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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1935
Page
17
The chamber reports officer re elections with John A Wellman Claude Lyon and Harry J Carr reelected as president and vice president respectively. A dinner meeting and monthly forum adoption are noted along with invitations to officials and service directors.
The campaign closed adding 62 members to the organization, with at least 100 others urged for affiliation. New directors Stevenson and Carr spoke briefly along with Harold W. Larimer, Raymond Lanning, and Frank Blasius. The auditing report by Burt and Keller showed receipts of 5167.44 and expenditures of 5111.29, read by secretary Miss Marie Lines. An April 30 dinner meeting was announced with Frederick A. Miller of the Goodman Company set to speak.
Attendance was large at the Logan Post American Legion meeting Tuesday night. Lancaster Legionnaires offered degree work. A Son of the Legion unit with 22 members was formed. Officers were elected by that group last week. Lunch followed, served by John W. McBroom, Ewald Schmitter and Jease Columber.
Local Union miners from across the area plan an ox roast event Saturday. Evening activities include a dance and refreshment on the grounds, with organizers W. Davis and U. M. Tetlow coordinating.
At the fin s meet the PTA officers were elected Att President Mrs President Alfred Y Miss Margaret Mrs Saran Kay Prepared by Miss bed ret Hem of selections py hestre Plano solo Push recitation by Play by the Recitation by Hel y the Sith grade mma by the girls PARReF went to the Hospital ty MCAloves
M. M. Bryson of Gloucester was re employed as superintendent of the Jacksonville Trimble High School at a meeting of the Joint High School committee Tuesday night. The four member committee includes two from each local board. High school teachers will be hired at the May 13 committee meeting.
Glouster High School sophomore girls organized a Sub Deb Club meeting at the home of Mary Estelle Anderson. The club, limited to 16 members, elected officers Mary Estelle Anderson president Betty Ruth Carpenter vice president Boydie Pride recording secretary Mary Jane Morris correspondence secretary Ruth Margaret Kinney treasurer. The group will meet twice monthly in summer and served a lunch to named members.
Mr and Mrs J F Cheney entertained many young girls from six to thirty Tuesday evening in Glouster for granddaughter Benarda Jewett s seventh birthday She spent the winter in the city with her grandparents and attends school there She received numerous gifts Jacksonville briefs report local visits and a hospital update on Leo Carter recovery from appendicitis at St Francis Hospital Columbus Man and Mrs Ray Vess of Glouster visited Mrs Swindell Wednesday Louis Cairelli went to Cleveland for work on the steamship Harry Coulby on the Great Lakes
Logan reports the abandonment of the Boy Scout camp project at Helber Rock as FERA declines to provide labor on private property. Officials consider a possible review with a site on state owned land.
Logan railroad wreck crew to repair a locomotive that left the track at Greendale Monday afternoon. No injuries reported but some trackage was destroyed. Local crew coordinated to restore service on the line.
About 20 people will be employed at the Logan mattress factory on South Mulberry Street by next Wednesday, Samuel Ryan said the plant would reopen Monday. A shipment of 16 bales of cotton and two bales of ticking arrived, allowing roughly three weeks of operation with a planned output of about 18 units daily starting next week.
A reader lambastes Athens and Canaan townships for funds and mismanagement, urges abolishing township roads, and urges a county wide hard road from Coolsville Ridge to Route 7 to end mudbound conditions. The writer questions road oversight and calls for county engineers to justify current plans.
First Presbyterian Church observes Holy Week with Thursday night communion led by Rev. R C Babylon. Friday night the senior choir with Mr Babylon presents The Message of the Cross cantata by J Sheldon Scott. Easter music features vesper services and The Prince of Life cantata directed by Mrs Harriet Weymueller with Mrs Lucy Bowen accompanist and senior choir performing at 4 p m.
Samuel Ryan approves county bridge painting plan for 162 spans on the highway system. Action forwarded to Columbus for further action. Project costing about 18000 dollars. Several bridges have not received paint for many years.
Ernest Campbell of Athens protests a proposed road stretch that keeps churches and schools inaccessible in winter and spring. He argues bridges would ease farming families and allow bus routes, urging commissioners to fix the mud before adding new bridges.
Harold Chambers extension agent surveys losses after this week’s freezes. Peaches cherries and plums destroyed though late apples may survive. Fortunes for early crops look bleak while later crops could endure.
Andrew Jackson Williams 22 a relief worker of Murray City son of Samuel Williams and Martel Marie Moody 15 at home Glouster Rt 6 daughter of Mr and Mrs William Moody are identified in a local community notice.
Ohio State University announces its fifth annual radio play tournament will be held April 26 and 27 with representation from at least five colleges. The event showcases student radio drama and talent.
Firemen saved two young swans trapped in a bowl at one end of Greenwood Lake by guiding them through a tunnel to safety at the other end.
Marie Rigalle draws attention at the annual striped bass carnival in San Rafael California in May. She appears in angling and bathing revue events with a record catch of stripers.
Logan to establish a sight saving school for Perry and Hocking Counties pending state blind commission findings. Local officials say if enough children qualify the school will start next year with tuition paid by the child’s district. Currently Columbus hosts the nearest such school with local pupils attending.
A National Forest representative will visit Logan each Tuesday starting next week to meet landowners about selling property to the federal government in Ward Starr Falls Gore and Green Townships. An office space has been arranged in the Logan post office civil service room. Plays by Ewing and Hocking Granges were staged Tuesday for delegates visiting Laurel Valley Grange in Laurelville.
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