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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1957
Page
8
Athens postmaster Arthur E. Cornwell warns of an all-time Christmas mail record and urges early mailing. Plans include expanding staff and facilities, with deadlines of December 10 for distant cards and December 15 for local mail. Return addresses and proper postage on cards and packages recommended.
First Lt. Thomas B. Zimmerman, an Ohio University Air Force ROTC instructor, will speak Thursday at 7 30 p m in Room 102 Carnegie Hall to Athens Civil Air Patrol members. He will discuss jet and reciprocating engines following a lecture last week on Forces Acting on an Aircraft. The series, led by Lt. Col. Caleb P. Mob erly, is part of CAP training by OU instructors and open to others.
James P. Hooper aged 34 of Athens Route 4 paid a $25 fine plus costs in Municipal Court after pleading guilty to an unsafe operation charge filed by the State Highway Patrol.
Sheriff’s office cleared up two stray shots fired at Baughman Store Chauncey in a Saturday and two days later incident A Chauncey juvenile said he was shooting at birds with a .22 rifle and the case was sent to juvenile authorities for further investigation.
Mary Anna Russell 22 of Athens Route 4 was fined 50 dollars and costs in Municipal Court after pleading guilty to the charge of failing to yield the right of way to a pedestrian injured at the College Mill Street intersection Friday.
The Athens County Tuberculosis and Health Association thanks volunteers for the Christmas Seal Sale preparations. Executive secretary Mrs Eva Davis notes many workers helped. Schools and Mount St Mary Hospital Nelsonville provided space, Athens High School typed addresses, local Girl Scouts stuffed envelopes, and post office employees offered cooperation.
A. H. Wernecke, superintendent of the Uranium Control Subdivision at Goodyear’s Portsmouth plant, spoke to the Ohio University Beta Alpha Psi chapter. He helped set up the plant and devised a method to account for every ounce of uranium entering and leaving the facility.
Common Pleas Judge Francis D. White approves Athens Township trustees transfer of 1000 dollars from the road and bridge fund to the township general fund treasury.
Princeton University chemist John Turkevich will deliver the annual Sigma Xi national lecture at Ohio University Thursday evening in the Chemistry Auditorium at 8 15 open to the public without charge. He is noted for work on fine particles and has served as a consultant to the U S Atomic Energy Commission Brookhaven National Laboratory the U S Air Force and the National Science Foundation.
A series of property transfers is reported across Athens County and adjacent areas. Names include Isaac Vaughn, Maude L. Smith, Constance G. Leete, Sunnyhill Coal Co, Raymond Finn, P. T. Winner, Jack S. Sampselle, L. Frank Nye, William Frazee, Guy C. Bean, Rufus Wright, Richard Jarvis, Leonard Richardson Sr, Carl Richards, Betty Addington, Andrew Kovlan, William McClelland, Hazel Hamill, Catherine Phillips, and others. Transfers cover lots, tracts, and two acre parcels in Athens, Trimble, Dover, Nelsonville, Chauncey, Glouster, Rome, Deanville, and related townships, with buyers including Rollin Chakiris, Clarence Staley, Foster B. Bean, John Walter Breeze, Andrew Guy Jr, Charles William Rose, Leonard Congreve, Edward M. Penson, Easler Dairy Products Inc, Lewis G. Webb, Clyde W. Burns, William C. Brooks, G. A. Richards, Paul Barrett, Paul J. Lewis, and Lee Jenkins. The records reflect extensive inter-county parcel reshuffling.
Mr and Mrs William Hunter of Athens welcome a son. Mr and Mrs Henry Collins of Athens Route 2 have a daughter. Mr and Mrs Robert Mathew of Athens Route 4 announce a son. Admitted include Mrs J E Barker Albany Route 3 Wendy Wade Athens Route 3 Mrs Sarah Lester Chauncey Frank E Brown New Marshfield Mrs Martie Frost Stewart Route 1 Mrs James Stack Athens and son Mrs William Slater Glouster Mary Ann Kellerman Stewart Mrs Dada Caldwell Athens Mrs Eber Samples Harrisonville Mrs Scott Ervin Athens Route Mrs Joseph Chiky Athens and daughter.
William F. Langston, who resigned from the Athens City police to join Texas Gas Transmission near Fisher Station, has been named a special deputy sheriff with approval of Francis D. White Common Pleas Court judge. Such deputies serve mainly for protection at their place of employment and do not receive county pay.
A total of 26 Athens Countians received military discharges in October per Selective Service records. Army releases numbered 16, including Charles R. McClung John B. Spears William C. Oxley Jack L. Bratton Lewis W. Keirns Gordon E. Edwards Charles F. Shields Hugh C. Mulligan Marvin E. Snow James V. Shaw Dennis L. Rosser all of Athens. Others hailed from Walter E. Keplar Nelsonville Joseph Cooper Jr and Darrell D. Arnold Albany Eugene B. Snyder Tod E. Hook Glouster. Air Force discharged Harry D. Semple and Stanley W. Misner both of Athens John D. Campbell Nelsonville. Navy discharges went to William H. Schall Jr and Paul E. Allmark both of Athens Ronald C. Hooper Albany William E. Atwell Nelsonville. Marine Corps releases included James E. Forbes and Thomas P. Pritchard both of Nelsonville and Roger W. McClelland Glouster.
Professor Warner G. Rice of the University of Michigan English department conferred with Ohio University English department over the weekend on a new graduate program. Rice is noted for work in training teachers.
Annual bazaar at Sacred Heart lists chicken and ham dinners from 5:00 to 7:00 PM priced at 1.25. Booths offer games, turkeys, bake work, parcel post, and other attractions plus an evening luncheon.
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