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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1933
Page
10
Logan High School football fans learn Coach Joan Longley will arrive Friday and practice may begin Tuesday afternoon. Uniforms arrive Monday and the first player assembly likely Tuesday night as team details remain uncertain. The squad faces a tough schedule with an opening game against McArthur.
Wolfe-Emerick families gathered at St. Paul Church near Maxville for their annual reunion with 250 in attendance. Rev. W. N. Shank delivered the principal address. Maxville Orchestra provided music and vocal numbers were offered by Billy Davis, Miss June Wolfe, and Mrs Tom Mohler. A Dutch song was sung and a basket dinner featured the noon intermission.
Logan August 2 Mrs James F Napp entertained Sunday afternoon for Jane Ann Humphreys seventh birthday. Ice cream and cake were served. Guests included Mrs George Humphreys and daughters Lenore and Jean Anne Mr and Mrs Char Lee Carr Mr and Mrs Bruce Carr and children Ruth and Frederick Miss Marjorie Huston and Mr and Mrs Nupp.
Logan August 2 trustees move to shrink local sparsely staffed government. Ward Township reduces number of justices of the peace from three to two and cuts constables accordingly ahead of the election.
Logan August 20 Approximately 4250 pupils will be enrolled in rural schools of Hocking County with opening next week per enumeration returns filed with Attendance Office George L Wright who supervised the work. High school pupils are listed by district and destination cities and total eligible counts are given for each rural district.
In Hocking County nine of the 4-H sewing clubs joined Red Cross relief sewing last week, bringing total engagement to 15 clubs with two more to organize. Dresses for school children ages six to 16 are being made, with simple, neatly crafted garments. The effort earns praise for cooperation and quality, with clubs listed including Needle and Thread Union Furnace, Laurel Sewing Club Laurelville, Twilight Rockbridge, Merry Maids Gibisonville, Hilltop Girls Logan, So-Rite Club Logan, Jolly Sewing Enterprise, Modern Clothing Logan, and others.
Logan report notes Vanatta's old timers meet Maxville on Sunday afternoon at the ball diamond. Last year Vanatta won as Pete English pitched well and Brown and Mowery slugged. This is the first of three games with Sept 17 and Oct 1 dates to follow. Maxville has won 16 of 21 this season.
Logan report notes a hot spell yet five players posted solid scores. Dr A A Cole topped last week with 103 pins while Charles Beshara twice reached 102 and 100 in successive games.
Logan Aug 29 charges of assault and battery filed by a wife against Herbert Stiverson of Marion Township were withdrawn Monday morning by the plaintiff. Stiverson had pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Magistrate V W Martin last week.
Olympia reports Washington will vote today on repeal of national prohibition and observers concede the state will become the twenty fourth to ratify the Twenty First Amendment.
Aug 2 report from Logan states the birth of a daughter at Chesterton Hospital to Mr and Mrs Theodore Donaldson on Saturday.
Logan residents B. V. Wright and son Jack and B. A. Holt and son Bartie visited Marietta on Saturday to attend the local regatta event.
In Gallipolis on August 29 Guinther of Pomeroy starred with two home runs and two solid hits in a 14-2 Pomeroy win over Addison. Russell held Addison to eight hits and two runs as Pomeroy surged to an early four-run lead and never slowed.
The American Legion Lafayette Post 27 announces the second annual bean dinner in the city park on Saturday afternoon September 2. Beans and other foods will be prepared by the chef from the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics and the dinner is open to the public.
River notes from Gallipolis report continued heavy towboat traffic on the Ohio with several tons of steel moving toward Cincinnati and Memphis. The Steel City and Youghiogheny tows carried Pittsburgh steel as rainfall raises water levels and lowers river weirs enabling better passage for tows toward Memphis and Cincinnati. Captain John Howder of Hillman Coal Company was seen in Gallipolis with the Acme Boiler Shop on Monday.
A miscellaneous bridge shower was hosted at Miss Wilma Martin’s home on Glenview Heights in Logan on Saturday evening for bride elect Miss Mabel Brown. Mrs. Forest E. Weinrich and Mrs. Alfred Lanning won awards during the bridge games. lunch was served. Attendees included Miss Brown and many local residents and guests from New Lexington Cincinnati Columbus and Athens.
An explosion at the Standard Oil refinery in Whiting Indiana injures eleven workers, with several reported fatally, as authorities investigate the cause of the blast that wrecked a still.
The Lewis family from Athens showcased musical talent at the Kiwanis gathering. Mrs. James Lewis played piano, Paul 15 and Billy 10 performed on xylophone and vocals, ending with an original NRA song. Walter Kocher urged careful NRA support while Peter Land invited attendees to a Nelsonville Kiwanis event.
Gallipolis August 29. the eighth annual Gallia County Fall Festival is assured with over 285 dollars solicited and nearly double pledged. Exhibits planned include flowers pets fruit and vegetable poultry and education. Regatta moved to city park shore line October 6 with free shows. parking will cost. Local merchants only food stalls. Latlip of Huntington W Va to supply five to seven rides and free acts daily with two on Saturday.
Gallia County NRA volunteers prepare to sweep Gallipolis and nearby towns with a Blue Eagle drive. Speakers, club workers, and theater talks planned to urge home visits and business cooperation to promote the NRA and curb unemployment.
