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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1934
Page
10
Reduction of CWA lists in Hocking County increases relief families. While efforts aim to keep workers employed, some are cut off. As cuts rise, more relief families will be added. Relief officials urge discreet use of last week's wages to cover two weeks before possible return to relief.
Indications point to a large GOP turnout at the courthouse auditorium Thursday at 7 30 PM to discuss party affairs in Hocking County. FM McKay, executive committee chairman, will preside. Organizers urge women members and all committee members to attend.
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as a safe creosote based remedy for chest colds and bronchitis. It claims rapid relief, warns against lingering coughs, and offers a money back guarantee if symptoms persist after proper use.
Forest E. Weinrich and Dr. A K Smith faced difficulty on an inspection trip as they traversed the Basin Road improvement route. Weinrich drove on the railroad right of way while Smith held to the side to prevent the car from overturning.
Farmers urged to sign corn and hog reduction contracts by March 5 at the Logan extension office. Harold Chambers says he will be in the local office daily except March 1 and will also be at Laurelville community hall that day. Ten acre farmers may reduce corn 20 30 percent for 90 cents per bushel saved. 25 percent hog reduction yields about 15 dollars per head.
Logan constable Walter Barnes launches a campaign against nonfunctional lights, triggering action among drivers. Parker Adkina of Circleville appeared before Magistrate C. T. Stephenson for driving without a tail light, pled guilty, and paid a $1 fine plus costs. Organize Student Council Logan reports senior high council formed with Helen Belt as president and Harold Thrush as vice president. Officers include Vaughn Fort, secretary. Don Poston, treasurer. members Connie Wells, Ruth Vancurreren, Lee Larimer, Bill Case, Kenneth Ceffier, Bob White, Ray Schwenke, Mary Monks.
Mrs. Irma Rheinecheld of this city was reported to the health department Tuesday as a scarlet fever case.
Andy Mowery appeared before Magistrate C. T. Mephanson on Tuesday and pleaded guilty to hunting without a license. He was fined $25 and costs. Deputy Protector Edward M. Eberst made the arrest.
Logan court discharged Otis Wine after a five and a half hour jury deadlock in a Logan insurance fraud case. Accomplice Arthur Mason testified for the state, his brother denied charges, and Wine did not take the stand. Jury deliberations ran from 3 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. with no verdict. Retrial status not announced.
The American Legion in Murray City plans a bridge and card party at the Legion home on Thursday night. Local social notes mention visits and hospitalizations including Miss Maxine Dyson in Columbus and Mrs. Lacy Frazee’s move to Walter Frazee in Logan.
LOGAN An inspection by Frank Walker for the agricultural department in Hocking County led to an order for five milk dealers to appear in Magistrate C. T. Stephenson's court Tuesday. Charges involve unlawful use of registered milk containers. Reported defendants include J. G. Coakney J. F. Adcocke Gorge Blum Jenna C. Larimer and Jesse Frasure.
Murray City notes show visits from Columbus Albany and Athens residents with family ties including Mrs Mary Jenkins and Dr E B Person. Logan High School hosted a practice game against Union Furnace with Logan Chieftains winning by two and a half points in coachless play directed by Chick Eberst.
Members of the HI Y Club from Logan High School visited First Presbyterian Church on Sunday for a sermon by Rev. R C Babylon about the disciplined life. Fifteen club members attended.
Logan L. Louthian, inspector for the state department of education, is in Logan this week surveying county school records to determine the state aid needs of the districts.
Arrangements are set for the Men's Club meeting at First Presbyterian Church on Thursday evening. Dinner will be served at 6 30 with a program of brief speeches following. Music provided by Kenneth Ooceffier and his German Band.
Mr and Mrs W Earle Montieth are visiting her parents Mr and Mrs J C Myers for several days before returning to Flush ing New York Mrs Jake Moore is a guest for several days of her sister Mrs W H Skees and family in Charleston
Mrs. W Nowell and two daughters from Woodeville Pa move to Kanauga to buy property, while locals host relatives and friends across Huntington Point Pleasant and Wellston. Kanauga PTA organized with Mrs Wayne Booth president and Lola Rupe secretary as services rise. Sunday School attendance hits eight, prayer meetings strong, and several residents visit kin and attend funerals and family events.
Funeral services for Pearl Ward 4 will be held Thursday at 2 p m in Cheshire with burial in Gravel Hill Cemetery. Ward son of Henry and Emma Ward died at home after indigestion. Survived by wife and seven children all of Cheshire, plus three brothers and an elder sister.
Rio Grande area residents share visits and departures in a series of short social notes. Farnum Haskins and wife of Gallipolis called on Fowler family before moving to California as a future home. Emma Piper of Vinton visited brother J L Miller and daughter Marie. Willis Aleshire spent the weekend in Columbus. Carrie Lucas stayed with her sister in Pomeroy. J D Miller and Ed George families hosted in Bulaville. David Williams and family recently visited ArnOld Swain of Pleasant Valley.
