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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1938
Page
8
Logan Dr. George Roberts was reappointed acting health commissioner for a three month term ending Sept. 1 by the city board of health. The action follows Dr. H. M. Boocks delaying his return to Sept. 1 while pursuing postgraduate work at the University of Michigan. A monthly report to city council was ordered.
Logan police report a man named Huffines issued fraudulent checks cashed at Ideal Grocery Joe Hamilton's grocery City Food Market and Ben Singer. Amounts ranged from 10 to 12 dollars. Authorities have a clue toward an arrest.
Jethro Barber of Deenville was fined 100 and costs and had driving rights suspended by Mayor Dallas Kinser after pleading not guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. The arrest followed a collision with James Winters’s car in Logan-Jethro.
Hocking County farmers register at the county extension office for Camp LOGAN to be held at Ross Hocking next Saturday and Sunday. About a dozen reported on Saturday, with at least 50 from the county expected to travel, joining several hundred from other Southeastern Ohio counties.
Mrs Leroy Conkle leaves Columbus hospital two weeks after a major operation and returned home Sunday afternoon.
The Glouster Club met the Glouster Junior 4-H Stitchers at Jacksonville Trimble High School after noon on Wednesday. Members sewed dresses after the business meeting. attendees included Dorothy Ann Johnson Dorothy Sharp Mona Antle Mary Kinder Eileen Morrison Irene Miner Regina Lee Earich Marcy Johnson and visitor Mary Lou Earich led by Mrs Bartha Addington.
Chauncey residents hosted and visited relatives during a series of weekend gatherings. Mrs Albert Watkins returned from a two week visit with daughter Mrs Irene Mann in Chicago with daughter Mrs Evelyn Young visiting from Columbus staying in Chauncey. Darrel Moore Jr remains with grandparents for the summer. Mrs Lewis Sanders recovering from a leg injury after a porch fall at the Sanders home in Millfield. Columbus guests included Mr and Mrs Pete Sanders and others from Chauncey and Orbiston for a homecoming event.
The pteranodon from the Cretaceous Period is the largest flying animal known. It boasted a wingspan of 21 feet.
Tom Rush of Marion Township owns a collection of World War I relics obtained through his half brother Clem Hoy of New Straitsville. Highlights include canvas from Roosevelt plane wings with five bullet holes and a photo of the fallen craft, plus a 30 30 shell filled with poppy seed and a Shenandoah fabric fragment.
Social notes list weekly visits and gatherings in Columbus and surrounding towns. Several residents, including Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Spears and Miss Jean Kleinschmidt, are noted with weekend or weekend-to-week trip plans. A dinner party hosted by Irvin Poston at the White House includes multiple local guests.
Mrs John Wellman Mrs An thony Toerner Miss Jessie Mc Manigal Ben and Ned Wellman returned home Saturday evening from a two weeks trip in the East They spent more than a week with relatives at Ocean Grove New Jersey and made short trips from there In New York City they visited Mrs Toerner's sister Mrs J O Boyd who had been in hospital for weeks and they learned of John Warde's death by suicide after seeing him on a hotel ledge En route home they briefly visited Mr and Mrs Byron Moorehead and family at Olean New York
Logan Rotarians will hear updates from Harley Meyer and Pete Sebold at the White House meeting. They discuss the district assembly attended last week and plans for the coming year led by newly installed president Meyer.
Tommy Campbell son of Mr and Mrs A B Campbell was stricken with appendicitis at Camp Lazarus on Friday and was transported to a Columbus hospital Saturday afternoon for an operation with his parents accompanying him.
Logan Thomas Stahl of Lewisburg Indiana is Clarence Weaver’s only nephew. After five years of correspondence they finally met when Stahl visited the Weaver home. Stahl is 43 and father of seven children.
Logan news notes Miss Ida Steinman ends a long post office career dating to 1903, after early service under Postmasters Green and White. She held roles from clerk to postmistress and registry supervisor, with prior Census work in Washington. Carl M. Brown and Richard Lavey shift in registry and staff. Roy Wallace acts as temporary substitute.
Logan-Robert Smith of Girard has been chosen by the Logan Board of Education to succeed Richard McCutchan as head of instrumental music for city schools. Supt. G E Carr announced the appointment after Smith taught at Girard last year and he will assume duties mid August.
Under the new blanket WPA project for Logan the West Street area will begin with repaving two blocks as the first task. City council has approved legislation to cover sponsor participation and the project will start once the act is effective.
Ohio University sociology instructor Charles N. Burrows spoke at the Methodist Episcopal Church on Sunday about Crime and the Church. He said crime begins at home and parents joining the church shape home life, discussed recreation and its link to crime, and praised city recreation facilities including a new swimming pool.
