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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1932
Page
12
Logan July 29 A new employment record for the Logan Shoe Factory with 258 men and women on payroll. A steady flow of orders has required an extra shift from 5 to 10 PM. Daily production runs 1600 to 1700 pairs as activity continues to rise.
Theodore Frakes of Dicken Addition, Logan County, had been unconscious since last Friday after an auto crash in Haydenville. X rays showed no skull fracture but a heavy head blow likely caused the coma. doctors expect a complete recovery. Other hospital updates include Floyd Riggs in serious condition after an acute appendicitis operation, with ruptured appendix found. Mrs. Carl North in favorable condition after surgery for complications. Mrs. Wilbur Jonas remaining in serious condition. and several local residents visiting and attending events in Columbus and Logan. The W F M S met at Mrs Sarah Tucker with 18 regular members and five visitors.
Dr Allan A Cole won the Logan city bid of 570 dollars to serve as indigent physician from Aug 1 to Mar 1 1933 per Service Director Fred C Shively. Sheriff Sol Ellinger and Deputy Joe Farbearn investigated a reported assault by Willard Johnson on Mayme Johnson in Marion Township but Johnson fled before arrest. Social Circle members gathered at Judge Harley M Whitcraft’s Green Township farm for Mrs H J Stevenson and Della Bishop as guests.
Mrs. Mary Ann Kleinschmidt 64 wife of Lewis Kleinschmidt died at home on Zanesville Avenue at 8 55 p m Wednesday after a paralysis stroke suffered Friday She was born in Germany came to the United States as a girl of 13 and settled in Logan Mother of seven children Funeral services at St Matthew Lutheran Church Saturday at 2 pm with Rev Amos L Heyde officiating Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery She leaves a sister and three brothers and three grandchildren
Logan July 29 arrangements are set for the annual Hocking County M E picnic on August 3 at the Rock House. The program features Rev R O McClure district superintendent Judge Harley M Whitcraft and L P Mooney representative. Games contests and basket dinner are listed as entertainment highlights.
Logan July 29 Members of the Retail Merchants Division of the Logan Chamber of Commerce met with C. F. Dittmer of the Ohio Retail Merchants Council legislative committee. He outlined legislative trends affecting retail trade in other states and potential Ohio impacts. Barton A. Hall, chamber president, arranged the meeting.
Bessie Herron seeks a divorce from Townie Herron alleging cruelty and the removal of two of their three minor children on July 26. She requests custody alimony and a restraining order to stop furniture removal. they were married April 28 1918.
Mrs George Moore who underwent an appendectomy at a Columbus hospital two weeks ago has returned home and is making a rapid recovery.
Daily samples from Logan water system were sent to the state laboratory for analysis. Negative results were returned for Monday and Thursday. Tuesday and Wednesday samples await reports. Funeral services were held for six month old Robert Eugene Huston at Laurel Run Church Marion Township with burial at Laurel Run Cemetery. Reverend Perry Householder led the services.
Mrs Fred FE Hall hosted a breakfast shower for Miss Frank McBroom of Columbus with guests including Mrs Wil-liam Evans of Detroit and Miss Charlotte Rochester. In Logan on July 28, women from St John Catholic Church plan a card party at the parochial school featuring bridge Five Hundred and euchre with refreshments after.
Thomas Orville King and Mary Kathryn Reno, both 21, were married with Rev. B. C. Peters officiating. King is a farmer from Athens County and a son of Mr. and Mrs Richard King, while Reno is a Murray City housekeeper and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Reno.
