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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1958
Page
5
The Athens municipal pool operated at a substantial loss for 1958 with income $3998.85 and expenses $6548.29. Attendance fell to 20 940, about 100 below the six year average, while adults dropped to 5719 and children to 15221. Officials cited repair costs and lower attendance as the main causes and expect future repairs savings. Mike DiSalle and Walter Moeller visit Athens Thursday for campaign events.
A two story frame house on Bassitt Ridge in Pleasant Hill was damaged extensively Tuesday afternoon while the family was away. Owner P A Langston of Athens. Fire Alarm at 3 30 p m. 15 volunteers of Richland Ave Fire Brigade responded. Two trucks used about 2500 gallons of water in 2 1 2 hours. No injuries. Fire started in the kitchen area. cause unknown.
The Hamley Run rural station logged a 9 am temperature of 70 on Wednesday, up 10 degrees from the morning low. Tuesday marked the first day of fall with readings of 83 and 46 at the same station.
The Air Force will accept nominations for the 1959 Academy class. Candidates must be 17 by now and under 22 by July 1 1959, pass admission tests including medical, and may receive free medical testing via Congressman Jenkins. Service members with congressional appointments may enter Military Preparatory Schools. Write Thomas A. Jenkins Room 1436 House Office Building Washington DC with address birth date and training summary.
Ralph Taylor aged 60 of Buchtel was ordered held for the grand jury after continuing his plea of not guilty to a State Highway Patrol charge of driving while intoxicated. He had first pleaded innocent and posted $200 bond, which was raised to $400 at the Wednesday hearing.
Homer B. Gall Jr was elected president of the Athens County Young Republican Club at a Tuesday meeting held at the county engineer depot. Joseph B Vanity Jr was named vice president with Mrs Shirley Hayes as secretary treasurer. Mrs Bradford Stark was named publicity chairman.
Joseph S. Pierce of Athens Route 3 pleaded guilty Wednesday in Municipal Court to a city police intoxication charge. He was fined $25 and costs.
New Marshfield will host the Master Mason degree at 7 p m Thursday. Constitution Lodge TM 426 F and AM, led by Carl Fultz, master, announced the event and invited members and neighbors to attend.
Carl Wharton aged 44 of 44 N Shafer Sr pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to intoxication. He was fined $50 and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail.
The Fourth District Court of Appeals sat in Common Pleas Court to hear Isaac and Rose L Vaughn versus Nelsonville School Board Daniel Pancake versus Athens County Commissioners and Arthur J Smith versus the State Bureau of Workmen's Compensation. Judges James Collier Roy G Gillen and William D Radcliff preside.
Thomas Williams Jr. doing business as Williams Lumber and Building Supplies filed in Common Pleas Court a suit for 433.14 plus interest dating from April 23 for materials used to build a dwelling in Buchtel for Clarence Buchman of Hollister and Terry K. Bunting of Buchtel. Williams seeks foreclosure and sale of the premises to satisfy a recorded mechanic lien tied to the construction contract between Buchman and Bunting.
Anna Mae Woolever sues Daniel F. Woolever in Common Pleas Court claiming 74 weeks of alimony totaling 370 dollars remains unpaid plus 14.80 dollars interest since April 7, 1957. The pair were divorced for gross neglect on April 17, 1956 in Athens County, with a support order of 5 dollars weekly for a minor child.
Ohio University junior Peter Van Valen of Harrisburg Pennsylvania was found dead in a room at 18% West Union Street near the Union Grill. Coroner Dr John Elias ruled death from heart exhaustion and estimated he had been dead four to five days.
Applications for the Regular Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps exam are due by November 13. The program covers tuition and books, provides a $600 yearly stipend, and offers flight training for those who qualify, with about 1800 selections planned for September next year.
Raymond McKee 59 died Tuesday at Mount St. Marys Hospital Nelsonville from a cerebral hemorrhage. A farmer he lived on a New Marshfield Route 1 farm. Funeral services Thursday 2 p.m. at New Marshfield Pilgrim Holiness Church conducted by Rev. William Brown. Burial Green Lawn Cemetery Nelsonville. He leaves a wife Meada and many relatives including five sons two daughters and several siblings. Friends may call Hoodlet Funeral Home New Marshfield.
Birth announcements list a daughter for Mr and Mrs Dwight Conner in Athens Route 3 and a daughter for Mr and Mrs James Eldridge in Athens. Admitted include George Williamson and Alice Bell both of Athens and others. Dismissals mention Joseph Williams Claire Thompson Nora Watkins and a Blackford baby boy in Athens with blood use recorded as two pints.
T Grove Halbirt 75 of Athens Route 3 died Tuesday night at Albany Rest Home after a six week illness. He was a lifelong Canaan Township resident and a retired farmer. Survived by wife May two daughters Nellie Bartlett and Esther Frost a son George E Halbirt and 11 grandchildren. One son Virgil and a daughter Edna May Graham died earlier. Funeral Friday 2 p.m. at South Canaan Baptist Church with Rev. Max Williams officiating burial in adjoining cemetery. Friends may call at Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home after Thursday noon.
Athens County Republican women gather at the courthouse at 7 p.m. Wednesday for a meeting. Precinct committee and poll workers will hear Pearl Bailey of the O'Neill for Governor Committee discuss campaign aims.
Oba E. Douglas Jr. 27 of Athens Route 3 pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to driving while intoxicated. He received a $125 fine and costs, three days in jail, and a three month license suspension.
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