Doctors' certificate leads to mental observation order
Steve Michela charged with murdering his brother in law John Abraham will be sent to Lima State Hospital for mental observation under an order by Judge O F Rowland. Two Athens physicians reported marked mood depression and possible mania, prompting a temporary 30 day commitment for examination and court report. Michela, 47, surrendered July 27 after the garden shooting at 120 West Union Street and will be transported by sheriff's officers to Lima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Michola
John Abraham
Lima State Hospital
O. F. Rowland
Michola
Athens
Michela
Abraham
W. Union St
Rowland
Athens State Hospital
Lima
Bag of Coal Costs Millfield Man Plenty
Woodrow W. Rutter of Millfield faced a theft incident after taking a dollar’s worth of coal from the New York Central Railroad yard. Railroad detective R. E. Wonnell nabbed the 20-year-old, who paid $16.70 after Magistrate T. R. Bennett’s remark that crime doesn’t pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow W. Rutter
Millfield
Mr. Rutter
Rutter
New York Central
R. E. Wonnell
Air Fatalities Barely Rise in 1938 Half-Year Report
The Civil Aeronautics Authority reports American operated carriers logged 1,844,507 miles per accident and 13,161,571 passenger miles per fatality in the first six months of 1938. Five fatal accidents killed 22 passengers, five pilots, five co pilots, and eight crew, with 16 nonfatal accidents. Domestic lines had 15 accidents, foreign extensions 6, totaling 21 incidents and 226 persons involved. 40 fatally injured, 186 unharmed. Causes cited include personnel errors, airplane failures, weather, and terrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Aeronautics Authority
United States
Stamp Theft Ring Busted In New York Dealer Case
Police say master thief Anna Gruelich and her husband Francis planned and carried out a wholesale theft of rare stamps from Captain G. W. Newell-Usticke, a New York stamp dealer. After thirteen years of employment she diverted stamps to her husband who ran several stamp shops under various names. They were found with about 100000 dollars worth of stamps in their possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Krunda Gruelich
Francis
G. W. Newell-Usticke
New York
Gruelich
Tyroler Paralyzed? Tyroler Not Injured In Car Overturn
Probate Court Judge Louis Tyroler escaped harm after his car overturned on Route 33 on Sunday. The vehicle skidded on slick pavement. he braked, regained control, and the car rolled, causing only minor bumps to the judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyroler
Probate Court
Louis Tyroler
Albany Class Has Meeting
Albany The Ninety and Nine class and the Men's Class of the M. E. Sunday school held their regular monthly meeting Tuesday night in the church. The new President Mrs. Frank Radcliffe led the business portion. An interesting program featured The Value of a Smile poem by Mrs. Clarence Vorhes, a musical reading by Mrs. Howard Stanley, in costume, with instrumental music by Mary and Sherwood Gillogly, Don and Harry Hoffee. Mrs. Will Gillogly read Thomas Edison’s last radio talk in costume. Refreshments were provided by the social committee including Mrs. Vernon Canny, Mrs. Vance Springer, and Mrs. Frank Radcliffe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
M. E. Sunday School
Frank Radcliffe
Clarence Vorhes
Howard Stanley
Fred Vorhes
Mary
Sherwood Gillogly
Don
Harry Hoffee
Ohio U
Paul Springer
Eileen Baughman
Max Zimmerman
Earl Stanley
Lucille Wingett
Mary Frances Gillogly
Scott Smith
Lee Enlow
Althea Ballenger
Capital University
H. H. Eyrman
Bremen
Eileen Ballenger
Columbus
WAIU
M. E. Church
Hattie Bailes
Children Need Clothes Hookey Truancy Appeal
Athens County Juvenile Court Judge Louis Tyroler links truancy to clothing shortages among local children. Investigators cite three main causes: lack of suitable clothing, sickness, and parental attitudes toward education, with footwear being the direst need. He urges donations of old shoes and clothing to Salvation Army shelves to ease absences and delinquency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Louis Tyroler
Tyroler
Salvation Army
Probate
Scouts to Compete At NB Picnic in Athens County
Hocking and Kinshata District Boy Scout troops will contest eight events at the National Brands Picnic Sunday at the Athens County Fairgrounds. Points determine streamer colors blue red or white for each troop, Miss Violet Mellvenna the guest drum major from United States will attend, and events include signaling knot tying dressing race fire making first aid flapjack tossing sack race and scout fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout
Hock- Hocking
Kinshata
Athens County Fairgrounds
Violet Mellvenna
United States
Athens
George T. Bennett
Red Oak
Iowa
Mellvenna
Insurance Is Bureau Topic At Chester
