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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1935
Page
5
Athens County 4 H Clubs report 605 girls and 234 boys earned project exhibit premiums at the Athens fair with premiums averaging based on two grades. Clyde Oxley built a notable exhibit while many clubs received A B or C grades for their displays and record books with awards ranging from 115 cents to 2 50.
Edward Knox son of Mr and Mrs Howard Knox Pauline Danford Dayton suffered a fractured skull in a fall from an ice truck near their Dayton home Dr Byron Danford sister of Mrs Knox left for Dayton Mrs W G Danford and Barbara Danford visited in Dayton The boy remains in St Elizabeths Hospital in serious but improving condition
Arthur Graham of Athens pleaded guilty to intoxication before Mayor Len B. McCune and was fined plus costs. Ernest Campbell of Athens pleaded not guilty to assault and battery filed by his wife Cora Campbell and was held to the stand jury under a $200 bond posted.
Fifty five students at Ohio University will receive scholarships for the upcoming year. The Columbia Downing Scholarship worth 600 dollars yearly is shared by two juniors a senior and a sophomore. Additional 80 dollar awards go to four juniors one sophomore and forty three freshmen. Local recipients include John Lee Pickens and William Leaders both Athens residents who share in the Downing Fund.
Faye Dillinger accuses husband Charlies Dillinger of failing to provide home, food, or clothing. She seeks temporary alimony and restoration of her former name Norris in Athens County Common Pleas Court. The couple married November 2 1931 in Parkersburg West Virginia and have no children.
FERA to distribute federal relief commodities in Athens County next Tuesday at the Athens distribution center rear of Zenner's store. All recipients must call the center on Tuesday. Schedule at other centers remains unchanged.
Eastbound and westbound schedules list multiple Central and Chesapeake routes with daily, except Sunday, and morning and afternoon times. Notable lines include New York Central No. 2 at 11 32 a.m and No. 4 weekly, along with No. 3 Diplomat and No. 12 daily departures.
Athens County youths are urged to apply now for Civilian Conservation Corps enrollment. Eligibility requires single status ages 18 to 28. prior CCC service must include an honorable discharge and four months minimum or three months maximum, with a prior discharge before Oct 21 1933 still eligible. Enrollment and physicals occur Saturday at Camp Athens with possible reassignment to camps outside Ohio.
Arthur Jago of Glouster was arrested in Amesville for carrying a concealed weapon. He pleaded not guilty before Justice of the Peace George King and was bound over to the grand jury in 300 dollars bond, paid. Constable Ralph Ball reported the blackjack possession.
Alva Rutter of Nelsonville pleaded guilty to pointing firearms after an Athens County Grand Jury indictment. Judge O F Rowland fined him 25 dollars and suspended any jail time with no days to serve pending good behavior in Common Pleas Court.
Harvey Lim ing, 42, of West Union, was injured when a dud dynamite charge exploded prematurely Tuesday. The blast burned his face and blew off both hands, leaving him the father of eight children.
Wesley Fesler former All American football star at Ohio State shows interest in taking an Extension Division correspondence course in Educational Psychology at Ohio University. He sent a letter to Dr Simeon H Bing director and asked for a course catalogue. The letter was on Harvard Athletic Association stationery with Fesler listed on coaching staff.
Blanch Pierce sues Joshua R. Sands and Jeannette F. Sands in Athens County Common Pleas for 1000 dollars in damages and a restraining injunction alleging that a ridge on the adjoining lot was cut away in 1923 and a ditch dug to divert surface water onto her 12 acre tract. She says recent work worsened flooding and debris in drains and a driveway.
Fifty two Athens Messenger carriers travel to Columbus for a day at the Ohio State Fair. A 35 passenger bus from Athens and 17 additional riders from Nelsonville join The Messenger's contingent. The outing includes visits to the Ohio State Penitentiary and Radio Station WAIU then a picnic and fair event schedule, returning by 9 p.m. The trip was earned as a prize for faithful service in delivering the newspaper.
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