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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1964
Page
3
President Vernon R. Alden of Ohio University told 3900 freshmen that Ohio now has a favorable climate for a great university. He noted rising federal grants and private gifts, expanding graduate programs, and an active Honors College while urging students to contribute to the campus’s development and distinction.
Ray C Bliss announced the Goldwater Special whistle stop tour with a Sept 29 Athens visit at 11 15 a m. The train departs Marietta 10 30 a m stops at Chillicothe and Blanchester before Cincinnati 4 25 p m The senator speaks at Cincinnati Gardens that evening en route to additional stops.
Wayne National Forest officials warn of very high fire danger with seven fires in 10 days. Ranger Ray Knudson urges hunters and rural residents to avoid smoking in woods, smoking game from hollow trees, and discarding cigarettes from vehicles. He advises barrel burning of waste paper only with wire screening, evening or early morning trash fires, and careful disposal of live ashes to prevent grass fires.
City firemen battled two grass fires near Columbia and Madison and contained a fire at the S and J Skating Rink at the county fairgrounds. Damage, caused by an undetermined origin, was about 500 dollars. A separate debris fire along Columbia Ave was extinguished with hand tools and dirt cover. A union meeting for Ohio University Employees Local 37 is scheduled at the Athens Grange Hall with speakers Charles Ennis and Barry Conners.
The Fraternal Order of Police lodge resumes Saturday teen dances at the National Guard Armory from 8 to 11 pm with chaperones. Dances occur each Saturday except the second weekend for guard training. proceeds aid local youth activities. DJ Jack Thomas will emcee.
List of residents and relatives from Athens The Plains Amesville and New Marshfield includes Mrs Ralph Clark Mrs Frank Cargould Joe Martin Route 4 Thomas Hood and Mrs Keith Bateman and son Wayne Skinner Route 1 Mrs Ermy Groves Athens.
The day climbed to 90 degrees with a 42 degree rise from 48 in the early morning. Low at 55 and a 68 degree 9:30 a.m. reading reported by U S Observer C L Colmer. Nine boots, all for the same foot, were stolen Wednesday night from Jack's Shoe Store on Court Street. The Athens County Unit of the State Highway Patrol Auxiliary will meet Thursday at 7:30 p m at the Nelsonville American Legion Hall.
James Police Captain Beasley named new sergeant Clyde Beasley Jr. promoted by Chief J B Grogan effective Wednesday. Veteran officers Gerald Weekley Larry Hutchins named as new patrolmen after civil service exams. New salaries cap 435 dollars, sergeant 405, rookie 370.
The Ohio Council of Churches schedules 37 ecumenical regional conferences this month with 20 leaders, including 10 staff and 10 church figures. The Athens area session is set for 4 p.m. September 24 at First Presbyterian Church and will cover Athens Meigs and Vinton counties. Reservations go to the Rev. Thomas Niccols in Athens.
Alonzo Kovaleski of UAW Local 324 Chauncey asks Common Pleas Court to vacate its contempt verdict tied to a plant guard confrontation. His attorney cites five errors. Four Municipal Court cases involving guards and pickets are postponed to Sept 30.
John Timothy Riley. 20, of Nelsonville, cited for conditional speed after a Thursday morning crash at Route 682 and Vore Ridge Road. He lost control on a sharp curve, struck a telephone pole and marker, and his car ended in a field owned by Edwin Secoy.
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