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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1939
Page
10
Hocking County adds about 37.5 miles to its road system reaching 135.8 total. County Engineer Ernest L. Schaal prepares maintenance cost estimates as commissioners review annual appropriations amid lighter winter costs and a sparse snow season.
SAN FRANCISCO Al Capone will leave Alcatraz on January 19, his power shattered and a uncertain future ahead. Health failing, no visible assets, and a pending Cook County sentence loom, with a $50000 fine and $7692 costs from the 1931 trial. His mental condition may be reviewed before release and reports note intermittent disturbances amid ongoing malarial treatments. Mrs Capone visits show continued affluence despite the bar on renewed wealth.
Dean Dollison realized a pocketbook found after a Sunday picture show belonged to his family. His younger brother Dick picked up the purse after failing to reach the manager, then returned it when he learned whose it was.
With the exception of the county engineer and county commissioners offices all county offices in the courthouse were closed Monday. They were present briefly to transact business then shut for the day. Stores banks and other offices closed as residents spent the holiday period visiting relatives and students headed back to colleges.
Logan reports expected equipment for the new well at the water works plant will arrive within days. The holiday pause delayed work and the pumphouse must be completed before installation, per Service Director R. R. Loomis.
Oil companies have leased a large area in north central Missouri with potential that Missouri joins oil producing states. An estimated 3,000,000 acres are reportedly under lease in a six county area around Trenton.
Reports say a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Shultz at 9:20 p.m. Sunday in Logan, with Cy Shultz and Mrs. Harry Fitzgerald as grandparents. Another newborn son to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Kreab Baum of Laurel Township born at 1:40 a.m. Sunday, noted as Hocking County’s first baby of the year.
Logan scene reports injuries to Okley Hysell, his wife, and their daughter Mary after his car skidded on gravel and struck an embankment en route to Falls Township. Hysell sustained chest bruising and possible rib fractures while Mary suffered a forehead laceration needing surgical care.
Mrs Morris Covert and her infant departed Cherrington Hospital for their Nelsonville home on Monday.
Farmers and Merchants Bank to hold its annual stockholders meeting on Thursday while Logan Home Telephone Co. Directors and stockholders schedule their yearly session on Wednesday. Amherst, N S forms a farmers hockey league with eight farm based teams, first of its kind in the Maritime Provinces.
Logan Chieftains prepare for their first league game against the Nelsonville Greyhounds Friday after two pre season contests. Coach Bender plans to start Bell twins at forwards Snyder at center and Sauders and Marshall at guards with Bloomfield and McBride as first line reserves.
Logan Chief of Police Lew Reynolds left Monday for Magnetic Springs to spend a week long vacation. Patrolman A F Evans will handle day duties in his absence and Patrolman Harrison Litherland will be on the night shift.
Local social notes list visits among Merritt, Williams, and Frasch families in Columbus and Logan. Several residents spent time in Murray City, Logan, and Florida, with New Year dinners and trips planned to Florida. Charles Hengst plans a Florida winter stay after years of southbound trips.
Walter E. Brehm of Hocking County started his duties in Columbus as a new member of the General Assembly. He is the first Republican to represent the county in six years. Previous terms were Democratic, with H. B. Welch and Harry H. Wright serving before him.
Logan residents Jacob and Isaac Wolfe, twin brothers, were feted at a Sunday birthday dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Jacob Wolfe. They celebrate their 84th birthdays and are noted as longtime stone masons and carpenters now retired. They are believed oldest twins in Ohio.
Logan Gun Club hosted its first two trap meet at the fairground range with 31 shooters. Charles Morgan scored 68 of 70, Corning former Grand National champion, Jack Farbeann 53 of 60, Sheriff Farbeann 64 of 70, Harry Starr 48 of 50, Tom Rush Jr 20 perfect, Bill Tennahill 89 of 100, Dr Lyon 51 of 60.
Logan High School band director James Horwell returns from New York City with new music for the winter concert. The group will begin rehearsals immediately for a performance planned within the next few weeks.
A man who had never seen a woman in his life died at Mount Athos monastery. He grew up there after being born to Mi hailo Tolto's mother and later became a monk. He lived his life in the women's barrierless monastery.
Relatives report Daisy Ferguson of Westerville, formerly of this city, fractured her leg in a fall Saturday in Westerville. Ferguson heads the girls dormitory at Otterbein and was sister of the late Mrs. J. G. Collins of North Street.
Rock House in Hocking County reports 95 758 visitors in 1938, up 11 500 from 1937. Over 4 000 came from outside Ohio, with 48 from foreign countries. July and October were peak months, Michgan and West Virginia top out-of-state visitors, about 500 campers used Rock House in summer.
Junior Choir of Burgess Avenue Columbus United Brethren Church performed a Christmas cantata at Logan Church Sunday evening. A large audience welcomed the youthful singers who arrived after attending the Christian Endeavor gathering before services.
Logan County commissioners organized Monday with J M Conkle named president succeeding Frank St Clair who becomes vice president. Anthony Cook joined the board as a member. After the session the board recessed to begin year ahead appropriations work. Mr and Mrs Glendon Bright hosted a dinner Sunday for Ray Terrell of Gore and Rolland Bright of Logan.
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