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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1962
Page
3
State Highway Patrol in Athens reports February mishaps 32 with 15 blamed on conditional speed. Twenty two occurred in Athens County, eight in Hocking, others in Morgan and Vinton. Ten on Route 33 and four on Routes 50 50A and 82. Twenty injured, no deaths, property damage $11 000.
Vyina Sy urges readers to review fire coverage, noting today's high prices versus five years ago. She stresses taking inventory and visiting to ensure adequate protection and replacement value for home and contents.
Richland Area Fire Department volunteers answered six alarms over the weekend. A 2 a m call sent a truck to Sugar Creek to aid Chauncey-Dover volunteers at Nagle s Grocery furnace. Saturday saw two calls including a grass fire off Route 329 near Stewart and a 20 acre brush fire on Long Run Road near Carseytown. Friday featured three calls for a hand extinguisher at Harmony Road rafters fire Bear Wallow Ridge fire in Meigs County and a Pomeroy scene. Evening responders went to a house trailer near Swing-Away Golf range Route 33 for an overheated oil heater.
City police cited two drivers for failure to stop within assured clear distance after weekend crashes. Frank Levacy, 58, of 38 Townsend Ave, left crossed State and Congress colliding with Wyatt McDaniel, 62, Amesville Route 1. Levacy pled guilty in Municipal Court and was fined $10 with $5 suspended. Willa Noble, 20, Stewart Route 1, rear ended Sol Goff, 52, New Marshfield near Morris and State after he stopped for a light. Noble received the citation.
Herbert Kloh aged 40 of Jacksonville was arrested by sheriff deputies Friday in Hollister for Franklin County authorities. A non support charge accusing him of failing to support two minor children has been filed in Franklin County and documented by deputies.
Relatives learned Feb 27 of Dr. F C Fountaine demise after heart surgery at Mayo Clinic. Mrs H C Dorman and Miss Beryl Cone traveled to Elkham Wisconsin for funeral services for their brother in law.
Erma Smith of Nelsonville sues Charles Smith of Athens Route 2 for divorce on grounds of extreme cruelty married Sept 12 1957 in Chauncey. She seeks alimony and custody of two minor children. Also a lack of prosecution led to dismissal of Ralph R. Miller versus Donald A. Simpkins money suit filed Oct 25 1958 arising from a Grafton West Virginia auto accident. Also Athens Chapter 39 Royal Arch Masons plan a 7:30 p.m. meeting in the Masonic Temple. Athens County's 1962 Series E and H Savings Bonds sale target is 566000 with May and June drive.
An affidavit charges George Jackson Moore a 22 year old from Huntington W V with armed robbery of the Ath ens Western Union office. Miss Geneva Steele a local employee identified Moore after turning over 60 dollars and money order blanks seized at gunpoint. Chief Grogan says extradition talks follow Moore being questioned about similar robberies in other cities.
Ralph R. Bartlett, 39, of Guysville Route 3, was fined 225 dollars and costs by Municipal Judge John Newcomb for driving while intoxicated. He was arrested by the State Highway Patrol on Route 33 north of Athens Saturday afternoon, sentenced to six days in county jail and losing driving privileges for one year after pleading guilty. It marked his second DWI offense.
Nancy Essig of North Canton Ohio, a senior at Ohio University, placed as a semi finalist in the Edward P Morgan essay contest sponsored by ABC Radio Network. The topic was Youths Role in Foreign Policy and she will receive a set of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Alan F. Reeves, Cleveland Democrat and former college professor, promoted his campaign for congressman at large from Ohio. He resigned from a post with the U S Department of Commerce in Washington to run.
Athens County election board will meet at 2 p m Thursday to contract bids for ballots for the May primary. After printing, a copy goes to Secretary of State Ted W Brown for approval. Absentee ballot requests already came from several armed forces members.
A list from Shelter ing Arms Hospital notes several births including a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Soli mine Jr in Athens and a son to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sayer of Amesville. Multiple residents are listed with addresses in Athens and surrounding routes. Gail Showalter of Athens Route 3 was arrested for intoxication, fined $25 and costs, and remains jailed for nonpayment.
A new snow storm hit Athens on Monday with 1% inches by 9:30 am. Temperatures fell from a 53 degree high Sunday to 33 and then 31 by 9:30 am. Rainfall totaled 0.37 inch as wet snow turned powdery and more prone to stick.
Jim Eberhart, ranger at Hocking State Forest, named farm forester for six Southeast Ohio counties including Athens and Meigs. He replaces Frank Newell, now superintendent of State Nursery at Marietta. Appointment by A. O. Alderman awaits Department of Personnel approval. office at District four headquarters on E State Street. Eberhart, a Loudonville native, is Kent State and Michigan forestry graduate, married with one child.
Fifth annual region conference of Ohio University’s Society for Advancement of Management is scheduled Friday in Baker Center ballroom. Two workshops coffee hour and banquet run with speakers Robert Anderson Erwin Stines John Miller and George DeHuffman. Also New Marshfield Constitution Lodge 426 F and AM to meet Thursday at 7 30 p m.
A new healing substance Bio-Dyne used in Preparation H suppositories or ointment claims to shrink hemorrhoids while stopping itching and relieving pain without surgery. Case reports say reductions occurred and sufferers note piles are no longer a problem.
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