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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1930
Page
12
Classified line for The Messenger directs readers to contact D. Y. Milne about circulation, with a phone number Logan 272 for inquiries or service.
April 22. Only 14 of 137 farmers reporting to Harold Chambers extension agent plan to sow soy beans this spring. He notes soy beans grow on poorer and acid soil, rival alfalfa in feeding value with 11.7 percent protein, and can be used for hay, intercropping, or seed production. They inoculate soil with nitrogen.
Miss Glenaus Geiger and Sheldon Cox along with Miss Geraldine Casto and Clifford Ridenour were united in a double wedding at Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev. Elmer Bliss officiating. Families hosted wedding dinners and the Coxes plan to live on North Orchard Street while Ridenour will reside in Lancaster with work at Ohio Fuel Gas Company. Cox employed at National Fireproofing Company plant in Haydenville.
Emerson Hansel of Logan completed his first solo flight after four hours and 20 minutes of instruction at Curtiss-Wright School Port Columbus. The Logan High School graduate is in a private pilot course and is the youngest son of Mr and Mrs H G Hansel of West Hunter Street.
Mr and Mrs Virgil Gorby announce the birth of a daughter on April 19 weighing 7 pounds as Helen Maxine.
Logan reports that the Purple and White fleet from the west coast will reach May 23 on its eastward journey to the Elka fraternity grand lodge meeting in Atlantic City. Chairman Jon W. Parbeann and assistants Edward Collins and Phil A. Henderson organize Logan reception as fraternalists tour numerous cities.
Mrs. Emmalette Gibbony McCray age 90 died at her North Market Street home in Logan after a two week illness. A native of Lancaster she moved to Logan in 1864 and was active in First Presbyterian Church for over 50 years. Survived by six of seven children including Minnette and Mary at home, Myers Pond, Mrs. George Cunningham of Lancaster, Clarence McCray and Mrs. John A. Smith of Columbus. Funeral set for Wednesday at 2 pm at home with Rev. H. L. Geddes. burial Oak Grove Cemetery.
Logan April 22 Prof Ellis Snyder will direct Capital University Chapel Choir in a four group concert without accompaniment. The program spans Church Universal Negro spirituals Russian Church and Modern American pieces with works by Palestrina Brahms Dett Rachmaninoff Lvovsky Tchaikovsky Kopolyoff Jones Barnes Lutkin and Christiansen.
Logan April 2 An application was obtained from the election board clerk by John M Conkle of this city He plans to prepare the petition to become a Democratic candidate for commissioner He is the first declaration for this office on the Democratic ticket while three Republicans contend for the seat
Defective wiring is blamed for a small blaze at the Walter Juergensmeier residence on North Mulberry Street at 9 30 a m Monday. Firemen extinguished the fire with chemicals, damage not exceeding 5 dollars.
Silver cups were awarded to grade pupils after a track meet in Logan that gathered elimination winners from Hocking County districts. Ward Township boys and Falls Township girls led their divisions, with W. S. Yaw presenting the cups for the Logan Chamber of Commerce. Cups must be won three consecutive years to be kept.
Logan April 22 teachers and Supt J W Coleman will grade test papers from Hocking County rural schools. About 290 pupils took exams in eight subjects. grading will take about a week to identify pupils promoted to high schools for the next term.
In Logan on April 22 a Literary Digest straw vote test at two large churches showed very few adults received ballots. Among 351 men and women present at the two sites only 25 total ballots were forwarded, prompting organizers to question whether churchgoing voters would be represented if similar ratios held in other congregations.
Logan April 22 John Howells 62 of McArthur operated on at Cherrington Hospital Friday for acute appendicitis. Condition reported favorable.
Funeral services were held at the Walters home on Saturday afternoon for the day old infant of Mr and Mrs Herbert Walters of Coonville who died Thursday morning. Burial was in Asbury Cemetery.
James Schaal resumes study at Cincinnati Medical College following a week with his parents, Mr and Mrs Adam Schaal, of the city. In Lancaster, Mr and Mrs FE M Martin and Mrs Midna Kreider attended Danielitt’s funeral, held after death at Mountain State Hospital in West Virginia.
Thirty members of Logan Commandery No. 78 Knights Templar attended a special Easter service at the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. James R. Fields delivered a sermon highlighting Christ as central to life, with reflections on Christmas Good Friday Easter and Ascension Day and the symbolism of the cradle and the cross. The Men's Chorus performed under JL Mooney with Mrs Clark at organ and Joyce Fields on the piano. nonmembers also attended.
Mrs. George Wonn hosted the Among Ourselves Club with a three course luncheon at her home. Mrs. Merritt Wonn and Mrs. O G Whitener assisted. A paper on Home and the School was offered by Mrs. William Hansel, directed by new president Mrs. W P Wetherill. Vocal solos by Mrs. Raymond Lanning and piano numbers by Mrs. Wilbur Lanning. Guests included Mrs. Wright of Canal Winchester and others from Lima and nearby towns.
Dr. C F Ackers is home on East Hunter Street with influenza. Edward Casto of Toledo spent Easter in the city with his parents. Mr and Mrs Ransom Casto and Mr and Mrs Carl Poling of Logan were in Columbus Sunday visiting Mrs Edward Cavendish. The Rev and Mrs L B Wissinger of New Plymouth were visitors in Logan Monday. J M Lanner of Starr Township made a business trip to Logan Monday. Edward Reiser of Akron was a business visitor in Logan Monday. Joseph Frasch returned to Capital University Tuesday after a short vacation with his parents. Miss Catherine Campbell of Trinity College Washington DC returned after a short visit with her parents.
Senator Brookhart charged in the Senate that a conspiracy exists among Secretary Mellon Chairman Raskob and Henry Curran to elect net members to the next Congress.
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