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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1959
Page
7
Four Pomeroy youths on Route 38 after a Racine Crooksville game wrecked their car on a slippery curve. Driver Kenneth E McCullough and Gary Freeman escaped injury. Gary Barnett and Jim Carpenter, both 17, were hospitalized with head lacerations and bruises.
Barbara L. Stewart a 17 year old minor filed in Common Pleas Court a damage suit against Anna Mae Simmons Nelsonville alleging that on Oct 9 1957 while riding in Simmons car returning from a conference she suffered severe injuries after Simmons drove into a ditch after swerving to avoid an argument in the car ahead. Stewart seeks 19486 75 dollars.
Two Athens men senior at Ohio University are promoted in the ROTC cadet brigade. Gaige Paulsen is raised to cadet major and Robert Sheldon becomes cadet first lieutenant, per Lt. Col. Burton S. Andrews. Paulsen is son of Dean and Mrs. Gaige Paulsen of 36 Fairview Ave. Sheldon is son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Sheldon of 84 Lancaster St.
A car crash on U S Route 50, 3.7 miles west of Coolville, left three men injured one seriously. Kenneth Congreve, 22, Stewart, suffered skull fractures and internal injuries and is in very serious condition at Camden Clark Hospital with William Hart and Carl Tippie also injured. Separate Route 78 crash near Glouster injured Roy Clouston. Tommy Streets and Clouston were treated at Mount St Mary Hospital. Investigation continuing.
Dr Volney C Wilson, famed physicist, was to speak at Ohio University on Thursday and Friday but postponed due to illness. He now plans to visit Athens April 2 and 3, with one public talk titled Eyewitness Account of the First Nuclear Chain Reaction at 8 p.m. April 2 in Room 209 Super Hall. Wilson helped initiate atomic energy at Chicago in 1942.
Dean's List honors go to Ohio University students from Athens and nearby for the first semester. Eligible students must average at least 3.3. Recipients include Lynn Davis David Jefferies Margaret LaFollette James Dudley Nida Kent Organ Victoria Rauch Marie Stehr and many others across colleges.
George Weisenbach of Athens reports many residents want to contribute to a Muscular Dystrophy Fund drive but no committee is formed yet. He will accept checks or money orders payable to the fund mailed to him at 47 Sunnyside Drive.
Listing of land transfers in Athens County includes Garnet Withen to Orville Midkiff in Inlet 865 Nelsonville and multiple other deeds. Notable transfers cover tracts and acres between residents in Rome Albany Athens Amesville Coolville Trimble Carthage and surrounding areas during the period.
Willard Franklin Clark of Athens Route 2 pleaded guilty in County Court to driving without a valid operator's license and was fined 15 dollars plus costs. The charge was filed by the sheriff's department. Ronald R. Hartman of Athens Route 2 pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to improper passing and was fined 15 dollars plus costs.
Otto Grill aged 19 of Gates Mills was fined $15 and costs after a State Highway Patrol arrest for speeding. Mayor Robert Auflick imposed the penalty in Nelsonville.
The Ohio University Circle K club hosts three state officials Ward Potts Frank Spies and Ed Guenther for officer installation at 7 30 in Copeland Hall room 203 and to plan the April 25 Circle K district convention on the OU campus Athens Kiwanis sponsors Circle K and about 100 members from ten Ohio clubs are expected.
Marketing specialist Charles Ingraham of the Ohio Agricultural Extension Service will speak March 10 at the Athens area sheep growers meeting. The annual gathering at 1 30 p m at the Athens Livestock Sales Barn includes a talk on marketing lambs through a graded market and a report on graded land markets.
Dr. Roger C. Quisenberry chair of Ohio University electrical engineering is among officials invited to participate in the opening of The Electrical Manufacturers Expo at Veterans Memorial in Columbus next Tuesday. Gov. DiSalle Mayor Sensenbrener and Bishop Issenman will assist in opening the show of electrical apparatus and supplies.
The Plains High School band presents its annual winter concert at 8 p m Thursday in the school auditorium. Assisting director Elmer Horsk y will be Ohio University students Charles Rognon and Atilio Core who conduct Western State Fight Song and Bristol. The band performs its contest number Sonatha with tickets at the door.
John Wendling of The Plains was fined 10 dollars and costs after being found guilty Tuesday in County Court of failing to furnish water and proper bedding for ponies. The charge was filed by the Athens County Humane Society. Bond forfeiture occurred in Municipal Court for Kenneth B. Boggs on a highway parking charge. Thomas Coffman was ordered held for the grand jury under 250 dollars bond on a non-support charge.
Wellin R. Powell of The Plains pled guilty to a sheriff's department charge of intoxication and was fined $25 plus costs in Municipal Court. Demolays to meet Athens Chapter at 7 30 p m Thursday in the Masonic Temple.
Ohio AP Bureau Chief Burdette T. Johns spoke at Ohio University on the Sigma Delta Chi meeting about AP’s election coverage. He outlined five steps from pre campaign stories to post election interpretation and noted the rely on editors in all 88 counties and a staff of 180 with 684 telephone reports.
Ridvin Iris a Turkish engineering student at Ohio University spoke to Lions Club members on Turkey. He described modern Turkey its agriculture population education and key industries and noted U S and NATO aid supports growth while Turkish life includes wrestling and camel events. Iris plans to return home or work for an American firm.
Eddie L. Howard, 53, of 26 Fern St, faced Judge John F. Newcomb in Municipal Court for a second DWI charge within a week. He had pleaded guilty to the second offense, received a $125 fine, six days in jail, and a four month license revocation. Bond for the first charge was revoked and he remained jailed pending Thursday’s hearing.
Roger Connor of Royal McBee Corp presented the first of three talks on Patents and Invention Tuesday at 4 PM at Ohio University as part of the 1959 Engineering Colloquium attended by 80 seniors in mechanical and chemical engineering.
Birth reported for Mr and Mrs James Jordan Athens a son. Admissions include Mrs Ann Perry Athens Route Charles Collins Glouster Mrs Charles Milligan Athens Louise Barnes Millfield Route Mrs Wiley Colburn Albany Route 3. Dismissals list Mrs David McAfee and daughter Athens Mrs Fred Damaske and daughter Maxine Bolin Albany Route 3.
Three drivers forfeited bond posted on speeding charges filed by the State Highway Patrol. Before Judge John F. Newcomb in Municipal, Ralph H. Riddie, 42, Dayton, and Roy Curtis Wolfe, Cincinnati, each $21, and Willard Murphy Yates, 39, Cincinnati, $16.
Despite bright sun Wednesday morning, Athens temperatures lingered near 40 degrees at 11:30. The city recorded a low of 32 overnight, while February rainfall totaled 2.52 inches, double last year's 1.26 inches.
David Paul Cain, son of Mr and Mrs Paul Cain of Athens Route 3, pled guilty in Juvenile Court to a second traffic offense for operating a motor vehicle with improper brakes. He was fined 5 dollars and costs totaling 4.74 dollars, the fine suspended, costs to be paid from earnings before April 15, and his license suspended for 30 days.
The State School Foundation Program announces the first quarterly settlement for the Athens County Schools. Allocations include Albany Local 15740.09 Ames Bern Local 13764.65 Athens Local 6013.32 Carthage Troy 30654.20 Rome Canaan Local 23610.35 Shade Local 15877.99 The Plains Local 16716.65 Trimble Local 28242.22 Waterloo Local 23044.28 York Local 5073.24
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