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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1939
Page
7
Logan county officials met to review the general fund and propose cuts to extend funds for the rest of the year. A $1500 welfare, sheriff, and probate fund was created from department returns. Delinquent real estate taxes remain a concern as welfare shows a prior deficit and emergency care costs rise.
Mr and Mrs Walter Leonard returned from a week trip to Carrizo Springs Texas by plane last Wednesday They left Columbus at 930 am and arrived in San Antonio at 725 pm Bruce Leonard met them and drove 120 miles to Carrizo Springs They visited Bruce and William Leonard families and were met in Dallas by Willard McNallen and son Pat Breckenridge They also toured into Mexico during the Carrizo Springs visit
Logan County commissioners post warning signs on the grandstand at the fairground due to poor condition. They want to avoid damage claims from injuries. The door to the stand has been kept locked, but people are still entering the area.
Sheriff Joe Farbearn and son Jack along with Dr. Claude Lyon and William Woodard returned from the National shoot at Vandalia where Jack placed second in the sub-junior group. He aims to build on this debut for a chance at next year’s national title.
John Howard Huey of Columbus faced State Highway Patrol arraignment before Magistrate Frank St. Clair on a driving without proper registration charge. He pleaded not guilty, but was found guilty with a $5 fine and costs imposed.
Edward Hamilton was granted a divorce from Norris Hamilton by Judge Phil Henderson for neglect in an uncontested case. Norris Johnston was substituted as defendant. Berman Bell of South Bloomingville was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Nellis Smith and turned over to Sheriff Joe Farbearn in Delaware. Bell faces a non support charge. James Sherlock of Logan City was bitten above the left eye by a spider causing swelling and pain.
Logan rolls out new stop signs at city intersections and commands strict enforcement. Police Chief Lew Reynolds issued a warning urging drivers to halt completely at stop streets and announced enforcement to begin immediately.
Logan social column notes an Aug 28 meeting for Degree of Pocahontas urging attendance for a benefit party and upcoming district school in Corning on Oct 6. It also mentions a Washington Township cabin outing with Heinlein and Walburn, a large Hengst family reunion, and several travelers visiting relatives and attending fairs and reunions.
A total of 46 petitions for township offices were filed with election board clerk Carl F. Brandt with fees collected. Additional filings were made where no fees were required. Fees are now collected from clerks and trustee candidates per Secretary of State Earl Griffith. Village officer salaries trigger fee collection.
At Logan Hospital Jane Ann Dicken Mary Alice Dicken daughters of Mr and Mrs Charles Dicken of this city underwent minor operations at Cherrington Hospital Wednesday. George Nichols New Plymouth is steadily recovering from a gun shot wound in the left chest. He has been in the hospital more than a week. Virginia Johnson Logan Rt 4 returned home Tuesday after an appendectomy two weeks ago.
Announcement says Melvin Harburger of this city has been tendered a contract to teach instrumental music one day a week at Shade School in Athens County. The local instructor holds a two days weekly position at Carbon Hill and a half day in Marion Township, where instrumental music will be taught for the first time this year.
A land turtle engraved with initials R H and August 14 1931 was found on the L M Heinlein farm near Black Jack on August 14 this year. The same turtle was seen there two years earlier in the same month. Ralph Heinlein engraved his initials on the shell and released it on the Porter Heinlein farm near Ewing in 1931.
George Wallace of Logan sustained injuries when his car wrecked south of Haydenville on Route 33. Deputy Nellis Smith arrested Wallace after a passing attempt on the wrong side of the road collided with Charles Evans of Nelsonville and passenger Miss Clara Hill. Wallace held in county jail awaiting disposal.
The Hocking Valley Motorcycle Club announced races at the Hocking County Fairground on Sunday August 27 with September 3 as a rain date. The Class C meet offers four mile cycles 45 inch and four mile cycles 80 inch, plus an eight mile event for both types and a five mile consolation race. A boys two mile bike race a girls one mile race and a five mile relay are planned, with a board wall crash event hoped but not yet completed.
Relief labor used seasonally to maintain Oak Grove cemeteries has moved to the N Orchard St playground. Workers assist in building a new shelter house. With the transfer the cemeteries may lose the extra care once funded and kept in good condition.
Mt Union social items list visits among families and friends including Carr King Nicholson and Wiseman, with several gatherings in Harrisonville, Bradbury, and Chillicothe. Also announced is a sheriff's sale of real estate in Nelsonville, Longstreth additions, Lot 437 and 438, appraised at 360 dollars, sale August 25, 1939 at 1:30 PM at the Athens County Courthouse.
Logan Kachelmacher Park drew 1305 visitors over six days last week, with no Sunday tally. Tuesday marked peak attendance as the Ohio Coal Foundation picnic swelled the crowd.
Monday 215, Tuesday 375, Wednesday 185, Thursday 245, Friday 195, Saturday 90. The figures outline a midweek peak on Tuesday with lighter weekend turnout.
The project on W Main St is halted until more material is available. Meanwhile the WPA crew moves to E Main St to improve the road between Orchard and Depot Sts as part of U S Route 33 through Logan.
Logan County school officials await a formal opinion from the attorney general on several points concerning the Starr-Washington and Laurelville Perry districts before a final ruling on petitions filed by district patrons. Prosecutor Hubert D. Lappen has submitted a written request to the attorney general's department.
Logan C. Wood Bowen, Grand Master of Council Masonry of Ohio, attended a Springfield meeting of the Masonic Home Board of Trustees. Records show the home cares for about 500 adults and children as the opinion is sought and ruling time is projected.
Logan Haydenville looks to form a school band for the upcoming term. Robert Brashares, enterprise, named instrumental music instructor, will lead. Green District Board of Education weighs instrument purchases and a plan to cover costs.
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