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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1966
Page
3
Erle Bridgewater Jr. chairs a First Christian Church campaign appointing 22 assistants and 8 workers. A $60,000 goal funds a $125,000 remodeling including pipe organ heat electrical wiring plumbing chancel and entrance with kickoff Oct 24 and canvassing from Oct 25.
Area Traffic Courts list includes Perry Downey 50 of 27 Hanlin Ave with failure to yield, Cunningham 39 of 21 Clark St with failure to stop, McCauley 18 Athens Apts improper exhaust, Tate 22 Athens Route 3 failure to stop, Glidden 52 Logan speeding, Rollins 18 Sargent Hall speeding, Malpas 69 29 First St speeding, Brookhart 43 Athens patrol, Dickson 19 Athens Apts speeding, Trelease 19 Akron speeding, Hughley 51 Cleveland speeding and no license with costs. Juvenile Court cases for Dunfee 14 no license, Kirkendall 16 parking on sidewalk. County Court verdicts include Peters 19 Frost Route 1 fictitious registration, Minerd 19 Athens Route 3 defective turn signal. fines range from 5 to 25 dollars with costs and suspensions noted.
Birth notices list Mr and Mrs Curtis Johnson and Mr and Mrs Jerrold Griffis with newborns in Athens area along with several other births in Athens and The Plains. A separate item reports Ohio liquor permit transfer applications including Denver Fore of Hideaway to Carol Blair with an application filed Sept 28.
The deadline for changes to listings in the 1966 Athens telephone directory is October 14. R L Keatley, district commercial manager of General Telephone Co of Ohio, urged customers to report corrections or address changes to the Athens business office before December. The 1966 directory, including exchanges in Albany Amesville Chauncey Guysville New Marshfield The Plains and Shade, will be delivered in December.
Douglas Rowe age 24 of McKinley Avenue faces bond forfeit on improper exhaust after police stop. Howard Cooper age 20 of 67 Franklin Avenue forfeits bond for an illegal muffler following police action. Each case cites $18 fines.
City School Superintendent Fred Chase travels to Columbus for two talks at the 11th annual statewide conference on educational leadership. He has visited Tipp City and Meigs County groups and will speak before Gallipolis Rotary Club about the non-graded high school concept funded by a $104 000 federal grant.
Ath ens County September auto title office reports 190 new car registrations down from 258 in August and 210 in September 1965. Used car sales fell to 734 from 904 in August as total titles processed were 1426 with $2173 in fees. Other September items include trucks, station wagons, motorcycles, and trailers.
Two defendants pleaded innocent to assault charges and were bound to the grand jury by County Judge George Schoonover. George William Kempton 28 of Athens Route 3 faced an assault with a dangerous weapon charge on an Ohio University student filed by John Prouch. Steve Leho 22 of May Ave Chauncey was charged with assaulting Leonard Linton Coalville with a dangerous weapon. bonds set at 1000 each. Joseph P. Martin 44 Athens Route 4 arrested for intoxication. Janie Dunkin 19 Crooks Hall ill taken to Hudson Health Center by fire department after becoming ill at Ellis Hall at 11:48 a m.
Heavy frost coats parts of Athens early Thursday with the temperature at freezing 32 degrees. Observer C L Colmer notes a chilly 48 degrees at 9 am despite Wednesday's high reaching 68.
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