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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 11, 1962

Page

3

United Appeal Sets 1963 Goal At 42050 In Athens

The 1963 United Appeal aims for 42050 to fund six agencies including Red Cross Girl Scouts Salvation Army and Mental Health. Bob Wren OU baseball coach chairs the drive running Oct 1 31 with house to house canvassing planned for Oct 15 and a kickoff breakfast Oct 1.

United Appeal Fund Sportsman Grill Bob Wren Ohio University Red Cross Girl Scouts Southeastern Ohio Salvation Army Wren United Appeals Charles Fulks Athens United Appeal David Young Don Reed Dick Phillips Fred Swearingen Helen Palmer George Drach Jack Gilbert Robert Guinn James Heady Roger Swart Roger Whaley James Kimball Roscoe Shields Cochairmen Francis Ponticus Vincent Jukes Lawrence Worstell Earl Mathews United Appeal Drive

Deaf Man Perfects Midget Transistor Hearing Aid

An advertisement touts a tiny energized hearing aid developed by a hard of hearing man. It claims whispers become crystal clear and offers full information at no cost via HEAR ING, P. O. Box 8302, Eric, Pa.

P. O Eric

Two Pastors on Program at Scioto Valley Baptists Meet

Rev. Robert Hall and Rev. Hubert R. Hunting of First Baptist Athens will speak at the eighth annual Scioto Valley Association of Baptists meeting in Chillicothe. The association includes churches in Athens Waverly Chillicothe Piketon Portsmouth West Portsmouth Jackson and missions and is allied to Ohio Baptists and the Southern Baptist Convention. Lodge to Meet Guysville Savannan Lodge 466 F and AM will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday James H. Smith reports.

Robert Hall Hubert R. Hunting First Baptist Church of Athens Scioto Valley Association of Baptists Chillicothe Hall Albany State Convention of Baptists Ohio Hunting First Baptist Charles Magruder Waverly Piketon Portsmouth West Portsmouth Jackson State Convention of Baptists In The Southern Baptist Convention Guysville Savannan F&am James H. Smith

Late workers avert serious fire at Athens Logan's Book Store

Two Logan's Book Store employees alerted the fire department after seeing smoke from a stock room beneath Foster's University Shop at 65 South Court Street. Firefighters contained the blaze to the stock room with about 400 feet of hose and no serious damage beyond thousands in book losses and smoke damage to the building.

Paul Efaw Logan’s Book Store John Cornwell Ronnie Wycoff Foster’s University Shop S. Court St Cornwell Charles Dalton Foster Dalton Charles Ramseth Stanley McKinnis Logan’s Foster’s Logans S. G. Foster Southern Ohio Auto Club City Fire Department William H. Allen Jr Robert Wratten Salvation Army Masonic Building Athens The Order of the Eastern Star

Graveside Rites For Stillborn Child Held

Graveside services were held Tuesday in Memory Gardens for Scott Allen Brown the stillborn son of Mr and Mrs Roger Brown The Plains. The baby was born Monday in Sheltering Arms Hospital. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Harold Brown Albany and Mr and Mrs Robert C Hawk The Plains. Great Grandmothers are Mrs Harry Hawk New Marshfield Mrs Edith Addis Barberton and Mrs Harry Tope Athens Route 2.

Memory Gardens Scott Allen Brown Roger Brown the Plains Sheltering Arms Hospital Harold Brown Albany Robert C. Hawk Harry Hawk New Marshfield Edith Addis Barberton Harry Tope Athens

Four motorists cited by city police forfeited bonds in court

Four motorists forfeited bonds in Municipal Court Monday. Mark A. Krumhansl of Cleveland 21 illegal muffler nine dollars. William Leroy Blair 28 Albany Route 3 unsafe operation thirty five dollars. Kathryn Hess Sager 35 of 17 N May Ave failure to stop within assured clear distance thirty one dollars. Judith Ann Sweitzer 21 Dover auto parked in unsafe condition twenty six dollars. Paul N Harris 48 Columbus cited by State Highway Patrol speeding forfeited twenty one dollars bond. Meeting set tonight Athens County Chapter Ohio Civil Service Employer Association will meet Tuesday 7 30 p m in Athens State Hospital Therapy Building.

Mark A. Krumhansl Cleveland William Leroy Blair Albany Kathryn Hess Sager May Ave Judith Ann Sweitzer Dover Paul N. Harris Columbus State Highway Patrol Athens County Ohio Civil Service Employer Association Athens State Hospital

Real Estate Transfer in Alexander Township

Maynard E. Coates of Athens transfers a lot in Alexander Township to Leonard D. Hanning of Athens. The deed records show a property transfer between two local residents in the township real estate docket.

