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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1936
Page
5
About 4500 drivers licenses and 500 chauffeurs licenses were sold at the Athens County Courthouse deputy registrar office. The banned arrests period begins tomorrow with a 30 day no-arrest directive from the Columbus Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
East Side School hosts the first after school Hobby Club meeting of the year. Officers will be elected and hobbies chosen as sixth grade officers take temporary charge of programs. The Music Club meets Thursday at 7 at Barbara Dea McKinstry’s home with principal Mr Wayne Matthews as sponsor. Jane Lou Frame leads as president.
Sixty Athens High School football fans will travel to Columbus Saturday morning after Ohio State University invites all high schools to its Fourth Annual High School Day. The day features the Ohio State vs New York University game at 2 PM with low student rates, plus two swimming exhibitions by the Women’s Swan Club and the Men’s Physical Education Department at 11:30 AM. Guides will escort students around campus. teachers, parents, and visitors may attend.
Dr. J. T. Sprague of Athens is named medical examiner for the Bureau of Aeronautics in the Department of Commerce. He will examine flying students before they begin training and reexamine pilots at intervals to renew licenses.
In Orland, Ohio, Lucius Payne was appointed postmaster and railroad agent on January 4, 1881. He served until January 6, 1909 when his nephew George Cherry took over. Cherry remains in the dual role, reflecting 54 years of town service from the original store station and post office.
George McKinley a 59 year old WPA worker from Carbondale and father of eight was seriously injured while clearing slate near the Kimberly mine in Nelsonville. He suffered a right knee fracture a second fracture and a facial cut after being crushed between slate and a truck and was taken to Charity Hospital in Logan for treatment.
Athens County Treasurer G D Gorham petitions in Athens County Common Pleas Court to order sale of property in Glouster for taxes due 460.84 and special assessments 29.96. Defendants listed include A J Price The Delaware Finance Co George W Rose administrator of Edward F Carpenter estate and S H Squire superintendent of state banks.
Some Athens food stores will close at noon each Thursday starting tomorrow and stay open 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on other days. The change was announced by the Athens Retail Clerks Union, not by store owners or the Athens Retail Merchants Association, which has only two member stores.
The Salvation Army advisory board in Athens reviewed the year ending Sept 27 1936. Adjt Ronald Irwin said salvaged materials distributed 1850 garments and 300 pairs of shoes to the poor, with meals for 809 transients and lodging for 819 people. Total relief value reached 1088.13 dollars. demand outpaced supply.
The Ex-Service Men's Americanization League was organized at a meeting in Athens last night. David Feth was chosen chairman and R. W. McKinstry secretary with an Organization Committee including M. C. Morrison Arthur Edleman John Hunt Arthur Sprague Clarence Wolfe Darrell Sams and John Cox. The next meeting is set for Tuesday night Oct 6 in the Athens County Courthouse court room.
The Athens County infirmary superintendent's car, taken from Chauncey Monday night, was found in Orland Vinton County. Sheriff Stratton and a state patrolman traced it after a call reporting an abandoned vehicle on State Route 56. Investigators inspect fingerprints and pursue a freight train theory.
Captain Paul Hall led a 15 minute hygiene and uniform care instruction for Battery C 134th Field Artillery at the Athens division drill. Lieut R Q Hall supervised close order drill. Sergt Ernest Sams aided in first aid and uniform care. laws read by Sergt Richard Corwin. Crew details given and pay rates listed.
The Works Progress Administration releases a massive geography book project titled The American Guide. Six thousand paid writers twelve thousand volunteers and three million dollars created six volumes plus state and city guides. It features diverse topics with striking photographs and a grand library challenge for readers with limited shelves.
The Valley Boxing Club presents a card at the pavillion tonight not next Wednesday as previously stated. Main bout features Eddie Banik of Murray City versus Crawford Tillman of Cleveland in an eight round contest. the pair have drawn twice before. Three other solid matches on the bill, with indoor venue and no weather interference.
Dr. W. F. Dorgan, a federal veterinarian who conducted tuberculin tests in Lodi Township, resigns to become a food inspector in Louisville. He tested 1,646 cattle in Lodi with no reactors and about 8,000 cattle across Troy, Ames, Canaan and Alexander Townships with five reactors found. A few days of testing remain in each township.
Mayor Len B. McCune cites risky bicycle habits among Athens youths including riding at night without lights hitching bikes to moving cars and three riders on one bicycle. He notes sidewalk riding violates city ordinance and calls for parent cooperation to end these dangers.
Athens County farmers are urged to attend meetings starting this week to help plan the 1937 agricultural conservation program and discuss 1936 issues. Sessions begin at 8 p m in Chauncey Lottridge Athens Coolville Amesville York Albany New Marshfield Trimble Lodi and Stewart locations with county committee members leading.
The Ohio University Student Democratic Club held its first rally at Athens City Hall with Peter Librizzi of the New Jersey Democrat Speaking Bureau declaring Roosevelt the likely winner and attacking Landon’s budget. William Warmington spoke against Gov Martain L Davey’s enemies as George Banks and B Beckler asked for student support. Bardin urged absentee voting.
Recent admissions to the Sheltering Arms Hospital include Miss Jean Parker Hamden with a major operation by Dr. G. L. McCullough Chester, and Leroy Engleberry Zaleski for an appendectomy. Miss Rebecca Blackstone Hamden and Mrs. Robin Reed Vinton were discharged after medical treatment. Mrs. Edward Davis Orland Ohio was released after care, and Thomas Goodfellow Athens, who had a minor operation last Saturday, was dismissed.
John Lippincott aged 73, former Athens resident, died in Long Branch New Jersey where he had lived 15 years. His widow Emma and daughter Mrs Edna Gladden traveled after word of his illness. He leaves three daughters Ruth Windsor Faye Lippincott and Gladden of Athens and two sons Ray Cleveland and William Long Branch. Funeral services will be held in Long Branch with the family traveling there.
Judges P. J. Blosser W. H. Middleton and R. K. McCurdy preside in Athena hearing eleven appeals. The report notes the proceedings as part of the District Court of Appeals activity. Some lines reference Arctic mosquitoes as among the largest species observed.
The Apostolic Church on Richland Ave will host Bible study Friday at 7 30 led by Elder G H Martin. The discussion asks who was the first Gentile saved and how he was baptized with attendees invited to bring scripture references. Sunday School starts at 10 am and Sunday evening services at 7 30.
Bids received in Columbus for resurfacing 5.7 miles of Route 31 between Athens and Chauncey and 3.3 miles of U S Route 50 from Mechanicsburg to Fisher Station. Allied Products Co. of Cleveeland submitted the low bid of 45 992 for both jobs to widen and surface with bituminous macadam, contract to run 25 working days with a minimum wage of 50 cents an hour for unskilled labor.
Continued cool weather gives Athens a chance to breathe with temperatures about 40 degrees cooler than the 99 degree day recently. Yesterday's high reached 64 and last night’s low was 50, with 56 degrees reported this afternoon.
German scientists at the technical school in Karlsruhe report a method to produce oil suitable for soap making from used coffee grounds. The discovery could provide a new source of raw material for soap industries and reduce waste.
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