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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1935
Page
12
Logan work on the grading project will restart Thursday after a halt during the football season to reuse dirt for the gridiron. No definite date set for the concrete stands project until provisions for materials are obtained.
Logan basketball practice featured the Chieftains against Union Furnace under Coach Schroeder to test combinations. Starr Township’s Evans brought the squad for Hocking County League experience. Starting lineup included Ralston at center, Cole and Richison at forwards, Ucier and Leonard at guards.
Logan city Health Commissioner Co P Swett reported on recent vaccination work. The board debated expanding immunization against diphtheria and decided to cover kindergarten children in the program.
Mrs Blackston Logan recalls weeks ago accident with John Blackatoy rider on a cap and Kee luck vehicle. Concussion reported from the collision on Folmer Street and the capsized truck. Further details unavailable.
Logan reports full junior and senior high school quota of 21 students. Youth workers in the program receive odd jobs within two buildings and are paid up to six dollars per month.
Mrs Clifton Grace of Nelonville underwent hernia surgery at Cherington Hospital on Tuesday. Edna Summers, daughter of Mr and Mrs N B Summers, had an appendicitis operation at the same hospital on Tuesday.
LOGAN The pupil body will start at Junior and Senior High on Thursday with the work to follow. Courses listed include arithmetic algebra plane geometry chemistry biology and general science as city schools aim to keep their above state median record. LOGAN While working on the farm in Laurel Township last week De Wine sustained an injury causing confinement at home after assisting in lifting a heavy object. ZANESVILLE Henry Stohl of Crookeville was electrocuted at the Manhattan Gas Company Mine Tuesday when his head touched an overhead trolley wire.
The City of Nelsonville invites sealed bids for clean run off coal for the Light and Water Works Plant for January 4, 1886 to July 2, 1886. Bids due December 10, 1855. must show bidder name and interest, bond required if awarded. The Service Director will open bids publicly at noon and report to City Council.
Logan fire chief Walter Nixon and Theresa Rosella Schrader of Logan were married Tuesday afternoon by Magistrate B. Whitehart at the courthouse. The couple proceeded on a brief wedding trip after the ceremony. Nixon has served as Logan fire chief for several years.
Logan Hollis Vernon Noel aged 29 was found dead in bed at his Union Furnace home Tuesday after Frank Weed visited that morning. He had suffered illness for months under physician care. Son of Mason Noel of Columbus, with an uncle Hiram Huntley in Vinton County and a Columbus sister. Final rites set at Union Furnace United Brethren Church at noon Thursday. burial in Vinton. Rev. A P Cohagen to preside.
Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority met for a regular gathering with Miss Gar net Sheets leading. They plan Christmas aid for needy children and a Red Cross membership. Hosts Mrs Crawford and Miss Blackston led a bingo social, with awards to Mrs Cheshire Miss Stewart and Miss Joervenanier. Mrs Hyson hosted a separate bridge club event with a meal. Local notices mention church and club gatherings, and travels of residents visiting Columbus and Delaware.
Logan Service Director R R Loomis won in Columbus on business Tuesday and visited relief headquarters to discuss WPA work in the city.
Logan-Wayne Shaw of this city is recovering from a foot injury sustained days ago while working in a coal mine near Gore. The incident occurred when he struck his foot with a pick, leading to an infection.
In Logan a hunter named J M Cooley fired accidentally after ejecting four shells from a shotgun magazine. A fifth shell remained and discharged striking a hole in the fender of his automobile.
Attendees at a Gullipotia event include Civil War veteran J. Mo. Cherington, 36, and relatives Dr. and Mrs. Cherington of this city, held on Monday with the gathering noting kinship and reunion.
Under the supervision of Charles Eberst the junior high school starts basketball as part of the physical education program. The activity will run through the remainder of the winter months under the PE program.
Lillian Mey sues Win Er Fox owner of Fox's lunch for 1059 dollars claiming a May 16 1925 slip on an oil slick floor at the lunchroom caused a fractured ankle sprained back bruised hip and one week bedrest. She seeks medical expenses and a 1000 dollar judgment.
