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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 03, 1938

Page

7

Hacking Republicans Hear Taft on New GOP Activity

Republican leaders dine at the P K Shop and meet Robert Taft as he reports growing GOP activity across Ohio. Taft cites recessions, court reform controversy, and administration inconsistency, urging thrift as key to recovery and warning against spending as a path to prosperity. Ottawa exports show arms totaling 307170 in six months, with Florida hosting diverse exotic farms.

Athens Messenger Athens, Ohio Robert Taft Logan P K Cincinnati Taft McKinley Republican Ohio Washington

Pioneer Youth Meeting In Logan At Ewing Grange Hall

Pioneer Youth met at Ewing Grange Hall with 30 in attendance. Miss Betty Zeigler staged a one act playlet while Mary and Ralph Mosure led the program. The group planned a Feb 11 church dinner and a Feb 15 district meeting in Athens.

Logan—Pioneer Ewing Grange Hall Mary Ralph Mosure Betty Zeigler Logan Methodist Episcopal Church Athens

Two Concrete Pourings To Finish Logan Pool

Two more concrete pours are needed to complete the Logan swimming pool walls. After the walls are finished the bottom will be poured. Architect Ackley of Pittsburgh is scheduled to visit the city today as work on the bathhouse and filter house begins.

Mrs. Riggs Returns to Home From Hospital

Mrs. Mary Riggs of Nelsonville was returned to her home this week from a Columbus hospital by Mr. and Mrs. Francis Leach of Toledo. Mrs. Leach will remain in Nelsonville to assist in her care. Mr. Leach, formerly of Logan, is visiting for a few days and will be accompanied home by his mother Mrs. Hubert Leach of this city who will visit him in the future.

Logan Mary Riggs Nelsonville Columbus Francis Leach Toledo Leach Hubert Leach Walt Williams Pear Lodi Dorothy Brooks Athens Harold Jones Chauncey Pear Wood Williams Wood Edward Brooks Cash Stratton Louise Downs Russell Downs PTA Wilma Musgrave Betty Dinsmore Nile Graves Baby McArthur Albany Will Lewis Place Graves Elliott Feed Store Loring Tewksbury Mrs. Tewksbury Lloyd Knowlton

Logan Cagers Drill For New Boston Clash

Logan high school basketball players sharpen skills this week as they prepare for a Friday showdown with New Boston on the local floor. A subsequent February 18 meeting with Pomeroy looms with big beltway implications for the Southeastern Ohio League title race.

Logan New Boston Five Chieftain Basketeers New Boston Pomeroy Southeastern Ohio League

Logan City Park Plan Seen From Special Council Panel

Members of the special council committee named at the last meeting will report at their next session on converting the city owned land north of Logan into a public park. They plan a site visit this week with WPA project potential for low cost, city officials say.

Logan

Miss Gibson to Assume Library Job Soon

Miss Hortense Gibson of Martins Ferry has secured release as librarian and will report as Logan librarian once her successor arrives. She was set to start this Tuesday.

Miss Gibson Logan Hortense Gibson Martins Ferry G. E. Carr Logan Library Board

Fred C Ambrose Assigned to Hocking County Sales Tax Work

Fred C. Ambrose, named an examiner in the sales tax division last week, has been assigned to Hocking County. He was in Athens Wednesday gathering details of the case.

Logan Fred C. Ambrose Hocking County Athens

Logan district staff attend Southeastern Ohio administrator meeting

Logan schools were represented at a Southeastern Ohio administrators and music supervisors meeting held in Gallipolis on Wednesday evening. Delegates included Supt. G. E. Carr, Fred B. Burchfield, H. W. Kirk, Miss Minnie Louise Bowen, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard McCutchan.

Logan Southeastern Ohio Gallipolis G. E. Carr Fred B. Burchfield H. W. Kirk Minnie Louise Bowen Richard McCutchan

Logan Social Notes Highlights Local Club Meetings

Mrs Alfred Carpenter hosted the Tuesday Book Club at her South Logan home with 15 members and guests. New members welcomed. reviews of Stuart Cloete's The Turning Wheel shared. Elberfelds showcased home movies of cotton fields in Tennessee. Founders Day planning by Business and Professional Women's Club announced with committee heads and a luncheon at the White House. G A A held at Logan High School discussed a skating party.

