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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1932

Page

5

Seven Appear In Court Here Indictees Plead Not Guilty

Seven of two persons indicted by the May Athens County Grand Jury were arraigned before Judge QO F Rowland at Athens County Common Pleas Court Saturday. Charles BE Lamberson of Columbus faced an attempted bank robbery charge and entered a not guilty plea with a 35000 dollar bond. The six others also pleaded not guilty: George Hughes Jr bond 1500, Dave Jones automobile theft bond 1000, Jeff McRee breaking and entering and larceny bond 1000, Joe Nicholson breaking and entering bond 1900.

Athens County QO. F. Rowland Athens County Common Areas Charles BE. Lamberson Columbus First National Bank of Antesle George Hughes, Jr Dave Jones Jeff McRee Joe Nicholson

Court sentences and bond details in Athens cases

Robert Lunsford faces petit larceny with a £200 bond and breaking and entering with larceny under a $90 bond. Arthur Bond is charged with failure to provide for a minor child, bond $400. A trial date set. Dave Jones case scheduled for May 1. Common Pleas Court awards $0,100 against The Spanish Show owners for a note and chattel mortgage foreclosure involving The Spanish Shawl. Rev Forester to continue Bible School series at Nazarene Church with dates announced.

Robert Lunsford Arthur Bond Dave Jones C. E. Bennett Cao Ie Common Pleas Court H. J. Weeks Norma Weeks Nellie Work Thompson Athens Aiso Athens National Bank Bennett Company

Admie Murder Case In Cleveland Youth Relatives Confess

May 7 Cleveland reports that two youthful relatives of bootlegger John Pinzarroni aged 48 confessed to sending him to death early yesterday and abandoning his body in his period coupe.

Admie Cleveland John Pinzarroni

City Programs For May Day in Athens Schools

May Day folk music and games will be held in Athens City schools East Side, Central, and West Side this week. Miss Ruth McConnel directs music with piano by students. Central features a sixth grade English play linking country music. West Side presents a garden scene with singing flowers and dancing insects, with handmade hats and garlands by students under Dorothea Loewer.

Athens East West Central Ruth McConnel East Side School Betty Jones West Side Niss Dorothea Loewer

Seniors Who Won Awards In Ohio University district

A list of high school seniors from Ohio University district earning top district honors and General Scholarship Tests. Names span many counties including Scioto, Lawrence, Washington, Belmont, Guernsey, Noble and others, with towns such as Green Town Ironton Marietta Athens Logan and St Clairsville.

Ohio University William Fullerton Green Town Scioto County Robert Ironton Lawrence County Leona Pena Prush Creek Rosemary Saver Logan Hocking County Marcus Ginsburg Marietta Washington County John L. Pickens Athens Athens Couty Durward M. Branigan Hockine Paul Healy Calla Balmer Robert Johnston Bri- Martha Wellston Jackson County Samuel Mendelson Bellaire Belmont County Debert Fordham Nancy McDonald Hill Caldwell Noble County Ruth Meister Burnetta Brodites Buffalo Guernsey County Richard Scott Trenton Tom Frame Byesville Guernsey Paul Glover Philip Thuma Ironton Han Broken Mt. Ephraim William Neff Sciota~ville Seloto Leland Mata Woodsfield Monroe Mary Mendenhall Friends Board Robert Walker Portsmouth Selofo County Richard Beatty Salem Anna Blackburn Otway Louis Gibbons Chesterhill Morgan

Mayor King to Speak at Rome Township Taxpayers Meet

Mayor W B King of Coalville will be principal speaker at a Rome Township Taxpayers Organization meeting in the Stewart High School Building on Tuesday May 1. The group formed four months ago and has held several meetings. all taxpayers are invited.

King TQ W. B. King Coalville Rome Township

Junior High Students Run Variety Show and The Target

Helen Cross entertained at Athens Junior and Sete High Schools with the cast and crew of a spring skit. A members of the cast and a long list of students and staff attended as guests and performers. The eighth page newspaper The Target was published by William Sryant's ninth grade class with editors and contributors named. Student council nominated six candidates for next year’s school president with final voting planned Friday afternoon. Principal Grubb discussed junior high activities with fifth graders at three schools as discussions on the coming year begin.

