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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1962
Page
4
Robert H. Burrill says a new meteorology unit at the Ohio University Airport awaits legislative funds. The $4000 station will be built in a wired enclosure with a thermograph rain gauge and thermometers, plus plans for wind instruments and a sun energy measure device.
The Athens Junior High honor roll for the first grading period lists 115 students with 12 earning straight A’s. Names span seventh to ninth grades including Alan Shermer and John Williams, with others noted in each class level followed by broader lists of honorees. A county jail inmate married a Nelsonville area woman after a judge’s ceremony and was later handed to Naval authorities for AWOL. Kenneth Williams, 25, Amesville, pled guilty to reckless operation, fined $10 and costs.
The Plains Volunteer Fire Department will add an emergency ambulance and seek a new pumper truck. A second-hand ambulance has been bought and will serve once repairs and first aid supplies are in place. Purchases are funded by the existing levy and a half-mill addition, with combined levies at 20 cents per $100 valuation. The pumper depends on the election outcome Tuesday.
Mrs. Hattie Bell Haning, 76, died late Friday night at the Albany Rest Home. She is survived by six sons Dana Ray Graham Willis Morris and James, 17 grandchildren six great grandchildren two sisters Ena Woodyard and Lola Cain and two brothers William Graham and Orville Graham. Arrangements are by the Bigony funeral home.
Sheltering Arms Hospital lists births and admissions in Athens and surrounding areas, noting several families welcoming children and others admitted or dismissed. A new levy renewal plus a half mill for five years aims to fund an ambulance and fire department upgrades, with recent first aid training and plans for an emergency squad. Cheerleaders named at Athens Junior High School. Police praise for Halloween conduct in Athens.
Athens chain Steppe's Beauticians Inc announces 23 new salons opening over the next two months to reach 23 stores for 1962. Basil Rutter, president, notes leases with J C Penney, Federal Department Stores, and Woolco for locations in several states, with offices at 141 Columbus Rd in Athens.
Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Monday at Hilliard for Robert Lash Hooper 59 former Athens County resident who died Friday at his home in Hilliard following a heart attack. Son of Harry and Alice Patterson Hooper he attended Athens High School. Surviving are his wife a son two grandchildren and sister Martha Marie Hooper an East elementary school teacher in Athens.
A Nelsonville Route 1 man Carl Lee Evener 20 was cited by a sheriff deputy for reckless operation after his car struck a bridge abutment on Bailey Run in Dover Township around 10 45 p m Friday. Evener pleaded guilty to the traffic citation and was fined 10 dollars and costs in County Court.
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