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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1940
Page
5
Eight defendants, seven men and a woman, pleaded guilty or not guilty before Common Pleas Judge C. F. Rowland after indictments by the October grand jury. Four pleas were guilty, four not guilty, with subsequent trials and sentence deferrals scheduled for mid and late October.
An advertisement urges readers to try Livertone Tablets for constipation indigestion sour stomach and related symptoms. It claims a 10 cent test with one or two tablets at night for several days and promises smooth non-griping action and a full size package for a dime.
The Ohio Hardware Association will hold a district meeting in Athens on Monday evening October 14 at 7 oclock in Hotel Berry. M M Kerr of Kerr Hardware Co is in charge of arrangements. Hardware dealers within a 50 mile radius will come to Athens to hear an address by Frank B Pauly of the Ohio Council of Retail Merchants Columbus a publicist with wide experience as a newspaper publisher editor writer and public speaker. Also attending will be Robert Guyton East Liverpool president of the Ohio Hardware Association and John B Conklin Columbus secretary treasurer.
Nine couples filed for marriage licenses in Athens County Probate Court this past week. Names include Ernest Cartwright and Leonora Markins. Carl Moody and Beulah Ervin. Fred Cone and Naomi Conner. Arthur Smith and Maxine Bullock. Aubrey Mitchell and Margaret Marshall. David Eaton and Arlene Llewellyn. James Easler and Minnie Coffman. William Saulters and Susan Mitchell. Cleve Hook and Goldie Hayden.
Athens High School pep rally honors the football team before the Logan game. B T Grover Ohio University PR director calls the team the twelfth man. School leaders players cheerleaders and band leaders are praised during the rally.
Six Ohio colleges schedule action led by Bowling Green at Findlay and Baldwin Wallace vs John Carroll in Cleveland. Muskingum hosts Washington College at New Concord, and Wilberforce and Tuskegee renew their 11 year Negro college clash in Chicago. Youngstown Penguins thump Westminster 44 to 0 on foggy field while Ashland's Daryl Heiser withdraws ill and Capital loses Charles Oakley to the army air corps.
Ohio University’s Athena earned a first class rating from the National Scholastic Press Association at Minneapolis. The association ranked 852 entries from 45 states, DC, Hawaii, Alaska, and Canada, naming 120 All-Americans and listing others as first, second, or third class. Nine Ohio schools received All-American honors. editor Arthur Sherman of Lakewood led the 1940 Athena.
Everett Saulters owner of a garage on W Union Street and Susan Mitchell married Thursday afternoon by Justice of the Peace J W Bailey in his Violet Flats Building office at Court and W State Streets.
Relief director Dale Ziggaroos announced that relief orders for Athens County will be issued on Thursday October 17 due to military registrations on October 16. Distribution times by township include Waterloo 9 10 am Ath en s City 2 4 pm and others. all orders must be picked up by clients in their townships or will be returned.
Charles Parrett of Wayne County has been appointed sanitary officer with headquarters at Wooster. He currently serves at West Union for Adams County and will assume duties in Wayne County on October 16.
Akron report says Rep. Don Harter of Ohio told a Cuyahoga Falls religious group he, as aHouse Military Affairs Committee member, knows draftees will be amply fed clothed and given shelter and medical care.
Republican Women of Ohio gathered in Columbus to map a campaign plan for the last three weeks. State party headquarters said advance reservations reached about 2,000.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Marquis at Sheltering Arms Hospital in Mann West Virginia this morning. Mrs. Dewey Laughlin and her baby daughter of 8 Wolfe Street were released from the hospital today.
Six officers and 15 men were discharged from the National Guard in Athens for dependents, failed physicals, or absence. Promotions followed in active units, with several privates elevated to sergeant or corporal. The Athens guardsmen expect to depart Oct 21 for Fort Knox Kentucky for bivouac, as drills and basic instruction continue.
Flaming leaves ignited the house coat of 60 year old Mrs. Mary Hess on Wednesday, causing fatal burns. Fire officials reported Hess died from burn injuries sustained in the blaze.
Justice Harlan F. Stone of the Supreme Court marks his 68th birthday anniversary today. The celebrated jurist received congratulations from colleagues and is noted for his long service on the high court.
About 70 boys and girls from East Side School hiked to the city park behind the forest service ranger station for a leisure afternoon. Recreation leaders James Brown Charles Savage and Betty Wiberg supervised a grounds exploration and nature photography by a dozen students.
A Republican rally will be held at Coolville High School Saturday at 7 30 PM with a speaker from state headquarters and refreshments served, announced at party headquarters in Hotel Berry today.
Artist and former Chicago Art Institute editor J Franklin Caveny spoke to Athens High School students yesterday afternoon in the school auditorium. He appeared through the Antrim Lyceum Entertainment Bureau.
The record whale brain weighed 7000 grams, highlighting whales as the mammals with the largest brains.
Athens Mayor Cliff Cornell appealed to parents to stop Halloween pranks after a night of destruction. A sedan was overturned on Sunnyside Drive and a window was broken on Marietta Street. Vandalism reports include street clutter and damaged furniture as authorities investigate further.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for the Bureau of Employment Security positions. Four grades listed with salaries from 2 600 to 4 600 dollars a year. Applications due by November 8 with details from J L C Kelley in Athens post office.
Government analysts expect higher livestock prices in 1940-41 due to meat demand from defense, packing industry promos, and export changes. They note rising cattle, lard stockpiles, shrinking pork outlets, possible Canadian port shifts, and the impact of a British Food Ministry pork pact.
Seven Athens County students at Ohio University promoted to Second Lieutenant in ROTC by President Herman G. James. Names include Robert C Hess Dwight A Riley John E Bailey Hubert W Morrison D Bradley Peck Jr Patrick D White Charles E Pritchard. Additional officers from Cleveland Byesville Erie Pa Ports mouth etc. Named others include James A Wiley and more from several cities.
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