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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1933
Page
8
Logan July 4 Officials of the Bocking County Election Board expect a record number of candidates for township offices this year based on petitions already obtained. Final filing date is two months away. Trustees are most in demand with Falls Township showing as many as thirty seeking the office amid relief work.
Floyd Urk Jones reports from Logansport that Hocking County Citizens Conservation Corps members stationed at Hot Springs California are well and enjoying themselves. He says local men plan to reenlist for another six months after the current term ends and includes a photo of a corps member.
Union services in Logan Sunday evening took place at the First Presbyterian Church with the Senior Choir directed by Mrs M F Weymueller. Rev B C Peters United Brethren pastor preached the sermon as Rev H L Geddes led the meeting and Rev W H Shank participated.
Della Crippen was arrested by Chief Lew Reynolds and Deputy Joe Farbearn for stealing a dress from the Wright store. The case awaits arraignment before May or Elias Bright. A Wright store employee identified Crippen wearing the dress.
Logan July 4. James B. Griffin a former Hocking County resident died in Los Angeles last week according to news from local friends. He was 57. He had worked as a driller and operator in the oil field before moving west. He is survived by two brothers and three sisters.
Logan July 4. McAleer Millicon Post American Legion New Straites ville hosts a dance at their hall on July 21 with Rochester Rogues of Rhythm providing music for the event.
The three year old son of Mr and Mrs Zora Crawford near Enterprise was injured Sunday afternoon when struck by an automobile driven by Lloyd L Smith of Columbus The driver stopped and later left the scene The child was taken to Logan for an X ray showing a fracture of both bones of the right leg above the ankle Deputy Sheriff Stanley Sparnow investigated and notified Smith to return for questioning.
A valuable mandolin owned by Roy Welch from Rockbridge was reported stolen from B Watters who had borrowed it. The instrument vanished Saturday evening. Deputy Sheriff Stanley Sparn recovered it and is holding it while investigations continue.
Mrs Ambrose Voris and her daughter of Columbus visit their grandparents Mr and Mrs William H Woodruff in Logan. Mr and Mrs Gifford Hull and family of Columbus stay over July 4 with Mrs Ann Shriner and relatives. Morton Epstein recovers from surgery at Cherrington Hospital. William Berry of New Straitville visits on Saturday.
Mrs. Alec Coburn of Akron visits Murray City while others including Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bartoe of Columbus spend Sunday with the Shaffers. Grace Thomas returns to Detroit with the McManns. Various relatives from Nelsonville Springfield and Detroit visit local hosts over the weekend.
Logan July 4 baptismal services planned for Hocking County Methodist Episcopal parish at 2 pm announced by Rev. James T. Yocom with assistance from Rev. W H Woodgeard. A total of 30 will be baptized.
Robert Geddes son of Rev and Mrs H L Geddes nearly drowned while swimming at Martin pool Glenview Heights on Saturday. Lifeguard Sol Stoughton spotted the distress and pulled him from the water reviving him.
Death occurred suddenly at noon on Monday at the home of T. D. Trimmer, 68, a former Hocking County farmer. He left a widow and several children.
Logan dispatch reports M. V. Ryan of Jackson injured when his car slipped on a slick patch on Juergensmeier Hill north of the city. The machine turned over and Ryan was cut on head and face before being taken home after first aid.
Logan Lodge of Elks held an all day picnic at the country club near Rockbridge on Sunday. About 75 members and guests attended the event.
Gallipolis city officials plan a half mile Chillicothe Road repair from Route 7 to city limits with drainage, widening, bridge work, scarifying and tar binding. Cost estimates were ordered after a resident delegation backed county township and city cooperation.
Queen City ran 24 hours late, due Tuesday morning at Gallipolis for its season start. Senator Cordill halted at Gallipolis after a mixed freight run, Dorothy McBride returned to the Kanawha River after tow exchange near Huntington. Dan Sullivan moved two empty gasoline barges to Cabin Creek for Pure Oil, Victor headed to Catlettsburg with two barges. Ohio River stage was 13 feet, with Dams 25 and 26 lowered.
Four WV men were jailed in Gallia County after luring an Irish setter from Pomeroy into their car, pursued by Meigs County officials. The vehicle was stopped on Garfield Avenue where deputies and police captured them. The suspects stated names and ages and were returned to Meigs County.
Dr. C H Creed superintendent of Athens State Hospital was reported in improved condition this morning at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis. Dismissals Monday included Roberta Mullard Hamden Dr C A Rife of Ryger Dr J T Allison of Rio Grande Mrs Horace Ecker and Mrs Homer Kerr of Gallipolis and Mrs W C Bird of Point Pleasant.
