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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1941
Page
12
The readable parts show a legal notice or court action in a district setting. Mentions include a case involving PAG v W G and references to time near twenty one, with partial dates and officials noted. Full details are unreadable due to damaged text.
Nathan Cox a 60 year old Logan machinist was seriously injured when struck by a hit and run driver near his North Walnut Street home. He was found by neighbor Carol Bowlby after being knocked into a small stream with a fractured left leg. Cox had ridden home with Tom Acker and was being cared for by a Logan physician before being moved to Lancaster Hospital. Sheriff Floyd Duffy was asked to assist with the investigation.
Logan records show weeklong attendance at Kachelmacher Park reaching 1 404 with a Saturday peak of 610. Total visitors include 784 adults and 348 girls and 282 boys. out of town guests arrive from Murray City Fellow ship Nelsonville Columbus Glouster Enterprise Cincinnati Wellston Zanesville Lancaster Shadyside Detroit Clarksburg W Va Pendleton Ind Logan W Va Washington Pa Boyd County Ky.
Sheriffs deputies found Ronald Guess of Pontiac Michigan asleep in a car in a ditch on Pattonville Road Sunday morning. He admitted no injuries and said he had slept in the vehicle since it left Green Township. The car suffered minor damage.
LOGAN Griffin Oil starts drilling a new oil well on the Nutter Heirs farm in Green Township. The rig is in place and operations are underway as crude oil prices rise again in the local field.
Logan Fletcher Wilson travels to Buckeye Lake to remodel a building for Emanuel Oggs. A retired railroad man recently purchased a school near the lake to convert into a dwelling.
Hocking County Election Board will select the Logan precinct judges and clerks soon. Changes are only considered if there are deaths removals from the precinct or when officials seek township offices.
Logan County warden Howard Brooks reports a surge in stray dogs being captured after mauling chickens. He notes several recent incidents brought to his attention.
Logan State Highway Patrolmen brought Karl Schneider of Cincinnati before Mayor Dallas Kinser Saturday evening for speeding arraignment. He pleaded guilty and was fined ten dollars plus costs.
Harry Hardesty of Union Furnace appeared before Magistrate Frank St. Clair on an assault and battery charge. Lloyd Johnson testified as the victim. Hardesty pled guilty and was fined ten dollars plus costs.
Logan James Adcock is sidelined by an injury to his right eye after a ball scratched it at work on Thursday. The ailment became infected and requires medical attention.
Sheriff Floyd Duffy and Police Chief Lew Reynolds will travel to Columbus Tuesday to participate in an FBI conference at the Neil House.
Diamond angler Logan Barney Matheny fished Buckeye Lake in the latter part of the week and returned with 17 catfish in a single outing.
Logan social notes recount a farewell dinner for Albert Adcock of Richmond California hosted by Mrs Charles L Adcock and family. Other items note weddings, visits by local residents to Columbus and Logan Mingos, and a local petition for another term by a trustee.
Miss Josephine Bay and Mrs. Al lie Bay hosted a Sunday noon dinner for D. V. Bay and his niece Mary Meade of Newark. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Paul Riggs of Lowell Indiana, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bay and children Ruth Bobby Tommy of Chillicothe, and Edward Bay of New Plymouth. In the afternoon they were joined by Mrs. Daisy Erwin of Hollywood, Mrs. Etta Kennard of Milwaukee, and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Edgington of Chillicothe with their children Charles Bernard and Virginia.
Mr and Mrs William Weaver and daughters Mrs Helen Frazier and Mrs Ada Wise of Union City Indiana arrived in Logan for a short visit on Saturday. They attended the Daubenmier reunion in Marion Township on Sunday. Mr Weaver is a Marion Township native who left Hocking county 35 years ago and later lived in Darke County before moving to Indiana. He is a brother of Mrs Waiter Arnold of Gore.
Local notes list residents and visitors over the weekend and at week’s end. Names include Ruth Poling and Carl Poling near Logan, Robert Mohler in Columbus, Stephenson family back in Logan, Walter Leonard party visiting Cedar Point Sandusky Toledo, Joe Stoughton visiting relatives, and others from Logan to Russell Ky and Cleveland. A funeral in Logan brings Karl Kitchen from Cleveland.
Logan county commissioners discussed departmental economies and decided that with four months left in the year no salary cuts for deputies would be required. No action was taken to place reductions on the journal, and each department will hold expenditures to a minimum.
Logan fisher Fletcher Wilson landed a 7.5 pound blue catfish in the Hocking River near Logan last week. It is the largest blue catfish recorded from the river in some time.
Logan County Treasurer R N White reports a bountiful harvest from a Hilltop garden. He planted a bushel of seed potatoes and dug 17 bushels of good quality spuds from the patch.
Logan Carl Helber son of Mr and Mrs William Helber of Enterprise has served in the army for several months and is now stationed at Fort Banks Massachusetts where he is doing clerical work per a letter to his parents.
Logan McCormick and his daughter Mrs. Icel Holzschuh have recovered from a poisoning attack. Both are reported improving and in satisfactory condition with no further complications noted.
Logan notes Mrs. John Fink of Nelsonville was discharged from Cherrington Hospital Sunday after several days of treatment.
Six locust trees on a hillside near Mound Hill Cemetery were struck by lightning in a recent storm and splintered. The trees stood about 100 feet apart and portions of one were hurled into the top branches of a nearby hickory tree 200 feet away when struck.
