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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1938
Page
3
WPA guided county wide road program will be sponsored by the Athens County commissioners with township trustees handling project selection. District WPA administrator L C Gibson says the change aims to speed operations and cut costs, while ensuring projects meet sound engineering and policy goals.
Canaan Grange will meet in the Grange Hall at Canaanville Tuesday night March 22. The Trimble Grange degree team will confer third and fourth degrees. Members are asked to bring sandwiches and pies for lunch.
Plan for a 6 a.m. Easter sunrise service at Schine's Athena Theater sponsored by the Athens Knights Templar in which all city churches will participate and a special musical program will be featured.
District aviation notes in Athens discuss floodwater delaying a Friday flight by Dr. L S Adams, inventor of a pickup system for government experiments. Ralph G. Johnson of Waco Aircraft demoed a standard cabin plane but field conditions limited takeoffs. Local pilots discuss pre and post flight medical checks and practical flying tests.
Six students from Athens High School qualified for the state contest at Oberlin College on May 14. Virginia Segale earned superior, Alice Maccombs and a clarinet quartet achieved excellent ratings. Other district solo contest participants received very good or good marks, and the band was rated very good despite missing band contest due to a minstrel performance.
Miss Rose Nelle Frye age 16 daughter of Mr and Mrs Harvey H Frye former Athens and The Plains residents died Saturday at the family home in Columbus after three and a half years of heart illness. Survived by five sisters and grandparents A C Ansel Zaleski, niece of Mrs Erwin Stauffer. Funeral tonight at home eight. Tuesday funeral party to Athens for service at 2 pm in W Union St Cemetery Chapel burial in the same cemetery.
Neighbors spotted smoke at 29 Moore Ave Saturday night after Mr and Mrs Sam Bachman left the house. Firefighters found a roast burning on the stove and removed it, tossing the charred meat from the back door. The incident stemmed from the Bachmans forgetting to turn down the flame.
NYA women workers are sewing aprons and dresses from donated print fabrics to raise funds for the Athens County Fresh Air Camp. The garments, including flour-sack styled aprons with embroidery and colorful prints, will be sold at various county locations to support the camp program.
Firefighters rushed to 49 Depot Street to battle a chimney flare up that ignited a shingle roof at 8:25 this morning. The blaze was knocked down with chemicals and caused about $5 in damage.
Clarence Fealty field supervisor for the emergency crop and feed loan office will be in Athens on Thursday March 24 between 2 and 3 p m to take applications for crop loans. For more information contact Ross Wright county agent.
Four men from Hocking and Guysville pleaded guilty to intoxication at arraignment before Mayor Cliff Cornell. Robert Hatfield Thomas Brooks and Charles Martin of Hocking along with Herbert Bean of Guysville were fined five dollars plus costs.
Sheriff Charles Bayless and deputies pursued chicken theft cases in Canton and Athens. One man, Roman Rapp of New Lexington, pleaded not guilty to stealing 24 chickens worth 40 dollars and breaking in, with bond set at 500 dollars. Rapp was arrested in Glouster after a county-wide search. Two suspects remained under investigation in Canton as officers questioned them. The case ties into two Athens County residents detained in Canton after a produce house employee reported suspicious chicken sales.
A carload of Idaho potatoes, about 40 000 pounds, arrived at Athens freight yards to aid relief clients in Athens and Meigs Counties. Relief Director Fred Shafer said eleven tons go to Athens County and nine tons to Meigs County, distributed through local officials. An additional 24 000 pounds of northern apples is expected soon.
Athens County Pomona Grange met at Amesville High School and adopted resolutions opposing any gasoline tax cut until state road assessments charged against abutting landowners total 103 000 are refunded. They also call for higher fair booth premiums, arguing most assessments date from past highway construction and were not repaid. About 125 people attended. programs from Canaanville and Trimble Granges followed talks by Ross Wright, county agent.
The J. W. Thompson Co. of Columbus opened offices in Athens today to sponsor and build parade floats for the Northwest Territory celebration on April 11. The local headquarters will produce floats and sell materials to residents who wish to craft their own.
