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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1956
Page
3
The Hamley Run station logged 7 at 9 am with a dry spell continuing after a low of 1 on Tuesday. Yesterday’s extremes reached 2 and 36 degrees, indicating persistent mild temperatures and clear conditions.
COOLVILLE The Coolvise Volunteer Fire Department will host a Saturday festival at the village fire house beginning at five p.m. There will be games refreshments and prizes for attendees.
Ohio University favors honor sophomores of the Delta Pi chapter with a tea in OU Center. Officers Eileen Wickline Racine president Ann Noffsinger Vandalia vice president Eleanor Hall Canton recording secretary Phyllis Peterson Athens corresponding secretary. Members become eligible in junior year with a 3.2 average or senior year with a 3.0.
An overheated furnace at the home of Glen Junod in Mechanicsburg prompted firemen to respond for their first run into the area Wednesday at 8 36 a.m. Mrs Junod reported she cut power to the gas furnace but smoke remained in the house. The truck was dispatched to verify safety. Ohio University student appeared in Municipal Court Tuesday for speeding and another man forfeited a $19 bond on the same charge. Larry H Miller 18 Bush Hall fined 80 dollars and costs for traveling in excess of 35 mph on East State Street. Noble Bell 40 Parkersburg forfeited bond. Bond forfeiture George W Jones Jr Quincy Mass forfeited a 30 dollar appearance bond after drinking in toxicants in a moving auto, per Waterloo Township constable Homer Buckley.
Funeral services are planned for Mrs Sylvia Matson Bumgardner 38 of The Plains after an auto truck crash at Glen Ebon. Survivors include husband Fred Stewart Bumgardner Jr who was injured. Hospital reports his condition satisfactory. She leaves two sons and her parents and siblings in Florida Ohio and Cleveland. Arrangements by Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home.
John S McCutenen, 81, former Athens resident, died Tuesday in Columbus at 240 Woodland Ave. Survivors include two daughters Mrs George M Fee of Athens and Larry McKelvey, a son Weldon of Columbus, two brothers Albert of Chillicothe and Grover of Waverly, three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Friends may call until Friday noon at Cross Funeral Home, 2404 Cleveland Ave., Columbus, then at North Church of Christ in Christian Union for services at 2.
Douglas H. Alldredge of Athens transfers property to Russell Leonard Lent of Jacksonville. The action concerns lot 277 in Jacksonville, detailing the transfer between named individuals and the involved local area.
The Ohio Department of Health mobile chest X ray unit faced a Thursday cancellation after breaking down Monday in New Marshfield and being towed to Columbus for clutch repairs. The Athens County Tuberculosis and Health Association executive secretary said stops at Blains, the Sylvania plant, and the E. M. Poston plant were also canceled. Sponsors regret the mishap as Athens nears a record, with 8064 free chests in 14 days versus 297 last year’s 25 days. Doubtful if another trip can be arranged to cover the missed dates.
Minorva sustained Tuesday by a car and a truck on route 50 about two miles west of St. Louis according to State Highway Patrol reports. Driver Wesley D. Barnhart 38 of Athens tried to pass a construction truck turning left. Harold Thompson 25 of Cleveland and Janet North 20 of Trimble obtained a marriage license.
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