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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 26, 1931

Page

5

Bell Petition Upheld in Logan Court

In Common Pleas Court Judge Harley M. Whitcraft overruled the demurrer to John Bell’s salary suit against the City of Logan. Bell seeks pay for October 1 through January 1. The Court set 19 days for answer. Several divorce petitions were dismissed at cost. Cases against Murray City Village and other auto accident suits were resolved or scheduled. State case against Jennie May Pickett set for March 13.

Logan John Bell Common Pleas Harley M. Whitcraft Cse Ruth Achauer Chester Achauer John S. Farrington Murray City Isabelle Lippert Alfred Lippert L. White Whitcraft Jennie May Pickett Pickett

Mrs Olivers Iles Dies in Falls Township

Mrs. Olivers Iles 38 wife of Edward Iles died at their Falls Township home near this city after a brain tumor worsened. She had shown recent improvement until her condition turned critical Tuesday. Survived by husband and two children and by siblings S W Arnold Charles Arnold Porter Arnold and Mrs Floyd Loomis and Mrs Inez Reinhardt. Funeral arrangements incomplete.

Mrs Esther Miller Dies After Illness in Logan

Esther Miller aged 64 wife of John L. Miller died at her home on Third Street at 1:80 a.m. Wednesday after an extended illness. Surviving are her husband and daughter Mrs Marie Watts of Logan. She was sister to Fred Lucius Conkle and Mrs Catherine Allen and Mrs Alla Gordon. Funeral at United Brethren Church Logan Friday at 1 p.m. Rev B C Peters officiating. Burial in Ewing Cemetery Washington Township.

Logan Estherler John L. Miller Third Street Marie Watts Fred Lucius Conkle Catherine Allen Alla Gordon United Brethren Church B. C. Peters Ewing Cemetery Washington Township

Hocking County Fox Hunters to Host Land Owners

Will be host to a group of land owners at a meeting Monday evening. Land owners recently signed leases to the Hocking County Fox Hunters Association which cooperates in preserving wild life. A program and feed are planned.

Logan Hocking County Fox Hunters Association

Maple Syrup Comes Back Local Markets Show Good Quality

Maple syrup appears in Logan area stores as sugar camps resume operation after dry weather. Prices hold at 75 cents per quart with strong sap flow and Amos Huber’s camp supplying much of the product. The merchant notes demand is softer than last year but expects ongoing good flow into early next month.

Logan Amos Huber

Poling Confesses Chicken Theft After Parole Violation

Deputy sheriffs questioned George Poling after he asked to talk while jailed on parole terms. Poling admitted stealing chickens from Virgil Wright’s poultry house last week, a crime linked to an earlier arrest for poultry theft in the same district. Local social note reports Sans Souci Club bridge evening hosted by Mrs. Osman Burk with five tables and several guests.

Logan Joe Farbearn Stanley E. Sparnow George Poling Poling Virgil Wright Osman Burk Sans Souci Ella Miller Byron Wolfe, Jr

Logan Woman Celebrates 91st Birthday Milestones

Mrs. Sarah A. Blackstone of North Orchard Street marks her ninety first birthday with family gatherings. A Civil War veteran husband is deceased. she remains a pensioner who recalls canal boat days and railroad beginnings. She has six children, twenty one grandchildren, and many great grandchildren.

Horace Blackstone Co. C 62Nd O. V. I Columbus Athens Pattonville Simeon Blackstone Marion Township Margaret Hodge Thurston Effie B. Fox Logan Mary Flowers Lancaster Wesley R Phillip S. Blackstone Carroll

Death of Mrs Jennie Fitzgerald in Logan

Mrs Jennie Rosella Fitzgerald 49 wife of George Fitzgerald died at home in Logan at noon Wednesday after a lengthy illness from cancer. She was moved to a Columbus hospital but surgery was deemed unadvised. Survived by husband three children and several siblings. Funeral arrangements pending in this city.

Logan Jennie Rosella Fitzgerald George Fitzgerald Columbus

What Our Parent Teacher Association Can Do For The School

Greenland P T A to hold a March 5 meeting with topic What our Parent Teacher Association Can Do for the School and the Community announced by Miss Josephine Bay. John Lohr will give a chalk talk and a social program follows the business session.

