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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1946
Page
5
Athens sees spring arrive as temperatures peak at 64 degrees the day after winter's end. Yet frost risk looms for fruit crops as buds appear, with forecast subfreezing temperatures potentially harming blooms depending on timing. Orchardists begin spraying trees to protect fruit during bloom.
Francis LaRue 37 Middleport was arrested by city police on an affidavit charging theft of 100 dollars worth of garage tools from Blacktbar Auto Co in Pomeroy. Tools matched those missing from the Pomeroy garage and the affidavit cites entry at 111 p.m. March 15. He is in custody of Pomeroy chief Walter Wolfe.
The Chauncey-Dover school system seeks an 850,000 memorial stadium and other improvements funded by a May ballot bond issue. The plan includes modernization of Millfield and Sugar Creek School facilities, safety upgrades at two coal mines, and new industrial arts spaces. District officials cite low interest rates and available federal funds as reasons to move ahead, with 65 percent approval needed.
The 1946 Red Cross Fund Campaign list of new contributors shows major firms and shops in Athens County pledging as half the campaign target nears. Campaign chairmen urge quick solicitations to hit an 18,000 goal with 12,000 staying in county for home front services.
New York trading saw scattered gains in rails and industrials while many leaders held steady. Improved sentiment about the international picture spurred some buying, but doubts about dividends and earnings kept many investors aloof. Major names listed include American Can, American Car and Foundry, Bethlehem Steel, General Electric, Du Pont, and Radio Corp of America among others, with broader market action centering on midday price movements and volume.
Livestock market notes for Athens report mixed cattle and hog demand with steady appetite. Good to medium cattle and steers show prices from 14 to 16.6, common stockers and cows lower, calves and hogs range 12 to 18 per hundred weight, bulls scarce, overall steady undertone with active dealers.
Dr Thomas C McCracken dean emeritus of Ohio University College of Education was reelected national president of Kappa Delta Pi for a twelfth two year term at the Milwaukee convention. Delegates from 140 chapters attended including OU Omega chapter. Eileene McDaniel and Ona Marie Tedrow represented OU chapter. Ann Mumma served as Ohio chapter councilor. Mrs McCracken accompanied him to Milwaukee.
Ralph L. Dalton of 80 Mill St formerly with the Veteran’s Administration in Dayton has been appointed veteran’s contact representative at the Athens County office at 8 President St. Also named as contact reps are Frank W. Sheridan Jr. and Irwin Kain. Dalton earned a master’s degree from Ohio University in February in speech and dramatic art and holds a BA from Ohio University in 194%. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Dalton of 151 E. State St.
Ranks of picketers at the C. W. Kenny Co. gained aid from more than a dozen workers from a local packing plant this morning. The strikers, members of Local 886 of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen, had raised a $57 purse distributed to striking workers and plan another collection Saturday. The Kenny plant has seen a walkout since March 12, with strikers now on eight hour shifts after prior 12 hour schedules.
A sub district Farm Security Administration meeting will be held next Monday at Chillicothe. Attending will be L A Cramer district supervisor L C Ridenour associate district supervisor Miss Virginia Price assistant administration supervisor and Miss Lois Glove district secretary from Athens district office. Lawrence Young tenant purchaser specialist C A Gehrig special collection officer from the Columbus state office and John Carmody from the regional offices in Indianapolis will also attend.
Consultant Olin E. Freedman of Chicago serves as general consultant on printing problems for The McBee Company during a wartime leave. He leads his own Chicago firm, spent most of his Navy service in Alaska and the North Pacific, and has advised major printers for years while enjoying a Sun Valley Idaho ranch as a hobby.
Miss Beulah Hawk 35 died at home of her parents Mr and Mrs Roy J Hawk Lower Plains after 11 years invalid since illness in 1930 during nurse training at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis She was a Plains High School 1928 graduate and The Plains Methodist Church member Survived by three sisters Kathryn Day Pearl Norton Mearl Poston two brothers Alfred Hawk William Hawk and grandparents William Hawk Funeral Sunday 2 pm Plains Methodist Church Rev Ward Radford Burial Union Friends may call at home Saturday and Sunday
The residence of Millard H. Douglas on Athens Route S burned to the ground yesterday afternoon. Fire Chief C. A. Parker cited lack of water and muddy fields preventing control. Douglas was in the garden when his daughter discovered the fire. entry attempts failed. Origin is undetermined.
Services for Clark H. Cline of New Marshfield, killed Tuesday by a train, will be held Friday at 10 AM at New Marshfield Methodist Church with Rev. M. T. McDonald presiding. Burial follows at Temple Cemetery. friends may call at the Cline home.
The writer notes postwar head shaking in town over strikes and rules. He contrasts wartime unity in labor and unity against the Axis with renewed calls for laws and suppression. He defends personal liberty and individual choice as American traits.
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