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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1938
Page
14
Logan will get tax statements last of February while the rest of Hocking County owners receive them by mail starting Monday or Tuesday. Treasurer Robert N. White and staff prepared the statements to begin collections, with books open through March and the final date set near April 1 under a new distribution system.
A committee of Mc Kinley Republican Club members plans an early next month dinner in Logan with a well known state speaker. The definite date will be set within a day or two. This will be the annual Mc Kinley Day dinner.
LOGAN County Board of Education issues a 7 o clock Saturday meeting call from president David Thorne. The regular meeting adjourned Friday and all members are expected to attend as Cc. S. Matheny returns from a business trip.
Mrs. W L Speigle of West Logan is recovering after a surgical operation performed at a local physician's office last Thursday.
Miss Inez Taylor underwent an appendectomy at Shelter Arms Hospital. Kathleen Taylor, working in Athens, returned home due to her sister’s illness. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Talbert visited Jacksonville. Guests of Frank Vernon were Harry Leake and George Vernon New Straitsville and William Vernon Cleveland. Millard Bryan entered Dayton veterans hospital for WWI arm wound. Bobbie Yeager fractured a finger. Ladies Auxiliary of the U M W of A met at Mrs. Iva Rutter’s. district meeting and potluck planned at Mrs. Allie Vernon’s Feb 15.
N C L Kachelmacher left a bequest for a park band stand in a new Logan subdivision. He died 21 years ago and the city has not claimed the funds, though they remain available. The city council plans action within months to develop the park.
Women of the Presbyterian church will join the Men’s Club Friday February 16 for a 6 p.m. dinner and McGuffey Night program. Judge Phil A. Henderson will speak on Washington Yesterday and Today. Eber Mowery leads the program with Mrs. Walter Prather in charge of music and the Junior Male quartet singing. Decorations by Rev R C Babylon and C E Brehm.
Mr and Mrs A M Welty near Logan attend funeral services for Charles E Arnold age 72 brother of Mrs Welty who died suddenly. Services were held at 10 30 this morning at Brown Mills Funeral Home New Straitsville.
Junior Tourist Book Club members were entertained at Miss Betty Martins Glenview Heights home Tuesday evening. Miss Kathryn Bell gave the review And So Victoria by Vaughan Wilkins. Miss Elsie Martin was a guest. Lunch was served by the hostess and sister with valentine season decorations.
Jean Luzt, a 13 year old from Allentown Pennsylvania, has trained her canary Dicky to perform a variety of stunts. The bird shows courage and even poses with its head near Jean’s mouth in a staged photo.
Dr and Mrs John S Hamilton closed a three week evangelistic campaign at the United Brethren Church in Logan. They bid Logan farewell at the midweek service and Mrs Hamilton delivered an illustrated lecture. The pair will begin another evangelistic meeting in the East Sunday, traveling from Logan.
Logan High School hobbyists staged an amateur broadcast from Frank Wal smith home on Tuesday evening. Wal smith holds an amateur radio license and was aided by Luther Heyde and Rodney Crow. Club members with short wave sets reported receiving the program.
E. Z. Bridge Club was entertained by Mrs. Harry Eastman on Tuesday evening. Eastman won high score with Mrs. Wheeler Dew taking second high.
Judge E L Ewing Mrs Dessie Hanna and Alfred B Campbell returned home from Columbus after attending the mid winter conference of the Ohio Welfare Department held there last week.
The Ladies Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans hosted a benefit party Wednesday evening at Mrs. Roy Beougher’s home near Logan. Each member invited a guest.
Degree of Pocahontas Council No 58 met with 27 members present led by Mrs. George Green. Lucy Richardson asked for attendance at practice February 14. January and July Birthday committees entertained and prizes awarded. Members asked to bring comic valentines for Feb 14. Delphian Club met at Mrs. H J Unverzagt’s home for art study continuation with guest Lena McNeil. The Qu estionnaires club met at Mrs Braddock’s home with Mrs Mary Taggart Blasius presiding. lunch served.
Miss Gertrude Bliss reviews Hugh Walpole’s John Cornelius at a Tourist Book Club meeting Tuesday night hosted by Mrs. George Carr on E Front Street. Arlene Carr played Tschaikowsky’s Waltz of the Flowers as guests enjoyed a social lunch.
Police urge motorists to cooperate while traffic on Main St may improve again Saturday. One-hour parking and double parking rules will be enforced from noon to 10 pm. Chief Lew Reynolds notes 18 cars were tagged last Saturday, with all tag recipients reporting to City Hall except one out-of-state driver. Two reporters from outside Ohio were among those who arrived. Local residents are asked to keep cars off Main St. as much as possible.
Dr. Frank Simon, conductor of the Armco Band and cornet soloist, will direct the Logan High School Band in a February 17 concert at 8 15 p m in the Logan High School Auditorium. He arrives at 12 45 p m for a rehearsal and a banquet is planned with over 200 invitations mailed to southern Ohio schools.
Due to March 11 conflicts with a county festival, the annual achievement meeting has been moved to March 18. The event will take place in the Logan High School auditorium.
Logan reports Mrs Edward Hockman of this city was taken to a Columbus hospital Wednesday to undergo a major surgical operation. She was accompanied by her husband and daughter Mrs Clarence Salts.
New Straitsville lost to Central 36 32 in a Friday basketball game. Local social notes include visits from Ernestine Abram and families in town to celebrate Mrs Catherine Murdy 89th birthday and other regional gatherings.
Anthony Toerner is installing a new boiler at his S Mulberry Street greenhouses, with the work underway on Wednesday.
Mrs. Charlotte Strentz entertained the Contract Club Tuesday evening at her W Main Street home. Mrs. Lucille Wright played for an absent member and at the close of the two table session refreshments were served.
Mary Margaret Bagley of Logan M remains improved at Cherrington Hospital while Bobby Weaver of Nelsonville shows no change after more than a week of treatment. Charles Hunt of New Plymouth is improving. Mrs. Clyde Rose and Mrs. Oscar Frakes of Logan have returned home after several weeks in the hospital.
Logan Levi Scott of Laurelville was brought home from Columbus where he spent two weeks for eye surgery. Cataracts were removed and his vision improved enough to see without glasses.
A. J. Nunemaker deputy sealer of weights and measures returns to movement after several weeks confined to his E Main Street apartment following injuries from a motor vehicle accident near Lancaster.
Logan Hocking County Courthouse will be closed all day Saturday following official notice. Lincoln's birthday observance will prompt closures of other institutions as well.
Walkers Coals defeated Thomas Beer and Lunch in a three game series 2714 to 2672 here Tuesday evening winning two matches. Glendon Bright led for the winners with scores of 179 214 and 212 totaling 605 while J Columber led the losers with a 238 game in the opening effort.
Joe McClain returned to his Union Furnace home Wednesday after a stay at a Columbus hospital for an appendicitis operation.
A Tuesday night session at the Central Grade Building drew 45 attendees to review rural electrification. I P Blauser from Ohio State spoke on motors and line construction while James R Smoot outlined Route 180 plans with Route 31 intersection and the South Central Rural Cooperative cooperation offer from Lancaster. Efforts aim to extend the line along Route 180 to South Perry.
Logan group Pioneer Youth will hold a dinner at the Methodist Episcopal Church Friday evening between 5 and 7 o clock.
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