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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1933
Page
10
Logan July 17 Four races daily on July 27 and 28 at the Hocking Valley Fair will feature six pace and trot events with purses ranging from 100 to 200 dollars. Secretary F H Woodland reports entry intake is strong as the state’s first Ohio fair of the year prepares two days of racing.
Judge Harley M. Whitcraft will headline the Gibsonville United Brethren Church home-coming program next Sunday. The day begins with 9 30 Sunday school and continues through the afternoon with the jurist speaking. An evening young people rally features Enterprise and Rockbridge churches with Rev H B Welch in charge and special music arranged.
Mrs J Francis Bauder and son Fritz of Miami arrive in Logan for an indefinite visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Charlies Wharton. Pittsburgh guests including Miss Pearl Miss Helena Menkel George Menkel and John Bossert visited Logan and toured Old Man’s Cave with Anthony Toerner and family. The Downeys from Columbus joined, picnicking at Old Man’s Cave as Judge Whitcraft presided in Lancaster.
Judge Peter J. Blosser of the court of appeals granted an injunction in the Blanche Stone versus Charles Davis and others case. The defendants are barred from removing a dwelling from premises or from damaging or destroying the building in Benton Township.
Ft Hayes Band stationed at Columbus Barracks tours Ohio reforestation camps and will perform at Camp Hocking on Thursday evening at 4 30 to 7 00. The band carries its own tents and gear and invites the public to visit the camp and enjoy the music.
Ranger Reichley reports total attendance for the year to July 1 at Old Man's Cave is 1,697 less than 1932. July 4 saw 2,839 visitors, the highest daily total. A large group, 5&8 campers, stayed Saturday night.
Logan statistics show 107 car transfers registered in the first half of July per Charlies C. Achauer clerk of courts. Most are used cars with several new car sales also noted.
Logan players witnessed a tight game as Union Furnace edged Carbon Dale 1 to 0. Murray allowed four hits and Hinerman doubled while F Murray singled to score the lone run. Bobo struck out 13.
The body of Mrs Kate Botsford widow of Frank Botsford who died in New York was brought to her sister Mrs P J Martha at West Front Street for burial. Funeral services were at St John Catholic Church with Rev James T Nevin in charge. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
Six day old Nancy Lane Sheline, daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert Sheline, died at home in Dick en Addition Saturday. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs J G Aurand of Logan. Funeral services were held Sunday at Leonard Funeral Service Chapel with Rev M Brown officiating. Burial followed at Webb's Chapel Cemetery.
Three year old Billie Lever son of Rev and Mrs C M Lever showed slight improvement after a skull fracture from a fall from a second story window. He is receiving care at Cherrington Hospital.
Mr and Mrs M F Weymueller entertained at their North Market Street home in Logan on Saturday night for the pleasure of Mrs Byron Moore of Olean New York. Other guests included Anthony.
Toerner, Mr. and Mrs. Buellaby, Mrs. C. L. Abell, Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Harden and Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Webb listed among residents referenced in the society column notices.
Gli Amici Club held a picnic at Water Works Park with out-of-town member Mrs. I N Myers of Richmond Virginia attending. Mr and Mrs C A Richey hosted Fortnightly Bridge Club gathering with guests Mrs Flo Uhom and Miss Ada Krieg and a lunch following the card play.
Miss Alice Morris stayed as a weekend guest with Dr. and Mrs. Clyde Adams in Parkersburg. Arthur Probst and family arrived from Cincinnati to visit Glenroy Ewing at Lincoln Hill, with plans to visit Mr. Probst's father in Washington. Edison M Hobstetter and George Hobstetter opened a fishing camp on the Price farm near Portland.
POMEROY July 17 At a Gerber Camp meeting Spanish War Veterans the district meeting booster group elected William H Ebersbach as chairman and J A Willock as president for the August 6 program at Masonic Hall Middleport Delegations expected from camps county wide Officials including Senator Means Supreme Judge Matthias and state officers may attend A djutant Ed Parsons suffered a light stroke at a Middleport recreation event and was hospitalized after treatment Eleven stitches were needed for a wound from stepping on a sharp object while swimming nearby
Middleport mentions Miss Virgie Major visiting Wilkenville with her brother and wife. A stream of relatives, friends, and travelers from Columbus Huntington Kansas City Muskogee and Pittsburgh are noted visiting or returning home. The piece records numerous moves including visits with relatives in Columbus and Hemlock Grove and attendance at a funeral in Millfield.
Middleport July 17 Joe Gibbs 11 son of Mr and Mrs Roland Gibbs of Batbury suffered a severe wound of the right foot while swimming. The injury occurred during a local water activity and is under medical attention. No further details available.
