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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1937
Page
12
Mrs. Charles Davis and her son Robert of Akron were injured when a car door opened, throwing the boy out and causing the mother to jump after him. Mrs. Davis suffered a fractured skull and serious condition. the child had facial lacerations. The Davis family had lived in Bidwell, Gallia County.
LOGAN Federal Glass Co of Columbus defeated Carbon Hill 7 to 6 Sunday afternoon on the Ward Township diamond. Fenner hit a home run with one man aboard in the final inning to clinch victory. Fenner also doubled as Taylor held Columbus until the seventh inning.
After the Thistledown racing season ends, Mr and Mrs Harry Walker visit Logan. Walker owns a string of racers including Brother Ben Instead Stoutheart and Neds Affinity. His horses have won many races at Beulah Latonia and Thistledown and will race at Beulah Park in the fall season.
Heavy rains last week caused damage along the Old Man's Cave highway. Side ditches filled by slides allowed water to flow on the road surface creating deep ruts and erosion reported in the area.
Paul McLaughlin of Lancaster was arrested Saturday by Deputy Nellis Smith and charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He is to be arraigned in common pleas court after the alleged collision with another vehicle.
Logan J. F. McGrady teller at Logan Home Savings Association marks his sixteenth wedding anniversary and forty ninth birthday on a Friday the 13th. Family gathers at their Rockbridge home for the anniversary dinner. He recalls the last Friday the 13th when he served as Hocking County treasurer.
Logan Ohio Rev Earl Appleman will remain assigned to the Pilgrim Holiness Church in Logan for another year. He returned from the Springfield camp meeting where pastor assignments were made. Present were J C Newland and Clyde Erwin.
Logan E M Hufford 82 of Toledo Iowa visits boyhood friends Jacob and Isaac Wolfe. Born and raised in Marion Township he moved west 58 years ago and settled in Iowa. He has been a Toledo judge for 15 years and is son of the late J H Hufford a charter Mingo Lodge Mason. He plans to visit Bremen before returning home.
Laurel Township sends many Gibisonville School teachers to Ohio University for the summer term. Nearly all Gibisonville staff enrolled. Miss Velva Broshares and Miss Opal Wylie began master’s degrees alongside classmates Nevada Wylie Evelyn Moore Faith Mary Ruth Krinn John Risch Delbert Davis and Kay Blosser.
Sheriff Joe Farbearn posts a twenty five dollar reward for information leading to the identity of the person poisoning dogs and cats in Logan downtown. Several animals have fallen prey to the culprit.
Mr. and Mrs. Merle Souders welcomed a daughter born Sunday morning at Cherrington Hospital. Lawrence Worthman of Enterprise underwent tonsil removal. Saturday dischargees included Mrs. Ralph Cochrane Jackson Birdhne Shafter Nelsonville and Andrew Brooker Glouster R F D.
Logan receives charter for 37th Division Veterans Association with 18 local men signing the charter roll. A meeting will soon select officers and arrange representation at the Columbus convention early next month.
The condition of Miss Helen Harris daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter Harris New Plymouth shows gains after a major operation at a Columbus hospital more than a week ago. Miss Harris a graduate nurse and granddaughter of Mr and Mrs H W Harden South Logan.
Logan Indiana Mr and Mrs William E Weaver of Union City left Sunday for Lancaster after spending a week in Hocking County as guests of Mr and Mrs Walter Arnold of Gore and Mr and Mrs Ray Blackston of Marion Township Mrs Arnold and Mrs Blackston are Mr Weavers sisters Charles Brown a former county commissioner of Marion Township is seriously ill at his home after another heart attack occurring during the last year with periodic attacks and mounting illness
Logan C. B. Huls of Logan landed a seven-pound carp while fishing in the Hocking river near Logan on Saturday.
A dense puzzle list blends hints for words across topics from birds and verbs to musical terms and numbers. Entries include Wind instrument, Wrath, Night before, Verbal, Sailor items, and several cross references that form a wide wordplay grid.
Mr and Mrs George Holl and daughter Miss Emma Holl visited Wichita Kansas and stayed with Mr and Mrs Fred Holl. Heat forced them to sleep in basement rooms designed for extreme warmth. They later joined Mr and Mrs Fred Hall on a summer Colorado trip with the Kansan.
Logan election board officials state nominating certificates will be issued this week to all city primary candidates who must file their expenses by Friday. Republicans and Democrats have complete council slates for the November election. Mr. and Mrs. Simon Coakley of Toledo visited Logan Saturday and Sunday during a vacation trip to Washington D C.
Fanny Pullen secretary says members of the Rife family will gather at Bulaville Townhouse on August 26 for a planned reunion.
