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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1947
Page
5
Weather observer Mrs. C. N. France notes a low of 49 degrees Wednesday night with a high of 69. The reading at 9 am was 56 under semi cloudy skies. County Extension Agent Ross Wright reports Tuesday's frost did not kill crops and contrasts with last year's Oct. 1 killing frost.
Registrar Robert E. Mahn reports total campus enrollment at 6,467 with 5,506 on the Athens campus and 961 in three branches. Men at Athens number 4,010 versus 1,496 women, and 3,003 World War II veterans are on campus along with 375 in branches.
Senator Roscoe R. Walcutt, chair of the Ohio Post-War Program Commission, announces a Committee on Libraries to finish the Ohio Library Survey Commission work. Senator Carl D. Sheppard of Akron leads. Walter Brahm is vice-chairman. Joseph C. Neer of Urbana is secretary. meeting set Oct. 2 in Columbus. The panel will study financing and simplify library laws. Senator C. Stanley Mechem of Nelsonville is a member.
The Sons of the American Revolution met Wednesday night to discuss the Constitution of the United States. Prof Thomas N Hoover highlighted makers of the Constitution and its lesser known features as part of a celebration of the constitution’s completion anniversary. Mr and Mrs E Stanley Haller hosted.
Pleas of guilty entered by three men before Mayor Franz Woodworth. Ronald W. Scott 23 of New Marshfield paid 5 dollars fine plus costs for unsafe operation of a motor vehicle. J. W. Allen 54 of Athens Route 5 paid 5 dollars fine plus costs for intoxication. Albert Rutter 44 of McArthur Route 2 received 10 dollars fine plus costs.
Edward L. Cable of Athens seeks a divorce from Lorraine V. Cable of Elizabeth New Jersey in Common Pleas Court. They married March 29 1941 at Camp Shelby Mississippi and have one child. Plaintiff accuses the defendant of infidelity and asks for custody of the child.
Mayor Franz Woodworth announces Park Place on city property is closed to parking to reserve space for faculty and students who must drive to campus. All student cars must be registered. permits are issued to those with need. Unpermitted cars should use university lots near the stadium. other campus drives remain reserved.
Poultry specialist C. M. Fergusson of Ohio State University urges raisers to cull non-layers, house pallets early, keep night lights on the old flock, and feed the best rations to combat high feed costs. He has produced a poultry year calendar for egg records and costs with tips to improve flock output, available at the Athens County Extension Office in the county post office.
Athens drivers without 1948 licenses were urged to secure them now as Sept 30 is the last day for 1947 licenses. The City Hall registrar’s office will stay open until 9 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, with 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. hours currently. Chauncey deputy registrar Mrs. Bessie Johnston announced extended hours to 8 p.m. on Thu Fri and Sat and until 9 p.m. on Mon Tue. About 3,500 operators’ licenses and 500 chauffeurs’ permits have been issued in Athens.
A Nelsonville man Harold Davis 21 and his wife Virgie 21 were treated at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a 3 am crash on Route 33 north of Chauncey a patrol report said. Davis car skidded and plunged into a ditch injuring both. A separate three car collision south of Richland Ave bridge involved Franklin Jeffers 30 Athens Route 5 F E Goldsberry 79 W Washington St and Paul Batchelder 20 Shade with substantial damage.
Amesville officers announce the annual carnival set for Oct. 24. Jerry McKinley is president with Charles Jones as vice president Agnes Whitsell secretary and Ella Lee Riley treasurer. King and queen candidates span grades 7 to 12 with pairs named for each grade.
Members of the 83rd World War I Division plan a Sept 27 and 28 reunion at Camp Sherman Chillicothe thirty years after training there. Athens County men from Company H 330th Infantry and many others from nearby towns are listed with a call for missing names. An invitation urges veterans to see the old camp ground barracks and remember drills under the old sergeant and bugler.
Frank Gettles Jr and Eber Carpenter pleaded guilty to intoxication charges and were fined five dollars plus costs by Mayor Franz Woodworth. Both men, ages 25 and 68, reside on State Street and Mound Street respectively. they were arrested by city police.
John Sabo aged 29 and Arzella Fontella Frazier aged 27, both residents of Gloucester, obtained a marriage license.
The excerpt encourages relaxation and enjoyment at home where adults and children alike can have a drink or food while listening to the radio. It emphasizes that varied tastes are okay as long as everyone gathers, shares, and enjoys themselves together.
Anna Mae Markin and Bernadine Klingenberg underwent major surgery while Frances Evans and Mrs Marion Snyder were admitted for medical treatment. Mrs Addie Wenger and others from The Plains Glouster Athens Wellston were dismissed or listed with medical notes.
Local distribution notes show Marietta paints carried by Bardin Bros. Co. in Athens Pomeroy Cement Block Co. in Pomeroy and Plymale Wagner Co. in Gallipolis with regional supplier listings.
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