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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1936
Page
5
Firemen were summoned when a piece of meat on a stove in Athens started burning after water boiled away. Mrs. Grace Riley of 23 Union Street left the meat unattended and caused smoke. no serious damage resulted.
Ben Efaw no address was fined and costs after pleading guilty to intoxication. He was arrested by Police Chief Be S S Finsterwald and officers who reported carrying 294 dollars in cash. Martin Miller Middletown and Martin Barstow Chauncey each pleaded guilty to intoxication and owed 5 dollars and costs. Barstow was jailed for nonpayment. Denver Shaver Albany pleaded not guilty to reckless driving with trial set for tonight in mayor's court.
Ohio University graduates, their families and alumni plan a busy weekend of activities starting Saturday June 6 Alumni Day. The schedule includes alumni golf tournaments at Athens Country Club Board of Trustees Phi Beta Kappa and Alumni Association meetings plus art exhibits and a 5 30 p m commencement picnic under the McGuffey Elms. Sunday features a baccalaureate address by Dr Louis Clinton Wright a concert by the Women s Glee Club and the annual Cresset dinner and president s reception. Monday morning Oswaldo Aranha Brazil s ambassador will address graduation with President James awarding degrees to more than 340 graduates.
Leigh S Moorehead 22, son of Mr and Mrs QO Moorehead, made his first solo flight at the U S Naval Air Training base at Grosse Isle Michigan last Friday. He graduated Athens High School in 1931 and earned an AB degree at Ohio University in February. A Beta Theta Pi member, he joined a class of six this spring with four due to report to Pensacola Florida in two weeks. he is the first in the class to solo.
In three months thousands of Athens men and women ended corn and callous troubles using END-O-CORN. If corn persists, visit the Athens Pharmacy for END-O-CORN tonight. Tomorrow all right, it cannot fail. The ad claims a $50 value for 50 cents.
Jury duty grows by twenty as Athens County Common Pleas lists five trials for next week. Indictments against Chioves Frome Heavener for intoxication proceed with two counts and $100 bond each. Virgil Collins retrial follows a hung jury after six hours. Early week features Tilton Bailey and Dickens vs Sharp, with State v Phillips, State v Robinson, and State v Patton filling the rest of the schedule.
Ohio University will offer 11 weeks of summer study plus a three week post session. Registration for the first session is June 15 with classes through August 7. the post session runs August 10 to August 28. Courses span many departments and local schools stay open for student teaching.
Kansas City news notes kK F Sells dry goods and ready to wear store moving today from 19 N Court St to a larger two floor space two doors north of the Ohio Theater. The relocation, planned for tomorrow, doubles usable area and adds conveniences. Sells opened seven years ago at the former site.
Mrs. Anna Maude LeMay aged 68 died of pneumonia Wednesday at the home of her son Rudolph at 226 West Union Street where she had been living. Funeral services and burial will be in Princeton Indiana Saturday. She leaves another son George of Marysville Missouri. Her husband is dead.
Dr Judd Wilson of Columbus spoke on fractures at the June Athens County Medical Society gathering held at the Athens Fleet M. F. Church. Twenty members attended. The next society meeting is set for August 3 at Dr T A Copeland’s Stewart farm for a picnic. Floyd Bolin Post VFW will meet Friday at 7:30 pm at the Athens Armory as announced by James Thompson. New membership candidates will be inducted. Portland Girls 4 H Club elected Garnet Ours president Mabel Ann Cox secretary Grace Middleswart reporter Maxine Roush cheerleader. The next meeting is June 10 at Mabel Ann Cox’s home. Mary Elizabeth Chapman, daughter of Frank Chapman Pomeroy, was omitted from the list of Ohio University seniors graduating next Monday.
Helen Griffin of near Canaanville was bound over to the Grand Jury under $200 bond after pleading not guilty to assault and battery in Magistrate T. R. Bennett's court. Deputy Karl Gardner made the arrest on Wednesday.
Weather officials predicted fair and moderately cool conditions today and Friday with a gradual temperature fall. Yesterday's high reached 8 degrees, then slid to 3 degrees overnight as a cool breeze swept through Athens. The text notes federal relief aided college football players last fall.
Dirt digging crews for a three mile Route 31 brick highway between The Plains Road and Floodwood move 55,000 of 87,700 required cubic yards. Beightler and Hussey manage 140 working days with Moore brothers subcontracting dirt moves. Workers, split into two shifts, are paid 70 cents to 65 cents per hour with 40 hour weeks under the National Reemployment Service.
Medical authorities note kidneys contain about 15 miles of tiny tubes that purify the blood and keep health. Ads warn of symptoms like backache leg pains and weakness and urge purchasing Doan's Pills for relief, claiming long use by millions and urging readers to ask their druggist.
A food and clothing conference for 4-H Club Advisors was held Wednesday in Athens County offices. Ross Wright, county agent, and Ohio State University Extension specialists Doris Heinzelman and Alma Garvin led discussions on projects with leaders and advisors.
William Castlen, the boy evangelist who arrived in Athens Tuesday, preached his first sermon at the Salvation Army Hall, 92 W. Union St., last night on The Two Ways. He and his companion James Isbill sang several duets. Tonight the two boys will lead another service at the Army Hall.
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