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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1929
Page
10
County extension agent T. H. Johnson warns Southeastern Ohio growers to spray apples as petals fall and before calyx closure. The letter recommends lime sulfur or dust, arsenate, nicotine for aphids, and lead arsenate for codling moth control to combat apple scab and worm damage.
Athens County Jail records show 406 commitments since April 1 with 61 arrests for intoxicating liquor. Alfred Wright of Murray and Reinalds Gibson of Plains were released after paying fines or bonds. Cheadle of Torch was committed and later released on bond.
A Buckeye Intercollegiate Athletic Conference recap appears in the March issue of the Obio Alumnus. Written by George Bilder, the athletics director at Miami University, the on campus section highlights student organizations, clubs, and social activities.
Ralph Perry of Meign County failed to appear for arraignment in Flora. Constable Guy Carpenter and Dywaty dharift Wilson Ator arrested him Friday. Perry pleaded guilty to operating his ebna without a license and was fined $25 plus costs. bond posted by Perry’s father, hob ot Parry.
Athens Grange presents a three act humorous play The Deacon's Moneynmioon on Wednesday night at the Jackville Grange Hall. Directed by Mrs J Jacoby the show features a large cast of local participants with music and readings as entr’acte entertainment.
Eighth grade pupils will take state exams in Athens County on Monday at 9 a.m. in Mechanicsburg and Kimberly, with additional centers in Mechanteshueg and other towns lacking high schools. Schools dismiss classes for the tests as superintendents assign centers and supervise testing to compare achievements across districts.
Cleveland producers quoted butter and eggs with various grades and prices while Leviathan cattle and calves show steady to strong values. Pittsburgh market notes receipts of cattle calves and hogs with steady to lower prices and lambs and wool markets also cited.
In New Lexington on April 13 Mrs. da Saflor of Corning testified that Miss Jean Wilson, 42, disturbed the peace by yelling abusive language. Wilson pleaded guilty before Mayor C. H. Welner and was fined $10 plus costs.
President W. G. Clippinger of Otterbein College told the Men's Brother of the First Methodist Church to act on good impulses quickly. About 100 attended as he urged balancing knowledge with doing, resisting parental inhibition, and expressing latent abilities in daily life.
Two cars collided head on near the Athens County Fair Grounds on a Friday night about 11. Both autos overturned. George Frasier of Second Street and Arthur Hoon were the drivers. Mrs Koon suffered a deep cut on her right arm. Wrecking crew obtained only the drivers' names.
Kenneth Cheadle of near Toren pleaded guilty to selling intoxicating liquor. He was fined $200 and costs in court and committed to Athens County Jail in default of payment. ASaturday afternoon release effort led to his arrest by Sheriff William Williams, Constable Harry Dalton, and state prohibition officers Y V Resterson and B C MeGar.
More than 104 students from Athens High and Athens Junior High performed The Singer of Naples at the high school auditorium. The operetta featured Guido and Gabrielle with a large cast including Delores Phelps Rosalie Comey Delores Phelps and Rosalie Comey among others, with a 20 piece high school orchestra providing the overture and interludes. The production showcased elaborate settings and costumes as portions of the chorus and street singers added color to the performance.
Three one act plays in French German and Spanish presented by Ohio University Modern Language Department in Ewing Hall Auditorium Friday night. Despite unfamiliar languages the audience enjoyed humorous productions with strong acting and musical numbers enhancing the foreign atmosphere.
A competitive exam will be held in the City Building in the office of Service Director G. W. Romins on Tuesday at 11 for the position of assistant engineer at the waterworks. Applicants must file written applications with Emmett Keenan, clerk of the Service Commission, on West Washington Street by noon April 15. The vacancy followed the resignation of the previous assistant engineer three months ago.
Four minutes apart, Harold and Carroll Horton Morton Telaver freshmen at Ohio University, Delta Tau Delta brothers, are the youngest in the fraternity. The election of a minor officer reveals the paradox of twin ages and leads Harold to declare he was born four minutes after his brother. Friends nickname them Lefy 1 and Lefy 2 on the streets.
Blake Snavely of Sugar Creek faced two charges in an affidavit by Robert Everett. Constables Dalton and Juno arrested him. assault and battery charge was dismissed for lack of evidence. Snavely pleaded not guilty to carrying concealed weapons and was bound over to the grand jury on $590 bond signed by Frank Vortor.
NEW LEXINGTON April 15. The body of Ernest Peck Humphrey 37 son of Mr and Mrs Charles Humphrey of this city was found in three feet of water near here. He had started to Buckeye Lake to fish and apparently fainted while looking for min plows along the creek, tumbling into the water and drowning. Humphrey served with the Canadian Army in World War I.
Ohio University backs a two night production of Dawn O Day in Alumni Memorial Auditorium with elaborate costumes and scenery by university artists. Madame Sadye Siday and Bouhie Gardner headline a cast plus a singing chorus and principals rehearsing music and songs for the comedy musical amid technical stage work and elaborate settings.
James Lantz of Trimble was fined $100 and costs after pleading guilty to intoxication. He appeared before Mayor B A Johnson and was fined in the Trimble court.
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