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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1934

Page

3

Gall High School Football Schedule At Home Seven Games

Gall High School lists seven home games this fall opening September 29. Opponents include Logan High Athens Murray City St Marys New Boston and Gallipolis with Thanksgiving Day game. The schedule runs through November 23 with a season focus on home dates and the traditional holiday clash.

Gall High Hedules Logan High Tion Ter Gallipolis Athens Murray City St. Marys New Boston Nelbe

Inn Buddies World War Days

Hendrickson and Day lead World War II veterans of Company G and Forty-Eighth in a comradeship nod. The group, about 100 members strong, plans activities through the next summer with a Legion convention anticipated.

Hendrickson

Fox Funeral Set for Friday with Local Employee Obituary

Fox, a 60 year old city employee and longtime Logan Manufacturing worker, died after an illness. Survived by four brothers and two widows, Effie and Emma Wilson. Funeral at 9 o clock Friday at St John Catholic with Rev James T Nevin officiating in Oak Grove.

Fox Logan Effie Folowing Brothers Paul Lawrence Barod Emma Wilson St. John Catholic James T. Nevin Oak Grove

Donkey Ball Game Slated Saturday in Logan

Donkey baseball returns to Strawn Field near Falls Mill at 2 30 Saturday afternoon. Downtown coaches sponsor the event to raise funds for football equipment. Ringhiser's Dodgers meet Camp Logan of the Recreational Ball League in the charity game.

Logan council takes no action on waterworks plans

Logan service director R R Loomis reported plans for a new waterworks building but council made no definite decision. The body signaled support to continue his current water rental policy in the dispute with school officials. A $100 Rose Anderson donation to Oak Grove Cemetery fund was accepted. Records by W H Gaffney will be reviewed to decide city ownership. Red Men and Daughters of Pocahontas host annual picnic Monday at Grotto Grounds with supper at 5 30.

Logan Red Men and Daughters of Pocahontas Grotto Grounds

Masonic Home Band Beats Leaguers In Logan Game

Masonry guests from Ohio Masonic Home Band and baseball team joined local junior and senior leaguers for a 8 to 7 seven inning win after a 5pm start. About 500 attendees enjoyed a postgame picnic at Waterworks Park. The group then toured New Philadelphia Woodsfield and Marietta before heading home. Local organizers were Neal Shaw Alfred Lanning and Charles C Achauer.

Logan—Masonry Ohio Masonic Waterworks Park New Philadelphia Woodsfield Marietta Neal Shaw Alfred Lanning Charles C. Achauer

Legion base ball team to play Maytag Grays in Logan

Logan Franklin Post No 1 American Legion will send its baseball team to Logan for a Sunday game against the Maytag Grays at the Fairground diamond. The former servicemen are regarded as a strong amateur team in the Capital City.

Logan Franklin Post American Legion Maytag Grays Fairground

Improvement of East Front Street Crossing by C O Railroad

Piling is driven to widen the overhead crossing at East Front Street by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. Work paused when telephone company cables and Ohio Fuel Gas Company lines were encountered Tuesday.

Annual baby show called off in Arden due to lack of infants

In Arden Delaware the community fair cancels the annual baby show after a house to house search failed to find infants. Officials shift to a parade of older children. In Omaha Nebraska a newspaper editor receives a childish note from a child asking the stork to send a baby girl with brown hair and blue eyes, the letter placed on file.

Arden Del Murray Levine Omaha, Neb Stork Josephine H

New Golf Course Opens Near Logan

The Hocking Valley Golf course near Logan opens this afternoon after spring construction and a summer delay due to dry weather. Owner S. Wright announces a free round for all players. Willis Dickerson, previously pro at Mt. Air near Columbus, will oversee sessions Saturday through Monday. The nine hole course plays to a par 70 for 18 holes, totaling 6084 yards.

Logan Hocking Valley W. Wright Willis Dickerson Mt. Air Columbus

Rev Babylon Returns to Lead Services at First Presbyterian

The Rev. R. C. Babylon resumes church services at First Presbyterian Church this Sunday after August vacation. He returned Tuesday from Covington Ohio where he visited relatives and attended the Chicago fair.

