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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1931
Page
2
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Classified listings and society notices from The Messenger section. Includes staff listings, circulation contacts, and outreach requests for readers in Logan and Hocking County with reference to D Milne and phone number 372.
Logan and nearby communities marked the Fourth with private citizen celebrations and little official activity. Sheriff Ellinger reported no calls over the weekend while local officers enjoyed a calm holiday. Many residents traveled to Athens and Lancaster for events. crowds gathered for baseball in Columbus and Toledo, and Tresboro hosted an Exceding Grange Fourth with athletic contests, a home talent play, and fireworks.
In Logan on Friday a two and a half ton truck belonging to a Columbus oil firm broke through a cistern at Hansel Brothers dry cleaning on West Hunter Street. Masons from Mingo Lodge No 171 attended St John’s Day services at First Presbyterian Church, led by Rev H L Geddes after assembling at the Masonic Hall.
Joseph Gabriel and Milton Manter built a diving helmet from odds and ends and tested it Sunday at Death Hole above Scotts Creek Falls. They wore iron weights and used a rubber hose to supply air, remaining under for over five minutes at a time at about 18 feet. Gabriel plans a future underwater expedition with a Messenger representative present.
Logan July 6 Deputy Charles Briley appeals to dog owners to report thefts of hunting dogs promptly and notes rising stray dog intake. He urges vigilant pet oversight to aid recoveries and reduce strays.
Two men are hospitalized in Cherrington Hospital after a Friday night wreck on the Logan New Straitville Highway. Jessie Hite Gore suffered a broken leg and numerous bruises while Foster Hood New Straitsville endured head and chest injuries with body bruises. A broken steering knuckle caused the crash into a cement bridge near Starr Farm. both men were moved to hospital promptly and the car was badly damaged.
LAKEPORT Calif July 6 A crash near Lucerne killed five men and one woman. Victims include golf figures George Ritchie Leon Keller and Jack Kerrigan plus Louis Becker Mia Sigmunda Lax and pilot William Hoffman. Investigators suspect motor failure or pilot distraction as Hoffman tried to land. Coroner H M Jones noted a report of another plane taking off as Hoffman neared. A second report says Clyde White was killed when his glider plummeted 40 feet after being towed by car. his wife watched.
The National Commission on Law Enforcement finished its task with six more reports to present. Chairman George W. Wickersham prepared to vacate the office as the commission returned a small remaining portion of its half million appropriation to the Treasury Department.
Miss Violet Russell, director of the Kennard Playground in Cleveland, resumes her duties for the summer after spending the Fourth of July with her grandparents, Mr and Mrs Adhn Campbell. She is a graduate of Ohio University.
Mrs Mintie Stalder 73 widow of B S Stalder died Sunday night at her Converse Street home after a weeklong illness. Survived by children Elsie Edwards Leon W Va Fannie Katzenbach Dayton Gertrude Heaton Mabel Phillips Columbus Zada Titterman Detroit Harry Stalder Chauncey William Stalder and sister Nancy Bowden Chauncey. Funeral arrangements to be announced. Local notes list numerous Chauncey and Lower Plains visitors and relatives over the Fourth.
Miss Maris Morgan of Lancaster visited Chauncey Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs Henry Morgan. Mrs Mary Minehart and Mr and Mrs Eugene Morgan Chauncey guests on the Fourth. Chauncey resident Carroll Tippett, employed in Lancaster, spent the end of the week in the home of his parents on Mound Street.
Millfield July meeting of the Ladies Aid Society of the Millfield Church of Christ was hosted by Mrs Gilbert S Keirns with assist ance from Mrs Allan Boudinot and Miss Goldie Boudinot. C H Boudinot presided over the business session and an August picnic was announced.
The league led by Mrs Aaron Brown invites any interested children to join as part of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union auxiliary. Condition improved lower plains July 6 Miss Bewlan Hawk recovering after sinus surgery at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis with mother Mrs Koy Hawk by her side. Chauncey mines resume work July 6 No 25 of Manhattan Company idle three days reopened along with Nos 9 10 28 Ohio No 1 No 119 Peston No 6 No 68 and Black Diamond operating today.
Ohio University faculty members will give a summer series at the Athens First Presbyterian Church. Dr W F Gamertsfelder opens July 12 on Religion in Russia, followed by Dr A B Sing on July 19 and John R Johnston on July 26 discussing Religion in Latin American Countries. The talks continue through the summer with prior talks including The Value of Religion and Psychology and Religion. No class meeting was held yesterday.
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