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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1939
Page
10
Logan pastors announce 150 Nazarene clergymen will visit Feb 7 to 9 for a state convention. About half the needed rooms have been donated. lodging is the goal as attendees will dine at local restaurants. Other church congregations offer cooperation. those with space should call their pastor or 3471 to list rooms.
Logan W H Byres of the U S Navy will attend the Logan Kiwanis Club meeting at the White House. Fred Burchfield and Fred Carpenter of the Natural Conservation Committee lead the program. February includes musical entertainment February 7 and 14 Kiwanis Education February 21 Ladies Night February 28 Business Standards with Reichley and Gasser.
Logan high school 1938 football squad received four keys and 12 letters at a special assembly. Captain Joe Karshner Bob Snyder Herb Jones Stanley Conrad Joe Thomas Earl Thompson Bill Bryan Bruce Jaggs Jim Steele and others were awarded letters. manager Bill Walsh and trainer Jack Smith also received awards.
Burial plans for Richard Lanning age 78 of Murray City were altered. The funeral will be at Greenlawn Cemetery Nelsonville with services at the residence at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Lanning was one of eight siblings and the first death in his family.
Logan area mourners including Mr. and Mrs. S W Murphy and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Murphy Mrs H W Harden and Frank Harden were in McArthur Sunday for the funeral of William Jacobs.
Stanso laxative tablets advertise orange colored tablets as a pleasant substitute for calomel. The copy claims relief from constipation and liver sluggishness with one dose at night and a morning feeling of wellbeing. Drugstore consultation urged.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Barker of Logan received a box of citrus fruits Monday from Mrs. Elizabeth Wright who is vacationing in Florida. Mrs. Wright is in Tampa with Lancaster relatives. They will stay for the fair then proceed to Miami.
Miss Minnie Moore will lead the program when the Central Parent-Teacher Association meets Monday evening February 6 in the music room of the Senior High building. The Grade School and Kindergarten Rhythm Bands will perform. A picture titled The Hoosier Schoolmaster is planned for a later date.
Logan faculty chosen to lead the Teachers Training Course beginning February 14 under the Hocking Vinton County Ministerial Association. Rev. T. C. Gregory of Enterprise named dean. Rev. C. W. Graham to instruct Old Testament while Rev. O. L. Lineberger of Haydenville teaches the New Testament. Rev. L. W. Tuttle of Rockbridge also joins the faculty.
Revival services open at the First Christian Church of Logan on Iron Street. Evangelist Rev. A. F. Pinnell of Chesterhill, formerly a member of the West Virginia Methodist Conference, directs services every night for the next two weeks at 7 o clock with preaching at 7 30 PM.
About 35 couples attended the President's ball sponsored by the Beta Fraternity and Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority at Beta Hall. Knapp's Knights of Swing provided the music and proceeds support the Hocking County drive to combat Infantile paralysis.
Logan W. F. Smith sanitary engineer will address Murray City High School Thursday afternoon on sewage disposal for individual homes as part of lectures to high schools in Vinton and Hocking Counties.
Preparatory services are set for Wednesday evening with Holy Communion to be served at the Sunday public worship hour. Rev. Cecil Harding Jones conducts his first communion since accepting the local pastorate.
Arrangements set for Rev. C. A. Gibson Columbus district superintendent to address the Hocking Vinton Ministerial Association on February 7 as he attends his church conference in the city.
Eastern Stars of District 27 plan a Feb. 23 meeting at Pleasantville with district president Mrs. Minnie Reynolds arranging. Deputy grand matron Mrs. Bertha Leveran of Corning will attend and participate along with worthy grand matron Mrs. Mary Wollerman of Toledo. An afternoon business session precedes the Pleasantville degree team’s evening ritual. The district covers Fairfield, Perry and Hocking Counties with Venus Chapter sending a large delegation.
C. H. Reichley of South Bloomingville visited Logan Monday to reject Columbus papers’ claim that he was the victim of a long ago accident. The Hocking Valley Santa Claus outfit offered no proof of the 20 year old incident cited by the capital city papers this week.
Logan Junior High opens two leagues under assistant coach Charles Eberst. American League has six teams led by Band Jack Raven 3–0 and Braves Roger Chute 3–1. National League has four squads led by Rand Dick Brown 4–0 and Giants Bob Robinson 2–1. Weekly games feature all clubs.
Newly acquired parsonage of the United Brethren Church at Enterprise has been remodeled with wiring for electricity. Other improvements include a furnace and repapering of the building. It will house Rev T C Gregory and wife during their service in Enterprise. Logan: Walter Vaughn Smith, 28, shoe worker, Logan, and Esther Kinnison, 25, Murray City, were issued a marriage license Saturday.
