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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1931
Page
15
In Glouster on June 2 a local physician treated Mrs. Mike Shuski of Modocks for a virulent smallpox case. Several other possible cases lack medical treatment, and the first Modoc area smallpox case in Trimble Township in weeks was reported at the McLeish locality.
Will iam Mesecher hosted a Sunday afternoon gathering in Athens with music by the Cumberland Mountaineers from Station WJAY Cleveland on the air at 6 o clock weekdays. Guests included George Coleman Sohn Grubb Chester Morris Arthur Strome Clara Strome Walter Tewell Otis Clark and family and other local residents.
The Trimble 4-H Club met at Mrs. Leona Hall's home with County Agent T. H. Johnson supervising. Members set summer clothing as their project and planned a Duel 4-H party for Friday June 6. Officers elected include Evelyn Joseph president Edith Johnson vice president Leona Hall secretary treasurer Medrith Rainey news reporter Mary Belle Cole social leader.
Watt Brammer of Trimble, a former Athens County commissioner, is recovering slowly after a severe illness. He has been bedfast for the past three months.
Jacksonville Ladies Aid Society members will gather at the church at 7:30 PM for an entertain ment program and refreshments. Funeral party returns from Akron after Claude Howard, son of Mr and Mrs John Howard, passes away. Claude was a former resident.
Glouster American Legion team had no games over the weekend as Athens did not show on Saturday and rain canceled Sunday with Corning. Sugar Creek is set to visit next Sunday at 2 30.
The Past Noble Grands' Club will meet Thursday night at the home of Mrs. C. G. Lunsford on South High Street. Attendance of all members is expected for this meeting.
Edward Noon and Ted Stiff depart by motor for a western tour with California as the destination. They plan a southern route out and a northern route back, visiting relatives in Los Angeles en route. The trip is expected to last six weeks in total.
Denver reports John D. Rockefeller Jr his influence helped Colorado Fuel and Iron maintain wages after the stock crash. Arthur Roeder, president of the firm, wrote that wage reductions would bring no benefit and the company joined the Colorado Industrial Commission in calling for voluntary action.
Xenia reports Paul H. Creswell as U S Marshal for Southern Ohio, with Rosecar Going a jailed 51 year old Negro for writing love letters to 16 women in Ohio Indiana and Kentucky posing as the United States marshal. He may face a mental exam and impersonation charges after a Newcastle Indiana woman alerted authorities.
Athens city plans a North Hill Reservoir to East State Street water main expansion in a tunnel under North Hill. The $10 000 project uses city labor under Service Director Collins, funded by bonds, to boost East Athens supply and improve streets near Elmwood Place and Richland Avenue.
Fifty members of Athens Grange will attend an open meeting at Athens Grange Hall Fair Grounds on Thursday evening June 4. A memorial program will be given with living pictures. Grange leaders say the meeting is open to the public and visitors are welcome from other granges in Athens County.
Sereno Lodge 479 delegates joined New Marshfield Lodge initiation ceremonies on Monday night. A large Carbondale Lodge contingent attended the event as part of the Odd Fellows fraternal gathering.
YORKVILLE C June 2 EB B Harris, president of the board of trade and of a local bank, lumber firm, church board, town council, Red Cross, unemployment committee, Boy Scouts advisory group, and several fraternal orders, argues a president in all baloney. He says Hoover’s desire for another term is unclear.
The U S Supreme Court ruled Minnesota's so called Gay Law unconstitutional. J M Near appealed after The Saturday Press was suppressed in 1927 for defaming public officials. Chief Justice Hughes stated freedom of the press is guaranteed despite serious charges.
The Ohio House Highway Committee approved a resolution by Rep. George M. Forney 13 to 8 to probe the State Highway Department. Forney cited alleged civil service violations and politically motivated firings to place loyalists in jobs.
Columbus reports the Grain Stabilization Corporation ended price support for wheat in Chicago last week. Ohio Farm Bureau notes no effort will peg this year’s crop and markets will reflect world supply and demand. Prospects say winter wheat looks good and a bumper crop is likely as Ohio yields are strong though lodging could hurt quality.
The Supreme Court denied Roy Myers of Charleston Vermont a review of his conviction and a three year sentence for selling liquor. He was convicted in part on the testimony of a driver named Amos who was alleged to have made the sale.
Jefferson Colorado June 2 jury selection for the murder trial of Julia Maude Lowther a 23 year old quarter breed Indian girl and Tilby Smith former paramour to determine if they will face the electric chair for the killing of Smiths wife was expected to wrap up today.
Organized labor in Ohio announced opposition to a personal income tax and any nuisance taxes as the General Assembly debated the Classified In tangible Bill. The labor group, meeting with railroad unions led by Harry McLaughlin, opposed levies on tobacco soft drinks and amusement tickets. Leaders predicted the legislature would finish by late next week, with a joint conference to resolve the intangible property tax disputes.
Washington reports former interior secretary Albert Bacon Fall faces prison but likely will be spared by judicial action and a lingering illness. Chief Justice Hughes denied Fall’s bid for review of his sentence of one year in jail and a $100,000 fine, raising expectation he may avoid imprisonment despite the conviction and court directions.
Weatherwoman Mrs. C. N. France reports May rainfall in Athens and vicinity at 3.28 inches, more than three times the 0.92 inches recorded in May 1930. The report highlights a heavier month compared with the previous year.
Mrs Raymond Augustine and children Mary Louise and Bobby of Sugar Creek visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs Arthur Burchfield. Darrell Moore and family from Dayton were weekend guests of Darrell Moore Sr and family. W E Dicken spent Memorial Day in Carbon Hill with Mrs Eva Smith. Elizabeth Hawk visited Columbus over the weekend with her son Robert Hawk and family.
Clarence Tiny Kennedy of Canton has been elected captain of Marietta College’s first intercollegiate rowing crew. He is the first crew captain in any Ohio college.
Mohawk Tribe No. 174 Improved Order of Red Men in Ath ens will hold Thursday evening elections for officers. A social hour with lunch will follow the business session, and preparations are under way for a large turnout.
Cleveland on June 2 reports the sweetheart of a counterfeiter being hunted as a co conspirator in a planned escape from the new breakproof county jail.
Eugene Goodwin, 22, who confessed setting fire to 75 buildings here, was indicted today for arson by the Cuyahoga County Grand Jury.
Bert Wilson of West Washington Street was arrested in Athens Monday afternoon by police on a charge of intoxication.
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