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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1960
Page
6
Ohio University begins summer construction with a new gateway at College Street and widening of University Terrace along the east side of the main campus. The gateway will be rebuilt behind a semi circular terrace with a dual entrance.
Postmaster Arthur Cornwell said rumors of a post office at N Court and E State Streets are unfounded. He noted no official reports or plans exist and any change would be officially communicated.
Norman E. Hatch, 35, of Columbus Road, was found guilty in Municipal Court on Friday of failure to stop within assured clear distance. He was fined $10 and costs after pleading innocent at arraignment on June 2. Police say his car skidded into the rear of Kenneth E. Slay’s vehicle on Route 33 near the State Patrol post on May 27.
Mrs. Della Seigfred aged 88 died Thursday after a long illness at her son Earl Seigfred’s home. Earl Seigfred is dean of Ohio University’s College of Fine Arts. She lived in Seneca Falls N Y before moving in 1951. Survived by three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements listed for Seneca Falls.
U S Observer C L Colmer reports Ath en s at 10 am a 74 degree reading after an early low of 49. Thursday peaked at 81 with eight straight dry days. Rural Hamley Run saw 44 to 79. Columbus Weather Bureau says a large high pressure area weakens but no rain in Ohio before early next week.
Capt Thomas W Dowler son of Mr and Mrs John W Dowler received master of science degrees in nuclear and civil engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He plans July travel to Surinam Dutch Guiana South America with a West Point classmate before a June 15 move to Fort Belvoir Virginia for a six month assignment. He attended Ohio University and graduated from the U S Military Academy at West Point and has been initiated into Sigma Xi.
Paul D. Fields of Nelsonville was fined 25 dollars and costs after pleading guilty in Common Pleas Court to reckless operation of an automobile. He faced charges of driving while intoxicated and failure to stop after an accident. the latter indictment was nullified.
Akron native John T. Gosling of the Ohio University 1960 class earned a graduate assistantship in physics at the University of California Berkeley. He will pursue a doctorate, and was noted as a top student who joined three honor societies and received the AA Atkinson Award in physics.
Ruth Metcalf Nelsonville Mrs Sherd Hostetter Reedsville Mrs Guy Cheadle Glouster Mrs Clarence Ulbrich Athens Route 4 Elva Reed Athens Route 3 Roger Brown Albany Route Mrs Adena OBrien Albany Dismissed Mrs Robert Smith Trimble Denise Talbott Athens Mrs George Beveridge Athens Marguerite Keirns Chauncey James Scott Athens Route 3 Joyce Dean Athens Blood used one pint
Dana Hutchinson was placed on five year probation by Common Pleas Judge Francis D. White after pleading guilty to non support. Hutchinson had previously pleaded innocent when indicted but his trial was set for yesterday.
Vacation Bible School at the First Wesleyan Methodist Church runs June 13 to 24 with enrollment 10 to 11 30 a m on Saturdays. The two week program runs 9 to 11 30 a m for children ages 3 to 11 under the direction of Rev Walter Jeffries and Mrs Jeffries assisted by a 23 member staff.
Four Athens Countians are among 2291 graduates in Ohio State University's spring quarter commencement. Named are Thomas H. Littler of Athens with a BS in optometry, Robert W. Chute of Glouster in chemical engineering, Presley W. Winner of Stewart as director of veterinary medicine, and Jon P. Tipton of The Plains as a doctor of medicine.
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