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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1941
Page
5
Voters in 73 precincts vote Tuesday from 6 30 a m to 6 30 p m on city village township and school board posts and a county wide quarter mill levy to repair and improve the county jail and sheriff s residence The levy would run for one year and requires 65 percent approval with ballots distributed and counted by election officials.
The Athens election board urges the presiding judges of 14 precincts to telephone mayoral and city race results to the board at once after counting. Only Athens City votes are to be reported. county results will not be tabulated Tuesday night.
Miss Alice McKinney and Floyd DeLashmutt of Ohio State University prepared a program for the District Older Youth meeting in Athens. Gerald Bartmess, Washington County clown, will MC the recreational program. The session starts at 7:30 in Music Hall on the Ohio University campus.
Athens Selective Service Board No 1 announced that about 53 percent of the 66 men examined last Wednesday by U S Army doctors in Parkersburg were qualified for military service. The board noted the rise links to more 21-year-olds being tested and no one over 28 in the group. Of the 66, 35 qualified for military service, 12 for limited military service, 14 disqualified, and 5 pending further examination.
Benjamin Franklin IV the magician will present a new show at Rome High School Stewart on Friday night Nov 7 at 8 o'clock Tickets may be obtained in advance from Rome High students or at the door the night of the performance.
The New Marshfield Food for Defense meeting scheduled for Wednesday night has been postponed until Thursday night due to other community activities. Frank Pugh, chairman of the Athens County Defense Board, announced the postponement and noted strong interest in past meetings and confidence in achieving county goals based on field reports.
Conrath Bean Chapter No 37 Disabled American Veterans meets at 7 30 in the Armory club room to arrange the Renfro Valley Barn Dance show on Sunday November 9 at Athens High School Auditorium. Refreshments will be served.
The State Highway Patrol reported six accidents on routes near The Plains Chauncey and Amesville. Jack Hamer 19 Athens Route 2 was fined five dollars and costs for unsafe operation after his truck sideswiped Emer son Marchington 36 Colum bus. Irving Miller 20 Chauncey skidded on wet pavement and hit Delbert Connor 19 Chauncey. Lodes M Gordy 38 4 W Stimson Ave was fined after a sideswipe on Richland Ave. George D Townsend 22 New Marshfield was jailed for driving without a license. Hubert F Maloney 47 Lakewood was fined for speeding. Francis F Conrath 26 Hiram and Willard McLaughlin collided at Amesville. Conrath pleaded guilty to unsafe operation.
Fred Sanders reports at Lima meeting that starting Nov 1 Ohio borrowers may access a new self defense loan from 100 to 1000 dollars. The program offers a three month interest free period on the self defense portion and may fund purchases, bills, repairs, education, medical or other approved needs.
The Athens District led by F. W. Phillips won first place in the annual statewide Radiant Heater Sales Contest sponsored by The Ohio Fuel Gas Co. The campaign just closed.
Camp Shelby Mississippi forms a six man football league in the 134th Field Artillery due to furloughs. Games use pass ing touch with no equipment and tackles by touching both hands. Battery C beat Battery F 32 to 0, names listed of players. volleyball wins noted. Soldiers receive ribbons for guidons as teams compete for the blue. Training in military tactics continues after Louisiana maneuvers with specialized schools for instrument, wire, and supply sections under officers and sergeants.
News arrives that Prof C E Keyes of Oakland California former principal of the Southern Ohio Normal School at Hockingport died there on Oct 26. Friends recall his reunion with Hockingport pupils re creating school days with desks benches and the school bell rung by Keyes.
The Athens County automobile title office reported income of 743.05 dollars for October. Clerk Eileen Stratton notes 503.90 goes to the county and 239.15 to the state._titles issued totaled 723 with 55 for new cars, including 112 new car titles in October 1940.
Wade Swartz age 48 of 3 Coss Street sustains shoulder contusions and facial lacerations after his car collides at May Avenue and Lincoln Street with a vehicle driven by 18 year old Joseph Martin of Athens Route 4. View obstructed by trees. Swartz taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital. Both cars badly damaged.
Five men charged with intoxication pled guilty at arraignment before May or Cliff Cornell Monday. Jack King of Athens, 51, fined 50 dollars and costs, Homer Even er of Athens, 35, and Carl Williams of Fern Street Athens, 30, fined 10 dollars and costs each. Clarence Weaver of Boston, Massachusetts, 43, and John Pennell, 61, of Columbus, fined 5 dollars and costs each and jailed for nonpayment.
Harry Wilson city councilman and sales manager of the Athens Ive and Storage Co. was taken by ambulance today to University Hospital in Columbus after becoming ill suddenly on Friday.
Two men from Carbondale, Dewey Pickett and Newton McCumber, were arrested over the weekend by Sheriff Charles Bayless and Deputy B C Day on intoxication charges. Pickett also faces a disturbing the peace charge. They are to be arraigned today in Justice of the Peace Peter Barrows court in Nelsonville.
Athens Girl Scouts closed the annual Girl Scout Week with varied activities across troops. Troops held potlucks, decorations, crafts, and educational work on South America and international scouting while funds supported the Juliette Low Memorial Fund and aid for England and refugees. The K T Crossen Post American Legion meets Wednesday at 7 30 PM with all members urged to attend.
An old advertisement urges readers to relieve constipation by increasing bile flow with Dr Edwardes Olive Tablets. Promoted as purely vegetable and beneficial for digestion and elimination, the ad cites years of use by doctors and lists prices 30¢ and 60¢ with a box meant for purchase at drugstores.
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