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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1934
Page
10
Local fans propose installing floodlights at Logan High School football field to raise fall game attendance and improve revenue for the team. The season starts in a few weeks and school board and athletic officials have not yet stated their stance.
Deputy organizer Allen Tarshish arrived in Logan to recruit new members for a chartered Eagles Lodge chapter. He aims to enroll 100 members before August, aligning with plans to open a convention in Cincinnati and reporting Logan as one of five new series formed in the first half of the year.
Dr and Mrs C C Allen and Miss Minnie Moore returned home Sunday after a week at Lakeside. Miss Helen Breene and Charles Hoops of Cleveland were guests of Mr and Mrs Charlies Breene over the weekend. A E Faine of New Straitville was in Logan Monday. Fether Huffman of Renton Township fell ill with scarlet fever. Mrs Warren Garenhart of Los Angeles and her sister Miss Margaret Louise Stoody of Cincinnati spent Thursday to Monday in Logan with Mr and Mrs John L Stoody and family. They are daughters of the Rev and Mrs Henry W Stoody. Mr and Mrs Harley Miller and daughter Arvella Mae of Columbus were guests over Sunday of Mr and Mrs FE Miller.
A group of young women set out to visit Camp Logan on Sunday afternoon but got lost and ended up in Laurelville. They were told to look for Benna Vista and said they passed through there without realizing it.
Logan Bryan Heft of Oakland California visited relatives in Columbus and Memphis during a weeklong trip. He planned to return home from New Orleans after brief stops to see family along the route.
City and county approve new funding for Goose Creek causeway section between Second Street and north of Main Street. The city to finance 800 dollars and the county 300 for materials while FERA labor continues. A council meeting tonight aims to advance the budget and plan despite prior CWA work already enclosing several hundred feet of the creek.
Injuries were received by Bobbie Rogers son of Mr and Mrs Carl Rogers near Pleasantville Saturday night while he rode with his parents in a car. The head on collision with another machine occurred on the return trip. The child was treated for scalp lacerations.
In Rockbridge a farewell party for Luther L. Fink, a Rockbridge mail carrier with 20 years of service, drew about 1,800 attendees. Speeches were given by Rev J R Love, C F Kreider, George Stoughton, John Rider, Burl Tucker and Fink. Guests came from Columbus, Newark, Lancaster, Groveport, Logan, Baltimore and Circleville. A fishing outfit was presented and a basket dinner was served at noon.
Attendance officer post in Rochester city schools is abolished by the state education department effective with the September opening. James Rochester, who has served over 25 years as attendance officer, will leave that role but stay briefly to handle book sales at the superintendent’s office. The move is cited as an economy measure.
Starr and Benton township schools will remain in single room buildings until near the middle of the coming school year. New structures won’t be ready until mid year vacation, officials indicate. Mrs. A E Hulse remains in critical condition after Thursday’s accident with a skull fracture.
The LOGANS Men’s Progressive Bible Class of the United Brethren Sunday School held an all day picnic at Helber's Rock this Sunday. Led by teacher C W Schaal, about 30 attendees participated in the event.
Adams Indiana report notes 1909 scientists predicted a brief life for Thomas J. Shields who, preferring to wait, built a casket and tended a garden. He died Friday at age 100 in Adams. New Castle Pennsylvania sees Frank Pilzy arraigned for disorderly conduct after dispute over his wife's late dinner. Philadelphia magistrate orders 12 men to remove grass from ad hoc playground bricks. one man defies order and gets 30 days.
Lightning hit a large tree ten feet from Earl Van Meter’s house killing two chickens and shocking two family members. Other notes mention visits, family reunions planned for August, and local social events in Meigs County and nearby towns.
Minden Nevada July 31 Anna Roosevelt Dall obtained a divorce from Curtis Dall in a small brick courthouse where her brother Elliott Dall was divorced from Elizabeth Donner Roosevelt earlier. District Judge Clark J Guild granted the decree immediately after brief testimony supporting charges of extreme cruelty.
Sun dogs appeared in the eastern skies shortly after dawn as several observers noted. The phenomenon lasted about ten minutes and is described as small rainbows near the horizon, sometimes called weather galls, with no established meaning for the lay public.
Roger Connor of Athens has been named district chairman of the Ohio Red Cross for the upcoming statewide Roll Call next fall. The Ohio Roll Cat Board executive committee met in Columbus and outlined a two week campaign centered mid September with slogan Ohio needs more of the Red Cross.
Hocking County Jury Commission members Nelson Delong of Laurelville and Edward N. Turner of Logan are ordered by Judge Harley M. Whitcraft to provide 200 names for the upcoming year. They will start work within the next few days.
Dr. E T Hellebrandt of Ohio University spoke at the Athens Rotary Club at Hotel Berry about better producer consumer relations. He said producers must focus on consumer needs, merchants should cooperate with buyer groups, and prices reflect purchasing power rather than overproduction. He warned of insufficient purchasing power due to excessive saving and urged clearer quality judgments to guide supply.