Logan delegation to the Columbus veterans convention includes Mrs. Harry Mack Mrs. B A Hall and Mrs. Joe Rowley representing the American Legion Auxiliary Unit Local attendees also list Mrs Irma Powers Mrs Bertha Oberle Mrs Harry Thomas and Miss Florence Bort Miss Bort is staying with Mr and Mrs William McCormick during the event.
Logan McLaughlin Sr. became ill at Charles Schempp’s barber shop on Saturday and was taken home. He is believed to have overheated while walking to the business district.
Louise Bowen McClintock, a minor, files for divorce from Franklin McClintock now in Portsmouth. She states he failed to provide clothing and toilet articles and has threatened her bodily harm.
Relatives and friends in Gallia County are advised of the serious illness of Mrs. O. L. Hall resident minister of the Methodist Church at Wellston She has suffered several recent heart attacks and is confined to her home
Logan residents share a flurry of visits and trips with relatives in Columbus Oneonta Laurelville Lancaster Greenbelt and Tennessee. Notable names include John Terrel Irene Tipton Margaret Stoody C A Gaffin Rose Ann Campbell Hugh Campbell Don Bort Florence Bort Frank Harden Wayne Hall Ernest Vanatta Kathryn Ford Billy Ford Byron Moorehead Dick Moorehead Anthony Toerner and Clinton Webb.
About 15 Logan Home Telephone Co. staff members attended a Buckeye Lake Sunday picnic hosted by manager J. G. Collins. The gathering included a picnic dinner and that day’s entertainment.
At least 24 Americans in London for the Coronation bought hats they believed were worn by the Duke of Windsor. A daring swindler bought about 24 second-hand toppers, cleaned them, added new leather bands with a royal crest, and sold them as the Duke of Windsor's hats.
Mrs. Jay Fritz, aged 62, insists she remains the oldest female cemetery caretaker in Ohio. After 18 years tending six Jewish cemeteries, she shows no plans to resign.
Three books left on a Syracuse branch library shelf were traced to the Syracuse Public Library and found to have been borrowed twenty years ago.
William Omen Homer Omen Charles Sanders and Woodrow Patton of Millfield left Sunday for a week of camping and fishing in Yuma Michigan.
A large Chauncey crowd gathered at Chauncey High School to back a local option liquor vote. Rev. Gilbert Courtney led as temporary chair with Guss Graham as vice chair and Garfield Nicholson as secretary. Petition carriers named include Shafer Canter Jonas Cruikshank Hartley Leiber Graham Ferrer Sapp Staley and Pennell. An executive committee was formed to run the campaign and a meeting is set for Wednesday at 7:30 pm. Judge Bale of Franklin County is slated as a future community meeting speaker.
Six mines were reported in operation in the Chauncey district on Monday. They were No. 5 No. 107 No. 10X Chauncey No Y 25 Poston No. 6 and Lick Run.
Mrs. C. V. Hester and Eldon Blake visit relatives in Mineral this week. Letha Blake and granddaughter Velma spend time in Hockingport. Lawrence Stephenson, six, breaks his arm twice at Letart and at home. Joseph Allgood family visit Barberton relatives. Edith Addis and baby Jimmie join. Funeral for William Green held at New Marshfield. Harry Elaw visits Carmen family in Hockingport. Tommie McAfee visits grandfather D. T. McAfee. Emish and Elisha Emish weekend in from Youngstown and Athens. Lydia Buckley in poor health after tumor operation. Pidcock and daughters, Snider and Everett Snider return from Roseville trip.
Local residents share weekend visits and trips across Kentucky Ohio and Virginia. CCC camp leadership change at Louellen noted while relatives visit Millfield Chauncey and Lancaster host a mix of family gatherings funerals and long weekend trips.
Betty Heffkin, 16, daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Heffkin, underwent appendicitis surgery at White Cross Hospital Columbus Friday night. She is reported in favorable condition. her mother Mrs Eda Heffkin and Dr C N Sanders accompanied her to the hospital. Father and sister Henrietta visited Sunday.
Chauncey Dew rests at his mother Mrs. Mary Dew’s home recovering from injuries sustained at shaft work in Indiana Pa. His shoulder bone was fractured and placed in a cast.
An Athens Ohio advertisement touts Q-623 a guaranteed prescription for rheumatism neuritis sciatica and lumbago claiming thousands benefited and promising relief after a few doses. It promotes Q-Tabs as a diuretic stimulant and urges readers to try both remedies from Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store at 9 W Union St. Athens.
Meigs County farmer Will Frecker reports a 1120 bushel wheat crop on 30 1-2 acres with 526 bushels from 12 1-2 acres farmed by sons Wendell and Will Jr averaging 42 bushels per acre. A. D. Tuttle thrashes 986 bushels in one day. best of 17 years. Also notes tours and visits of local agriculture teachers and residents.
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