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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1948
Page
2
Athens launches a private operated sanitary fill dump on the Tatan Gata Carsey property after disputes over the old site. The system buries refuse in three foot trenches, compacts with heavy rollers, and covers with two feet of earth to curb odors and rodents.
Wartime discovery WONDER SALVE claims to relieve psoriasis eczema infections and athlete's foot with no acids or alcohol. Sold in Athens by Gallaher Quick Athens Drug Stores and local druggists.
Men born in 1928 set a new single day registration record with 175 signups on Monday surpassing the previous 169 on Sept 8. Today and Thursday blacks register 1929 births. 1930 births register Friday and Saturday. Since Aug 30, 1948, Athens County has 1741 signees under the Selective Service Act. County quota for first induction fixed at five. inductees expected to depart in November. Ten men to report for pre induction physicals late this month or early October.
State Deputy Everett H. Carbaugh announced annual Grange inspections this week in Athens Amesville and Rome. Inspectors will visit Athens Grange 1689 Thursday evening Amesville Grange 798 Friday at Amesville High School and Rome Grange in Stewart Saturday evening with all members urged to attend.
William P. Ballinger, 29, of 14 Palmer Street, was fined $10 and costs by Mayor W. P. Mickle after a Route 50 speeding arrest by the State Highway Patrol.
Fenton Construction Co. of Ashland was the low bidder for Route 50 A improvement work in Ath ens Dover and Ames Townships. Bid totaled 176 175.47 with an engineer’s estimate of 167 40. Work includes pavement widening to 20 feet, berm widening, creek relocations, and asphalt resurfacing.
The Athens State Hospital begins laying a replacement sewer line to the Hocking River, contracted to Bowman Brothers of Columbus for 14,896 dollars, expected to finish in about two weeks. The old line, prone to cave ins, prompted abandoning an 80,000 dollar disposal plant plan.
University Terrace in front of Bryan Hall is being repaired by Athens City service department crews and the Ohio University repair gang under supervising engineer La verne F. Lausche. Knowlton Construction Co. workers will aid. work follows steam tunnel construction for the new dormitory that caused subsidence. The project adds fill and relays bricks to smooth the area.
Birth records show Mr and Mrs Paul Hawk of Athens Route 4 welcomed a daughter. Admits include Lena Hayes of Athens for medical care and Grace Nichols of Nelsonville for surgery. Dismissals note Rose Pappas of Glouster leaving.
Frank Howell aged 33 of Athens Route 2 and Denton Cooper aged 49 of 9 Franklin Ave were arrested over the weekend on intoxication charges and fined 20 dollars plus costs by Mayor W P Mickle. They were committed to the county jail for failure to pay.
The Sun day School class of Miss Marjorie Waldie from Trinity Church held a wiener roast at Mrs. Richard Newell’s Liberty Street home on Tuesday evening. Co-hostesses were Miss Waldie and Mrs. Newell. Attendees included Frances Ann Jacquette Marjorie Keener Mary Gay Moore Lena Jane Bowman Barbara Louise German Richard Hawks Jerry Moore Walter Sturgeon Billy Baker Rusty Wamsley Richard Newell Jr Mary Newell Sue Keener Marlin Shambling Marshall Dunlap and two visitors.
Mrs. Stanley Hesson of this city was admitted as a surgical patient Tuesday. Mrs. Hazel Nichols of Columbus and Mrs. Dorothy Neville Hogsett were discharged from the Point Clinic Tuesday.
Pfc Billy J Lewis 21 died in action near Salerno Italy December 10 1943. Military rites set Saturday at First Methodist Church with burial at West Union Street Cemetery. Survived by father James Lewis stepmother mother is deceased and siblings Paul J Lewis and Mrs William D Hartman. Alumni Phi Delta Theta members will join services.
Floyd Gabriel of 114% Mill Street awoke to a burning sofa in his apartment at 5 15 a m. Firemen used chemicals to extinguish the blaze. The sofa and curtains were destroyed and a wall was scorched. Gabriel had fallen asleep with a cigarette. He was unharmed.
Instruction sheets on storing ear corn available at the Agricultural Extension Office per Ross Wright county agent. Prepared by Ohio State University with U S Department of Agriculture Extension Services, the guides cover ventilation methods, temporary corn cribs, and related storage facts.
Hazel S. Webb files for divorce from Frank R. Webb in Common Pleas court citing extreme cruelty and gross neglect. The couple married June 2, 1931 and have three minor children. custody of the children is requested by the plaintiff.
Athens County health commissioner Dr H G Southard reported the county’s fifth polio case this year. The patient is Charles Patton of Glouster, son of Dr and Mrs C F Patton, taken to Children’s Hospital Columbus for care. Patty Munden of Glouster shows satisfactory improvement.
Charles W. McDaniel 10 S May Ave died Tuesday morning in Sheltering Arms Hospital after months of illness. Born in Vinton County he lived in Athens 20 years. Survived by wife Virginia two daughters Mrs W B Stelzenmuller and Mrs J A Cesario and several siblings. Funeral services Friday at 2 pm at Woolley funeral home conducted by Rev Harold F Kellogg burial in W cemetery.
Supervising engineer Laverne F. Lausche announced the trailer camp at the Ohio University Airport is ready for occupancy. A few trailers have already moved in and 30 to 40 more are expected to arrive this weekend.
On opening day of the squirrel season in a woods west of Albany a hunter named Fran cis Dye wounded Raymond O. Brown with 12 pellets. Fire Chief Clarence A. Parker reported the day’s limit of four squirrels within two hours. Most hunters saw many squirrels but few were active, and local dealers reported brisk sales of rifles and shotgun shells with about 1250 licenses sold.
Athens County 4-H delegates Jeanette Henderson Jean Van Dyke and Verle Smith arrived in Columbus for the Ohio 4-H Club Congress at Ohio State University. The Sept 14 to 18 program features speakers forums tours and a banquet. Van Dyke and Henderson focus on clothing while Smith works with potatoes turkeys chickens and rabbits.
The Athens Board of Trade urged a two mill levy to fund street maintenance, estimating $60,000 total for two years with $40,000 already in the budget. The measure faces the November 2 election and was paired with talks on voter education and a vacancy on the city council. Also discussed were Route 50 highway routing and the potential visit of the Freedom Train.
A Buffalo druggist created an ointment to relieve itching and irritation from piles. The ad touts quick cooling soothing relief and widespread fame across the land. It offers a 40 cent box or 60 cent applicator tube and a money back guarantee.
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