlich of Ga Hanna was fined 50 dollars and court costs in Municipal Court Tuesday for unsafe operation after an accident on E State Street near Avon Place. Beal of 469 Richland Ave. drove onto Avon when Graumlich tried to pass at 7 10 p m Monday. Graumlich’s car hit Beal’s then struck the Roger Dean garage door. Damages were not estimated and there were no injuries.
The 300 piece All Ohio Boys Band to perform at the 1956 Ohio State Fair under Dr. Louis A. Pete includes Athens County students Ronnie Powell Athens Jim Manson Nelsonville Don Poling Chauncey Charles Wilson Chauncey. Band chosen from high school music teachers recommendations and will rehearse five days before the fair August 24 31.
Police reports say Jimmy Glover, 15, of 17 Walker St., rode from behind a truck on State St at 9 50 a m Monday and collided with a westbound auto driven by Veil D Howson, 29, of 28 Richland Ave. Howson suffered abrasions from an arm hanging from the auto window.
A meeting at The Plains Friday night led to the formation of a county GOP unit including The Plains and Chauncey precincts. About 130 attendees heard speeches by Sen. C. Stanley Mechem former county representative Don Campbell and Thomas Porter Trimble school superintendent.
An application to assess compensation for properties to be appropriated for school use is before the court. The board seeks impaneling a jury to decide payments to landowners including Margaret and James Wilson Treva Shall of Marietta Nelsonville Lumber Co. unknown heirs of Ashford Poston Jesse Davis Margaret and John Bowers of Nelsonville and others. The board also asks the court to award the requested property.
Lt. Col. George W. Dickerson professor of military science at Ohio University for three years, has been promoted to colonel and named to attend the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk this August. He served 40 months in the Southwest Pacific in World War II, earned four decorations for gallantry, and was promoted on the battlefield in May 1945. He lived in Ohio University tenure from 1953 to 1986, earned a Master of Science, and joined Phi Kappa Phi Omicron Delta Kappa and the Rotary Club. Mrs. Mary Rider of Short Street was hospitalized after a fall on her porch with the emergency squad reporting.
Charles Martin, 18, of Kimberly, convicted by Common Pleas Judge Francis D. White of assault and battery. He received six months in county jail and a $200 fine, the harshest penalty for the misdemeanor, after waiving a jury trial. The trial tied to an alleged February 27 assault on Lila Ellis, with Robert Forbes noted in testimony.
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