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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1938
Page
5
Workers under Bart Davidson supervise tearing out partitions in the southeast quarter of City Hall as the remodel begins. Estimated total cost is 2000 dollars. The southeast first floor will house two fire trucks and the 30 foot curtain tower at the rear, called unsafe by inspectors, will be removed from the roof.
Proceeds from the fourth annual Policemen's and Firemen's Ball at Hotel Berry on May 7 will fund City Hall reconstruction. Plans include rerouting offices, adding firemen sleeping quarters, a concrete floor, and a retractable steel door in the fire department room on street level. The curtain tower above the old opera hall is deemed unsafe and slated for removal. future work may convert the attic and second floor for city offices and firemen housing.
Boy Scout officials plan a banquet at Athens Christian Church on Monday May 2 to close the leadership training in the Hock-Hocking District. J E Thackeray of Ohio University School of Music will speak. Patrol entertainment and awards for patrol contests will honor scouters who earned certificates and those who completed leathercraft and first aid sections.
Federal jurors from Athens Logan Gallia and related locales are ordered to appear in Columbus on Monday May 2 for service on the federal grand jury. Emer son Poston Charles Rick etts and C S Tanner are among those named.
A week of good flying weather drew six visiting planes to Athens with several pilots making trips to Columbus Parkersburg Gallipolis and other towns. Dr John R Sprague and others described links between Athens and Columbus while Adams of Morgantown promoted a mail pickup device to be tested along the Ohio River. Local pilots and clubs hosted a dinner planned by Ruth Knouff for pilots and spouses at Westfall’s Saturday night.
Cen tral Elementary School pupils will stage Tom Sawyer in the Senior High School Auditorium on May 6. Betty Lou Mead and Louis Burgett lead as Tom Sawyer and Aunt Polly, with a large cast including Becky Thatcher and Huck Finn. Miss Clara Keunzli directs with Mildred Murphy assisting scenery and design.
The final figures from the Bang's test for cattle in Alexander Township were reported by the County Agricultural Extension Office. From March 7 to April 16, nine reactors and eight suspects were found among 1,099 cattle from 175 herds. suspects will be rebled in 30 to 60 days to confirm results.
In Madras Oregon 75 residents of Horse Heaven petition the Post Office Department to establish a local office near their mining community.
The statement notes sassafras trees produce three leaf forms on one twig, indicating significant variability in leaf shape from simple to lobed. This botanical feature highlights the species' adaptive leaf morphology.
Walter Wood 35 head of Mt. Union College music department died after surgery in Alliance Ohio. Survived by wife Agnes his mother and four brothers Dr E R Wood of New York City Dr Ray G Wood Dr Homer Wood and Dr Ralph E Wood of Columbus. Funeral plans pending with locations Hebbardsville or Columbus.
Ohio University officials led by O C Bird A H Rhoads Joseph P Trepp and Carrie E Spencer traveled to Atlanta Georgia for the National Convention of the American Association for Health Physical Education and Recreation at the Hotel Biltmore in April 1923 Bird also attended the National Convention for state directors of physical education The group included Lewis Moorehead Ohio state director John Van Why Wittenberg College and Audrey Callander a student at Ohio University The party returned from the event with reports on professional matters and regional leadership roles.
At the University of British Columbia Vancouver 2480 undergraduates are enrolled representing 25 nations. More than 87 percent are of British descent while 281 students are children of foreign parentage.
Mrs Dana Fuller owner and manager of the Fuller Shoppe at 57 N Court St announces closing out her merchandise this month to pursue other interests. The shop has served the second generation of Athens children with gifts for babies and school wear. The closing sale begins Tuesday and lasts until stock is sold.
The Ross Hocking Camp general committee approved five extension group camps for this summer. Schedule includes 4-H Advisers July 23 24 Junior 4-H July 25 30 Older Youth July 30 31 Senior 4 H August 1 6 and Men’s Camp August 6 7. Camps serve extension groups from Adams Highland Pike Scioto Jackson Lawrence Gallia Meigs Athens Hocking Pickaway Ross and Fairfield Counties. This is the first season at the new camp.
The U S Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for Farm Manager at $2900 and Assistant Farm Manager Dairying at $2300 in the Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice. Full info from J L C Kelly at the Post Office in Athens. An anatomy class at the University of Washington preserves Tusko the elephant skeleton and hide weighing three tons.
Athens city observes Saturday May 28 as Poppy Day in a proclamation by Mayor Cliff Cornell The notice urges citizens to wear the Memorial Poppy to honor World War I dead and aid disabled veterans and dependents through the American Legion and Auxiliary.
Hamilton College will gift 40 to 50 books to the library in memory of Prof. Ralph C. Super of Athens Ohio who taught Romance Languages and died last mid December. The collection will be purchased before graduation on June 13 and bears bookplates naming the class and memorial.
Judge Arthur Day candidate for the Republican U S Senate nomination will be speaker at Albany High School next Monday night May 2 at 8 p m announced by J W Whaley president of the Alexander Lee Townships Republican Club sponsoring the event. Everyone is invited to attend.
Ohio University President Herman G. James and coaches Don Peden W J Trautwein and B T Grover attended the Franklin County Alumni Chapter dinner at Fort Hayes Hotel Columbus. James spoke on OU growth and needs while Peden Trautwein Grover Williams spoke informally. Carlisle Collings presided and Harold E Wise was elected chapter president with Mrs Earl Krieger secretary and Earl A Hickman vice president.
Robert Marion Figley aged 82 a former resident of Athens died at 5 15 am Sunday of pneumonia at the home of his daughter Mrs A E K Ayres Wilmington He is survived by three children Mrs Ayres Orville F Figley Chicago and Mrs O G Miller Glen Ellyn NL six grandchildren and three great grandchildren He was born February 8 1856 near Freeport Harrison County The oldest son died seven years ago Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 pm at Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home Burial will be in Hebbardsville Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home.
Yesterday Athens saw a high of 75 and a low of 49. Today noon reached 75 as the city enjoyed a temperate spell with no precipitation reported.
Miss Ethel Woolf, art instructor at Athens High, designs a nine by two foot red oak cabinet for class storage and display. Chief engineer Arthur Oxley built it in spare time since November. the unit features a glass top display, indirect lighting potential, chromium handles, and end cupboards. Exhibits include garalin plates by Morrison and Rympa, soap carvings, wood and plaster works by several students, and clay figures.
East Side School fourth grade displays wall hangings with flower and animal motifs created by stamping and crayon filling. Second grade crafts floral borders and repeat patterns in wallpaper designs. Students rehearse the operetta The Magic Beanstalk for May performances.
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