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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1931
Page
12
Logan reports final preparations for a special grand jury next week as Sheriff Sol Ellinger and deputies served 87 witness summonses and issued calls for 15 grand jurors. Witnesses must report Monday for a one day session with rapid indictment disposition anticipated and petit jurors possible afterward.
Logan August 13 report shows 32 births and 16 deaths in Hocking County for July. In Logan there were 13 births and five deaths. one communicable disease case, scarlet fever in Ward Township. Nine deaths were over age fifty one. three were infants under one year. Pneumonia and influenza caused two deaths. Boys and girls listed by parent names for local births.
Ethel Diana B Stivison 28 wife of Herbert Stivison Marion Township died at home Tuesday after several days illness. She leaves husband four children Kenneth 7 Donald Ronald 3 and Norma Joan 11 weeks old one son burned to death four years ago five sisters and five brothers. Funeral Friday 10 30 a m Pleasant Hill United Brethren Church Reverends J W Steen and J T Yocom to officiate burial there.
Work to fix the St. John’s Catholic Church spire in Logan is in progress with Theodore Johnson overseeing. A scaffold has been erected to reach the height and a lightning conductor will be installed to prevent further damage after a recent lightning strike damaged roofing.
Mildred Harrison Ella White and Bertha Ross were in Columbus Saturday. Billie Harrison underwent adenoids and tonsils removal Tuesday morning and is recovering well. Betty Ross visits relatives. Bennie Jones visits Akron friends. Harley Kemper and son Jack stayed with Hence Burgess family in Gore Sunday. Walter Ross Jack Holcomb visit Tred Woods and families in Akron. Edith Mattie Woods and Lester Blum from Detroit spent days here with relatives. Bulah Mills and Mrs Hugh Mills visit relatives, Mrs Mills grandmother. Ford Frazier Walter Lines visit Old Man's Cave and Rock House. Mrs Myrtle Craig is ill, daughter of Mrs Billa Webb. Charles Lemon has read into the old Wallace property near the Brick Plant. Ada Harbaugh and daughter in Logan Tuesday. Junior Strain ill.
Daniel Lehman age 72 died at the County Home at 12 30 p m Wednesday after a brief illness from a cerebral hemorrhage He is survived by a brother in Nelsonville Funeral services were held at the Home at 2 p m Thursday with Rev Fred Brown in charge Burial followed in the Home Cemetery
Logan officials say the Service Department finished paving an alley between South Spring and South Market Streets. The project, started earlier, faced delays due to heavy rains that sent crews elsewhere in the city.
Logan Kiwanis members and wives will travel to Buckeye Lake Thursday afternoon for an outing with dinner at the Lake Hotel. Headquarters will be at Charles Lytle’s cottage, with Lytle actively coordinating club activities.
Gifford Hull sues Mrs. Vivian Anderson of Columbus in Franklin County Common Pleas Court for 25000 damages over burns to his nine year old daughter Mary Ann Hull from a bonfire incident in May 1930. The child was burned severely and treated with skin grafting after the clothing ignited. The Huls are longtime Logan neighbors with relatives in Logan prior to moving to Columbus.
In Logan on Tuesday the Oilmen and Cleaners played to a 3 3 tie when darkness halted the game. The Oilmen led until the final innings. Oroville is to visit Logan Thursday to face the Stogies at the Athletic Field, with several players from other Senior League teams joining in.
Logan August 13 report on patients at Cherrington Hospital includes Raymond Stephens Nelsonville in satisfactory condition after hernia operation. Mrs C D Anthony Union Furnace admitted Tuesday for treatment. Mrs Charles Barclay Whistler underwent Monday operation for complications with favorable report. Tonsil operations this week include Wayne Vancuren Logan Retha Lohr Logan Ruth Larimer Frank Larimer Emerson Hansel son of local families.
