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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1937
Page
14
The Logan sheriff's office reports a fourth attempt in recent months to entice a young girl into a car on E Hunter Street. Deputy Newton Spencer questioned the girl after she fled to a friend's home. Authorities warn youths to avoid strangers and seek help, believing the same motorist made similar offers during the school year.
Logan A bantam rooster owned by Mr and Mrs Vernon Nixon of Union Furnace has adopted six turkey poults. The bird accompanies them on foraging trips and even gathers the poults at night for protection, showcasing remarkable parental behavior.
A request is filed to identify the man and to obtain a prompt report from the sheriff's office or police headquarters. The notice seeks official verification of the individual and a timely incident record.
Poor attendance of players kept the Maytag and State Auto Insurance baseball teams from meeting Thursday evening, with a substitute senior junior league contest staged at the fairgrounds. Carl Johnson’s team defeated Earl Marshall’s squad 6 to 5 in five innings.
Gladys Huston was granted an injunction in her alimony and child custody suit against Clinton Huston by Judge Phil A. Henderson. The order bars selling or encumbering the husband’s property after the couple’s July 23, 1921, marriage and the wife left on July 4 this year due to ill treatment. No divorce is sought by the petitioner.
Pro at Circleville Country Club will be at Hocking Valley Golf course all day next Tuesday. He previously oversaw the local course last summer and his recent inspection drew favorable comments as the project moved to the Hocking Valley Country Club.
Exterior of St Matthew Lutheran Church in Logan has been repainted. Interior repaint and redecorating are planned this month for the church and parsonage.
Mrs Roy Beougher remains confined to her Logan home due to ongoing illness. Her health has weakened over several months.
About 100 people attended the Miller Chapel Grange gathering Wednesday night. Marion Grange led the first degree and Ewing Grange oversaw the second. New members included Mrs. Fred Carpenter, Mrs. Merrill Nimon, Ella Louise Hammon, Josephine Salts, and Harley and Joe Johnson. Special music featured Woodrow and Waldo Blum and Miss Margaret McBroom. Refreshments followed the session. The next meeting is set for July 21 with the third and fourth degrees planned.
Mrs H M Whitcraft entertained guests at dinner at Gabriels Thursday then hosted a bridge session at her home. High score went to Mrs Blanche Lutz. Dr and Mrs A O Kelch left for St Louis to visit Mrs Kelch's parents for a week with Miss Ruby Adams. Reverend and Mrs W N Shank completed a three week Western vacation. Among Ourselves Club met at Katie Dill camp grounds with picnic. Mrs Smiley hosted Wednesday Sewing Club at Church Street home. Priscilla Club met at H H Wrights E Main Street residence with 12 members and refreshments.
First contingent of CCC enrollees from Hocking County will report Monday at Camp Nelson. They will be assigned for their enrollment period with about half of the July quota of 15 to be called. More applications expected Saturday morning at the relief office in the courthouse.
Fred Radcliffe of the State Tax Commission toured Logan for sales tax reports in the Hocking County district while Ralph Miller, local field representative, serves with the National Guard in Cleveland. Radcliffe planned to return next Thursday and Friday if Miller remains away.
A telegram to Walter Leonard of Logan from Carrizo Springs Texas reports Bruce Leonard was taken to a San Antonio hospital for surgery for acute appendicitis. Leonard once ran a local business before moving to Texas for health reasons. Rob ert Heine of Bowen Street broke his left arm in a bicycle fall near home Tuesday evening.
The Logan Pomona Grange meeting previously set for July 14 has been postponed to September per an official announcement issued Thursday. The notice notes the delay affects the scheduled session and attendees should adjust plans accordingly.
Members of the Graham family will hold their annual reunion at the farm home of Fred Graham near the city Sunday.
Police seek a burglar who loots without entering, bored through the floor of a tea warehouse into chests of tea, letting the tea spill into his boxes as he works.
The forecast notes a curious balance of business and private life with emphasis on an elderly person who may figure in bequests inheritance or insurance. It warns of mixed influences and potential misadventure unless calm restraint guides reactions and prudent handling of secrecy and undercurrents.
Regular meeting of the Hocking County Republican Women's Club will be at the home of Mrs Arch Griffith in Washington Township Monday evening. A business session will be held with a social hour. The club has met monthly since last November.
Logan school officials report the gridiron at Chieftain field now has a heavy carpet of grass from early spring sodding. The new turf is expected to withstand summer heat and be ready for the football season opener.
A motor caravan from New Straitsville M. E. Church leaves Sunday morning July 11 at 9 30 for the Lancaster Camp Grounds. Sunday School is at the church, no morning preaching. Dr Ira Jones will preach at the camp grounds opening day. Car owners offered to donate or ride to Lancaster. contact Rev W J Miller. A basket dinner will be served at noon. regular preaching Sunday night at home church.
Logan Summer School Band directed by Richard McCutchan gave a free concert at the Chieftain Field Stands. Walter Prather played a tenor solo. Bruce Price and Emerson Iles performed a piccolo and flute duet with band accompaniment. Miss Phyllis Nixon, chaperoned group member, became ill with influenza and was returned home.
Medalie and family from Waverly New York visited Logan on Thursday and Friday to see Mr and Mrs Marcus Cohen. Seven years earlier Medalie left Logan after running a store for Cohen and now works in clothing in New York. Lodge to Picnic in Chillicothe August 5 District Five Knights Templar to attend.
Mary Grace Logan of Jackson was brought to Cherrington Hospital Wednesday evening for an appendicitis operation. John Jr son of Mr and Mrs John Tennahill of Nelsonville underwent a tonsil operation at the hospital Thursday.
Shaw resident Logan Paul Rogers was taken into custody Thursday by Police Chief Lew Reynolds who said a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence would be filed.
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