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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1939
Page
14
Logan officials host Ray Steen and two right of way experts from Marietta to discuss Route 374 land purchases. The WPA project from Rockbridge to Route 180 may be halted if holdout owners refuse fair settlements, delaying the road improvement.
A Marion Township school reunion at Number 6 school building drew 125 attendees on Sunday. The event featured former pupils and patrons, with Isaac Inboden, 81, as the oldest present. Mrs. Sarah Ann Sheets, 100, a former teacher, was expected but did not attend. A dinner and program were held, and the building now houses Marion Grange after years of abandonment.
Logan S B Whikehart justice of peace in Falls Township announced Monday he would seek another four year term. He has served as magistrate for over four years. Frank St Clair, appointed after C T Stephenson’s death, remains the other magistrate. J H Wonn also seeks election and was first to file a petition for the November race.
Logan marriage permits issued over the weekend to Curtus Edward Rhym er, 22, driver, and Amanda Rhymer, 17, of New Straitsville, and to Carl Leo Burkhard, 31, night manager, Columbus, and Mary Monica McGonagle, 29, clerk, Logan.
Temperatures near 90 degrees do not stop chatter about football at Logan High School. Logan’s Chieftains will begin training around August 20, with full sessions starting when the school year opens in early September, about six weeks away.
A Logan social page notes a dinner to be held in Jackson by Southeast Ohio Chamber of Commerce representatives including Clarence Blosser James Wells Harry Stevenson and Lester Risch. Various residents are listed as visitors callers hosts and guests with several family birthdays and reunions mentioned.
Logan reports automobile dealers sold ten new cars on Monday in July keeping a steady pace of about one new car daily in Hocking County. The four month length of the record underscores consistent dealer performance.
John Roberts of Oroville severed the end of the middle finger on his left hand while cutting pipe. He returned to work Monday at the graves registration office where he serves as director. The Roberts family also required medical aid Sunday.
Logan Rotary Club president LOGAN-Howard F. Kirk outlined committee assignments Monday evening. Fifteen members posted full attendance for the year, including Achauer Brashares Breene Eastman Farrar Hull Kelch Keynes Lacock Leonard Meyer Miller Nixon Showalter Whitcraft. Mr and Mrs Corwin J Bowers of Cincinnati visited Logan relatives. Bowers formerly lived here and served in Co G in World War I. He is son of Jacob Bowers, longtime Ohio State University employee. TELL OF LOGAN PLAN LOGAN- Latest Ohio Legion News covered Logan Post resolution backing a new state organization setup.
Mrs. Tena Campbell wife of Earl Campbell was injured in a motor collision at Columbus Sunday. She formerly lived in Logan and is a daughter of Mrs. J. F. Bond.
Edward H. Hamilton files suit for divorce from Norris Johnston Hamilton on neglect charges. The couple wed on September 3, 1938.
Mrs Deshia Drummond Folden aged 85 widow of John W Folden died Sunday at her daughter Mollie Cunning ham’s home near Thurman. Funeral services were held this afternoon at Walnut Church near Mudsoe.
Weekend marriage licenses issued for Harold Freed and Pauline Smith of Akron. James Siders and Anna Lee Edwards of Gallipolis. Everett Bostic of Huntington and Opal Brumfield of Crown City.
Mr and Mrs Harry K Mills settle in Wellston. The former will be connected with a local grocery concern, establishing a new business link in the community.
The Gallipolis Mt Zion Ladies Aid event has been rescheduled from July 12 to July 19 due to postponement.
Surveys and quantity schedules are being prepared for a WPA project to improve the Oak Grove Cemeteries. R. R. Loomis says bonds totaling 2500 dollars were issued weeks ago for retaining walls, drives, and a new cemetery addition. If approved as a WPA project, the money will fund more work.
Murray City will travel to Logan to face the American Legion Senior Team Sunday after Carbon Hill canceled a game. The seniors also plan a Columbus trip Thursday and seek a Nelsonville opponent for the following week. Albert Leonard pitched the Nelsonville win, fanning 12 over seven hits, in a 4 to 2 victory.
Hocking County Election Board instructed a $1.75 filing fee for all candidates for township trustee under a new law. Trustees may work enough days to earn a $350 annual salary, which establishes the basis for the filing fee.
Murray City branch reported 971 books circulated in June, split evenly between adults and juveniles. The new story hour program debuted that month, led by Miss Helen Angle.
