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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1935
Page
6
The Southeastern Lagan Chieftains beat the Reserves Negro team at home amid a large crowd on Wednesday. Terrell and Gabriel led scoring with six and four field goals respectively, while Freeman and Logan contributed key points as Beougher and Ham supported the offense.
In Falls ip progress shows continuing road work led by Trustee Charles je towards improvements on a 4.1 mile section near Keazy Road. No roads are closed. nearby Backston is connected to the project as work proceeds this week.
Scare program organizers divide 22 children into groups while communities assess nursery needs and enrollments. Officials say preparations are ongoing to meet safety and educational goals.
A scrambled puzzle page notes Martyr of the Day and multiple clue lists with numbers, word fragments, and definitions. The entry pairs diverse hints for a crossword style solve including terms for days, objects, and places supporting a themed word game segment.
The First Presbyterian Church Men’s Club hosted a Lincoln Day program Tuesday night with 90 attendees including 22 Troop 160 Boy Scouts. Rev. John A. Stemen of Bremen praised Lincoln for honesty sincerity and kindness, comparing his life to notable Americans. Dr. H. M. Boocks presided and J. F. Brashares spoke briefly as music by Kenneth Oeffier and his German Band accompanied the event.
Logan Mr and Mrs F M Cherrington Jackson observed their fifty third wedding anniversary at Cherrington Hospital where Mrs Cherrington has been in treatment for two weeks. They are parents of four living sons. Mr Cherrington is 77 and Mrs Cherrington 75.
Mrs John Rittgers was honored Monday night at her Logan home with a surprise party organized by friends. Guests included her husband John and several couples, plus Miss Lorraine Smith and James Rosilin. Three bridge tables provided entertainment.
State highway engineers received orders to survey the Enterprise Railroad Crossing to eliminate the hazardous point where the public highway crosses the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad trackage.
Deputy Game Protector Ed ward Eberst received another consignment of pheasants Wednesday and released them in various county areas. He also notes a stream survey including the Hocking River for spring fish stocking and efforts to obtain trout from the Federal government to augment last year's Clear Fork Creek supply.
In Hocking County 461 pensioners received checks in January totaling 6127.50 dollars. Columbus has 23 cases awaiting certification while 28 locally investigated by Andrew Stone await local board approval. Four applications remain uninvestigated.
4 H Club members from Hocking County visit Station WOSU Monday night to air a program at 8 15 with Miss Janet White directing. The lineup includes guitar pieces by Eugene Carpenter and Earl Worthman soprano numbers by Margaret Arnett Mona Starr Ida belle Vanatta Jean Barker and Esther Ruth Summers a talk by Mary Ellen Lagore on 4 H Club Activities in Hocking County a duet The Plow Song by Howard Sellers and Paul Blum and a second talk by Harold Rheinscheid on My Experience with Purebred Livestock in 4 H Club Work.
Two new lights have been placed at the entrance to the Senior High School walk. They top standards of three feet that are placed on the concrete balustrades. They were placed Tuesday.
Logan City police, lacking a patrol car for weeks, faced the task of removing an intoxicated man to the lockup. They solved it by loading the man into a dump truck for transport.
Charles Zanner of this city will report at Coshoct on Friday to take charge of the Western Union office during a vacation period of the regular manager.
Logan officials Mayor Kenneth R. Fitzgerald and Service Director R. R. Loomis attended a council meeting Tuesday night after several days of illness. Fitzgerald had been away from city hall for a week.
LOGAN Aerie of Eagles will entertain delegates at a district meeting here on March 3 with Charles Strum noting the event. A district invitation and street parade are planned for March 10 in Logan. Mrs Owen Frost of Columbus, severely injured weeks ago in a crash that killed her husband, is reported recovering at Cherrington Hospital.
A local man reports four dead rabbits on a short stretch of Route 31 along public thoroughfares in Hocking County. Blinded by headlights, the animals become easy prey for fast approaching automobiles.
