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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 03, 1936

Page

12

Logan Postmaster Explains Distribution of Bonus Bonds

Logan Post of the American Legion heard Postmaster C Woot Bowen explain how compensation bonds for local ex servicemen will be handled Bonds should arrive by June 17 with a special delivery carrier to call that evening to deliver bonds locally will go to the Cincinnati office to be cashed and a four hour service from Logan is expected Bonds leaving June 17 will be exchanged for checks by June 18 The post discharged the Rempel Wasson Memorial Park Committee naming C F Barker John Krieg and Frank Blasius to oversee building a fence around the park Grave markers were discussed with a plan to place temporary American Legion markers on World War Veterans graves until government markers can be installed The post debated sponsorship of last weeks carnival noting a majority voted against sponsorship and urged future adherence to majority decisions

Logan Logan Post American Legion C. Woot Bowen Cincinnati Rempel Wasson

Trade at Beulah Park Sends Mentality to Walker

Beulah Park end of week race sees H. D. Walker acquire horse Mentality in a trade for In stead. Walker raced the animal the following day and earned a win, the horse’s first of the season.

Logan H. D. Walker Beulah Park Walker

Logan teen hitchhiker returned to Kentucky home

Curtis McCoy 16 from Pikesville Kentucky wandered away May 2% then rode stages to Logan where he panhandled for food. Juvenile court officers took him into custody. Probation officer questioned him who said he started back home but hungry and seeking food. He was placed with Sheriff Joe Farbearn for sustenance until kin could be contacted and is expected to return home soon.

Logan Curtis McCoy Pikesville Alfred B. Campbell Joe Farbearn Kentucky

Logan Leaves Valley League

Logan withdraws from the Hocking Valley League and will compete independently for the rest of the season. Eddie Kemper, the businessman handling bookings, seeks a strong Sunday schedule and has open dates for much of the season. Negotiations continue to add key players to the local team.

LOGAN Eddie Kemper Kemper

Legion Junior League Season Opens At Fairgrounds

Legion American Legion Junior League begins Monday evening at the fairground diamond with the Methodists and Presbyterians as the first opponents. On Wednesday the Catholics and United Brethren compete. Games start at 6 p m.

Logan American Legion Fairground United Brethren

Rush Work on Stands at Chieftain Field

At least a dozen piers and much of the base course of concrete were poured Monday and Tuesday for the new stands at Chieftain Field. Next steps include building forms and further concrete pouring.

Logan Chieftain Field

South Logan Gin Club Reorganized At Meeting

South Logan club reorganizes with Mrs. Arilieve and Jane el as reporters. Officers named include Chambers as president Loisie as vice president Ruth Cooper as treasurer Mary Louise By ner as recreation leader and Mary Ann Lee as reporter.

Logan Arilieve Aoe Jane el Jane Ng Ray Nous Chambers Loisie Ruth Cooper Mary Louise Byner Mary Ann Lee

Logan Women Named to County Board of Visitors

Judge E L Ewing appoints Logan residents Minnie Reynolds and Lucille Brehm to the County Board of Visitors for three years, starting June 1. Other members include Will Hansel Eber Mowery Frank Walters and Clinton Webb.

Logan Minnie Reynolds Lucille Brehm E. L. Ewing County Board of Visitors Will Hansel Eber Mowery Frank Walters Clinton Webb

Survey Progress in Hocking County Conservation Data

Logan canvass of farmers in Hocking County nears completion with Laurel Marion and Washington Townships finished. Representatives in remaining townships work to complete the canvases.

LOGAN Hocking County Laurel Marion Washington

Registration at Miami University by Eddie Hamilton

Registration at Miami University occurred Tuesday with Eddie Hamilton of this city, a graduate of LHS.

Logan Miami University Eddie Hamilton LHS

Logan County school maps show district bounds and overlaps

Ross Wagstaff deputy county engineer completed a county school map for courthouse officials. The map delineates the 15 school districts in Hocking County and marks overlapping territory.

Logan Ross Wagstaff Hocking County

Leasure and Six Tie Off in Logan Area

Magistrate Whitehart presided as Glenn Leasure 23 and Esther Six 18 were joined in marriage. Attending were William Ratcliffe 61, a general mechanic, and Catherine Huffman 45, a housekeeper, both from Logan routes.

Glenn Leasure Logan Rt. 1 Co. B. Leasure Esther Marie Logan Lee B. Whitehart William Wesley Ratcliffe Logan Rt Catherine Helen Huffman

Fines total $1000 in first five months sets county record

Fines totalling 1000 have been collected during the first five months of the year by Charles C. Achauer, clerk of courts. Of this sum 500 was placed in the law library fund while the remainder went to the state. Any excess will go to the county treasury. Last year the library fund did not receive its full quota.

Bunker Hill Social And Personal Notes

Bunker Hill notes report Mr and Mrs Evan Genheimer and children Albany were Sunday guests of H H Genheimer. William Wahl Akron visited Gilbert Michael and Richard Hellman families and W D Thoma at memorial services in Pomeroy and Chester. Denver Carman visited Will King in Kingsbury. Dana Epple and children attended Pomeroy commencement exercises Thursday night.

Bunker Hill Evan Genheimer Albany Genheimer H. H. Genheimer William Wah Akron Gilbert Michael Richard Hellman W. D. Thoma Pomeroy Chester Denver Carman Will King Kingsbury Dana Epple

Bank Building Change Sealed in Logan

Negotiations concluded Tuesday transferring ownership of the Ambrose Hotel Building to Farmers' and Merchants' Bank. The bank will acquire furniture and fixtures from First Rempel National Bank, with a reported purchase price of $17,000. Extensive repairs are planned before moving the bank to the new structure, with remodeling taking several weeks.

