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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1935
Page
5
At the Athens CCC Camp a first aid course under supervision teaches medical aid, injury prevention, and life saving. The four meetings cover anatomy, arterial flow, shock, rabies prevention, with future sessions on dressings, snake bite, drowning revives, fractures and sprains, and practical demonstrations.
In today’s early trading the market shows irregular price action with bullish and bearish indicators across commodities. Iron ore and steel related shares show weakness while production and railroad activity hint at expansion. livestock prices vary with calves and cows showing mixed gains and declines amid thin demand.
Fragmentary note discusses reducing fat intake by eating fresh meats and fish, avoiding fatty foods, and using a half teaspoon of salt with a drink. Mentions a person removing eight tablespoons and references to breakfast and a named location.
Obscure ad fragment touts a diet plan and a pharmacy product for rapid fat loss. Mentions digestive terms and daily guidance but provides unclear context and questionable credibility.
A dense price table from Cincinnati listing potatoes by variety and grade with per 100 pound bag prices ranging from $1.35 to $1.90, eggs by quality and size, and poultry item quotes for multiple weight categories including fowls, leghorns, turkeys, and springers. No narrative. prices and item categories dominate.
Receipts show steady egg prices with commission included. Nearby and southern categories list large and medium whites with specific weight codes and price ranges.
OCR fragment shows butter prices and dairy grade terms such as firmer creamery specials and extra firsts with percentages. Mentions eggs and receipts, refrigerator extras, and standards with numerical scores, but no coherent event or article context is present.
The Cleveland produce firm lists creamery extras in tubs and standard butter and egg board specs for eggs and pullets. Live poultry quotes from the Cleveland Poultry Dealers Association show varied prices by age and breed, including leghorn fowls, springers, ducks, turkeys, and geese, with local dressed poultry prices noted.
Dan E. Bulfer reports 500 bushels of locust short leaf pine pitch pine and tulip poplar seeds stored at the Hocking Valley Unit Athens headquarters will be prepared for spring planting at the Chillicothe nursery. He notes the policy of land acquisition is shifting from aggressive purchase to optioned land meeting planning needs. The National Forest Preservation Commission will consider about 30,000 acres now optioned by the federal government in January.
Christmas themed programs fill the week with drama pageants carols and readings. West Side School presents a nativity pageant Thursday at 1 p.m. in First Grade room during PTA meeting. Central Grade School offers a dream of a little girl tableau and pantomime Wednesday at 8 p.m. East Side School presents a Nativity Play Thursday at 2 p.m. in the East Side building. No admission charged and families are invited.
Herbert G. Craig, 22, of West Liberty Ohio, who pled guilty to issuing checks without funds, was placed on two years probation in Athens County Common Pleas Court. Sentence suspended during probation. Attorney La Verne Atha appointed probation officer. Craig to reside with his father and report monthly. restricted from entering Athens County without court consent. He had stayed in Athens near a girlfriend at Ohio University and was jailed from arrest to release. He promised to pay the check holders.
Lenna C. Tucker, mother of 12, sues Part J. Tucker for divorce in Athens County Common Pleas Court charging non support and wilful absence. She seeks custody of four minor children and restoration of her maiden name after he left two years ago and failed to support her for ten years. Last known address listed as Huntington, West Virginia. Married in Athens in 19.
Children at East Side School collected and sent toys books candy and nuts to Gallipolis State Hospital and Columbus Children’s Hospital through the Junior Red Cross Council. First and third graders produced scrap books paper dolls jumping jacks and animal health books while other grades made jigsaw puzzles puzzles home made candy bags and stuffed cats from old cloths.
In Common Pleas Court H. Squire, banks supervisor, earned a judgment of 908.28 plus interest against L.C. Morris and Hope Morris on a promissory note. Athens County cases include Jacob Dorst appealing compensation from the Industrial Commission. In Probate Court A L Pritchard named administrator for the estates of Fred J. Sauters and T J Gilpin. Louise Holdren named guardian of Nora and Catherine Wolf. Aretta L Murphey estate exempt from inheritance tax with five heirs listed. property sales and appraisals noted for Bainum’s Grill assets.
The combined choruses and glee clubs under Floyd K Prince and Miss Fatt Lambertus will present a Christmas vesper at the high school auditorium Tuesday at 8 pm. The pageant follows the dream of an old couple with scenes of shepherds kings and Bethlehem. The Masquers Club will perform pantomime with 109 voices in the chorus and 190 total participants including the school orchestra. Tickets are free and reserved seats can be obtained by calling the high school.
Seventy three students at Athens Senior High School earned honors for the second six weeks with averages of B or better. The honor roll lists named seniors including Frances Hartman and Bob Daggett, plus juniors and sophomores such as Stephen Fuller and Jack Biddison, reflecting broad academic achievement.
Robert S Tompkins will assume duties as Athens City auditor on January 1 after election on November 5. The City Hall office and fire vault were redecorated by WPA workers who also built shelves and rewired the building. City records were catalogued and filed, with walls painted cream and matching wainscoting. Eleven hundred Methodist ministers in Fongland have barred the word obey in marriage ceremonies.
In Athens County Ohio the State Security Savings Bank sues Feast W Helwig and others in Common Pleas Case No 16239 A second alias order of sale calls for a public auction at the courthouse in Athens on Monday December 30 1935 at 1 30 P M The property at Richland Avenue comprises Lot No 10 in Moore’s subdivision of Farm Lot 61 and is appraised at 3500 with minimum bid two thirds of that amount The sale is cash on day of sale Charles Stratton Sheriff and L G Worstell Attorney.
A state report by Dr. K. C. Snow shows 246 of 5,302 cattle tested in Athens County positive for Bangs disease over 13 months. Six of 285 herds had nine or more reactors. positive cattle are tagged and branded for slaughter while those passing two tests are accredited for interstate shipment.
Paul Edgar of Athens pleaded not guilty Monday to assaulting his wife Margaret Edgar in a menacing manner when arraigned before Mayor Len B. McCune. He was bound over to the grand jury under a $300 bond, which was furnished.
Athens County extension library system moves under a WPA project led by Mrs. Charlotte Gowing Cooper with plans to transfer to the Ohio State Library when the extension service opens next June. New branches at Coolville Millfield Salem Jacksonville and Stewart start today as women librarians are hired to serve 30 to 40 centers. Daisy Smith will supervise libraries and eligibility requires relief family heads registered at Athens NRS office.
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