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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1931
Page
16
A fragmented notice from The Messenger requests society and locals ads and classified listings. It mentions telephone contact for The Messenger and circulation services and provides partial phone details for D. Ailing along with a reference to CO2d services.
Harry L. Smith was named receiver of the Knights of Pythias Building on East Main Street by Judge Harley M. Whitcraft after a $500 cognovit note judgment. Smith will operate the theatre as the lodge's main revenue source and may hire equipment and labor to keep the business running until further orders. The filing cites creditor protection and insolvency risk amid declining revenue. trustees of the lodge are tied to related judgments. George Cully reported the loss of his pocketbook with $42 on Main Street.
Progress on the road project north of Logan includes two steam shovels active at Harpers Run blasting the cliff and moving soil to the right of way. The grade expands toward the Falls concrete bridge as dirt is cleared to finish the north end of the contract. Chestnut Grove news notes visits, preachings, and an Otterbein all day meeting last Sunday.
Logan reports June totals of seven deaths and six births, with Hocking County showing 16 deaths and 26 births. Deaths include drownings and a gun wound, plus a homicide, marking the month’s largest list of violent deaths in Hocking in years. births split 13 boys and 13 girls with multiple local couples named.
Five members of the Acme Livestock Club of Washington Township will travel to Athens on Monday with extension agent Harold Chambera to tour the state dairy herd at Athens State Hospital. The trip aims to train the youths in dairy cattle judging and form a team to represent Hocking County at the State Fair in August with Ivan McKellip aiding.
The Rev. Amos L. Heyde and wife depart Logan next Tuesday for a three week vacation visiting West View Pa where he first served as pastor. The twenty fourth anniversary of his ordination was observed last Sunday with West View as the ceremony site. He has served Logan's St Matthews for four years with prior charges at West View Fostoria Lancaster and Attlea. No public services will be held during his absence at St Matthews or St Johns near Enterprise.
Logan reports Detective Thomas H. Day died from injuries received while with partner Detective Harry Purnell on a holiday visit. The pair had returned recently from Rochester with two prisoners and were known for work with county officers on the Walter Pleukaarp murder inquiry. Meanwhile Ford Carpenter hosted a farewell dinner for William Ellinger at West Second Street, as the couple prepared to move to Toledo.
Logan agency reports the death of John Adam Smith 76 a retired farmer from Bremen after a lengthy illness. He owned a farm near Maxville before retiring ten years ago and moved to Bremen. He lectured at farmers institutes and was active in local farm organizations. Survived by wife Mrs. Smith and children Albert Oscar Clarence Arthur Rev. Q. E. Smith Faith and others. sister Mrs. Miller of Bremen. Funeral set for Friday at 2:30 p.m. at Grace Church.
Logan July activity notes a Central Chapter outing to Hemmendale Grove near Colfax on next Saturday. Three events include a shooting contest for the silver loving cup with Hives and Courts, directed by William Easton of Logan, starting at three o'clock in the afternoon.
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