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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1946

Page

5

Mansfield Sentences Imposed By Rowland for Highway Theft

Twenty year old Willard Norris faces life trial after pleading innocent to a first degree murder charge at arraignment before Judge O F Rowland. Norris is accused of killing Forrest Male with a borrowed 22 caliber rifle on June 14 by a car.Virgil Markins 21 Albany and Robert Hanning 18 Athens pleaded guilty to highway robbery and were sentenced to Mansfield Reformatory. Hull 17 held by Juvenile Court.

Willard Norris O. F. Rowland Norris Forrest Male Nor Dolrrowisg Wie Eun Virgil Markins Albany Robert Hanning Athens Mansfield Reformatory Rowland Markins Hanning Nlolly Hull William Seylis Sugar Creek Road Hull Franz Woodworth R. D. Williams

City Housing Units Arrive

Three temporary two family dwellings for Athens were announced by Safety Service Director George R. Evans. Twenty four units are FHPA supplied and crews are digging foundations for steel supports. The houses come from Marion and will be trucked in crated sheets for careful fitting, with deliveries expected at one unit per day.

Athens George R. Evans FHPA Evans Marion

Governor Not To Ask Mettler Replacement

Columbus AP Governor Lausche will not seek Senate confirmation to renew Mettler's Liquor Control Board appointment. Mettler may serve until adjournment, with the legislature in session about two weeks. Lausche has criticized board rulings on license renewals after suspensions.

Columbus Harry A. Mettler Nelsonville A Liquor Control Board Frank J. Lausche Mettler Senate Lausche Liquor Board

Rites Held for Anna K Price as Family Mourns

Funeral services were held Thursday for Mrs Anna K Price at the Presbyterian Church conducted by Rev Fred E Luchs with pallbearers former students named. Surviving are her husband Athens attorney Frederick G Klostermeyer, three children including Dr Marie Louise Price and John H Price, and several siblings. The family had recently moved from West Virginia to the Strouds Run area where Anna died.

Joseph Pawlusiak Strouds Run Anna Kk. Price West Vic Atginia Presbyterian Church Alice Fred E. Luchs Price E. L. Nye Lawrence Worstell W.W. On Oldfield J. E Householder H. E. Wise A. W. Botin SE G. Pedigo E. B. Smith L. J. Addicott T. N. Hoover H. R. Wilson A. A. Atkinson

New Light Standards To Be Erected In Columbus

Columbus and Southern Electric Co. will install new black pressed steel pendant street standards on Court and President streets with 600 candlepower lamps for brighter even illumination. The plan calls for staggered locations and includes only Court and President Streets, not Union Street. Deliveries of reflectors and bases are planned for July, with delay due to material shortages.

Court Presidents Columbus and Southern Electric Co H. C. Bobo Bobo Court St President St Athens Union

Athens County War Dead Honored Total 129

The War Department reports 129 Athens County men died serving in World War II. The tally excludes Navy deaths and includes those killed in action and missing later declared dead. A long list of names follows, naming dozens of fallen service members from Athens County. The Dowler children are also mentioned with honors, Martha Dowler elected editor and Tom Dowler active in Boys State and college activities.

Athens County War Department Navy Theodore B. Abbott Frank H. Aiken Harry M. Armbruster Charles J. Armbruster

Cub Pack 55 Plans Friday Picnic and Softball Game

The Cub Pack 55 monthly meeting will be held at the Athens State Hospital Grounds Friday at 5 30 p m. A family picnic and father and son softball game follow. Families are asked to bring their own food and service.

Cub Pack 55 Athens State Hospital

Belinda Price Dies at 74 in Ohio Community

Belinda Emeline Price 74 died at her New Marshfield Route Two home after a several month illness. She was born in Meigs County and lived near New Marshfield since 1917. Survived by husband James W. Price five daughters and two sons. one son and daughter preceded her in death. Funeral Saturday 2 p.m. with Rev Miles Hoon officiating burial in Pleasanton. Funeral home visit after Friday noon. Flowers omitted.

Belinda Emeline Price New Marshfield Meigs County Snowville Zaleski John Price Miles Hoon Pleasanton

Flown Here by Local Pilot for Funeral

John Jagers, a local mortician and pilot, flew to Cleveland and back to enable a former Athens man to attend his mother’s funeral. Dr. Aaron Sumner Price, medical director of Queen’s Hospital in Honolulu, had been stranded after losing his Chicago seat, then secured a flight to Cleveland with Jagers’s help.

