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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1925
Page
10
Logan authorities started installing new waterworks on Tuesday. A pump with 100,000 gallons daily capacity will power a new plant unit, followed by an air compressor. Three 10 inch wells connected to the system are tested, and a cistern cemented for reserve water supply.
Logan December 30 A procedure to remove a penny stuck in the throat of the two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Schrader of West Front was performed at a local hospital. The operation used X ray guidance and was successful with no expected lasting harm.
Phi Theta fraternity members from Bog a n observed their yearly banquet at the Sterling Club in Bogan on Saturday night. The dinner featured college and fraternity songs with reminiscences that filled the evening. Attendees included Raymond Glepgst, Maynard Graft, Byron Blair, Robert Lee White, George and Henry Watson, Gran wide C Berlin, Warren Johnson, Rudolph Kleinschmidt, Dr. Walter Gruise, Paul Cruise, and Robert Johnston. Robert Lee White will organize next year’s banquet.
Logan December 30. Hocking County will receive 2 percent interest from the depositories chosen Monday noon by the Board of County Commissioners. Four banks submitted bids, with three Logan banks and the Reynoldsburg State Bank offering the joint bid. The rate is lower than the previous period as funds will be active now that courthouse building funds are in use.
The body of 65 year old da Case was brought to town for funeral and burial after dying at a Gallipolis state hospital. The body was laid to rest in Oak Grove mausoleum.
Dick Calhoun spends time cutting timber for local sawmills and husks corn for Samuel Febus on the John Dougherty farm south of Logan. Febus predicts a 5000 bushel corn crop this season, one of the county’s best, though husking remains a major challenge.
Carolina Nupp aged 67, wife of Martin Nupp of 597 Front Street, died Monday morning after a six weeks illness from organic heart disease. Besides the husband she leaves a daughter Mrs. Harry Jones of Columbus and a son of Logan. Funeral services at United Brethren church at 11 o clock Thursday with Rev T C Harper presiding. Burial in Oak Grove by Heinlein brothers.
Logan December 30 Lewis Crambler 85 a Civil War veteran died at his Union Furnace home Wednesday afternoon burial set for Armstrong cemetery
Logan report says Willie Ames pleaded guilty before Magistrate Miller to intoxication and was fined five dollars plus costs. He was among youths arrested after a disturbance at a Nickel Plate school entertainment on Wednesday evening.
E D Campbell closed a purchase of the Star restaurant, previously under receivership, on Monday. He formerly owned the eatery about two years ago before leaving to join the automobile business, and he plans to manage the restaurant personally.
Mrs. Rodwick Young files for divorce in Common Pleas court claiming her husband has been wilfully absent for over three years and has not provided support. She seeks suitable alimony. The couple wed in December 1920.
The body of Gail Westbrook who was killed in an oil tank explosion at Fisher was taken to Newport for funeral services at 1 PM. J A Westfall, Civil War veteran, died at his home 127 Grosvenor Street last evening. funeral at 2 PM Friday at First Methodist Church with burial in West Union street cemetery.
Wayne Booth aged 68 died at 11:45 yesterday morning at his home following six weeks of heart trouble and pneumonia. The funeral was held Thursday afternoon in the Canaanville church with burial in the adjoining cemetery. He is survived by his widow, one son Charles Booth Senecaville, a daughter Mrs. Carl Tipton of Senecaville, and two daughters Mrs. Charles Israel Colton and Mrs. Robert Grant Athens. The family home was near Jacksonville until moving five years ago to Canaanville.
Pattern notice describes a percale gingham or linen dress for women with mature figure and slender hips. Nine sizes 38 to 54 bust, yardage estimates for single material and contrasting fabric, dress width at hem, mailed pattern for 15 cents in silver or Watch for Spinsterhood stamps.
Mrs John McClain files for divorce on grounds of willful absence over three years. She cites lack of support for herself and their 5-year-old daughter and requests temporary alimony to pursue actions plus child support and sufficient alimony for herself. Married in 1919.
Marion Star editorials claim important letters from President Warren G. Harding were not destroyed by Florence Kling Harding but went missing during sorting of the late president’s correspondence. The piece notes five boxes contained indexes showing received and answered letters, yet traces are absent and the fate remains a mystery.
New York December 30 John McCormack and Lucrezia Bori headline a radio concert Friday night via RCA hook-up. The Victor Talking Machine Co presents the event marking two years since their first radio introduction. Stations include WJZ KYW KDKA WBZ WGY and WRC with the program at 9 00 p m EST.
Local notes list Mile Sixx of Detroit staying with the Sixx family, Hilah McLeod and Es ta Tremain from Columbus visiting relatives for Christmas, and Vance McLeod from Columbus also spending the holiday in Carbondale. Other movers include Hazel and Sarah Stanley of Barberton, Minnie and Marie Dusz, C. A. Gillan family vacationing in Delaware, Ruth Auker and Rita McDaniel visiting Don Cottrill's home in New Plymouth, Glen Easterling from New Marshfield, Elmer Gabriel from Akron, and John Cox visiting his parents in Carbondale A holiday gathering at Eva Ivers’ home with Fred Ivers and Frank Williams from Ferndale and Palos.
Santa Claus visited the school Wednesday afternoon distributing treats after a combined Christmas program staged by the church and school families. Many locals and relatives visited over the Christmas period, with residents from Greens Run Glouster Hebbardsville and The Plains noted in several entries.
Golding and daughter Neva of Glouster spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. James Golding. Miss Audra Chalfant visited Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mulpas of College Hill. Despite bad weather, last Sunday's church attendance was good.
Hockingport reports record cold with two degrees above zero on Saturday morning and zero on Sunday and Monday amid snow flurries. The Methodist Sunday school gave a popular program at church, the community tree delighted children with candy sacks, and schools closed for Christmas. Mrs Fred Medley visits St Marys W Va. Baxter Husk sells farm at New Cumberland. Amesburys move to Floodwood near Nelsonville. Ida Cook spends Christmas in Parkersburg with sister Lizzie White.
Miss Lily attended with Cummings and Otho Elliott families at the Harden home for Christmas. Genevieve Anderson visits Akron for holiday. Torch Baptist church calls Rev T B Purdy to preach biweekly and support Sunday school. Mullen Memorial hires Rev B F Purdy for full sermons. A reception for the minister and wife drew about seventy guests with music and refreshments. Earl Sheets and Dr Fred Sheets from Copan, Oklahoma visited for the funeral of Mrs. Alice Curtis Sheets, widow of Lee Sheets, who died December 19 at her son Earl Sheets’ home. She leaves three sons and a sister, Mrs KE A Dutton. Mrs Sheets attended the seminary at Hocking
The passage notes Clarence Dutton of Milford returning home to attend his aunt Mrs Sheets funeral as zero weather leaves the river covered in ice and impedes travel.
Brief marriages and holiday visits fill this locality section. Burr Oak Floid Dawson wed Miss Leather Post on December 1. Gay Wilson and Sylvia Stires celebrated their Christmas Day marriage. Fred Ivers and Faye Ivers visited relatives including Richard and Grace Frazier and Will McDonald during the holiday season.
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