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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1941
Page
5
The Athens Messenger reports 55 Athens County residents have been drawn for grand and petit juries for the October term of the Common Pleas Court. Grand jurors report Oct. 6. petitiers report Oct. 13, with a later petit jury venue.
The third annual Ohio State Safety Conference opened with a principal topic on conserving manpower for national defense by promoting safety on streets and in homes.
The Red Cross first aid course held in the High School Little Theater is open for enrollment. Miss Ellen Biddle notes the Standard First Aid Course is part of the defense program and meets Tuesdays 7 to 9 30 p.m. Miss Audrey Meighen teaches, with ten women and seven men enrolled.
A heavy freight engine without cars collided head on with the Western Pacific Exposition Flyer about 40 miles west of San Francisco late last night. Three trainmen were killed in the wreck.
Antonia Alvarado, a Puerto Rico freshman known as Tony, traveled alone to Athens for five days by boat and two by bus. She embraces English, loves the language, and reads bilingual newspapers. She misses home foods but enjoys hot dogs and Greek life at OU while noting differences in campus culture and prices.
Harry Milliron 31 of 124 E Union St was fined 100 dollars and jailed 30 days after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. His license is suspended one year. He was driver in a Labor Day Route 33 Hebbardsville crash injuring six. a prior hit and run charge was dropped due to concussion. Judge C F Rowland urged safety.
Ben F Swartz state game pro tector received notice from Clyde L Stofe supervisor of the Seventh Division Ohio Division of Conservation and Natural Resources. The commission at its September meeting amended this season's game regulations to permit taking skunk and opossum by dog or gun from November 15 to December 1 with trapping starting December 1. The amendment corrected an omission and aimed to prevent making coon hunters violators if a dog caught a skunk or opossum.
Long Bottom Riverside Garden Club members held their annual picnic at Buffington Island State Park Tuesday evening. Fifteen members and eight children spent an enjoyable evening with updates on members and visitors from Columbus and New York.
Austin McNutt, sentenced in Athens County for grand larceny, will be conditionally released to Stark County authorities on October 15. If not needed in Stark County, he will be paroled on November 1.
Athens Retail Merchants Association to discuss proposed 6 o clock closing hour for retail stores at a noon meeting Wednesday in Hotel Berry. John W. Bolin executive secretary urges full attendance.
Members and families of the Congregational Ladies Aid Society will gather at the Alfred Russell home on Wednesday evening September 24 for a potluck supper at 6 45 with guests asked to bring table service.
Tilford Jewell announces Charles W. Vogel of Toledo as chief of staff and youth counselor for NYA in Athens. Vogel will supervise out-of-school NYA activities in Athens Hocking and Washington Counties. Other staff moves include Kathryn F. Naltner and John P. Siemer transferring to Athens as junior youth counselor and project supervisor. Local NYA offices are at 14½ S Court St Athens.
David Johnson reports 2000 automobile operator licenses sold in Athens with 175 chauffeur licenses sold. He warns last minute rush may inconvenience motorists and urges immediate renewal. Office in City Hall will stay open evenings next Saturday Monday and Tuesday.
Ed Kempton of Jacksonville reports a three squirrel take with a single shot while hunting near Hooper Ridge. He used a shotgun and observed two fall from a beech limb then a third dropped as he approached.
Point Rock resident Ferry Turner visits Carpenter with his parents Mr. and Mrs. J A Turner and spends time with the Holcomb family. Howard Weyand and son Raymond go to Pomeroy on business. Blessing family from Charleston visits Curtis Young and Mr Young. Leslie Blessing and Beulah and Betty Mae Young stay weekend with the Youngs. Turner and Kennedy visit Morris family. Raymond Weyand hosts Roy Phillips’s son and Weyand kin. George Radekin and Lauren Hoffman travel to Columbus on business.
It has been found that it costs about 2 cents more a mile to operate a car of moderate size at 70 miles an hour than at 40.
Athens High School coach Harry Lackey spoke to the Athens Kiwanis Club Monday at the Hotel Berry. He outlined changes in football rules and discussed high school athletics. Guests included three 1940 Athens football lettermen Bill Sprague Howard Bobo and Ed McPherson.
Judge O F Rowland revoked the authority granted to the Athens County Commissioners to hire lawyers to defend a mandamus action brought by Prosecuting Attorney Harry A Mettler. The case seeks larger appropriations for the prosecutor's office and related expenses, with the commissioners previously gaining court approval before a later reversal. Leonard Prater represented the commissioners as they argued the matter in court without their law firm present.
The article notes the Supreme Court could empower commissioners to hire counsel only with a prosecuting attorney and county commissioners' application. Mettler says he was not asked to file such an application and may not consent. The commissioners lack court authority to employ counsel, though they could engage counsel with payment responsibility on them, not the county.
Recital by Miss Alice Mae Wilson pupils at United Brethren Church on Friday Sept 26 at eight. Mrs. Mable Gray hosted euchre with prizes to Fern Post Lee Thomas and Hazel Edwards. Banquet for Rev Shonkwiler's fifth year with welcome addresses and music. Birthday dinner for William Wright Sr. at Main Street home. Past Chiefs of Pocahontas Lodge gathering Sept 27. Sherwood Rebekah Lodge initiation and birthday party. Clarence Hill returns from a 5000 mile trip via Chicago Yellowstone and Glacier parks.
Parents Mr and Mrs Charles Gross of Buffalo New York announce the birth of a son Charles Daniel born Sunday September 21 at Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Earl Shafer of Chauncey and Mr and Mrs Ernest Gross of 133 North Congress Street.
Soldiers in open uniform will gain free admission to OSU football games this season. In India 1933 rail travel saw nearly 3,000,000 passengers traveling without paying fares.
The Chauncey School was broken into last night but nothing appeared stolen, officials said. Deputy Sheriff B Day reported doors likely tampered with a pocketknife to slide the latch, with a skeleton key fragment found in a classroom door. The school has been broken into about five times in the past year.
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