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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1957
Page
6
Athens County commissioners spent most of their session addressing about 3000 in sheriff’s department bills with only 125 in the purchases fund. They considered delaying December purchases and submitting 1957 invoices by December 1 to prevent carrying 1957 bills into 1958.
H. John Huffman was elected president of the Athens Kiwanis for 1958 at a dinner in Hotel Berry. He received a special pin for six years of perfect attendance. Harry Lackey was named first vice president and Howard Stout second vice president with R. E. McCammon as secretary. Seven board members were chosen, including Otis Simpson and D. M. Downard. National Kids Day events were announced for Saturday with about 1000 children attending a Varsity Theatre movie.
A foggy morning gave way to sunshine as temperatures fell to the chilly zone. In Hamley Run a low of 35 marked near freezing, rising to 50 by 9 a.m. Athens showed early forties and automatic furnaces activated for warmth. Forecasters predicted slightly warmer conditions tomorrow.
State Highway patrols cited five coal truck drivers for overloads at the Route 33 Glen Ebon Road intersection. The drivers, all charged with vehicles loaded beyond legal limits, were bound for major courts at Chauncey and Nelsonville. Names include Marvin Lindamood, Fred Jack, Robert Lee Jenkins, Charles F. Hook Jr., and Levi Clark Jr.
Ohio Department of Health mobile unit performed 154 chest x rays at Rome Canaan High School last week. Listed helpers include Mrs B E Walsh Mrs Foster Bean Mrs George Chesser Mrs James R Ogg and Miss Rachel Williams.
Three divorce actions filed Tuesday in Common Pleas Court add to recent filings. Lena Mae Kirkendall accuses Dale H. Kirkendall of extreme cruelty and gross neglect of duty, seeking custody of three minor children from their 1946 Greensburg marriage. Cyrus M. Rockhold sues Sophia E. Rockhold of Glouster for gross neglect. they wed in 1952 and have one child. Evelyn Allbaugh sues Floyd Allbaugh of Carbondale. they married in 1940 and face gross neglect and extreme cruelty without children.
Mr and Mrs John Downs Trimble Route 1 welcome a daughter. Mr and Mrs Richard Bean Athens Route 1 announce a son. Admitted include Lewis Roberts Athens Mont E Hanson New Marshfield Mrs June Lee Athens Route Mrs John E Sadler Athens and son Mrs Hattie Duckler Albany Mrs Myrttie Nichols Athens Edna Hudwell Athens Route 1 Mrs Emmett Wingett Athens Route 1.
George Ludlum Hartford, chairman of the board of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., died at his Montclair home at 93. He was son of founder George Huntington Hartford who started the nation’s largest grocery chain in 1859.
Dixie Watters 29 of Circleville was fined 10 dollars and costs by Logan Mayor Francis Myers after being arrested by the State Highway Patrol for driving across a freshly painted highway centerline.
Howard Webster Mayles of Cutler pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident in Municipal Court after earlier denying it. He was fined 75 and costs. the judge ordered a detective to verify Mayles’ account of his actions after the 1957 auto crash with the Baltimore and Ohio train near Frost and subsequent derailment near Grafton. A deputy cited moonshine found in the wreck. Mayles denied knowledge. A future mitigation was tied to the validation of his story.
SPARTANBURG SC A woman phoned airport manager C R Moss asking for Frieda status. He replied she is on the way to the airport. The caller exclaimed that she meant Frieda the hurricane not his secretary Frieda Lamb.
The Steve Canyon comic strip will become a Civil Air Patrol aid with Lt. John Alden of the Athens CAP squadron confirming plans. Canyon will serve as a sales representative for CAP late October, with a November 3 introduction of a new character Scooter McGruder inspired by CAP cadet Margaret A. Kenefick. The CAP, a civilian Air Force auxiliary with 36 000 adults, runs youth programs and supports air search and rescue missions nationwide.
Hillel Foundation at Ohio University will hold High Holiday services for Jewish students at the Music School Auditorium. Services led by Jacob Mirviss include Hebrew and English prayers, Shofar, Torah readings, with Drs. Morton Benson and Edward Penson as guest speakers. Open to the public. Yom Kippur observance to conclude the period on Oct 4 evening and Oct 5 all day.
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