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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1931
Page
9
Logan February 16 Judge Harley M Whitcraft dissolved the temporary restraining order on the Good Hope Township school cases following arguments. Taxpayers sought to block the board from implementing a resolution to discontinue Weltner and Beougher districts to qualify for state aid.
In Logan on Friday Moore Restaurant defeated Lohr's Barbers in three straight games. Moore totaled 3015 pins for the series with a high game of 1041. John Columber led Moore with 675, Brandt 654, while Schorr led Lohr's Barbers with 693 and Sandt rolled a high 255 in a single game.
Logan report says the Northier Gospel Team will discuss Youth's Outlook on the World Today at First Presbyterian Church on March 1 during morning worship. The ten college students will also perform at Athens that evening, continuing outreach across the state.
Logan, Feb 16. H. Honnold of South Bloomingville died at Cherrington Hospital from diseases of old age after a fall he never fully recovered from. Daughters Mrs. P. C. Rose and Mrs. Melcher reside in the district. Body to be taken home for funeral arrangements. Founders Day celebrated by the Business and Professional Women's Club of Logan with a dinner at the Easterling lab house. Twenty six members attended from Logan Circle ll Lancaster Zanesville and Athens. National colors on table. red rose buds as favors. Miss Rhea Pettit presided. state officers Waslet Jones and Mary G. Morris attended. Miss Morris spoke on John Brown's Body. Program closed with the National Anthem. Also, Logan announces March 1 as the date for high school students to take the state scholarship examination for school officials.
Mrs Ellen M Noe wife of Dean Israel Harding Noe of St Marys Episcopal Church Memphis Tenn sues for divorce citing his extreme spiritual standards as the reason The dean rector of a leading Memphis church is pictured with Mrs Noe in the report
Local churches announced a union meeting of missionary societies to be held at 3 pm next Friday at the First Presbyterian Church in observance of World Prayer Day. A donation will support mission funds and the Presbyterian Missionary Society meeting will be postponed one week.
A vintage notice touts Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for headaches feverishness stomach issues and irregular bowels in children. It claims easy pleasant use and lasting effectiveness with a call to mothers to tell others and to buy from druggists everywhere without substitutes.
Logan February 16. Meeting Thursday the Session of the Presbyterian Church voted to cooperate with the Logan Relief Association in charity work. Rev H L Geddes urged aiding through this source noting worsening industrial conditions and rising relief calls. The Session believes coordinated relief offers more service than individual church effort.
Logan, Feb. 16. First of a series of meetings for parents and teachers of Senior High School students will be held at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Room No. 8. The subject is The Grading Plan in All Stages. The meetings aim to give parents a better insight into the high school program and other important topics will be discussed as needed.
Pearl B. Lowery of South Bloomingville died Saturday in Logan after a heart attack struck him while walking beside his wagon and hauling with his son. Coroner J. P. Miller ruled heart failure as the cause. Funeral arrangements were incomplete. Other Logan briefs note births, visits, and a bridge club gathering.
In Columbus the Eighty-Ninth General Assembly faces more than seven hundred introduced measures as debates loom over alcohol repeal, highway taxes, license fees, and gas taxes. Lincoln’s 1861 visit recalled. health statistics rise with smallpox and mumps. state beautification plans push spring work at the State House grounds.
Fasteeth is a new powder for upper or lower plates that holds false teeth firm and comfortable. It prevents sliding, slipping, rocking, or popping out and leaves no gummy taste. Breath is made sweet and pleasant. Available at Quick's Cut Rate and other drug stores.
Byron and Mary Zeigler celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their home near Gibsonville. The couple, parents of 14 children, are both in their seventies with Mr Zeigler, 72, an active farmer and stock dealer, and Mrs Zeigler, 67. They have lived near Gibsonville their entire lives.
Mrs. Belle Rose Lawrence 65 wife of Wesley Boyd Lawrence died Sunday morning at 5 15 at 21 North College Street Athens life long resident daughter of the late Rev and Mrs Cyrus Rose active in First Methodist Episcopal Church work counselor for the Standard Bearers funeral Tuesday at 3 30 at 21 North College Street with burial in West Union Street Cemetery
The District Court of Appeals meeting on Feb 25 will review the Stewart Street storm sewer litigation after a judgment by Judge L G Worstell. Property owners allege Ohio University should pay more of the cost. 60 percent was covered by Ohio University and the city of Athens.
Dr. Thomas S. Baker, president of Carnegie Institute of Technology, says liquid coal could be cheaply produced and adopted globally to rescue the coal industry. He warns oil is preferred, but a sudden oil shortage could prompt a liquid coal solution energizing shipping and industry.
Quincy Anderson of The Plains was arrested Saturday night on intoxication charges by Patrolman Wilson Ator. He is scheduled to appear before Mayor Robert S. Wood at 7 tonight for a hearing.
Egg prices fall to 15 cents a dozen at an Attiens grocery and by poultry deliverers in Athens, while several stores list 20 cents a dozen. Grocers expect a rise soon as egg supply tightens and raisers delivering eggs to homes charge the lower price on Saturday.
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