Gallipolis officials report to the Comptroller that the local post office receipts for the year ending June 30 totaled 27 456 81 dollars, up nearly 2 000 from the prior year. Baby bonds sales reached 47 512 50 and money orders paid 65 677 64. The rising receipts suggest higher population in next year’s census.
Dog warden Roy Johnson was called to the Hamrick dairy farm to destroy an alleged mad dog. The animal had bit other dogs nearby and the suspects are under observation.
Charles Webster son of Noah Webster of Flag Spring and former state hospital employee has been released from Holzer Hospital and returned home after his left arm was shortened by five inches due to elbow removal following a recent auto crash.
Ira Taylor of Middleport paid a $100 fine and costs and was released from county jail. He rode in a car driven by Delbert Motley of Middleport when seven year old Billy Perry was killed near Kanauga in a crash a week earlier. Motley remains in jail in default of a $4000 bond.
Miss Ida Belle Collins, 20, of Ohio Township, was fined $20.60 for intoxication by Magistrate Fred Millis of Mon day. She paid the fine after being found in a car in a drunken condition by state arresting officers.
Officers searched Sunday for a young woman resembling Velma West from the Marysville Reformatory who was reportedly seen walking across the Kananga Bridge with a suit case. The effort yielded no results.
Gallipolis resident Harry Howell was moved from his home to Holzer Hospital where he is reported to be receiving treatment for heart attacks.
Gallia County records show 70 divorce applications this year as 179 marriage licenses were issued. Officials cite cruelty neglect and willful absence as chief reasons for separations while noting filings run higher than typical for the license count.
Gallia County will save about 1000 dollars in election costs this year due to the absence of an August primary. Clerk Helen Russell reports to Earl Griffith secretary of state. Savings arise from reduced payments to election officials and lower ballot printing and polling place rental costs.
Harold Notter of Gallipolis begins preparations to build a brick and cement block structure 40 by 100 feet on Court Street. The property already contains a large brick residence used by Deputy Sheriff Harold Wood and his family, and the new building will serve as a bowling alley.
Gallia county officers hunted for four hours Sunday afternoon for Ernest Slim Smith a Georges Creek resident who fled from jail in Pt. Pleasant months ago. Smith faced hog stealing and meat peddling charges in West Virginia when he escaped custody.
C&O changes state new southbound arrival to 1 52 p m and northbound departure to 3 54 p m at Gallipolis, seven minutes later than before. Officials say the adjustment improves mail connections between Logan and Pomeroy along the line.
Bethel Moore of Ohio Township faced Judge W. R. White in Gallipolis on a charge of driving an automobile while intoxicated. He was fined 50 and costs and his driving right suspended for six months, but he could not pay the fine and was returned to county jail.
Gallia County resident C. P. Gatewood sold his 95 acre Swan Creek truck farm to Ray mond H Halley and bought 98 acres across the Ohio River near Glenwood to operate a stock farm.
Mrs Dorothy Denney seeks legal separation and alimony from her husband Walter Denney in Gallipolis alleging failure to support her and their child. The filing requests the court grant a separation and support obligations.
Elimination contests and nightly practices at the pool prepare Gallipolis for Friday night inter city meet with Pomeroy's swimming and diving team.
The Eno Sail On 4-H Club will host a benefit ice cream social on the school grounds Saturday night July 15.
Work on the Fresiner Ave improvement is near done and the thoroughfare may reopen across three blocks within a day or two. Two blocks are already open to traffic with next WPA projects including four alleys and Church St between West and Iron Sts. Brick for alleys will be salvaged from prior street work. Maxine Lehman and Homer Wolfe underwent tonsil removal operations at Cherrington Hospital Monday.
Logan Logan County deputy sheriff Nellis Smith held 22 year old Norman Price of Lips for investigation after he began to recount a Cincinnati murder near the Peters grocer crime scene. Price was released after questioning. another youth Bill Saxton was taken in for juvenile questioning.
The Logan American Legion Junior League resumes this evening with Myers facing Allens and on Wednesday evening Thomas will clash with Leonards in a featured matchup.
Members of the Craft and Plymale families will gather for a reunion at Chickamauga Park on August 6 in Gallia County. The event brings together relatives for a day of activities and shared memories.
A carnival company has begun occupying a lot near the Kanauga Bridge in Gallipolis this week, setting up rides and preparing for the upcoming fair days.
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