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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1964
Page
2
County commissioners met with Prosecuting Attorney Homer B. Gall Jr to decide actions after a Common Pleas Court injunction barred payment to Ohio Bridge Co for two 1963 bridge projects. The group weighing an appeal with the Ohio County Commissioners Association and discussing city income tax on county workers.
Eighteen Athens Countians and six Ohio University student transfers traveled by bus to Columbus for pre-induction physicals at Ft. Hayes. The group was led by Robert N. Bryan of The Plains.
The notice lists Marion C. Simonton Jr and others from Nelsonville Athens Trimble Glouster Buchtel New Marshfield Millfield Albany Shade and Coolville among registrants for examination with many transferring to Peoria Ill and others missing. Officials seek Arthur A. Miller last at 759 E Fulton St Columbus and urge information to 78 E State St or LY-3-1972. Athens Chapter 39 Royal Arch Masons will meet at 7 30 p.m. Wednesday in the Masonic Temple.
Teachers across Athens elementary schools adopt a new science program from Columbia University Teachers College after a principals led discussion. A committee will study textbooks while another tests the mathematics program. Raymond Moody pleaded innocent to a knife attack charge and was bound over on $1000 bond.
City police cited two drivers after weekend incidents. Judith G. Riffe, 21, Athens Route 1, was cited for failing to stop within assured clear distance after a Richland and Stella mishap. Lea Jean Crumblette, 21, Sargent Hall, was charged with improper passing after a near 110 Columbus Rd crash. Minor mishaps also investigated. Greg Robert Patterson, 20, state street, failed to register and was fined 25 dollars plus 15 dollars costs with 30 days probation. Robert D. Hayes, 57, Reynoldsburg, cited for speeding with 15 dollars costs.
Lavelle says he gathered 325 Ames-Bern residents signatures to transfer to Athens city schools. He tried to file at the county school superintendent’s office but received no receipt as Porter was not present. The petition comes ahead of a referendum on merging districts Ames-Bern Carthage-Troy and Rome-Canaan by county board action. Jane Misner from Athens forfeited a $34 bond on a menacing threat charge filed by Neva Kisor.
Birth notices list multiple families with newborns including a triplet birth at Athens. Names include Orville Weissmann, Everett Webb, Jerry Robertson, and others with residences in Athens Route 1 3 and nearby towns such as Nelsonville Chauncey and Glouster.
Three suspects from Lancaster and a Morgan County youth faced charges after morning jail intake for stealing nine tires and wheels from Triplet Auto Parts on Routes 50A and 33. Deputy Ward Cunningham said Thomas Wells 20 Richard Weekley 19 and Edward Weekley admitted the theft. items valued over 100 dollars.
U S Observer C L Colmer reports Athens Monday remained cloudy and mild with a 9 am temperature at 46 degrees, two degrees above the morning low. Sunday featured bright sun and a high of 60. February precipitation totaled 2.21 inches, mainly snow, exceeding February's 1.36 inches from last year.
Three people were injured in Sunday crashes as reported by the State Highway Patrol. Peggy Sue Beckner, 30, of Hamden, suffered shoulder and neck pain. Greg ory Allen Beckner, 7, had a forehead bump. Lawrence Beckner, 35, Hamden, drove the car. another driver Harold Reginald Brown, 61, Athens Route 1, was cited for an improper left turn. Roman Hartman, 77, Logan, had a lower lip laceration. Katherine Warren, 48, Nelsonville, was cited for failure to yield. Robert Leon McGill, 24, Millfield Route 1, was not cited after being forced off Route 144 north of Route 329.
James Edson Kyle of South Bend Indiana and Max Nevin Anderson of Baltimore Maryland cited for speeding by patrol officers. Kyle fined twenty six dollars and Anderson fined twenty two dollars.
Athens High School will have 21 eligible entries in the Ohio Music Education Association state finals after a district contest Saturday. High school and junior high students from seven counties earned top ratings across three classes, with finals in Dayton on April 11 and scores ranging from 1 to 5.
The seventh annual spring management conference of Ohio University's Society for the Advancement of Management chapter is set for Thursday at Baker Center. Theme: Changing Technology Its effect on Business Industry Labor and the Economy. Sessions run 9 15 a.m. main program 1 15 p.m. dinner 6. Richland Area firemen fought a grass fire Sunday at the Michaels Block plant near E State Street and the sewage disposal plant.
The article urges equal care for amount and type of home insurance. It highlights how both factors affect protection and notes the importance of revising policies to ensure adequate coverage.
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