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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1938
Page
5
Final plans for the Fall Festival were set after a meeting with Wil im Sisson new commander of the K. T. Crossen Post. The event will run 1 3 and 14 with carnival shows Mardi Gras expo and more. Profits fund Legion service programs for wartime community aid.
The K T Cros sen Post and Auxiliary postpone tonight’s meeting to next Wednesday October 12. A banquet will follow at Hotel Berry with Eli A Jen Springfield state cere leu ber and district leaders attending. Joint installation planned. tickets available to Legion members. Local festival plans include street closures, displays booths rides games prizes and free dancing with a 75 foot daredevil dive as finale.
Democrats from several communities gathered at Ewart High School auditorium for a Stewart Rally. Speakers included Robert Reid of the Green and White Ohio University John DeMolet Athens County Inter-for-Governor Club candidates George Banks Judge Louis Tyroler Richard Wilson and Reider who urged support for Sawyer for governor and the Democratic ticket. Old-time music by the Sawyer Club Fiders accompanied refreshments after the event.
Clinton Hudnell of Meigs County allegedly arraigned before Judge O F Rowland on a drunken driving charge. He was arrested last night on Richland Avenue by members of the State Patrol.
Four generations of the Barker family attended a Sunday gathering for Charles A. Barker of The Plains who marked his ninety four birthday. Representing generations were Charles M. Barker of Columbus Clinton M. Barker and Charles Wesley Barker of Newark Ohio. Charles A Barker is a Civil War veteran who served from February 1862 until his discharge in 1865.
The Athens High School auditorium hosted the Hi-Y induction for thirty boys. Gerald Ramsey presided with four planks named Clean Speech Clean Living Clean Athletics and Clean Scholarship, plus a bean supper for fathers and sons afterward. Initiates included James Abraham Bert Barnes Orland Bean Wayne Bosworth Dean Brookover Frederick Brown Edward Cable Forest Chism John Coury Howard Davis Joe Dilley George Dresher Robert Flickinger Jack Freiss Dick Hughes William Knox Richard Lillie and others.
Jack Welsh, jailed for failure to pay a fine for reckless driving, was released from Athens County Jail yesterday by Judge O F Rowland after his attorney filed habeas corpus. Welsh argued he pleaded guilty but did not waive trial by jury and is entitled to his day in court.
Reedsville personal items list neighbors visiting and traveling to Columbus Parkersburg Cleveland and Wadesville. Attendees include Mrs Aman da Hoyt Miss Jessie Hoyt Edith Holz hour and many relatives. A son was born last night to Mr and Mrs W L Reed of Logan at Sheltering Arms Hospital.
Nineteen indictments issued by the Athens County October term Grand Jury after examining 101 witnesses while 26 cases were ignored. Indictments include County Commissioners Walter Maccombs and Ira Whitmore over an alleged failure to surrender a bill of sale for an automobile. Other charges span assault, embezzlement, larceny, mayhem, drunk driving, resisting an officer, and related offenses. The jury also condemned the Athens County Jail as unsanitary and urged immediate action, possibly a new jail and sheriff’s residence. Judge O F Rowland discharged jurors, to be recalled if needed.
Letart Falls Ohio Valley Grange members invite the public to Booster Night at the Grange Hall Friday. The note highlights community guests and local families visiting relatives in Parkersburg Meadville and Gallipolis with several members traveling from Athens and Marysville for weekend events.
Trimble Church of Christ near Sunday Creek marked its 60th anniversary with a homecoming on October 2, 1938. The event featured Bible School, a Communion service, a pastor's sermon The Way of Life and a lawn basket dinner with reminiscences and musical tributes from many local families and officials.
The National Dairy Show opens in Columbus on Saturday Oct 8 drawing Athens County residents. The eight day program includes a national horse pulling contest 4 H judging and demonstrations students jucking contest Buckeye Music Jubilee and a benefit horse show with 6000 in prize money and a full dairy exhibits display. Advance ticket sales are managed by local 4 H clubs and FFA chapters at reduced prices.
Harry A. Mettler of the Athens County Tuberculosis and Health Association spoke at the Marietta district meeting about the yearlong program and plans to sell Christmas Health Seals. He described 1938 tuberculin testing, X rays, examinations for reactors, and discussed insights with Arthur H. German and Charles G. Greig.
A 58 inch blacksnake kept as a pet by Herb Littler was seized after a West Union Street arrest by Police Captain Charles Maple. Littler pleaded guilty to intoxication before Mayor Cliff Cornell who fined him 25 dollars plus costs with 20 dollars suspended if he avoids snakes and whiskey.
Federal authorities question a Meigs County man suspected of stealing and forging WPA pay checks cashed after being taken from rural mail boxes. The suspect, jailed in Athens County, admitted two past convictions and faces federal charges including forgery and a $2000 fine with up to five years' imprisonment. Three Hocking County men are also held for grand jury action in a related case involving six stolen WPA checks.
Jane Truex Cunningham 43 wife of Zern Cunningham died Tuesday at 9 30 p m at her home on South High Street after a several year illness. Surviving are two children Raymond of Knoxville Tennessee and Mildred Berger of this city and a daughter Neva Grothaus who preceded her in death twelve years ago. Also surviving are sisters Hattie Ray Mae Angle Uniontown Pennsylvania and Lillie Goodwell. She was a member of the local Church of Christ since girlhood. Funeral arrangements will wait for the son to arrive from Tennessee.
Winifred's Dairy captured a three game sweep over the New York Centrals in the City League at Wolf & Sons alleys on Tuesday night. R Gatchel led New York Central with a 472 series and 202 high single as Dr Pride and Briggs added solid marks. Winifred's Dairy countered with J White and J Miller scoring to spur the victory. Bettie Thompson from Glouster reportedly recuperating after appendectomy at White Cross Hospital in Columbus with her mother returning home.
Civil War veterans in Athens invite David C Cornwell to the annual Daughters of Union Veterans dinner. He returned Monday from California and stays at Hotel Athens. His wife died last July in North Hollywood and was buried in Brighton Illinois. He will be 94 on the fifteenth of the month.
Mrs Catherine Neff Cox chair of the Speakers Bureau at Republican Headquarters Columbus will speak Friday night at the Athens County Republican Women's Club fourth meeting. The event at the Courthouse is open to all, with precinct leaders present and charter membership still open. The session starts at 7 30 p m in the courtroom.
The Northwest Territory pioneer caravan boys guest, and the Queen of the Jackson County Apple Festival will oversee activities at the Apple Festival Ball. Rex Koons and his orchestra will perform at the Jackson Memorial Building Friday Oct 7 after the federal pageant Freedom on the March. Tickets at the door.
F. E. Dowler national president of National Brands Stores is visiting New York City and several eastern cities for business.
Athens Township trustees will issue commodities Thursday morning from 8 to 11 at the township garage on West Union Street.
Henry S. Wright notices his Leghorn hens roosting in apple trees beside his Andover home. He explains the behavior as a reversion to an old Leghorn practice.
A pamphlet from the Educational Division at 551 Fifth Avenue New York offers the opinions of leading doctors on whether epilepsy is inherited and if it can be cured. Free to readers who write to Dept. O-515.
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