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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1958
Page
8
The Hocking River crested within a foot of the flood stage in Athens at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday reaching 16 feet and fell to 15 feet by 7:30 a.m. today. No additional rain fell in April bringing the total to 4.73 inches, with temperatures moderating from prior lows.
A recognition service for psychiatric aides at Athens State Hospital will be held Friday at 7 30 p m. Fifty one employees who completed training will be honored. Miss Geraldine Shoop will give the address. Father William Konus will give the invocation and benediction. The program includes songs by the hospital choir and diplomas presented by Dr A H Fockler. A tea will follow. List of honored include Hazel Antle Forest Barnhart Elbert Brewer Raymond Brooks Harold Brown Eva Bush Lena Butler Murl Colburn Leslie Davis John Frazier Mabel Fraizer Anna Gall Hollis Grate Effie Halliday Lawrence Harrison Byron James Pearl Kayser Alice Keirns Daniel Keirns Martha Koker Ernest Linton Lois Linton Mary Lowry Minnie Marsh LeDonna McClellan Mary McCune Kathryn McDaniel Olive Milard Charles Milligan Frances Reeves Jo Anne Samples John Savage Elden Skinner Lemma Smith Harold Strohmeyer Sara Strohmeyer Madge Taylor Naomi Thomas Orley Toth Leland Turner Julius Vegso William Young Alice Wade Fred Walburn Elsie Ward Howard Warner Lester White Nancy Willeke Flora Williamson Muriel Woodrum Hazel Wooten
George H. Bryson of Amesville faced a double parking charge that was dismissed in Municipal Court. Jim Abraham of Athens Appliance and Television Shop clarified he was a customer, not an employee, and had four TV sets in for repair when ticketed. The case follows Judge John F. Newcomb’s warning against merchants monopolizing curb spaces.
Athens city fire department responded to a 11:40 p.m. call at 464 Richland Ave. There was no fire and the caller could not be identified.
Second grade students from West Elementary visited the Athens post office with teacher Mrs Maude Stauffer and a student teacher. The class is studying postal operations with a classroom model post office run by pupils as clerks postmasters and mailmen. They will write letters to ill classmates and route them through the in class mail system and view a filmstrip on postal steps.
Hospital notes list patients and dismissals including Mrs Charles Goldsberry and Mrs Albert Carson in Shade and Athens residents Linda Gilkey and William Wolfe. Names Marguerite Keirns from Millfield and others appear with addresses Athens Millfield Albany.
Mayor Kenneth W. Sands designates Thursday as Elks National Youth Day and urges government, civic, fraternal, and patriotic groups to participate. The proclamation calls citizens to promote character and leadership qualities for the future.
Weldon T. Rupe, 22, of Athens Route 5, began a 30 day provisional appointment as a member of the Athens city fire department. He replaces Ralph Kail who resigned to work at the local post office. Rupe, son of Mr and Mrs Weldon Rupe, is Shade High school graduate, former Army tank corps member, and recently worked at the Carborundum Plant in Logan. A civil service exam for the vacancy will be held soon.
Annual inspection of the Athens chapter 39 Royal Arch Masons will be held at 7 30 p m Friday in the Masonic Temple Inspecting officer will be Ben Filkins Royal Arch degree and grand royal arch captain of New London A 6 30 p m dinner will precede the inspection with reservations needed for the dinner according to G L Atkinson secretary
The Plains volunteer fire department elected new officers at a Tuesday night meeting in the high school Community room. Kenneth Harvey was chosen president with Leo Sheridan as vice president and Madelyn Koehler as treasurer. Nasper Bassford, Mrs. Bassford, Charles Bickels, George Mason, and T A Bassford were named trustees. A follow up meeting is tentatively planned for next Wednesday.
OU President John C. Baker will join Gov. C. William O’Neill for an NBC Today breakfast from the governor’s mansion in Columbus. About 50 industrialists will discuss boosting math science and engineering, with Maj. Gen. John B. Medaris also attending. The two hour program starts at 7 a.m. and Baker’s participation is not yet finalized.
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. reported 61 cents per common share for the quarter ended March 31, down seven cents from a year earlier. Opened by 6.4 percent higher electricity sales and 6.7 percent higher electric revenues, costs rose 7.2 percent. The firm raised funds via a 14 million dollar bond issue at 4.11 percent to finance expansion, boosting generating capacity from 210 000 to 665 000 kilowatts. The company operates four generating stations and added seven units since 1948. A second Conesville Station unit will lift capacity to 790 000 kilowatts in 1959. Labor contracts for eligible employees, effective March 1, 1959, raise wages and fringe benefits about 6 percent, with renegotiation slated for March 1, 1959.
Floyd Bolin Post 3477 Veterans of Foreign Wars names new officers at the recent meeting. Commander William D. Boyd senior vice Clarence K. McKinstry junior vice Harley Moler quartermaster and adjutant C. J. Ailstock chaplain James E. Bridgewater officer of the day John Vess and trustees Gerald Glover three years Charles H. Evans two years F A Lavelle one year. Glover conducted the installation with Moler serving as service officer.
The Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. held its annual meeting in Columbus with 84.9 percent of common shares represented and re elected all directors for 1958. Directors include H. M. Miller G. B. Fenton S. L. Hall C. J. Kurtz J. L. McNealey W. Glover Porter and H. C. Vincent of Columbus and G. S. Claypool of Chillicothe. Miller presented the annual report. The board re elected all officers: H. M. Miller chairman and president H. C. Vincent vice president treasurer J. L. McNealey vice president R. J. Grueser vice president H. V. Potts vice president A. G. Green controller G. S. Shafer secretary T. A. Bangs assistant secretary and assistant treasurer W. O. Randall assistant treasurer K. V. Arnold assistant controller. Miller Kurtz McNealey and Porter named to the executive committee.
Roger Dean Agency sales in Athens and Nelsonville to Bob Hess of Charleston West Virginia along with three residences and the Charleston Lincoln Mercury site. Hess gains Athens and Nelsonville Chevrolet agencies while Dean takes over the Charleston operation and moves to the Broad and Washington facility.
Robert Larry Cline of Chauncey pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to non support of a minor child filed by his wife Donna Cline. He was ordered held for the grand jury and to post a $300 bond.
Joseph Bailey, 52, of Morris town died early today at Mount St. Mary Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services set for Saturday at 1 30 p.m. at the Johnson funeral home in Nelsonville. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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