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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1935
Page
5
Pat Roy Noland, of Athens Route 2, dies after long illness. Survived by wife and four children Mrs Roy Noland Mrs Goldie Driggs and Marion Sharp. Funeral set Sunday at 1 PM at Mount Liberty Church Washington County.
Athens County faces delays in real estate tax collection for 1936 as the Legislature yet to act on the state tax program holds up tax rates approved by the State Tax Commission. Key taxes expire soon and license tag timing shifts add to the shortfall though delinquent tax collections like about 20000 dollars this year provide some relief. Clyde Gibson notes a published delinquent tax list will appear.
The New Marshfield Community Institute opens its annual program Friday afternoon and runs through Saturday with morning and afternoon sessions. R J Schaar will discuss The Federal Forestry Plan for Athens County on Saturday morning. Miss Joy Cutler speaks on How Music Is Made. EB Musgrave discusses Farm Boys and Mrs L J Bean on Edgar Guest. R L Bazier closes with Farm Organization and Erosion control.
A seven member quarantined family including a child with diphtheria needs a coal stove. Cold nights force both sick and well into one room. donors with a heater can call Red Cross headquarters at Dial 6651 to help.
Athens High School presents the five acts of Nothing But the Truth with a sophomore junior cast. Director A A Nellis reports a top notch rehearsal and enthusiastic Masquers and faculty audience praise. Curtain rises at 7 45 tonight in the school auditorium.
Ohio University women’s Association hosts Wesleyan University hockey teams after accepting their invitation. Twenty two Wesleyan players arrive by bus Saturday to meet W.A.A. representatives. Games set for 10 a.m. on the women's hockey fields behind the stadium followed by a lunch at the Berry Hotel.
Two individuals were discharged from Shelter ing Arms Hospital on Thursday. Mrs Phillip Sheridan and her daughter from Athens Route 7 were released, along with Miss Irene May Carbondale who had a mastectomy recently. Margaret Gibson of Mineral underwent a major operation on Thursday.
Forty-five fat turkeys were stolen from Lawrence Mitchell in Albany on Thursday night, with Sheriff Stratton noting similar poultry thefts in Hocking County and suspects taking fowls to Lancaster. Authorities were alerted to watch Lancaster markets, and Athens County birds were marked by owners.
The Chauncey lodge will merge with the Charles Thomas Lodge in Jacksonville at 7:30 tonight in Jacksonville Hall Athens County and Southeastern Ohio members will attend Grand Secretary Charles T. Cross will speak and George Neffner may attend Athens and Glouster lodges will suspend Friday meetings to join the ceremony Refreshments will be served.
Roland J. Schaar, ranger in charge of the Hocking Valley Purchase Unit, spoke at the Mt Hermon Farmers Institute on the U S Forest Service land buying program. He urged owners of sub marginal land to offer it for sale at the Athens office for appraisal and optioning. He noted improvement work depends on optioned land and fire crews in Athens and Logan will help control brush and fires. He described forest history and the growth of the Forest Service, citing about 100 national forests nationwide.
United States Commissioner B D Nicola prepared to arraign four men today on federal charges connected to an alleged lottery. The prize was to be 100000 dollars or a choice of the Antlers Hotel in Lorain.
Rev Albert G Jenkins of the Wesley Foundation presents a magic and ventriloquist show at First M E Church to raise funds for a Student Volunteer Convention delegate. The act features The Miser's Dream Houdini needle trick and vanishing tricks as Jenkins recalls his early fascination with magic.
The Athens district logged a fall low of 26 degrees last night, with 1 PM reading at 33 and a forecast of continued cold, fair weather. This comes after a comparable freezing mark the previous year per observer Mrs. C N France. Saturday’s Ohio University versus Ohio Wesleyan game expected under fair, slightly warmer skies.
The Greenville report notes a debate over state liquor store closing times at sunset with unclear specifics. It mentions military pilots using model planes to practice bombing formation.
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