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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1939
Page
5
Ralph Emerson of St Johns pleaded guilty before Mayor Luther Bradford at Coolville to using a farm plate on a road construction truck. State troopers arrested him. he was fined five dollars plus costs for farm plate misuse on a public road job.
George VanMeter aged 75, longtime farmer, died Friday at his Athens Route 2 home after four years of ill health. He would have marked 55 years of marriage with Ida Kerr VanMeter on Aug. 4. Survived by wife, two sons William and Clifford, two daughters Alma Nichols and Lovina Sullivan, seven grandchildren, four great grandchildren, and sister Little Love. Calling hours start Saturday after 1 p.m. Funeral Monday at 2:30 p.m. at the home, burial at New Marshfield.
Paul A. Theisen manager of the Athens office of the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation resumes duties after attending a meeting of BUC local office managers in Columbus.
Dr Roy A Burkhart urged graduates to seek cultural life over wealth and to keep youthful idealism. Principal Oliver Wood introduced him as leader of a unique church, while Board member William Drake praised the class’s 91 percent diploma rate.
Athens received .45 inch of rain boosting second cuts of alfalfa in farms and aiding corn, garden vegetables, and fruits. Skies clouded with projected showers as temps rose to near 90 before cooling to the mid eighties today.
Hall E. Clem of Coolville pleaded guilty before Mayor Luther Brafford to reckless driving. Clem, 19, was fined $10 and costs after state troopers arrested him on an affidavit by Pom eroy Police Chief Walter Wolf. On June 1 Clem's car forced an ambulance off the road at Torch, sending it into gasoline pumps and damaging the vehicle and pumps.
Harry Arnold a 19 year old Marietta College student from Cincinnati was driving west on Route 50 toward Prattsville when his car left the road and struck a telephone pole at 820 this morning. Patrol estimates car damage at $100 with the student unharmed.
Tom Cutler returns to Athens to manage the new South Y produce market at the Richland Avenue junction of Routes 33 and 50.
Examinations for civil service posts at Ohio University will be held Monday at 7:30 in Room 103 Ewing Hall. Tests cover engineer, fireman, and storekeeper under the Local Examining Board led by George C. Parks with La Verne Lausche and Miss Irene Devlin. Official tests conducted by the State Civil Service Commission of Ohio.
Mrs. Alice Roach dies with two sisters and four siblings listed as survivors. She was active in the Presbyterian missionary society Nabby Lee Ames Chapter D A R and the Athens Garden Club. Funeral is Sunday at four at the family home with private burial at West Union Street Cemetery.
Rev. C. P. Pridgen district superintendent will lead services this weekend at five holiness churches in Athens County. An annual board meeting follows tonight’s Stewart preaching service. Additional services are planned at Carbon Dale, New Marshfield, East Canaan, and Luhrig churches with a baptismal on June 18 near East Canaan.
James Carsey, indicted May 3 for shooting with intent to kill, was ruled insane by Judge O F Rowland after a 30 day examination by Dr C H Creed. He was placed in the custody of Sheriff Charles Bayless and ordered to Lima State Hospital until recovery, with further legal action to follow.
Jack King and Samuel Shields faced intoxication charges in city court. King pleaded guilty before Mayor Cliff Cornell and was fined 50 dollars plus costs. Shields was fined five dollars and costs after appearing before Mayor Cornell.
In the damage suit filed March 7 in Common Pleas Court, Carson Green sues Joe Beshara for 2018 dollars alleging injuries from a March 8 1937 collision on Route 13 north of Glouster. The Shawnee Mutual Insurance Co of Lima was named as a party defendant upon motion and ordered served. Beshara denies the charges and seeks dismissal. Green seeks damages for auto and medical expenses.
Curtis E Knight Hooper Sr is named supervisor of the newly created NYA Sheet Metal Shop in Athens with approval from state NYA director S Burns Weston. The shop began operation in the old city waterworks building as Knight, with about 25 years in sheet metal work and prior roles as experimental engineer, leads efforts to train youth for skilled crafts.
Mr C C Millikan and Mr C M Covert doctors of optometry visit Columbus to attend the spring post graduate conference at the School of Optometry Ohio State University.
Mexico City reports accusations that student protests tied to Juan Sarabia’s death in Washington were fomented by Nazi and anti Jewish agitators. Foreign Minister Eduardo Hay dismissed sabotage suspicions linking the death to the Mexico bound non stop flight.
Crowds continued to pack Buckeye Lake Park last weekend with its World Fair attractions. Leo Reichert's orchestra plays nightly in the Crystal Ballroom band shell as the Crystal Pool welcomes bathers during warm days. Pool hours are 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. with four lifeguards on duty. A free act this weekend features the three Flying Buffords.
Lawrence Byrd was arraigned before Mayor Dallas Kinser on Thursday and pleaded guilty to assault and battery. He received a $10 fine plus costs.
On Sunday June 11, carriers, their families and friends are invited to attend an event in Vinton. L H Trent, secretary, states the invitation is open to all carriers and their close circles.
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