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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1937
Page
5
Athens County prepares for the 86th annual fair as rides, animal acts, food stands, and dog races debut on the opening day. Earl Bose and 11 greyhounds with monkey jockeys headline daily races while booths from Shamrock Cafe and Mrs. Mallory offer snacks. A running horse competes against a monkey ridden dog in an added feature.
John McLaughlin of Troy Township, 83, a Fair Board member, served 34 years without missing a day at the Fair and attended four days each year. He has lived on the family farm 63 years and never missed Coolville camp meetings in 56 years. He believes the Fair improves yearly and will be the best ever.
B W Banard owner of the Hippodrome Show with two nine month old African lions a big black bear ponies mules dogs and monkeys staged for crowds on the Athens County Fairgrounds in Athens Ohio The show moves from here to the State Fair and Banard notes the trees at the back provide the prettiest setting yet Athens is the first Ohio city to host the production.
Lee Myers the Rutland blacksmith is shoeing the race horses by the barns. The usual fair follow the fairs blacksmith did not appear, so Secretary Herb J. Parker brought Myers up for the week. Myers often visits Athens to shoe horses kept at the Fairgrounds.
Dwight Rutherford presents a harness racing update noting fifty horses as the optimal field. Entrants include J. N. Simpson of South Carolina with five, Darrell Mahr of Chattanooga with five, Mr. Van Metre of Lancaster with five, N. S. Croy of Athens with three, Gabriel Pencelli of Albany with one, S. S. Ruble of Logan with two, Dr. C. G. Dew of Nelsonville with one, L. S. Aler of Lancaster with one, J. W. Pierson of Lancaster with one, and Ed Morgan of Troy with one. Morgan is remembered by older fans. his grandson became the youngest United States driver two years prior.
Floral Hall hosts displays of champion peaches apples and other fruits plus top potatoes corn and vegetables from Ames Bern Waterloo and Troy. Signs explain improved pasture cheaper feed while Future Farmers of America chapters showcase varied livestock and farm scenes. Re-employment Service booth presents 1870 to 1930 employment data.
A board of departmental engineers recommends a $15,000,000 project to create a permanent 35 foot deep shipping channel between Montreal and Quebec after a three year survey of St Lawrence River levels. The report notes canal depth behavior over time.
George Beal sues Nelsonville Auto Sales Co. and salesmen William Heeton and Clay Sanders in Athens County Common Pleas Court appealing after a June 7 1937 trade agreement for a new car in exchange for his old vehicle plus $320. Beal says Heeton refused to finalize the deal despite repeated offers to pay and surrender. He seeks $126 in damages.
Wilbur McDonald of Columbus, formerly Athens, pleads not guilty to grand larceny and desertion of a pregnant wife. He was jailed after failing to post bonds of 300 each. Pearl Glass pleads guilty to copper wire theft. bond set at 1000, jailed. Ernest Glass charged, pleads not guilty, bond 500. Thomas Dalton held without charge after a Richland Ave fight.
In the Hotel Berry dining room in Southeastern Ohio 60 Clover Farm members elected 10 directors and planned the fifth annual picnic in Marietta. Sam Hartman led the meeting with talks by Carl Beasley and John Barron on the national drive. C F E Bode of Chesterhill won a meeting award. New directors include Jacob Wagner Buchtel Paul Tipton The Plains George Verfers Corning D W McDaniel Athens Hall Chapman Coolville Frank Ryan Junction City Abraham Massar Pomeroy M A Gray Marietta H O Sedwick Amesville Wade Kimball New Lexington.
Mrs. Margaret Johnson aged 83 of Chesterhill died Tuesday morning after a three week illness. She had been in failing health for some time. She leaves two daughters Mrs. Ray McCune of Athens and Mrs. John Bowman of Chesterhill. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon in Chesterhill and burial will follow there.
A ghost embassy in Bucharest is closed forever. The former Russian Count Polewski-Kosell, named Romanian envoy by the Czar in 1907, aided Romania’s entry with the Allies. The envoy died recently.
Edward H. Gaylord of Ohio University School of Engineering spoke at the Hotel Berry on the problems of a bridge engineer. He described underground foundations, ground work, and air cable work, stressing past flood records and future traffic in selecting bridge type and materials. The Rotary Club also wished Dr. C. L. Jones a happy 67th birthday.