Athens Grange plans a trip to York this Saturday August 4 to display the Third and Fourth Degrees. A Thursday evening program at the Fairgrounds will include readings talks and a short play with demonstrations by a county health nurse. The Syracuse Beach picnic Sunday drew a large crowd and may be repeated.
More than 200 pheasants were released Saturday in Athens County to mature by fall for the hunting season. Game Protector B F Swarts led the release with help from the Athens Izaak Walton League and Nelsonville sportsmen. Local sportsmen say no fish have been released in Athens streams this year due to pollution. the State Conservation Department reportedly will not stock the Hocking River.
Relief authorities across Ohio coordinate with county directors, garden supervisors, and rural recovery officials to defeat the Mexican bean beetle. Bulletin advises derris dust or rotenone on young beans, plowing stalks after harvest, leaf underside sprays with magnesium arsenate blends, and repeated 10 day interval applications on later crops to prevent eggs and larvae.
About 600 people attended Orbiston's annual home-coming on Sunday drawing visitors from Columbus Shadyside Akron Nelsonville Logan Chauncey Syracuse Athens Murray and other towns. Earl Grinstead was elected president for next year Garrett Hillyer led the day’s program. A 30 year chorus sang with Mrs Donley as organist and Earl Grinstead’s Junior choir performed. An offering of 50 will go to repairs of the Orbiston Church. The next home-coming will again be on the last Sunday in July.
Miss Margaret Mingus of Chauncey underwent an appendicitis operation at Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens last week and is reported to be recovering well. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Mingus. Marion Shofe, 11, daughter of Mrs Eunice Allen Shofe, is recovering from surgery at an Akron hospital. the family formerly lived in Chauncey.
Lightning struck the Chauncey town hall at 6 30 during an electrical storm igniting a fire. Chauncey fire engine arrived and soon doused the flames. The two story frame building houses a grocery on the lower floor operated by Charles Spearry.
Westland residents hosted a curling of visitors including Mr and Mrs Mike McDanial Polly Drake of Bartlett and several families from Crooksville Malta Racine and Athens. The first anniversary of the CCC camp at McConnelleville drew many attendees and Miss Junie White visited from Westland. Dorothy Conant stayed with the Totmans in Marietta as Frank James recovers from illness.
Greendale residents spent time with relatives and friends across nearby towns. Noah Wolf from Maxville visited his daughter Mrs. Nathan Starr. Miss Viola Bond was in Nelsonville. The Sorrels family from Hamden visited relatives here over the weekend. Floyd Carson of Middleport called on his parents the Squires. The Draytons hosted guests from California Jackson and Logan, and Clifford Lanning with Jack Smith from Toledo visited Saturday night. Bert Lowery near Creola also called on relatives Saturday. Several neighbors attended church at New Pittsburgh Saturday night. Joe Blosser and Miss Ollie Fleming visited Mrs. John Dehmen in Prattaville Saturday night. Madge Courtney spent the weekend in New Straiteville with friends.
Chauncey Coal Diggers from Chauncey Mine No 25 Manhattan Coal Co managed by Tim Mitchell defeated Kimberly 10 to 7 at Chauncey ballpark Sunday afternoon. Chauncey to face Eagles at Athens Thursday at 6 p m and next Sunday August 5 at Athens Fair grounds Chauncey and Glouster to play in the National Brand Store picnic.
Marietta news reports three Belmont youths William Kelly 16 Herbert Bennett 44 and Merle Russell 20 riding a motorcycle were hit by an auto on State Route 2 above Waverly West Virginia. Edward Baker of Parkersburg drove the car. Kelly died instantly Bennett fatally hurt and Russell seriously injured as they returned from a Parkersburg outing.
Chauncey residents hosted a string of visitors including Robert George and Erma Nelson from Chicago, the A. A. George family from Zanesville, and the Henries. Adda Young, Athens State Hospital employee, visited her sister in Chauncey. The Reeves and Tucker families welcomed relatives from Nelsonville and Lena Wilson traveled from Chauncey to Cincinnati. Dan Friedburg and family traveled to Chicago for the World's Fair, while Dr. D. W. Witham and children from Corning visited their parents, Marshal and Mrs. Burke Witham.
More than three-fourths of the 381 law students who took the mid year state bar examination were successful. The list of successful applicants includes Hocking County Hubert Danie Lappen Laurelville Frederick Andrew Murray Union Furnace Jackson County Charlie Clifford Callahan Wellston George Thomas Roderick Jackson Gallia Benner Jones Thurman Perry John C. Ferguson New Lexington.
Mr and Mrs Chester Howard of Chauncey announce the birth of a nine pound daughter. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs L L Howard of Millfield and William T Smart of Chauncey.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Noon and Edward Noon left Tuesday to spend a week at Cedar Point and other summer resorts on Lake Erie.
Fragmented notes record discussions on old age pensions, public staff adequacy, and Governor Donahey era utility rate issues. Mention of Pickrel, Davey, and party dynamics hints at campaign tensions and policy disputes within a Democratic context.
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