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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1930
Page
14
Representatives of the Sears Roebuck Company visited Logan on Tuesday to survey local furniture factories then planned to tour Gallipolis plants. H. R. Tipton, formerly of Logan, accompanied the party. In Logan they reportedly visited the Owens Manufacturing and Shaw Manufacturing plants.
Ros De Laney Lancaster district lecturer will inspect Mingo Lodge No. 171 F and A M in Logan on Wednesday evening. A 6 o'clock dinner at the hall precedes degree work with James W. Morgan grand master of Ohio in attendance. Visiting lodgemen expected. Master’s Degree to be conferred.
Logan Ohio mourns as Hannah Martha Rose 78 dies at home after years of invalidism. Survived by three children Ida Ira and Lewis Rose all of Logan. Sister of Mary Ensley of Fort Wayne and Joseph Sumption of Kalamazoo and Thomas Sumption of Jerusalem. Funeral at Logan United Brethren Church Thursday at 2 with ministers J G Spears and B C Peters. burial Oak Grove Cemetery.
Twenty members of the Nelsonville American Legion Auxiliary were guests of the Logan Auxiliary Monday evening for a social session after the business meeting. The program featured solo dancing by Annabelle Weymuel ler and June Grooms, a one act play by the Hairisville Shakespeare Club, and bingo after lunch. Mrs. Winifred Engle led the Entertainment Committee with several assistants.
The home of Creighton Ellis in Perry Township was released from quarantine after a month of isolation for smallpox. Health commissioner Dr Morton W Bland reports Ellis the only family member infected. Contacts were vaccinated early, preventing further spread.
Members of the D. D. Bridge Club were entertained at the home of Mrs. M. H. Cherrington on East Hunter Street Monday evening. Substitute players were Mrs. Theodore Lytle, Mrs. C. F. Ackers, and Mrs. Myrtle White.
Logan Ohio April 30 five Civil War veterans were made honorary life members of the Elks class alongside five other members. Barney Stracke aged 98, oldest surviving Hocking County veteran, led the group with James Allen Thomas Collins Zeath Hammond and Lewis Eby. Additional members were John Bright Ralph Moore Lewis Mashala Samuel Lehman and Leroy Conkle. A large attendance from New Straitsville joined the ceremony with lunch served after degree work. illness prevented several other planned members from attending.
In Logan on April 30 the will of Rev. W. Arthur Smith bequeaths $300 to the Pleasant Hill United Brethren Church trustees to be invested for annual cemetery upkeep revenue. His widow Helen L. Smith and son Castle Mills Smith are executors. the body was interred at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Also in Logan trustees of the Ilesboro Methodist Episcopal Church ask Common Pleas to abandon and sell the church building to fund an endowment for cemetery maintenance.
Robert Juergensmeier arraigned before Mayor Elias E Bright on a charge of serving milk to a customer in a container other than the original. He waived reading of the affidavit, entered a not guilty plea, and his trial was set for next Wednesday. He was released on his own recognizance. Affidavit filed by Dr. Morton W. Bland health commissioner with C Wood Bowen as city prosecutor. Juergensmeier is defended by Phil A. Henderson.
Three petitions circulated in Logan on Tuesday for state and national races. Judge Robinson and Judge Kincade seek reelection to the Supreme Court, while W W Durbin runs as a Democrat in the U S Senate race against three opponents. Attorney Eugene Wright presents the Supreme Court candidates and W A Henderson carries Durbin’s petition.
Mrs W D Thurness hosted the E Z Bridge Club at East Main Street Monday afternoon with substitute players Mrs Mayme Rochester Mrs Harry Ambrose Mrs A K Smith Mrs Edward Jones Mrs Harry Bartlett and Mrs Charles Lutz attending.
Logan reports preparations underway to file a new set of affidavits in the Sunday movie controversy. Opponents of Sunday showings seek fresh affidavits with signatures promised once papers are prepared. William F. Rizer withdrew the initial affidavits on Monday after their Saturday filing.
Logan April 30. Eighth grade leads with 25 percent on the honor roll followed by seventh grade at 23 percent and ninth grade at 14.3 percent. The lists name students in each grade including Frances Alexander and Jack Dougherty among eighth graders and Jack Baker and Morton Epsttin among ninth graders.
Settlement made in Probate Court for Maynard Hopple Jr who was struck by a car in front of Central School Building. Mrs Verna Hopple was named guardian by Judge A M Ellinger. The liability insurer paid 317 dollars to the family for the incident involving Sam Jones’ automobile.
C A Bond and associates from Columbus conferred with R H Hansel owner of the Democrat Sentinel in Logan regarding an option held by Bond's syndicate to buy the local paper. The deal was not confirmed but understood to be in consummation, with the option held for several weeks.
Logan notes report Mrs Alfred Campbell and Miss Helen Rochester visiting in Columbus Tuesday. Caleb McKee of Columbus was a business visitor in Logan Tuesday. Joe W Farbearn and Mrs Farbearn made a business trip to Columbus. Charles Briley and family visited George Briley at the Boys Industrial School in Lancaster Sunday. Ruby Nelle Dollison ill at home with lung congestion for seven weeks. Charles Briley and comrades attended a pig roast in Fremont. Blanche Moorehead and niece visited in Logan Monday. H R Tipton of Gallipolis was a business caller in Logan Tuesday. James Hurley of Haydenville was a Logan business caller Tuesday. Mr and Mrs W V Lackey of Clinton County visited the McKays earlier in the week.
The Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Rodgers of St. Pauls M E as well as the Rev. and Mrs. Wilmer S. Fisher of Lewis Center and the Rev. and Mrs. J. Albert Currier of Canal Dover visited Logan on Monday. They toured the Rock House and Old Man's Cave with Rev. James R. Fields and were part of a group that traveled to Canada last summer for a fishing trip.
A testimonial from Mrs. G. Henderson claims Vinol, containing iron calcium and cod liver peptone, strengthens a thin nervous child. The ad asserts rapid weight gain after starting Vinol with emphasis on quick results and tasty flavor. Gibson's Pharmacy Nelsonville and Gem Pharmacy advertise the product.
The Nel Sonville Home and Savings Association files cross petition in Athens County Common Pleas Case No 14474 seeking 785.05 plus interest and mortgage foreclosure on Lot 159 Bawkleys Addition Glouster with May 24 1930 answer date. Also notice of sale in Case No 14470 The Athens County Savings and Loan Company vs William Collins et al for Lots 391 and 390 Chauncey Village on Route 31 Chauncey with sale at courthouse door May 1930 at 1 PM cash.
Fred Bailey of New Straitsville was arrested Sunday evening by Policeman Lewis Reynolds for intoxication. He was arraigned Monday before Mayor Elias E. Bright and fined $160 plus costs after pleading guilty.
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