Alfred Carpenter South Logan Fred Hull Raymond Robinson Bartelle Hamilton Earl Elberfeld Stuart Cloete Elberfelds Chester Swett Sugar Grove Stanton Pond James Smoot M. H. Cherrington H. W. Harden Walter Leonard C. S. Clarke Anthony Toerner Business and Professional Women's Club Bess Mutchmore Minnettee McCray Marie Lines Precious Correll Florence Bort Emma , Petty Irene Clipton Florence Myers White House Peart von Au Cleveland Logan High School Ruth Thomas

Eastern Star Delegation Attends District Meeting at Corning

A Logan chapter delegation joined the district order meeting in Corning on Tuesday with Mrs. Faye Bright presiding over the afternoon session. Officers for the coming year were elected including Mrs. Minnie Reynolds as president and Miss Jessie Peck guiding initiatory work in the evening.

Logan Corning Faye Bright Pleasantville Minnie Reynolds Eva Hufford Bremen Ella Heidelbaugh New _ Straitsville Edna Ambrose Shawnee Jessie Peck Fostoria Mary Phillips Willard Lyke Mary Moffit Mattie Allen Florence Schmitter Margaret Timberlake Hilda Smith J. R. Ralston Piezza Mauk Norma Ralston Thelma Gilbert

Birthday Milestone for Mrs Ella S Rulon in Logan

Mrs Ella S Rulon celebrated her 85th birthday at home in Logan on January 29, mother to Claude Rulon Clara Rulon and Winifred Engle. Her sister Lida Kilgore, 87, lives at the Methodist Home in Cincinnati. Zion Ladies Aid met at Mrs Hugh Meldrim s home on East Second Street with presider Mrs A G Sellars, scripture by Pearl Denning, devotional by Wesley Cannon, readings by Mrs Sellars and Mrs Frank Linton, poems by Will Hansel and W W Marks, Bible quotation responses, and a late luncheon hosted by the hostess.

Will Hansel Wesley Cannon John Liff Carl Harden Hugh Howdyshell Grant Harden Harold Rheinscheld Ed Foultz Roscoe Mowery William Mowery Artie Stone A. G. Sellars Thelma Mowery Pearl Denning H. D. Arnold Charles Stone W. W. Marks George Lehman Clara Stone Ella S. Rulon Logan Claude Rulon Clara Rulon Winifred Engle Lida Kilgore Methodist Cincinnati Hugh Meldrim Zion Ladies' Aid Society E. Second St A. G. Sellers Sellars Frank Linton

Nelsonville Boy Gravely Ill After Accident

Bobbie Logan age 11 son of James and Mrs. Weaver from Nelsonville is gravely ill at Cherrington Hospital after a motor accident Saturday. James Sayre of Nelsonville also remains in serious condition following the crash in the same incident.

Logan Bobbie James Weaver Nelsonville Cherrington Hospital James Sayre

Germ typing course aids pneumonia treatment

Miss Lucille Miller, a laboratory technician from Logan Cherrington Hospital, attended an intensive pneumonia germ typing course in Cincinnati. Nine Ohio women technicians learned to identify the 32 pneumonia bacteria types, with Dr J M Ruegsegger directing at Cincinnati General Hospital and facilities offered to district physicians.

Mysterious Malady Strikes Hocking County Sheep

Logan area sheep growers report an unidentified disease killing sheep within 48 hours. Extension agent James R. Smoot has sent samples to Ohio State Extension Service where professors suspect protein deficiency in feed. An added protein ration shows improvement.

Logan Hocking County James R. Smoot Ohio State Extension Service

Honor roll honors spread across senior high grades

The Logan Senior High School honor roll for the third six weeks lists 24.5 percent of the enrollment. Senior class members lead with 27.01 percent, followed by Juniors at 25.2 percent and Sophomores at 22.4 percent, as reported by Principal Fred B. Burchfield.

Logan Fred B. Burchfield

Myers Funeral Will Be Held on Sunday

Ashes of W. G. Myers who died in Tucson Arizona January 16 were shipped to Logan and taken to Miller Chapel cemetery Sunday for burial. He left Logan 18 years ago for the Southwest and was a brother of Dillon Myers of Starr Township.

Logan W. G. Myers Tucson Ariz Miller Chapel Mr. Myers Southwest Dillon Myers Starr ‘Township

Rural Mudholes Do Not Halt Hocking Mail Route

Rural mail carriers along township roads face severe mudholes but continue deliveries. Despite deep ruts and rough sections, the post route remains active as drivers press on to reach rural homes and businesses with the day’s mail.

Logan

Johnson Rites Held for Eliza Johnson in County Home

Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza Johnson age 81 were held Wednesday at the County Home with Rev. Amos L. Heyde officiating. Burial followed in County Home Cemetery. She left one sister, who could not be located.