Gallipolis July 4 The Highway Department rallied for six runs in the ninth and tenth innings to beat the K of P team 10 to 7 in twilight recreation ball. The win closes the first half of the season with three runs in each of the last two frames. Business Men and St John s Bible Class share the top spot in the standings.
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Helen Newman of Hamden and John Johnson of Gallipolis on September 6, 1932 at Dr. George Hunter's Ironton home. They will reside at the Charles Wigener residence. Mrs. Johnson is a 1931 graduate of Holzer Hospital School of Nursing.
Miss Frances Eilker of Gallipolis and Miss Grace Ellis of Racine returned to Christ's Hospital Cincinnati Sunday after a month’s vacation. They were accompanied to Athens by Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Eilker and Mr. and Mrs. Claire Jones of Columbus who visited with Emmett Keeler and Homer Mathews. A seven pound daughter Betty Jean was born Saturday afternoon to Mr and Mrs Dan T Kelton Matilda Rife. Mr and Mrs Burch Beall and son of Cleveland are guests over the Fourth of his mother Mrs Press Beall.
Owen Call, 23, of Mercerville, appeared before Justice Fred Milliser and pleaded not guilty to a criminal assault on his mother Emma Call. Bond set at $500. refused, he was committed to Gallia County Jail to await grand jury action.
Four Gallia County veterans Edwin Shaw George Craft Ed Gibbs and Roy Johnson left Huntington West Virginia for Camp Knox Kentucky to qualify for Civilian Conservation Corps Camps. Lucy Bowen sues for divorce and alimony from William Bowden Bow en alleging extreme cruelty and habitual absence. he receives a 67.50 monthly pension.
A marriage license was issued Monday by Pro bate Judge J S Clark to Emerson Hall 26 clerk of Ironton and Anna Armstrong 23 stenographer of Gallipolis.
Gallia County Commissioners let the contract for a concrete and brick porch at the Gallia County Children's Home to Adolph Henke. His bid of $495 covers a 10 by 30 foot porch.
Gallia County Taxpayers' League will hold a Saturday meeting on July 8 at 1 p.m. in the Gallia Courthouse. President H. E. Houck issues the notice.
Real estate transfers Monday included two parcels near Kananga. O W Nibert and Ola Nibert to Lang J and Helen Strong 181 feet along State Route 7 adjoining the Nibert residence and an exchange of properties owned by Nora and Wilbur Love and Elza and Brady Shaw in Kananga. The Strongs plan to build a residence on their new land.
Gallia County Board of Elections will meet Thursday to pass on eligibility of names on petitions circulated by the county for state referendums this fall.
Will of W. F. Campbell of Bladen filed in probate court on Monday. His widow Fannie Campbell is to be named administratrix.
Advertises a six-piece printed cotton dress pattern 2571 with front panel and capelets, neck tie through a slash, sizes 12 to 40, yardage 318 for size 16, illustrated step by step instructions, Fifteen cents for pattern, catalog and pattern together twenty five cents, mail to The Athens Messenger Pattern Department, New York City.
NEW MARSHFIELD July 4 John and Fred Rhorick were called to Athens by the serious illness of their sister Mrs William Mitchell who underwent a surgical operation in Sheltering Arms Hospital. A class social will be held at the M P Church Friday night.
Trustees of Athens Township met Saturday at the Lostro Building. Trustees named were W. H. H. Brown M. H. Jacoby and C. S. Moore with Dwight H. Rutherford serving as clerk. The meeting's business was limited to approving bills.
Cleveland artist Archibald M. Willard, famed for The Spirit of 76, died in 1918 at age years after a career spanning Civil War era drawings and war panoramas. His best known work hangs in Abbott Hall Marblehead with a replica in Cleveland City Hall.
Prof. Raymond Moley Roosevelt’s representative met Russian foreign minister Maxim Litvinoff in London to discuss unofficial prospects of U.S. recognition of Russia and future trade. The meeting follows U.S. domestic program shifts and was kept secret.
A large paper balloon launched by four Athens men yesterday rose only to the Fairgrounds before descending amid preparations for the Knights of Pythias Fourth of July celebration. The balloon contained names including Dr. James E. Stansbury, Robert Stansbury, George Stansbury, and Howard Ferry.
Washington reports an RFC loan to finance cotton exports to Russia as part of broader export talks. The move signals possible wider sales and potential U.S. recognition of the Soviet Union by the Roosevelt administration. Jesse Jones of the RFC announced the plan.
Funeral services were held Monday for G. W. Bope 65 former chairman of the National Immigration Board who died here Saturday of heart disease He was a native of Pleasantville Fairfield County
Washington reports a steady flight of capital from the United States as officials pursue monetary stabilization. Embargo on gold limits transfers to foreign accounts while American firms build large foreign financial centers using proceeds from sales abroad. Authorities estimate credits abroad worth billions of dollars, helping stabilize the dollar before repatriation.
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