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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1957
Page
7
Athens County elections clerk J. E. Barker says registration for Athens city voters stands at about 3400 with a Sept. 25 deadline and a projected gap to 4000. Registrations are accepted 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays in the courthouse basement.
The Common Pleas Court records a fresh wave of eight divorce actions filed in recent days. Wives cite gross neglect in seven cases and extreme cruelty in two, with one action noting the husband’s confinement at the Ohio State Penitentiary. Cases name plaintiffs and defendants from Glouster, Athens, Hartville, Jacksonville, Nelsonville, Chauncey, and Logan, detailing minor children, custody, alimony, restraining orders, and property claims.
Local ads list multiple insurance agents and firms in Athens Ohio Nelsonsville and Glouster Ohio. Firms include C B Dillon Gill Co D M Goddard Houck Van Dyke Earl Mathews Murphey Son Rutherford Seel Seiple Kempton Oakley Saltz and Richard Guinther.
Clifton F. Pyle, 46, of Coolville Route 2, paid a $75 fine and costs in Municipal Court after pleading guilty to leaving the scene of an accident. A $20 portion was suspended on a three month probation. The charge followed a Thursday night collision at W Union and Smith streets involving Chester L. Buck, 28, Athens Route 2.
Four weekend traffic mishaps are listed in the State Highway Patrol report. An eight year old girl, Diana Bruce of Athens, suffered bruises and lacerations after a bicycle collision on Route 50 A east of Athens with Elza Linscott, 57, of Amesville. Gomer G. Clark, 58, of Athens, struck a power pole near Myers Crossing and was fined 15 dollars. Mrs Jean Ebersbach, 30, of Mason West Virginia, skidded and hit a telephone pole on Route 33 north of Athens with no injuries.
Michael McKnabb four years old son of Charles G and Lenora McKnabb Sugar Creek died after a one day illness at Sheltering Arms Hospital Funeral services set for Tuesday at 1 p.m. in Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home burial in Green Lawn Cemetery Nelsonville Survivors include parents two brothers grandparents and a great grandmother positioned in Chauncey Marietta and Nelsonville locations.
Three men faced intoxication charges as Municipal Judge John F. Newcomb levied fines of 100 dollars plus costs. Kendall Llewellyn 47 New Marshfield Route 1 Florence Llewellyn cited by police. Willard Carsey 40 439 Richland Ave Athens Route 2. Paul Gilkey 31 Athens Route 2 jailed for nonpayment. Two others, Robert Bolin 32 Athens Route 5 and Carl Wharton 65 N Shafer Sr., jailed for nonpayment with Wharton given three months probation.
The Plains High School band debuted for the season at Parkersburg West Virginia during the Plains Little Red game. Directed by Al Horsky the group featured head majorette Martha McDonald with Brenda Wallace Sue Woods Linda Koon Anita McWilliams and Joan Tipton.
Nazarene church pastors Carl I. Wooten of Athens A F E Beckwith of The Plains and Franklin M. Dunkle of Chesterhill are set for the central Ohio district preachers retreat next week in Columbus. James J. Farley of Athens represents New York Life Columbus office and is chosen for a three day career conference at Wade Park Manor September 23 to 25 in Cleveland.
Ohio University announces twelve new faculty in the Colleges of Fine Arts and Applied Sciences for the 1967 68 term and lists backgrounds. New hires include Clifford W. Reims in voice, William Sears and Frances Malone in music education, Wilma Boros Edward Fiedner and James Saunders in dramatic art and speech, Richard Beale and Gene Kelly in painting and allied arts, James J. Armbruster and John A. Adams in industrial arts, and Hugh Francis Rogers and C David Rose in engineering drawing.
Nine Athens County youths left for Columbus to be inducted into the Army at Ft. Hayes. Leader Thomas M. Kyle of Athens and fellow draftees John W. Elswick Paul A. Fletcher David T. Williams John Brozak Ralph F. Zimmermann William L. King William W. Bartlett Charles L. Malone and others from Stewart Guysville Glouster were all volunteers. Each received a Bible from the Gideon Society at induction.
Daily hospital notes list births and admissions in Athens area. New parents include Mr and Mrs Ernest Price Athens a daughter and others. Admissions include Mrs Fred Hooper Shade and David Kantner Athens among others. Dismissals note Mrs Wallace Foreman Athens Route 4 and Mrs John Rapp Jacksonville.
Ohio Board of Liquor Control will hear 34 cases next week over 47 alleged liquor law violations. Fred and Margaret Houser of Bar Grill Glouster face sales to minors and related conviction. Roy Betzing and K A Grueser of Kel-Roy Nite Club Route 7 Meigs County face Sunday sales. Both cases set for Tuesday.
Athens council 15 R and SM will meet at 7 30 p m Wednesday in the Masonic Temple Bert Vercoe illustrious master said
Grant Dunfee, 87, died Sunday night at his home on Pleasant Hill Road in Athens Route 5. A farmer, he previously worked in Decatur Township, Washington County, and helped settle much of that land. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Mattie Hatch of Frost. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Bates Church with burial in the adjacent cemetery, and friends may call at Jagers and Sons funeral home after Tuesday noon.
C. E. Cullums, 70, of 14 Walker St., was carried to Sheltering Arms Hospital by the fire department emergency squad Sunday afternoon after becoming ill at his residence. He was unconscious when the squad arrived, according to Fire Chief Charles W. Dalton's report.
Two groups of Royal McBee personnel travel from 10 states and Canada to Athens for technical training. A 16 member sales class led by Dan Merrick studies latest marketing techniques with members including John Dugan Dayton and John Alling among others. A four member service team under Charles Mulrain trains in servicing new products with Paul Sherrer and David Moore among the participants.
US observer C L Colmer logged near two and a half inches of rain for the weekend ending Monday much of it 1.6 inches in 24 hours. The rain eased a 45 day drought, filling streams and cisterns while farms and lawns welcomed the relief. Rural Hamley Run reported 1.72 inches by six pm Sunday with high winds and a Thunderstorm producing Sunday precipitation followed by a steady drizzle.
Richard Rosser, 23, of Athens Route 3, was brought to Municipal Court on an assault and battery affidavit filed by his wife Jean Rosser. He pleaded not guilty, with bond set at 50 dollars for a Wednesday hearing.
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