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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1950
Page
6
After a stormy start a clearing trend brings hope for OU Homecoming events. Temperatures ranged 62 to 32 degrees with rain last night giving way to sunshine by mid morning. preparations for the 36 floats and a 10 am Saturday parade proceed as fraternities finish decorations and rallies begin at the university athletic field.
Lisa Sergio told the Southeastern Ohio Education Association general session that teachers must teach students to think after conquering a place with bombs. Dr. C O Arndt urged UNESCO education and world unity while officials discussed minimum teacher salaries and future officer elections.
Len nel R. Boulware of General Electric urges greater focus on the human factor in production and consumer behavior during a talk at Ohio University. He links inflation and taxes to price rises and highlights the role of workers in the national economy. President Baker receives honorary Engineer's Club membership card.
Birth announcements list Mr and Mrs Marvin Knowlton of Albany Route 1 with a son. Additions include patients Harry Russell Jr Glouster Route 3 Nan Daggett Athens Mona Guthrie Athens Joe Schenz Buchte Evelyn Yaw Athens Elmer Poling Albany and William M Parker Buchtel. Dismissals name Mrs Jim Hooper Athens and her son Mrs Charles Stover Stewart and daughter Larry Melvin Winning Little Hocking and Leslie Irwin Athens. City police report a stolen bicycle recovered from Mrs John Woods tow 93 N Congress St abandoned nearby.
Ohio officials dedicate Athens State Hospital’s new 700000 receiving hospital in a Thursday ceremony. Dr C H Creed recounts delays, while Dr Calvin Baker explains the facility’s preventive aim and early treatment goals for mental illness. Director John H Lamneck outlines 1951 plans and emphasizes expanding treatment access. Warner discusses civil defense and emergency planning.
An early morning blaze caused moderate damage to the Mid get Motors Supply Office at 76 S. Shannon Ave Athens. Fire Chief Clarence A. Parker said the fire started near the chimney and burned a four foot hole in the roof. Fire crews worked about 30 minutes using water and chemicals. Friday’s call was the first for Athens new 500 gallon pumper.
A sequence of property transfers is listed from Athens County and nearby areas. Transfers involve multiple spouses and trustees, with properties located in Athens, Chauncey, Trimble, Glouster, The Plains, Verity, and surrounding townships. Names include Franz L Woodworth, Hermina V Davis, Philip R McNaughton, May Glaspy, Venus and Ernest Elliott, Mike Immar, Elmer Cubbison, Bess E Jones, Rodney Crow, Robert Fultz, W E Blower, O C Leadinghaus, and Emma Sherwood among others.
A Lodi Township man Ralph West petitions for divorce from Ethel L West in Common Pleas Court alleging gross neglect of duty. He claims he provided a modern farm home but his wife urged leaving rural life for the city. The couple married August 5 1945 in Gallipolis and have one child for whom he seeks custody.
Joseph Clare Perry 22 of Shade and Mae Jean Dailey 22 of Athens. Admiral Nelson Brown 71 of Nelsonville and Nettie Kempbell 64 of Nelsonville Route 2. Ralph William Walker 21 of Gore Route 1 and Margaret Ann Robson 18 of Buchtel.
A regional poultry meeting was held Thursday afternoon in the Athens Grange Hall led by Mahlon C. Sweet extension poultryman for southeastern Ohio. Topics covered housing design, temperature control, ventilation, light, water, feeding space, pest protection, and cost-efficient upkeep with a follow-up session planned for next Thursday at 1 30 p m where Sweet will discuss feeds and nutrition.
Three cars carrying eight teachers to the Southeastern Ohio Education Association meeting in Athens were damaged in a wreck near Albany this morning. No injuries reported. Jesse Dean Jackson 36 of Friendship halted to avoid a fourth car in a ditch, causing the collision with Mary Agnes Hurst 51 of Franklin Furnace and June Starrett 23 of New Boston. The car in the ditch was moved and the owner unidentified.
A total of $5350.81 has been collected for the Community Chest, drive chairman Mrs. Clarke Daily said today. Workers are asked to turn in envelopes to zone leaders for final tabulations and the chairman hopes $8000 will be reached in the final count.
A Ninth District Conference of the Disabled American Veterans is set for Sunday in Portsmouth. Athens' Conrath Bean Chapter commander Ernest MacGraner announced the regional gathering.
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