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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1938
Page
7
Tilford W Jewell NYA district supervisor met Athens County Supervisor E S Haller to outline coming year's natural resources conservation projects. The program aims for broader conservation outreach with consolidation of small labor efforts under stronger supervision and addition of power equipment.
Warren Hanning of Lick Run pleaded guilty to a grand jury indictment for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. He was fined $50 plus costs, sentenced to 10 days in the county jail, and had his license revoked for six months by Common Pleas Judge O F Rowland. He was arrested by Nelsonville Police Chief George Bateman.
Columbus Mayor Myron B. Gessaman and Ohio House Republican floor leader William McCullough will headline a county wide rally sponsored by the Athens Young Republican Club. The event at Hotel Berry runs 6 PM to midnight with dinner speeches and dancing. Delegations from Nelsonville and state party officials will attend.
Senior 4 H members enjoyed a travel talk with moving pictures by Oliver Wood, Athens High School principal, at the Athens Grange meeting. Refreshments followed. a committee was named to pursue financing for an electric phonograph with Grange and Farm Bureau coordination. Plans for the Older Youth Conference at Ohio University on Feb 15 were set, with committees appointed for future meetings.
Robert Swyers age 33 of Athens was killed last night near Corning when his car collided with a truck. He was accompanied by two girls, one of whom was hurt. Details could not be learned in Athens today.
George Millicon of Route 7 Athens Township was freed on a $300 bond after a jury failed to reach a verdict on an indictment for indecent exposure. The 12 jurors deliberated nearly four hours before being discharged. Prosecutor Harold Rose won a nolle pros motion from Judge O F Rowland to seek more time for investigation. Fourteen witnesses were summoned by both sides during the trial.
Many sufferers find relief from nagging backache after realizing tired kidneys may be to blame. The kidneys flush acids and waste from the blood, about three pints daily, and symptoms include painful or scanty urination, burning, and swelling. Dean's Pills are promoted as a long‑standing remedy.
West Side School fifth graders build a pioneer diorama with block houses cabins and a houseboat while learning about the Northwest Territory and the Ordinance of 1787. Third and fourth graders explore watercolor shading and gather clippings on the ordinance as part of the lesson.
A motion picture of the Passion Play from Oberammergau will be shown at the Presbyterian Church tonight at 7 30. The program features scenes from the life crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus with sound, organ, orchestral and choral music. Admission is free with a silver offering to cover expenses.
First grade pupils at East Side School, under Miss Lucy McBride, build a cardboard farm with a blue barn and hay wagon while a house with yellow windows takes shape. They clip numbers and words from newspapers and magazines, then paste them on charts after proving letter knowledge.
Robert Figley Dixon 81 died Wednesday evening at his son Thomas E. Dixons home near Hebbardsville after a long illness. He is survived by wife Lucetta Haning Dixon a daughter Mrs John Thomas Zaleski a son Thomas E. Dixon a brother Albert M. Dixon Colorado Springs ten grandchildren and eight great grandchildren Funeral services will be Saturday at two oclock at the Methodist Church in Downing with burial in Wells Cemetery Friends may call at the home Friday and Saturday.
A three and a half hour NLRB hearing on The McBee Co. case featured W. F. Burke, president of The McBee Co. Employes Association, repeatedly unable to recall dates and facts. Burke contradicted statements, admitted unsure memories, and noted he was known as Spatsy while defending that union activity emerged before November 1937.
A H Brooks Athens plant manager of the Cline Ice Cream Co was elected president of the Ohio Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers at its twenty first annual meeting in Columbus. He is the second Southeastern Ohio man to hold the honor succeeding the late J Halliday Cline. Brooks has 22 years with the Cline Company and ten years as plant manager. He also served as vice president of the association the past year and has been a director of both the Ohio Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers and the Ohio Dairy Products Association for several years.
Floyd Bolin Post No 3477 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold a meeting at the Athene Armory Friday evening January 21 at 7 30 Adjt Earl E Mann announced today.
Supervisor Paul Seip and his USDA entomologists finished their elm survey around Athens after finding no further Dutch elm disease. Affected trees near the E R Lash land were removed and burned, with beetle spread considered unlikely due to proximity to a railroad siding. The report warns of the disease as a deadly threat to shade trees nationwide.
Battery C of the 134th Field Artillery in the Ohio National Guard at Athens Armory announced leadership changes. First Lt. Elbert Carmichael said signaling duties will be led by Ivan Brown and Clarence McKinstry, while Lt. Richard Corwin becomes reconnaissance officer after being relieved as motor officer. Sgt. R. Campbell is promoted to motor officer. Jack Quest and Lloyd Shumway move to Reserve National Guard. two new recruits enlist. A pistol range near Athens is planned for spring with firing for qualification medals planned.
Joseph T. Dear doff, 68, Lebanon resident and father of Undersecretary of the Interior Charles West, died of a heart ailment in a Dayton hospital on Wednesday.
Members of Battery C 134th Field Artillery Ohio National Guard and guests invited to a dance at the Armory Saturday January 22 from 8 30 p m to 12 o clock Jack Dalton and his orchestra provide the music Armory decorated by battery members.
The $50 000 alienation of affection suit filed by Jesse A Wiseman of Sandy Ridge Dover Township against Joseph Mullis man Tick Ridge is scheduled for February 2 in Common Pleas Court.
In Farmville North Carolina tobacco expert Mr Branch Bobbitt says higher tobacco prices boost profits and Luckies attract expert buyers who bid to own the best leaf He emphasizes tobacco quality over brand loyalty noting he smoked Luckies for years Sworn records show Luckies hold more exclusive smokers than other brands among independent experts.
Two scarlet fever cases were reported to the county health office. The ill are Charlotte Schott, 19, Ohio University student at Howard Hall, now in the university infirmary, and Joe White, East Side School pupil, of 122 Maplewood Drive.
Funeral services for Carl Russell who died at his home Wednesday will be held Saturday afternoon January twenty second at two o clock in the Christian Church at New Marshfield. Friends may call at the home before the service and the family requests the casket not be opened at the church.
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