Logan August 13 recommendation by the County Board of Education urges rural schools to start September 7 through December 24 with a one week holiday, resume January 4 and close April 22. Local boards may preferto begin September 8. City schools observe a two week holiday.
Logan news announces the annual Hocking County Grange picnic will be on August 19 at the Rock House. The event features a basket dinner and a series of entertainments arranged by the Pomona Lecturer.
Homer G. Han sel of Logan sustained a deep wound to his right hand while guiding a colt on his farm near the city. The unruly horse dragged a chain through his hand, requiring 14 stitches. He was treated at Cherrington Hospital.
In Logan on Tuesday 1,356 votes were cast in the primary. Clerk Charles C. Achauer says total cost will be about $800, or .59 per voter. Only one precinct neared half the normal vote, the Second Ward precinct home to Mayor Elias Bright and candidate Chase L. Wonn, plus a council race where George W. Wreyshon defeated Harry Krumlauf.
Logan city council met Tuesday with extensive discussion and little new legislation. Mayor Elias Bright’s report was not presented. A resolution was passed to advertise bids for a physician for the poor for a contract running October 1, 1931, to October 1, 1932, aiming for long term savings.
Pinchot argues the winter hunger crisis demands a federal loan to feed the unemployed rather than relying on local charity. He compares aid to wartime relief for Germany and urges action by Uncle Sam to protect the nation's welfare and future.
Troop No. 153 of the Boy Scouts will break camp Saturday after an outing at their farm near Rockbridge. The troop is sponsored by the Logan Lodge of Elks, which recently leased a large farm in the district.
Edgar J. Lands 25 of Trimble and Essie M. Millican 25 of Trimble apply for a marriage license. Both are listed as children of their respective parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lands and Mr. and Mrs. Pettit.
Peiping announces Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh will visit this month on a vacation tour and may land their converted sea plane on the historic Summer Palace Lakes, a site where only imperial craft were once allowed, per the cultural objects preservation commission.
Painful piles are said to end with one bottle of Dr J S Leonhardt's prescription HEM ROID. The internal medicine purports to stop itching bleeding and protrusion by healing the affected parts and reducing blood congestion in the lower bowel. Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store promises money back if piles persist.
A picnic at the Athens Fairgrounds gathered near relatives of Mr. and Mrs. O Leighty. The group, visiting Mrs. Leighty's parents, included numerous Leighty and Atkins family members from Athens Otsego Pomeroy Arlington and Albany plus Edythe Atkins and Virginia Leighty. They left for Arlington Mass after a week of visiting.
The Buckley Seaman descendants gathered August 9 at Rising Park Lancaster for the fourth annual reunion of Jesse and Artalissa Buckley Seaman. Seven children of the family attended as 36 members and friends shared a noon meal at the shelter house followed by a brief business session.
Officers retained for the coming year include D. C. Seeman as president from Springfield and J. E. Seaman as vice president from New Vienna with Frances Seaman Bobo of Athens as secretary and treasurer. A short program featured readings by Clore Pearl Evans Gladys Vaughn and Mrs Marie Steel along with an original poem by Mrs Will Bobo. The next reunion is set for the third Sunday in August 1932 at the same location with many local attendees listed from Springfield New Vienna Urbana Marion Columbus Lancaster Athens and other nearby towns.
A snake climbed a light pole and stretched across two high tension lines, darkening parts of Carbondale and nearby towns in Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois. The incident cut power for residents as crews investigated and restored service.
The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled the 1929 Water Power Act unconstitutional. It dismissed the West Virginia Power and Transmission Company’s bid to build a multi million dollar power project on the Cheat and Blackstone Rivers, holding the Legislature overstepped into judicial powers. The New River development project of 23 million dollars is expected to be withdrawn due to the decision.
Itchy burning skin finds relief with Peterson's Ointment. After several applications itch fades and skin clears. A large box costs 35 cents at drugstores with money back if unsatisfied. Also good for burns sunburn chafing and inflamed feet.
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