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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1961
Page
3
About 5000 people attended the Hock-Hocking District Scout-O-Rama at the Athens County Fairgrounds where 17 scouting units received blue ribbons. The judging panel led by Raymond Lee and S L Darst awarded four red ribbons and one white. Yellow ribbons went to 18 units for stage shows.
State Highway Patrol cited two drivers after separate injury free crashes. David Boudinot 19 Millfield faced Athens County Court for driving left of center when his car side swiped Thomas Kidd 17 Millfield on a township road north of Chauncey Sunday afternoon. Lindel Sauvageot 55 Akron charged in Hocking County Court for failing to stop within the assured clear distance after his southbound car hit Otho Simmons 52 Newark driving it into Novas W. Awalt 50 Lancaster.
Births listed for Mr. and Mrs. Suess Athens a daughter Mr and Mrs Holdcroft Athens Route 3 a daughter Mr and Mrs Hanson Chauncey a daughter Admitted Harold Hayhurst Athens Route 1 Rex Dew Athens Mrs Genera Williams Athens Mrs Pearl Scott Albany Patricia Shuster Athens Mrs Gary Sayers Athens Route 3 Gregory Easler Athens Route Dean Williams Athens Route Mrs Mildred Hutchinson Athens Nora Boggs The Plains Mrs Howard Roush Athens Grant Dunfee Coolville Route Anna Pearl McVay Athens Mrs William Hanning Athens Mrs Ralph Brunty Frost Route 1 and daughter Mrs Harry Bahr Coolville
Athens County real estate tax books will close on July 20 for the second half tax collection, announced Treasurer T. O. Kincade. The notice urges taxpayers to prepare payments before the deadline to avoid penalties.
Dr. J. K. Bratton will speak to all members of the 4-H Horse Club at the Athens Court Fairgrounds on Tuesday June 20 at 7 30 p m. Reporter Linda Bishop of the Bit and Spur 4-H Club notes the event.
Myron Barber 18 of Athens Route 4 had a $31 bond forfeited in Municipal Court Thursday after failing to appear for charges of failure to stop within assured clear distance as filed by city police.
Dr LeFever world famed neuro surgeon and Ohio State University Medical School faculty member since 1930 is found dead. He served in World Wars I and II and studied in Boston and France. Survived by Grace wife, son Harry Jr., daughter Judy Louis-Dreyfus, three grandchildren, sister Ruth McDonald, and nephew Dr Lee McDonald. Funeral private at Schoedinger funeral home Columbus.
Four drivers were fined after State Highway Patrol arrests in Athens County Court on Saturday. Norval Channell Franklin and John E Lucas both were cited for speeding along with William Clench for making an improper turn. Jackie Vernon Wise was fined $20 for speeding.
Mrs Ruth Crowden Strosnider 65 of New Castle Colo died Saturday. A 1915 Athens High School graduate she was daughter of the late Dr and Mrs James T Crowdon and niece of Prof Clarence Crowdon of Ohio University. Survived by husband Presley. Funeral 9 am Wednesday at Akron Baptist Church.
In Municipal Court on Monday two drivers were fined on police citations. Paul William Rutter 19 Logan was fined 5 and costs for insufficient brakes and 15 and costs for failing to yield the right of way after a recent accident. Dixie Adele Smith 40 Portland admitted failing to yield and paid 10 and costs.
The Ohio University campus is busy as workshops begin and students register for the first five weeks of the summer term. Dr. Thomas S. Smith says enrollment may exceed last year’s 1908 on the first day. Classes start at 7 am with the first session ending July 21 and the second July 24 to August 26. Over 200 additional people attend workshops in Athens.
Herschel Estepp 46 Ironton resident paid 10.40 dollars to settle the owed fines for James H. Cooper 62 Athens Route 3. Cooper had been jailed since June 6 for two fines he could not pay while Estepp serves a six day jail term, with three days suspended, plus a 125 dollar fine and four months driving privilege revocation. Estepp had been arrested for driving while intoxicated and is on four month probation.
Three members of the Showalter family appeared in Municipal Court Monday. Roy Edward Showalter was fined for driving while intoxicated with jail time and license suspension. Grace Showalter and William Henry Phelps were fined for intoxication. Gail Showalter was fined for being drunk.
Athens residents enjoyed a fourth consecutive day of clear skies with a 10 a.m. temperature of 73 reported by U. S. Observer C. L. Colmer. The day opened at 53 degrees with Sunday reaching 83. Rural Hamley Run saw a low of 45 as the area logged several warm days Friday through Sunday.
An obituary clarifies that a former Athens County resident who died in Gas City Indiana is Lester Beckle not Charles Beckle as previously reported. It notes Charles Beckle of Athens is a surviving brother.
James Forrest Casey age 35 of Salem West Virginia pleaded guilty to the intoxication charge filed by city Police. He was fined 25 dollars and costs.
Mrs. Frank McDaniel 79 of New Marshfield Route 1 died Sunday in Sheltering Arms Hospital after three years of illness. Born in Hocking County she lived in the New Marshfield area over 50 years and belonged to Mineral Methodist Church. Survived by husband Frank two daughters Mildred Scott Reba Rosser Nellie Jones two sons Lloyd Eldon 11 grandchildren four great grandchildren and brother William Mitchell. Funeral Tuesday 2 p.m. at New Marshfield Methodist Church with Rev. Carroll Chesser and Rev. Ewing Ross. Burial New Marshfield. Friends may call Hughes funeral home.
Paramythia Lodge 25 F and AM will conduct degree work Tuesday evening in the Masonic Temple. A fish dinner will be served at 6 p.m.
The tenth Ohio Workshop on Economic Education begins at Lindley Hall with 80 teachers and administrators. Over three weeks they study private enterprise and major economic issues, featuring lectures, panels, and discussions led by leaders from business labor agriculture and education.
Kroger Market on E State Street reports about 24 watermelons stolen Sunday. Manager William Poling says the melons were uncrated and left in the front well lit area with no entry attempt. Police were notified.
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