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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1958
Page
5
The council by 6 to 1 votes to authorize City Solicitor Rowland to draft an ordinance for a city manager plan to appear on November ballots. Dissenting Councilman Smith urged action by petition and questioned council priority.
At Ohio University a Monday banquet opened the seventh Ohio Workshop on Economic Education. OU President John C. Baker and leaders from agriculture business and labor urged teachers to emphasize economics in schools for national prosperity and a more informed citizenry.
John R. Linscott M D son of Floyd and Mrs Linscott The Plains received the doctor of medicine degree from Ohio State University College of Medicine at June 13 graduation exercises He will intern at Mercy Hospital Springfield A 1949 OU pre medical graduate and Phi Delta Theta member he also belongs to Alpha Kappa Kappa and Sigma Xi He is married to Jesabel McQuain of Dayton OU graduate and medical technician They have a daughter Jane Elizabeth
Births report a son to Mr and Mrs Herbert Sanger Stewart. Admissions include Stella Thompson Deanna Wigal George McLean and others in Athens New Marshfield and Glouster areas. Discharges include Donald Stover and Mrs Arthur Sapp and daughter.
Donald Wells Bolin aged 36 of Albany Route 1 pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to a State Highway Patrol charge of unsafe operation. He was fined 45 dollars plus costs.
At a Columbus preview meeting 2000 Farm Bureau Coop employees examined a new emblem planned for public introduction at the Ohio State Fair. Attendees included Wilbur Craft of Athens County Coop and board members James Edwards Harry Henry Charles Hawk Dean Wooley Junior Cogar Delbert Kasler Don Kasler Jr Paul Hatch Richard Koker and others.
Rebecca Bibbie of India and the Rev. Harris D. Earl of Columbia S A speak at 7 30 tonight. A young mission workers band service will be conducted in the new Sunday school unit at the church.
Unseasonably cool weather hit Hamley Run with a Tuesday low of 41 degrees and a 9 a.m. temperature of 63. Monday’s extremes were 50 and 72 as the mercury shifted from chilly dawn to a mild morning.
Twenty four men left by bus for Columbus to undertake pre induction physical examinations at Ft Hayes. The group includes 18 Athens Countians and six Ohio University students transferred for the exams. Names listed cover residents from Athens Nelsonville New Marshfield Columbus, Sharpsburg and other towns with OU students from Cincinnati Toledo Ravenna Uhrichsville Cleveland Mt. Vernon NY.
Effie Cowan 70, former Powhatan Point resident, died Monday evening after a brief illness at her daughter’s home in Athens. She is survived by a granddaughter Mrs. Joe Puzz and two great grandchildren, a nephew Woodrow Jeffers, plus four sisters and five brothers. Friends may call after Wednesday noon at Jagers and Sons. services Thursday at 10:30 a.m. conducted by Rev. J. B. Maffett. Burial at Powhatan Point Thursday at 2:30 p.m.
Two men arrested by the sheriff's department pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to intoxication charges. Virgil Evener of Athens Route 3 was fined 50 dollars plus costs, while Delbert Karnes of the same address was fined 25 dollars plus costs.
Lewis Steinmetz of 7 Brown Ave. pleads not guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct and posts a $30 bond for a hearing set Thursday morning in Municipal Court.
Dr. D. B. Green of Ohio University became the first Athens resident to report sighting Sputnik III. He observed the satellite at 4:07 a.m. over Chicago from Peach Ridge Road, noting its bright and dim intervals and NE movement.
Richard Haddox 13 of 21 Pratt St sustained facial arm and back cuts after being struck by a car driven by William Dale Clench Athens Route 1. The collision occurred about 8 45 p m Monday at State St and Lancaster St as the boy was bouncing a ball and ran into the street. He was taken by emergency squad to Sheltering Arms Hospital for treatment.
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