Admis sions to Holzer Hospital on Monday include Dr. R. A. Foster of Ohio University and daughter Jane of Athens for tonsil operations. Mrs. H. A. Jaching of Madison West Virginia for a operation. Dismissals Monday include Miss Helen Wheeler daughter of Mrs. Doris Wheeler Gallipolis after an operation and Hobart Dillon Crown City after an operation.
Vinton Masons gathered in Columbus Saturday night to honor Dr. Luther B Turner a 50 year member. Walter Holcomb attended the ceremony. Grant Glenn reported a 25 year railroad service milestone in Cincinnati. Loren Hutton returned home from a forest camp near Cumberland Gap Ky to visit a sick father. Mrs George Fry and her son visited the Lewis sisters in Waverly. J W Jacobs and Donald Love spent Sunday in Columbus with family guests arriving from Lave.
Wilkesville residents Mr. and Mrs. E L Newsom and several others including Shirley Harden Homer Wells Lonnie Harrison Tom Fitzpatrick and Frank and Voyle Mulholland have returned from the Chicago World’s Fair. Mrs Lottie Kruskamp visits sister Blanche Davis and Mary Denney of Fostoria visits relatives. J T Long of Columbus called on friends Sunday. Betty Jean Fitzpatrick visits aunt Nell Davis at Cleveland. M E Ladies Aid Society held an all day quilting at Mrs Howard Wiseman’s with potluck lunch.
Mrs H W Coultrap and daughter Elizabeth of McArthur visited Gallipolis. Over 25 members and guests attended Grace Methodist Sunday School Class annual picnic at Gallia County Fair Grounds. Miss Bishal Wolfe of Racine, daughter of Thomas Wolfe, is in serious condition at Holzer Hospital. Mrs Harry Feiger of Pomeroy is in town visiting. Mr and Mrs Fred Haehnien of Zanesville with daughter Mrs Lawrence Jeffers of Florida visited Racine for Curtis Mills reunion at Mrs Myrtie Curtis’s home. Haehniens returned to Zanesville Monday.
Russell Jeffers is jailed on $500 bond after pleading not guilty to breaking and entering the home of Gave Allen this past Saturday. The hearing before Justice Fred Millisor occurred Monday in Gallipolis.
Real estate deeds were filed in the Gallia County recorder's office on Monday. Transfers include Stanley Taylor to Irene Taylor for 221 acres in Green and Harrison Townships. H F E Rathburn and Myra Rathburn to Goldie Rathburn for 80 acres in Huntington Township. Ro selle Townsend and W A Townsend to Frank H Perkins for 7 acres in Huntington Township. James Lemley and Cora Lemley to Robert Harrison for Lot 1 in Gallipolis. L M Lambert to Ada Rousch for a cemetery lot in Cheshire.
Marriage licenses were granted Monday to Milton Little, 21, miner of Cheshire and Irenea Frazier, 21, seamstress, daughter of Alfred and Mrs. Frazier of Cheshire. Also to Walton Manley, 21, of Gallipolis and Susan Mason, 21, daughter of Earl Mason of Cheshire.
Gallipolis Aug 29 members of the county surveyor s staff oversee maintenance of gravel roads and small bridges in the northern part of Baer county.
David Thomas of Oak Hill, former Gallia County Commissioner, died at Holzer Hospital from an accidental self inflicted gunshot wound while bird hunting near his home. Three transfusions from friends Evan Thomas, 8. F. Edwards, and T. E. Jenkins failed to save him. he died before surgery. Body returned to Oak Hill.
Leaders in Gallipolis civic groups business and city development form the NRA executive committee to start Wednesday a drive to present the recovery act to all residents. Members include Dr. C. E. Holzer Roscoe J. Mauck Mrs. Leo C. Bean Harry R. Hurn Paul Mossman and Rev. H. H. Wilbur. An advisory group features Mayor A. J. Stormont City Manager John R. Gwinn and Lorrah W. Robinson among others.
Water Queen showboat delivers a nostalgic Ohio River performance in Gallipolis. The crowd reacted with rare enthusiasm as the cast showcased unusual calibre in an old fashioned comedy drama. Proceeds fund new Fire Department equipment approved by the city commission.
Gallia Academy High School will hold registration for students who did not register last fall or did not complete schedules. E E Higgins principal says students may register and map courses Friday and Saturday at the high school office. Changes to summer course selections and questions about college requirements will also be addressed.
Kent State College president Dr J O Engleman announced Rich ard Larkins would be given until tomorrow to accept or decline the head football coach post. Larkins, OSU freshman coach, was chosen from more than fifty candidates and offered the Kent State job Monday. Engleman said no word had been received from Larkins who told friends he did not plan to accept.
Gallipolis reports two new typhoid cases Saturday with county health director Dr. F W Shane noting one well shows contamination. Test results for a second well are pending for several days.
Summit Grange plans a Saturday evening inspection with Deputy Master Merwin and members to contribute lunch. Mrs. Ed Davis and son visited Joseph Barron and Field, while Bertha Steinmeyer and Bridge returned from the World’s Fair. F C Hoon and Miss Chalk of Columbus are noted, as are Rev and Mrs Miles E Gottschalk.
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