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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1935
Page
8
Logan promises a cheerful Christmas for 109 registered youngsters as charity organizers urge more toys, especially dolls, with 125 children helped last year. Boy Scouts assist in collecting and repairing toys for the drive coordinated by Marie Lines and the Logan general committee.
Mayor Kenneth R. Fitzgerald announced that if major improvements are not made at the water works plant water bills will be reduced for the next half year. The city had appropriated 12 000 for a new reservoir but the project was canceled after WPA funding changes. A fund surplus aims to lower rates for all water users.
Deputies and officers returned to Logan from Muskogee Oklahoma with Helen Vanfossen and Anna Vanfossen after the girls left home some time ago. Misa Craig will be turned over to Athens County Juvenile Court while the Vanfossen girl faces a hearing before Judge FE IL Ewing in the local juvenile court. The girls said they traveled by hitchhiking to reach Oklahoma.
Gibisonville residents set up an electric lighting system in their community building within the past two weeks. A gasoline engine powered generator provides the lights, first tested during the recent farmers institute. It is the second such installation in Hocking County.
Logan J W Smoot of the extension service will join Harold Chambers in Logan to work with youth at the local extension office for several months. He was ordered to report by W W Brownfield and will serve at no cost to Hocking County.
Automobiles driven by Frank Waters and Mrs A Muston of Logan were in a collision on W Hunter Street near Front Monday. Occupants escaped with minor injuries.
Funeral rites are held for Mrs. Josephine Roe Bungard 21 wife of Walter Bungard after a brief peritonitis illness in Hackensack New Jersey. She leaves three sons, her mother, and three sisters. Burial in Fellowship Cemetery after sermon by Rev F H Landgrabe.
Mr and Mrs C DeWees hosted Sunday guests including Rev KR Strickler of the Church of Christ Nelsonville and Miss Marjorie Guthrie, secretary to L J Baldwin, at Columbus.
The Degree of Pocahontas sponsor a benefit bingo party at their hall on Main St from 7 to 10 Friday evening inviting the public. Hocking County Chapter of the WCTU met at First Presbyterian Church with Mrs Paul Monks as program chairman. The program included carols devotional service a prayer circle and guest speaker Rev R C Babylon speaking on liquor conditions. New members were welcomed and a one act playlet was offered by several ladies. The next meeting will be the second Friday in January at United Brethren Church.
Mr and Mrs Herbert Cook of Malta visited their daughter Mrs Pearl Wolfe in town on Monday and Tuesday. Chief of Police Lew Reynolds and Phil A Henderson returned to their homes Monday after a trip to Ft Leavenworth Kas.
Logan plans the annual football banquet at the Masonic Social rooms at 6 p m with 185 tickets sold. Ernest Godfrey Ohio State line coach will be principal speaker showing Ohio State Notre Dame game motion pictures. Dr Walter F E Brehm will be toast master Harley Meyer temp chair Coach Carl F Schroeder of the Chieftains will speak on his team and next season. Order of Eastern Star will serve dinner. No tickets sold at door.
Rotarians skipped Monday’s regular meeting to attend the football banquet and arrange a Christmas party for next Monday. The entertainment committee led by Melvin Harbarger plans plenty of music and an orchestra with no speaker.
A new rifle club in Laurelville reports 30 members enrolled as the charter remains open. Officers elected include Albert Fast president and F C Wolf vice president, with Robert Fast secretary and Clifford Strous treasurer under National Rifle Association regulations.
James Johnson of Orovill e pleaded guilty to intoxication before Magistrate B Whitehart on Monday and was fined 19 dollars plus costs.
Legion Sons of the Legion held their annual election at the post rooms Monday evening with James Vernon Huffman re-elected captain. Officers named include H D Foster, Lawrence Adcock, Walter Huffman, Joe Rowley, Barton Hall, Fred Wardwell, John Mamek, Lawrence Adcock Jr, John Huffman, and Ralph Webb. Installation planned with Auxiliary Unit. medal idea to honor Junior High students for academics and leadership.
Logan shoppers crowded stores Saturday as retailers stay open until 9 p.m. through Christmas. Early checks show sales may rise about 20 percent over last year with necessities and toys driving demand.
