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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1939
Page
2
A December 1939 Athens County election is set for Saturday with two levies on the ballot 2.18 mills for public welfare and 1.5 mills for relief both requiring a 65 percent majority. Polls run 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. across 73 precincts.
The 1940 soil depletion allotment for Athens County totals 21 972 acres, about one percent less than last year. Local soil conservation leaders will distribute the allotments based on land history, erosion, fertility, and farming practices, with individuals due by January 1, 1940.
Funeral services for Wilbert A. Swartz who died today at The Garden will be held at The Garden Church Sunday at 1 30 PM with interment in the adjoining cemetery He leaves his wife Myrtle and four children Mrs Ross Hawk Flora Mrs Clarence Cramer Shade Otto and Wayne Swartz Guysville a sister Mrs May Bean Guysville and other relatives
Mr. F E Dowler president of National Brands Stores Inc has left on an extended business trip to New York City and through the East. There are approximately 494000 stockholders in the American steel industry.
Fred Lee Tom of the Athens Diner on S Congress Street closed his restaurant for five days hoping customers would visit other places. An added 36 by 15 foot seating area for 48 patrons drew university students, who returned in force, prompting the owner to reopen.
Local social notes show Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bradbury and son Poe visiting relatives in Huntington. Roland Rupe returns to Camp Zaleski with family. A Christmas program is planned at Raggar M E Church on Dec 21. Daughters of America held a meeting with District Deputy Pribble Wilson present. Mrs. Olive Rathburn’s charter was draped. Several families hosted visitors from Columbus and Pt. Pleasant. A birth announced for Carl Weimann and wife Charles Larry born Dec 11.
Bashan social page records Sunday visits among locals including the Yosts Andrews and McNamees plus extended family in Alba Pom eroy and Long Bottom. Athens temperatures near freezing with a 40 degree high and 20 low reported. Rev. Melvin Mitchell to speak at Coolville Methodist Church Sunday night at 7 30. England sees over two thousand riding academies amid growing popularity of horseback riding.
A 6:30 pm radio plea on WHKC Columbus by Miss Beatrice Stoecklein of the Athens County relief office calls for cast-off clothing and shoes. Items gathered will go to the WPA Toy Shop project at the former Ray Glostove factory to be reconditioned and distributed in Athens County.
Canaan Grange No. 2437 held a December meeting in Canaanville with a Christmas program led by Mrs. Edith Mansfield. The show featured group singing, a vocal duet by Mary and June Eslocker, recitations by Shirley Marshall and Virginia Williams, a violin solo by Jean Poston with Doris Poston, instrumental music by Lewis Williams and son Roger, a reading of The Origin of the First Christmas Tree by Wald o Poston, and a duet Star of the East by Betty Marshall and Jean Poston with accompaniment by Doris Poston. Gifts were exchanged and 40 members and families enjoyed sandwiches, popcorn, candy, and coffee afterward.
John Walden of Coolville was fined $50 and costs by Mayor Cliff Cornell for intoxication. He was arrested at 6 30 p m Thursday by Police Chief E S Finsterwald and Capt Charles Maple.
The regular VFW meeting scheduled for tonight is postponed. The group will convene Friday evening December 22 in the Armory club rooms.
Applications for admission into CCC camps will be received at the Athens relief office starting Tuesday morning December 19. Selected youths go to Nelsonville for a physical, then to Lebanon for equipment and vaccinations, with final shipment to a camp possibly far away. In Athens County the last group numbered 68 and went to camp in three shipments in October.
Cecil T. Perry of Chauncey was fined $100 and costs by Mayor Cliff Cornell on a charge of driving while intoxicated. Perry was arrested Wednesday night by state highway patrolmen on Richland Ave.
The Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission approved paroles for 51 inmates at the Ohio Penitentiary and granted conditional releases to 16 more. Included among those paroled was Athens Osil Chappelear with non-support on February 15.
The Bureau of Unemployment Compensation will not renew its lease for 2,500 square feet in the Campbell Block at W State and Court Streets Athens. The office is unofficially reported to move to Logan by month end. Ray Miller owns the building.
The War Veterans' Republican Club of Athens County will hold a 7 30 pm meeting in the council chamber of the City Building. County Chairman M C Morrison called the very important gathering on orders from Paul Herbert state president of the organization as part of a series of statewide events.
Miss Gertrude Pritchard at Sheltering Arms Hospital underwent a minor operation this morning. Roy Arnold of Carbondale was admitted for medical treatment. Charles S. Boylan at 64 N Court St had an emergency operation last night. Mrs Pauline Martin of Zaleski was admitted for medical care. Aubrey Nickoson and spouse of Guysville welcomed a daughter at the hospital Thursday afternoon. Mrs Edward Linscott and daughter of Athens Route Two along with Mrs Hazel Miller of 10 Fern St were discharged yesterday. An estimate notes that only about one in 166 people lives to old age.
Captain Joseph Hooker Comstock aged 65 veteran Athens High School principal died at his Lake Geneva Wisconsin home after a paralytic stroke. He taught at Athens High in 1912 and was principal 1914 to 1917 before entering the Army. He later served ROTC posts and Hawaii duty, retiring in 1933 to a Lake Geneva farm. He leaves wife Dora Comstock, three daughters Erma Wrockloff Lena Aldrup and Dow, two sons Joe and Dick, and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at Lake Geneva.
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