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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1936
Page
5
The readable lines mention New York and Virginia, oysters and shell disease, a crop with 17,000,000 consumed, and nutritional notes. References to certification, proteins, iron, and vitamins appear amid garbled text about shipments and care.
Athens County commissioners rebuffed a state emissary seeking to appoint Democrats to the old age pension office. They restated that only qualified Civil Service applicants may fill roles, as four proposed names were rejected. The office runs with two workers while 145 applications await processing.
Two county records were set in March at the Athens County Courthouse. Non-support payments totaled 714.87 dollars across 108 payments to Elizabeth Mills, trustee for separated parents. Prosecuting Attorney Harold J. Rose reported 1,277 bills of sale filed via Ruth Burdette, including 195 for new cars, plus fishing and hunting licenses totaling 49.75 dollars.
A Recreation Baseball League began March 30 and runs through May 6 with Rufus Putnam Fast Side and Central Schools. In the opening games at East Side Rufus Putnam boys beat East Side 15 to 9 and Rufus Putnam girls defeated East Side girls 16 to 3.
Medical claims describe kidneys as containing 15 miles of tiny tubes that purify blood. Warning signals include backache, leg pains, fatigue, and swelling, suggesting kidney waste buildup if not emptied. Use Doan’s Pills for relief and flushing, as advised by druggists.
Athens County official Frank Biddle, long time educator and public servant, seeks the Republican nomination for one of two county commissioner posts. Born on his family farm in Alexander Township, he studied at Ohio University and served 30 years in public affairs including 26 years on the Alexander Township school board and 12 years as its clerk. He led the county fair for 17 years and managed it for 10, and as county commissioner he chairs the Board of Revisions and the Old Age Pension board.
Suits by G D Gorham as Athens County treasurer against John L Bowman and Elizabeth Steffy Ayres have been dismissed. Squire of the Ohio banks department may settle debts with Frank Hawk and Allie Hawk, exchange mortgages for Home Owners Loan bonds and cash, and approve a real estate sale in Trimble with commissions and taxes noted. Walter P Lines seeks divorce from Mildred Grace Lines with child custody requested. Sines accuses alimony and irregularities. New York Coal Co asks partition of York Township tracts with Ohio Fuel Gas Co in interest. potential sale if partition harms owners. George Stalder estate valued at $1,000 and heirs William and Evan Stalder exempt from inheritance tax. George Junod estate inventory extended to April 27.
A community marble and jack tournament will be held at Rufus Putnam Training School on Saturday morning. Student teachers Miss Hope McDermott and Miss Audrey Callander lead events inviting boys and girls from city schools to participate. The marble event is for boys and the jack event for girls, though both may enter either contest.
Three men from Athens and vicinity were fined five dollars and costs each after pleading guilty to intoxication charges before Mayor Len B McCune. The defendants were Cris Stevens of Mechanicsburg Harold Jewett of Athens and Robert Jones of The Plains. Net of Police E 8 Finsterwald Captain Charlies Mapie and Night Officer Leslie Bradfield handled the case.
Four woods fires since Saturday were extinguished by CCC men under ranger supervision. The largest blaze at Colgate north of Murray City burned about 90 acres with 18 men on duty from 10 PM to 1 30 AM. Other fires occurred near Coolville, The Plains, and Mudsock Hill, totaling tens of acres. The ranger urges careful practices to cut fire damage.
An emergency immunization clinic will be held Saturday morning April 4 at 10 o’clock at the Hockingport Schoolhouse for residents in Hockingport and surrounding flood areas exposed to floodwater. Dr. J. M. Higgins announced the free clinic sponsored by the County Health Department and conducted by Dr. Mahla of the State Health Department. Officials from the State Health Department inspected district wells and chlorinated them as a precaution. People in Hockingport Troy and parts of Rome Townships are urged to visit for anti-typhoid inoculation with others welcome.
