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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1936
Page
5
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Athens County and its subdivisions receive about 30,200 today from nearly seven million dollars in automobile license fee funds. Checks come from Frank West, state director, totaling 6,006,960 to counties and 25 percent to subdivisions plus 000 equalization per county. Local shares include Albany 175, Amesville 50, Athens 2,750, Buchtel 125, Jauncey 275, Coolville 150, Glouster 600, Jacksonville 125, Nelson 1,200, Trimble 150. Remainder funds go to county and township accounts with later township distributions. Other district totals include Gallia 13,320 and Marietta 5,250 among listed cities and counties.
Athens County Agricultural Agent Wright traveled to Chillicothe to join county agents committee members and Southeastern Ohio officials at an agricultural meeting. They discussed the new National Soil Conservation program with Kens County farmers accompanying the group.
H White of Athens paid five dollars in costs after a magistrate fined him for a tail light violation. State Highway Patrolman J H Gorham filed the case after stopping White on August 31 near Athens.
Athens County treasurer incumbent G D Gorham seeks re election in the May 12 Republican primary. Born in Broadwell he is a longtime Athens County resident, former Stedman Co salesman, married with two children, residing at 61 Sunnyside Drive Athens.
Fourteen children received diphtheria immunization at Buchtel this afternoon under county nurse Clara Cavanaugh and county health commissioner Dr. J M Higgins. A morning clinic was held at Amesville Schoolhouse supervised by Anne Morgan. Glouster students and parents are to be immunized Tuesday morning April 21 directed by Esta Rankin with Dr Higgins and Dr E LeFever. The third typhoid immunization at Hockingport is set for Saturday morning by Higgins and Rankin with a week more of clinic.
County Democrats unite behind Rardin leadership in a rally noting party strength advances. Speakers urged support for candidates, emphasized backing the nonpartisan ticket for judges, and highlighted local prominence of Athens and Nelsonville officials.
Irma F. Voigt Dean of Women at Indiana State College Terre Haute attended American Association of University Women meetings as director of the northeast Central Section She travels to Bowling Green to address the state meeting of Deans of Women Saturday and plans to return to Athens Sunday.
Herman Hoffner of Pomeroy pleaded guilty to driving past a loading school bus. He was fined 10 dollars with 5 dollars suspended and costs, after arrest by a Athens Sub-Station patrolman and arraignment before Magistrate Titus at Pomeroy.
The Athens Schools Music Department staged a children's music day at the high school auditorium featuring the Central Grade Toy Band saxette groups Beginners' Band Junior Band and the High School Band. Performers included Thea Patistides Louise Young Ruth Lambertus Floyd K Prince Bob Covert Clyde Pierce and others with selections from Soldier's March to Dark Eyes and Yankee Doodle. The program closed with combined Junior and High School Bands performing America and the Star Spangled Banner.
Eagles of Athens attend a district meeting at the Wellston Eagles Lodge on Monday April 20 with guest speaker George Nordlin president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Three Athens Aerie members Ed Walker William Bowers and William Cameron will return to the Wellston lodge they helped establish. Twenty five more Athens members accompany them. Nominations for Athens Aerie offices are set for Wednesday April 29.
M. Gill, Frank R. Murphey, F R Walker and Dwight Rutherford traveled to Jackson Thursday for a district meeting of insurance agents and executives. The event covered a public relations campaign sponsored by organizations of Ohio insurance men. Murphey chairs the state committee on public relations of the Ohio Insurance Association.
About 25 to 30 Ohio State University elementary education majors led by Dr. Laura Zirbes toured Rufus Putnam Training School on Thursday. Miss Frances Martin of the Columbus Child Development Center joined the group, who are practice teaching in Columbus schools, on a bus trip that included a stop at The Plains.
About 70 Athens County men attend the Boy Scout Leadership Course in Nelsonville with patrols formed for practical demonstrations at Nelsonville High School Gym. Rev. Lloyd Evans will discuss troop relations, and leaders Paul Handel Tom Auflick Walton Davies Roy Dupter organize and lead activities and first aid instruction. The article notes the U S Canada border as the longest undefended boundary at over 5 500 miles.
A committee of 4-H advisers will meet tonight in the county agent's office to organize plans for a 4-H adviser banquet. The banquet date and other arrangements will be decided at the meeting. The 1934 embargo on cotton tails, not jackrabbits, was lifted after the Kansas game department intervened.
State Director of Education E L Bowsher will speak at a Hotel Berry gathering for school executives on Tuesday at 1 PM. The event is private and not open to the public.
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