Paul Owens of Rodney sold his residence in Gallipolis to Mr and Mrs Brady Maddox of Kananga and plans to move soon to the Chris Goetting farm which he recently purchased.
Ira Spurlock, formerly of this city, was arrested in New Philadelphia on a non support charge and returned here for a hearing.
Elmer E Blazer once of this city is the Republican nominee for mayor of Larne Ohio where he has published a newspaper for several years.
Mrs. Jennie Morse widow of James Morse died at 6:15 p.m. Saturday at her Popular Street home. She had lived in Starr township and New Plymouth before moving to Logan. Survived by daughter Mrs. Bert Winters son Prof. William Morse of Oxford Miss and grandson James Winters. Funeral at New Plymouth Methodist Church Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. Burial in Starr Cemetery.
Logan deputy sheriff Frank Larimer recounts joining a Michigan patrolman who pursued R. J. Smith during a fishing trip. The patrolman learned the Logan officers were part of the arrest group.
Seven marriage licenses issued at the probate judge office in Gallipolis, the most for a day since Ohio’s new law took effect. Couples listed include Davis Aldridge and Frankie F.E. Little. Hobart Baker and Glady Talley. Raymond Stamper and Thelma Irene Arthur. John Harmon and Maggie Decker. Clyde Smith and Roxie Lemley. William McKnight and Betty Martin. Clyde Null and Eleanor Belle Martin.
Sheriff Hatfield City Manager John Gwinn and H P B Ecker bought the 38 acre Emory Rader tract at Northup joining their Harrington farm holdings at administrator's sale for 1300 dollars. Purchasers plan to offer the acreage as sites for summer homes along Raccoon Creek with more than six cottages in prospect or under construction.
Gallia area release as three hundred pheasants, raised in pens after arrival, are turned loose in woods and fields ten weeks after receipt. Merrill McCormick, Game Protector, reports the 400 birds originally allocated to about 40 rural residents have been released.
More than 50 people gathered Sunday at a cemetery near McDaniel Cross Roads Walnut Township to dedicate a marker honoring Henry Mc Daniel a soldier of the Revolution. The ceremony was conducted by members of the French Colony Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution.
Rural organizations across the county will be represented at the state fair with delegations. Many clubs will showcase exhibits reflecting their activities and efforts during the event week.
Georgia Langdon of the Holzer Hospital Training School for Nurses, a member of the graduating class, has secured a position in a hospital in Port Clinton Ohio.
Robert W. Burden 78 retired barber died Saturday night at Cherrington Hospital after a stroke suffered August 13 He lived in Logan since emigrating from England He never married and belonged to Episcopal Church and Masonic Fraternity Funeral services set for 4 p m Tuesday at Keynes home 88 Market St with Rev R G Purrington of Athens officiating Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery
Funeral services were held for Miss Marie Baker age 38 who died after a 24 hour illness while at work in the E. M. Wilbur dry goods store. Surviving are her parents and a brother. Interment was in Hamden Cemetery. Also noted were the death of Mrs Mat tie Zervis and other social notices including church events and visits by residents to Lake Hope and various relatives.
In 1939 Canada produced 25,439,000 pairs of leather footwear reflecting robust domestic manufacture. The output highlights strong industrial activity with footwear shaping national supply chains.
Gallipolis society notes report the Happy Home Club annual meeting at Campaign Church with a miscellaneous shower for Mrs. Mary Ferne Burger. Laboratorian William Spurgeon received a farewell party at the Gallipolis Clinic and Dr. Robert Shaw visited with Miss Virginia Weiss over the weekend.
The Abraham and Elizabeth Jones Thomas descendants met at Tyn Rhos Church on Sunday August 17 for their eleventh annual reunion. Thirty family members attended along with guest James Thomas of Niles Ohio. D W Thomas led the afternoon business session with Mrs J Maurice Jones as secretary. Edwin Thomas was elected president with Loren Thomas as vice president secretary and treasurer.
Miss Elizabeth Carnes returns from Camden Arkansas. Mrs C C Kerr of Athens visits with Edith and Sallie Thomas and Llewellyn Thomas. Mr and Mrs J C Cox and son travel to Minneapolis after visiting Mrs Cox's parents Mr and Mrs Ernest McCall. Woodrow McCall of Pulaski Virginia visits his parents as siblings stay nearby. Mrs Fred O Neill and daughter of Logan West Virginia are guests of her parents and sister in Columbus. James Danner resumes work at the Daily Tribune after a Winona Lake Indiana vacation. Francis E Kerr and Stanton Jenkins attend Kerr family reunion in Bowling Green and will return Tuesday. Mrs F E Carson and daughter Marjorie visit Birdie Cabbage. Paul Irion of Cleveland spent time with S A Cottrell. Albert Roberts and wife visit Niagara Falls Canada for an insurance convention. Mrs Arthur Miller visits Minneapolis. John L Evans of St Albans West Virginia spends Sunday here.
A writ of habeas corpus issued by the common pleas court directs Ernest Salsberry and Goldie Salsberry to appear at 10 a.m. on September 3 to explain alleged restraint of 16 month old Joh Rockne Salsberry. The child is the son of Donald R. and Shirley A. Salsberry, who are separated, and Shirley seeks to have custody restored. Sheriff Floyd Duffy served the writ.
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