The Ohio Geological Survey reports Meigs County salt brines traced from Leading Creek sites to 1822 salt wells. It notes 1796 salt by Hamilton Kerr, 450 foot wells, and 50 pounds salt per 100 gallons. Salt production moved to Pomeroy on the Ohio River by 1850 with brines from the Black Hand Sand 1000 to 1200 feet deep.
Pomeroy July 17 Mrs Charles Rupe of Batley Run with her two sons picked and marketed 119 gallons of wild blackberries in under two weeks. She plans to continue about two weeks longer and has canned 6 quarts, made 12 quarts of jam and 38 pints of jelly. Her husband was badly hurt in a mine accident six years ago and uses a cane and crutch.
In Meigs County probate court on July 17 guardian C H Hill was authorized to purchase a car for Hollis D Hill who cannot walk. The ruling marks one of only two similar authorizations since 1927. Other probate actions named executors administrators and appraisers with estate tax details and will records.
A. O. Tracy, Meigs County sheriff, revealed he invented the first vacuum type street cleaner. In old Pomeroy, a horse drawn sweeper brushed dirt to the curb. Tracy added a high speed fan and suction to pull debris into a tank, forming the Five Weeks Plan for Bigger and Better Street Cleaning.
Henry Klein reports his granddaughter Theodosia Klein tied with a California man in a typing contest at the World's Fair among 105 competitors. The top two reached 125 words per minute for a quarter hour. Theodosia, a Pom eroy High School alumna, later won a Bliss College contest for a free Chicago trip.
J B Hardin and Miss Kathryn Philson, students at Ohio University, spent the weekend with Rev EF Hardin and the Philsons. Fred Wolf and son Roy of Eagle Ridge visited the Tanboreys. Howard Harris left for Steubenville for work. Mrs Mahala Cooper of Elwood City Pa arrived to visit relatives. Mothers Jewels of the Racine Methodist Church will meet Wednesday evening at the church.
Meigs County dealers sold 24 new cars in the first 15 days of July, a record pace for the year per clerk of courts records. Dealers credit the spike to late June filings and buyers aiming for mid year advantages, suggesting July could be a peak month.
A pattern advertisement for Anne Adams junior frock patterns in sizes 8 through 16. Details include fabric guidance for cottons and wools, top-stitching, puffed sleeves, and pleats. Price fifteen cents for pattern, catalog and pattern together twenty five cents. Orders to The Athens Messenger Pattern Department.
Mt Carmen Church Moody and Armstrong schools plan a joint reunion at Mt Carmel Church grove on Sunday August 13 an all day affair with a noon dinner. Many former residents are expected to attend this community event.
A roster of relief workers is published for reporting at Glouster city building Tuesday at 7 AM. Names include John Napper George Morris Bert Skinner John Gazell Tom Gibbs Scen Harding John Tudor John Karkos and many others.
Members of the Magic City lodge I O O F Glouster will meet Friday at 6 30 p m in front of the Odd Fellows Hall and travel as a group to Athens for the district installation. Eleven lodges are expected to be represented at the Athens meeting.
George Emrich was transported by local ambulance to University Hospital Columbus on Saturday afternoon for observation and treatment. He was accompanied by his wife Mrs. Emrich. Emrich has been in declining health for some time.
GLOUSTER July 17 Local Union No 202 Mine 267 calls a 6 PM Tuesday meeting at the miners hall in Hunterdon. All members are urged to attend and visitors will be welcomed.
C W Clark of South Third Avenue left Saturday for Corvallis Oregon and other nearby points to visit his parents and friends. His mother is reported in failing health. Clark the Meigs County prosecuting attorney will be away for about a month.
Word arrived Sunday of the death of Don Kasler ten year old son of Mr and Mrs A W Kasler Athens former Middleport residents. Several Church of Christ members from the Middleport area traveled to Athens today to attend the funeral.
Dr von Scheele and companions finish trip from Topeka to Jacksonville on a Saturday night. Max von Scheele was injured in a street accident in Topeka last week, with a leg wound requiring hospital care for six weeks. Edith Tinks of Topeka reportedly saw the von Scheele car pass through the village.
The Willing Class of the M E Church held an officers election Monday after a party with ice cream. Elected were President Dorothy, Adebell Palmer, Ruth Johnson as treasurer, Rainey as librarian, and Verna Sayn as reporter.
Athens motorists describe the proposed dam site routes in Meigs County from the school area toward Sumner via Alfred and the Smith and Dean farms. A main gravel road would run hill to hill, with Route No. 7 at Tuppers crossing toward Jerseyville and Alfred, linking to the dam site location.
Annual Kiwanis gathering to be held at the Athens Fairgrounds with recreation activities including shoe pitching and mushhel arranged.
Johnny Fischer of WU Michigan, the Western Conference champion, captured his first title at the Cincinnati tournament finishing ahead of rivals and marking a notable early-season victory.
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