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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1936
Page
5
Athens observes Armistice Day with a city wide 11 a m minute of silence to honor the thousands of American volunteers who died in World War. The K T Crossen Post American Legion arranges the tribute and short exercises at the soldiers monument on Ohio University campus.
Athens citizens are asked to observe a minute of silent tribute at 11 a m on Armistice Day November 11 in memory of World War I servicemen. Mayor Len McCune calls all to pause at work at home or on the street to honor their sacrifice.
Schools across Athens prepare Armistice Day events with Sons of the Legion taps at 11 o clock. Commander John DeMolet presides at 10 45 a m on campus with flag at half mast. DAR continues taps on courthouse steps. Banks and courthouses close. West Side and East Side schools host exhibits of war souvenirs and student programs.
Will Inspect Lodge Grand Exalted Ruler Charles F. Fast of the Columbus Lodge of Elks district deputy will make his official visit to the Athens Lodge for inspection tonight Refreshments will be served following the inspection John Newman Sharpsburg arrested by Police Chief E B Finsterwald for intoxication posted a $14 forfeiture fee in Mayor Len B McCune's court and lost it for failing to appear for the hearing NEEDLE IN LEG TWO YEARS Farmer Michael McDermott of Beaver Dam Pa had a needle fragment lodge his leg after sewing a patch two years earlier and the needle emerged from his side SEES WORLD ON BICYCLE Santa Cruz Calif F S Wheeler of South Bend Ind who is seeing America first on a bicycle had covered 30000 miles in three years reaching here
Homer Evener of Athens Route 2 and Charles Peters of Washington Pa were fined 50 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated and arraignment before Judge C F Rowland. Evener received a six month license suspension while Peters’s license, from another state, could not be suspended. Both were arrested by state highway patrol over the weekend. Evener in Chauncey and Peters on U S 50 east of Athens boarding a truck.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Lewis of Albany invite patrons to the Fairmont Cream Station on Friday November 13 to mark its sixteenth operating year and the original opening day fell on a Friday the thirteenth. Souvenir gifts will be given to attendees.
Charles Skiver aged 67 and Elizabeth Rizer aged 52, both of Nelsonville, are listed in the local record.
A Bank Forum sponsored by the Ohio University School of Commerce and Athens bankers will be held Wednesday afternoon in the Fine Arts Building followed by a 6 o'clock dinner at Hotel Berry. Avery G. Clinger of the Ohio National Bank in Columbus will speak at the dinner. Speakers include T M Wolfe on The Bank's Portfolio and A G Gruchy on The Federal Reserve Policy Since 1929 with Carl O Hanson guiding discussion. George DeCamp, former Athens banker and head of Licking County Bank in Newark, may participate in the Federal Reserve discussion.
Irvin D. Quick was re-elected president of the Athens Kiwanis Club at a weekly meeting in Hotel Berry. P. F. Good became vice president while Charles W. Reamer and Fred Sands were re-elected secretary and treasurer. Directors named include C. C. Cornell, Earl Beckley, Frank Kayser, L. W. Roberts, B. M. Covert, and Oliver Wood. Roger Connor urged cooperation with the American Legion on a government principles program and announced the Red Cross drive starting Armistice Day. Harry Beckley attended as Rotary representative.
David Haley of Radcliff was admitted to Sheltering Arms Hospital yesterday after being trapped under a slate fall in a nearby mine near his home.
A report lists Chillicothe Coshocton Junction City Lancaster Marietta Newark Pickerington Pomeroy Zanesville Belpre and other towns in southeastern Ohio as part of a regional bus network. The piece notes these locales appear in transportation planning and service schedules.
About 300 Clover Farm Store members and guests gathered at Hotel Berry for a talk by Carlton F. Sturdy of American Can Do on can production and safety. He explained tin makes up little of a can and emphasized proper storage after opening. The gathering included reports on the Clover Farm Convention in Cleveland and featured an amateur floor show and dances after a buffet lunch.
Belle Plaine Iowa reports farmer Frank Stok harvested an ear from a 60 acre field measuring 14.5 inches long and 8.5 inches in circumference containing 1,188 kernels, a claimed world record for this year.
An advertisement claims Adlerika relieves gas and cleans four poisons from both upper and lower bowels when ordinary laxatives fail. It warns of sleeplessness and chest pressure and urges readers to buy at leading druggists.
The Progressive Sunday School Class of Richland Ave M P Church will meet Thursday at 7 30 PM at the home of Mr and Mrs Fred Shaffer. Mrs George Gaver will lead devotional services, Mrs Dallas Wooster will preside over the business meeting, and Mr Denver Gooding will head the entertainment committee.
Classified notice seeks a well known local middle aged man to call on business concerns, schools, public institutions, theatres, hotels, and farmers. Earnings potential up to 50 dollars weekly with growth, no investment. Address Secretary Factory P O Box 983 Dayton Ohio.
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