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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1939
Page
14
Capt. John J. Lynch leads Athens Safety Week urging youth to have fun without getting hurt. He lists 10 rules on skating, biking, crossing streets, walking against traffic with lights, riding buses safely, avoiding rides, avoiding poles near power lines, and avoiding railroad tracks to prevent deadly accidents.
A safety warning urges youths to avoid dangerous places and risky play near railroad tracks. It stresses not to mock peers, to watch out for teammates, and to prioritize safety over bravado. A live hero is better than a dead one, and loved ones await safe return.
Norman Logue a coal miner files a damage suit in common pleas court against Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co alleging injuries from an October 7 automobile accident on State Route 13 near Mine 04 between Redtown and Jacksonville. He accuses Dwight Kuhn the defendant’s agent of negligence causing his sedan passenger Charles Rutter to be forced off the road and roll over three times.
John Logan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Logan of Ocala Florida, describes Navy aviation service life in Alaska in a September letter from Sitka and Kodiak. He notes bunking arrangements, weather with seas and winds, local eating of smelt and salmon, a duck dinner, and a visit around Kodiak Island with remarks on Women’s Bay and Shinscholdin volcano’s snowy cone and smoke.
Gerald William Tate Ernest Waldo Burchfield Franklin Beitelschies and Joseph Lloyd Evans all from local addresses are home from Norfolk naval training station on a seven day leave granted after eight weeks of training. They will resume training on December 12 and later transfer to active duty aboard a Navy vessel. They enlisted September 5 through the Athens recruiting station and are ranked as apprentice seamen.
Major General Daniel Van Voorhis announces Fort Hayes Ohio will enlist 129 men from Ohio and nearby states for the 1st Division Regular Army. Recruits will report to Fort Benning Georgia for training in new stream line tactics. Units include the 1st Signal Company 1st Quartermaster Battalion 1st Engineers and 1st Ordnance Company. Technical skills needed especially for Signal Corps Combat Engineers and Ordnance.
Grass Run Side Hill society reports a double funeral for Mr. and Mrs. Ben Powell held in Rutland on Sunday afternoon. Nearby social notes include visits by Claude Dulaney and daughter from Dexter and guests at the Plummer and Nicholson households.
A Chester social at Mrs. Norma Dean's home honored her son Woodrow Dean and wife with 62 guests. Obituary reports Mrs. C. M. Spencer’s death near Chester. double funeral for Ben and Mrs. Powell in Rutland. local activities include Peace Declamation Contest winner Jack Hawley of Chester High School. Ancient Egyptians used harp guitar pipe trumpet and drum per archeology notes.
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