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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 31, 1959

Page

2

Gavin Pleads Guilty To Receiving Stolen Goods

Gavin Lawrence E. Gavin of Middleport, 22, pleaded guilty to receiving stolen goods valued at 75 dollars after a jury valued a gun at 75 dollars linked to the Fife Store theft. He previously faced larceny and breaking and entering charges. sentencing is set after a Monday plea change.

Gavin Pomeroy Lawrence E. Gavin Middleport John C. Bacon Common Pleas Court Frank W. Porter Fife O’brien Leah Nease Marion Ebersbach Leona Myers Elsie Forbes Fred Jackson E. C. Clark Freda Cleveland Joseph A. Sottosanti Holzer Hospital Gallipolis Meigs County

Silicosis Highlighted At Meigs Health Dinner

Meigs County Tuberculosis and Health Association held its annual dinner meeting in Syracuse with Dr. B J Allison health commissioner detailing tuberculosis trends and a new silicosis concern among local plant workers. Officers and board members were elected for 1957 with plans for regional and hospital meetings announced.

Middleport B. J. Allison Meigs County Meigs County Tuberculosis and Health Association Syracuse Ranet Neigler Don Betzing Dean Barnitz Allison Alison United States Ohio Department of Health West Virginia Department of Health Kettering Laboratories Frieda Faehnle Richard Chambers Syracuse Pta

Housetrailer tax money deadline set in Meigs County

POMEROY The deadline for payment of the 1959 tax on house trailers has been set for April 30 according to Meigs County auditor Gordon Caldwell. The tax of 18 dollars per trailer is due April 1 or upon occupancy, with a 1 dollar per day penalty after 30 days up to 25 dollars. When ownership transfers the tax certificate expires, but the original owner may apply to transfer the certificate to another trailer bought that year if done immediately.

Pomeroy Gordon Caldwell Meigs Caldwell

Middleport Personal Notes From Weekend Guests

Middleport residents hosted and visited over the weekend with relatives and former locals including Brooks McKinley Reynoldsburg Mrs. C. E. McKinley and Doyle Miller family with Ronald Miller U S Army Shelton Conn Marjorie Miller Vanderhoof Dearborn Mich and others. Denver Rice ill with virus infection and Captain Chester Rice Arlington Va with daughter Suzie were Easter weekend guests of Homer Rice and family. Jimmy Brewer home from Holzer Hospital improving.

Brooks McKinley Reynoldsburg C. E. McKinley Ronald Miller U. S. Army Shelton Marion Vanderhoof Marjorie Miller Boyd Dilgard Dearborn Michigan F. F. Maag Middleport Morris Thompson Cleveland Hart Lyons Paul Winn David Entsminger Charleston Charles Entsminger Entsminger Ruth Zahl David Stephen Denver Rice Capt Chester Rice Suzie Arlington Virginia Homer Rice Jimmy Brewer James Brewer Holzer Hospital

Valparaiso Fire Dept Veteran Retires In Ceremony

A longtime Valparaiso firefighter with 30 years of faithful service retired and honored with a ceremony, his battered old dishpan hung on the firehouse wall as a memento of his career.

Valparaiso Ind

Big Apple Pie Baffles Café Radio Breakfast Club

In Lockport New York chef Joseph Ciaro of the Hotel Lox Plaza created a 30 pound apple pie for a breakfast club radio show. The pie reportedly contains about a bushel of apples and was presented as an unusual morning novelty.

Lockport N. Y Joseph Ciaro

Girl imagines name Gramps for new arrival

In Iowa City a girl discusses the expected baby at her home. She suspects the infant will be named after her grandfather prompting the nickname Gramps as a possible chosen name.

Iowa City Iowa Gramps

Disease deaths outnumbered battle deaths tenfold in Spanish American War

In the Spanish American War ten times as many American soldiers died from disease as from battle wounds, reflecting a heavy toll of illness on military forces.

Water Balloon to Test Ocean Depths by Trieste Dives

The bathyscaphe Trieste, bought by the Navy for 200000 dollars from Auguste Piccard, will resume dives aimed at reaching 4000 feet then potentially seven miles deep. Jacques Piccard will assist, with Hawaii dives planned to surpass 12000 feet record. craft uses gasoline ballast and a six foot sphere under a 50 foot tank.