Chester news notes a Farm Bureau Advisory Council meeting at the Buckley home with eight of nine families present and health insurance as the main topic. Neighbors and relatives are listed with brief social mentions and upcoming meetings noted, including Oct. 6 at the Guthrie home. Also covered are visits from Ohio residents, hospital recovery, academic pursuits, church society events, and a legal notice involving Mary Hayes petitioning for partition of village lots 110 and 111 in Stewart, Home Township, Athens County, with a 1938 filing and October 22 deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Farm Bureau Advisory Council No. 3
Carl Buckley
Jed Hartinger
Hartinger
Harry Gutherie
Murville Moore
Elizabeth
Louise Davidson
Parkersburg
W. Va
Clyde Calvert
Zelda Ridenour
Columbus
Buell Ridenour
R. R. Lucas
B. K. Smith
G. L. Michael and
Samuel
Wilber Parker
Grace Kautz
Carl Kautz
Zaleski
Government Forest
Gertrude Durbin
Durbin
Gertrude Hamilton
Chester Seminary
Ladies Aid Society
M. E. Church
Grange Hall
Kathryn Bailey
Athens
Ohio University
Ray Morris
Camden Clark Hospital
Russell Hayes
Bert O'Conner
O'Conner
Marabelle
Betty
Beaver
Ohio
O'Conners
John Caldwell
Neilie Caldwell
Harry Caldwell
Mary Hayes
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Stewart
Home
512 Workers At No 6 Mine Millfield
Five hundred twelve men were working today at No 6 Mine of the Sunday Creek Coal Co at Millfield. The mine resumed operation Aug 25 and has worked steadily since. Other mines operating today included Kimberly Coonville Congo No 28 near Millfield No 9 Rendville No 107 and No 90 Carrington No 24 Redtown and Carbondale. No 25 Chauncey has been working steadily but did not operate today. No 255 is to resume work next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday Creek Coal Co
Millfield
Kimberly
Coonville
Congo
Rendville
Carrington
Redtown
Carbondale
Chauncey
Traffic Offenders Fined and Sentenced in County Courts
Justice of the Peace Tom Bennett handled three men for reckless driving and a fourth for letting an unlicensed operator drive. Robert Matlack of Long Bottom paid 14.70 after a September 12 arrest on Route 33. Charles Showalter of Morristown paid 14.70 after a Wednesday arrest at Chauncey. George Johnson of Glouster paid 15.60 and was jailed in lieu of payment after an arrest on Route 13 near Burr Oak. Sheldon McGee of Shawnee paid 9.70 for allowing an unlicensed operator to drive. Paul C. Boyd, arraigned in Corniby, pleaded not guilty on reckless driving, bound over to Grand Jury under 200 bond, arrested Wednesday near Rendville on the Congo-Corning Road, charged with forcing a school bus into a guard rail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
Tom Bennett
Corning
Robert Matlack
Long Bottom
State Patrol
Charles Showalter
Morristown
Chauncey
George Johnson
Glouster
Athens County
Burr Oak
Sheldon McGee
Shawnee
Paul C. Boyd
Corniby
Grand Jury
Rendville
Congo- Corning Road
Bennett's Court: Shields bound over on child support charge
Charles Shields bound over to the Grand Jury under a 300 dollar bond by Magistrate T R Bennett for failing to provide for his seven year old son Robert. Noah Brown 21 of Stella Ave paid ten dollars and costs after arraignment before Justice Bennett for intoxication on Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Shields
T. R. Bennett
Robert
Noah Brown
Stella Ave
Justice Bennett
Assistant prosecutor named for Misner case
George W. Christman was appointed by Common Pleas Judge O F Rowland to assist Prosecutor Harold J. Rose in the case against Raymond and Wallace Misner, who are charged with intent to kill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond
Wallace Misner
Common Pleas
O. F. Rowland
Harold J. Rose
George W. Christman
Rose
Local man fined for intoxication plea before mayor
John Gleason of W. Washington Street pleaded guilty before Mayor Cliff Cornell to intoxication. He was arrested by Captain Charles Maple and Officer Leslie Bradfield and fined $5 plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell
John Gleason
W. Washington Sr
Cliff Cornell
Gleason
Charles Maple
Leslie Bradfield
Smith Brothers Visit Father In Athens Illness
Ronald and Herbert Smith of Cleveland visited their father Reverend H C Smith in North Hill Athens Sunday. The retired Baptist minister became seriously ill Friday. His condition was reported improved today and the brothers will return to Cleveland tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald and
Herbert Smith
Cleveland
Athens
H. C. Smith
North Hill
Rev. Smith
Two School Districts Vote On Bond Issues Tuesday
Athens Township voters face a $15,000 bond to fund maintenance for the enlarged Mechanicsburg School which is crowded and lacks indoor toilets. Rome Canaan Rural District also votes on a $25,000 federal aid project bond to build a fireproof auditorium gymnasium. County Superintendent F J Taylor expects about 400 voters to support the Athens bond, noting the need for classrooms and restroom facilities as enrollment at the Ohio University training school remains at a record level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Township
Rome-Canaan
F. J. Taylor
Mechanicsburg
Taylor
Ohio University
Athens WPA Night School Opens With 65 Enrollees
