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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1949
Page
5
Most of Ohio University’s 5000 students packed and awaited the end of the last class Wednesday to begin the Thanksgiving break. The recess runs from the end of class to Monday morning with heavy travel by train bus and private cars as students head home.
Reserve officers heard a review of the 1948 atomic bomb test at Eniwetok presented by Clarence H. White visiting photography lecturer at Ohio University. White discussed his book of photos and captions on Joint Task Force Seven and the Eniwetok mission.
Location for Sen. Robert Taft’s Monday appearance in Athens has been shifted from the common pleas court room to the Athens High School auditorium to accommodate a larger crowd. The program includes a farmer’s meeting, a press forum, an interservice club luncheon, a public session, and an open house at Elmwood Place hosted by Mrs. T. N. Hoover.
City workmen expected to finish installing a four inch water line and a pumper type hydrant at Race and Brown Streets. The project follows a prior Maple and Byard installation and aligns with a 16 hydrants purchase to improve outlying districts.
The State Highway Department spokesman says shoulders on all state highways in Athens county are being repaired. Limestone is being laid over state Route 690 between Route 50 and 50-A to improve travel, and tarring has begun on Route 50-A north of Athens from the Route 33 junction.
Oscar Exline of Glouster and John Smith of Nelsonville were sent today to the Ohio Penitentiary to begin terms from a Tuesday common pleas court. Exline, 32, drew one to three years for arson and Smith, 51, received two terms of one to ten years each for incest, to run consecutively.
The 1825 Ro well home along State Route 144 near Frost in Athens County remains owned by Fred Russell. The 226 acre Russell farm contains gravel pits and an old Rowell mill site, with brickwork, flint glass panes, and large fireplaces preserved. Theodore Rowell recalls Elmer Rowell, Elijah Rowell, and Barrows family ties and a panther hunting tale.
Real estate transfers list multiple parcels in Athens County Ohio including Inlet 277 in Nelsonville, 145 acres in York Township, and Inlets 1264 1265 in Athens. Transactions include Blanche Johnson Preston Minner to Vaughn, Mathew Fagan Cornell to Dillon, Grover to Oskey Ramsey in Nelsonville, Sheets to Ramsey in Nelsonville, Leona Bolin to Brown, Joyce to Oakley in York Township and Bean to Kittle in The Plains.
Temperatures edged higher with a bright sun pushing the thermometer to 37 degrees by 9:15 a.m. The low last night was 27 degrees after a high of 37 yesterday. Weather observer Mrs. C. N. France notes only 15 and 36 degree readings earlier this month. The Hocking River measured 2.9 feet Sunday and Monday, dipping to 2.8 feet yesterday and today.
Genevieve Hook of The Plains pleaded guilty to abandoning her minor child. Mayor W P Mickle fined hook ten dollars and costs. the charge was filed by the husband.
Listing of patients including Robert Davis Dexter Margaret Smith Athens and Pauline Smith Athens with major and minor surgeries. Discharged patient Edward Ley Gloucester involved in an accident. Michael Whalen from Point Pleasant W Va noted.
An 18 year old Gore Route 1 man Ralph Hemsworth was fined ten dollars plus costs by Logan Mayor Roger W. Friend for unsafe operation after a Route 59 crash. His car struck the rear of Donald A. Thompson 20 of Elyria, causing trunk and rear bumper damage and front end damage to Hemsworth’s auto.
Athens Red Feather headquarters report the Community Chest drive at 8487 dollars, just over four thousand short of the 12500 dollar 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. Attending from Athens County were W. H. Morrison and Robert Morrison of Stewart, Mrs. Della Ellis of Amesville, and Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Kincade of Guysville.
John Jay Stolar, 32 of Vermillion wed Bernice M. Warner, 24 of Athens. Clarence Edward Nelson, 20 of Nelsonville wed Margaret Ann Green, 19 of Nelsonville. Charles Edwin Johnson, 21, and Patricia Ann Pettit, 20, both of Trimble.
Clarence Young Jr. age 51 of New Marshfield paid a $5 fine plus costs after arraignment Monday before Mayor W P Mickle on a speeding charge. He was arrested by city police on West Union Street.
Edward Ley of Gloucester was reported in good condition at Shelter ing Arms Hospital after injuries from a mine accident at Chauncey on Tuesday.
Graham Chapel prayer group will meet Thursday at the home of Mr and Mrs Henry Lauer with Mrs Letha Dailey as leader.
The ninth grade Dramatic Club and vocal music department presented a Thanksgiving program at Athens Junior High School. The Girls Ensemble opened with Now Thank We All Our God, readings and a Riley poem followed, plus songs and a talk about gratitude. The program featured Geneva Wilson and Ellen Tullis among the ensemble, with Miss Lee Pickens as accompanist. Athens city schools will start Thanksgiving break after Wednesday classes. school resumes Monday morning.
John Henry Schweikert aged died after a two month illness at a daughter's home in Millfield Route 1. Born in Germany he lived 60 years in the United States, most at Marion and recently with the Keirns family. He is survived by another daughter Anna McDonald Toledo and five grandchildren. Services will be Friday at 3 p m at Dowler and Ferguson funeral home with burial in Hilltop Cemetery Millfield.
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