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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1961
Page
2
The county board of elections reports Fourth Ward precincts 3 7 and 9 have more registered voters than the Third Ward, with 5057 total voters registered for the November 7 election. Ward breakdowns list precinct counts and a September deadline.
An advertisement markets Ostrex Tonic Tablets claiming to restore energy and a younger feeling for people feeling old due to iron deficiency. It touts a small birthday size and a larger Economy size that supposedly saves money, targeting both men and women.
George Byers, former Trimble Local Schools executive, named head of the Southern School District of Perry County succeeding James Corning. He will remain principal at Clayton School until replaced. The district includes Corning Shawnee New Straitsville Hemlock and Moxahala. Bond issue approved for central Hemlock high school with land talks ongoing. Two high schools operate during construction: Corning and Shawnee New Straitsville High.
First Baptist Church of Athens joins six other Scioto Valley Association churches in a public mission school directed by Rev. Robert E. Hall. Albany area missionary Rev. Charles Magruder notes nightly speakers and an opening Sunday service. Participating churches include Jackson Piketon Waverly Portsmouth Chillicothe.
Athens High School HI Y will meet Thursday at 7 30 in Room 306. Anyone interested in joining HI Y should be present, officers said.
Ohio University Extension Division announces a 15 week course in personal and community health. Dr. Elizabeth B. Stanton notes sessions begin Wednesday evenings 7 to 9 30 in Brandon T. Grover Center Room 1. Taught by A H Rhoads with support from the Athens County Tuberculosis and Health Association.
A two hour Scholastic Aptitude Test will be given to interested Athens High School juniors and seniors on October 21. The test mirrors the College Board format and includes verbal and mathematics sections. It aids in predicting college readiness and can support scholarship consideration.
Marguerite H. England of 2 Herrold Ave died Monday at Grant Hospital Columbus after a brief illness. Daughter of Aaron and Ruth Summers Lewis she was born in Dover Township and lived in Circle Hill before moving to Athens in 1945 where she attended Ohio University. Her husband George and four brothers and a sister predeceased her. Niece Sylvia Grose of Columbus is mentioned. Visitation at Jagers and Sons funeral home with services Thursday at 1 p.m. Burial in Nye Cemetery Chauncey.
A series of real estate transfers are recorded including O C Harner to Texas Eastern Transmission Corp in Alexander Township for 21.63 acres and several other deeds: Lena Barber Marriner to Kenneth Leroy Potts in Nelsonville. Dwight H Rutherford and others to The McArthur Supply Co in Athens County. C C Lawson to Eugelia Ross in Athens Township for 5 acres. Willam R Speller to Willard R and Olive Mae Beyler in Athens Township. Alice Dey to Harold R Brown in York Township for Lots 67 1221 and 32. Everett Cade to Denny A Camp in Athens Township for Lots 351 352 and 354. Isabelle H Lawrence to Paula Isabelle Cotton in Athens Lot 41. EF M Conant to Stanley L Licht in Waterloo Township for 12.60 acres. Paul M Hawk to Edgar A Hurst in Alexander Township for 6.5 acres. Ralph E Patton deceased to Alva E Patton Columbus et al Lot 1005 Nelsonville Albert St. Davis New Marshfield et al to Linn L Denune in Columbus for 65.75 acres in Waterloo Township. Margaret Devenport deceased to Addison Devenport Buchtel et al for 3.6 acres in York Township.
Mrs. Garnet Smith 49 of The Plains was injured when a pipe fell while she worked in a closet at Washington Hall. The incident occurred at 9 23 a m on Tuesday and she was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital by the emergency squad after suffering a head laceration.
Pro Football Officials Club speaker Fred Swearingen a second year NFL official and local sports equipment dealer addressed Rotary noon on football as America s greatest spectator sport He compared college and pro rules and highlighted risks in officiating A Ohio University alumni magazine feature covers Swearingen and his talk President Gaige Paulsen reported on the Marietta Rotary Institute.
Funeral services for Vern F. Andy Andrews, 54, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at and Sons funeral home with Rev. Joe B. Maffett officiating. He died unexpectedly Monday at his home, 5 S. Shannon Ave. Burial is set in Green Lawn Cemetery.
A pony was killed Monday evening on Route 216 a mile south of Murray City after being hit by a car driven by Ewing Randlett 51 Athens. The pony owner is not yet located. Esther M Randlett 55 passenger in the car received a head bump.
Richard Lee Bellar aged 23 of Athens Route 3 Navy and Margaret Ann McKnight aged 18 of Athens Route 1 listed for licenses. Robert Joseph Cunningham aged 22 Millfield Route 1 general laborer and Winifred Carol Parks aged 19 Gloucester are also recorded.
Ohio University faces a serious shortage of chemistry lab space says department chair Jesse H. Day. He warns that required quantitative analysis courses are restricting majors with 2116 in Organic Chemistry lectures and 214 in labs, with 60 to 80 more slated next year. About 100 freshmen could not enroll this fall due to space limits. Day urges immediate addition of laboratory space as the only real solution.
At a special meeting the board accepted the low bid for a 60 passenger 1962 school bus. Watkins Equipment Co. of Athens bid on the International chassis and Edwin H. Davis and Sons of Langsville on the Superior body. Final price was 6514 less 300 allowance for an old bus. The board set facility-use charges from 3 to 5 dollars in advance for non curricular groups.
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