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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1938
Page
10
Logan council moves to submit a bond issue to electors for funds to build a water softener and sewage disposal plant under PWA. Project costs, land needs, and 45 percent federal grants outlined. bids and quick action urged to meet Sept. 29 funding deadline.
Logan Steve Sorrells of Orbilton faced arraignment before Magistrate S B Whitehart on intoxication and menacing assault charges. Guilty pleas led to fines of 25 and 10 dollars plus costs. He was also charged with throwing a brick at David Sorrells through a window.
In Cincinnati Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Evans with Catharine Stoughton and Fred Stoughton attended a ball game. Various Logan and Columbus guests, including the Tharp Speedy Kocheran and Richardson families, hosted over the weekend with trips to West Virginia.
A marriage license was issued over the weekend to Sam Edmond Lowery 22 farmer of Creola and Florence Margaret Graham 16 of New Plymouth at home, daughter of Gilbert and Mrs Graham.
William Hoy and Howard Essex direct mine fire zone tours for fees in New Straitsville. A sign for Hoy’s tour was torn down, prompting Deputy Sheriff Frank Matthews to investigate. Essex sought a restraining order against Perce Angle amid intense tourist traffic with 50 cent fees. Page counts show 800 visitors on Memorial Day and 450 to 500 the prior Sunday and Monday.
LOGAN sales tax reports for the period January 1 to June 30 1938 must be filed by July 31 1938 announced by Wayne Wingett manager District 15. Failure to do so incurs a 1 dollar daily penalty. Fred C Ambrose will assist vendors in the county auditor's office daily except Monday to prepare returns. The 3 percent use tax on purchases outside Ohio is due at the same time with examiners available to help.
Plans to cover Goose Creek adjoining the swimming pool are completed and await release. About 700 feet of the creek will be arched. WPA crews worked on the bathhouse and pool drainage and began sloping the embankment south of the pool.
Langsville social items note visits by Mr. and Mrs. Musser and Mrs. Pickens to Hawks Nest and St Albans. relatives gathered in Wellston and Columbus. multiple families visiting over holidays. local visits include McKnight and Davis households. several trips to Huntington and Parkersburg cited. Salinas boasts grass on Main Street after a stop button incident. a science aside notes Earth’s oblate spheroid shape.
June certificate of title fees totaled 351.35 with 245.80 for the county and 105.55 for the state. Only 22 new car units were sold that month. On Friday afternoon 21 people were in the title office seeking transfers, tied to a quarterly license plate price cut and upcoming holidays encouraging car certification for new plates.
In Cheshire The M. E. parsonage hosted a double wedding Sunday afternoon as Miss Margaret Hensley wed Charles Murray and her sister Iva Hensley wed Roland Spencer. All brides and grooms hailed from Long Bottom with family and friends from nearby towns attending. Other weekend visitors and locals are listed, including travels to Columbus, California, and Toledo.
The Rock Springs Hostess Club met at Mrs. Laurence Roush residence on Wednesday June 22 and served a seven o clock buffet. Leader Mrs. Rush and Ruth Morgan reported on club activities while officers Louise Burdette Lois Leonard and Gertrude Grueser were mentioned.
Logan West Enders dropped their opening Junior League game as the Central Giants rallied for nine runs in the fifth. Final score 9 to 2 with Bill Spence earning the win for the Giants. Errors aided both teams in the scoring.
Logan plans swimming classes next week under pool manager Thomas Bender. Classes target junior high girls and boys with two lessons weekly on Mondays and Wednesdays and Thursdays and Saturdays from 10 30 to 11 30 a m. First session starts Monday.
Friends gathered Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Faires to honor Mrs. Faires on her birthday. Attendees included J. E. Parmiter and J. Parmiter of Amesville and Athens. Tom McCune of Stewart. B. R. Cross and daughter Betty of Cleveland. Don Crawford of Amesville. Jess Ryan and daughter Jamita. Charles Dunlap. James Dunlap. John and Floyd Faires. and the host couple.