Members of the American Legion and Auxiliary will hold a joint Christmas party at Logan Post rooms with the date to be set soon. Commander Walter Huffman named Frank Judy Ewald Schmitter and Rev. C. M. Lever to represent the post in planning the event. Auxiliary committee members are Mrs. Sebmitter Mrs. Judy Mrs. Phil Tschappat and Mr. Walter Huffman. A joint committee meeting will be held soon to finalize plans.
A meeting of the Sons of the Legion will be held at the post rooms next Tuesday. H. D. Foster directs the group and plans for winter months and the annual year end selection will be discussed.
Logan George Eberst Jr. left Cherrington Hospital for home Tuesday after a shoe factory accident last Friday left his right hand mangled. Edward Nerzog, who was injured a week ago when struck by an automobile on Route Street while working, also left the hospital the same day with his condition much improved.
Funeral services for George Watson aged 33 will be held at 2 o clock Friday afternoon at his late residence on West Second Street. He died at a Columbus hospital from pellagra after weeks of poor health. He worked in the oil business with his brother Henry Watson and leaves his wife Helen and a daughter Dorothy. The Rev. C. M. Lever will officiate. Burial is in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Logan county deputy sheriff Neilis Smith took Woodrow Reynolds of Monday into custody on a charge of malicious destruction of property. At arraignment Tuesday before Magistrate 5 B Whitehart Reynolds pleaded not guilty and was held to the grand jury under a $200 bond after allegedly breaking the Clarence Reynolds residence windows.
Edith Church files a Monday divorce petition against John Ferrig Church alleging neglect. They married January 30 1952 and have one child. The petition seeks custody and states the defendant's current home is unknown.
In Chauncey area births during Thanksgiving and the week end add five to the population. Mr and Mrs Charles Hillyer announce twin daughters Bonna Jeane and Donna Lee born Sunday. Mr and Mrs Clair Sayre announce a daughter at their country home on Thanksgiving Day. Mr and Mrs Charles Leffler announce daughter Sarah Frances born Sunday. Mr and Mrs Charlie McCall announce a son born in Lancaster formerly of Chauncey. grandparents are Jesse McCall and others.
Chauncey residents report visitors and travel notes between Chauncey Altoona Mill Street Millersburg and Columbus. Guests include Mr and Mrs Berkholder and the Brookins cousins, Thanksgiving visits by W E Dicken Wendell Moore and children, Pontica Michigan travelers the Ferrers returning from Chauncey, and Eliza Burton hosts with Banfield Halliday Roberts Stevens and relatives. Imogene Locke of Chauncey was taken by ambulance to Mercy Hospital Columbus for likely surgery with her mother accompanying.
Chauncey Ladies Aid of the Greens Run Church of Christ hosts its annual Christmas bazaar and bake sale during the weekly dinner on Thursday at the parish house. Soup sandwiches and pie are served at noon and society women will quilt in conjunction with the bazaar. The day centers on sale and quilting. Betelgeuse has a diameter of 273 million miles, but it is not the largest star in the sky.
Straitsville residents held Thanksgiving gatherings at the Lang residence and with relatives in Shawnee and nearby towns. Attendees included the Gaddin, Harvey, Wooten, Lang, Strain, Jewitt, Hilgeman, and Nihiser families plus friends visiting from Columbus and Steubenville.
The Junior Girls and Boys Sunday School Class of Zion Baptist Church taught by Mrs. Gerald McHarg held a party at the teacher's home on Sunday afternoon. A program of games and contests was followed by refreshments. Attendees included Ida Frances Gabriel Virginia Pearl Gabriel Bernice Gabriel Grace Dicken Gladys Shields Frances Sickles Billy Joe Gabriel Shirley Brindo Ralph Langel Robert Hale Thelma and Norma McHarg.
Colds tonsillitis and other illnesses cut attendance at Logan Junior High on Monday and Tuesday. Forty students were absent Monday, dropping to twenty six Tuesday. Monday had the highest absence level of the school year so far.
Teachers from the Central Grade Building will attend an evening dinner in a group at the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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