Hocking County game is being fed this winter due to last season's food shortage. Protector Edward Eberst oversees the program with a $25 allotment from the Conservation Department. He notes 18 bushels of donated nuts and widespread farmer cooperation.
Logan Gun Club hosted a Sunday shooting event with LOGAN E H NORRIS Thurston, former national champion, breaking 91 of 100 to win. Sheriff Joe Farbeann started with 50 straight breaks at 16 yards but faded to finish tied with William Tannahill at 87.
Logan police chief Lew Reynolds appeals for a donated used rug for a family in need after investigation. Residents urged to contact the chief to arrange delivery or drop off.
Dallas Kinser mayor will welcome Church of the Nazarene delegates arriving for a three day convention. He is scheduled to appear at the opening session Tuesday evening where Dr. J G Morrison of Kansas City will deliver the principal address.
Notice to bidders for village bonds of Jacksonville Ohio totaling 3200 dollars dated 1935 bearing four percent interest. Bids due 12 noon EST February 11 1980 at the village clerk office with payment and delivery by February 28 1939. Purchasers may bid different rates. bids to be marked Bonds.
Mt Vernon area society items report the marriage of Anna Catherine Walters to C S Lucey at Vincents Church Mt Vernon. Guests hosted a breakfast. couple to reside with Lucey family until home on Columbus Road. Anna trained as nurse. Lucey works with Pittsburgh Plate Glass and other Mt Vernon ventures. Additional notes cover visits and trips by local residents and clergy.
Logan Geslin retired company and QC engineer was brought home Sunday from a Columbus hospital where he had surgery three weeks ago. His condition is improving.
Mrs Henry Johnson of Logan left Cherrington Hospital for home Monday. Charles Bailor of Laurelville underwent a major operation at the hospital Sunday.
The GLOUSTER Ladies of the Trimble M. E. Church will begin serving at noon on Wednesday February 1 offering soup sandwiches baked beans and pie. The public is invited to attend.
Logan official Hubert D. Lappen traveled to Columbus on Monday for the State Prosecutors Association meeting.
In Brisbane the Oxley Library shelves hold a tin of bully beef taken from Gallipoli by an Australian soldier during the evacuation. The wartime relic survives as a memory of the campaign and its aftermath.
Glouster society notes report a Miss Dorothy Mae Rogers return from Grant Hospital Columbus with John S Blower ambulance. Various residents host whist and tea at Mrs W A Craft home and share mid semester visits from Ohio University and Columbus trips.
Mr and Mrs Rolland Dorris of Glouster Rt 1 announce the birth of a daughter born Saturday January 28. Mr and Mrs Belford Hook Ivor Snowden are parents of a son born Saturday January 28. Mr and Mrs Pete Gyure announce the birth of a son born Monday January 30. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Dan Gyure and Mr and Mrs Jim Giacomo.
Glouster Sportsmen prepare for a Wednesday banquet at the American Legion Hall with 121 paid members admitted by their dues paid cards. Serving begins at 7 and three door prizes will be awarded.
Martha Smith is ill. Leonard Hanning and John Hanning of Roseville spent the weekend with relatives. Bible School attendance was 71 on Sunday January 29. Marvin Russell of Roseville is here with his parents Dana and Russell. Delbert Russell of Harrisonville visited Bud Russell. George Morris of Pomeroy recently with his brother Ben Morris who is ill with influenza. George Tewksberry of Middleport visited sister Maggie Hysell.
Amble Northumberland faces debt for its burial board as only 28 deaths occurred in the past six months, leaving operations strained with income limited to funerals.
Point Rock items report Carl Hill hauled coal for W R Holcomb last week. Mrs Cynthia Cummings is ill with influenza. Allie Tippie and John with W M Morris traveled to Athens on business. Ethel Radekin has long illness of arthritis. J M Bolton Orient and wife visited son Howard Bolton Friday. John Dearth and Union Ridge family visited Lewis McLaughlin family Sunday. Neva Nicholson helped care for Estella Radekin while ill. Madeline Bolton helped in Radekin home. Mattie Morris spent Saturday in White Hall with George Wilson family. Wilson, formerly local, is ill. U S air transport companies lead in volume of activity four to one over any other nation.
The notice lists rail timetables for Baltimore and Ohio lines, Chesapeake and Ohio, New York Central, and a daily air taxi service at Athens Municipal Airport. It notes departures and arrivals for multiple trains and the dayless operations, plus sunrise to sunset airtaxi service and intra-airline connections at major airports.
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