Local social notes list a Thursday meeting of the Cheshire Ladies Ald Society of the Methodist Church at Mrs. F. W. Butcher's home. Weekend visits include Mr. and Mrs. Willard Weekly at Caldwell and O Harry Clark of Toledo visiting home. Francis Charles Butcher of Athens spent time with his parents. In Gallipolis Charles H Saunders filed suit against Bob Miller and Ennis Miller for 500 dollars on a note with six percent interest from March 12 1931 and foreclosure on 103 acres in Walnut Township is sought. Darrell H Jones and two assistants from the Ohio Department of Public Welfare visited the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics and the Longview Hospital in Cincinnati for a quarterly inspection.
Holiday for Washington's Birthday in Gallipolis district is not observed on Thursday February 22 and will be moved to March 2 due to the Class B sectional tournament at the Washington Auditorium.
Ice formed by Monday night’s zero weather clogged the Ohio and Kanawha rivers delaying activity. Steamer Monongahela stuck on a bar near Dam 30 for over a week tows empty coal barges toward Pittsburgh. E. D. Kenna left Huntington with 12 barges of coal for Cincinnati and Louisville. Floes drifted along the city block’s length while A C Ingersoll boilers were fitted and tested. Pumps to be started on Senator Cordill at Dam 14 to raise the boat under better conditions.
In Gallia and Meigs counties more than 5 000 people seek work. B Lewis Jones, director of the National Re employment Service, reports 2 969 active Gallia files with 2 080 men and 339 women and 2 688 unemployed in Meigs with 2 362 men and 326 women. CWA quota reductions raise active files. cancellations reflect private industry jobs and coal mining activity resuming in Meigs.
Mrs. Leona Mc Laughlin of Radcliff, beneficiary of Orlin T. McLaughlin, Nelsonville embalmer, who died June 8 1982, received 2500 in a settlement of a 4000 claim against Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. The embalmer died after infection from embalming fluid. The suit alleged misdirection of policy funds and extended grace payments.
Gallia County commissioners use 125 dollars from poor relief to purchase an artificial limb for Wilma Thivenir 17 daughter of Dick Thivenir Northup. The girl was crippled after a fall as a child when a broken leg failed to heal properly.
Capt Lewis A Walker 70 died Tuesday at his Henderson West Virginia home near Gallipolis. For 45 years he served as chief engineer on steamboats on the Ohio Mississippi and Great Kanawha rivers. He once headed the Pittsburgh towboat Fred Wilson whose boiler explosion near Louisville thirty years ago killed several crew.
Logan reports the Franklin Kerr Gatld meeting at the First Presbyterian Church elected officers. Mrs. Fred Burchfield became president, Wilma Martin secretary, Frank Harden treasurer, Mrs. Spears secretary of literature, Clinton Webb secretary of membership. Members Jean Kleinschmidt and Kate Johnson joined. Alfred Campbell completed the study book Eastern Women Today and Tomorrow. A missionary letter from Maude Cook in Manchuria was read. an offering was planned for mission work due to financial need threatening missionaries’ stay.
Gallia County commissioners backed a 40 cent per hour wage for unskilled labor and 50 cents for skilled labor in Gallia County on CWA projects. The request follows Ohio Civil Works Administration guidance to set wages at prevailing rates. Rates will be sent to the Ohio CA for approval.
Rossolet Day designated at the United Brethren Church to honor Rev. G. T. Rossolet now serving in Africa. Mrs. J. H. Smith, a former missionary, will speak at morning and evening services. Financial aid for Rossolet’s work will be collected.
An advertisement from Dr. J. M. Holloway promotes a male vitality serum described as a tested VIGOR TREATMENT to arouse sluggish glands and tone the masculine system. The offer includes Bend $1 plus postage, with COD option, routed through Holloway Medicine Co. Dept. A. M. in Chicago.
Gallia County Commissioners allowed damages for 58 plus sheep killed by dogs and added five roads to the county system including Little Perigen. Improvements include limestone paving on Leonard, Johnny Ferguson, Arthur White, Denny, and Mt. Mariah projects with CWA labor. Bills total include payroll and Brookville Bridge Company.
Mrs. C. M. Young of Henderson West Virginia had a tonsil operation at Holzer Hospital on Tuesday. Dismissals today included Mrs. F. G. Smith of Pt Pleasant Hanen Carter of Oak Hill Thomas Jefferson of Addison and Miss Elsonora Ebersbach of Pomeroy.
A report notes boys by the Ohio River bank during a cold spell as kiters bray and allege activity near Gallipoli. No injuries described. details incomplete and unclear from the fragment.
Advertisement extols Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a sugar coated natural laxative alternative. It claims they cleanse the liver and improve digestion without griping, promising quick, pleasant results for tiredness bad breath and torpid liver.
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