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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1935
Page
5
Athens County miners sit idle as surplus coal stores and the Snyder and Guffey bills spark industry debate. Proposals aim to regulate sale prices and production with a government board, potentially changing coal oversight. Local operators predict contracts may shift and August output could rise.
Officials outline driver testing and licensing procedures for bus operators. The process includes a July 1 exam date, badge issuance, and a charging system for examinations. Details describe eligibility and vehicle operation standards as part of a formal regulatory framework.
Thirty CCC members at Camp Athens toured the Ohio University Museum led by Dr. W A Matheny as part of an educational and recreational program. The campus style program includes photography music swimming field work and tours aimed at soil erosion work. Barracks No 1 leads an intra barracks softball tourney with a six week schedule and a donated plaque prize. A dark room for photography classes has produced wildlife images. Swimming classes were started for about 25 non swimmers. A boxing ring was completed and a CCC band is developing but needs more instruments.
Two East Millfield fathers Clarence Grant and Ray Dowler were arrested by Athens County officers after a town feud escalated when their children clashed. They were released after promising to stay law abiding, with both men badly bruised from the fight.
Ohio University students completing a two year or degree program at the end of the summer or post summer session must apply for the diploma or degree at the registrar's office on Thursday June 20 or Friday June 21. A diploma fee of 1.25 dollars is required with the application.
Harper C Pendry superintendent of Athens city schools was chosen chairman of the new district Boy Scout council in Nelsonville last night. Officers and committees were named with McKay Johnson Bingman Dow Arnold and Robinson among key appointees. Walter Porter and E J Arnold to name the district probably Indian in origin. Regular meetings set for July 8 at Glouster and a demand for Scout troops in four or five localities authorized investigation.
Twelve year old William Hahn fell from a tree while picking cherries for his mother Mrs. Bessie Hahn at 16 Currier Street. He stood on a ladder that slipped and fractured the left arm near the shoulder. An X ray showed the bone cannot be set for a few days. He attends Athens Junior High School.
Athens County commissioners will view a road in Ames Township on June 24 and hold a hearing on its vacation July 1. The road runs from near the Earnest Loeffier farm to the Mary Harrison farm, per a petition signed by freeholders of the district.
Contempt charges against William A. Clester were ordered by Judge O F Rowland of Athens County Common Pleas Court. Attorney L G Worstell was to prepare and present the charges in writing for noncompliance with an alimony schedule approved by the court.
Leota Russell Featherston, wife of John Featherston of near Stewart, died of pneumonia at St. Josephs Hospital in Parkersburg at noon Tuesday after five weeks in care. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 oclock at the Haga Church with calling hours at the Featherston home in Stewart after 6 oclock Wednesday.
Miss Edna Way's sixth grade artists at Ru fus Putnam Training School have their summer works chosen by judges Miss Margaret Abel Dr. E A Hansen and Dr. E C Class to hang in the Putnam halls for the next year. Orland Bean and Jane Finsterwald praise the process and join a special summer art class. other students winning outdoor watercolor include Billy Poling Frances Malone Bertha Grimes Helen Copeland Kathryn Finsterwald with Orland and Jane also creating pastels.
In Athens the court action to move $2.00 from the Waterworks Fund to an electric light survey fund resulted in costs of $23.80. Deputy clerk Ed S. Lara sen reported the amount, and Judge C F Rowland ordered the city to pay.
The Mechanicsburg Village Cooks 4-H Club met Tuesday at Harriett Carpenter's home for a business and recreational program. The next gathering will be at Bonnie Jean Smith's home on June 25.
Dr J M Higgins Athens County health chief reports higher indemnity for destroyed grade cattle from 20 to 25 dollars effective June 10 under the Bangs Disease eradication program. Reactors yield government bounty plus salvage prices, with funds to test about 1,500 new herds monthly.
A. M. Lewis, who helped search the Hocking River for Mary Michael, stated he is not employed at the Athens State Hospital as The Messenger had claimed.
Applications for enlistment are now being accepted by the U S Marine Corps. Applicants must be 18 to 25 years old and pass a rigid physical examination. Complete information is available by writing to the U S Marine Corps Recruiting Station Room 624 Post Office Building Chicago Illinois.
Funeral services were held for Mary Michael of The Plains after her body was recovered from the Hocking River near White's Mill. The 16 year old drowned when swept off a mill dam. Burial was in West Union Street Cemetery.
FERA projects approved at state relief headquarters in Columbus to start when funds are available. H. M. Spang, county relief director, recommends $2.40 for exterior painting at Athens Senior High School, furniture refinishing in home economics room, interior repainting and sash repointing at the Junior High, and refinishing 44 000 square feet of floors across four buildings.
Athens County election officials may gain optional day and night shifts under a new Ohio measure. Six precinct workers handle opening and ballot tally, then four counting officials tally votes after polls close. Cost would rise by roughly 6 per precinct, with total per-precinct pay about 50 dollars.
Athens County Board of Elections will open bids for August primary election supplies Saturday. Poll book tallies envelopes and similar materials are to be bid. Board members are Harry Kelly chairman D A Bardin Frank Poston and Earl Johnson.
Gore students and teachers will gather at the Gore school house on Thursday June 20 for a full day picnic reunion and program.
In Mrs. Charles Ogg’s garden at 214 West State Street large white yellow and pink snowball blooms reach 5 feet 4 inches amid heavy rain and attentive cultivation.
An old advertisement promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills claiming they stimulate two pounds of bile flow daily to relieve sourness and fatigue. It warns against laxatives and mineral water and emphasizes the red label Carter's Liver Pills as a gentle vegetable remedy available for 26 cents at drug stores.
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