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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1964
Page
3
Police report a scuffle between guards and pickets at the Bridgwater Machine Co plant about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday during a strike. A National Detective Agency guard objected to a metal container near the building and clubs were used. No windows were broken and no one found on the roof.
UAW Local 324 asks Common Pleas Court to dissolve a temporary injunction from early July that curbed Bridgwater Machine Co. picketing near Mill Street. President William T. Perry also seeks dismissal of Bridgwater’s petition. sheriff served restraining orders on nearly all 270 union members.
Judge John Bolin dismissed John P. Buck’s 13000 suit against Malta Manufacturing Co and James Boden over the planned 65000 sale of the Athens Flooring Co. offices and warehouses. Buck claimed fraud and misrepresentation after paying 10000 and spending 3000 on improvements. Defense argued Buck held the property 90 days and did not fulfill the contract. The court found no clear fraud and noted Buck could have recovered his payments in April 1960 but did not.
Two sisters riding a bicycle collided with a car at Smith and Foster. Cheryl Johnson ten years old suffered a bruise on her left cheek and Jaqueline five had a bump on the back of her head. The bike skidded into a car driven by Nellie Louise Young, twenty two, of Currier Street. An unrelated auto driven by Cheryl Ann Kostival sixteen struck another car at State and Hudson Tuesday afternoon.
Jean Beshara of Glouster files a Common Pleas Court suit seeking 60000 in damages from Matt Wright. She alleges he struck her head and shoulders and kicked her to the ground during a visit in August 1963, with injuries to head, shoulders, back, hip, and legs. Sales of Series E and H Savings Bonds in Athens County totaled 38607 in June and 295688 for the first half of the year, reaching 37.2 percent of quota.
In municipal court Wednesday Mabel Swartz was found guilty of letting her chickens run at large on neighbor Robert Cunningham's property on Athens Route 5 Blackburn Hill. She was fined $10 and costs. Cunningham had pleaded guilty last Friday to firing a rifle in the city and shooting one of Swartz's chickens, police said.
A deer collision on Route 50 west of the Athens Washington county line killed one deer as two dashed into an eastbound car. Driver Harold Haid of Charleston West Virginia, 43, sustained no details of injuries reported.
Revenue officer Herbert J. Kelly will retire Friday from the Athens bureau after 28 years with the IRS. Richard Hammond of Columbus will replace him. Kelly, 62, says the job was a challenge and plans vacation before possible private tax consulting. He recalls the department’s growth from two districts to separate auditing and collecting divisions.
Dr. Eugene W. Troth of the University of Michigan will lead Ohio University's 14th annual elementary teacher's music workshop in the Speech Building Theatre August 9 to 13. Staff includes Minnie Bowen Logan City Schools James Carter Fort Frye School District Beverly Dr. Marjorie M. Coakley Columbus and Frances M. Henderson OU. One hour of university credit may be earned.
Robrey Walters, 39 and an Ohio University graduate, is named superintendent of Amhurst Ohio consolidated school district under a three year contract. Walters resigned recently as Avon schools head and has chaired curriculum committees nationwide. He will earn $10,500 annually and holds a PhD from Western Reserve University. he is married, a World War II veteran and father of three.
The county school board hired two supervisors for the system. Lewis Mollica former York High School principal and William Bartels elementary physical education supervisor will work on curriculum development and assisting teachers under the county superintendent. They hold masters degrees and are certified as primary and secondary teachers and supervisors. Salaries are 8000 dollars for one year, paid from state foundation funds. Their first task is to address the reading problem identified in a county teachers survey.
Frank Richey transfers three Athens tracts to James A Balding in a real estate action. The details show property parcels including locations and boundary descriptions. No other parties or dates are provided in the accessible text.
Quick relief ointment created by a Buffalo druggist cures itching and discomfort of piles. Its cooling astringent action made Peterson's Ointment a household favorite across the land. Available in 70e boxes or 5c applicator tubes with a money back guarantee.
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