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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1942
Page
12
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Logan rationing committee designated city inspectors at a Monday night meeting in the council chamber chaired by C. Achauer. Attendees included Lawrence Adcock James McNamee Harry Smith and Mayor Weltner. Wednesday 7 30 pm meetings to be held and application blanks distributed at listed service stations and post office.
Mrs Louise Shaw aged 77 wife of James Shaw died at midnight at her home 47 West Second Street Logan following a stroke of apoplexy suffered the previous afternoon. Funeral arrangements not completed. Survivors: her husband. no children. She was the last member of the Mills pioneer family of Hocking County.
Logan arrestee LOGAN-Frank Connell pleaded guilty to assault and battery, fined $10 and costs, and received a 30 day jail sentence suspended for good behavior. Lawrence Blair, bus driver, was charged with entering Route 33 from a side road. fined $5 and costs. Lawrence Sunny Dean pleaded guilty to passing on the wrong side. fined $5 and costs.
HOLC through Joseph J. Canty sues Harvey W Beougher Bessie Beougher and R N White county treasurer for foreclosure of a mortgage on property owned by Mr and Mrs Beougher. They seek 1258.39 with 5 percent interest since Dec 28 1941 and sale of real estate after marshalling of reans. One of the first such government foreclosures in months in this county.
Two marriage licenses issued over the weekend by Judge E L Ewing. Richard Arthur Bateman 22 a construction worker Nelsonville son of Mr and Mrs George Bateman weds Emma Juanita Biggs 21 at home Green dale daughter of Mr and Mrs Emery Biggs. Donald Francis Noble 21 machinist Lancaster son of Mr and Mrs Percy Noble weds Martha Jewell 20 at home Logan.
Mrs Kenneth Orwiler of Nelsonville was operated on at Cherrington Hospital after admission the prior evening. Jack Green of Nelsonville underwent an appendicitis operation at the hospital Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hiett of Williamstown formerly Logan marked their 30th anniversary on Tuesday January 6 in Logan. The couple recalled a cold wedding memory and were joined by Big Oak United Brethren Church Sunday school members for a belting and social at the Hiett home. They were wed at the bride’s parents home in Logan by the late Rev O L Barngrover. The family includes six children Paul A New Castle Indiana Charles Leroy Hiett Camp Walters Texas Robert Josephine Emily and Ruth at home with more than 40 Sunday School members in attendance.
Dillon from Washington DC arrived in Logan to visit his son Samuel H Dillon and family. Judge Phil A Henderson and Mrs Henderson with Mr and Mrs John Ayres of Murray City left for a Miami vacation lasting two to three weeks. Mrs W W Marks of Logan departed Cherrington Hospital to return home after an auto accident injury on December 3 on U S Route 34, with steady improvement observed.
GALLIPOLIS Funeral services for Mrs. E. W. Parker 86 will be held at Entsminger Funeral Home Wednesday at 2 p m Rev W Scott Westerman officiating with burial in Mound Hill Cemetery She is survived by daughter Mrs Garnet Erwin and grandsons Marable Erwin and Phil Eppens of Columbus A son Dr Claude Parker died over two years ago She had been an invalid from arthritis for nearly two decades and became partially paralyzed Oct 16
Mrs. William Jones 76 died Sunday at her brother T. C. Thomas home in Gallipolis. Daughter of the late Judge J. J. Thomas she was born in Center ville. Survived by husband, daughter Mrs. Nat James of Los Angeles, brother, and three half sisters in New Mexico. Funeral Friday at the Thomas home with interment at Mound Hill Cemetery.
Jacob Wallace a 74 year old native of the county died Sunday at his home in Huntington township His wife Elizabeth Jackson and sisters Emma Butsler of Gallipolis and Ida McGhee of Vinton survive him
Preliminary plans for farmers institutes to be held in Hocking county during 1942 and early 1943 were set at a meeting in the probate court room. J. F. Schmidt led the program with new and veteran speakers from Ohio and nearby counties. Sessions are scheduled for Union Furnace Logan and Enterprise November 30 to December 4 and Gibisonville Laurelville and Ilesboro December 7 to 11 and Marion Township and Rockbridge January 11 to 13.
Logan Hocking County election board met to plan a special election in Good Hope School District on February 10. Four precinct officials will run the vote. The $9,500 school-improvement bond issue marks the third time the proposal has been submitted recently.
Interest in evangelistic revival at the Church of the Nazarene grows as Rev and Mrs Ellis Teasdale present music nightly through Sunday January 18. They spoke at Logan High School Friday with readings and performances on solovox chimes and vibra harp.
Gallipolis, Ohio. C. C. Byers, high school principal, spoke to the Grace Methodist Church congregation in the minister’s absence due to influenza. He tied religious living to patriotism and urged support for the Red Cross using the Good Samaritan parable. Also, Mrs. Charles T. Robinson fractured her left wrist after sliding on icy Fourth Ave near the high school.
Ohio State University poultry specialist D. D. Moyer spoke in Laurelville Monday to a 24-member poultry meeting. He led discussions on egg production early hatching cost cutting by pasture use and disease control among poultry. A related meeting is set for 7:30 this evening in Enterprise.
Funeral services for Hamilton W. Hinton who died in an automobile accident en route to Logan will be held at Heinlein Funeral Home at 2 o clock Wednesday. The Rev. Stanley W. Wiant will officiate. Burial follows at Oak Grove Cemetery. Colorado relatives are en route to attend.
Logan Jonas Morris son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Morris returns to work at Patterson Field Dayton on Monday after a two week home leave during which he underwent a tonsil removal operation.
Logan leaders announce the Red Cross War Relief campaign with a $7 000 goal as the drive starts Thursday. Local contributions total 227 with donors listed from Logan Route 1 Laurelville Oroville and other areas. Also notes dog tag sales lag and a January 20 deadline approaches. The Chinese preserve jujube by smoking it like meat.
Logan Hocking County Agricultural Society audited for 1941 shows total money handled $5430.95 with $84.68 bank balance at start and $5346.27 receipts. Major revenues include gate receipts $1941.48 concessions $862.16 rent space $230.50 and grandstand $192.07. Memberships totaled 193 at $1 each. $1120 from county commissioners. Major expenses include premiums $1344.69, special attractions $696.06, rent $449, band $100 and $109 for a jockey injury settlement for Mike Pantone from the prior year. Outstanding debts $877.79 and bank balance $28.51.
Counsel for James Ca ble filed a motion for a new trial in common pleas court Monday. Judge Phil Henderson, who previously heard the case and returned a guilty verdict for assault with intent to commit criminal assault, will hear the motion after his vacation in two or three weeks. The defense signals an appeal to the court of appeals.
Logan High sends both varsity and reserve squads to Jackson for a league game tonight, aiming for a strong showing on the road.
President Stanley W. Wiant will lead the Logan Kiwanis Club meeting at the White House at 6 pm. C. Wood Bowen gives a ten minute Kiwanis International Anniversary talk. Major Charles S. Robinson of Ft Hayes Columbus is slated to speak next Tuesday evening.
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