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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1932
Page
10
A damaged OCR note provides sparse readable fragments about a local event involving Di and Sunde Dy daughter, dates, and kin ties. Key names and places are unclear, but the snippet hints at family relations and a small community gathering.
Logan Police Chief Lewis Reynolds announces a new one hour parking rule on Saturdays from 10 AM to 10 PM along Main Street from Walnut to Spring. Officers will check cars next week and enforce by city hall if overstay occurs. double parking and red signals will draw action. Signs will mark the district.
Logan July 25 county road work in Hocking is pushed with a daily average of 70 men under county surveyor Orla Wolfe. As many as 110 are sometimes at work but funds limit steady numbers. A three day a week schedule is in operation with 15 to 100 men seeking work daily. Ditching and graveling dominate maintenance this summer as gravel hauls proceed on Old Man's Cave Road and Big Pine Road and 17 bridges have been painted in two months. A Walnut Valley bridge and Salt Creek crossing will begin this week, the Salt Creek span to be 34 feet long.
Characters portraying pictures from the old family album performed at Ewing Grange Hall in Tresboro on Friday night. Mrs. D. BR. Rheinscheld of Union Furnace led this feature of the program alongside other brief items.
Logan July 26 The Gore district electors will vote in November on a three mill levy for schools. The current levy expires after four years and a renewal is sought for another similar term. The board adopted the resolution and filed a copy with the County Board of Elections.
James Brown of Marion Township, aged 59, plans to play baseball for several more years. He arrived for a game with a local team wearing a high quality new uniform, saying he bought it to last five or six years. Brown has played annually since youth and remains active in the sport.
Logan July 25. Dr W B Lacock health commissioner says a conference with the County Commissioners will discuss sanitation and a plan for compulsory inoculation against typhoid fever. If approved the program will inoculate all children fed at relief kitchens within days and continue next Friday at Carbon Hill.
In Logan on July 25 a Union Furnace team game saw catcher Shorty Leadbetter knocked unconscious after colliding with first baseman Joe Humphrey while pursuing a foul ball along the first base line. Leadbetter remained unconscious about an hour but revived. Humphrey was shaken but remained in the game.
Logan records show residents consume eight hundred thousand to a million gallons daily since June. A single day this month hit one million four hundred thousand gallons in twenty four hours. Officials note lawn garden and street sprinkling drive the high totals with minimal industrial demand.
Mrs Elizabeth Hughes spends days at Lancaster Camp Grounds. Stanton and John Crowe return from Cleveland. A new son born to Mr and Mrs Ray Ward at the home of the mothers parents Mr and Mrs W S Colvin. Tecumseth Club hosted by Mrs Laura O Farrell as a Shawnee home-coming. 125 attendees including Jacob Weaver 87 from Columbus. Chicken dinner served. Nicholas store becomes Grover Farm store. Fire siren test moved to noon Saturdays. Howard Dishon returns from a West stay. Veronica Wohrle McCuneville visits Shawnee. E H DeVore returns from Columbus after a few visits. Hop suey supper served by Methodist Church men.
Logan fans jump back into baseball as the Columbus Red Birds return home, drawing a large local delegation to Sunday’s double header against Columbus and Louisville in Columbus.
Athens County Boy Scouts attend the Muskingum River camp near Swift with numerous local youths led by Charles Leaders and others. Albany scouts join for several days under Rev. E B Dean and assistant master Malcom Miller.
Getting busy with their pencils when Congress adjourned, score keepers found Representative Scott Leavitt top the list with 17 bills bearing his name that became laws. Others highlighted included Clay Briggs who offered none and Joe Crail with 533 bills. Davis and Bob Morrison visited the camp Sunday along with Athens residents Mr and Mrs Roy L Dupler, Ralph Thorne and Frank C Murphey.
Gallipolis Independents edge Dexter 7 to 6 at the Fairgrounds diamond on Sunday. Willison led Gallipolis with four hits including a seventh inning home run to spark a three run rally, while Burns started and Nibert relieved to seal the win. Dexter totaled eight hits but stranded more runners, though they rallied in the eighth to score three. The article notes an incident of a boy receiving a double indemnity policy leaving an estate of 1490 after a death and related details.
