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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1935
Page
10
Emergency FERA project mobilizes 20 to 30 workers to erase flood marks. Crews will ditch streets, unstop sewers and resurface affected areas. District hit hardest by the recent storm, residents urged action to halt surface drainage. Reversal days are expected to complete the work.
Logan-Conkle Oil represented Logan at the Clover Farm picnic at Moxahala Park on Sunday and captured the recreation ball tournament. Logan defeated Junction City 11 to 2 with Huggins and Marshall as battery, then beat Glouster 5 to 2 in the final with Marion Strawn pitching and Marshall behind the bat. Japkies homered in each contest. Krumiaus hit the game winning shot in the final. Nelsonville topped Millfield 6 to 0 earlier as Frosty Johnson pitched a no hitter but fell 5 to 4 to Hammond in the finals.
A batch of marriage licenses shows Arthur Leonard Shelton, 21, a miner from Murray City, wedded to Beulah Coe, 71, of Carbon Hill. Clarence Martin, 50, farmer of Laurelville, married Lavina Smith, 45, domestic of Laurelville Rt. 4. George W. Nixon, 32, carpenter of Greville, wed Gaynor Agnes Griffith, 21, of Greville. Denver William Thompson, 15, laborer of Greendale, married Mary Marie Hill, 16, of Green dale. Fernsel Tisdale, 18, mechanic of Circleville, married Goldie Tisdale, 28, housekeeper of South Bloomingville. All couples previously married. Magistrate C. T. Stephenson officiated.
Miss Marjorie Allen of New Lexington visits Mr and Mrs D Y Milne and Mr and Mrs Herbert Inboden. A Youngstown family visits Mr and Mrs Isaac Inboden near the city. William Lanning of this city travels to Zanesville to visit relatives on Sunday.
Logan Chief Lew Reynolds reported James Palmer of Maxville visited city hall on a Saturday and said he did not mind being locked up to sober up. He was jailed and cited to appear August 30 before Mayor Kenneth R. Fitzgerald for arraignment on an intoxication charge.
Disappearance of an infant born Thursday to Mr and Mrs William Tubbs of Marion Township is under investigation by Sheriff Joe Farbearn and deputies. Mrs Tubbs says she was alone at birth and the child died, noting she mailed a note to carrier William Floreten to call her husband who works at H C Godman Company. Neighbor Mrs William Wells says she found Mrs Tubbs in bed but no body was located.
Changes in school janitors announced Saturday by the board of education name Francia Toole to replace Carl Martin at the West Building and Tom Krieg to replace John Drollinger at the East Building. Clarence Brooker Joe Brooker and Charlies Bright complete the roster of tendered contracts. Mrs Emma Boals slightly improved after illness with stroke. son Leslie Boals of Woodville Pa was called.
Lancaster resident Logan Hane was cited by Chief Lew Reynolds for parking in front of a fire plug on Main Street. Mrs. Clara Campbell, court stenographer, ill at her East Main Street home after a heart attack, is reported mildly improved and remains restricted from visitors.
Mrs Elizabeth Keller continues steady recovery at Warner Avenue home. Merie Dukes Weymeul and Merie Skinny Kimble booked to present vaudeville skits at a Lancaster theater Friday at 4:20 PM. They have long participated in the American Legion minstrel shows.
Logan W Zeigler concluded a summer stint at a five county 4 H Club camp in Milan Indiana where he directed nature appreciation instruction for 160 boys enrolled in the program. He returned home Thursday after leading the camp last week.
Logan residents and guests are noted visiting relatives and friends across towns. John Powers and others chauffeured visitors to Maryeville, while Rudolph Brandt's family traveled to Washington D. H. Canty and Max Curt planned two weeks home visits, and Marjorie Frank joined Elizabeth Smith in a Mt. Pleasant visit. Roland Canan stayed with the Kelch family, and Isaac Vancuren returned from Cleveland after a visit with Harry Vancuren. Gifford Hulse and family visited Anna Shriner in Logan.
Members of the Kleinschmidt family gathered at Rockview Park on Sunday for their ninth annual reunion with a large turnout. A basket dinner was featured as part of the day’s program.
Members of the Woman's Missionary Society of the First Presbyterian Church assemble for a church gathering. The readable fragment indicates a planning meeting and possible program details to be announced.
Mrs. FE. F. Dempsey was bitten on the hand by a copperhead while working near her South Bloomingville home. Reports Sunday indicate she is recovering.
Roy Thompson and Kenneth Frazier of Logan are chosen to travel to New York for a national network broadcast. They will appear on Town Hall at 8 oclock Wednesday night after recently broadcasting twice on a Columbus station.
