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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1941
Page
5
Brown of Carbondale was working at the Carbondale mine when a powder explosion occurred this morning. He sustained minor bruises and abrasions, with coal lodged in his skin by the blast. He was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital where doctors feared serious injuries.
Athens County relief office will run a semi monthly distribution totaling 2300 dollars funded entirely by the Ohio State Emergency Fund. Relief director Dale Ziggaroos said the board advanced 5500 dollars last month and the county seeks funds to cover the rest of the year. The county has no own funds and 441 relief cases include about 1508 people, a much lower figure than last year.
The County Superintendents Association of Southeastern Ohio will meet tomorrow at 10 a.m. in the Student Union Building on the Ohio University campus. O. E. Hill, assistant director of education for Ohio, an Ohio University graduate recently invited by State Director Kenneth Do Ray, will discuss general policies of the new administration. F. J. Taylor of Athens County is president and S. H. Dillon of Hocking County is secretary.
The Civil Service Commission certified three top candidates for Athens police chief: Carman L. Church, Sgt. Joseph B. Grogan, and Charles H. Evans. The Board of Control will select from these. Grogan is expected to be named. All seven applicants passed.
Nearly 700 drivers licenses were sold Monday in Athens City Hall. Deputy registrar David Johnson said the sale runs tonight 6 to 9 and continues until Thursday at 5 p.m. About 4,500 licenses have been sold to date, with 7,000 last year. 2,500 drivers remain unlicensed. Of chauffeurs licenses, 300 are sold with 150 expected in the final rush. Drivers must have the 1942 permits by tomorrow.
Karl H. Berns assistant secretary of the Ohio Education Association will be the principal speaker at the Athens County Teachers' Association meeting on Oct 8 Supt F J Taylor announced today The dinner starts at 530 p m in the First Christian Church Ath ens About 150 teachers and guests are expected Berns will discuss Continuing Contracts for Teachers.
Twenty two bales of oat straw fell from a truck on Biddle Road south of Athens this morning as it rounded a curve. Deputies Bayless and Day cleared the road and a hay hook found on a bale was brought to the sheriff’s office.
Marriage licenses were issued in the Athens County Probate Court last week to five couples. Eugene Sprague 22 of Mentor and Eileen Ashcraft 19 of Athens. Lowell Jay Richard Russell 21 of Glouster Route 3 and Opal Galbraith 19 of Glouster Route 1. Kenneth Carney 22 of Parkersburg West Virginia and Nellie Layman 21 of Guysville. Ernest Floyd Baker 19 of Pratts Fork and Genevieve Francis Howard 21 of Guysville Lundy Hall. Lundy Hall 26 and June Garner 21 of Nelsonville.
Rome reports Virginio Gayda states new Axis measures will refute claims of weakened morale in Italy and Germany. He accuses the Anglo-Saxons of instigating these reports and signals forthcoming actions.
Temperatures in Athens reached 74 this morning, topping Monday's 70 high. The low last night fell to 48 as the Hocking River receded. report by observer C N France.
A man possibly James Hall of Toledo was found dead in a 1938 coach near Route 377 a mile north of Sharpsburg. State patrol noted suicide by exhaust with hose through the floorboard as the engine ran until fuel exhaustion. Coroner A L Pritchard was called and relatives in Toledo sought.
Six Athens County youths join Camp Nelson in Nelsonville for a six month CCC enlistment. The new enrollees include James Lafollette Thomas Williams Lawrence Richards Jock Webb Dana Hayden Jr Glendalle Kettell and Albert Burley. one applicant was rejected for being underage. They may stay at Camp Nelson or be sent elsewhere to perform reforestation near New Straitsville while receiving drills and trade training.
The State Highway Patrol arrested Robert Spawn, 18, of Jackson after an accident on Route 75 near McArthur. Spawn passed another car with insufficient vision and was fined 5 dollars and costs in Mayor Collins' court. Lonnie Jaques, 25, of Gallipolis, was arrested for unsafe driving and fined 5 dollars and costs in Middleport.
