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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1935
Page
6
Chester Miller, relief director, announced new office hours for Logan A and Hocking Co offices. Effective Monday, all offices will close from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with a one hour lunch break, following Relief Commission instructions. Saturday hours will be 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The wage rate board ended a meeting with a new schedule in Hocking County. Labor will be paid 45 cents per hour under the plan, while most skilled labor receives a proportionate higher rate. The board found other counties in the district offering lower scales, some as low as 35 cents per hour.
Margaret Waismith appeared before Judge Harley M. Whitraft on Thursday and changed her plea from not guilty to guilty on an indictment for uttering obscene language. She was fined ten dollars plus costs. A similar case involved Robert Lewland charged with non support being ordered to pay two dollars weekly and to bond for compliance with the order.
An 18 cent rise in Pennsylvania Grade crude oil in the Hocking County field increased the price to 1.87 dollars per barrel. Earlier this year oil had fallen from 2.17 dollars, with a 15 cent rise noted since January 1.
Canvassers under the Federal Housing Act in Hocking County report 70 percent of 3093 houses visited need repair. Theodore C. Johnson notes 1517 homes require work and details on terms and funding are available via the local housing act office and participating contractors. The survey covers rural districts after completing all county municipalities.
Logan parents and teachers heard Dr. James Porter urge safeguarding children’s sense of security to prevent the low mood from harming health and mental ability. The meeting at Logan High opened with Sixth Grade songs and featured a student basketball game after Porter’s talk.
Fred Surgen, field examiner for Hocking County, will spend 9 to 12 Saturday at Auditor W. B. Yaw’s office to meet retailers and answer questions under the new tax law. Office hours will continue each Saturday per State Tax Commission directions.
Judge Harley M. Whitcraft completes work in the local court on Saturday and plans to return to Steubenville Sunday for a week or more of court duties. He already completed a week of work there the previous week.
Benton Township Board of Education awarded William Loomis, a local contractor, a contract for adding a room to the South Bloomingville school building. Work will begin at once.
Daisy Rawlings hosted Mrs. Mary E Carpenter on Tuesday afternoon. Harry Dean and son Oliver, along with Viva Rawlings, hosted Worner Welch on Sunday. Liszie Gotschal visited Exie Goodwin. May Wood stays in Athens with granddaughter Misa Fontell Caster. J A Gotschal and Dell Turner family visits noted.
Adolphus Maston of Latoona Itimote was found unconscious in his truck on West Hunter Street around 7 a.m. Thursday after nearly suffocating from monoxide gas. Denzil Weltner forced the cab door open and aided his rescue, then Sheriff Joe Farbearn arranged medical care at Cherrington Hospital. Maston, who often slept in the cab, was transporting a load of automobiles from Detroit to Spencer West Virginia. his parents were notified.
County wide spelling contest preparations are underway with district eliminations scheduled for March 22. Supt J W Coleman announced district leaders including Earl Keck Benton Neal Kitchen Falls H Dillion D Brown Gore Arthur Woods Green J L Archer Laurel Paul A Potts Laurelville Kenneth Risch Marion Marold Potts Oroville Charles Davis Murray City Glenn Johnson Salt Creek Dr O Davis Starr Carl Byers Ward west side Lulu Davis Ward east side Ralph Walker Washington
Delphian Society members gathered at Mrs. Walter Rochester's North Market Street home Tuesday night. The program, directed by Mrs. Paul Monks, featured Walt Whitman poems from Leaves of Grass including Captain, Oh Captain by Mrs. EB Godfrey and When Lilacs in the Doorway Bloomed by Miss Mayme Wellman, followed by a general discussion and refreshments.
Improvement is reported in the condition of the Rev. W. C. L. Correll a retired Methodist Episcopal clergyman spending the winter with his daughter Miss Bertye P. Correll He has been ill of bronchitis.
Eddie Ralph through counsel files a general demurrer contending the indictment fails to state sufficient grounds for extortion. Judge Harley M. Whitcraft heard the argument Thursday afternoon and will take the matter under advisement. In a separate note, John Coe will be represented by Fred Murray at trial after court appointment. Mayor Kenneth R. Piis Gerald suffered influenza and remains confined to bed.
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Mackie widow of Peter Mackin were held at St Johns Church Columbus with burial in Athens Catholic Cemetery. The Mackin family long resided in Athens and later in Columbus where her children now live. She is survived by three sons two daughters six grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Governor Davey confirmed most appointees including Mrs. Margaret Allman as welfare director after Senate debate. He weighs submitting Rep. Ora B. Chapman for director of industrial relations as Democrats gain House control. Senate approved a political information request and a bill to cut precinct officers in special elections.
Fragmentary OCR mentions a 2 percent levy and an individual described as a state figure, labeled as a political or economic leader. Details are unclear, with missing names and context hindering full reconstruction of the event or person involved.
The Ohio Power Company sues in Barnesville seeking to halt a 114000 FERA loan for municipal waterworks, arguing the National Recovery Act conflicts with the U S Constitution. The suit asserts the loan stems from misleading statements and is wasteful public spending.
Chesterhill High School debaters claim the Morgan County Debate League championship after a victory by the negative team at Reinersville and an affirmative win at Chesterhill. Coach R. C. Kinney leads the squad, which has lost only one league debate in four years. Participants include Nellie Weaver Ruth Hale Clayton John Clyde Weaver Helen Michener Ralph Thomas James Weaver Martha Bowman Rolena Rowland Melvene Daugherty Hazel Shook John Strode Gale Price.
Logan jurors were excused until Friday morning after the case assigned for Thursday was settled out of court. The suit was brought by the National Fire Proofing Company against the Long Hollow Coal Company over a lease of coal land.
A church convention denounces state administration patronage in favor of merit and civil service. It backs resignations for principle, reorganizes the Anti Saloon League in Ohio, and endorses a county level option law, 3.2 beer limits, damages to the injured, and a statewide temperance meeting May 7 8. Robert B. Nance discusses Kansas dry campaign.
Burial of Clade Logan former Athens resident who died in Columbus last Sunday was held in West Union Street Cemetery Wednesday afternoon. Logan aged 34 co founded early mail delivery in Athens with Frank Dean and later worked in shoe business and a state post in Columbus. He leaves wife Carrie Munn of Athens and brothers Will Columbus and Fred Cleveland. One brother and one sister had died previously. Only in central and southern China is rice a staple diet.
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