Logan Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank First Rempel National Bank Ambrose

Langsville Week End Visits Tie Families Across Town

Langsville residents hosted and visited relatives from Circleville Yellow Springs Parkersburg and Buffalo over a weekend. The report notes multiple small gatherings as families shared time with kin including the Pickens and Miller clans. Perry Carpenter and June Kapp wed in Pomeroy on Tuesday.

Langsville Frank Campbell Hurricane Charles Campbell Harold Stansbury Circleville Lillian Adams Yellow Springs von Miller Eleanor Miller T. M. Pickens St. Albans W. Va Emmett Lynch Guy Lynch Columbus Maynard Davis L. E. Entaminger Ray Miller Parkersburg Ora Pickens Buffalo Billie Nelson Rutland J. H. Nelson Ova Pickens Perry Carpenter Elza Carpenter June Kapp Martha Butricks Pomeroy

Jockeys Dowell Derden Injured After Beulah Park Fall

Columbus reports minor injuries to apprentice jockeys Tom Dowell and Homer Derden when their mounts Wild Daughter and Glyn hurst fell during the fifth race at Beulah Park.

Columbus Tom Dowell Homer Derden Beulah Park Wild Daughter Glynhurst

Logan Briefs and Social Notes from Logansport

The Child Study Group met at Mrs. James R. Smoot home with papers on Child Feeding Habits and musical numbers by Mrs. Allen Adams Mrs. Rex Johnson and others A dinner party for Mrs. Work and others followed Kerr Guild met at Mrs John Krieg home with talks on Living Creatively and a senior Christian Endeavor contribution Refreshments served Various local residents visited family and traveled to Columbus Stockport Muskingum River trips Cincinnati and other localities over the weekend and week.

James R. Smoot Lewis Mack Allen Adams Rex Johnson Walter Prather Arlie Brimner Harold Chambers Kerr Guild Franklin Kerr Guild John Krieg W. Front St Frank Ricketts Phil Tschappat Wooster Fred Keller Clinton Webb Kirby Page Ada Krieg F. M. Beavers Jean Clark Florence Brooks Columbus C. T. Stephenson Joe McLinn Albert Iles Alford Brooks Richard Brooks Dessie Hannah John Henry Glass Jerry Nixon Cincinnati

Columbus Lawyer John J. Chester Sr Dies at 75

Columbus attorney John J. Chester Sr a longtime legal figure who served the community for more than five decades died Tuesday. He would have turned 76 on June 18 and was a graduate of Wooster College.

Columbus John J. Chester, Sr Wooster College

Resume Work In Oil Fields

Logan A well is to be sunk on the Edward Foltz farm in Washington Township for oil in a resumption of operations by the Bell Drilling and Producing Company with headquarters in this city. The derrick is constructed and equipment is en route from the Mt. Pleasant field to begin drilling. It is expected rigging of the derrick will begin Thursday. This will be the first well drilled in the productive Washington Township field in several years. C. H. Bell, Logan, who has been operating extensively in the Michigan field for the last few years, heads the company.

LOGAN Edward Foltz Washington Township Bell Drilling and Producing Company Mt. Pleasant Mich C. H. Bell Michigan

Broadwell Personal And Social Notes

Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs Ernest White and son Mrs Ethel Driggs Mrs Robert Hanson and children Mr and Mrs Jess Hanson Alice Taylor and Eddie Morgan Columbus and Mr and Mrs Floyd McDonald and Mr and Mrs Gorby Bartlett. Harley White and children Maria and Juanita Lewis visited Lathrop. Clifford Thompsons mother Mrs Katie Geibert hosted Theo Winkle and daughter Kenton. Ralph Young and daughters Donna Ethel and Eva Mae Lawrence visited Thomas Hanson of Sand Rock. Waymer White Dayton visited his parents Amos and Mrs White over the weekend.

Theo, Winkle Kenton Ralph Young Donna Ethel Eva Mae Lawrence Thomas Hanson Sand Rock Waymer White Dayton Amos White

Mead Corporation asked to operate new Mill at St. Joe Fla

CHILLICOTHE U P The Mead Corporation which runs a local mill has been asked by the estate of the late Edward Dupont to take over operation of a new mill to be built at St Joe Florida within the next six days it was learned here Tuesday

Chillicothe U.P Mead Corporation Edward Dupont St. Joe Fla

Covington Youth Hangs Legal End Looms Over Case

The U S Supreme Court refused to review the case of John Pete Montjoy a Covington Kentucky youth sentenced to hang for an attack on a white woman. The news follows a period of public discourse on the federal cigarette law and amplified concerns about enforcement and public reaction.

Covington U.P John Pete’ Montjoy U. S. Supreme Court

Feature program planned by Logan Rotary Club

Logan Rotary Club will host Warren H. Chase from Ohio Bell Telephone Co to present unusual telephone apparatus next Monday evening. The demonstration includes an artificial larynx, amplifying equipment, and a special telephone conference hook up for the audience.

Logan Warren H. Chase Cleveland Ohio Bell Telephone Co

Dedication marked at Ralph D. Cole Memorial

Mr and Mrs Harry J Stevenson returned from Ohio where they visited relatives over Memorial Day. They attended the Findlay dedication of the Ralph D Cole Memorial, made possible through the cooperation of Legionnaires of the state.

Logan Harry J. Stevenson Forest Findlay Ohio Ralph D. Cole

Early morning carp catch on Hocking River

C B Hull of this city went to the Hocking River Tuesday for fishing and returned with a five pound carp as his catch.

Logan C. B. Hull Hocking River

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