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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1935

Page

7

Athens meeting considers water conservation plan for four counties

David Warner outlines a State Water Conservation Board program at a Logan gathering with local leaders. A valley-wide conservancy is proposed including Athens Hocking Morgan and Perry counties with an estimated 20000 dollars needed for a survey and federal funding to back the project. John Lovett and others are named to push the effort.

David Warner Hocking Valley Logan David State Water Conservation Board Vosbeck National Forestry Service Ohio Jnite Rey Conservancy Yat Athens Hocking Morgan Perry Coun

Man Pleads Guilty to Intoxication in Athens Court

Cramer L. Bailey of Athens R F C 9 was fined $5 and costs after pleading guilty to intoxication before Mayor Len B. McCune on Friday.

McCune Cramer L. Bailey Athens R. F. C Len B. McCune

Baldwins Wallace President to Speak at Palm Sunday Service

Dr. Louis C. Wright president of Baldwin Wallace College Berea Ohio will speak Sunday at 7 pm in Memorial Auditorium at a Union Palm Sunday service hosted by the YWCA Athens churches and Ohio University faculty and students. The event features a cross floral display by Rufus Putnam School children and performances by a string trio a soloist and a quartet. Wright formerly led YMC work in France 1918 and served as pastor in Cleveland before his Baldwin Wallace appointment in 1934.

Louis C. Wright Baldwin- Wallace College Memorial Auditorium Athens Ohio University Baldwin-Wallace College Berea Martha White Rufus Putnam Training School Mary T. Noss Patricia Prior Ad-ienne Wricht Merrill Davis H. V. Masters Robert Tompkins P. L. Peterson J. B. Thackrey Wright France Baldwin-Wallace Epworth-Euclid Cleveland Ohio United States

Samuel Gillette Dies At Home of Daughter

Samuel Gillette age 79 died at his daughter Mrs Jess Bennett home in Strouds Run after returning from New Lexington where he had lived the last 12 years. He leaves wife Amanda of New Lexington three daughters Anra Gillette Mrs Jess Bennett and Mrs Dudley Capilinger and a son George of Toledo a sister Mrs Elizabeth Miller of Green Bay Wis. Funeral at Free Methodist Church Athens Sunday at 2 PM.

Samuel Gillette Jess Bennett Strouds Run Mr. Gillette New Lexington Bennett Gillette Amanda Anra Gillette Dudley Capilinger Canaan Road George Toledo Elizabeth Miller Green Bay Wis Mary Tucker Gillette Kittie Koker Free Methodist

Athens Printing Co. Faces Foreclosure Suit in Court

Mergenthaler Linotype Company files petition in Athens County Common Pleas Court against E C Woodworth and Ellis D Woodworth doing business as Athens Printing Co to foreclose a chattel mortgage on one linotype and equipment securing 37 notes of 100 dollars each from Sept 25 1933 to Aug 25 1936. The company claims 3641.20 plus interest with one partial payment on the first note and no further payments.

E. C. Woodworth Ellis D. Woodworth Athens Printing Company Athens County Common Pleas Court Mergenthaler Linotype Company Linotype

Dinner Meeting Sets Course for Athens County Teachers

About 130 county school teachers attended a dinner at the First M. B. Church in Athens. The Greens Run faculty organized the program with talks on finances, health education, and a plan for 20 recreation centers this summer under local leadership. Teachers planned revision of study courses by subject and emphasized library services and summer activities.

Athens County M. B. Church Greens Run Gracia Warden Sue Zockine Dorothy Cosgrave Treva Black O'Hara Joseph McCullough Oren Justice Cosgrave Zockine Woodbury Kenneth C. Ray T. M. Wolfe Child Health Protection Committee Edith Beecher Ohio University

Read What Harriet's Mother Wrote About Ovaltine

A letter from Mrs. George Bauer of Brooklyn describes her underweight daughter improving after using Ovaltine gaining 9 pounds in six weeks. A second mother, Mrs. L S Radesill of Hagerstown notes her child now eats better and has gained 2 pounds. Ovaltine is promoted as a nourishing aid for children and nursing mothers with a disclaimer of individual results.

Harriet MRE George Bauer Brooklyn Ovaltine Evergreen Ave N. Y

Tax receipts show county sales totals through week ten

Sales tax elections for the first ten weeks ending April 6 totalled 42736.76 in Athens County, announced in Columbus. Other counties reported Gallia 14142.41 Hocking 14610.97 Jackson 21203.27 Meigs 16857.97 Morgan 8007.02 Perry 17002.48 Ross 40400.06 Vinton 4110.93 and Washington 34581.40.

Athens County Columbus Gallia Hocking Jackson Meigs Morgan Perry Rows Vinton Washington

Motorist Arrested for Officers at Hillsboro

Joe Hardner of Hillsboro remained in Athens city jail Friday awaiting Highland County officers en route to arrest him for an automobile accident he was involved in. He was arrested by Police Officers Charlies Maple and Leslie Bradfield as he stepped from a bus on Court Street at 3 AM. Hardner said he left his car at the crash site half a mile from Hillsboro and was badly cut with one arm in a sling.

Joe Hardner Hillsboro Athens City Highland County Hardner Charlies Maple Leslie Bradfield Court Street

Meanest Man" Will Be Featherston's Subject at Local Revival

Rev C H Featherston evangelist will preach The Meanest Man in Athens at the Hocking Street Church of God Saturday night. Revival runs nightly at 7 30 through Easter Sunday with several new members joining the congregation. Julia B R McKinstry was granted a divorce from Clarence McKinstry on grounds of willful absence and restored to her maiden name Rowe by Judge C F Rowland.

Athens C. H. Featherston Hocking Street Church of God Featherston Julia BR. McKinstry Clarence McKinstry Grauma C. F. Rowland Athens County Common Pleas Court Rowe

Farmers May Apply For Federal Emergency Loan

Emergency crop and feed loan applications are open through the Athena County Loan Committee. J. E. Bailey in East Washington Street handles inquiries. Maximum loan is 500 dollars, minimum 10, limited to cash needs for seed, fertilizer, supplies, or feed. Loans require cooperation with the Agricultural Adjustment Administration program and a first lien on the financed crop or livestock. A tenant must obtain a landowner waiver of claim, but the landowner bears no repayment obligation.

Athena County Loan Committee J. E. Bailey East Washington Street Clarence Fealty New Lexington Production Credit Association Agricultural Adjustment Administration Vanderhoff Meige Broadwell Washington County Bartlett Hooper Ridge Church Easier Creek Road Ames Township Wingett Chapel Lee Township Wilson Nelsonville Hecht Murray City Logan

National Plan considers 3 million in Athens and Hocking projects

The Ohio Planning Board lists several county and city requests for federal work relief funds as part of a statewide plan. Athens City seeks 1.041 million and Athens County 1.087 million for roads and bridges, with Nelsonville, Murray City, Chauncey and others filing additional needs.

Athens Hocking Ohio Planning Board Athens City Logan Nelsonville Murray City Chauncey Athens County Hocking County

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