The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-01-02

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med to ice shortly before noon
himmering coating which made
nearly impossible. Fortunately
he county was disrupted.
crews started at
tie routes with salt to alleviate
slippery conditions. Today, the
roads are slushy and caution is
still necessary.
B. w. Edwards, of the Union
county highway garage told The
Journal at noon today that some
spots are still bad and the pros
poets are none too good for the
next "a hours. Motorists must still
proceed with caution" he point
ed out.
Highways Hit Worst
If if freezes again within the
next "a hours, driving will prob
ably be worse than it was on
Wednesdays glare of ice, he add
ed, because the slush will freeze
trough.
Most of the county highways
are untreated, for the simple rea-
son that any adequate ice control
program would cost far more than
the money available, County
Engineer Claude Skidmore said
this morning. About all we can
do is control ice on steep grades"
he said, adding a word of eau
ton for anyone who must drive.
on country roads. There are more
than 500 miles of county roads in
Union county, and to combat ice
on all of them would be prohibi-
tive, he said.
Telephone and electric utilities,
in constant fear of ice storms, got
by without any trouble this time,
their respective managers said
this morning.
Utility Lines Safe
Declared Willard Palmer, man.
ager of the United Telephone CO.
here, The ice was pretty heavy
but we have nothing down, yet.
We're keeping our fingers cross
ed, because a little more freeze
would cause serious trouble" Mr..
/ Palmer estimated the ice about
one-fourth inch thick on the wires
this morning, said another quar-
ter-inch would start bringing
them down.
Carl Jenny, manager of the I'm
ion Rural Electric Coop, said,
1--WE have nothing down at all.
Our lines apparently have just
taken it in good shape this time.
At the Dayton Power & Light
CO., a spokesman said, Our lines
are o. K. so far. If the tempera-
ture continues as it has been so
far today, we should get by, but
a drop of a few degrees might
mean trouble"
Ball Games Postponed
! Bus service in and out of Ma
Irysville continued without inter
Eruption, despite the ice. A local
Representative said at noon that
mo runs were cancelled and all
! buses got through o. k. Some of
them were or 10 minutes late,
but that's all"
! Likewise, all five rural mail
carriers operating out of the Ma
rysville post office started out
on their routes, this morning.
None Of them had reported back
in by noon today, and it was pre-
sumed that all OF them were able
to complete their routes, although
hampered by treacherous road
surfaces.
At least two basketball games
in Union county were cancelled
( because of driving conditions last
night.
! Marysville high school was
scheduled to have played Upper
Sandusky in the Marysville gym,
but the team from Wyandot coun-
ty was unable to get through.
Athletic Director G.. l.. Kings
more said today he would try to
re-schedule the game the latter
part of February.
The Hotel Incor- Newark game,
to have been played in Magnetic
Springs Wednesday night was al
so cancelled for the same reason.
Lloyd Coder, player-manager of
the Incor team, said it possibly
will be played Jan. IL or 10.
Meanwhile, the next game for
the Incor team will be at Plain
CITY. Jan. 8.