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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1949
Page
3
Ohio University students prepare for the Thanksgiving break with classes ending Wednesday. Most travel home via car, bus, or trains, as Westbound Cincinnatian trains sell out and extra buses are added to handle heavy traffic. Faculty and staff will also take time off, with many remaining in Athens to host relatives.
Reserve officers heard a review of the 1948 atomic bomb test at Eniwetok presented by Clarence H. White a visiting lecturer in photography at Ohio University He edited and spoke on a newly released book consisting entirely of photographs and captions showing Joint Task Force Seven during the Eniwetok test Sol Rosenberg led the session with Homer T Baird E T Hellebrandt E L Nye and Carleton Calkin speaking during the gathering and a buffet lunch followed.
A Taft appearance schedule shifts the 1 to 2 15 p m public meeting from the common pleas court room to Athens High School auditorium to fit a larger crowd. The event runs from 10 to 11 a m farmer’s meeting at Grange Hall with a press forum and interservice club lunch at Berry Hotel and ends with an open house at Elmwood Place hosted by Mrs T N Hoover.
City workmen complete a four inch water line and pumper type hydrant at Race and Brown Streets. The project expands fire protection south of the B&O track and follows a Maple Byard installation. City has 16 new pumper hydrants for outlying districts.
Athens county begins shoulder repairs on all state highways. Limestone laid over Route 690 between Route 50 and 50 A to improve travel. Tarring started on Route 50 A north of Athens from Route 33 junction, state highway spokesman said.
Oscar Exline of Glouster and John Smith of Nelsonville were sent to the Ohio Penitentiary to begin terms from a common pleas court. Exline, 32, drew one to three years for arson. Smith, 51, received two sentences of one to ten years each for incest, to run consecutively.
The historic Ro well home built in 1825 by Elmer Rowell near Frost, Ohio, now owned by Fred Russell, sits on 226 acres beside State Route 144. The property includes three gravel pits and a family burying ground nearby. The Russells preserve the original features, from walnut finish bricks to flint glass panes, while recalling early settlers Elijah Rowell and George Barrows and a famed panther hunt story.
Real estate transfers include Athens Buick Company to Walter and Opal Duncan in Athens. Blanche and Alva B. Johnson to Charles and Isaac Ve'ehn in Nelsonville. Mathew Fagan and Omer D. Cornell to Clarence B. and Mary G. Dillon in Athens. Raymond W. and Bethel I. Grover to Edward and Cathryn Oskey in Jacksonville. William W. and Mary Louise Sheets to Sarah Jane Ramsey in Nelsonville. Leona Bolin to Walter and Pauline Brown in Athens County. Thomas Joyce to Victor Oakley in Nelsonville. James E. and Dorothy M. Bean to Lloyd D. and Helen V. Kittle in The Plains. Lots and parcels in Inlets and Additions across Nelsonville, Glouster, Verity, and York Township regions.
Temperatures rose slightly yesterday with a bright sun boosting the mercury to 34 degrees by 9 15 a m. A low of 27 degrees followed a high of 37 degrees yesterday as reported by weather observer Mrs C N France. River levels on the Hocking were 2 9 feet Sunday and Monday and 2 8 feet yesterday and today.
Genevieve Hook 25 The Plains was found guilty of abandoning her minor child. Mayor W P Mickle imposed a fine of 10 dollars plus costs after the charge, filed by the husband, was heard Monday.
Hospital notes list patient Robert Davis of Dexter and Margaret Smith of Athens with major surgeries. Other entries include Mrs Mable Shivers Athens Lula Kennedy Nelsonville surgery and John Coffman McArthur minor surgery. Edward Ley Gloucester accident. Dismissed Michael Whalen Point Pleasant Va.
A Hocking County driver was fined 10 dollars and costs after a wreck on Route 595 near Route 33. Ralph Hemsworth, 18, Gore Route 1, was charged with unsafe operation and arrested after his car rammed the rear of Donald A. Thompson’s, 20, Elyria, auto causing rear and front end damage.
Latest reports from Athens Red Feather headquarters show the Community Chest drive at $8487, about $4000 short of the $12,500 quota. Packets for house to house solicitors were being distributed this morning by Mrs. Clarke Daily, campaign chairman.
Funeral services were conducted in Columbus Friday for Sarah Ann Morrison who died there last week friends in Athens County reported. Attending from Athens County were W. H. Morrison and Robert Morrison of Stewart Mrs Della Ellis Amesville and Mr and Mrs E H Kincade of Guysville.
John Jay Stolar aged 32 of Vermillion weds Bernice M. Warner 24 of Athens. Clarence Edward Nelson 20 of Nelsonville weds Margaret Ann Green 19 of Nelsonville. Charles Edwin Johnson 21 and Patricia Ann Pettit 20, both of Trimble, listed for licenses.
Clarence Young Jr. 51 of New Marshfield paid a $5 fine and costs after arraignment on a speeding charge before Mayor W. P. Mickle. He was arrested by city police on W Union Street.
Edward Ley of Glouster was reported in good condition at Sheltering Arms Hospital after sustaining injuries in a Chauncey mine accident on Tuesday.
Graham Chapel Prayer Band will meet Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lauer with Mrs. Letha Dailey as leader.
Athens Junior High presented a Thanksgiving program by the ninth grade Dramatic Club and the vocal music department. The Girls Ensemble opened with Now Thank We All Our God, with readings by David Jones and Roderick Oadis, and a recitation of When the Frost is on the Pumpkin read by Ellen Tullis. Geneva Wilson sang and Richard Slater gave a talk Why We are Thankful. Ensemble members and club officers are named, with Miss Lee Pickens as accompanist.
John Henry Schweikert aged 75 died Wednesday at his daughter Mrs. Walter Keirne’s home after a two month illness. Born in Germany he lived 60 years in the U S most in Marion and recently with the Keirns. He is survived by another daughter Mrs. Anna McDonald Toledo and five grandchildren. Services Friday at 3 pm at Dowler and Ferguson with burial in Hilltop Cemetery Millfield.
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