Mrs. James Hurley spent a few days in Columbus with Mrs. O E Oliver. Mrs. Mary Ann Oliver’s funeral was held at the M E Church with Rev Sherer officiating and burial at Smiths Chapel. Mrs B E Peck visited Columbus. Mr and Mrs Harold Allen Diamond spent the weekend with Frank Allen. William Achauer and family visited Logan to see their son Charles. Virgil McDaniel is ill at home. Ye Vonne Kennard visited her aunt Mrs Earl White. Mrs Willard Seel, Mrs A E Campbell and Dorothy Campbell were in Columbus. A baseball game sent Wellston fans home winners 4 3 over the local team. Rainbow 4 H Clothing Club met Thursday. Miriam Rowley of Logan visited Jennie Patton. Standard Bearers to School of Mission at Lancaster include Leader Mrs Vern Robinett and several girls. Rev G C Nutter and family rented a cottage there for the week. Aileen and Lillybelle McCandish and Albert Shaw with Kenneth Conaway of Fultonham visited Mrs Ralph Campbell Sunday. C A Walters spent Sunday in Columbia. Mrs Webb of Logan spent the weekend with Homer Carter family.
Ohio Attorney General Gilbert Bettman ruled that persons on public relief projects working for food or supplies are not covered by the Workmans Compensation Law. He said relief workers who must perform labor for others before relief from a private charity or political subdivision are likewise not entitled to compensation if injured.
Local residents hosted supper guests Edna Smith Clara Rogers and Oden Mohler. Pearl Smith of Burlingham visited R E Goldsberry and Elmer Goldsberry's family called on Sarah Goldsberry. A large crowd watched Garden defeat Chester 8 to 2 after 12 innings. Funeral attendance for Leroy Jones at Burlingham followed.
Albany report details a 27000 word denial by Mayor James J. Walker accusing the Seabury inquiry of Republican plotting. Roosevelt must decide on Walker’s removal, affecting Democratic prospects in a key state and risk fallout from GOP critics nationwide.
Glouster telegraph office to close Aug 1 due to railroad business conditions. Mayor W D Hines of Chauncey serves as third trick operator from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. Albany and Meigs offices similarly cut back. seniority determines reassignment. Other telegraph staff on the K and M division receive reduced days. some section bosses lose work days too.
Washington July 20. The American Railway Association reports observers at 282 grade crossings. In eight hours 316,371 cars and 4,130 trains passed. Seventy four percent were reasonably careful, fourteen percent reckless, twelve percent doubtful. Sixty seven motorists had narrow escapes and 140 school buses carrying children failed to stop.
In Las Vegas on a July 29, armed guards shield Vice President Charles Curtis as he departs for Los Angeles by rail. Police arrest six suspected agitators while hecklers interrupt his small address praising the Hoover Dam engineering feat. Curtis retorts to a heckler about feeding ex soldiers.
Governor White received word from President Hoover that Vic Donahey has been appointed a member of the Perry Victory Memorial Commission in line with the governor's recommendation.
Glouster officials report renewed water line breaks on the hill line to the reservoir and near the Chevrolet garage on Main Street. A fire hydrant at Bear corner was relocated and repairs are underway. water is expected to be turned on around noon if no further troubles arise.
The Rebekah lodge plans a regular monthly social and play this Saturday night in Glouster. Officials urge a good turnout for the meeting and entertainment.
E. E. Kirkpatrick aged 71 of Cardington collapsed in Marion and died shortly after suffering a sunstroke. Funeral arrangements were not listed in the brief notice.
Ohio city schools spent 85.79 per pupil in 1930-31, 17 percent below the 103.29 average for U S cities with 30 000 to 100 000 population. The previous year’s figure was 86.16, with a projected larger decline for 1932-33 due to revenue cuts. 17 new Ohio cities joined the list after the 1930 federal census.
A comparison finds per pupil cost in Ohio cities under 30,000 at 86.10 dollars versus 109.93 dollars outside Ohio. Ohio thus spends over a fifth less than similar sized American cities. Ohio Education Association officials attribute this to conservative state policy amid wealth and leadership differences.
Rome announces 80 percent discount on second and third class round trips for couples showing wedding certificates. The plan aims to promote marriage as part of Mussolini's more babies campaign and to attract newlyweds to Rome for honeymoons.
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