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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1931
Page
12
NOGAN Aug 14 Increased traffic and elimination of curves drive relocation of Route 31 south of Leipsic where a major improvement is under consideration. Engineers urge re relocation, re alignment and re paving to handle growing traffic between Athens and Logan.
Business and Professional Women's Club members met Tuesday at Wetherill Cottage Black Jack Camp with nineteen attendees including fifteen members and five guests. Committee members Miss Mildred Laurie Miss Rhea Pettit and Miss Florence Bort organized the event which featured a roasting car and hamburgers followed by a short business session and games. Attendees listed include Miss Helen Rochester Miss Laurie Miss Bart Miss Pettit Miss Minette McCray Mrs. Margaret Hall Miss Leviolet Redick Miss Thelma Keyes Miss Marie Lines Miss Margaret Lutz Miss Grace Shriner Miss Bertye P Correll Miss Margaret Cook Mrs. W P Wetherill Miss Hazel Armstrong and Miss Dorcas North of Chillicothe.
Logan reports an active docket with several judgments and filings. Oscar O Mantz sues William Sprei and Phillip Atlas for 299.47 plus interest. Woodgeard v Hart et al sees favorable liens and foreclosures. demurrers overruled in Pletnik v Geiger and Carter v Hartzell. Iles v Illes granted amendment time. Schwartz and Showell added to Shaw v Shaw Manufacturing with leave to plead.
Heavy rains saturate Hocking County causing floods in Good Hope Township Buck Run bridges swept out two eighteen foot spans and more structures damaged. Hocking River floods Route 31 north of Rockbridge while Laurelville streets flood from Salt Creek as officials fear further bridge damage after weeks of prior flood repairs.
Information indicates Mrs. Hengst will join George C. Hengst as deputy in the county treasurer’s office when he assumes duties next month. He succeeds H. B. Troxel after two terms. Troxel's deputies have included his daughter Mrs. Clifford Kline and previously Mrs. Earl Soliday.
A reckless driving complaint against Harry Evans was withdrawn after an out of court agreement to pay Virgil Williams 50 dollars for car damages. Williams and Evans, drivers in a Third Street collision last week, state Evans under sixteen is barred from driving until age eighteen.
Hocking County orchardists report a bumper peach crop with ripening fruit already for market. Some peaches of good quality are selling for as low as fifty cents per basket at the orchard, considerably below last year’s standard price.
Logan August 14 preparations underway for American Legion members and Auxiliary to attend the annual convention in Cleveland. Barton A. Hall and Charles Struble will represent Post 78 as delegates, with several others joining the delegation. Headquarters: Hollendey Hotel for the Legion and Hotel Statler for the auxiliary.
Logan news reports James Barker of Columbus has joined the State Automobile Insurance Company and will work here while his wife Mrs Barker also moves with him. Barker faces Earl Mender of Nelsonville, who accepted a position with Essex Coal Company in Fort Wayne Indiana, with the Barkers planning to move to this city soon.
Mrs. Alice Walker and Fay and Carl joined Ralph Gordon at a Marburger reunion in Ashville Sunday. Mrs. Hstella Harr y has returned home after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fierce in Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Chambers, who camped at the Athens Hocking County 4 H Club near Athens, plan to return home Saturday. Mrs. John Bond and grandson Mickey Brown of St Augustine Fla spent Tuesday in Nelsonville with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Campbell. Mrs. Frank Brown and children of this city are in Columbus visiting her mother, Mrs. Blankenship.
A group of guests enjoyed a dinner party Sunday at the venue, sharing a meal and conversation in a warm, social setting. The event highlighted hospitality and community ties among attendees.
Athens League of Women Voters heard Rufus C. Hopkins and Fred M. McKay discuss the Southern Ohio Electric Company proposal. They outlined old and new rates, potential savings, and the impact on roughly 2,400 customers with emphasis on the first 50 kwh block and minimum charges.
The home of Mr and Mrs James Napp on North Street hosted a gathering with guests including Miss Martha Nethers of Newark and Miss Isal Huber of Maxville along with Mr and Mrs Virgil Billman and Mr and Mrs L C Schumaker of Newark.
A unique map of Athens County highlights historical points of interest across townships. The artifact emphasizes local heritage, surveying landmarks and notable sites within each area for urban history and regional exploration.
Miss Mary Jo Twiss completed a history class project mapping the Hocking River and Hocking Canal areas. The Athens Township map notes 1795 jail 1797 settlement and burial site of Margaret Snowden while Lodi Township marks 1815 first power and flour mills. Sources include Ezra Walker and W. E. Peters.
The third annual McNamee Buck family reunion was held Sunday August 9 at the Athens County Fairground with about 100 members. A noon basket dinner followed by a talk from Rev. McNall and singing by Opal and Glenna Flanders marked the event.
The Shakespeare Edition of the Summer Breeze newspaper from Athens Senior High School appeared Thursday. Articles on As You Like It and Julius Caesar were written by students including Josephine McVay Charlies Dorst Betty Bolin Imogene Woodruff and others. A drawing of Rosalind and a map of Rome appeared on the last page.
Harley Schoonover of Circle Hill is recovering from a crushed left toe suffered at work in the mine when coal fell. The injury occurred on August 14 in Chauncey.
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