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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1961
Page
3
Three city water plant wells were cleaned over the past three weeks by an outside firm, boosting capacity as screens clog over time. Superintendent Drennen Goldsberry said two to three more wells may be cleaned this year and that softening was resumed last Saturday to conserve water.
The Kiwanis Club of Athens announced its anniversary party set for October 23 at Baker Center with speaker Dr. A F Linder, noted humorist and philosopher. The meeting covered progress on Athens proposed youth center including building lease on Hudson Avenue and student sponsorship once established.
The Rev. Thomas Henry Arnott, 75, formerly of Racine and a Nazarene pastor, died Monday at Camden-Clark Hospital in Parkersburg West Virginia. Survived by his wife Alice Freak Arnott and four brothers, services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Waterford Nazarene Church with burial 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Spring Grove Cemetery East Liverpool. Friends may call at McCurdy funeral home Beverly.
The Mercury reached 82 degrees in Athens as fair mild weather persisted. U.S. Observer Co L Colmer reported a 10 am temperature of 61 with a low of 45. Rural Hamley Run recorded a low of 40 after a high of 79 yesterday.
At the 44th annual meeting in the Junior Fair building Athens County Farm Bureau Federation elected four trustees for three year terms: R. Jacoby Athens Township Mrs Leo Williams Canaan Township Mrs Paul Robinson Carthage Two and Dean Wooley Ames Two. H G Henry was elected delegate to the 1962 state annual meeting with Gaylord Cook as alternate.
A roller fell from a truck on Route 50 near the Athens Washington county line injuring a following driver. Francis L. Mulligan 39 Belpre received a left leg bruise when his truck struck the roller from Raymond Anderson 23 Deer Park Wis. Anderson cited into Athens County Court for insecure load.
Funeral services for Wade A. Dewey 54 a former resident who died Sunday night in Columbus will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Cook and Son Chapel in Columbus. He leaves a wife Louise three sons Richard Phillip and William all of Columbus three daughters Mrs Harold Foster Mrs William Ray and Gloria of Columbus three brothers Elmer John and Myron Dewey of Athens and three sisters Mrs Bell Keirns Dayton Mrs Helen Stevers Cleveland and Mrs Grace Croxall East Liverpool.
Municipal Court dismissed an unsafe operation charge Tuesday against 17 year old Sherwood E Hall II of Athens Route 5. The judge said any charges would be filed with Juvenile Court after a complaint by private citizen Robert Cook.
State Highway Patrol cited two drivers for speeding and both forfeited bonds in Municipal Court Monday. Missing defendants were Roscoe Locke 43 of Chauncey who posted 21 dollars and George W Sutton 33 of Obetz who posted 16 dollars.
C H Harris reflects on rural living as towns expand with small homesteads and gardens around Athens. He argues this shift offers security, cheaper taxes, and better schools, contrasting it with urban life and Civil War centennial observances. He urges appreciation of rural progress and warns against reviving old wars.
Willard E. Hudnall of Albany Route 2 told Municipal Judge John Newcomb he has never possessed a driver's license. Hudnall faced three charges from City Patrolman Clyde Beasley Jr. including unsafe operation and a DWI plea of innocence. He was fined for license absence and unsafe operation, with bond set at 200 dollars. a hearing on the DWI charge was scheduled for Friday.
Eduardo Luciena, 21, an Ohio University student from Ecuador, pleads innocent in Municipal Court to assault and battery. A Athens woman filed the charge claiming he choked her, leaving bruises after an incident near the cemetery on W State Street around 9 30 p m Saturday. Bond set at 31 dollars with a Friday hearing scheduled.
The facility lists admissions including Edward Green of Albany Robert Frey and William Wildman of Athens Mrs Harold Showers and Mason Naylor of Athens Morton Clench and Mrs Joseph Bowman Chauncey and Stephen Smith Trimble Foster Bean Guysville. Discharges include Mrs Edward Pawlusiak Kenneth Thomas and Mrs Macil Mosier Carpenter Route 2. One pint of blood used.
Joel Harvey Feld, 20, of 28 Race Street, was fined $20 and costs after pleading guilty to a speeding citation from the State Highway Patrol in Municipal Court. Feld is a student from Cleveland.
The article recalls drum mers as itinerant salesmen who toured rural areas to peddle goods to farmers and country stores. They hired livery rigs and drivers, often lasting a week from Monday to Saturday, sharing meals with locals and stabling horses at farms or inns as they traveled through the countryside.
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