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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1940
Page
5
The Athens County budget commission will meet at 2 oclock Friday afternoon December 6 in the county commissioners office to hear members of the county library committee and others regarding the 1941 budget. The reduction of the library budget, which has been protested, will be considered.
Athens County will hire 30 to 40 NYA youths to help teach industrial arts in county schools starting mid December. Supervisors say the program adds supervisory experience for graduates while supporting defense related crafts. 70 hours monthly per worker with duties including repairs under school direction.
The regular December meeting of the Ohio University faculty will be held Friday afternoon at 4 10 in Ewing Hall auditorium announced yesterday by President Herman G James.
Funeral services for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Wayne Swartz will be held Friday afternoon at two oclock at the Garden Church.
This old treatment claims backache relief by addressing tired kidneys. Doan's Pills are endorsed as a forty year solution to flush out waste, with millions using them for relief from nagging pains, puffiness, and circulatory discomfort.
Ida Staneart 78 died Wednesday at her daughter Mrs. Fred Haines home in Lancaster after a long illness. She left six daughters Mrs. Haines Albany Mrs. William Beckley Mrs. Ray Zimmerman both Albany Mrs. Clyde Colburn Pratt Fork and Mrs. Carl Stewart Akron along with five sons Henry Milton Albany George Marion Homer Athens and Chauncey Carpenter. She had 32 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. Funeral is Saturday at Weaver Chapel at two oclock with visitation at Mrs. Beckley’s Albany home.
New York headlines promote Zemo a doctor’s formula with 30 years of success for itching sores pimples and blemishes. The stainless greaseless liquid claims to aid healing and disappear discomfort when used morning and night with ten special ingredients. Available at all drugstores.
Athens Post Office urges shoppers to mail early and wrap securely to avoid delays. Postmaster Francis P Frebault says holiday mail volume rises about 200 percent and recommends air mail or special delivery, insured or registered mail, complete addresses, and careful packaging to ensure on time delivery.
Christmas decorations and favors set a festive tone as the Girl Reserves of Athens High School hosted more than 100 mothers and daughters at a banquet in the school gym. Ruth Ann Grover, Joan Watts, and Elizabeth Krecker sang, Francis Hessel played, and counselor Mary Connett spoke on club work. Jane Finsterwald introduced the program and dozens of mothers and friends attended.
A Common Pleas Court jury ruled for John McManaway against the Industrial Commission of Ohio granting him eligibility for state workers' compensation funds. The verdict cites an accidental injury while employed by Poston Consolidated Coal Co and dates the injury to December 21, 1936 due to monoxide gas inhalation from a mine explosion.
Hazard Gibbs 42 seaman of East Nassau New York injured when his left foot was mashed in an accident aboard a vessel in Norfolk. An ambulance taking him to hospital collided with a car, breaking his right leg.
Mrs Nellie Golding of 6 Morris Street Glouster underwent a major surgical operation at Sheltering Arms Hospital this morning. Mrs Elizabeth Collins of 25 Kern Street was admitted for medical treatment. Hamilton Oldfield aged 18 of 126 Morris Avenue was released after eight days of treatment for a left eye pierced by a thorn.
During classes at Conneaut Junior High School band instruments valued at 790 dollars were stolen from the second floor. No suspects named and no further details provided.
William K. Williams attorney and composer of the Northwest Territory Sesquicentennial Song 1938 is dead. He was an Ohio University graduate. A million hours of flight equals 165000000 engine miles or 3300 trips around the world.
A demonstration in a specially equipped automobile followed a lecture by Harry M. Pontius safety director of Farm Bureau Insurance at Athens High School. Pontius urged personal driver responsibility and scientific study of driving to improve safety, noting that traffic rules deserve equal attention to any game.
John Sheffield, 22, of Amesville, arraigned before Mayor Cliff Cornell on excessive speeding. He was fined $10 and costs after arrest by state patrol on Route 50 Alternate near Sugar Creek. Camels prefer thistles to hay.
The ad promotes Old Mohawk a tonic sold at Gallaher Drug Store 16 Court St. It claims benefits for fatigue biliousness gas sleep and constipation and offers a nine week supply for a few cents with a money back guarantee.
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