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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1950
Page
6
Ohio University professor Darrell B. Green will give the third faculty lecture in the Chemistry Auditorium Tuesday at 8 p.m. His talk, From Electrons to Television, is open to faculty, students, and Athens residents with no admission charge.
Albany School Band under Dana King Jr will play at Mechanicsburg School Thursday at 8 p m as part of an exchange series with Athens County teachers aiming to raise interest in instrumental and vocal music. The program will feature overtures marches and popular pieces.
Ernest Ackley 60 of Athens Route 1 died Saturday after months of illness. He is survived by a half sister Irene Staneart Sartell Minnesota and three brothers Earl Chicago Bay of Long Beach California and Vern Athens Route 1. Friends may call at Dowler and Ferguson funeral home with services Tuesday at 2 p.m. and burial at Pratt's Fork.
Additional students earning superior ratings at the Southeast Ohio District music auditions in Athens advance to the state finals in Columbus. Names include Chauncey trombone quartet Jo Carol Hursey Martha Dee Morrison Mary Ann Dwyer Bobby Blazier Gal lipolis Judith Lynn Zimmer Patty Yates Patsy Wolfe Martha Millard and others.
Dana Turner Jr. 22 of Albany Route 2 pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed weapon and was bound over to the grand jury after police found an automatic pistol in his truck. He was arraigned before Mayor W P Mickle and held on 600 dollars bond.
The Rev J Warren Hastings from Washington DC will address listeners Tuesday at 2 p m. in Athens High School as part of the inter church Lenten series according to Rev Miles E Hoon.
The red covered bridge over Sunday Creek at Millfield, once part of the South Bridge and a Hocking River crossing, is being razed after 75 years of service. Built in 1839 and moved in 1875, it connected Dover Township with Sand Ridge before its replacement by a larger structure.
Ella E. Cameron 86 of 40 West State Street died Sunday at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a lingering illness. Survived by daughter Olive Cameron Murch Cincinnati and brother Charles Briggs Louisville. husband Henry C. Cameron died 1939. Funeral Wednesday 3 p.m. at Jagers Funeral Home with burial in West Union Street Cemetery. Friends may call after 2:30 p.m. today.
Charles E Blaker 81 died early Sunday at his son D L Blaker’s home 16 Maple St after long illness. He was born Tow Gate West Virginia and spent most of life farming in Washington County later living with son in Athens since 1940. Survived by wife Kathryn four sons eight grandchildren. two sisters and three brothers. Funeral services at Jagers Tuesday 2 pm with graveside at Barlow Cemetery 3 30 pm.
Two drivers were fined Friday afternoon by Mayor W. P. Mickle after arrests by city police on speeding charges. William S. Worth, 23, of 94 N. Congress, pleaded guilty to 50 mph on E State St in a 30 mph zone, fined $10 and costs. Walter Glenn Poling, 20, Junction City Route 2, paid $10 and costs after pleading guilty to 65 mph on Columbus Road.
The will of Alberta C. McLaughlin of Athens was admitted to probate in Athens County Probate Court. Helen M. Gray of Athens was named the sole devisee of the will.
The 38th Annual Farm and Home Week will run March 21 to 24 on the OSU campus. Sponsored by the extension service, events include a Grange conference a 4 H Advisor Recognition Luncheon honoring long serving advisors and other programs.
A springlike mood arrived with a 51 degree temperature at 10 30 am but cloudy skies forecast rain as March continues its pattern. Sunday brought 45 degrees with bright sun and many Sunday drivers, while temperatures dropped to 33 degrees Sunday night.
An 18 year old driver from Hocking County was injured when his car drifted asleep and struck a culvert on Route 180 about five miles from Route 33. Charles Hedges of Laurelville was taken to Hocking Valley Hospital in Logan after the 4 50 a m wreck. Extent of injuries not known. The car was demolished. In other town notices John Pickett 79 of Athens Route 3 was fined $10 and costs for intoxication by Mayor W P Mickle. Joseph Kubinyi 19 of Athens was fined $10 and costs for speeding on Route 33. Glen Montgomery 50 of Zanesville paid $10 and costs after a speeding arrest in Glouster Mayors court.
Columbia Woodruff Pierce 86 lifelong Athens County resident died Monday at 95 Morris Ave after a one day illness. Survived by daughters Maude Moore Cora Wolverton Stella Grant. sons Jesse Emory Fahye. sister Martha Tripplett. eight grandchildren eight great grandchildren. Funeral by Rev. Fred Luchs at Dowler and Ferguson with burial West Union Street Cemetery.
City police report a three car crash at College and Mill streets Saturday. Drivers David W. Winefordner Wilbur H. Parmiter and Orville A. Pierce were involved. Winefordner failed to stop at the stop sign and was fined five dollars plus costs by Mayor W P Mickle.
Hospital notes show multiple admissions for major surgery and medical cases including Mrs. Helena Weekley Athens. Roger Thompson Athens. H E Morton Carpenter. Rolland Breeze Athens Route 5. Mrs Myrtle Stover Athens Route 4. Shirley Shaw Athens. Clara Slater The Plains. Edward McNutt Glouster Route 3. Mrs Mary Powers Athens Route 1. Pearl Burchfield Athens medical. Discharges include Roger Swart New Marshfield and Roy Bosworth Athens. Edna Waldie New Straits and others appear in routing notes.
William Ford a 28 year old of Athens was fined 10 dollars and costs after arraignment before Mayor W P Mickle on an intoxication charge. Wilbur Perry 36 of 23 Rose Ave was fined 10 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to intoxication. Donald F Morris 23 of East Green Athens was fined 10 dollars and costs for unlawfully having an open bottle on a public street by Mayor Mickle.
The Society of Mechanical Engineers will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Room 107 of the Engineering Building. A program on plastics will be shown.
State figures show Athens County seven month total receipts at 258945.25, down about five percent from last year’s 271647.49. For the week ending Feb 11, Athens County rose to 8641.57 from 5872.17 the prior year, with Morgan County the only nearby county to gain in the July February period. The automotive industry led statewide receipts at 20104453.93 for seven months, up nearly two million, while weekly gains appeared in food general stores furniture and chain stores.
Firemen were called Saturday at 8 40 p m to Edna LaFollette 60 N Congress where soot burned in a chimney. Fire Chief Clarence A Parker reported there was no damage.
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