Logan Masons traveled to Bremen Monday for the sunrise ceremony and Master Mason degree. Members from nearby lodges joined the event, followed by the lodge’s annual breakfast. Travelers listed include Leonard Tom, Earl Bensonhaver, Marvin Conkle, Harry Hammon, G. D. Gribble, Rolland Bright, Charles Kleinschmidt, Joe Morris, C. W. Brinkley, and Charles Kleinschmidt.
Logan Iola Courter, deputy clerk of courts in charge of the certificate of title office, qualified as an angler Monday by catching a 13 inch bass. It was her first fishing trip.
Judge Phil Henderson and Prosecutor Hubert D. Lappen traveled to Circleville on Tuesday to attend the funeral for Judge Joseph Adkins. Local bar association members joined the service to pay respects.
Mrs Rocena Rumfield Thomas aged 89 died Tuesday at the home of her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Cornelius Rife at Old Kyger Funeral services will be at Old Kyger Church at 1 pm Thursday with Rev H N Snider of Cheshire officiating Interment follows in Wright Cemetery Meigs County She was the widow of Nathaniel Thomas Surviving are daughters and sons Mrs Rachel Rife Mrs Ethel Rife Charles Thomas Cheshire Township Mrs Mabel Thaxton Bidwell Mrs Emma Roush Plain City and brother Henry Rumfield Langsville
Mrs. Mary C. Brown a Gallia County native who lived in Huntington for 23 years died at her home July 4. Survived by children Mrs. Nellie Warren Mrs. Zena Nelson Omar and Robert Brown all of Huntington. Born in Guyan Township she was a daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Stewart.
WILL CONFER DEGREES GALLIPOLIS-Huntington Grange will convene Saturday July 9 in the Town Hall at Vinton for conferring the first and second degrees, states Mrs O E Painter lecturer. Ontario is the source of 8 3 per cent of the rubber goods including footwear produced in the Dominion of Canada.
Mrs. Ethanile Frazier of 152 Fourth Ave reports July 4 home entry in Gallipolis with $325 hidden in a mattress missing. six $50 bills and smaller notes taken. Officers check possible clues but have not traced the robbers after the Frazier celebration in Bidwell.
John McCalla, 23, of Clipper Mills, treated at Holzer Hospital for minor back and arm cuts after a July 4 scrimmage with his brother in law Edward Harrington. No arrests. Edna Bloomer, Greenfield Township child, ill after consuming kerosene.
Gallipolis records its quietest Fourth as police report no fights or accidents. Doctors note no burn injuries or hospital admissions, fire crews kept ready but unused, and boat club president cites safe sober river recreation with no rescues. Local garages report no wrecked cars, only minor fender fixes.
Gallipolis Ohio two bandits Alva Sewards and Millard Davis confessed to three rolling store robberies an armed robbery at a Centerville store and an attempted hold up of the Vinton Bank Both men were arraigned before Justice Fred Millis er and identified by witnesses They show defiant bravado while under guard and await sentencing with a preference for Federal prison over Ohio Penitentiary
Morris Haskins was installed as president and Carl Byers as secretary of the Gal lipolis Rotary Club during a anniversary program. Past presidents led reminiscences as the club marked its tenth year. An outdoor frolic is planned for next Tuesday at Camp Ingelside on Raccoon Creek with future programs by Niday, Cherrington and Mossman on listed dates.
Gallipolis native Lillie C Heisner 83 former Washington Treasury clerk died at home July 4 Funeral services were held Wednesday in St Louis Catholic Church Gallipolis with burial at Pine Street Cemetery
The State Highway Department announces Pine and Second Avenue as Gallipolis busiest traffic corner at the junction of State Highways 7 and 35. The survey shows an average of 5,265 daily motor vehicles, with trucks making up about 20 percent.
Gallipolis native Paul Williams resigns after four years as chief accountant at Gallipolis Motor Co. effective July 15 to become manager for the Columbus district of Chevrolet Motor Co. He is the son of Mr and Mrs John Williams of Rio Grande and a former football star at Rio Grande and Defiance Colleges. His wife is Elizabeth Niday. They will reside in Columbus. His successor at Gallipolis Motor Co. has not been chosen.
Joseph D. Albright, heir of Mare shall Albright who died 23 years ago, sues in Common Pleas Court for partition of 135 acres in Walnut Township. Des cendants in the action number two percent.
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