Logan dealers report a plentiful tree supply for the holiday season. Western county farmers bring evergreen stock to town as Canadian pines arrive late in the week, boosting available selections for shoppers.
Work started Monday morning under WPA supervision. Engineer J R Hickey reports about 90 men were called to work on the Mayesville Williams Road project in Green Township.
Mayor Kenneth R. Fitzgerald to commit offenders to Hocking County Jail for unpaid fines. Several individuals have neglected to meet fines after opportunities were given. Commitment papers handed to Chief of Police Lew Reynolds for re-arrests.
City Hall reports a grade change for the East End trunk line sewer. The sewer exit is lowered two feet to add fall along its length. Logan Clay Product Company laid sewer pipe after receiving the contract, and work progress continues.
West P T A will hold its regular meeting Thursday with a Christmas program by first grade pupils added to the planned business session.
Logan reports top scores in each grade level with students named for English and arithmetic. Sixth grade honors go to Dick Brown and Margaret Ann Thomas. fifth grade to Martha Walters and Bobby Robb. fourth grade to Myrtle Standiford and Dorothy Myers.
Fred Burchfield principal of Senior High School resumed duties Monday after several days of illness. He is not yet fully recovered but can handle classroom work and oversee students.
Aged mother Cynthia Kasler, 74, of Trimble R D No 1, is convalescing after a serious goiter operation at Mt. Carmel Hospital in Columbus. Kenneth Kasler and Arda Kasler spent Sunday with her, and both sons have remained with her since the operation.
Don Wright of Nelsonville faced a magistrate after an affidavit charged him with petit larceny. He pleaded guilty and received a $50 fine and costs.
Glouster L G Murphy a 69 year old grocer died at his home 22 Locust St after several days illness He had run the local grocery for 23 years Survived by three sons Merrill Merrill and Clarence two brothers John and Washington G and sister Mrs Nancy Price Funeral plans await arrival of a son from Cleveland
The Glouster Townsend Club grew to 229 members after adding 52 at the recent meeting. The next club gathering will be at Moose Hall Friday evening and open to the public.
James Pigmaile files suit against Cleo Chevalier claiming $30 rent due from July September and October on property Chevalier occupied and seeking judgment for the amount.
Glouster born George H Campbell Ohio Fuel Gas Co local representative in Athens County earned a trip to Columbus and a day of entertainment for selling the highest percentage for the company in the county. He toured company offices in Columbus had lunch at the Desh ier Walleck viewed Tobacco Road at Hartman Theater with 24 other awardees and dined at the Neil House. Mrs J A Fuller Athens employee was eligible but unable to go.
Retail Clerks Union president Jones Jr said a meeting of UMWA local union presidents with the clerks union leader will be held at Odd Fellow hall Wednesday at 7 30 p m Names of non signing stores will be given to UMWA and action will follow.
Samuel H. South 74 of Liberty Hill died Monday after a long illness at his home. He was a native of Indiana and lived most of his life in the area. Survived by his wife, daughter Edith Canter, two brothers Harvey and Edward, sister Mrs. John Murphy, and one grandchild. Funeral Thursday 11 at Mt. Hermon Church, Rev. Harvey Smith officiating. burial Mt. Hermon Cemetery.
The Willing Workers Class of the M. E. Church will host a Christmas party Friday at 7:00 PM at Mrs. W. W. Leadbetter's home. Each member should bring a 10 cent gift. Chinese movie fans call Harold Lloyd Luke.
Tom Battin reports fifty flocks inspected across Athens County and nearby areas show good health with only three earmarked for recheck. The article profiles George Y. Tedrow of Guysville, a large-scale farmer with 2,000 acres and livestock focus on sheep and cattle, and notes his methods including alfalfa fed diets and extensive land improvement.
In Athens County 57 farms, 21 percent of 2,657, hold long term first mortgage loans with the Federal Land Bank of Louisville. Total loans amount to 127,100 with an additional 81,500 from the Land Bank commissioner.
McArthur area farmers in Vinton County rely on screenings from two winter quarries for agricultural use. One quarry weighs options to buy more equipment to crush lime finer for farm applications. Athens County farmers receive Vinton lime, which extension agent W. B. Green says tests high.
