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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1935
Page
5
Camp Athens workers widening roads and building rustic shelters along Route 356 to improve access for picnickers. Crews prune trees, lay matting soil erosion control, and install two foot deep stone dams to handle heavy rains as plans include new footpaths, stone roadbed, and campsite amenities to attract visitors.
Fragmentary text discusses Hoover codes, American youth, production, prices, and misdirected schemes. Mentions labor practices and objectives, with broken phrases about economies and substitutes.
A 12 year old boy, son of Mr. McGrath, was injured on Court Street when a double parked car blocked his path. He suffered lacerated fingers and was treated for minor injuries.
Rufus Putnam Training School presents a Memorial Auditorium program Thursday at 7 featuring a student show on man’s progress from primitive life to the present machine age. The theme centers on power, living elements, and rhythmic body movement with a verse choir chanting rather than singing. Townspeople are invited and asked to sit in the balcony.
Mechanicsburg boys won the city softball championship by beating Rufus Putnam 26 to 15 in the final of the second series and also won the first series. Mechanicsburg girls defeated Rufus Putnam girls 21 to 3 to claim the girls league title. Boys champions include Spaulding Gold Hawk McPherson Douglas Duckler Collins Gall Dailey Dunfee, while Putnam boys named France Mansfield Poling Ross Enghe Bean Dilley Mackinnon Finsterwald Shuster. Girls champions include Hooper Pennell Farrell Hawk Brown Smith Martin Baker Ashton, Putnam players Maccombs Henderson Finsterwald Maccombs DeMolet Bobo Bean Sickels Lemoine.
Deputy Sheriff Dorothy Parmiter made her first arrest on Wednesday while off duty. She apprehended Robert Hatfield of Athens R. D. 6 on the courthouse sidewalk and escorted him to jail. Hatfield pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined five dollars plus costs by Justice T. R. Bennett.
The State Civil Service Commission announced tests for Sales Tax Section appointments on June 12 13 and 14. Posts include Grade III and IV Examiners District Managers and Zone Supervisors across Columbus Toledo Dayton Cleveland Cincinnati and Canton. Applications must arrive by 5 p m Wednesday June 5 and bulletins with details are available by request from the commission in Columbus Ohio.
Francis Carsey of Currier Street was bound over to the grand jury under a 100 bond after pleading not guilty to assault and battery before Justice T R Bennett. He was arrested by Constable Roy Hawk and is accused of assaulting his wife Mrs Barbara Carsey. He was committed to Athens County Jail for failure to post bond.
Mayor Len B. McCune announced that several donations toward the $400 needed to insure an electric light plant survey in Athena were received Thursday. The first donation of $5 came Wednesday afternoon. McCune and Service Director C. W. Gross will apply $2,100 in salary refunds toward the survey and seek the remaining funds to complete the project.
About sixty people attended the annual Daughters of Union Veterans dinner in Athens Odd Fellows Hall. Four Civil War veterans twelve widows and a World War veteran were guests of honor. Capt J B Allen 92 Henry Dixon 90 J L Pickering 88 and W D Southerton 92 spoke of campaigns with Sherman under Pope and at Bull Run.
The Senate backed a pay raise for legislators from 1000 to 2000 dollars and for the lieutenant governor from 1500 to 3500 dollars. It moved to tighten driver license law loopholes to await the governor's signature. Bills to accept 40 million dollars in federal funds for crosswalks and highway work and to create a state planning board were approved. Township trustees’ terms would extend to four years, starting at the next general election. Outdoor ad bans on alcohol ads failed. a House bill allowing signs by manufacturers to dispense liquor was approved.
In probate court Judge 8. M. Johnson considers the wills of Hettie Brooks John B Gillogly Frank M Cochran and Ira Gilkey. The estate of Sarah Ann Stevenson is declared not subject to inheritance tax.
Emma McManus of Nelsonville and 14 Athens County residents were arrested last Friday by state liquor enforcement agents for selling illegal liquor. At arraignment before Judge O F Rowland she pleaded not guilty and was placed under a $300 bond. Of the 15 arrested, only one has pleaded guilty.
M L Yuster filed in Athens County Common Pleas Court to appoint a receiver for Packard Coal Mining Company at Redtown Athens County. He claims the firm owes the State Industrial Commission 1172 dollars plus 510 premium, and 880 dollars for his services, with additional debts.
Hartman, Athens County extension agent, warns each day of planting delay costs a bushel per acre in fall yield. He notes normal dates are May 5 to May 10 and says rains push planting back. He expects planting to start within a week and cites late corn with high fodder but low grain content, plus risks to wheat. Pastures thrive and new seedings are timely, while oats show strong early growth.
A. H. Brooks of Athens predicts fierce price competition in Southeastern Ohio when the Ohio Milk Marketing Commission ends June 1 with the Burke Act. The House defeated a stricter milk act and amendments, leaving the Ward Bill's tougher provisions unapproved.
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