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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1941
Page
5
Scarlet fever cases at Mechanicsburg School decline after mass throat cultures. Health commissioner B B Buckley reports eight cases in six weeks prior to Nov 19, 450 cultures sent to Columbus, 45 quarantined, 10 still isolated, 35 released after further tests. Nurses and parents praised for cooperation.
Athens City Council unanimously adopted a new liquor and beer enforcement ordinance closing loopholes and setting age limits of 18 for beer and 21 for liquor. The measure enforces midnight closing, 5 30 AM opening on weekdays, and bans Sunday sales, with penalties of 25 to 200 dollars and potential jail. The council also created a city bacteriologist position and approved year-end bills for the waterworks, plus a street outlet deed, heating parts, and financial reports on sales tax and city staffing.
After the 1941 Athens City Council meeting Council President P. F. Good presented Mayor Cliff Cornell and Service Safety Director Bart Davidson with gifts as they retire December 31 after four years. Cornell praised city workers while Davidson thanked colleagues for loyalty and efficiency.
West Side School will host a holiday party for its pupils on the last day of classes before vacation. PTA members and teachers provide treats as students decorate classrooms with festive wreaths, Christmas trees, and handmade gifts for parents.
Athens pupils in fifth to seventh grade will receive Saturday instrumental lessons after holidays. Music director Floyd Prince announced there will be a meeting tonight in the high school music room from 7 to 8 30 to choose instruments. Instruments will be available for tryout. Parents of top talent test scorers are being notified. The aim is to start training by mid January.
Dr. B V Swisher died at his Radcliff residence Monday from a heart ailment after 35 years practicing medicine there. He was a Knight Templar and Aladdin Shrine member and served on the Vinton County Board of Health. Survived by wife Ruth Cottrill, sister Mrs Rothgeb of Addison, and two nephews Roy Rothgeb of Gallipolis and another in California. Funeral at 1 30 P M Thursday at the home, Knights Templar Commandery officiating.
G W Jewell aged 82 former Bishopville resident died at his home in Portland Oregon, word reaching sister Mrs Etta Frazier of The Plains states. He left Ohio as a youth to settle west. Surviving relatives in the area include brother Charles Jewell of Glouster and sisters Anna Kinder Trimble George Williams Bishopville and Frazier. His wife and a daughter preceded him in death. He leaves one son Harold and a grandson and great grandson.
A preliminary meeting in the Armory drew 40 airmen aviation mechanics and radio operators to discuss forming a local Civil Air Patrol group. Officials outlined certificate reinstatement and normal operating privileges while Athens Airways received ACA instructions to render aircraft inoperative unless under 24 hour guard. Awaiting federal organization, district units are urged to prepare enlistment applications as further instructions are awaited.
Ohio University students in Psi Chi heard Chet Evans of Wayne County Juvenile Court discuss the role of a clinical psychologist in Detroit's juvenile court. Evans, a 1938 Ohio University graduate with an MA from Wayne University, has worked in Detroit juvenile court for two years.
The Fourth District Court of Appeals in Ohio is hearing the appeal of D. T. Orndoff from a 1941 ruling that granted R. W. Finsterwald and Gordon B. Gray a $4,666.35 judgment and enjoined Orndoff from mining gas on the A. P. Linscott farm near Canaanville. The ruling held Orndoff’s gas mines trespass into a coal vein owned by Finsterwald and Gray. The $4,666.35 judgment was suspended as Orndoff posted a $6,000 bond pending appeal before judges Verner E. Metcalf Roy J. Gillen and Russell K. McCurdy.
Civil action by Norman Fulton against George Fulton and Edith Grim for a one third share in Lodi Township property was dismissed for want of prosecution in Athens County Common Pleas Court. Petition filed May 8 1941 sought the share as Melvina Fulton’s heir.
Lawrence L. Dodderer, 71, died Monday at his home near Tuppers Plains after a several month illness. He spent his life on the family farm where he died. The funeral is set for Thursday at 1 p.m. at the home with burial at Tuppers Plains.
Porter Dicken the Athens County dog warden reminds owners to buy new licenses. Tags are sold at the Auditor CO Gibson office and must be purchased before January 20. Fees are one dollar for a male dog three dollars for a female and ten dollars for kennel operation.
Schine Theaters announces Alvin Polk, manager of the Athena and Ohio Theaters in Athens since September, has left his position. A new manager has not yet been named and will be announced shortly, officials said.
A. E. Bay, 63, of Nelsonville, was fined $5 and costs by Mayor Cliff Cornell after pleading guilty to failing to yield the right of way. He was arrested by the State Highway Patrol on Route 50 near Poston.
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