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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1957
Page
16
Athens Ohio City Council adopts emergency ordinance to issue bonds totaling 207600 for sanitary sewer District No 1 with 190240 owner share and 17354 90 city share plus 207800 anticipatory notes at 3.5 percent. It pledges taxes and assessments for repayment and sets sale terms and emergency effect.
City of Athens Ohio passes Ordinance 15869 authorizing a 12400 note in anticipation of sewer bonds to fund construction along Tulane Road State Street Clare Street and nearby areas. The note bears 3.5 percent interest and matures in two years or one year if privately sold, with bonds to follow up to 25 years. Emergency clause declared.
Athens Ohio authorizes bonds totaling 172962 dollars to anticipate special assessments for Storm Sewer District No. 4 improvements. Bonds bear 3.25 percent interest with annual maturities 1958–1967 and are secured by a levy on all taxable property to fund interest and principal, reduced when assessments are available.
Guy Morrison, administrator of Elisha B Morrison estate, gives notice to creditors and interested parties listed in Parkersburg Huntington Winter Park Salt Lake City New Mexico Indiana Florida and other locations that claims must be presented by a specified deadline. The notice names Harold Parker Mur Theatre Wilbur Dick son Dora Barnhill Fay Basslen O Wendell Hiliott Bertha Ellenger Clara Wilson Sara Lively John Lively Richard M Arnold Ora Mae Locke Vaughn Morrison Kenneth Morrison Herbert Morrison Louis Morrison Hubert Morrison Mia N Then rail and Mrs Frank Shenefield among potential claimants.
Funeral services for Edith Estella Jordan 84 of Gallipolis Ferry will be at Zion Baptist Church Sunday at 2 30 p m Rev W S Billups officiating She died Thursday at her son Hugh Jordan s home after years of ill health Born March 25 1873 she was daughter of John and Inez Mead Oil City Pa She married Joseph L Jordan in Point Pleasant Survived by five sons Hugh Carl Logan Herman Vernon Woodrow four daughters Inez Holt Jeanella Birtcher Beatrice Pierce Faye McDaniel 20 grandchildren 22 great grandchildren Burial at Church Cemetery Friends may call after 6 p m Friday at Lawrence G Mohr funeral home
Suzann es Studio of Dançe presents its annual spring recital Saturday at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The production Fiesta in Madrid features students Carol Ann Senf, Juanita Blagg, Lynn Cruikshanks, Janie Sayre, Sarah Jane Heater, Beau Shertzer, Francie Heiskell, Vicki Lynn Morrison, Sharon Sturgeon, Connie Woomer.
Point Pleasant considers off street parking for about 200 cars to ease downtown congestion. The plan limits Main Street parking to 30 minutes with a five cent meter charge and requires strict enforcement. The chamber urges publicity and immediate adoption of step 1 with a detailed step 3 study to follow.
The Point Pleasant church listing shows Sacred Heart St Joseph Mason Christ Church Episcopal and many others with service times including Holy Mass, communion, morning worship, Sunday school, and midweek prayer. The Rev John O Reilly Rev Jerome D Rodgers Rev Donald Pringle and others lead their congregations with varied programs.
Ellis Overholt and Thaddis Green Redd were sent to Moundsville state penitentiary after pleading guilty to felonous assault and armed robbery respectively. Overholt drew a 2 to 10 year sentence while Redd received a 10 to 20 year term.
In POINT PLEASANT the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs shared a meeting at the Moose Home on Wednesday night. Larry Laraway of Gallipolis performed the musical program. The Kiwanis meeting was moved to join the Rotary due to the holiday.
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