Logan Chamber of Commerce members are urged to attend the annual meeting at 8 p.m. at the chamber office to elect officers. Nominees named by the membership include Harry J. Stevenson Ford Hack and B A Hall for president. Three candidates run for vice president and 21 for directors on the ballots.
Logan junior league base ball postponed this week as the squad travels to Columbus for the state tournament. Russell James and Marion Allen lead the delegation, with a game against Springfield this afternoon. A banquet for players and managers is planned Tuesday evening, regardless of game outcome.
George Smith of Rock Bridge and H. V. Woods of Maxville collided eastbound on Hunter Street Saturday afternoon. No injuries were reported though both vehicles sustained damage.
Logan The Preston Oil Co drilling the sole current well in the Hocking County oil field aims to reach the sand today on the Sunday Creek Coal Co property in Ward Township.
Logan Lancaster Camp meeting in progress two weeks draws many Logan Methodist Church members. Several Logan families own cottages at the campgrounds and spend the entire season there.
Buchtel residents and guests share two week trips to Yellowstone and Buckeye Lake. Families visit relatives in Harrisonville Logan and Athens while others attend camps in Columbus Michigan and Wellsville. The Seven Sisters Club vacationed at Buckeye Lake as three deaths are reported in the area and a large miscellaneous shower honors Mrs Walter Worthington.
The Philadelphia Heart Association launched a public education drive after a 100 per cent rise in cardiac fatalities since 1920. About 100 meetings will be held across the city during the summer to inform residents about heart health and prevention.
Glouster social notes list weekend visits across Ohio. Elyria residents Yondel and Bob Johnson stayed with Johnson family, with other locals visiting Columbus Akron Athens and Detroit relatives including the Pride, Mason, Jonas, and Dyson families. The Loyal Junior Girls toured Crystal Pool and Athens Fairgrounds, while a birthday gathering honored Mrs. W P Dugan in Glouster.
The King’s Heralds met at Genevieve Dunlevy’s home Saturday afternoon with Anna Louise Logue leading the Junior Missionary Friend discussions. Roy Dean Rogers won the contest prize and photos were taken as a light luncheon was served to members and guests.
A large crowd attended the Democratic rally of the Lawyer-for-Governor Club at Moose Hall Saturday night. Speakers introduced by John Rice, Glouster Club chairman, included Jack Cowie of Pomeroy, John DeMolet Athens committee chair and probate judge candidate Emmett Keenan. A dance followed with music by the club orchestra.
Ice cream supper sponsored by the Ladies of Stewart drew a large crowd on the church lawn. The column also lists numerous visits and social calls across Athens County and surrounding towns with multiple residents attending events and visiting relatives. The piece notes birthdays, illnesses, and local moves, ending with a legal notice of a divorce petition filed in Athens County Court.
Miss Selma Jonas daughter of Mrs Emily Jonas and the late William Jonas wed Mr Robert Williams son of Mrs Margaret Williams and the late Mr William Williams in a noon ceremony at the Church of Christ Glouster. Rev David P Morris officiated with Miss Marcella Jonas and Mr Al Craft as attendants.
An important meeting of the Lawyer-for-Governor Club committee will be held at the mayor's office Tuesday evening at 7 30.
Glouster residents learn of the death of Lewis Vernon known as Trapper in a Dallas Texas hospital. He was a bricklayer, son of the late Pearley Vernon, unmarried, with three brothers Ed, James of Athens and George of Degraff. Burial likely in the West. funeral arrangements not yet announced.
Margaret Eggleston and Mildred Cline hosted a Starr 4 H club lawn party at Miss Eggleston s home in Starr. Guests included Wanda Williams Edna Chilcote Evelyn Carter Mary Carter Alberta Kennard Imogene Eggleston Helen Cottrill Yvonne Kennard M Kennard Dorothy Schmidt O Eggleston Charles McAfee Don Smith Don Eggleston Don Huntley Rudolph Carter Kenneth Boals John Schmidt Robert Boals Clay Rafferty Clyde Rafferty Finley Rice Ervin Chilcote Edwin Chilcote Junior Higgins Ercle Eggleston Edward Cooke Edwin Worthman James Groves of Murray City and Bob Skinner of Bandy Va.
Crystal River Fla Charles A Miller longtime postmaster marks his fiftieth year in Citrus County serving as postmaster of a third class office officials say his length of service is unequaled and notable in the region
Eastbound and westbound B and O National Limited Diplomat and Chesapake and Ohio trains listed with arrival and departure times. New York Central North and South lines, and daily air taxi service from Athens Airport with specific west east north routes and connection notes.
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