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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1935
Page
12
Logan city begins spring repairs with roofing porch work new drives and sidewalk repairs. carpenters painters and concrete workers find jobs as merchants and contractors monitor a hoped for upturn. better housing committee credits part of the pickup for stimulating repairs and improvements.
Logan A B Church will stage the three act comedy Where In Grandma at 15 p m Friday in the Logan High Auditorium. Rev John A Toy directs with cast including Elizabeth Stoughton Thelma Arnold Mina Mildred Rainer Catharine Stoughton Forrest Heft Helen Bright Mertin Rose Harold Evans and Clyde Hoekman.
Coach John Longley resumes Ashland football drills for two weeks after a Logan stay. He lost nine regulars from last year and will implement a double wing back system used at Chieftain School. Open practice count is 25 with nine returnees assisting and twice daily sessions before finishing the school year.
Sheriff Joe Fardbean and Fairfield County officers arrested Kid Noble of Lancaster and Clifford Darnell of this city in the chicken theft from Pete Rider of West Logan. Both men pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Magistrate 8. B. Whitehart and requested binding over to the grand jury. Bond set at $000. Rider later reported 48 chickens were stolen.
A birthday dinner party was arranged for Mr. William Spencer of Coal Gate Sunday with many relatives and friends attending including the Currens and Spencers from nearby towns. A separate report notes Junior Pierson of Coonville being taken to a Columbus hospital for an operation after a prior shoulder fracture failed to heal.
Waterloo appears in Logan Monday night to face the Independents, a team of former Logan High School players. Milne sponsors the visit, with arrangements made for use of the city high school auditorium by the board of education.
Millicent hides a key container in a tense escape attempt after police question her about Martin Feelding and Bob Caine. An onlooker, Cynthia Happ, watches from the yard as Millicent tosses the key into a pond from a window.
Miss Mary Jane Mason granddaughter of Myrtle White is named a Wesley College scholar at a special ceremony. Daughter of Herbert and Mrs. Mason of Erie Pennsylvania, she has long been a familiar figure in the city.
Miss Clara Dupler of Rockbridge wed Bramwell Ackerman of Bowling Green in a Rockbridge ceremony officiated by Rev. J. R. Love at the United Brethren Parsonage. Ackerman, an enrollee from Camp Logan, now works for H. J. Heinz in Bowling Green where they will reside.
Logan A relief headquarters will receive a consignment of 5 000 pounds of fresh beef on Wednesday with distribution planned for Wednesday afternoon and Thursday. Philadelphia report notes burglars who robbed Meyer Tepper’s home did not appear refined as they entered his pharmacy, searched the rear rooms, cooked a meal, and left dirty dishes.
Mas Helen Belt of Columbus visited Logan to see her mother Mrs. Virginia Belt. Mr. Ada Hoskins a prosecutor's office clerk plans a Cincinnati trip. Mrs. C. 8. Clark Miss Ruth Brooke and W. H. Brooke visited Wellston Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Voris and Mrs. C. H. Armstrong of Columbus were guests of Mrs. Minnie Voris Sunday. Mrs. Margaret Woodruff and her son Billie visited Columbus Saturday and Sunday.
Ironton chamber planned a hotel banquet honoring the Waterloo Wonders and coach Magellan Hairston but the Waterloo Board of Education passed a resolution to keep the team and coach away. Ironton High had roughed Waterloo in a recent game, sparking the board’s actions.
Logan arrangements are in place for a county wide achievement meeting in the Logan High Auditorium Tuesday night. Harold Chambers and Miss Mary Elizabeth Hansel prepared an eight page program with the agenda facts on the county extension program and several drawings for attendees. Ruth Ellen Schaal, daughter of Mr and Mrs C W Schaal Falls Township, suffered a fractured arm Sunday after a fall at home.
Logan William Reynolds of Monday was arrested Saturday afternoon by Deputies Nellis Smith and Newton Spencer on a charge of intoxication. His arraignment before Magistrate G. B. Whitehart resulted in a $25 fine plus costs.
