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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1938
Page
5
Athens City Council approved an ordinance to issue 15000 dollars in bonds for fire fighting equipment but bonds will not be issued until next year. In the interim notes will be issued to raise funds with equipment purchases ongoing and expenditures finalized before bond sale. Interest on bonds and notes capped at three percent.
Dr. Thomas Vernor Smith of the University of Chicago philosophy department will deliver the Ohio University commencement address on June 6. He formerly taught at Texas Christian University and the University of Texas, edits the International Journal of Ethics, and has written several works on ethics and philosophy. He also served in the Illinois State Legislature and is a Phi Beta Kappa member.
Izaak Walton League and Athens Fish and Game Club meet at City Hall at 7 30 PM. Fishing licenses for 1938 sale at Kerr Hardware Wheaton Hardware and by Harry Dalton fund game restocking in Athens County. Dam workers plan concrete core pour tomorrow weather permitting and then earthen embankment work to begin.
Yesterday Athens reached a new high of 50 degrees the warmest in weeks. By noon today temperatures rose to 31 degrees after a 26 degree low overnight.
Emerson Burson, held on a drunken driving charge after being released on bond for intoxication, changed his plea to guilty this morning. Judge O F Rowland sentenced him to 60 days in jail with 30 days suspended for good behavior. Sheriff Bayless and Deputy Evans arrested him again at his home on the intoxication charge.
The Presbyterian Church will host a reception Wednesday evening for the new members received on Sunday January 9. William Evans leads the music and short talks will be given by church members. New members include Loran Jane Cooper Warren Cooper Robert Gamertsfelder Ann Barlow Virginia Shewey Anna Morrison Mrs Cooper Mrs Ogier re Dr George Starcher Homer Dorman Dr Lenore S Stack Mr and Mrs Hammerle Ruth Hammerle and John Hammerle. Refreshments will be served by the class.
Funeral services for James H. Merrill age 70 who died suddenly Sunday will be held Wednesday at 1 p m at the family home near Centennial Church in Decatur Township Rev C H Wilson officiating with interment in Rockland Cemetery He is survived by his wife Alpha Godfrey Merrill and three daughters Mrs Guy Richardson Cincinnati Mrs Ed Deucher and Mrs John Ator Little Hocking
The final of three sheep meetings will be Friday January 21 at 1 30 PM in the Athens Grange Hall. L K Baer a sheep specialist from Ohio State University will discuss cross breeding Southdown rams on fine wool ewes ram type for crossbred ewes advantages of early lambs and causes of sterility. The session is under the County Agricultural Extension Service.
A heated clash over defense access to witness testimony postponed the NLRB hearing on McBee Co. Union charges. Lawyers seek precedents from Washington and Cleveland while the board warns such testimony could harm unions. Claude Wood described wages and wage raises since 1929 and discussed signals about union activity and Remington Rand offers.
According to First Lt. Harold Chadwick, Headquarters Co. of the 2nd Battalion 166th Infantry Ohio National Guard, rifle matches begin Thursday at 7 PM in the Armory. Each man fires five shots at 50 feet in sitt ing kneeling prone and standing positions. The unit held prelim exercises and stressed sighting, aiming, position, trigger squeeze, rapid fire, and final exam before firing.
K. T. Crossen Post of the American Legion will host a smoker and social evening at the post club rooms on Wednesday night. Ex-service men are invited as guests. Entertainment includes Elza Wyatt Jr, Carl Heck's Little German Band, and the Crooksville Legion Quartet. Refreshments will be served.
The Athens WPA Night School begins first aid classes using the revised American Red Cross text. Carroll Thorne chairs instruction and exams for junior standard and advanced courses. The standard course runs 20 hours over ten two hour classes, while the teachers course covers five two hour classes. Registration opens Wednesday evening at Athens High School.
Clyde Dowler of New Marshfield was found guilty of driving while intoxicated in Athens County Common Pleas Court. Judge O F Rowland ordered a $100 fine plus costs and 10 days in jail with a six month license suspension after an arrest on December 20 by the State Highway Patrol. Dowler had pleaded not guilty.
An affidavit states Dailey Sapp and two youths Clif ford Davis and Woodrow Witham broke into A G Sapp home, stole a radio sold for three dollars at The Plains, and are held in county jail on breaking and entering charges.
Twenty Boy Scouts of Troop 56 visited Clyde Mansfield after their meeting. Mansfield, a troop committeeman, conducted a tour of his museum housing old firearms, stuffed animals, glassware, Indian implements, and other items of interest.
Two brothers James and Robert Keough from Canaseraga solved campus costs by constructing a woods shack a mile from the New York State School of Agriculture. The note about sunlight explains we see the sun as it was eight minutes ago.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Ellis violin instructor at Ohio University School of Music gave a short concert for the Athens Kiwanis Club last night accompanied by Miss Irene E Witham piano instructor. Ellis played pieces planned for her Memorial Auditorium concert next Sunday. Savannah Lodge 466 meets Thursday January 20 at 7 30 p m at Guysville for Master Mason Degree by Past Masters. all members and neighboring lodges invited.
Walker's Grocery unveils a marketing innovation using subzero freezing to preserve natural flavor in out-of-season fruits and vegetables. Little America Frosted Foods supplies the units, with a large constant-temperature refrigerator serving as a display. Items include strawberries raspberries blackberries peaches apricots pineapple lima beans peas and more including lobster.
The state rested its case in Common Pleas Court against George Murray of near Gloucester after presenting three witnesses. Murray was charged with carrying a concealed weapon.
Annual meeting of the Athens Retail Merchants Association will follow a dinner at Hotel Berry. The event, announced by president C. O. Burnett, will include officer elections, 1938 store closing dates, and other business.
Albany Consolidated Schools avoided closure after Alexander and Lee Townships boosted delinquent tax receipts. A 1.1 mill bond levy to retire an $8,064 judgment was cut by half a mill, and the half mill added to the operating levy, meeting state funding rules for now. The County Budget Commission approved the adjustment.
Athens Township trustees will issue relief certificates on the first and third Fridays of each month at 9 a.m. in the Cline Building township office. Dwight Rutherford, clerk, said certificates are only issued at that time to aid relief families and avoid futile trips.
C H Hoover of Bell Telephone Co explained how laboratory research drives telephone development. He highlighted radio transmission loud speaking wire photo ship to shore overseas communication and airplane links amid films shown to Athens Rotary Club. The talk titled America On the Wire noted US houses over half of world telephones and stressed industry collaboration.
The blaze near Coolville was a small field burn of broom sedge on Eddie Dunfee’s farm near Coolville Station. Mentions Homer Barnhart on a Carthage Township hill, and Harry Carleton planning improvements on a Coolville property. Nelson in Rutland has grown Ohio tobacco 29 years and sold 1,166 pounds at 31.5 cents per pound on the Huntington market.
Dr. E A Hansen principal of the University Elementary Training School will attend the first meeting of the curriculum guide program of the Ohio State Department of Education on Tuesday Jan 25. Dean Clyde Hissong head of the education department at Bowling Green and Assistant Director Richard Smith will meet with staff to plan the work for the elementary school program.
William McPherson aged 76 died at his home near Albany six days after his wife’s death following a months long illness. He was a lifelong resident and leaves two daughters Mrs C G Chesser of Albany and Maud at home. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 pm in Alexander Presbyterian Church conducted by Rev Ray Huff with burial in the church cemetery.
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