John Jagers Cleveland Athens Aaron Sumner Price Queen's Hospital Honolulu Hawai Chicago Columbus Jagers Price Ohio University

Day Chapter To Meet Friday At Armory

The Disabled American Veterans Conrath Bean Chapter No. 37 will hold a regular meeting at the Armory Friday June 28 at 7 30 p m Commander Ernest McGraner said the local chapter with 162 members is the largest in Southeastern Ohio and the state with membership open to any veteran injured or ill in service He urged any veteran with unsatisfied claim to contact him.

Conrath Bean Armory Ernest McGraner McGraner Ohio Aim

Acute Shortage Of Teachers Topic At University Conference

School administrators discuss the acute teacher shortage at Ohio University summer session second conference. About 75 superintendents principals and executives attend with speakers Dr Warren C Seyfert of University of Chicago and Dr William H Burton of Harvard University. A panel on improving instruction is led by S H Dillon and district and city superintendents. Conference splits sessions in Ohio University Student Grill lounge.

Oho University Evan R. Collins The Goleny of Education Thay Warren C. Seyfert University of Chicago William H. Burton Harvard University Graduate School of Education Logan County S. H. Dillon Southeastern County Superintendent's Association Glen M. Hanes Athens County Harper C. Pendry Athens City Burton Seyfert H. E. Benz A. B. Sias Ohio University

Plan Ice Cream Social at Lancaster Institute Yard

The First Methodist Church youth announce an ice cream social on the church lawn to defray expenses for the Lancaster Institute. The event runs Friday from 3:30 to 10 p.m. and invites community members to attend.

Lancaster Institute First Methodist Church

Extra Fine for Gun Steal Attempt and Intoxication Guilts

Lockany, 39, claimed it was all in good clean fun but in mayor court a police officer recounted his stealthy reach for a holstered gun during a drunken arrest. He received an extra 33 added to a $10 fine plus costs after pleading guilty. Woodrow Knox, 34, Columbus, pleaded guilty to intoxication and creating a disturbance, fined 55 and costs. Bob McNeal, 54, Deanville, and Walter Carr, 47, Jackson, also pleaded guilty to intoxication and were fined 535 and costs by Acting Mayor Ostar Fulton in the mayor’s absence.

Lockany Ostar Fulton Woodrow Knox Columbus Bob McNeal Deanville Walter Carr Jackson Fulton Franz Woodworth

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Mansfield Yast Quick Crazy Drug Store Cline Pharmaty Lowe Brothers Lowe Brothers High Standard Anna K. Price Udes Wiliam R. Hutchison Charles E Jennings Albert L. Johnson Dow E. Johnson Robert S. Jones Torrine Kamento John H. Kayser Jack E. Klotz John W. Lavelle Robert F. Lawrence Chester L. Lee Billy J. Lewis Clyde L. Lowery John M. Lucas Delbert R. Maccombs John E. Manda Deward A. Mayless Carl S. McCombs George C. McDaniel Raymond L. McKibben Ernest L. Meeks Elmer Miller Harold H. Moore Carl I. Nanna Charles L. Nelson Joe E. Nichols Arthur F. Oliver Richard P. Osborne Thomas K. Parson Virgil L. Perry Rodney C. Petty Robert Poole Rodney D. Power Ralph D. Pullins Horace W. Rhodes John R. Rife Jack K. Riggle Frank Risley Darrel F. Roberts LeRoy E. Roberts Russell K Robinson Steve Rogask Fred Ross, Jr Ernest W. Rowland Elmer M. Sams Paul F. Sayre Walter D. Schenz William M. Seel Ralph N. Sines Stanley C. Skinner Bert Smith George A. Smith Kyle Smith Rex A. Smith Kenneth J. Stalder Dowler Martha Lou John Dowler Morris Ave Ohio Wesleyan Tom the Owl Governor Lausche Grove Patterson Toledo “Blade Lew Pennington J. Edgar Hoover FBI Young Dowler Cub Pack U. S Carpenter Hardware CO Athens Logan Glouster Belinda Price Moose Moose Home W. Union St George H. Ashworth Kroger’s Gevaert Films Krogers Mott’s Haddock Towne Tavern Kroger Wilson Cantaloupes &i RA N & E Sks Canada
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