The Athens WPA Night School starts its fall program at Athens High School with 65 enrollees in courses from typewriting to piano. Classes run each evening Monday through Thursday with new subjects added and enrollment expected to double during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Wpa
Athens High School
Ohio Teachers defend school costs against Chamber claim
The Ohio Education Association released figures showing Ohio school expenditures fell by 27 million dollars from 1931 to 1937, countering the Chamber of Commerce claim of a 26 percent rise since 1933. They argue base-year choices mislead and note unpaid obligations and enrollment shifts affect cost views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Education Association
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Ohio Chamber
Association
W. B. Bliss
Bliss
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Plea Accepted as Charge Reduced in Nelsonville Case
Charles MacCombs of Nelsonville pleaded guilty after the charge of assault with intent to kill was reduced to assault and battery. Prosecutor Harold J. Rose granted the plea. MacCombs was fined 25 dollars plus costs and sentenced to Athens County Jail for 30 days, with work to pay the fine at 1.50 dollars per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles MacCombs
Nelsonville
Harold J. Rose
MacCombs
Athens County
Psychologists to Meet in Columbus on NYA Workshop Evaluation
Leading Ohio psychologists gather in Columbus for a three day NYA workshop evaluation conference. Athens County NYA officials K S Haller and Robert D Royer will join 23 other attendees including State Director S Burns Weston and Dr Louis Raths to discuss project quality and impact on youth communities and supervisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Columbus
NYA
Twenty- Third
Athens
K. S. Haller
Athens County
Robert D. Royer
S. Burns Weston
Donald J McNassor
Joseph H. Pataky
McNasser
Louis Raths
Ohio State University
Clinton Building
Haller
Roger
Barber Slashes Inmate Over Face Making at Athens Home
John Ray, 46, former Nelsonville resident now inmate at Athens County Infirmary, pleads not guilty to cutting with intent to kill after slashing M. A. Koon, 71, in the barbershop. A razor blow caused an 11 inch facial gash needing six stitches. Ray bound over to Grand Jury under $500 bond. An inmate, Edward Tippie, 51, separated the pair as hostility over a year old escalated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Infirmary
T. R. Bennett
John Ray
Ormerly
Nelsonville
D. H. Daugherty
Koon
Daugherty
Edward Tippie
Glouster
Court Cases and Schedules At Athens County Court
Ruth E Burdette lists upcoming Athens County Common Pleas Court cases for two weeks. Five criminal and seven civil matters set across this week and the week of Sept 25 include cases against Sheskey Evans Misner Robinson Ashcraft and others involving grand larceny breaking and entering and failure to provide for a minor child with hearings from Tuesday through Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Ruth E. Burdette
Glen E. Hutchinson
John Sheskey
Joe Evans
Raymond
Wallace Misner
Carlos Bobo
Charles Robinson, Jr
Howard Ashcraft
Gertrude Joyce
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Anatasia S. Grisheckim
The
William Kalt
Myrtle B. Martin
Watt McDonald
Sadie Tedrow
Industrial Commission
Clyde Dowler
Athens Men To Hear Cleveland Speaker
F N McGehee advertising manager of the Cleveland Press will speak at a Tuesday luncheon gathering of the Athens Rotary and Kiwanis clubs and the Chamber of Commerce in The Messenger Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. N. McGehee
The
Cleveland Press
Athens Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs
Chamber of Commerce
Messenger Building
Marriage License for Kasler and Cooper in Glouster
Pearly Harold Kasler aged 21 and Erma Jane Cooper aged 20 filed a marriage license application in Glouster. The couple intends to wed after completing the required formalities. No further details were disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Kasler
Glouster
Erma Jane Cooper
League Meets Tuesday At Athens Fire Dept Meeting
The Izaak Walton League of Athens will meet Tuesday night at 7:30 at the Fire Department City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Izaak Walton League of Athens
Fire Department
City Hall
Taylor to Speak at Plains PTA Meeting
County schools superintendent F J Taylor of Athens County will address the Plains Parent Teacher Association meeting at 7 30 o clock Tuesday evening in the school auditorium. A large attendance is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plains—County
F. J. Taylor
Athens County
Plains Parent-Teacher Association
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Security Bank
Athens, Ohio
Boy Scouts
Foster B. Cornwell
Bennett’s
Rev. Smith IS III
Bakersfield
Cal
WPA
Sheriff's Office
Dowler & Ferguson Funeral Home
Peg-Legeed
Plains Pta
Rample
Resinol
Baltimore
Apevere
Prudential
Gibraltar
Ordrudential Insurance Company of America
Edward D. Duffield
Newark, New Jersey
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