Funeral services were held at First Baptist Church in Gallipolis for Herman Erwin, 12, who died after a gun discharged Friday morning. About 200 people gathered on Locust Street as the casket was moved, with the boy remembered as thrifty and energetic and a Boy Scout and paper boy.
In Gallipolis on July 25 the last rites were conducted at the home of Harry Ecker for Miss Melissa McClurg 80 who died from a stomach disorder. Rev William Wood Duff officiated and burial followed at Pine Street Cemetery. She was a daughter of Joseph and Mrs McClurg, born in Gallipolis and long time resident, later living with the Ecker family.
James Baker 19 of Miamisburg was returned to Gallipolis by local officers from Chillicothe where he was arrested for stealing H H Haskins Chevrolet sedan taken from in front of the Gallipolis Chevrolet Sales at 5 PM Friday and found in Chillicothe two hours later Baker said two youths riding with him were picked up on the road and released by Chillicothe police.
Mrs P G Dowler of Athens visits at Mr and Mrs George Bolles while her husband recovers at Holzer Hospital. City Manager and Mrs J R Gwinn with niece Patsy Gwinn depart for a Asheville North Carolina vacation. Mr and Mrs Stanley Roush and daughter Emma leave for San Angelo Texas for an indefinite stay, planning two weeks on the road with visits en route. Judge W R White returns from Portsmouth where he sat on the Scioto County Common Pleas Court bench.
Dr. C. E Holzer flew from Gallipolis Airport yesterday with his pilot to Buffalo New York for a medical meeting. He is expected to return to Gallipolis Tuesday.
Paris fashion critic argues that beach pajamas should be worn for comfort and practicality. Exaggerated sun backs and decollates are shunned, favoring light fabrics and shadowproof designs. Trousers or a sleeveless jacket offer modesty while keeping ease of movement for seaside wear.
Gallia Development Company began Saturday to determine the location of the first of several gas wells west of Bulaville. Drilling will start on the Horace Mink farm with extensive acreage in Addison Cheshire Springfield and Morgan townships. Officials include President C C Henking Vice President Don Miller Secretary J Harley Bovie and Attorney H W Cherrington.
Concrete work advances on Route 7 near the Gallia Meigs line. Frownie Bros Inc contractors of Portsmouth pour the four mile stretch into Cheshire. detour of about half a mile in place.
About 2,500 guests attended a regimental review at Camp William Conley near Point Pleasant. The event showcased training by 1,200 members of the West Virginia National Guard 150th Infantry. Attendees included General F. A. Denhardt and Captain Lester Ostrander.
About 150 Gallipolis residents rode the B and O excursion train from Point Pleasant and Gallipolis Ferry to Niagara Falls on Saturday afternoon. The four-section train returned this afternoon, providing a sizable group outing from the Ohio river area.
Wilburn S Estep 20 a West Virginia National Guardsman is reported much improved after a stabbing in East Gallipolis friday night He sustained multiple knife wounds to the chest and is under care locally in Gallipolis.
Gallipolis police arrested Saturday night John Davis for drunkenness W H Whitt for driving while intoxicated and Frank Gottart for possession.
Athens County health nurses Miss Anne Morgan and Miss Clara Cavanaugh will lead free health examinations for children entering school this September. Clinics run July 26 to 29 at various sites with both morning and afternoon sessions including eyes teeth tonsils heart and chest checks. Parents urged to bring children and coordinate with local PTA for transportation and numbers.
On July 27 to July 29 clinics are planned at multiple high schools for residents of Albany and surrounding areas. Dr A B Lippert and Miss Florence Tallman of the State Department of Health will attend all clinics to oversee operations and provide guidance.
Central National Bank of Chardon says it will issue the new glass money after seeking federal permission under the Glass Amendment. The bank holds $50,000 in U S Treasury bonds due 1951 to 1955 and would deposit them with the controller of the currency to receive $50,000 in new national bank notes for loans.
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