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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1939
Page
7
Athens buzzes as the 136th academic year opens with hundreds of students arriving. Registrar F B Dilley says enrollment likely sets a new high record while registration and advising events unfold and classes start Thursday afternoon. In England, 4560 roads cross railways, only 200 cross without gates.
New enlistment guidelines aim to raise Navy numbers. Broken service veterans under eight years out may rejoin in same rating as discharge. four year terms for first enlistments. age 18 to 31 for six year terms. prior service with discharge credits may qualify under 35. Athens office hours 9 to 4 daily except Saturdays.
Elza V. Chalfant listed as candidate for council in Trimble. Chalfant serves as Trimble marshal and seeks re election to that post. Hitchhiking report from Red Bluff details disguise ruse by two youths posing as girls to gain rides.
A promotional pitch touts PRUNLAX as a harmless prune juice and vegetable blend that relieves constipation without harsh laxatives. It promises gentle, natural relief, educates the body to regularity, and notes 56 doses per bottle with pharmacist availability.
T Blair Willison of Clover Farm Stores is named to Secretary Wallace's Farm War Council meeting in Washington on September 19 to address wartime food distribution and supervision. Other independents Gerrit Vander Hooning and Hector Lazo also serve. Willison predicts a consumer panic will ease and aims to curb purchases to stabilize business.
M. B. Banks former Ohio University coach was honored at a Sunday night dinner at Athens Country Club by men who played on his teams and friends. He now lives in Utica New York and was in town to enroll his son Richard in Ohio University College of Commerce. Banks coached Ohio U from 1913 to 1917 and later at Drake and Tennessee. An autographed enlarged photograph from his Ohio U coaching days was presented.
Lieutenant Governor Paul Herbert urged Ohio veterans to lead political change at a Sunday GOP gathering at the Fairgrounds. He warned about New Deal deception, predicted a Republican victory in 1940, and stressed veterans’ pivotal role in shaping national and state policy amid looming war debates.
Ohio State University portable soils laboratory will visit Athens County this week to test farmer soil samples. Locations include K W Hayes farm near Guysville, Ames Bern School, Shade Grange Hall, and Albany School with dates September 14 and 15. Samples should cover the plow layer from diverse spots for accurate results.
Athens County farmers face a Sept 20 deadline to apply for wheat crop insurance under the agricultural conservation program. Chairman Frank Pugh urged timely applications and premium payments before seeding the 1940 crop. More than 70 farmers have enrolled, up 40 from 1939, with indemnities paid to about 1 500 Ohio farmers in 1939.
Mrs Lorena Smith 52 Grosvenor St underwent major surgery at Sheltering Arms Hospital on Sunday. Lloyd Bolton carpenter had an emergency appendectomy Saturday night. Miss Mildred Estep New Marshfield had an appendectomy this morning. Miss Leona Carrick Zaleski admitted for a minor operation tomorrow. Mrs Marty Friedberg and son Norman David Fenzel Apartments released today.
Woodrow Knox of Athens Road was fined ten dollars and costs by Mayor Cliff Cornell for fighting. Orville Jewell of Moore Avenue was fined five dollars and costs for intoxication. Both were arrested Saturday night by Police Captain Charles Maple and Officer Leslie Bradfield.
Paul M. Herbert urged Ohio War Veterans Republican Clubs to start meetings to mold public opinion against entering war. The telegram called on clubs to lead in preserving independent Americanism as the country seeks peace. A copy reached Athens County Club president M. C. Morrison.
Danny Ullmark five month old son of Mr and Mrs Paul Ullmark died Sunday at Grant Hospital Columbus from pneumonia and complications. He leaves a twin sister Deanna and three brothers Paul Ed Pat Joe and Robert. Grandparents E G Miller Logan and R L Ullmark East Liverpool and great grandparents John L Steady Logan and Mrs Sidney Miller Gibisonville. Funeral services will be held by immediate family in Logan with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Logan.
Richard Leitch of the U S Bureau of Mines said a four inch dirt cube released gas when knocked from an old sewer joint by tunnel workers in Lorain Ohio. The clod fell to the tunnel floor and saturated the gas, causing seven to be overcome.
Gloucester Mass Albert D Hodson has donated 153 quarts of blood over 10 years to those in need. He recently gave nine quarts in 14 days and five quarts in six days without charge.
A letter from Dr Walter C Richardson of Ohio University confirms the Richardsons booked a North German Lloyd voyage for Sept 2 in London but it was canceled. They then booked passage on the French ship De Grasse for Sept 9 to New York arriving Sept 17.
The Athens County Retired Teachers and Ex Teachers Association meets Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Room 6, basement of Dean Chubb Library. Prof. C. B. Dillon will report on the Neutrality Act and Ohio school law sections. Officers will be elected for the ensuing year.
An Athens Pharmacy ad claims Adlerika relieves heart pressure from stomach gas caused by constipation. It promises one dose cleanses both bowels and improves comfort.
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