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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1938
Page
7
Athens County officials prepare for a special meeting in the county commissioners office to review 1939 funding battles. Deputy state examiner Water Garrison will advise on possible steps under state law as budgets strain courthouse services and support for the Children’s Home and the county infirmary.
Former Athens resident Hiram Kirklin died yesterday in St. Louis and was brought to Athens by train. He died at his nephew E. E. Moore’s home and left two nieces, Mrs. H. B. Larimer and Mrs. Frank Coon. Burial is planned for Thursday afternoon in W Union Street Cemetery.
Athens residents stirred furnaces to boost heat as cold snaps deepen. Weather observer Mrs. C. N. France reported last night’s low at 10 below zero and today’s noon reading at 17 after a 43 degree high yesterday.
Mrs Ella Sarah Jaynes aged 64 died at her Shawnee home Tuesday night after seven months of illness due to apoplexy. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Shawnee M E Church with burial in New Lexington. She is survived by her husband John Jaynes and son Charles Jaynes, a Southeastern Ohio traveling salesman.
Police Capt. Charles Maple and Officer Leslie Bradfield were summoned to the Court Theater at 12:30 this morning after a report that someone was attempting to enter. The door was found open but no one was inside the theater.
At Sheltering Arms Hospital last night Elbert Minister of 110 East State Street and Grattes King of Athens Route 1 underwent emergency appendectomies. Anna Parker of 88 Franklin Avenue remained for medical attention, Mary Hanning of 47 Stimson Avenue for observation. Belle Gould Mildred Judy both of New Marshfield and Vaughn Shepard of 22 Church Street were dismissed.
The Stars Say the day's planetary directions indicate difficult and adverse situations. Some may face disappointment or disapproval in dealings with superiors, but not all are hostile. Those with birthdays could see a year of mixed fortunes with possible jealousy and conflicts, while influential individuals may help resolve issues and improve finances.
Eugene R. Jacoby, rural carrier on Athens Route 1, served in World War I and returned in 1918. He farms 60 acres with his wife handling flowers, collects antiques, and raises black cocker spaniels Spooksie and Andy. He drives 42 miles daily in good weather and up to 100 miles in floods, past Elm Golf Course toward Route 50, near Hebbardsville.
A resident alerted Athens police at 1:15 AM about two young men in a car seen waiting for a Columbia Avenue girl. Police Capt. Charles Maple and Officer Leslie Bradfield investigated in cold 10 degree weather at the intersection of Columbia Avenue and Lancaster Street.
Athens County plans a health program within the dependent children aid to monitor and improve mothers and children's health. About 200 children under 16 rely on the program, many with illnesses like eye defects tooth decay and tonsil issues. State funding in 1937 supports such work, but local funds are needed to start and sustain screenings and medical care.
Mrs Juanita Wilder died Tuesday night at Columbus with eight children surviving. Sister of Mrs P B Burns, 64 Stimson Ave, she will be buried after funeral services at Chute Funeral Home in New Lexington Friday afternoon.
Arrangements for cooperation between the Unemployment Compensation Commission of Ohio and the state WPA are ready for operation. The plan allows WPA workers eligible for unemployment benefits to file claims with the state commission and stay on WPA during the three week waiting period before benefits begin.
Athens attorney Louis Tyroler and former county probate judge will move his offices to the rooms once used by the late Emmett Keenan in the Lawhead Building on West Washington Street after January 1.
Judge W. J. Jones will announce the verdict in the suit of Mrs. Anna May Milar for 75000 dollars in Athens County Common Pleas Court Friday at 10 o clock. Attorneys are to attend in court for the bench ruling.
Mrs. John Cuckler of Pleasanton Ohio earned notice for her poem Christmas Time appearing in a Canterbury Press New York anthology The Christmas Cavalcade of Verse. She previously published in The Athens Messenger and is linked to the Dixon family of Athens County. A church Sunday school program followed at Zion Church Lower Plains with performers Sybil Gabriel Gladys Stage and Gladys Gabriel.
Funeral services for Theodore Six age 53 of Chauncey will be held Thursday at 2 pm in the Church of God with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery. Friends may call at Stout Funeral Home. He is survived by his wife Carrie Glass Six, five brothers James Bailey Run Jack Logan Fearl Lon and Albert, and two sisters Goldie Dupler and Rosie Carsey. Eastern Ohio and nearby communities are noted in the surviving relatives.
Mr and Mrs Floyd Shafer hosted Christmas dinner at Lower Plains Road Frost Ohio with guests Mr and Mrs John Gibbs and Mr and Mrs J W Frost and their daughters Donna and Ellis Marie Shafer. Afternoon callers included the Bingmans from Glouster Nelsonville Athens and Beaumont Texas telegram greetings were sent and Mrs Gibbs plans a weeklong stay.
Mrs. Lucinda Van Meter recovers after an appendectomy at Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens. Christmas guests include Mr. and Mrs Floyd Barker Athens with George Gabriel Jr The Plains. Wesley Lyman and son Harry Athens with Wendell Moore. Frank Hysell Ath ens weekend guests of W E Dicken Lower Plains. Carrie Channell nursing Mrs William Foster at her daughter Mrs Samuel Crossen Albany, spending weekend in The Plains. Glenn Channell and Dale Channell Mansfield Ohio visit their mother Carrie Channell The Plains. Bessie Walters Chauncey hosts Christmas Day dinner with son in law and daughter Edgar Wingett Columbus then visit Walter Cunningham in Logan.
Mr. and Mrs. William Matson hosted a Millfield Christmas Day dinner for children with all guests present except Elmer Matson of Lake Mills Wisconsin. Afternoon gifts and games followed a chicken meal. Guests included Warren Border and children Jean Katherine Kenneth Jack Wayne Virgil Border Phyllis Learned Matson Charles Donald Hambel Mabel Shaner Charles Martin Bob Floyd Coral Hamble and others.
Mrs Isabel Bradfield hosted a turkey dinner on Christmas Day at her Converse Street home. Attendees included Rev Gilbert Courtney and family, Charles Bradfield, Chauncey Bradfield, George Williamson and family, Dorothy Ann and Mary Eleanor Bradfield, Athens, C N Sanders and family, and Millfield residents Bob and Bill. Uniforms for American letter carriers and substitutes are paid for at their own expense.
Mrs Hazel Luman, president of Zion Church Mothers' Bible Class, entertained the group at their annual Christmas party Friday night at her home on Union Street in Athens Lower Plains. The January meeting is set for the first Tuesday at Mrs Flora Grant's home with members present including Emma Hawk Dessie Sickles Imogene Calendine Louise Potts Adrian Moore Maude Stauffer Faye McDonald Grace Burchfield Grace Gabriel Erma Geary.
Mrs Nette Shields hosted a Christmas party for her daughter Gladys last Thursday night. Attending were Gladys Sunday School classmates and teacher Mrs Bessie Moore. The home was decorated with Christmas colors and a large lighted tree. Gifts were exchanged and the teacher gave handkerchiefs. The girls sat in a circle, recited poems, and sang carols.
South Africa posts a birth rate of 23.9 per thousand, the highest among the British dominions, according to the vital statistics report of the Union.
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