Merchants in the district will file semi annual sales tax reports instead of the prior quarterly returns. A special journal entry dated March 9 replaces the requirement, with first and second quarter returns on a single form covering January 1 to March 31 and April 1 to June 30. Return blanks will go out in June and must be filed by July 31, 1936, as an affidavit. Vendors should keep records of prepaid tax receipts on hand at March 31 and of gross sales from January onward.
Francis J. Starzel manager of the Associated Press Bureau in Columbus will address the Episcopal Men's Club at the Athens church Sunday night at 6. His seven years with AP include roles as night city editor in New York and coverage of Hauptmann arrest the Morro Castle fire and other sea disasters in 1934 1935. His topic is Has America's Free Press Succeeded.
Battery C of the 134th Field Artillery Ohio National Guard conducted a preliminary drill under Captain Paul L. Hail at the Athens Armory. The session covered regulation drills, cannoneer training, truck servicing, uniform wear, data and communications, with a planned road march if weather allows on April 19 and interviews for recruits on April 6.
Athens County WPA projects this week halted or paused. Two indefinitely, three until approved fund supplements are released. one project to reopen next week. Road, waterline, sewer and street reconstruction work affected in Carbondale Kimberly Road Elmwood Lick Run Nelsonville and Trimble streets.
Initiation ceremonies for five new members of Kappa Alpha Beta at Ohio University will be followed by a banquet and an address by Dr. Lawrence E. Hicks. Hicks, head of government conservation in the Zanesville District, will speak on Wild Life Conservation in Ohio at Music Hall Auditorium at 8 30. A collection of colored slides worth 500 dollars will illustrate the lecture.
WPA workers in District No. 5 must report at 7 a.m. at the projects instead of 7:30 a.m. as previously announced. The shift aims to prevent confusion from multiple changes. Office workers remain at 8 a.m.
The Athens High School Girl Reserves held a noon meeting on Wednesday with Florence Smith as leader. Group pictures for the yearbook Arena were taken.
Pool room equipment from the Brunswick-Balk Col lander Co et al was sold Monday at a sheriff sale to A. B. Wells for $375 in a suit against FE R Waiburn. No bids were received for equipment tied to Edward Kinsey as receiver of Coolville National Bank against William Blackwood.
J. O. Weaver, moving from Indiana to West Virginia, was fined $5 for operating a trailer without a license plate. State Patrolman M. L Davis arrested Weaver on Route 31 near Athens. Magistrate Bennett suspended the fine and Weaver paid costs. The trailer was left in Athens.
East Side School pupils from the fifth and sixth grades staged a stunt assembly with plays and performances. The Sixth Grade presented four skits including In the Park and Old Doc Brainwater with named student participants. The Fifth Grade showcased Traveling in Other Lands. A Style Show by the Fourth Grade featured several boys dressed as girls.
Mrs H D Mirrick sister of Guy Brown and Miss Mabel Brown of Athens died this morning in Washington DC. Born in Athens she had lived there about 40 years. Funeral arrangements had not been completed today.
Mayor Len B. McCune requests children to stay out of the business district. An city ordinance prohibits children from using vehicles on the streets and he will direct police to enforce it.
The Athens Phey promotes Endo Corn a remedy claimed to remove any corn or callous quickly with no pain Demonstrations available at the shop for fifty cents the ad asserts the treatment is certain and valuable compared to other cures
The 11 sales tax examiners of the Fifteenth District met at an all day session at the Hotel Berry. Representatives from Athens Hocking Vinton Gallia Meigs Washington and Morgan Counties were addressed by Wayne Geissinger of the Legal Department of the State Tax Commission on The Use Tax Law and by Rob Robb of the Excise Department.
The First Grade at Rufus Putnam Training School visited Beasley Mill to watch wheat ground into flour. They will next tour Littler's Bakery to see bread making.
Miss Lucile Hunter, former Salvation Army missionary to Cuba, will aid in conducting revival services at Pleasant Hill Church tonight. Regular speaker Mrs. W. W. Hinshaw will discuss A Thousand and One on a Drunk. Musical services conducted by Rev. Parl Grewen, pastor.
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