Logan report shows 136 high school athletes examined with 2 disqualified. Seventy thirty pre school children were tested across three clinics. One hundred eighty seven lab tests covered water milk Wasserman diphtheria tuberculosis and typhoid. Only 13 of 39 school buildings have safe water while 38 use outside toilets.
The body of Mrs. Henry Spencer aged 76 from Columbus was brought to New Straitsville for burial after living there previously and her husband owning a local drug store. Other notes mention local residents departing for Columbus for work and community events at Mt. Zion Church and Woodbine Rebekah Lodge activities plus school and family updates.
Sumner sees a child of Mr and Mrs Okey Pulling suffer a serious pneumonia. Mr Cozart sells property and with family will move to Ravenswood. The Linders move to a farm near Pomeroy. Mr and Mrs Guy Cole and Edward Evans visit A L Cole family. Clinton McNitt travels to Detroit for work. Earl Van Meter attends a corn hog meeting in Chester Friday night.
AKRON, Feb. 14. Dr. R. E. Amos, Summit County coroner, announced that Irvin Ismeal, 19, a night student at Akron University, shot and killed himself last night. No motive could be found.
Glouster Feb 14 The junior class moves the play Call Me Mike to Tuesday to avoid a conflict with another event next Wednesday. The high school auditorium hosts the production with Henry Taylor Carl Craig and a large cast, stage managers Wayne Boyer and John Heffkin, and a school orchestra music interlude plus a wild flowers movie between acts.
MOUNTVILLE A Homer Grange all day meeting is set for Saturday with a morning business session a noon potluck dinner and an afternoon Valentine program Deputy Master Massey is expected to attend The public is invited Women will bring needles and thimbles to help with quilting A program of music recitations and readings will be given
An ice cream social will be held at the local church Friday evening starting at 6 30 for the benefit of the Union Sunday School. Special music will be provided by the Orbiston String Band.
William Shields and Frank Sayers plan to relocate their drilling machine from near Millfield to a site near Murray City, signaling a local project shift. The move indicates ongoing extraction efforts and potential impact on nearby routes and activity.
Mine 28 and Mine 2 at College Hill operated five days last week and reports indicate enough orders to sustain four to five days of work weekly for some time.
The red bridge below Redtown that partially collapsed under a heavy steel truck has been repaired and is again open to traffic.
A 16th birthday party was held at the Harper home on Fairlawn Avenue in honor of John Harper. Guests included Elizabeth Bailey Dorcas Burns Lois Gibbs Jane Cunningham Patty Wolf Mary Eatelle Anderson Mildred Zimmer Betty Carpenter Bob Johnson William Howard Charles Farr es Frank Cunningham Richard Jaucitus and John Kinney. Guests enjoyed cards games and refreshments while gifts were exchanged.
The Young Married People’s Class at the Church of Christ in Trimble, led by Mrs. Ferne Johnson, elected the Progressive Class. Members and guests attended the business session led by president L. R. Gooding. A Sunshine Buddies group for the quarter was chosen and a lunch was served in the church living room by a committee.
Glouster Lodge No. 336 K P observes its anniversary at the hall Monday night with a pot luck supper and mixed dance. A recall will precede the social affair. Members and their families are invited.
Rio Grande residents visited by Elizabeth Coon and Lucille Jaias spent Saturday in Portsmou th. W A Lewis visited Chillicothe. Kathryn Denny stayed with parents near Harris. Visitors to Vernon, Delray, Wellston and Gallipolis attended events and hosted gatherings. The radiator cap screws require frequent tightening as they loosen over time.
A vehicle with a fuel pump eliminates the need to prime the carburetor after running out of gas. The pump supplies fuel to the carburetor, enabling quick restart without priming.
Ohio netted 244565.47 from the first two weeks of the 3 percent retail sales tax law. Stamps and stamps values plus per county revenue are listed, with Athens Fairfield Hocking Muskingum and Perry among the counties cited. The note adds that 85 percent of the world's nickel supply comes from the Georgian Bay region in Ontario.
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