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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1932
Page
12
Logan fans relief drive to aid needy with 604 funds food and clothing. Clergymen meet with Governor's Relief Committee to launch Feb 12 push for canned goods fruit vegetables potatoes and monetary gifts from workers. George E. Carr to oversee funds as treasurer.
Logan Feb 5. Mayor Elias Bright ordered that all intoxicated persons on the streets must be locked up. Two arrests followed Wednesday with James Fox and George Schlaggator jailed. Charges will be filed.
Logan February 5. An increasing interest surrounds the Probate Judge primary with Miss Rhea Pettit attorney filing to enter the Democrat race. Pettit shares the firm with her father John C Pettit and is the second woman to announce this year. Miss Helen D Rochester seeks the Republican clerk of courts nomination. Alonzo Holzschuh plans to run in the Republican primary.
Legion and Junior High faculty member delivered a talk on "The Humanness of George Washington." Miss Elizabeth Dollison performed piano pieces and accompanied Miss Juanita Wolfe in tap numbers. Church women served a four course dinner before the program. A similar meeting is planned soon at Union Furnace.
Logan February 5 courts saw both a grand jury and a petit jury report for duty at the Bowles versus Wellman et al case. The fourth day of the dispute over Barsha Smith's will proceeded with expectations of completion later that day as the grand jury was excused after reporting.
In Logan on February 5 about 75 business and professional men from the Chamber of Commerce Rotary and Kiwanis attended a goodwill dinner in Haydenville. The event, the second in a series for the year, was sponsored by the local chamber. Dr. C. F. Rauch presided and C. B. Matheny gave a welcome address, followed by replies from L. K. Showalter, Fred Burchfield, and Barton A. Holt.
Logan February 5 Indictments returned by the special grand jury charging burglary against Arthur Decamp and Donald Lape Lancaster and Orville Shelton and Orton Rollison Columbus. Four youths accused of Kr ieg Pharmacy robbery January 26 with loot about 500 dollars.
Dr. W. B. Lacock spoke to about one hundred attendees at the Logan First Presbyterian Church on a Wednesday evening. He urged periodic health exams by family physicians and emphasized preventive care over curative treatment, highlighting risks in the first year of life and calling attention to malignant threats.
A meeting discussed child health focusing on diseases likely to attack preschoolers. Physicians are beginning to value physical checkups at regular intervals. The event opened with a covered dish dinner at 6:15 followed by a devotional hour led by Rev. H L Geddes and a Junior Sunday School program directed by Mrs. Paul Monks.
Mrs. C. D. Strain and daughter Gertrude visit in New Lexington to see her aunt Mrs. George Ashbaugh. Fred Bailey, once homebound due to a mine injury, is now active. Odd Fellows held a group session at I O O Hall with a pot-luck dinner. William Davis remains home after several weeks out. Mrs. Agnes Waldie dies after a recent fall. she is mother to Peter Waldie, Mrs. Bertha Pierce, Mrs. Marion Livingston, and Mrs. Fletcher of New Straitsville. Ramie Nutter of Logan and her three daughters reside in Chillicothe.
Mrs Welter Orndorf visits Columbus. Mr and Mrs Fred Blankenship dine with his brother T W Blankenship Tuesday night. M E Church ladies plan a benefit supper Saturday night. Cecil Davidson’s sedan was body wrecked Wednesday night. Work advances on the new bridge near Liberty Filling Station.
Seven boys escaped from the Washington County Children's Home Wednesday night after the dormitory was closed. By 4:30 a.m. Thursday three were found on the streets, cold and wet, taken to police headquarters to be warmed. Later two more were captured on Watertown Road and returned to the home.
An old fashioned advertisement extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild stimulant for the stomach liver and bowels claiming benefits for children and adults. It urges use to prevent bilious days headaches and sluggish health and recommends keeping it at home instead of harsh laxatives.
The report notes that two suspects still evaded capture Thursday afternoon while others had been apprehended.
In Parkerburg West Virginia on February 5 the city council confirms the old town bell installed in 1895 will be cut into pieces. The 1 1/2 ton bell and its stone tower will be dismantled and the metal shared as public souvenirs.
New York reports Robert L. Ripley begins a South Seas journey to hunt unbelievable tales. His portfolio includes Queen Vaekeha of the Fiji Islands and her 500 husbands, signaling a bold, curiosity driven venture.
An old advertisement promotes 666 Liquid Tablets and a 666 Salve for internal and external use to treat colds. It claims a complete and speedy remedy with “Most Speedy Remedies Known” phrasing typical of patent medicine promotions.
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