Maynard E. Coates Athens Leonard D. Hanning Alexander Township

ASC County Committee Election Set Friday

Athens County ASCS office to host a county convention at 18% South Court Street to elect delegates for administering the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation program. Delegates were chosen via mail and will vote at 10 a.m. Participating communities include Alexander, Merrill Chase, Ames, Athens, Bern, Canaan, Carthage, Dover Trimble, Lee, Lodi, Rome, Troy, Waterloo York and more.

Athens County Ing Irvin A. Wolfe ASCS S. Court St Alexander Merrill Chase Ames William LaFollette Athens John Sheridan Bern William Pinkerton Canaan Floyd Mathews Carthage Guy H. White

Cherringtons Sue Mingus Over 39 Acre Trimble Property

Arthur and Elsie Cherringtons file in Common Pleas Court for possession of about 39 acres in Trimble Township alleging Mingus and Ross keep them from the property. Fourth District Court of Appeals in August upheld a lower ruling in Mingus v Cherringtons. An Athens court had ordered title quieted in Mingus couple.

Arthur Elsie Cherrington Common Pleas Court Lewis Mingus Elsie Ross Trimble Township Fourth District Court of Appeals Common Pleas Lewis and Rosa Mingus Cherringtons Athens

Local girl injured by broken bottle. two taken to hospital

Miss Sue Downey, 11, of 135 N Lancaster St, cut on both arms when she fell on a broken milk bottle at 4 20 p m Monday. She was treated and sent to Sheltering Arms Hospital. Mrs June Minton, 41, of 203 Grosvenor St, with possible heart trouble, was also taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital after receiving oxygen en route from Southerton Beauty School. FOP TO MEET Fraternal Order of Police Southern Ohio Lodge 55 will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday in Red Men s Park.

Sue Downey N. Lancaster St Sheltering Arms Hospital June Minton Grosvenor St Sheltering Arms FOP Southern Ohio Lodge 55 Fraternal Order of Police Red Men’s Park

Births and admissions and a vowed annulment suit

Birth announcements list a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. C. Clayton Wise of Athens and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Grandy of Glouster. Hospital admissions include multiple residents from Athens and nearby communities. Jill Yvonne Wallace of Athens Route 1 seeks a pretended marriage annulment against Gerald A. Wallace of Athens Route 1 in Common Pleas Court.

C. Clayton Wise Athens Virgil Grandy Glouster Jill Yvonne Wallace Common Pleas Gerald A. Wallace

Panel Troy Township Road Okayed By Commission

County commissioners approved establishing a road in Troy Township about one quarter mile long near the old Coolville camp grounds after a hearing with no attendees. The panel delayed a decision on office space and restroom remodeling for County Court pending a site visit next week.

Troy Township Coolville Camp Grounds George Schoonover Route 13 Chauncey

Weather: Fair and cool in Athens with 68 at 10 am

U. S. Observer C. L. Colmer reports Athens saw a 10 am temperature of 68 with an early 53 low. The following day reached 83 degrees and rain accumulated .23 inches.

Athens U.S C. L. Colmer

Court Report Recaps August Municipal and State Dockets

Mrs Blanche Waller clerk reports August 1961 court totals with 151 cases city and state. State cases 57 and 94 paid fines totaling 2387.90 and 1649 respectively plus 3939.01 overall fines and costs including 1351.11 from traffic tickets. City cases 86 yielded 2266.40 in fines and costs and 1142.06 from traffic tickets.

Blanche Wallar

Barbara Cox Granted Divorce Over Gross Neglect

Common Pleas Court grants Barbara Lee Cox a divorce from Thomas R. Cox on grounds of gross neglect. Barbara Lee Corradini, her maiden name, is restored. The couple wed June 15, 1961 in Fort Thomas Kentucky.

Common Pleas Court Barbara Lee Cox Thomas R. Cox Barbara Lee Corradini Fort Thomas

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United J. B. Kimball Francis Pontious Messenger Newsphoto Motorola Engineering Motorola Mill and State General Electric Minoval Athens, Ohio Hocking Morristown Blacktop Mine GEM Coal CO Nelsonville PL ASC County Committee C. Dale Allman McArthur Sam Jefers William H. Allen, Sr Lena Downard James E. Wade Millfield Joseph Lucas Robert Dean Athens, and Son Margaret Trumper Donald Welch Economy Savings & Loan Company N. Court St Lynwood Pomeroy Nelsonville Logan Troy By Buxton Buxton D. H Jonesy) Sams Ighlane Spland Products Ashland Oil Dealers
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