Bilas Helen Cross Athens Miss Cross Dick Whipple Bob Mingttan Jane GU Ann Brow Ethel AtcEwer Pawine Mausterton Sule Pemtergrass Mary Olive Cowal Normandy Burgent Jean Mees James Fults Hazel Everett Virgins Sams Wa McVay Sam Strahl Mary Anna Selec Ruth Pallips William = Quest Evelyn Fishbaugh Eiteen MeaAtee Jean Mills Gene Trew Margaret Hughes Kathryn Ruby Rice Ruth Shephard Raph Phillips Kon Reynolds Batty McCoy Virginia McVay Helen Stacy Mary Olive Cowan Study Rice Merritt Preston Bob Morrison Margaret Guthrie Evelyn Hartman Juan Bing June Fultz Leslie Fultz Parker Walker Mary M

Athens Girl Scouts Complete Route 59 Tree Planting

The Athens Girl Scouts finished a 2000 evergreen tree planting project begun by Vindish Tree Planting and postponed by rain. Planted behind the Canneth Green house on Union Street, the trees will be moved to Route 59 sites. Whitmore Hill proved too hard for the saplings. Troops 1, 2, and 4 participated as weekly meetings were canceled.

Athens Girl Scouts Pr 4 Sconts Union Street Route 59 Whitmore Hill

Whistle of Railroad Engine Arouses Athens

Athens woke to a wild blast from a stuck B and O flier No 11 whistle. Fire and police scurried as residents feared disaster, but daylight revealed the whistle jammed east of the town and the train departed after a five minute stop at 2 27 a m.

Athens Athera Fireten B. & O. Flier No Athena

Ohio University Psychologists at Midwestern Association

Nine professors and students from Ohio University will attend the seventh annual Midwestern Psychological Association meeting at Indiana University on May 13 and 14. Dr. James P. Porter will present an address, with others presenting papers on basal metabolic rate, testing validity, and related topics.

Ohio University Midwestern Psychological Association Indiana University Middlewest James P. Porter Porter James R. Patrick Doctor Patrick Emmett Rowles Dorothy Beise A. ©. Anderson G. B. Paulsen J. R. Gentry Leonerd Henninger Herry Mahan Ruth Koehler June Ly Cable

Number Seven Brings Prize In B LOLN Contest

A long digressive feature reviews the “Believe It Or Not” style contest in The Messenger, noting Miss Lula J. Young of North Avenue as today’s first prize winner. The piece traces a quirky sevenfold motif across families and dates, cites Lithographs from Nelsonville News sun, and mentions honorable mentions and a plan to submit to Ripley’s headquarters.

Lavenda J. Young Youngalown Ailis Young Publishet Nelsonville Newsun Otwo Gavriel Pencelli Ripley Almaecl Benjamin Harrison Athens County Court John Quincy Adama Arerich Nelnonville Lelieve Amesvile Pearl Marri

Unclear tale of a driver collision and prank contest

A fragmentary report from Nelsonville describes a driver leaping from a pond area and colliding with a car on a main road near Ely Nevada. The text blends a reported accident with promotional lines about prizes and a contest ending May 16, inviting reader participation.

J. W. Keplar Nelsonville Lota Vieir Ely Nevada

First Fish Story of Year Is Good Big One

Two boys in 4H, Clarence Coah and Don Hutchens, carried two large fish through town after a river outing near McKinley Avenue. They caught a hefty carp weighing about tot pounds, marking the season's first notable fish story.

Clarence Coah Don Hutchens McKinley Avenue Walt

Taxpayers Oppose Activities of Jammu Unions Leaders

The Taxpayers Association of Athens County, meeting at the Courthouse, records opposition to the present actions of men claiming to represent an Ohio incorporated organization seeking 3 percent on all assessments. War officer H. H. Armstrong notes concerns about public interest and value amid these efforts.

Associaton Athens County Courthouns Ji Men State of Ohio H. H. Armstrong Association

Aged Woman Mary Polly Brown Dies in Lod Township

Mary Polly Brown, 87, died Sunday morning at 9 30 at her home in Lod Township Gh. She was mother of eight children five living. Funeral services will be Monday at Bates Church with burial at the church cemetery. Friends may call Sunday.

Mary Polly Rown Balundtay Beni Lod Township Bates Church

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