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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1930
Page
8
In Logan on August 29 the Farm Relief Committee reviews a Hocking County farmer proposal to press chemical firms for reduced fertilizer prices for wheat. He notes drought sparked a shortage of affordable inputs and that hundreds of acres may go unseeded this fall if costs remain high.
Miss Cleo Haley hosted a Wednesday evening gathering at Mrs. Scott Braddock's West Main Street home. The event featured a day school with Nan McBride as superintendent and Frank Brown as teacher, crowning Mrs. Braddock as champion speller.
Police investigated a gravel pit near the C and O yards after noon on Wednesday and found six men seated in a circle around a water jug. An empty bottle suggested past alcohol use. The group was dispersed before officers left.
Mrs Walter Leonard and two children visit Columbus as relatives host them for the State Fair. Billy and Donald Knapp recover from Tuesday operations for tonisil removals at Cherrington Hospital. J W Coleman and Jack Gears make business trips to Columbus Thursday. Mrs Theodore Newman and daughter Dorothy Ann return home after visiting relatives here.
John Bagent aged 90, Civil War veteran and sole survivor of the war in the district, was buried at Gore after funeral services at the United Brethren Church. He died Monday after a long illness from uremic poison. He lived with daughter and son-in-law A. G. Dunning. another daughter and three sons survive. Wife had died earlier. Rev. Ernest Seymour delivered the sermon. A Lo gan Post American Legion squad fired the military salute.
Camp 78 of the Spanish American War Veterans and Auxiliary were hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Ferrenberg in Green Township. The evening included a business session followed by a social hour and a two course lunch with attendees from Athens, Nelsonville, Coolville, New Straitsville, Piqua, Logan, and surrounding areas.
A contempt summons was issued in Common Pleas Court for Sherman Tennahill of Logan. He must answer a charge of failing to meet court-ordered alimony payments and support for a wife and/or a minor child. The citation was issued Wednesday.
Two girls dressed grotesquely walked an imaginary line with dolls on Logan Main Street to gain admission to the Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority. The act imitated tight rope walking and preceded the initiatory degree ceremony and Founders' Day banquet at the Easterling Clubhouse Thursday evening.
A New York message reports Dr. and Mrs. M. H. Cherrington and Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Ackers with daughter Velone have arrived back in Logan after a two month European trip. Mrs. Naomi Goulding and Mrs. Gertrude Ulrich also returned. The Cherringtons plan a two week motor trip to Florida before resuming their home life. Other members of the group will follow to their homes in Logan.
Classified ads indicate The Messenger circulation details directing readers to contact D. Y. Milne at Logan 272 for information or assistance.
Dick Milne son of D Y Milne of Made Record Logan returns home for school reopening after spending a month with grandparents in Sandusky. He reports winning the Junior Horseshoe pitching championship in a recreation department series and previously played baseball in town.
Representatives from the Southeastern Ohio District of the D A R will gather in Logan on Tuesday for their annual meeting directed by district chairman Mrs C F Rathburn. State regent Mrs W L Tobey will attend as business sessions are at Courthouse Auditorium and luncheon follows at the F e a stern Clubhouse with a program. Mrs L K Showalter regent of Governor Worthington Chapter will help with local committees to entertain visiting guests.
Manager Dave Milne said a game will feature a Kiwanis Junior League team against managers and umpires from the league. The match is set for Tuesday evening at the Fairgrounds as the Athletic Field is being prepared for football.
Rev E B Dean of Haydenville, a first aid class instructor, helped transport a woman 200 miles to Charleston W Va using four men and the blanket carry method. He treated a dislocated collarbone until a doctor arrived and assisted in resuscitation of a baseball player who recovered.
At Curtiss Wright Airport Chicago on August 24 crowds focused on the tenth annual National Air Races with aviator Charles A Lindbergh and wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh remaining central figures. They planned to attend the event between races and public appearances.
John Wolf, Civil War veteran, died at his son Bert Wolf’s Logan home. Funeral services will be Sunday at 1 30 PM at Haydenville M K Church with burial at Wolf Cemetery.
The group left for Detroit for a business appointment and would fly to New York early next week. A planned visit to the races drew more than 50,000 yesterday, the largest weekday crowd so far, with expectations of an even larger turnout today as they prepared to depart.
James Groves of this city will face a charge of assault and battery filed in the court of Mayor Elias Bright. He was arrested by Chief of Police John Bell after a report that Groves had assaulted his wife Mary Groves.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at the United Brethren Church for William F Rutgers. Logan Commandery Knights Templar assisted in the final rites. Burial followed in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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