In Columbus today thirty motorists lost their driving rights for convictions of driving while intoxicated under Ohio's Motorists' Responsibility Law. The action raised total revocations to 351 since last August, according to Frank Weat, registrar of motor vehicles.
Sheriff Joe Farbearn searches for Curtis Rowe's brother after Rowe died Sunday evening at the Christ mann Hotel on West Main Street. Rowe had lived in Hocking County for several years and funeral plans are delayed until the relative is located.
The Ohio State Bar Association will revisit plans for a complete revision of the state's insurance laws at its midwinter Toledo meeting after previous failed attempts.
Lenna Tucker files for divorce, restoration of maiden name, and custody in Case No. 16341 of the Court of Common Pleas Athens County Ohio. Hearing set on or after January 29 1956. Foster B Cornwell attorney for plaintiff.
Chester fell 22 to 12 at Coolville on Friday in a boys basketball game. Also in Chester notes the Consolidated Schools prepare an operetta, and local families host and attend Sunday gatherings. Wilbur Warner underwent emergency appendicitis surgery at St. Joseph Hospital in Parkersburg.
Rio Grande hosts a Community Christmas Cantata at Community Hall next Sunday evening. A Christmas party, Fairyland, and a Christmas Tree will follow on Christmas Eve at 7 30. Junior and Intermediate class parties, PTA meeting with Rev Packer speaker, and the Junior orchestra debut are also noted along with local social visits and college games. The article ends with a WWI era note on Big Ben’s shrapnel holes.
The Board of Township Trustees of Athens Township Ohio invites sealed bids by December 23 1935 at 10 am in Athens for two 1.5 ton trucks with trade in of two 1931 International trucks. The board reserves right to reject any or all bids. Dwight Rutherford Clerk dated December 9 1935.
Fifty music students of Chauncey Dover High School will stage a Christmas pageant titled The Nativity in the high school auditorium Thursday December 19 at 7 30 PM. A candle light procession, a 30 voice choir, carols, reader Betty Jane Courtney and a prologue with special lighting will feature O Holy Night performed by Martha Nye and others. Six freshman girls present Star of the East. Cast includes Del bert Tedrow as King Herod Edith Rogers as Mary Eddie Russell as Joseph and Warren Hale among shepherds. The program is directed by Christine Brown and Pearl Henry with Paul Fiske handling lighting and stage. public invited.
Chauncey will host Glouster in a key Big Six Conference clash moved to Wednesday December 17 at 7 p.m. Glouster is undefeated while Chauncey has one loss this season. The two rivals previously met in a heated series.
Funeral services were held for Calvin L. Petty a 75 year old inmate of the Meigs County County Home found burned to death in the Chauncey city jail. Petty had been placed in the jail Friday night by Dover Township constables after being found wandering near The Plains. He left behind two sons Harry and Walter Petty and daughter Mrs. Mattie Finley of Akron and a sister Mrs. Emma Nelson of Dexter. He had been a resident of the County Home for four years and worked as a blacksmith.
Thirteen mines in the district operated Tuesday including Nos 15 28 219 107 267 Poston No 6 Chauncey No 25 Luhrig Black Diamond Carbondale Coonville Lick Run and Kimberly with activity noted across multiple sites.
Chauncey Townsend supporters formed a club in Chauncey at the M E Church on Monday night. Rev. Guss Graham and Rev. V Rhibrand led remarks on the Townsend Plan as officers were elected and a business committee named.
The first exclusive Jewish city in the world is Tel Aviv near Jaffa in Palestine with a population exceeding 40 000 inhabitants.
The article describes CCC crews in Washington state receiving instruction in carpentry electrical wiring masonry and drainage as part of a five minute lecture and on site practice. Officials note the training aims to prepare youths for odd jobs and future public works while detailing the roles of supervisors and the types of tasks performed.
A fragmented local item notes a PTA meeting and programs with mentions of a superintendent, merchants, and a Christmas candy drive. It references a talk by a figure and a strange note about an inhabitant alive at sea, with scattered phrases about students and a project.
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