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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1935
Page
12
The Hocking County Board of Education must draft a county wide plan and survey each district to state teacher entitlements. The plan, approved by the state and filed Nov 20, will be considered at the next meeting, with transfers needing state backed approval and remonstrance rules applying.
Logan hosts Dr Louis M Hell of Onto University this evening to address Youth Night at the Rotary Club. Arrangements were made by G E B Carr of the December entertainment committee. Each member will invite a youth guest. Music by the Future Farmers Fiddlers.
Information reached here Saturday that Francis Burgess son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Burgess Gore was seriously injured in an explosion at Mount Pleasant Michigan He worked at a filing station in that city for nine months and suffered a leg fracture and serious burns His parents left Saturday for Mount Pleasant where Burgess had been working in recent months
Mr and Mrs Edward Myers of the city suffered cuts and bruises when their car left the highway Friday while returning from Mt Pleasant Michigan after a Thanksgiving visit at the home of Mr and Mrs Don Brandon temporary injuries reported as non life threatening and under medical care.
Pearl Keck appoints Logan-Glendon Bright as an assistant at the new filling station at Main and Spring Streets. Earlier, Ellsworth Rheinscheld was named as the other assistant for the venture.
Logan High School begins its basketball season with coach Schroeder ordering the team to report for the first practice tonight. Expected returnees include Bob Ralston Albert Leonard Jimmy Richardson Maurice Cole Eddie Nelson Kermit Bliss Dick Spannow George McGonagle Lloyd Heinlein Jack Acker and Kermit Swaim with others possible.
Logan Brief notes John McBroom and Waldo Hardy were in New Vienna Saturday to make burial arrangements for Mrs Olive Hardy who died in Columbus Friday. Harry Robert three months old son of Mr and Mrs Otto Evans is much improved after three weeks illness from complications. Mrs Ilda Mathias had as her guest from Thursday until Saturday her daughter Miss Frances Mathias dietitian at Marshall College Huntingdon Pa accompanied by Miss Carolyn Brady home economics instructor there.
Logan coach Carl F. Schroeder lauds five senior starters from the LHS football team. Captain Vaughn Hansel is praised for leadership and two-way play, with Halby Adair Mason Uecker Allen and Lightfoot also cited for hard work, versatility, and team spirit.
Logan Rachelmacher Estate has begun drilling a new test oil well on company property near Hemlock Perry County. Claude Brandon reported Monday as part of the drilling crew. Previous drilling nearby yielded a “duster.” Other planned wells by Hope Construction Co in Salem Hollow eastern Hocking County and a Preston Oil Co well are also anticipated. Big material has been moved to locations.
Timekeeping in Logan county courthouse offices is disrupted as the electric timing system runs haywire. Officers and clerks struggle to explain to visitors and resolve the malfunction.
Logan service department employees were ordered out Sunday morning to clear snow from street crossings before Sunday School and church. highway maintenance crews assisted to remove slippery spots on the highway system.
The article notes slow Italian advance in Ethiopia during the first two months of invasion. Since Oct 2 Italian forces crossed from Assab and moved about 80 miles north and 125 miles south as bombing planes and reconnoitering units support the campaign.
Ohio imposes a new license system effective Oct 1 1936. Deputy registrars assess fitness after a year of driving, with annual 40 cent fees split 25 to state revenue and 15 to the motor vehicles bureau. Nonresidents may drive 30 days sans license. Falsifying applications carries 1-10 years. DUI and related offenses carry hard penalties. Deaf mutes may obtain licenses with proper mirrors and tests.
Patrolman and Mrs. Har try L. Thomas of this city traveled to Columbus Saturday and Sunday for the American Legion national commanders banquet. While there they stayed with Mr. and Mrs. James Thomas. other Logan attendees included Barton A. Hall Ewald Schmitter Frank Judy B. W. Wright Russell James and Mrs. Irma Powers.
Coach Carl F. Schroeder outlines a citywide program to organize a sixth grade basketball league with at least two teams in each of three grade schools. Meetings with Supt. G E Carr are planned this week. Games would be played Saturday mornings at the Junior High Gym to promote physical fitness and player development.
Dana offers to cook during a violent storm while Scott worries about being prejudiced by gossip and the impact on his medical career. The blackout and uprooted trees described in newspapers loom as the storm traps them indoors and threatens their plans.
An evening program announced by J. M. Lanner features Mrs. D. B. Phillips and Mr. Washington speaking on Home Our Kingdom and Pictures of Palestine. Dobbina also discusses Palestine. Music includes a 4 sextette, the girls glee club and a Kathryn Price piano solo. Miller Chapel Grange will also participate.
While Patrolman Marty Thomas was out of the city Saturday night his place on the force was taken by Special Officer Robert Kieinschmidt.
Local youths resume studies after holiday break. Everett Green returns to Ohio State after visiting the Greens in Logan. James Campbell heads to a Columbus business college. Ramon Smith and John Moore also return to Ohio State.
Logan notes progress on the South Mulberry Street bridge as a new floor is laid. Traffic interference has lengthened the project and slowed work.
James Brown a Marion Township farmer remains in serious condition at Cherrington Hospital where he is treated as a recent wreck victim. Family members are assisting in his care.
Charles Byers Jr of Columbus visits Logan and discusses his studies at the Ohio State School for the Blind. He learns Braille and large type, studies piano tuning, and helps tune the school's grand pianos. He mentions a radio program on Station WOSU before Christmas.
The Logan executive committee of the Republican Party met Saturday at the McKinley Club headquarters and deferred a key decision for one week. A follow up meeting is planned at the same venue next Saturday at 1 30 PM.
Announcement from Cleveland lists Artie Mathias of Mound Street and Wilhelmina Elmer of Englewood as wed on November 27. Mathias, Logan High School Class of 1916 graduate, works for Standard Oil in Toledo and will reside there with his bride. Intrinsic value of chemical ingredients estimated at 30 cents per unit.
Ohio Theater presents In Old Kentucky featuring Will Rogers with Dorothy Wilson and Russell Hardie in a modernized adaptation of the musical romance. The Paramount film includes race track climax and comic moments. Schine's Athena Theater shows Sated the Rose, Stark Young’s Civil War romance with Margaret Sullavan and Randolph Scott directed by King Vidor.
Logan saw its first heavy snow of the winter Saturday night and continued Sunday leaving ground cover for coasting. Roads grew slick causing difficult driving as several cars slid into ditches with no serious injuries reported.
Logan J M Sanner of Starr Township departs December 12 for Lima to serve as a Vinton County Grange delegate at the state convention. He will stay four days and join the committee on cooperation marketing and insurance.
Two cars collided at the Hocking Front Street intersection at 2 PM Sunday. No injuries reported. Drivers were L. McGuier of this city and J. L. Allgood of Barberton. Chief Lew Reynolds investigated.
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