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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1960
Page
7
City Council funds shift 15000 from the general fund into the street repair fund to exploit favorable weather. The move is a temporary transfer not a reallocation and will be repaid with the Aug second installment of the two mill levy.
Tod E. Hook and Kenneth J. Chapman pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to unemployment compensation fraud. They must refund the overpayments to the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation within 11 and 10 months respectively, with suspended six month jail terms contingent on repayment. Investigator Earl Weaver outlined unreported earnings and total overpayments of 293 and 418 dollars.
The 1961 Eighth District Convention of the American Legion will be held in Athens. The site was decided at the district's 1960 session in Port Middleton. Other district meetings are fall conference in Wilkesville winter in Wellston and spring in Racine.
James A. Eldridge, a newspaperman and writer, will speak on Men Women and Books at 9 50 convocation in Memorial Auditorium. The lecture supports the School of Journalism high school publication project and Eldridge will discuss U S foreign policy, politics and racial integration. Eldridge is publicity director for Bobbs Merrill and previously served with The Indianapolis News and the U N in its early years.
Arthur D. McCoy and Elizabeth E. McCoy of The Plains are named defendants in Common Pleas Court in a suit by Robert A. Sidders. He seeks 2700.25 dollars for 7714 hours of labor plus 146.56 dollars for materials, alleging he built a pre cut home for his daughter Mary Catherine Sidders and her husband Robert Lee McCoy. He says the defendants refused to transfer title and may sell the property.
Two former Albany men Charles Miller of Powell and Robert D. Miller of Toledo were arrested in Toledo and sentenced by the Federal District Court to five days imprisonment for defacing coins. They are on probation from Athens County and had been indicted in Oct 1958 for breaking and entering and grand larceny at the Southern Ohio Trading Post on June 21 1958. Charles Miller also for July 4 1958 breaking and entering of the Midway Inn. They pled guilty and will be returned to Athens County to face probation violation charges.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew R. Safigan of Athens welcomed a son. Admitted to Shelterin g Arms Hospital were Ash Bradbury of Athens Route with others listed. Dismissals include Mrs. W. Glenn Taylor and a son, Mrs. Delbert Sanders and others. Names include Hazel Burke Carpenter Sharon Burt Michael Butler Earl Ator and Mrs. Leonard Martin Athens.
Thomas Elkins aged 44 of 88 West Union Street was sentenced to six months in city jail and fined 200 dollars plus costs by Municipal Court Judge John F Newcomb after pleading guilty to passing a counter check for forty two dollars and seventy one cents at Athens National Bank where he had no credit.
A two car collision on Rock Rifle Road south of Athens caused no injuries. State Patrol cited drivers Gail D. Monk 16 of 351 Richland Ave and Gary H. Grubb 17 of Athens Route 4 into juvenile court. Monk attempted a left turn when Grubb’s car, left of center, struck the right front of Monk’s vehicle.
Delbert D. Kelly of Athens County transfers two tract parcels in Athens to Ralph W. Frost of Athens. The deal involves property title changes and is recorded in local real estate records. Specific tract descriptions and transfer dates are not provided in the readable text.
Athens County Memory Gardens plans a 97 acre cemetery two miles west of Athens on Route 50. Jack Claxton buys 233 acre former Stevens farm for about 30500 dollars to dedicate the northern portion to gravesite with gardens and life of Christ statues, Italian marble, and ground level markers. An artificial lake and security office are planned with plots sold through Memory Cemetery Management Corp and Interment Exchange of America.
William A. Boyer 87, Beebe area farmer until retirement, died early Tuesday at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a long illness. Native of Spencer West Virginia, he lived at 75 Mary Street Athens with daughter Winnie Buck since his wife Angeline’s 1958 death. Survivors include four daughters Effie Burdette Icy Haney Rosa Evener Flora Ervin and six sons Jennings George Coy Hubert Howard and Ibra plus 35 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren. Burial details to follow after services at Jagers and Sons with Rev John Pollard officiating.
More rain threatened in Athens as the temperature climbed to 65 at 10 am, up one degree from the early low. Monday’s high reached 83, with rainfall totaling .16 inches by morning.
City Council approved multiple traffic rule changes on motions by council members Sherow and McBride. Park Street becomes one way from Lancaster to Mound, Fremont Street from Mound to Lancaster, while Stimson Avenue north side parking is banned from Campbell to Grant. Richland Avenue east side parking is forbidden from South Bridge to Stella. Action was unanimous.
Vincent P. Scarmack an Air Force sergeant at Ohio University ROTC detachment was elected grand knight of Athens Council 1716 Knights of Columbus. Other officers for 1960 61 include Rev Jan B Kish chaplain James Armbruster deputy grand knight Ralph Dosch treasurer Patrick White financial secretary C Hubert Eddy recorder Arthur Polk chancellor Donald McBride advocate Thomas Taylor warden Dale Cox inside guard Eugene McCarthy outside guard Trustees: Dr Robert Main Paul Farley Leo Walker.
Dr. Robert P. Fockler announced more than 61 percent of patients at Athens State Hospital showed satisfactory responses to corrective brain operations. Dr. Walter Freeman, who has performed over 200 lobotomies since 1953, visited to interview patients and review recent questionnaires. Freeman will present findings at the 1961 World Congress of Psychiatry.
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