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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1929
Page
10
Classified advertisements for the Messenger may be telephoned to Clinton Webb. The message indicates Clinton Webb is the Logan Cor respondent for the Athens Messenger and provides a contact telephone number 6024 for submissions.
Mrs Adeline A Sawyer eighty of Thornville fell Sunday afternoon at her daughter Mrs Co S Clark home on West Main Street and fractured her left hip. Dr M H Cherrington treated her before she was taken to the hospital.
Aug 12 Logan notes rain disrupted local games with no contests in the area. Fans still traveled to Columbus for a Milwaukee doubleheader while Logan’s teams faced rainouts in Chillicothe and Fostoria. Upcoming events include the Buchtel Old Timers Monday, Gore vs Lutherans Tuesday benefit for Kerwood Durant, and Catholic Episcopalian Thursday game at the Athletic Field, plus Twilight League and Kiwanis Junior League play every evening except weekend.
Logan Aug 12 Judge Harley M Whitcraft opened the Beshara Bowling parlor rolling the first ball with Edward C Hamilton, president of the Logan Bowling League, marking the debut of the new entertainment hall. The event featured a complete game, a concert by the American Legion Band, and large turnout of bowlers.
Logan officials praised the first day of the new parking ordinance effective Saturday from noon to 1 AM. Signs warned of the one hour limit. during peak hours the street was typically crowded with cars but double parking did not prevail. Councilman observer and traffic officer William Lavey reported eight traffic tags issued to travelers unfamiliar with the rule, with no fines on first court appearances.
Logan reports 47 absent voter applications, the most ever in a municipal election. Some ballots sent out of state for vacationers. Second Ward A and Third Ward B precincts led in applications, while several precincts had none as supplies were distributed.
Logan residents enjoyed varied entertainment on Main Street during a Saturday rush hour. A concert by the American Region Band accompanied by a Salvation Army group with cornet and drums, mixed with music from a “music box” carried by an aged blind couple seeking alms. The performances were centered near the courthouse and the entrance to the new Beshara Dowling parlors.
Sarah Wagner seeks a decree from Edward Wagner after alleging he favored housekeeper Betty Merritt and neglecting eight children. She left for Henderson Nebraska July 15 1928 with their daughter, leaving husband and others at home. She requests alimony and custody of the children along with the divorce.
The article lists several young couples tied to weddings with details on ages occupations and parental names. Charlies W Swartz 21 shoe worker Columbus and Edna M Vogel 17 shoe worker Logan BR DD 6 wed in a ceremony officiated by Rev Elmer Bliss. Ralph O Roberts 22 cay worker Brazilla Ind and Helen M Rainer 21 cashier Logan wed in a ceremony officiated by Rev KE H Dailey.
Edward Herzog traveled to Cincinnati on Monday for an examination connected with his government compensation claim. Mr and Mrs Alva Gray and their son Bobbie left Sunday for a ten day vacation visiting Lansing Hastings Grand Rapids and Detroit Michigan. They will be joined by Mrs Gray's mother grandfather and sister Jeanne. Velva Gray is spending two weeks with her paternal grandmother Mrs Wandling in Union Furnace.
Members of the Who Cares Club take a weeklong cottage outing at Buckeye Lake with chaperone Mrs. Vance Webb. Attendees include Helen Johnson Dorothy Johnson Ruth Webb Mary Rice Adelman Solon Gladys Kilpatrick Jean Webb. A second Logan group camps at Indian Lake with Marie Lines Thelma Keyes Maxine Notestone Mildred Laute Rhea Pettit Leviolet Reddick and Mrs. Clarence Blosser.
Logan report states Howard Columber received cuts and bruises from a head on collision between a car driven by Dick Cremean and another vehicle near Carbon Hill. Columber needed nineteen stitches after the accident. Cremean was uninjured. The pair had been in Murray City to attend a ball game and were returning home.
Mrs Gertrude Ulrich and Miss Naomi Goulding have returned to their home after a vacation spent in Canada and other northern points.
Four members of the Reverend Gregory's family at Harmony Hill are ill with scarlet fever, the first contagious cases in Athens County in six weeks. Mrs Gregory, two sons and a baby are affected, a daughter is quarantined but not yet ill, and the father has moved to a sister's home to continue preaching.
Vicures given out Monday by County Treasurer Mable T. Baird show that the estimated amount of taxes collected in the June collections was more than $524,372, or approximately $25,000 more than the collection made the previous year. There was a last minute rush by taxpayers to avoid the 19 percent penalty for failure to pay by July 29.
Wladych is held in Hamilton after the fatal shooting of John Adams 44 at his estranged wife’s home. Adams was seated for dinner when Wladych entered and fired six shots, according to Mrs. Wladych who said they divorced two months ago.
Aug 12 funeral for John M Sweeney 48 cashier at Corning Bank held in New Lexington. Sweeney formerly worked at local finance offices and is survived by relatives. Services conducted at St Marys Church with burial at nearby cemetery.
A local funeral observed 31 years of services conducted from St Bernard's Church in Corning with interment in New Lexington Cemetery.
A cryptic golf themed puzzle lists word variants like Crush Crash Crass and Clamp Slams Shams Shame as a wordplay challenge.
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