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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1935
Page
5
Athens County officials discuss a $70,000 gasoline tax funded levy and the shift of roads into a county system. The article outlines past funding, FER A labor aid, and plans for extending miles of roads and bridges over the coming years.
Fragmentary text indicates a planned demonstration related to sheep husbandry in Athens County. Mentions A. K. Kauffman and Wool-Grower, with unclear details about rainfall, disease, and treatment methods. Source text is garbled and partial.
Mayor Len B. McCune issued a final reminder urging Athens residents to leave automobiles at home tomorrow and Friday to free parking for hundreds of cars driven into the city by teachers attending the Southeastern Ohio Education Association meetings. City officials and Chamber of Commerce officers joined in preparations for the city to host the visitors.
Thirty youths will enroll in the Civilian Conservation Corps next Monday at Camp Athens, raising October enlistments to 96 with 91 already signed this month. W. R. Shaffer, deputy selecting agent, is notifying eligible boys to apply. Enrollees last week included 22 relief cases and eight borderline cases. nine had prior camp service. Noted names include Joseph Bacanis, James Bulloch, Dana Cheadle, Charles Cook, Violet? etc.
The scientific film The Human Adventure produced under Dr James H Breasted of the University of Chicago will be shown Friday October 25 at 7 30 p m in Memorial Auditorium. The Southeastern Ohio Education Association sponsors the program which traces earth formation and ancient civilizations from Egypt to Persia and Iraq with Stone Age weapons and grain from Josephs era. Complimentary tickets are available from Dr E A Hansen at Rufus Putnam Training School for individuals or groups.
Athens hosts the Ohio State Parole Association convention with statements from State Highway Patrolman F E Bollin and local officials. Speakers included Ed R Wyant Harold Rose A G Jenkins and L B McCune with Jones addressing OU and a parade follows. Local 62 Athens County Local wins flag and plaque for membership gains as Carl Brown leads the Chauncey group in presenting awards.
The regular meeting of Rome Grange is postponed until Wednesday October 2. Albany Grange Degree Team will perform the hind and fourth degrees at that session.
Ohio University’s Dean Edwin Watts Chubb joined the National Committee on Fair Play in Sports opposing American participation in the 1936 Berlin games. He urged athletes to refuse over Nazi prejudice against Jews Catholics and Protestant non supporters, arguing no fair play under Aryan policy. The committee stressed this is an American not Jewish issue and cited Nazi exclusions of non Aryans from sports and training.
The Gross- Frebault Oil and Gas Company reports a new Bereaght sand well on the Seth Lewis farm near Fisher is producing about 10 barrels of oil per day at 1,235 feet. The loose sand blasted by the shot Monday is being cleaned out, and the well will be tubed and started pumping. This is the fifth well on the leased block. the first four wells are producing gas.
Adjt. W. W. Hinshaw voiced confidence that the Salvation Army campaign would reach its $3,000 target. Over $2,600 had been reported, with many canvassers still to submit results. Hinshaw urged workers to finish promptly and submit reports to treasurer C. E. Cornwell to close the drive within three days. A correction noted Prof. R. F. Beckett now leads the teams at Ohio University instead of Prof. L. M. Heil.
Athens County farmers vote on the 1936 corn hog program this Saturday. Polls open from morning until 10 pm at listed locations including Amesville High School Albany High School and the Post Office Building Athens. Ballots can be mailed to H Hartman or committee members if unable to vote in person. Hartman notes growing county wide interest with 55 ballots already mailed.
The Izaak Walton League will hold its annual Halloween party on October 31 at the cabin for members and their families only. Members should call William Williams at 33391 to RSVP. The organizing committee, including Fred James and others, will meet at the Fire Department next Monday at 7 30 for further arrangements.
Seventyeight students from Athens County high schools will join the Southeastern Ohio Education Association Friday at Ohio University Memorial Auditorium. Girls and mixed choruses perform works from Handel to Scottish and Irish folk tunes under several directors and accompanists.
Mrs. Lester Cordray of Athens Route 1 is back at her home after a major surgical operation at Sheltering Arms Hospital.
East coast historical and literary sites were viewed in the school auditorium by Athens High School Senior English students. Miss Marie Johnson presented moving pictures taken last summer to illustrate Plymouth Boston Cambridge Salem Concord New Lexington West Point and Annapolis with explanations.
The Albany P T A will host a meeting in the high school gym tonight with district Boy Scout officials. Deputy Commissioners Roy L. Dupler and J W Long speak on the future of scouting, and Robert George will serve as assistant scoutmaster for the new Albany troop.
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