Logan Greenland P. T. A Josephine Bay H. M. Boocks John Lohr

Agreement Keeps Wellner School Open In Good Hope District

An agreement reached at the Courthouse announces the Wellner School will stay open for the term while Beougher School suspends. State Education Department approval and aid to support Wellner for the remainder of the year are reported, following weeks of litigation by district patrons.

Logan Wellner Good Hope Township Beougher State Department of Education Agaist Weltner

Psychology Group Initiates Psi Chi Members at OU

Seven students were initiated into the Ohio University Psi Chi chapter on Tuesday afternoon in East Wing. Named initiates include Lillian Barbour James Basom Victor Boyd Leland Board Helen Deacon Dayton Frost and M Irene Fullerton Esther Bradbury and John Fish will be initiated later. A committee was formed to arrange a visit by Henry Cowell of Menlo Park California a noted lecturer and pianist.

Ohio University Psi Chi National East Wing Lillian Barbour James Basom Victor Boyd Leland Board Helen Deacon Dayton Frost M. Irene Fullerton Esther Bradbury John Fish Henry Cowell Menlo Park Caiif

Home Remedies Offer Liver and Bladder Cure Literature

Advertisement from Write Home Drug Co of Minneapolis promotes non surgical treatment for liver and bladder issues with a 28 year track record. Provides literature and a guaranteed money back offer and urges readers to cut out the ad.

McArthur Basketball Tournament Draws Local Teams

The seventh annual Jackson-Vinton high school basketball tourney will be held in Wellton Saturday and Friday February 27 and 28 with McArthur Wilkesville Hamden Jackson Coalton and others participating. The district court of appeals will convene in McArthur starting Tuesday March 3 to hear cases from Vinton County Common Pleas Court.

Mcarthur Jackson-Vinton County Wellton Saturnay Wilkesville Hamden Jackson Coalton Court of Appeals Vinton County

Local visitors and travel notes lead weekend at home

Cent will arrive here Sunday for a visit with his mother Mrs Minnie Wil He had been ordered for duty with the Atlantic fleet with headquarters at New York. Mr and Mrs George Turner were guests of me and Mrs Frank Mil hon in Columbus Saturday and Sunday. Clyde Lee, drilling gas wells near Zanesville, spends the week with the family. Mr and Mrs Carroll of Columbus visit Attorney and Mrs William Jones for the weekend. Mrs Luella Preston of Marietta visits Finley Asbury and sisters Marie Elizabeth Frances from Saturday to Monday. Mr and Mrs Leroy Pilcher return from two weeks in Miami Florida and Havana Cuba. McArthur high school basketball team defeats Coalton 20 to 9.

William Lanning Cleveland Hospital Alfred Horace van Auken Pleasant Lake Ind Loran Anthony Toerner Frank W. Harden Clinton Webb Mra. O. F. Sharp Rannelis Martindtli Market Street J. B. Will U. S. Navy San Diego Calif Milll Cent Minnie Wil New York George Turner Frank Milhon Columbus Sunda Clyde Lee Zanesville Carroll William Jones Luella Preston Marietta Finley Asbury Marie, Elizabeth Frances Asbury Leroy Pilcher Miami Florida Havana Cuba

Wheeler judge Rita case briefing in Wheeling

In Wheeling West Virginia on February 46 a United Press report states Judge John Rita today issued a ruling in a pending case. Details remain unclear due to the fragmentary text but authorities indicate action related to a legal matter.

Wheeling W. Va John Rita

Jury calls for new term after LTI verdict in Morris case

A jury in the intermediate court failed to return a just verdict in the William Morris case charging driving an automobile while intoxicated. Morris was freed, and the court planned to use the remainder of the term for a fresh trial.

William Morris Morris

Free cure for rupture advertised by Captain Collings

Thousands seek relief from rupture with a mail order treatment promised by Capt. W. A. Collings of Watertown New York. The ad says a small fee and name are all that is required and that hundreds report satisfactory results after sending for the method.

Collings W. A. Collings Fons Deek Watertown N. Y

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