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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1931
Page
10
Logan, Feb 2 arrangements are under Mrs. C A Richey for a benefit bridge party to raise funds for the Logan Relief Association aiding needy families. The event at 7 30 p m Feb 17 in the Knights of Pythias Building assembly room will donate all proceeds to replenish the association treasury.
Rehearsals started for the Senior High School operetta Lucky Jade to be staged at the High School Auditorium next month. Cast includes Loren Peters Robert Bowen Kathryn Tarrone Kathryn Wright Elma Gayle Mooney Iola Courter Kath leen Starcher Rudolph Arnold Kurtz Lytle Mark Brashares Gertrude Cole Stanley Risch Wendell Emerick Jean Kleinschmidt John Kleinschmidt Joanne Huls Carl Shepard Lewis Thorne.
Paul Brown of Columbus visited his mother Mrs Rudolph Brown Sr this weekend. Miss Catherine Stoughton of Columbus spent over Sunday with local relatives. Mr and Mrs Frank St Clair of real Logan visited their son Edward undergoing treatment here with slight improvement. Judge Harley M Whitcraft Eugene Wright Edwin D Ricketts Mrs Clara Campbell and Miss Helen D Rochester returned Saturday from Columbus where they attended Ohio Bar Association sessions. Mrs J H Farbeann near Zanesville has been visiting with Mr and Mrs Joe Farbeann and will return to Zanesville before coming back to live with them.
Glenn Price, arrested in Mt. Vernon at the request of Hocking County officers, was brought to this city Saturday by Deputy SheriffStanley F.E. Sparnow. He faces a non-support charge filed in the magistrate court.
An overheated stove likely started a fire at Alfred Poling’s West Logan residence causing about 400 dollars in damage. Firemen extinguished the blaze after it began in a rear closet and spread to the second floor. a lawn hose helped control the fire before firefighters arrived.
Lulu Woodruff files divorce against Joseph Woodruff alleging cruel treatment and neglect. They married May 6 1912 and have no children. Plaintiff seeks a decree and to quiet the defendant's rights in her property. residence of the defendant is unknown.
Friday morning at the home of Mrs. Gertrude Wirich on North High Street hosted a waffle breakfast with assisting hostess Mrs. T. R. Walburn. Afterward a card session awarded high scores to Mrs. V. G. Bowen Mrs. M. H. Cherrington and Mrs. Charles E. Yontz. Consolations went to Mrs. Lila Keynes Mrs. Theodore Lytle and Mrs. M. G. Harbaugh.
D Y Milne has leased the corner room in the Knights of Pythias Building and moved his store from the Price Building on East Main Street. He handles The Messenger circulation in Logan. The relocation occurred last week.
Mrs. Blanche Pettit of East Main Street entertained at her home Friday evening for the Mod ern Bridge Club. Substitute players were Mrs. T. R. Walburn, Mrs. Emma Aplin and Mrs. Carl Judy.
Vernon Texas reports a plane crash during a stunt landing at the Vernon Airport killed Sam Penning 32 of Chickasha Oklahoma and injured Carl Winstead 28 of Wichita Kansas. The craft plunged about 100 feet.
Santa Barbara Calif Feb 2 two fliers died when their airplane crashed from about 100 feet into a vacant lot near Cas Lorna Sunday The motor failed and Owen W King 23 Santa Barbara died instantly James Ross 25 Solvang was fatally injured in the crash as King attempted a glide into the airport.
Miss Catherine Miller daughter of Mrs Elia Miller wed Dr Charles E Reelhorn of Newark at her grandmother Mrs Meartle White’s home on East Second Street The ceremony was conducted by Rev E Elrod with attended by maid of honor Miss Jean Bright and best man Howard Miller A reception followed at the Easterling Clubhouse The couple plans a short wedding trip then residence in Pataskala Dr Reelhorn a Newark dentist is son of Dr and Mrs Charles Reelhorn Mrs Miller is Logan High School and Grant Hospital trained. Out of town guests joined in the celebration
In Logan on February 2 the Parent-Teacher Association formed study groups at the Senior High School Building. Groups were set for Primary Intermediate Junior and Senior High levels with Fred B. Burfield named chairman of the Senior High Group which plans a meeting on February 18.
Captain John Bendiksen, veteran skipper, says federal agents boarded the fishing schooner Good Luck in New York harbor and wrecked the vessel while searching for liquor. He plans to sell the ship and quit the sea after the raid. Ifelas filed a formal protest over the methods used by the searchers.
Mrs Rudolph Brown Sr was honored at a bridge luncheon hosted by her daughter Mrs Tim Whitcraft in Columbus. Guests included Mrs Cyrus Rochester of Logan and former Logan residents such as Mrs Bruce Dodson Mrs Kate Becker Mrs Edward Beck and others from Columbus.
Logan county officials reported that C. Wood Bowen, the newly installed prosecuting attorney, asked the court to clear spectators during a juvenile case heard last week in the presence of the 12 year old girl's parents. The request was granted and spectators were allowed back for the subsequent adult hearing.
A vintage advertisement touts Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for children with headache fevers stomach troubles and irregular bowels. It claims the powders are pleasant and effective and that mothers who use them tell others, urging buyers not to accept substitutes.
George Lari mer has been returned to Columbus for new duties with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Dallas Kinser takes his place in this city after a prior transfer to the railroad's northern district.
Members of the A Go I Go Club gathered Friday evening at Miss Rhea Pettit’s West Hunter Street home for bridge with substitute players Mrs. Rudolph Tlotz, Mrs. Margaret Hall, and Miss Mildred Laube. A two course lunch followed the game.
Logan reports 13 year old John Dalton, son of Mr and Mrs San Dalton of Freisner Avenue, was taken to Cherrington Hospital Sunday for an operation on acute appendicitis.
Charles Swaim 65 died Jan 29 in St Marys Hospital Huntington after paralysis. A McArthur native, he lived in Huntington 25 years. Survived by widow Lily, sons H J Swaim and Harry, a brother Chiff, sister Maude Neal, seven grandchildren, and two daughters Myrtle and Meayrne precede him. Funeral Friday and Saturday at Elk Cemetery burial.
A school auditorium gathering in Allensville featured speakers on thrift led by O. F. Pilcher. Attendees included Supt. McKinley, M. S. Cox, L. W. Pilcher, W. J. Jones, and A. Will Jr. Officials from McArthur Savings and Loan and the Vinton County National Bank attended. The event stressed the vital importance of thrift.
Edward Lee 42 an employee of a steam shovel company at Lorain died January 28 after a week of illness. He leaves a widow Lorna La Follette of McArthur and three young daughters. The body was sent to Lenore City Tennessee his former home for burial Friday.
Mrs. Charles Waldron of Richland Township gave birth to a son on January 2 at home. Her husband died a few weeks earlier. Mr. and Mrs Otis Waldron near Londonderry welcomed a son on January 28 at their home.
Claude Clark of Allensville formerly of Athens visited on business Friday. Mrs. Dave McClain died early Saturday morning on Route 50 six miles east of Mt. Vernon. McArthur Great Five defeated Athens Port Bakers 15 to 18 in Athens. Pete Gasklei returned from a week with relatives in Columbus and Toledo.
Mason Winner 70 died Friday after a two week illness from pneumonia. Funeral held Sunday at his Winner Home where he owned and managed property. Burial in Stewart Cemetery. A native of Row Township he was active in civic work and Methodist Church. Survived by widow and two sons and siblings.
Fred Weber of The Athens Messenger addressed members of Delta Gamma, the journalism fraternity. At a Sunday meeting they planned a student newspaper and discussed publication methods and Ohio University faculty involvement.
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