At Sheltering Arms Mr and Mrs Wayne Jones welcomed a son born Monday at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Denver Murphy of Nelsonville Route 2 had a minor surgery this morning. Eva Fink of Rutland underwent an emergency appendectomy Monday evening. Dorothy Strawser of 263 East State Street was admitted for medical observation Monday. Mrs Margaret Adams of Chauncey was released Monday afternoon, and Leo Potts of 16 Walker Street was to be released this afternoon.
Jack Gleason of Millfield pleaded guilty to intoxication at arraignment before Mayor Cliff Cornell this morning. He was fined five dollars plus costs after being arrested Monday afternoon on South Court Street by Officer Carmen Church.
The 1908 Siberia meteor airburst became widely covered only about two decades later, drawing attention to a remarkable collision event that reshaped early 20th century science reporting.
In England a pancake is rolled like a ladyfinger with a sprinkle of sugar and lemon, then eaten one by one.
John Halley files in Athens County Common Pleas seeking 10000 for injuries from a rear end collision with John Higgins Jr. on Route 50 near Route 33 on April 24, 1941. He alleges permanent crushing back injuries ligament tears spinal trauma and chest bruises plus court costs.
Two local youths join the navy with E S Lashmett reporting yesterday. Ralph Wilbur Brewer 21 of Portland is enlisted for regular naval duty in the Naval Reserve and will train at Great Lakes Illinois as a machinist mate. Russell Edward Haynes 17 of Parkersburg West Virginia is accepted for the regular navy and sent to Great Lakes after CCC service.
Harrisonville residents host and attend local social gatherings with neighbors from Park er, French, Wyatt, Combs, Saunders, Seiple, Hunsicker, Alkire, Stacey, Fo ley, Turner, Atkins, Reisinger and Turner. A film of Defense of the Nation played at the high school. A quip notes visiting all US counties would take over eight years to complete.
Dr. E Herndon Hudson directs a larger staff and facilities with a new policy giving each student one week of hospitalization at no charge. Semester health fees rise from 2 to 4 dollars. Outpatient clinic enlarges with women’s rooms while old rooms serve men. Last year 20 000 outpatient visits and 300 hospital admissions occurred.
Melvin A. Cuckler pleaded guilty after a five and a half hour Athens County Court session. Testimony showed he was drunk when arrested on September 21 while driving a truck on Route 33 near Nice's Camp. The second offense charge was dismissed under the new Ohio traffic code. Sentencing to follow.
Athens High School football coach Harry Lackey spoke at the Athens Rotary Club about his 1941 team and athletics. He noted one varsity player with two games total and eight new starters against McArthur, with five new players on the reserve squad.
Frank Pugh announced an extension of the lime delivery date to October 31 due to a high volume of orders. Orders will be accepted for 1942 lime but not processed until all 1941 lime deliveries are completed. No further applications for 1941 lime will be accepted.
Bennett justices of the peace fined Isaac Goins ten dollars for reckless operation and Willard Tabler five dollars for intoxication in Tabletown. Goins collided his car with Sheriff Charles Bayless’s vehicle on Saturday night.
William Thompson invites all young people to attend a Farm Bureau Youth Council meeting on Wednesday night October 1 at 8 o'clock in the Athens Grange Hall. The event aims to engage youth in the movement.
McARTHUR The body of Leo E. Lowe about 35 and employed as an apple picker was found along the C. and O. Railway tracks near Radcliff. Coroner J. E. Strong reports Lowe was killed by a train. He left Radcliff depot around 8 10 Sunday evening and a train 40 minutes later is believed to have struck him.
Clayton Miller reported his dark orange bicycle stolen after leaving it at a service station near the fairgrounds Saturday night while he and a friend attended a theater. He says the top bar of the frame has been welded.
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