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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1935
Page
5
William Albert Stone of New Marshfield waived indictment in Athens County Court and pleaded not guilty to a degree murder charge in the November 14 fatal shooting of Ben galem. Judge O F Rowland presided as the case moved forward with the indictment waived.
The Athens paper outlines a press room expansion to improve speed and reduce waste. Fred Weber describes adding an eight unit press, folding improvements, and double sections for faster circulation, with plans for color printing and auto folding as demand grows.
Thirty five boys gathered Monday night to form the Athens Senior High School Glee Club led by Floyd K. Prince. They planned a December Christmas pageant telling the nativity through carols and pantomime, staged as a dream seen by an elderly couple listening to a radio. The event opens with High School Orchestra and Junior High Chorus under Ruth Lambertus, with final numbers by both choruses. The group will meet again next Monday at 6:30. tenors are especially welcomed.
The second monthly gathering of the Scoutmasters Association of the Hock-Hocking District will meet at Dupler Lodge from 2 to 6 p m Sunday Dec 1. Stewart says all troop committee members scoutmasters and assistants are to attend to elect officers discuss plans and programs. Roy J. Dupler and J W Long will speak on troop management and program building. Dupler Lodge location details and refreshments will be provided.
Neil Thomas of Ohio University faculty presented films of a western family trip at an Athens Rotary Club gathering at Hotel Berry. President H. C. Pendry presided after four weeks away due to illness, with vice president R. W. Finsterwald leading meetings in his absence.
Mrs Anna Geisler files for divorce in Athens County Common Pleas Court on wilful absence after 12 years without word from her husband Edward Geisler whom she married in 1898 in Raspnow Bohemia. They have son Rudolph aged 34. The trio visited Schwald Czechoslovakia in 1910 and never heard from him since.
At the Fall meeting of the Wesley Foundation Board of Regents in Athens at First M. E. Church Dr. T R Biddie was reelected president a decade after founding. Carl H Beasley was named vice president with Rev W W Weiser and B M Covert as treasurer.
H. D. Bobo of 128 1-2 N Congress St asked The Messenger to clarify that he is not the Harry Bobo whose driving privileges were recently suspended, addressing potential mix up in official records.
Administrator Harry Hopkins directs Ohio WPA to place 175000 workers before Thanksgiving Eve. Athens District supervisor Ray Noble reports 700 additional employables to be placed, though many counties are near capacity. Statewide 135000 are employed. 40000 more needed today and tomorrow to hit the goal.
The Ohio Aequatic Club at Ohio University joins the Swan Club at Ohio State University for an informal splash party tonight. Car Lanning of Floodwood was arrested last night by Sheriff Stratton and Marshal Burk Witham of Chauncey for intoxication and jailed in Nelsonville City Jail.
Dr. Herman G. James, newly inaugurated president of Ohio University, spoke to three Eastern alumni chapters in Washington D C. Forty seven alumni attended a turkey dinner at the Berkeshire Inn. The group adopted a resolution offering congratulations and best wishes for the university and its new leadership.
The 164th Infantry Ohio National Guard unit in Athens plans a rabbit feed at the Athens Armory after drill on December 2. Major D. R. Smith, Col. Robert Haubrich, several Athens businessmen, and top marksmen will attend. Mess Sergeant Homer Bartlett and assistants Charles K. Bartlett and Donald A. Cookey will prepare the rabbits. Co. L seeks a few new enlistments, per Captain T. W. Shafer.
Rev. A. G. Jenkins, Wesley Foundation pastor at the First M. E. Church, delivered two sermons in Portsmouth Sunday. The morning service at the Bigelow M. E. Church centered on Praise Without Prosperity, while the evening message at Trinity M. E. Church discussed Silent Builders.
Willard May, 23, a truck driver from Nelsonville Route 2, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord May, and Ann Evans, 20, of Nelsonville Route 4, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Evans, filed an application for a marriage license.
Ambassador Oswaldo Aranha will deliver Ohio University’s commencement address next June after a recent week in Washington and New York. Ohio University President Dr. Herman G. James secured the invitation and Aranha’s consent, while James was elected secretary-treasurer of the National Association of State Universities.
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