Mr and Mrs John Hood of Gore receive word from daughter Mrs Scott Weast Brook of Mr Pleasant Mich that Mr Westbrook and son Hood, injured two weeks ago in a motor accident, are improving. The son is able to talk some after a brain concussion and several days unconsciousness.
LOGAN F C Cooper supervisor of emergency schools in Hocking County with Paul Kreider and C W Zeigler went to Athens Monday to begin a month of study at Ohio University as part of a program to train leaders in emergency school work. A petition circulated Saturday to nominate William H Miller of South Logan for the city board of education.
Logan county jail intake rose by nine after a busy weekend as Sheriff Joe Farbeann and Deputy Nellis Smith took in intoxication arrests. Wilbur Kern and Robert Allen, both from Logan, faced intoxication charges. Doy Dawson of Maxville to appear on contempt. Allen Trego, John Ross, Babe Bass from Circleville, and William and Victorie Davis of Johnson Hill were also jailed for intoxication. Trego resisted. Nash Guess of Green Township, with F E Bollin, faced intoxication and improper brakes charges.
Logan citizens report Mrs. and Mrs. Dutch Zimmer of Glouster welcomed a nine pound daughter by cesarean at Cherrington Hospital on Saturday evening. Mother and child are doing nicely.
The Warner Water Conservation Association announces a Chauncey meeting Tuesday night at 7 30. The Young Men's Division will meet at 7 00 with Chauncey vice president Elbert Minister leading the session.
Chauncey youths Roy Haynes Chaunc ey and Starling Bowen of CCC Camp 3508 at Moundsville W Va spent from Saturday until Monday with home folks. Other Chauncey boys at Moundeville include Delbert Hawk Robert Hillyer Jr Donald Woods and Marshal Smith.
Mrs. Helen Sanders entertained relatives and friends Friday night for her husband Charles Sanders birthday anniversary. Cards and bingo provided entertainment with prizes awarded to guests. The honor guest received many gifts and refreshments were served by Mrs. C. E. Sanders Virginia Mc Quade and Betty Heffkin. About 530 guests attended.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Thompson and family visited Indianapolis relatives and returned to Chauncey with Preston E. Thompson and children remaining for a further visit. Chauncey mines including Mine 2 and No. 6 Millfield were idle Monday with seven mines marked for work on the active list.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Craig and their sons from Middleport visited Racine for a family Sunday. Mrs. John Philson also returned home after a visit with her daughter Mrs. Mabel Coffey in Columbus.
Chauncey residents Chauncey Samuel Eblin and his son Harvey visited relatives in Pomeroy. Lorena Mae Sisson is with her aunt in Nelsonville on vacation at a Michigan cottage. Hazel LaHugh visited relatives in Glouster. Mr and Mrs Millard Kasler and Frank Hambel hosted guests in Chauncey. Lawrence Reeves family joined Mrs Tucker’s Martha Bible Class for a lawn party.
Chauncey Loai Woman's A Bible Class of the Church of Christ will meet Wednesday afternoon in the home of Mrs Watt Ferrel on High Street with Mrs Floyd Nye as reader.
Mrs Bertha Sanders entertained with a chicken dinner at her home. Guests included Mr and Mrs Henry Heffkin and daughters Betty Henrietta and Carolyn Mr and Mrs L W Sanders and daughters Jacquelyn and Virginia Mr and Mrs Charles Sanders Ray Sanders and others including C F Sanders and Pete Sanders of Columbus.
Mrs. Louise Muzio entertained in honor of her aunt Mrs. Eliza Vernon of Franklin Massachusetts with a chicken dinner at her home. Attendees included Mrs. Vernon Anton and Charles Mays Ralph Guerra Joe Guerra Carolyn Guerra and Louis Muzio and daughters Lacey Ann and Delores. The Ladies Aid Society meets at Trimble M E Church August 21 at 7 30.
Miss Frances Taylor returned to Columbus on Sunday after a two week vacation in Glouster with her parents Mr. and Mrs. EF H. Taylor.
Mr and Mrs Thomas W Figley and their son Billy have returned from a motor tour through the East.
GLOt announces the birth of Judy Lynn Zimmer weighing eight and a half pounds to Mr and Mrs Lester Zimmer on Saturday night at Cherrington hospital Logan. GLOUSTER Mrs W R Drury and sisters Nora and Vesta McCoy left for Fremont to visit Mr and Mrs C B Forrest. SISTER ILL Logan Mr and Mrs Orville Farrar were called to Zanesville Saturday due to a sister illness in the Farrar family.
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