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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1930
Page
10
Digging of early potatoes has begun and first shipments are made. Output for the year is expected to drop about five percent due to a mysterious disease resembling leaf roll.
Charles W. Trott faces manslaughter charges in Common Pleas Court as testimony opens after jurors are selected. The trial includes a view of Pattonville Creek scene where an unidentified victim was found following a truck swerve through a fence. Trott remains free on $2000 bond. defense by Pettit duo and Ricketts. prosecutor Phil Henderson acts alone.
Paul Kline fourteen years old is ill with scarlet fever at the home of Mr and Mrs Fred Eastman on Third Street. The case adds to five reported in Logan and vicinity in the last week. Quarantine rules are in place as Dr Morton W Bland traces the source. Health officials seek contacts to prevent further spread and parents are cooperating.
Ray Pittman a Rockbridge glass worker and Evelyn Woltz daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Woltz were married by Rev Amos L Heyde at home in Rockbridge. Edward H Harrison a Columbus garage foreman and Florence G Harrison of Logan aged 22 were married previously per marriage records.
A busy Thursday and weekend feature several picnics and social visits. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Smith Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Sparks Mr. and Mrs. Earl Able and children and Mr. and Mrs. Er nest Kreinschmidt shared a gathering at Old Man's Cave. Mary Taggart Blasius hosted a Sunday reception on North Market Street for Miss Margaret McShane of Omaha. Mrs. Charles Armstrong and daughters plus Homera Armstrong joined a Sunday picnic at Ash Cave before attending Broad Street Church of Christ services in Columbus. The Four Square Class at the Methodist Episcopal Church and spouses held a Friday picnic at Rachelmacher Park in South Logan, with fifty attending and plans announced for an August meeting at the same park.
In Luray Virginia 80 year old "Uncle Jake" Cubbage pleaded not guilty to murder in Page Counts Court seeking the death penalty. He admitted shooting his 10 year old grandson Fred but said it was self defense as he struggled with grief and tears in court.
A slack pile near the Murray City mayor's office yielded 614 beer bottles when inspected Saturday night by Inspector W. G. Davis and Deputy Sheriff L. R. Hammond. Two bottles were kept as evidence. the rest were destroyed. No arrests were made, but an arrest may follow upon Davis's return.
Allen G. Shank, formerly of Logan and a former employee at the Hocking Valley Shops, died in Columbus Saturday night after months of illness. Funeral is set for 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the local Modern Woodmen Lodge.
Bert Smith, 45, an employee at the Hocking Valley Brick Plant, was seriously injured Monday morning in the plant yard when a pile of brick toppled onto him. He was crushed through the chest and upper body and suffered a deep head wound, and was taken for medical care.
Mr and Mrs Frank Kaiser and Joe Gano of Troy visited Mrs Essie Gano of this city Sunday. The eighth annual union of descendants of Jackson Township pioneers will be held at Locust Grove Sunday. Mr and Mrs Frank Dollison and son Arthur of Cambridge visited Mr and Mrs C E Brehm. The August meeting of the Hocking County WCTU will be at the Presbyterian Church with Mrs Walter Leonard in charge. Jimmy Campbell and Ray Schwenke spend a week at Camp Lazarus. they were driven by Miss Helen Rochester and accompanied by Mrs George Schwenke and Misses Marian Schwenke and Jean Kleinschmidt.
Ben Carmichael 82 died at his home on Clear Creek north of Rockbridge Friday after a several week illness. He lived alone and was father to three children Mrs William Pittman Mrs John Pittman of Rockbridge and another daughter in Columbus. Funeral services were held at Pisgah Church Sunday afternoon.
Deputy Sheriff Joe Farbearn filed affidavits charging Denver Walton and William Kelley of Lancaster with intoxication in Magistrate J. F. Miller's court in Logan. They are likely to be arraigned Tuesday for an offense said to have occurred Saturday night.
Col Charles A Lindbergh has ordered a small three seat biplane now under construction in New York. The craft cruises about 110 miles an hour and can land in a small space. He may use it to fly with his family to Maine to reach the Lindbergh estate.
Notice directs readers to contact D. Y. Milne for circulation ads in the Messenger. Includes phone contact Logan 273 for placement and inquiries.
Hot spell has scorched much of the corn in Hocking County, Logan reports indicate. Fields show searing and yellowing, prompting farmers to reduce livestock to stretch feed through winter as temperatures stay high in Logan.
Moses Green, 68, of near New Straitsville, is jailed in Perry County on illegal possession of 70 gallons of whisky. Fisher Williams is ordered to New Lexington to explain 35 gallons found in a Slack pile near his home. State inspectors Teal and Davis led raids the prior week.
Funeral services were held Sunday at the home for Robert Max Teal four year old son of Mr and Mrs Wesley Teal whose death occurred Thursday after a short illness Burial was made at Smiths Chapel.
Logan reports Constable Arthur Poling of Marion Township was arrested Monday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff L F Hammond. An affidavit accuses him of contributing to the dependency of a minor, with a hearing likely set for Tuesday in Probate Court.
City firemen responded to a blaze on East Front Street Sunday that destroyed wiring and damaged the motor of a truck believed to be occupied by two Nelsonville men. A short circuit is suspected as the cause of the fire.
Mrs. Edna Kreider of Gibisonville owns a Night Blooming Cereus or Christ in a Manger Flower. It opened its blooms last Wednesday evening and displayed 17 large well developed blossoms. Scores visited the Gibisonville home to view the rare plant, including many from nearby Logan.
Gloria Swanson’s husband the Marquis De La Falaise De La Cordray arrived from Paris to confer with her on their future after rumors of a split. The couple’s status was clarified by the Marquis upon arrival in Hollywood.
Athens city officials reported adequate current water supply but warned of potential shortages if the drought persists. Mayor Wood and Service Director Collins outlined air lift wells, a borrowed air compressor, and a plan to buy land west of the waterworks to expand drilling.
The report states that North Court Street resurfacing with rock asphalt would be completed soon while West Union Street resurfacing is expected to begin likely late this week.
In Atlantic City authorities weighed extraditing Jiggers Dora Gaulkers fox terrier to New Jersey after a bite incident. Police Recorder Altman gave Dora Gaulker until 10 30 to destroy the animal. An officer found Jiggers and his owner had fled to New York.
Columbus reports Hal Griswold announces two more psychologists for the State Bureau of Examination and Classification. Dr. George R. Mursell of Ohio State University becomes chief psychologist and Dr. R P Rauch of the Bureau of Juvenile Research is named assistant.
More than 1,500 men at New York Central shops in Cleveland resumed work after a two week layoff at their own expense. Thompson Products Detroit plant restarts this week while the local plant operates part time and is set to return to full operation. Eaton Axle and Spring Company ends shutdown as workers return. Fisher Body Ohio operates on a three day schedule with potential gains next month. Willard Storage Battery and United States Aluminum report readiness for higher output.
A coroner's jury ruled that 10-year-old Arthur Lee Hodge died from poisonous liquor given by his father Willie Hodge and an adult friend Haisley Lovett in Lumberton North Carolina.
The Plains nine defeated New Marshfield 5 to 4 at New Marshfield on Sunday in a well-played contest.
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