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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1957
Page
6
Mayor Earl Hilleary announced an immediate crackdown on speeders and loud mufflers, with Councilman John Brooks pressing for tighter traffic enforcement now that the police force has a new cruiser and sufficient personnel.
Buchtel High School in Nelsonville hosts graduation tonight at 7 30 in the gym for the senior class. Sandra L Taylor is salutatorian and Judy Schenz is valedictorian with speaker Professor William W Chase of Ohio University. The class held baccalaureate services Sunday with Dr E A Hanson of Ohio University delivering the sermon.
All Athens County library branches will close Friday for the Southeast District meeting of the Ohio Library Association at Lake Hope hosted by the Athens library. Athens opens Friday night. registration at 9 15 a m. sessions cover public library service and a talk by Dr Paul M Kendall of Ohio University author of Richard III.
Mr and Mrs Danny Hitchings announce the birth of daughter Pamela Sue on May 6 at Mount St. Mary Hospital. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Elza Miller and Mr and Mrs Harry Risley of Nelsonville. Great grandfathers are Charles Hitchings of Nelsonville and L Thompson of Columbus.
Nelsonville York Grange schedules a Friday 8 30 p m meeting hosted by Mr and Mrs Donald Gulley Mr and Mrs Edward Cagg Mr and Mrs Vern Ogg Mr and Mrs Harold Forbes and Flossie Zimmerman along with other members expected.
The Central School Parent Teachers Association meets Wednesday at 1 30 p m in the school room for a business meeting and officer installation. At 2 30 p m members travel to Nelsonville Plumbing and Appliance Co on Fayette Street for a cooking demonstration by Betty Newton, home economist of Ohio Fuel Gas Co.
The Willing Workers Class of the Christian Church will meet Thursday at noon at Mary McCollum's home on Adams Street for a potluck luncheon.
A stream of birth announcements lists Mr. and Mrs. Roger M. Cor bin of Jacksonville with a son. Mr. and Mrs. William M. Bolin of Athens Route 5 with a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. John Campbell of Nelsonville with a son. Miss Barbara Denney of Nelsonville Route 2. Miss Bertha Linton of Nelsonville. Grover Corbin of Zaleski. Miss Velma E. Horvath of Gloucester Route 3. William Dishon of New Lexington. Thomas Hill of Nelsonville. Mrs. Kathryn Hickman of Buchtel. Joseph Nash of New Lexington Route 1. Miss Joyce Cocke of Elyria. Miss Mary Wesker of Jackson. Mrs. Dorothy Brandt of Junction City. Mrs. Albert Camento of Gloucester and daughter. Mrs. William Decker of Nelsonville and daughter. Mrs. Claire Wagner of Pearl Beach Michigan. Robert Hatfield of Nelsonville. James Craig of Corning. Mrs. Charlotte Seals of Nelsonville Route 1. Amos Potts of Logan.
Nelsonville High School alumni plan a banquet May 31 at the Christian Church with a dance to follow in the Elks Hall. Tickets are on sale at First National Bank People's Bank and Colonial Restaurant. Music will be by Al Horsky and his Ohioans.
The Nel sonville Board of Trade meeting of directors scheduled for tonight has been postponed until further notice per Governor William Friedrich.
Logan-Robert Hatfield aged 34 of Nelsonville Route 1 was fined $20 and costs by Mayor Francis Myers on a State Highway Patrol speeding charge.
The article notes the inaugural electric street railway began operating in Cleveland Ohio in 1884 marking a milestone in public transit development. It highlights the project as a landmark achievement reflecting urban modernization and technological progress of the era.
Reedsville reports many social visits including Clinton Boring funeral in New Lexington attended by Mr. and Mrs. Alpha Smith and Mrs. Blanche Ruth. Guests of Mrs. Chloe Mills include Paul Curtis of Pomeroy Addie Bitters Marilyn Maiden and Vebra Jean of Middleport.
Nelsonville board of education nominated Miss Marinel Weymiller and Hoy J Seckinger to teach in the grade schools for 1957 58 replacing retiring teachers Mrs Elizabeth Howe and Mrs Marquis Morris Other teachers hired for re employment on one year contracts include William Carter Leda Mae Kraueter Robert Sheskey Martine Green Alice Pendry Clark Devol Edna Raine Iva Jean Snyder Beatrice Adamson and Charles Wyda The board also voted to move fifth and sixth graders east of Watkins Street from Central elementary to East School to ease enrollment and noted balancing classes will improve after the new grade building opens in 1958 A slow learning class based on IQ below 79 may be approved for grades 7 9 if 15 pupils qualify.
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