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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1932
Page
10
Reports from Logan and surrounding Hocking County detail a lightning struck barn near Greendale burning to the ground with farm contents lost. Tenant George Cavisl stored unthreshed grain and straw. insurance coverage noted. A large uprooted sycamore damaged an apartment kitchen on West Main Street. Debris and street flooding prompted cleanup. Early hail reports and a separate liquor arrest of John Ogg and John Johnson were noted.
Lucinda Bickel to receive her late husband William Bickel’s estate during her lifetime with the widow inheriting rights until death. Upon her passing, the estate is to be divided equally between son Alva L. Bickel and stepson Harry H. Primmer. Edward Bickel named executor. will dated January 12, 1932. Witnesses Eugene Wright and Misa Cahariene Huffman.
Logan reports Dr J S Cherrington announced the Marion Township baseball team will visit the Fairgrounds Tuesday evening for a double header with his second team. The July 4 games were cancelled due to rain leaving the grounds unfit. The visitors are farmers teams.
Logan reports a Logan Bar Association committee, Forest E F Weinrich and George W. Christman, to file written charges against Allen R. McBroom, an longtime attorney, for unprofessional conduct involving moral turpitude. Judge Joseph W. Adkins ordered the preparation of specifications for court filing. Separately jurors in the Josia Harmon case deliberated into the afternoon after a noon recess, with Merle Good presiding, on a paternity charge.
Logan reports a Sunday auto accident near Ball Schoolhouse involving Jack Evans and an unnamed Columbus man. Evans and his family were in a car preparing to turn toward Old Man's Cave when the other vehicle allegedly backed into them. no injuries were reported.
Postponed Kiwanis Junior League games in Logan pile up after wet fields. Hopes rise that remaining fixtures can be played this week with postponed games rescheduled in the days ahead. Wednesday sees Episcopals versus Presbyterians and Friday features Methodist against United Brethren.
Farmers in Hocking County fear losses as excessive rain reverses drought gains. Wheat remains in the field. short straw leads to germination in shocks, threatening harvest unless threshing can start soon. A threshing machine owner said plans to begin last week were stalled by renewed rain.
Logan July 12 Ted Lehman Green Township is ill with undulant fever per records at the Health Department. The rare disease has only a limited number of cases in the county. Dr Allan A Cole checked the prior diagnosis with lab tests and Lehman is listed in satisfactory condition.
Mrs H V Adams hosted two musicale teas in her Main Street home with 50 guests on Thursday and 75 on Sunday. Performers included Mrs Forest F E Weinrich Mrs Hugh Meldrim Miss Bessie Briscoe and Mrs Artie C Atha along with Mrs H M Boocks. Adams accompanied on one number Sunday. After the program the class presented Adams a corsage bouquet. In Logan a farmer J H Conrad near Rockbridge reported chicken thieves took 21 birds from his poultry house and deputy Joe Farhearn was assigned to investigate.
James McMannus appeared in court and changed his plea from not guilty to guilty. Judge Harley M. Whitcraft placed him on probation and deferred sentencing.
Logan July 12 Dan Ring hiser a Pleasant Valley farmer says thieves have treated him unjustly after two tire thefts. He told Sheriff Sc Ellinger Sunday that a tire rim and wheel were stolen from his car the previous night marking a second loss in days. Mannus was indicted by a special grand jury on selling mortgaged property. McMannus is a Green Township resident.
Coal miners in St Clairsville circulate petitions to nominate J G Baker of St Clairsville for sheriff on an independent ticket for November. Baker, former deputy sheriff and current president of the Provident Local of the UMWA, is a strike leader with over 350 signatures collected.
Agnes McGinnis filed a $10,000 personal damages suit against Guy C. Ward in the common pleas court on Saturday. The action seeks redress for injuries alleged in a bullying incident.
In Chauncey on Sunday a severe storm damaged a home on Mound Street. A brick chimney blew down crashing through the roof and ceiling onto a supper table. Dishes and furniture were ruined as the house suffered major damage.
Petition charges a plaintiff was attacked by a large vicious bull while milking cows on her Atlas farm near Barnesville on July 9 1931. Defendant faces accusation of failing to keep the bull tied up and under control.
Mr and Mrs Harry Duddieson announce the birth of a daughter at their Bailey Run home. The newborn weighed 6 pounds and has been named Mary Josephine.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Cunningham of Chauncey entertained at a dinner on Sunday at their Main Street home. Guests included Mrs. Dora Watkins and Mr. and Mrs. George See gar with two sons of Columbus, Mrs. Maggie Coyer of Orrville, Ohio, and Agnes Cunningham who had spent a week with her parents before returning to Columbus.
Mrs William Goodman announces the birth of a son at their home in Chauncey on Sunday July 10 The baby has been named William Warren.
The Ladies Aid Society of Millfield Church of Christ will host an all day quilting event and a pot luck dinner at the church on Thursday in Chauncey.
Chauncey July 12 Millfield Needle Club will be entertained Wednesday night in the home of Mrs Daniel Fulton.
Pocahontas lodge of Millfield will hold a monthly birthday social with a pot luck dinner at the lodge hall Thursday night at 7 30.
Chauncey July 12. John Marshall Milifield injured left hand while cutting timber Saturday. Two bones of the hand were broken.
Pearl Hillen 14 son of Mr and Mrs Jesse Hillen Chauncey suffered a fracture of the left arm above the elbow when he fell from a swing near his home on Sunday.
Ohio farmers report the first wheat of the season delivered in the southern counties. Yields run about 20 bushels per acre with fair quality and low prices around 38 cents per bushel. Harvesting paused briefly after a damaging storm, but recent rains improve prospects for farm yields statewide.
Eye witnesses to the recapture of Trujillo by Federal troops describe murder, lynching, looting, and arson. Civil guards were stripped and lynched publicly. two daughters of Pedro Lariva, Trujillo prefect, were killed in their home. Streets reportedly swarmed with dead and wounded.
Czechoslovakian shoe magnate Thomas Bata nicknamed Europe's Henry Ford was killed July 12 in an airplane accident at Otrokowitz Moravia. He was among Europe's wealthiest men and led the Bata company.
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