Lester Robinette and Harold Nicholson of Athens were fined $5 and costs each after arraignment before Mayor Len B. McCune. Both entered guilty pleas to intoxication charges.
Opal Hill of Kansas City shot 75 to tie the course record and top a 32-player field entering the first round of match play at the Women's Western Closed Golf Tournament in Minneapolis.
At a Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce meeting Dr. C. E. Holzer proposed the chamber sponsor sale of 15000 in 6 percent preferred stock to Gallipolis citizens for a new foundry company. Holzer and Zuhars back a 50000 stock company to manufacture stoves gas ranges and hot plates with about 40 workers to start. Zuhars brings 18000 in equipment and both hold all common stock. stock expected to be sold this week. Also Ohio Valley Grange to present a musical program at Bidwell Porter School Tuesday.
Coal mine operator George Lindamood has been discharged to his Thurman home from Holzer Hospital recovering slowly from an accidental gunshot wound near his heart suffered a month ago.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Westerman M E Church announces an ice cream social for Friday evening August 27 on the church lawn. Fried chicken sandwiches and other treats will be served.
Dr. G G Kineon superintendent of Ohio Hospital for Epileptics and his brother James P Kineon with the Rye New York family are on a two weeks motor journey through Nova Scotia.
Surviving sons and daughters of Abraham and Elizabeth Thomas, Welsh pioneers of Tyn Rhos, gathered with 37 relatives for a Sunday reunion and noon picnic at Tyn Rhos Church. Children named include David, John, Dan W., Ray Thomas, Elizabeth Housh, and Jessie Davis. deceased members include Samuel and Gomer Thomas. parental home near the church recently burned.
Unknown individuals forced entry into the restaurant operated by Mr and Mrs Glenn Brown in Vinton Sunday night and stole merchandise valued at 100 dollars. Sheriff Hatfield and deputies are investigating the incident.
Dr J F Steiner of Hoover's Social Trends Commission notes Americans spend less on food and clothing during downturns but attend prize fights football and baseball games and movie houses more than expected.
Workmen start tearing out the double tier of cell blocks in Gallipolis Municipal Building as remodeling plans proceed. The steel doors and cages are removed for junk while rocks are saved for reuse. County jail, new separate men and women cells planned. court to move to temporary quarters. hundreds of prisoner names remain penciled on the corridor walls.
In Gallipolis the Jenkin Davies family held its eighth annual reunion at Parish Grove between Thurman and Oak Hill. Attendees enjoyed a picnic dinner and eulogies for Lizzie L. Rees and John J. Davies, read by Jane Davies.
Mr. and Mrs. George Bright hosted a party at their home near Vinton on Sunday to honor Mr. Bright's 75th birthday. The gathering included 94 guests consisting of their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Prof. B. W. Dornbirer of Monroe Ohio will teach in the Commercial Department at Rio Grande College and oversee the college publication. He holds degrees in Journalism and Education from Ohio State University.
Florence Sheline and Hugh Leach both 21 are held in the county jail after arrest in Delaware. Chief John Fraley sent them back to Gallipolis. They face charges for numerous small robberies in northern Gallipolis in June. They reportedly lived in a cave at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics, surviving mainly on stolen roast pig and vegetables. Leach is a parole violator from Mansfield Reformatory. Sheline has a police record.
Mrs Mary Walker resigned as Lecturer for Huntington Grange. Mrs Orie Painter appointed in her stead and outlines the August 28 meeting program including opening song roll call readings by Hazel Harmon Anna Mae Painter and Orie Painter a Dewey Walker address a short play and closing songs with stunts by Lena Fern Painter.
Gallia County Commissioner and former Vinton postmaster George P. Ewing has entered Holzer Hospital for observation and treatment.
Gallipolis to receive seventy grade Hereford heifers direct from Montana ranges. Col H B Ecker and Frank C Christ purchase the cattle, shipped in two railroad cars and expected in fine condition. Average weight around 70 pounds. Dave Pickens adds twenty purebred heifers for grazing on Keener Land Co 700 acre Kerr Station farm.
Louise Roush announces the Grange meeting on August 26 with Flowers as the theme. Roll call will note My Favorite Flower and Facts About Its Cultivation. A debate on the resolution that every farm home should have a flower as well as a vegetable garden will follow. Members bring poems and unusual flower specimens. games will be conducted by the lecturer.
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