Henry N. Boucherle of Youngstown sues Cline Ice Cream Co in Athens County Common Pleas Court alleging a company truck struck his car on October 3, 1937. He claims $700 total damage plus $500 for nervous shock and $200 for car damage. Negligence is charged in the petition.
Mr Earl Funk, a compositor for The Athens Messenger, underwent an appendectomy at Sheltering Arms Hospital this morning and is reported to be getting along well.
Greens Run high school junior class presented Campus Quarantine a three act comedy Friday night drawing a large audience. Miss Carrye Smith coached the production with John Sirotnik on piano accordion and Steve Toth on guitar providing interludes. Cast included Nellie Belle Cannon Helen Zglenski Mary Frances Kempton Clara Hilderbrand Gertrude Lainey Freda Poole Steve Hubey Ernest Mackey Frank Erdy Fred Bratka Charles Houston and Robert Craig.
Mrs. Etta Reynolds and family were summoned to Cleveland by the illness and death of Robert Hayden, a former resident of the district. Attending the funeral were Raymond Reynolds, Donald Reynolds, Margaret Reynolds, Floodwood, Anna Woods and daughter Donna Faye, and Thomas Hardy of Nelsonville.
Ma zon Council No 93 Degree of Pochahontas in Millfield held a Thursday night meeting with 17 members present. Attendees observed St Patrick's Day with themed luncheon and decorations.
Chauncey records reveal that Dover Grange No. 388 organized in 1874 with Master M R Learned and officers including Ebenezer Pratt and F M Koons. Charter members listed include J C Headley and J L Hansberry. all charter members are deceased except Dr A J Learned.
Mrs Nell Rupe Librarian at the Chauncey library announces a new schedule. She will assist at Nelsonville Library Monday Wednesday and Thursday and at the local library Tuesday and Friday from 3 to 8 p m. A number of new books have been received and library service is free.
Rev Damon Watkins preached to a capacity crowd at the Millfield Church of Christ revival now in its second week. Special music is planned and members of the Glouster Church of Christ Men's Class will attend tonight.
Rev Walter Martin of the Free Methodist Church Athens will start a revival at Sand Ridge School tonight with services each night at 7 30 for two weeks. The public is invited.
Thirty two Girl Scouts accompanied Miss Viola Nelson on a bird hike at the State Hospital grounds Saturday morning. The rest of the day featured folk dancing singing nature scrapbooks and letter craft. No meetings Thursday and Friday due to a training course conflict announced by Mrs. Thor Olson.
Mrs. Neil Crawford gave a harp recital for the University Training School on Friday. She explained the harp mechanism to the children and played several selections.
Revival meetings at Pleasanton M E Church began Sunday evening under Rev Earl Cowen. Services continue nightly for two weeks at 745 p m with assistance from Rev Nutter of Chesterhill.
The 1938 spring opens in Athens with sunny skies and temperatures in the mid seventies and a high of 68 yesterday. City officials expect Northwest Territory Celebration visitors this summer while Ross Wright promotes lawn care with pre-roll raking, fertilizing, and seeding and offers a 32 page illustrated bulletin at his Post Office Building office.
George Banks state representative will address the Athens Women's Democratic Club on the third floor of the Security Bank Building at 7 30 tonight. All Democratic women are urged to attend.
A Republican rally at Shade is planned for Tuesday night March 22 with Dr. H. T. Phillips speaking and music. Officers for a township Republican Club will be elected. The meeting is open to men and women.
Capetown reports Juan Vujtech aged 52 arrived after a decade of walking begun in 1927. He claims to have covered 80 000 miles more than three times the earths circumference, marking a remarkable global odyssey.
Robert Stuff, a former Gallipolis resident, returns home and opens a bakery in the Webster Building on Court Street.
Local Young Republican clubs across Athens County meet at Twin Pines in Athens to organize a county club. By laws will be adopted, officers chosen, and representation set for county executive council. Townships including Carthage Ames Bern Waterloo Lee Rome and Lodi list their officers and reps.
Poison ivy and poison oak are not the same plant though the two are frequently mistaken for one another. Both allergy causing plants share similar appearances but differ in leaf arrangements and growing habits.
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