Logan Eliza Johnson Amos L. Heyde

Forest Films Shown at Albany High School

A five reel sound picture on Forest Fire Prevention was shown to Albany High School and five grades of the grade school by the Forestry Department on Tuesday. The program included community updates and local social notes follow.

Albany Forestry Department

Rutland Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits

Pauline Brown and son from Middleport visited Elza and Ma chael. Roush family called on Roscoe Morris in Gallipolis. Clarence Chase, Sam Cook and relatives traveled to Columbus. Families visited in Athens and Hicksville. several residents spent weekends with kin in Columbus. Charles Kennedy on sick list. Patterson family at Union Tuesday.

Rutland Pauline Brown Middleport Elza Machael M. S. Roush Roscoe Morris Gallipolis Clarence Chase Columbus Sam Cook Helen William McMorrow Floyd Dunfee Claude Clark Athens Emery Ralph Copley Gail Bean Robert Edith Bean Harry Williamson J. E. Denison Hicksville Williamson Blanche Shafer Rex Davis Bradford Powell B. N. Powell Margaret Wells Dorothy Ledlie Ruth Wise Ernest Harrison Morris Jacob Harrison Clyde Harrison Sidney John Ellis Smith Alex Smith Murray Stratton von Price Mildred Carson Albert Youngs Charles Kennedy O. O. Patterson Unton

Taft Meets Logan Republicans With Local Presence

Former U S senator Robert Taft visited Logan on a Wednesday night gathering GOP leaders including Josef Brashares of Enterprise and L P Mooney, both former General Assembly members alongside Taft.

Logan Robert Taft Josef Brashares Enterprise L. P. Mooney General Assembly Taft

Rural Power Meet Draws 30 Persons

Approximately 30 people attended the rural electrification meeting Tuesday night led by I P Blauser Ohio State extension service engineer. He will return February 8 and a second meeting will be held at South Perry February 22. Blauser discussed current efficiency safety and motor phases for farm machinery. James R Smoot local extension agent is helping obtain the new line.

Logan I. P. Blauser Ohio State Extension Service South Perry Blauser James R. Smoot

4-H Club Advisors To Gather Tonight

All 4 H Club advisors in Hocking County meet at the Smoot home Logan this evening to plan the annual achievement meeting. A tentative date is set for March 11 at the Logan High School Auditorium. Mrs Florence Carr Stockport visits Logan with the Carr family.

LOGAN Hocking County James R. Smoot Logan High School

Band Conductor to Lead Logan High School Concert

Logan officials announce Dr. Frank Simon, leader of the Armco Band, will guest conduct the Logan High School Band on Thursday February 17 for the second of three concerts. D R Dodd visits Logan February 11 to meet farmers at the courthouse to discuss maximizing pasture crops.

Logan Frank Simon Armco Logan High School D. R. Dodd

Scouts of City County To Mark Anniversary

Logan county Boy Scouts of Logan and Hocking celebrate the 28th anniversary of the Scout Movement during Boy Scout Week known as Scout Sunday. Charles Withem jailed for failure to pay a court fine. Stanton Pond returns from Columbus hospital after hernia operation. Mrs. W T Poling fractures wrist after a fall near home.

Scouts Logan Boy Scouts of Logan and Hocking County Scout Movement America

Tuppers Plains News And Personal Items

Mr and Mrs Hubert Shields return from Cleveland where they spent their honey moon. Dwight Kim of Middleport visited his father E G Kim. Don Webster died at his Belpre home. J A Biggs and Jud Torrence hosted visitors from Reedsville. Calwell relatives from Zanesville and Columbus visited. Local dinners and visits noted with several households hosting. George Hamilton sold his restaurant to Mr Brown of Silver Ridge. C EF Young’s tile building now houses the library. Mrs Leo Watson visited Parkersburg with her children. Mr and Mrs Barmore from Parkersburg visited Belle Keller.

Tuppers Plains Hubert Shields Cleveland Dwight Kim Middleport E. G. Kim V. C. Shields Don Webster Belpre J. A. Biggs Jud Torrence Reedsville Cecil Calwell Zanesville Garland Calwell Columbus Harter B. Swank Success Pauleta Calwell Highway 7 C. B. Kincade Elma Kincade Floyd Pierce Shade Roy Lambert Athens H. Green Clyde Saunders Dana Hoffman George Hamilton Mr. Brown Silver Ridge C. EF. Young Leo Watson Parkersburg Barmore Belle Keller

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