Jamboree Bound Scouts From Kootaga Council
Ten district scouts from the Kootaga Council join three Athens Troop 54 members and others for the Boy Scout National Jamboree at Valley Forge July 12 to 18. Leaders include D. D. Montoya and Earl H. Funk.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1957
Page
2
Ten district scouts from the Kootaga Council join three Athens Troop 54 members and others for the Boy Scout National Jamboree at Valley Forge July 12 to 18. Leaders include D. D. Montoya and Earl H. Funk.
Ohio University Radio Club hams contacted 32 stations across 10 states and two foreign countries during a field day. Four transmitting stations powered by a gasoline generator operated on Peach Ridge Road until a rain and windstorm halted activity at midnight. President Don Blizzard chaired the event. call signs included KN8DM Jerry Wagner and KN8BZZ Alex Davidson among others.
City police continue to trace a man missing shoes who stole an auto and is suspected of breaking and entering Algeo Motor Sales on State Street. The stolen cruiser was found wrecked on Route 56 near New Marshfield later that night. A single shoe was found at the scene and the other in a cemetery as officers widened the search.
Athens High School named eight student council members for the 1957-58 year. Juniors Beverly Corradini Jim Gaskill Jerry Hossam and Jim Hughes join sophomores Claire Ball Garry Barber Connie Glasgo and Bob Martin on the council alongside the current officers and class presidents.
Ohio University students Lloyd J. Kay and Deyvos Abbott changed their pleas to guilty in Municipal Court. They were fined for breach of peace and resisting arrest after police took them near the Men's Gymnasium. Kay and Abbott received $25 plus costs and $50 plus costs, with $30 of the latter suspended and three weeks probation.
Mr and Mrs Edwin Thompson of Athens welcome a daughter. Admitted: Mrs William Martin of Athens Route 4. Dismissed: Mrs Oscar Whitman of Athens John and Jane Finsterwald twins of Lancaster. Sherry Lax of Athens, Mrs Robert McWilliams Mullfield Route 1, and son. Mrs Roger Tinkham The Plains. Mrs Martin Skebe Athens.
Chauncey, 22, Jan Taylor, arrested by Fairfield County authorities while en route to Columbus. He faces charges of disturbing the peace trespass and resisting arrest, arraignment set for Friday in Municipal Court. He previously fled deputy Goldsberry after warning shots.
James Leroy Coffy 21 a junior in Ohio University College of Applied Science died of a kidney ailment Wednesday at a Canton hospital. A 1953 Canton South High School graduate he lived with his wife Carol in Edgehill Apartments. Funeral Friday afternoon in Canton.
The 4 H Advisory Council will meet Monday at 8 p.m. in the county extension office for the season's last session. Don Young associate county agent says the meeting will cover rules and regulations, July 4 H picnic plans and selection of dee gates for the conservation camp.
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