San Diego Calif Navy Auguste Piccard Mediterranean Pacific Piccard Jacques Navy Electronics Laboratory

Athens County Land Transfers List of property exchanges

Transactions show Gilbert Hartman to James L. Romanowski Inlets 27 28 Dover Daisey E Watkins to Leonard E Wilkes Inlet 854 Athens L Frank Nye to Syence Inc Inlets 2885 2886 2887 2889 Athens Martin Nelson Thompson to Edna Mae Thompson 0 50 acres Athens P G Chapman to Thomas B Foster Inlet 925 Athens Frank Levacy to State of Ohio Inlet 1423 Athens Hubert L Garretson to Edward L Fleak 84 acres Troy William H Pettit to John Potter Inlets 402 403 Glouster William Deal to Marena Schultz two tracts Jacksonville.

Gilbert Hartman Dover James L. Romanowski Daisey E. Watkins Athens Leonard E. Wilkes Inlet L. Frank Nye Syence Inc Martin Nelson Thompson Edna Mae Thompson P. G. Chapman Thomas B. Foster Frank Levacy State of Ohio Hubert L. Garretson Troy Edward L. Fleak William H. Pettit Glouster John Potter William Deal Jacksonville Marena Schultz

Eastern High to Stage Variety Show and Minstrel

Eastern High School will present The Laff Revue a variety show and One Swaller One Dollar a one act play on April 9 and 10. The Last Revue cast includes Robert Wood Carl Kautz Victor Bahr Ronnie Myers and others with Ross Cleland as interlocutor. Proceeds aid the school athletic fund.

Pomeroy Mae Vineyard Ina Massar

Messenger Bridge Writer To Lead American Team

Jay Becker, whose bridge column appears in The Messenger, will head the American team to challenge Italy for the world bridge championship next year. Becker led the Van derbilt Trophy winning American Contract Bridge League team in Seattle on March 26, defeating 80 entries and securing the Vanderbilt prize, his sixth Vanderbilt and 35th world championship. The team, featuring John R. Crawford, George Rapee, Tobias Stone, Sidney Silodor, and Norman Kay, will travel to Rome in April 1960 for the World Bridge Olympiad aligned with the Olympic Games. The United States last held the title in 1954, with Italy the three-year defending champion.

Jay Becker Messenger Italy Seattle Wash Becker Mr. Becker Vanderbilt Charles H. Goren Are Becker John R. Crawford George Rapee Tobias Stone New York Sidney Silodor Havertown Norman Kay Merchantville N. J Rome

Community Birthday Party Acknowledges Brenda Sue Teets

Mrs Merlin Teets hosted a seventh birthday party for her daughter Brenda Sue at her home on Saturday March 21. Guests included Ronda and Jenny Whittington Patty and Kevin Walsh Diane Stout Sherry and Jimmy Willis Carol and David Stout and Charles Everett Krebs.

Carpenter Merlin Teets Brenda Sue Ronda Jenny Whittington Patty Kevin Walsh Diane Stout Sherry Jimmy Willis Carol David Stout Charles Everett Krebs Earl Starkey Donald Jones Nelsonville Logan James DeWeerd Ray Biddle Lavern Jordan School Lot Cemetery Fern Gillogly Cecil Gillogly Steve Athens Paul Gaston Albany Harold Gillogly Newark Arthur Crabtree Carl Westina Crabtree

Pomeroy Masons Set Regular Meeting for Wednesday

POMEROY Lodge 164 F and A M to hold regular session at 7 30 Wednesday evening at the temple announced today by worshipful master Hugh P Custer.

Pomeroy Pomeroy Lodge A. M Temple Hugh P. Custer

Raccoon Joins Haunting in Toledo Home Wiring Gap

Ward Schacter, aged 25, ran wires through a crawl space to install a hi fi radio. The raccoon later pulled out the wiring causing a power outage in the house.

Toledo, Ohio Ward Schacter

Robot Handyman Promises Moon Work For GE

GE says Handyman, a nine foot reach robot with two arms and remote control potential, could act as first man on the moon by working from Earth in atomic plant tasks. The unit simulates human clutching and can hammer nails unscrew bolts and weave tasks, with optional 3D TV eyes.

Schenectady N. Y General Electric Co Handyman Moon Earth

Alliance Scouts Show Varied Ranks Across Burogany Family

In Alliance Ohio the Burogany family progresses through scouting ranks. William Earns Eagle Scout status while brother Robert trains as an Explorer Scout and Barry advances to Star Scout. Bruce remains a Cub Scout and a sister leads a Girl Scout troop.

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