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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1958
Page
7
Athens County launches 22 rabies vaccination clinics starting Tuesday afternoon after a local boy’s death. Dr. H. M. Boocks notes compulsory immunization for dogs, with a $1 fee and avianized serum. cats advised.
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Charles F. Carpenter of Athens received an outstanding performance rating and a 200 dollar sustained superior performance award at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. With over 16 years of service he is an aircraft mechanic unit leader in the base maintenance group and served in World War I in the South Pacific with the Navy. He and his wife Marjorie plus their four children live at 191 Western Ave Enon Ohio. The award is given to fewer than 10 percent of government employees for exceptional devotion to duty.
Three auto drivers pleaded guilty in Municipal Court on city police charges of driving an auto while intoxicated. Jack LeMar Scott Delbert Leroy Karns and Michael J Zalupski each received 125 fine and costs three days in jail and a three month license suspension. Zalupski was arrested after a Sunday evening crash on S McKinley Ave that damaged a parked auto knocked over a light post and a no parking sign triggering a fire department response.
Leslie J Dowler 17 of Hanlin Avenue was fined 75 dollars and costs on two hit and run charges after pleading guilty in Municipal Court. The Fern Street incident near East State Street involved Phi Kappa Tau students John Cook and James Cory. Dowler was found hiding in a basement after police traced the vehicle involved and he received three extra days in jail and a one month license suspension on one charge.
Births announced at Shelter Arms Hospital include Chauncey Graham son for Mr and Mrs James Graham Athens. a daughter for Mr and Mrs Orville Wyman Albany Route 2. a daughter for Mr and Mrs Ralph Wheatley Athens. a daughter for Mr and Mrs James Kennedy Athens Route 3. Admissions list: Robert Keller Jr. Mrs Dale Morrison Athens Route 5. Mrs Martin Lenhard Athens. Mrs James Michael Albany. Mrs Anna Davis Athens. Mrs Robert Mahaffey Athens. Mrs Herbert Kennard Millfield Route 1.
Marcus and Ralph Hoplite of Lancaster Route 3 pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to intoxication. Each was fined $25 and costs after being arrested early Monday at a local service station by city police.
Police report Harley Jeffery of Nelsonville Route 2 was fined 25 dollars plus costs after pleading guilty in Municipal Court to intoxication charges filed by city police.
About 100 attended a Democratic party rally in New Marshfield featuring Wayne Wiley for commissioner George Banks for representative Walter Moeller for congress and Robert Van Hyde backing Michael DiSalle and Stephen Young. AFL-CIO official William Kircher opposed right to work arguing it lowers wages and living standards.
Four drivers cited by the State Highway Patrol for driving while intoxicated pleaded guilty at Monday arraignments in Municipal Court. Each received a $125 fine plus costs and three days in county jail. One driver from West Virginia had driving privileges suspended for three months. Named drivers: Robert L. Wheeler, Everett Ray Davidson, Wilbur R. Powell, and Frank Epperly Jr.
Gerald Beasley of 203 Fair Grounds Court pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to being in physical control of an auto while intoxicated. Police said he was found asleep with the motor running in a pulled‑off vehicle. He was fined 100 dollars and costs, jailed three days, and given a two month license suspension.
Frank L. Visconti 19 of Biddle Hall pleaded guilty to speeding in Municipal Court and was fined 15 dollars plus costs.
A cold rain pattern lingered through the weekend with Athens recording 45 degrees at 10 am and .15 inch in rain. Rural Hamley Run logged weekend totals, with high and low swings of 68 and 37 on Friday, 56 and 41 on Saturday, and 82 and 36 on Sunday as temperatures fell to a low of 43 today.
Sophronia Ellen Russell 90 longtime West Virginia native and Athens resident died Saturday at the Kelley home in Athens Route 5. Survived by four sons Homer Chauncey Harry Howard Harold, six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Services Tuesday 2 p.m. at Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home with Rev Joe B Maffett. burial New Marshfield.
Two Nelsonville Route 1 residents pled guilty in Municipal Court to charges by the sheriff. Earl Matthew Patterson and Mabel Esther Caplinger each paid 100 dollars and costs for cohabitation, with Patterson also fined 10 dollars and costs for an improper muffler on his auto.
Pleading guilty to speeding, Glen Leroy Hashman 23 The Plains was fined 25 dollars and costs in Municipal Court for 65 mph in a 40 mph zone. Carl Junior White 31 of 87 West State Street paid 15 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to passing another car over a double yellow line in a State Highway Patrol case.
Charles A. Tennant, 18, of Bush Hall and Clelia Howard, 21, of Athens Route 4 were fined 25 dollars plus costs after pleading guilty to failure to stop in the assured clear distance. Tennant’s three car crash occurred Sunday afternoon at Carpenter E State St. light. he struck two cars, pushing one into the other. Howard’s crash happened Saturday on N Court St as she rear ended a parked auto being stopped by James Dailey, causing minor injuries to two occupants.
Reservations are being made with Don Davis associate county agent for the 12th annual Ohio Folk Festival on November 14 15 at the Ohio State Fairgrounds Youth Center. Joe Lewis a nationally known square dance caller from Dallas Texas will be among those featured. The program includes workshops in square dancing and calling couple dancing polkas schottish contras and novelty dances.
The emergency squad was called at 7 28 p m Sunday to 10 S College St for James Early 33 Hamden who became ill with severe chest pains. He was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital for treatment.
J A F Sokoya and A T O Odunsi from Nigeria’s Western Region study at Ohio University under the International Cooperation Administration. Both are education officers, married with children, and plan to return home after a year to teach. Ohio University faculty assist in Nigeria at two centers in Ibadan.
Athens county plans a 7 30 p m meeting in the city council chambers announced by chairman Paul J Lewis Sr The agenda seeks to revitalize the group and enlist countywide support for its work
Mayor Roy Walsh announced Albany will hold Trick or Treat on Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m., instead of Friday. The change affects residents planning Halloween activities in the city.
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