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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1941
Page
5
Logan Aerie 2168 opens a five day celebration of the new home on U S Route 33 in Logan Ohio. District 5 12 and 24 will attend with special entertainment. Regular meeting Thursday and January 10 District 4 event. Initiation of a large class slated for January 12.
Union Furnace Farmers Institute set for January 15 and 16 at the auditorium in Logan. State speakers include Mrs. Joseph W. Fichter of Columbus and Russell Hoy of Coshocton. Lunch noon each day with Miller Chapel Grange first day and the parent teacher association second day. Night session Wednesday with daytime sessions both days. Door prizes, school exhibits, and pupil participation planned.
In Washington Township Charles Heigle reported a sheep killing by a dog. Warden Howard Brooks patrolled the district the following day and located the killer. One sheep died but the warden destroyed the offending dog to end the threat.
Pupils in Logan city schools study plans for mid semester tests within three weeks, extending the current seven week period for the third division of the school year. Certificates of title fees in December totaled 370.45 with 246.20 kept by the county and 124.25 paid to the state per Clerk Don Feather.
Clarence Schock, a Mount Joy oil man, transfers his $1,000,000 Schock Independent Oil Company into a trust for the town. He claims inheritance laws are unethical, intending profits mainly for local citizens while reserving a small share for himself and his wife.
Sixteen cases prepared for presentation to the grand jury next week by Prosecutor Harley Meyer. At least 25 witnesses will be called. Hope is that the investigation completes within a day and arraignments occur the following Saturday.
Logan officials announced plans to convert a tennis court into a skating rink collapsed after discovery the concrete surface would not retain water. Some changes will be needed before the court can be used for winter skating.
Health officials await Columbus report after a dog killed Monday in West Logan by Warden Howard Brooks. The animal had evaded capture for hours, attacked several dogs, and was driven off by locals before the owner, Ray Snider, was identified.
The Logan Hocking Vinton Ministerial Association met at the Methodist Church. Rev Myron W Clark led devotionals and Rev E B White reported on a Leadership Training School to run at the Methodist Church from Feb 18 to March 25 with Herman F Bratton named dean.
Logan reports the Chieftain basketball team left for New Boston without four players Ce cil Scott Bill Johnston Tracy Conrad and Jack Hughes from the regular and first line reserve due to colds. They aim to be fit for Friday league game against Wellston.
A representative from the Nelsonville Social Security Office will host hours at the Chamber of Commerce assembly room in Logan from 4 to 5 p m Friday January 10. The visit offers help with the old age and survivors insurance program of the Social Security Act.
The Messenger representative Logan Russell Keyes from Gamboe Canal Zone says he likes his work there. He left New York on December 12 for Panama where he is employed in a government hotel.
The Logan church of the Nazarene will be rezoned into the Columbus zone. After completion the Logan church will host a monthly clergy meeting for about 30 ministers from the area to confer in Logan each month.
Miss Delta Lou Parsons visited in the home of Mr and Mrs James Parsons in Columbus last week. Several couples and relatives from Zanesville Salt Lake City Columbus and Lewisville Kentucky are listed visiting or traveling including Charles Schlingerman Jessie and Margie Ross and various local residents.
Roy Weller reports adult education classes in Logan will start next week with hopes for higher enrollment. Joe Boros and Frank Kovach from Murray City were released from county jail Monday evening after arranging payment of liquor law fines.
Monday gatherings at the Presbyterian Manse and other homes featured church notes, devotionals on the New Year, poetry readings, duets, and reviews of Edgar Whittaker Work. Executive planning for Feb 3, potluck dates, and future hostesses were announced amid social hours, with multiple clubs meeting across Logan.
Logan James Edward Cable was fined $5 and costs after being charged with having insufficient lights. He appeared before Mayor Dallas Kinser for arraignment following pickup by the State Highway Patrol.
Logan Industrial Arts and Science classes will offer an assembly program on January 17. Instructors C. R. Eberst and Marion Allen will assist with arrangements for the junior high event.
Logan reports the Southeast Ohio poultry program grows. extension service urges plan making for all counties. An egg auction is to open by July 1 at a central area with a quality product, as 50 percent of production arrives in four months and the remaining half over the next eight months.
Farm Women leaders hold training at 11 am Thursday in the Ohio Power Co auditorium. Miss Christine Carlson nutrition specialist OSU will attend. Dates for community meetings will be set. Mrs Ruth Bennington arranges the gathering.
Union Furnace basketball players are booked for a game at McArthur on Tuesday evening January 14. Coach Max Bunce aims to boost learning through mid week contests alongside the Hocking Loop schedule.
Logan Ohio Monday evening guest speaker Prof. T. N. Hoover of Ohio University discussed the nation’s present state in relation to foreign affairs in a talk titled Whither Are We Going. Other guests included Supt. Harper C. Pendry and Harold Techau visiting at the Bowen home.
An old advertisement claims the liver should produce 2 pints of bile daily and promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills as the remedy to ensure bile flows freely. The copy stresses improved mood and vitality after taking the pills priced 10 cents for a package.
Two marriage licenses issued in probate court on Monday. John Howard Stage 27 farmer Logan Route 1 and Wavelene Primmer 19 at home Logan Route 1 are wed. John Stanley Paul Kroll Jr 24 salesman Elkins West Virginia and Martha Eugenia Phillips 21 housework Murray City daughter of Willard Phillips obtain licenses.
Logan Sumner Martin is reported recovering at the Veterans Hospital in Dayton after several weeks of treatment. He hopes to return home soon.
Logan Post American Legion did not hold a regular meeting Tuesday evening. Several members gathered for a social event rather than business.
A new Freshman class reorganization is planned at the Junior High School next week. Logan is set to lead or participate in the election process as part of the class restructuring.
An advertisement touts Tonjon No 3 as a herbal diuretic that cleanses kidney tubes and treats kidney, bladder, and prostate troubles. It claims to relieve backache, nocturnal urination, and fatigue by filtering wastes, with a sales push from Come Quick's Drug Store and a Tonjon Health Representative.
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