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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1942
Page
12
Logan mayor Denzil Weltner announced a city campaign to collect scrap steel and waste materials for the rearmament effort. He urged Nevadans to inventory scrap at homes plants and premises and to conduct a city and county canvass for worn-out machinery old autos discarded wire fencing and related steel.
Walter Nixon longtime Logan firefighter and former chief for over two decades will be honored with funeral services in Logan. He recently lived in Logan after leaving the fire department and working in the auto business with ties to Parkersburg. Funeral rites will be conducted by Masons with Elks to hold services this evening. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Rosella Nixon and his mother Mrs Samuel Nihiser of Falls Township.
Lowell Irick Marion township teacher and farmer sells his farm to J C Mc Allister of Columbus and buys a farm in Logan County where he once lived. He will not move until after the current school term ends and remains principal of the South Perry School this term. Irick is an accredited hybrid corn producer in Hocking County and has been active in farm organizations for years.
Two land use meetings are scheduled at the courthouse in Logan. State land use representative Guy Dowdy will attend. The first session starts at 1 30 p m with planning committee members. the second at 7 30 p m includes representatives from the old land use setup. Both meetings are not open to the public.
An 8 year old, Jan Grove, sustained a facial laceration after a collision at Culver and Front Streets at 11 Sunday morning. Vehicles driven by Charles Poling and Ted Groves suffered damage. police described the incident as a wreck.
An 82 acre Benton Township farm near Route 56 was sold Saturday at sheriff sale to John Geiger for 425 dollars. The former Samuel Woodgeard farm drew a competing bid from George Woodgeard. Auctioneer was J O Hamilton.
Robert Lat timer of Vinton County is charged with forgery after allegedly passing a bad check to a South Bloomingville merchant. He was taken into custody Saturday by Sheriff Floyd Duffy. Arraignment is set before Magistrate Frank St. Clair.
Logan Orla Bend Hayden ville was taken by ambulance from Grant Hospital Columbus to his home Sunday after an operation for hernia.
Logan society circles report a busy Saturday Club dinner at the White House with Miss Eleanor Durr presiding and Miss Margaret Lutz urging war relief funds. A $5 vote supported the Red Cross, book drives for army camps were organized, and a lecture on substitutes by Miss Florence Bort featured synthetic materials in progress.
Fair board members weigh bringing back harness horse racing and adding a two night horse show as part of a three day program. Officials note racing return if approved would include at least seven races across the three days. Running events were added two years ago but not held last year.
Rev Fr John Eyerman led local bowling this week at Mon Cook's alleys with a 245 game on Saturday night. He has posted several 200s in recent weeks while bowling with friends in the Catholic league.
Clyde Nixon was arraigned in Logan on a non-support charge after being brought from Steubenville. He pleaded not guilty and was held to the grand jury under a $300 bond, then returned to jail when unable to post.
Logan charged with speeding near Rockbridge arraigned before Mayor Denzel Weltner in Fairfield County. He pleaded guilty and received a $10 fine plus costs. Glenn H. Kiger was involved in the case.
Mrs Dean Collison and her daughter Sue Ann were returned to their home Sunday afternoon from Lancaster Hospital.
Logan Ohio reports a comprehensive resurvey of the Southeastern Ohio fire area under fire control forester John Bastian. The work covers forest brush and pasture lands using aerial maps by Triple A officials with Hocking County checked and listed. Similar steps are planned for eastern Ohio where fire control is less organized.
East End Needle Club gathered Saturday evening at Mrs. Charles A. Bright’s home on Zanesville Ave with Mrs. Paul Fox assisting. After dinner at 7:30 the group did needlework. two members, Mrs. John St. Clair and Mrs. H. D. Walker, were absent. The next meeting will be in two weeks at Mrs. Fox’s home with Mrs. Lavina Walker assisting.
Ray Windle of Nelsonville was injured Saturday night in a U S Route 33 crash south of the city. He was taken by ambulance to Cherrington Hospital with a deep chin laceration and chest injuries. X ray photos were to be taken today to assess his injuries.
Fred Clifford Hashman 22, a defense plant worker from Canton, and Eva Mae Lawrence 21 of Sharpsburg, daughter of Mrs. Harry L. Lawrence, were issued a marriage license Saturday in probate court.
Mrs. Marion Cyrus of Marion township receives word that her son Pvt. Walter Cyrus from Battle Creek Michigan has been transferred to New York City after more than a year in the service.
Logan A reports 23 carloads of material shipped to Marion after razing the erecting shed at the Chesapeake and Ohio shops. C E Miller of the Marion Steam Shovel Co says the material will be used for an addition to the foundry at the steam shovel plant. New material unavailable, so local building was used.
Several Hocking Countians will travel to Columbus on January 29 for the annual forestry day and Farmers Week at Ohio State University. Attending are James D. Wells Howard Peck L. T. Worley Lew Jones S A Reichley and Kenneth Byers of the forestry and ranger service, accompanied by their wives.
Mrs Eugene English, staying with Mr and Mrs Fred Heine, slipped on ice on South Walnut Street Friday evening and fractured her hip. An ambulance took her to Newark Hospital Sunday.
Logan Arthur Boring of Gore was discharged from Cherrington Hospital and returned to his home on Sunday.
St. Clair Leffler of Haydenville killed a diamond back rattlesnake more than three feet long near the village on Friday. He displayed the reptile to several friends as proof of the kill.
Dorcas Rhoda North a 45 year old trained nurse died at her sister Mrs Corwin J Bowers Cincinnati after a year long illness. She was a graduate of the Cherrington Hospital School of Nurses and practiced nursing until illness. Survived by sisters Miss Ethel North Logan and Mrs Lovenia Biggs Columbus two brothers Walter and Noel North a half brother W H Mowrey Washington Township and a half sister Mrs. Lovenia Biggs Columbus. Body brought to Logan for funeral arrangements.
Coord inator Harry L Smith and the county advisory board announce a new rationing plan for Hocking County. Logan will receive 40 percent of monthly allotment while rural districts total 60 percent. Allocations list specific tire and tube counts by district and townships.
Logan Chieftains ready for a heavy week of practice ahead of Friday’s home game against the Athens Bulldogs. Coach Tom Bender aims to have the squad sharp for a likely feature confrontation.
W A Lee stockman and bank director remains in bed at his Court Street home near Fourth due to an adverse heart condition. He has been ill for more than a week.
Logan eight months old Franklin Lee Redd son of Mr and Mrs Clifford Redd Midland Place died at Cherrington Hospital after a short pneumonia illness He leaves two sisters Roberta and Bernice his parents and grandparents Levi Redd Perry County and Mr and Mrs Frank Johnston Harmony Cemetery Marion township funeral Tuesday 2 p.m. at Leonard Funeral Home conducted by Rev E B White burial Harmony Cemetery.
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