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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1935
Page
3
County superintendent notes funding outlook for Ohio schools and the need to implement legislation. A Wright Act district may borrow against a sales tax fund to cover costs, with bus service and driver age rules under state bills. Counties will assist with bus provisions and driver qualifications while districts plan payments through 1936.
The clipping notes visits and family arrivals in a small town. Jep Swisher and others arrived Monday to see relatives and friends while Randall from Columbus was in town for the week. Mrs E Rin of Jacksonville and Mrs Frank visited for 11 days at Reed’s home.
The notice lists designs and sets in orange options with prices hanging around 40 dollars. It mentions wedding items and related design choices.
Newell P. Sherman 26 a Worcester machinist and singer confessed to authorities that he overturned a canoe on Lake Singletary near Worcester and made no effort to save his wife Alice 23 who drowned. Police say his alleged love for a 16 year old girl prompted the alleged plan.
Miss Ana Maxine Hayes and Mr. Robert Coats were married Monday at the Friends' Parsonage in Richmond. Rev. William Fayres conducted the ceremony. The couple will reside in Middleport. Hayes is the daughter of Walter and Mrs. Hayes, a Middleport High School graduate, while Coats is a Winchester, Indiana native and funeral director.
Hemlock Grange held its July 20 session with full officer and Ladies Degree team attendance. Seven candidates received First and Second Degrees. among them Reed Waddell and Roscoe Fowler. Alfred Grange members attended as guests and provided entertainment with ice cream and cake.
A summary of Epworth League activities in Buchtel led by Pauline Mason with readings by Ethel Day and a solo by Ven ice Turner. The piece lists numerous local visits and family news including births, hospital stays, travels to Cleveland and Columbus, and Sunday gatherings at various homes.
Hogs sold Tuesday at a new high for medium weight hogs, topping 11.00 per hundredweight as buyers faced a 2.25 processing tax, bringing top quality hogs to 13.25. Jerome Kern, noted producer, once believed shows starting with the letter S would succeed, naming Sally Sunny Stepping Stones Show Boat and Sweet Adeline.
Worcester Massachusetts tentative date for the trial of Newell P. Sherman a 26-year-old Sutton choir singer and Scoutmaster charged with drowning his wife is reported. The other line notes that twenty five percent of Holloway prison inmates in England were committed for shop lifting.
Langsville Langsville Happy Hustlers 4-H Club met at Bernice Lediie Mon day to plan a summer vacation trip. Pauline Mitchell of Huntington attended as a guest. After a swimming party the group set a return meeting for July 24 at Clarice Miller’s home.
Meigs County Relief Office reports FERA work halted due to funding shortages. Aug. 1 marks transition to the Works Progress Administration, delaying resumption of FERA projects in the area.
David Easterday of Racine pleaded guilty to being the driver of the car that injured Anna Liza Duckworth in Syracuse on October 14, 1932. Sheriff Fowler suspected him before the confession. Sentence was deferred as Easterday cited fear as the reason for delaying the admission.
Rutland Township sold all its school buildings at a Saturday auction. Notable mentions include William Myers in critical condition after a recent stroke and various local residents with weekend travels and errands. The flag tournament at the local golf club was rescheduled to Sunday, July 28.
The Union Bible Class for men and boys gathered Tuesday night in the Presbyterian Church lecture room. Harley Sanborn of the Baptist Church delivered the lesson.
Logan residents learn of staff changes in local offices as Mrs. Orla Miller resigns from the Theodore C. Johnson office. Miss Mabel Wolfe succeeds Miller and Miss Rosemary Lecrone follows Wolfe at Cohen's. Miller plans relocation to Columbus where her husband teaches in the city schools.
After weeks at a Columbus hospital for a major operation Mrs F. W Welland has returned home to Logan and is reported much improved.
Logan Fink Bros of Rockbridge will play on the amateur program at 7 30 Friday over station WAIT Columbus. They are listed as Nookey and Mose on the program. The brothers have appeared before the pub in Lancaster on several occasions.
Vernon Davis 22 a service station attendant of Logan and Bessie Alta Campbell 18 at home of Logan obtained a marriage license. They are the children of Mr and Mrs Vern Davis and Mr and Mrs Floyd Campbell.
Maytags beat the Phi Sha 6 to 4 in six innings with Adair and Allen driving a two run first frame. Branigan and St Clair produced a fourth inning two base hit and a fifth inning rally featured Adair Landis and Scott fanned three as the Maytags added insurance runs. Fielding included St Clair on a running catch and double play, while Hance made a lone running catch for the Phillies. Methodists vs United Brethren follows in the evening.
Logan Murray Phillips and his sons Murray Jr. and Wendell of near this city left Tuesday for Stockport where they will establish camp for 4 weeks while fishing in the Muskingum River.
Logan records show two absent ballots cast three weeks before the city primary. Jack Varis filled the second ballot before leaving for Columbus to join the army, while voter turnout remains low with limited candidate activity and a Democratic mayoral hopeful canvassing door to door.
Raymond Turner of this city will go to Jackson County soon to assist Edwards and Candle in constructing a mile of concrete road. He will serve as foreman in charge of the concrete pouring.
Logan police issue a warning about transporting children on running boards to and from the mining pool. They caution the practice is dangerous and likely to cause serious accidents.
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