Chauncey-Dover High School junior class will stage Little Things a three act drama coached by Paul Fiske. Cast includes Mary Mae Dunkle Anna Pearl Earich Erle Bridgewater Jr DeWitt Walker Louise Nagle Charlies Pendergrass Frances Atkinson Clara Misner George Fogarassy Gloria Hintz Royden Kollister in the school auditorium Monday night April 15.
Mrs. C. L. Wyckoff and daughter Donna Lou of Akron stay a week with aunt Mrs. Goldie Fielder in Chauncey. Leonard Koenig Sr and Harry Bradbury from Murray City join Mrs. Charles Bradfield Sr in Middleport. Mrs. Peter Rankin visits Miss Hannah Hibbard in Sand Ridge. Robert Dust and Kenneth Nye hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Nye in Chauncey. Mine No. 25 among three operating in district. Mrs. Gilbert Courtney ill at High Street home. Mrs. Tedrick and Mrs. Ella Cunningham visit Sam Cunningham in Glouster. Henry Minister and relatives from Chillicothe visit Edward Minister’s family in Chauncey.
Gallipolis City Commission approves an 11 oclock closing hour for liquor dispensaries effective in 30 days with Saturday openings to 1130 PM. Saloons may open at 5 AM and restaurants may stay open but cannot sell alcohol. Delinquent water rents prompt city water collectors.
A preliminary Business and Professional Women's Club meeting named officers and committees for elections at Island View Inn on April 18. The Bester breakfast group of the Presbyterian Service Club appointed chairs for serving and pageant roles. The pageant The Renewal of Life is set for Easter morning with a breakfast to follow. Eastern Star officers invited to Oak Hill Chapter inspection by bus. Gallia County Pomona Grange to meet at Rio Grande High School on Thursday night April 4. Albert Mees, a Pomeroy carpenter, injured falling from a roof, received three blood transfusions at Holner Hospital after the accident.
A caretaker at the Gallipolis fairgrounds discovered a pried rear cabin window and found thirteen radar caps taken from parked cars. Owners identified and began claiming the caps at the police station.
Gallipoli County Nurse Margaret Jones reported seven new scarlet fever cases in March and one diphtheria case from February. Seven quarantines were posted, five released. 10 cultures sent for analysis including four water samples from new school sites, all satisfactory. Water samples from Bidwell, Waugh Bottom, and Centenary analyzed. Bidwell School water supply difficulties noted. Jones traveled 1,655 miles and logged extensive field and travel hours, visiting 23 schools and weighing pupils.
Chauncey Dover seniors will learn the cast for The Red Headed Stepdaughter this week. Tryouts are underway and the play is to be directed by Mrs. Christine Brown.
Clayton Rhodes 26 and Faye Duff 21 obtained a marriage license in Charleston West Virginia. Rhodes is a grinder by trade and Duff is a Jackson County native. Both are residents of Charleston at the time of the license.
Gallia County authorities examined the collapsed Iron Bridge on Chillicothe Road to assess needed repairs. Officials expect two abutments may be required and a full replacement could be necessary due to severe damage. The board also approved county expenditures and contracts including a secretary for Prosecuting Attorney Cher rington and rock and gravel work in Morgan and Springfield Townships.
FALLIPOLIS reports the March 1935 municipal court fines and costs reached the highest monthly total since May 1931. Judge A. J. Stormont notes $824.90 collected in March, with distributions of $394.40 to the city, $219.10 to the county, and $211.50 to the state, following prior large liquor fines and a confiscated car sale totaling $975.05.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Robison of Murray City married Clyde Ulysses Hill of Zanesville in a Saturday noon ceremony at the Chauncey home of Rev. Gilbert Courtney Church of Christ. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Gilbert Strausbaugh of Taylor Ridge. The couple plans to live in Zanesville.
Chauncey Reverend and Mrs. W Ahibrand entertained guests last week and Sunday at their High Street home. Attending were Mrs. Charlies Lanaman and son Marvin, Miss Louise Hasler, Don Speakman and sister Ona Speakman, Manley and Gladys Stewart, all from New Holland Ohio.
Chauncey and Buckley families hosted guests from Amesville Dayton and Adrian Michigan. Mrs Williams and Mr Paul Williams of Amesville along with Edwine Stanley and others visited relatives in town. Ladies Aid Society of the church meets Wednesday night at the church.
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