Babylon Logan First Presbyterian Church R. C. Babylon Covington Ohio Chicago

Logan Briefs and Hospital Notes from Local Visitations

Logan briefed social visits as Mr. and Mrs. Walter Warner and the Gutliph family attended a Masonic picnic and band concert at Waterworks Park. In Logan, Judge Ewing hosted Alex MacMillan and son from Bellevue Kentucky, while Horace Van Auken visited relatives. Hospital notes report Bernice Salts undergoing appendicitis surgery with satisfactory recovery and Louise Rathburn improving after a major operation last week.

Walter Warner E. A. Gutliph Errol Newark Logan Waterworks Park Alex MacMillan Alex Jr Bellvue E. L. Ewing Horace van Auken Angola Ind Cherrington Hospital Bernice Salts Union Furnace Charlies Salts Louise Rathburn Starr Township

Fifteenth annual Jobs M E Church reunion planned

The Jobs Methodist Episcopal Church holds its fifteenth annual reunion on Sunday with many former residents ministers and teachers expected to attend. Mrs Effie Bateman serves as president and Elmer Gears as secretary.

Logan Jobs Methodist Episcopal Church Effie Bateman Elmer Gears

Troy 4 H Club Meets at Coolville Agriculture Building

The Troy Boys 4 H Club convened Tuesday at the Agriculture Building for the general business session and fair exhibits review led by Orville Bibbee. Plans were set to complete 4 H work and members were noted for satisfactory progress.

Coolville Troy Boys Orville Bibbee Dan Johnson Chauncey R. E. Daugherty Otis Baker Mansfield St. Clairsville A. B. Saunders Mary Bentz Mary Belle M. E. Church Carl Lockhart Hillsboro Parkersburg Construction Company Russell Daugherty Ster I. W. Burnfield Athens

Notable Coolville area families join many on late summer travels

Coolville residents Dr. G under and Mrs. G R Gunder along with Earl Parkins and others toured the East visiting Washington and Virginia landmarks. The group also toured Endless Caverns and Buffington Island Park, while local families held picnics and attended fairs in nearby towns. The Russell Walden line hosts a Coolville Camp Grounds reunion on September 9 as descendants plan gatherings across Ohio communities.

G. R. Gunder Coolville Earl Parkins Huntington Ocean View Beach Washington, D. C Mt. Vernon Alexandria Fredericksburg Richmond Williamsburg Yorktown Norfolk Shenandoah Valley Burns Farm Carthage Township C. J. Flowers Athens L. A. Person Pomeroy Harry Runion Porterfield J. H. Caldwell Warren Ohio F. G. Runion R. J. Runion David Russell Anna Walden E. M. Pierce C. E. Findling Alfred John Wyatt Springfield Columbus Dorothy Pierce Estella Findling Wyatt G. R. Walden Flourine Frame John Humphrey Betlel R. E. Daugherty Norma Brafford Vincent Inez Brafford Edith Tinker Jacksonville Ruth McBride C. L. White C. E. White

Attending Services and Community Notes from Taylor Ridge

Sunday events at Taylor Ridge include a Bible School session with songs by Cleveland Children's Christian Home girls and a talk by Mrs. Anna Garvin. Next services are at 9 30. Several local residents attended the Kempton family reunion at Mt Pleasant in Lancaster. Various hometown visits and family gatherings are listed with names and places.

Bible School Church of Christ G. B. Courtney Cleveland Children’s Christian Home Anna Garvin Della Chalfant Gerald Nagle Amesville Kempton Mt. F Pieasant Lancaster John Davis Elmer Davis Fred Heffkin Dora Heffkin Ernie Shirkey Ralph Shirkey Roy Knight Eugene Gallaway Elsie Janchius Guy White Alice White Vern Jane White Iris Kempton Blaine Chalfant Jacksonville P. B. Chalfant Minnie Keck George Keck Russell Vore James Friend Mary Keck Evan Davis William Swartz Freda David Swartz Charles Lefiner

Repair Smoke Stack at Hocking Valley Brick Plant

One of the large stacks at the Hocking Valley Brick plant is being repaired. Scaffolding has been constructed to the top giving the stack the appearance of an oil derrick. Local workmen are doing the work.

Logan Hocking Valley

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