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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1953
Page
5
Athens County reports exhaustion of 2500 in jury fees and 650 in witness money, delaying pay for grand and petit jurors and witnesses to the 1954 appropriation. May term jurors unpaid. October term pay delayed. 15 defendants arraigned. several pleas entered or postponed with multiple attorneys appointed.
Superintendent Wil lard P Barker spoke on the $1 393 000 bond issue for Athens city schools up for November vote. Plans for a ladies night October 20 at the Berry Hotel were discussed, sponsored by Albany Chauncey and Athens Lions Clubs with Dr Dan J V Martin of Greenville to be the main speaker.
Richard P. Case 19 of Johnson Hall pleads guilty to unsafe operation. Mayor Peter B. Seel imposes a $20 fine plus costs. City police filed the charge.
Four admissions recorded at Sheltering Arms Hospital include Mrs. June Spergin of Corning Mrs. Ann Gilham of New Marshfield Mrs. Sarah Sampselle of Athens and Mrs. Ann McWilliams of Athens plus Owen Carmichael of Athens. Discharges include Mrs. Dana Hutchison of Athens and her son Mrs. Marie Seel of Albany and Mrs. Mary Judson of Jacksonville and Keith Dennis of Athens.
George McWatt 40 of Hephai bath Ga was fined 100 by Common Pleas Judge Francis D White on an information filed by the State Highway Patrol He was sentenced to 30 days in jail and his driving rights suspended six months for driving while under the influence The arrest was Monday night on Route 33 near the Route 50 A junction.
Two motorists were fined after arraignments on affidavits from the State Highway Patrol. Alfred L. Rayford 46 of Albany Route 2 paid 10 dollars and costs to Mayor Peter B. Lee for failing to stop within the assured clear distance ahead following an accident on Fisher-Chase Road. Columbus Sykes 30 of Lexington Kentucky paid 5 dollars and costs in Albany Mayor O. D. Pincelli’s court for failing to have mud protectors on his truck.
Savannah lodge 4166 F and AM will hold a meeting Thursday at 8 p m led by George Norman the master.
The forecast notes rain and a thunderstorm with hail on Tuesday, followed by a sunny, cool Wednesday. Temperatures rose to 41 degrees by 9 a.m. with a high near the day before, and rainfall measured about one tenth of an inch.
The Athens Junior High School Student Council met to elect new officers for the year. Principal Harold McBride explained duties, with the following officers chosen: Margie Ridenour secretary, Susie Elliott treasurer, Janet Yuill tax stamp chairman, Jimmy Kyle assembly program chairman, Phyllis Goldsberry party chairman, Carolyn Williams co party chairman. Last spring’s presidents were Dolores Meintorf and John Reamer. Home Room reps were named for seventh, eighth, and ninth grades across rooms 203 to 210, listing the pairs of students serving as representatives.
Harry Perry of Oakdale is jailed in Athens County for assault and battery with a beer bottle after allegedly striking a Trimble Township man. William J. Rutter filed the charge in Glouster justice court. Perry was fined 50 dollars and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail.
An Athens woman rear ended by a car wreck on Route 13 two miles north of Chauncey escaped injury but faced a $5 fine after her vehicle overturned. Nancy E. Wilson 20 of E State Street was southbound when it left control and overturned, officials said. She was arraigned before Justice D. E. Jones on unsafe operation charges.
Mayor Peter B. Seel fines three men for intoxication with 50 dollars and costs each and 25 dollars on each fine suspended. Vern Scott, 46, of Athens Route 4, was jailed for nonpayment. Charles Tucker, 43, of 15 Foster Place, also jailed. Leslie Dowler, 27, of 26 Race Street, was not jailed.
An Athens postal employee parked his blue 1951 Plymouth coupe with Ohio plate R-9 on N. Court Street at 8 05 am. He found it missing about an hour later while in a Court Street barber shop. Police issued a state wide alert for the blue Plymouth coupe.
A religious education program for children in grades 1 through 12 began Wednesday at the Church of The Good Shepherd to supplement Sunday instruction. It is led by Mrs. Hollace E. Arment Mrs. Carl Denbow and Mrs. Christopher Lane the church school superintendent.
The first 1953 54 meeting of the Upper Valley Section American Chemical Society scheduled for Oct 12 at Marietta has been postponed to Tuesday Oct 20.
Athens police investigated three accidents Tuesday with no injuries. Sweeney backed from the Athens Home Telephone Co. driveway on West Washington Street colliding with a station wagon driven by Peter L. Good. A panel truck driven by Thomas Quest and a car driven by James Shinn collided at N Court and Carpenter Streets as Shinn turned left. A hit and run on Church Street damaged Maywood Smiths car as he returned from work.
Cub Scout Pack 55 held a family night and pet show at Mechanicsburg School where Cubmaster Charles Douglas announced winners. Awards went to Gene and Dene Gwinn for the dog show, with Johnny Romine Jr and Gary Munn also placing. other first prizes went to David Alien for chickens, James Deardorff for rabbits, Walter Bean for chameleon, and Danny Clyse for cats.
The Athens Hi Y club will host four lectures beginning with Har ry Lackey, coach of the Athens Bulldogs, on clean living and scholarship. Subsequent talks will cover clean speech, conduct, and ideals. The group now meets weekly on Wednesdays with alternating afternoon and evening sessions. Officers include Dennis White president Phil Saunders vice president John Thackery secretary Joe Daily treasurer and Jim Dow chaplain.
Draft board records show 29 local men discharged in October bringing the county total discharged to 238. Six served in Korea, four in Germany and two in Alaska, with others listed by assigned route and hometown. Returning enlistments span Air Force Army Navy with names and hometowns detailed.
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