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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1938
Page
10
Logan officials prepare for final passage of a new traffic code at next Tuesday’s council meeting. Public reaction sought before the third reading. Provisions include two hour parking on Main Street and Market Street blocks, daily except Sundays, plus freight truck restrictions on Main Street with possible amendments.
Logan The Logan Gun Club will hold its monthly shoot at the fairground range next Sunday afternoon with many visitors expected to attend. This is the third meet since joining the four club circuit. A recent Sunday shoot at Pleasantville saw Sheriff Farbean and his son Jack watch, with 12 year old Jack winning one match.
Relatives report Larry Lee Wetherill son of Mr and Mrs John Wetherill remains in serious condition after a second major operation and a third operation is planned for several days from Monday in Logan.
The Logan Junior High School will stage The Gypsy Troubadour, an operetta in two acts, Thursday evening at 8 15 in the Logan High Auditorium. Rehearsals have spanned the past two weeks with the performance to feature the school program.
Representatives from four teams met at the Logan Chamber of Commerce to elect officers for the Logan Recreation Ball League. Charles Mohler became president, Bill Sauer was named vice president and official scorer, and Dave Milne was elected secretary treasurer. Plans aim for a six team league with games at S. and S. Park.
Miss Hortense Gibson librarian visited Smith School Salt Creek Township South Bloomingville and Laurelville in western Hocking County to study local library needs. She toured with Janet White county music supervisor.
Logan James Smoot, former extension agent for Hocking County, will be guest speaker at Plymouth Grange on April 28. He will discuss Hybrid Corn and Poultry and members are urged to attend. meeting opens at 7 30 p m.
Effects unseen in animation mark Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Athena as Walt Disney’s team crafts a self transforming scene. The queen drinks a potion while the set swirls into color, the apple episode shifts through multiple hues, and wind and storm effects heighten the magical brew sequence.
A joint Logan meeting of the city health committee the City Board of Health and Mayor Dallas Kinser will review a State Health Department survey by E. E. Huber. It favors contracting with the county unit to cut costs while sharing a health nurse and other staff. The group plans to report to city council at the next session.
District eliminations concluded with many perfect scores, predicting a large turnout for finals at Logan High School Saturday morning. The finals begin at 9 o clock with only perfect-score entrants.
LOGAN JACK Sheline of Green Township was arraigned before Magistrate S B Whitehart Monday on stealing chickens. He pleaded guilty and was fined 25 dollars and costs. He was charged with taking 10 chickens, the property of Ralph Dresher, on March 26.
Logan County officers closed their inquiry into Warren Strachan and found no relatives. They notified the undertaker in charge of the body that it is released for burial. The body will be laid to rest at County Home Cemetery.
Logan Sumner Martin of this city a member of the resident engineer staff is suffering a recurrence of infection in his right foot after stepping on a nail three weeks ago.
The Mt. Zion Congregational Christian Church in Nelsonville R D 2 hosts preaching by Rev. Herman A. Lewis on Sunday evening April 24.
Mrs. Day ton Roush was taken to St. Joseph Hospital in Parkersburg for treatment. The Mothersingers Chorus of Racine and Letart PTA presented an Easter cantata at the M E Church. Attendance at Sunday School was 135. Various residents from Circleville Columbus Wheeling Athens and Steubenville visited or stayed with local families over Easter.
Opened in 1833 as Hodges House in Pontiac Michigan it earned the title finest hotel west of Buffalo. The property later renamed the Milner remains in continuous service as Michigan's oldest running hotel with roots tracing to Hodges a general store keeper.
Logan residents host and visit relatives with trips to Laurelville Fairfield County and Leesburg. Couples and single guests include the Schaal and Lap pen families, Helen Sater in Columbus, Aletha Goss in Columbus, Melrose Harbaugh group in Snortin' Ridge, and Rose Vulcano marrying Alvin Tarmiter. The nurse graduate and conservation officer pair plan to live in McConnelsville.
Friends here received the announcement Monday outlining a recent event. The notice provides limited details but confirms the occurrence and basic involvement of local residents.
Judge E. L. Ewing issued marriage licenses to three couples. H. L. Trader, 23, and Hazel M. Owings, 23, both of Gore and New Straitsville R. F. C. Merl Grant Swackhamer, 24, and Eunice Ruth Monroe, 19, from Salt Creek and Benton Townships. Walter Rose Price, 27, of New Straitsville, and Amy N. Cheshier, 22, of Logan.
The Murray City Methodist Church received 31 new members after a revival. Twenty two joined at the altar and nine were baptized under Rev. L O Lineberger. A sunrise service drew about 200, with large crowds at morning and evening services. The Linebergers plan to attend the spring district meeting at New Holland on Thursday.
Logan George Bright of this city killed a nearly seven foot blacksnake on Friday while mushroom hunting in an orchard south of town. The reptile was large and notable for its length.
Logan-Ross M. Poling of near Bremen was jailed by commitment from the mayor's court after not paying a $100 fine and costs for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence. He did not return when released to fetch money, and officers arrested him early Monday. He had served time in Lancaster for a similar offense. his licenses were certified for a e at the time of the fine.
Logan-Hocking County fishermen express frustration over a Conservation Department order that closes the Hocking River and its tributaries and nearby streams within a 10 mile radius to live bait gathering. Salt Creek and its tributaries in the county’s western part are not included.
Logan Lawrence Young of Laurelville was arraigned on leaving the scene of an accident without stopping. He was committed to county jail from the court of May or C. W. Reichelderfer. He was fined $25 and costs.
John R. McClain of Starr Township weighs entering the Democratic primary for county auditor. He serves as Starr Township Trustee and leads the Hocking County Trustees Association, and expects a decision soon.
Logan was honored on WBNS during the Ezra Martin Hour when Mayor Dallas Kinser read a brief resume of Logan and Hancock County on Monday afternoon.
Edward Moriarty 76 former Logan resident died in Memphis Tennessee Friday after a stroke. He worked for the Illinois Central Railroad in the South after a world roaming life as a soldier and tele grapher rising to a leadership role. He visited Logan annually for summers and was brother to William Moriarty and Dennis Moriarty of Columbus.
Logan F. E. Beebe aged 75 Cedar Falls was brought to Cherrington Hospital after riding a colt he was thrown and suffered a hip fracture. The injury was not assessed until Monday morning hospital admission. Also treated were Mrs. Albert Blick and Mrs. Walter Rutter for abdominal surgery and appendicitis respectively.
Betty Lou Riley of Nelsonville was discharged from Cherrington Hospital Saturday after treatment for a lacerated right hand suffered when she fell on broken glass some time ago.
Logan Olaf Darnell and Edward Evans of Athens faced Mayor Dallas Kinser for reckless driving hearings. Both were found guilty with $10 fines plus costs after tests conducted Saturday night by Patrolman A. F. Evans.
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