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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1952
Page
7
City council weighs a 25 cent per month rate increase proposed by Safety Director Fred Beckler to fund a reserve for new equipment including a bulldozer and garbage trucks. Action is delayed until budget planning and further discussion.
Mrs. Jennie Foster Beckler age 89 died Tuesday at her home 35 Morris Ave after several months illness. Born in Lee Township she lived most of her life in Athens. Survived by daughter Blanche Edith Beckler and sons Harry C and Fred T Beckler. husband J F Beckler and son Charles R Beckler preceded her. Services Thursday 2 p.m. at Dowler Fergu son Hughes funeral home with burial at New Marshfield.
Athens resident trash dumps rusted cans from a country home into city waste. Cc. L. Colmer, superintendent, traced the cans and found the owners had brought them to the city for disposal, then the cans were sent back out to the country.
Three drivers were fined Monday after arrests by the State Highway Patrol. Harry L. Bowers Jr., 23, Athens, was fined $30 and costs for speeding and pleaded innocent before being found guilty Monday night. Harold Douglas, Athens Route 5, paid $5 and costs for parking on the highway. John F. E. Cline, 57, Logan, was fined $10 and costs for passing too close to another vehicle by Mayor Roger Friend.
The Athens County commissioners approved two 1000 ton limestone purchases at 2.30 per ton from Albany Quarry and Dickson Brothers Quarry for county roads in Rome and Lee Townships. They also bought 9 1 2 percent Hel-Cor pipe for 1891 from ARMCO for road drainage. Each township, Alexander and Waterloo, received 100 tons of limestone for local roads.
A. L. Hibbard died in Sturgis Michigan after a period of illness. He leaves a daughter Mina Renner and two grandsons Arthur Renner in Illinois and Warren Renner in Germany. Athens relatives include four cousins Dan Johnson and Homer Johnson Chauncey and Mrs P H McKinley and Mrs Cynthia Harvey. Funeral services are planned for Friday at 2 p.m. in Sturgis with burial there.
Births reported for Mr and Mrs Clair Parsons of Amesville a daughter. Admissions include Leroy Shamel and Wanda Wood of Athens James Fenstermaker and Mrs Wilbur Thompson also of Athens Nelsonville The Plains and The Plains residents listed among admitted and discharged. Discharges include Mrs Richard Lucas Athens and son Mrs DeWayne Minis Athens and daughter Albert Jennice Glouster Donald Enlow Albany and others.
Neighbors alerted firefighters Monday at 7 05 p m to a chimney soot fire at Clyde McVay residence 28 S Congress St no damage reported. Fire Chief Clarence A Parker also cited a Sunday morning blaze at Paul Wilson home 75 E Mulberry St with estimated 3000 damage.
Funeral services for Mrs. Nell Smith Plumly 71 set for Wednesday at 2 30 p m at Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home. She died Monday in Sheltering Arms Hospital. She lived at 110 Morris Ave and belonged to First Presbyterian Church American Legion Auxiliary and Order of Eastern Star. Survivors include a son a daughter a sister and two grandchildren Gibson Lane Moritz Hudson Ohio and Lenette Smith Montgomery Alabama. Burial in West Union Street Cemetery with Rev Lloyd Evans officiating.
Fines were levied against two drivers arraigned before Mayor Peter B Seel on charges filed by city police. Lewis Hofstatter, 23, Vets Village, was fined five dollars and costs for driving to the left of the centerline. Herper Saunders, 36, of 12 Granville Ave, also paid five dollars and costs for unsafe operation. Both drivers pleaded guilty.
Gov Frank J Lausche praises the American Red Cross in a letter to the Athens County chapter after reviewing the organization's annual report He highlights the blood program disaster and civil defense efforts and urges Ohioans to over subscribe the 1952 Red Cross appeal for funds to support services nationwide.
Weather like spring prevailed Tuesday with a 54 degree reading at 9 am and bright sun. Monday’s high reached 55 degrees and the overnight low was 38 degrees.
Mrs Daily Athens County Red Cross executive secretary explained the county chapter will keep 10800 of a 15665 goal, with the rest going to national headquarters. The chapter relies on 25 volunteers plus one paid worker on call, and telegraph bills cut funds. A film and fishing program followed. Fred Hampton and Ross Wright were named to 4 H convention duties.
The Athens Rotary Club viewed a film on Ohio fishing spots and state game fish. Lee Marsh provided the film and Kenner Bush operated the projector. Franklin C. Murphey urged support for the Red Cross fund drive.
Patrons at a tavern report a staged body scene after a phone on the hook interferes with calls. Police arrive to find a startled crowd, a locked door, and a man on the floor who later is identified as a drinker who toppled the phone. The incident is deemed a prank with no charges filed.
Officers of the Athens Inter church Youth Choir executive board were elected Monday night at the First Methodist Church. Clark Williams was named general chairman with Paul Kimes as public relations head and Mrs. O. D. Morrison secretary. Glenn Atkinson became treasurer and Mrs. E. S. Sherow the publicity officer.
Four men were fined in Mayor Peter B. Seel's court after pleading guilty to intoxication charges. Joseph Friend, 61, Columbus, and Allen Oxley, 49, Athens Route 5, each faced $15 plus costs. Dean Maxwell, 54, Athens Route 4, was fined $25 plus costs. Opie Thompson, 24, Athens Route 5, received a $15 fine, costs, and a suspended 10 day jail sentence.
Four members of the Ohio Wildlife Division district staff are at the 44th annual League of Ohio Sportsmen convention in Columbus. Attending the six day proceedings are William Price game management supervisor Donald MacCarraher assistant game management supervisor FE F Ridge district wildlife supervisor and Mark White fish management supervisor.
An Ohio Wildlife Division release reminds fishermen to consult the 1952 Fishing Digest for regulations and exceptions to the new liberalized policy. The booklet is available from license agents when buying the new license, and the license must be on the person while fishing though not displayed.
Herbert Gartner of the Ohio Farm Bureau feeds division will address area farmers at the Ohio University Agriculture Club meeting in Room 301 of the Agricultural Building. John Walters, club president, said the session is open to local farmers and will begin at 7 30 p.m. on Thursday.
Grahams Chapel Prayer Band will meet Thursday at the home of Mrs. Mary Hawk with Dale Hawk as leader.
Carlos W. Shaver, 24, of Athens, and Wanda Jean Hobson, 24, of Millfield Route L, obtained a marriage license.
City police reported moderate damage after a two car collision at the corner of W Union and Shafer. Ed ward M. Chesser of New Marshfield Route 1 struck Floyd Sargent of New Plymouth Route 1 from the rear as Sargent slowed for a traffic light.
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