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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1934
Page
10
Logan city schools face a revenue crisis said by Harry H. Wright president of the board. He urged support for a three mill special levy as essential for financing the schools. He doubted more than five months of term could be held and warned diplomas would not be issued if the term dropped below eight and a half to nine months.
Detroit resident Mrs Adam Mahoney was guest of honor at a bridge party hosted by Miss Grace Shriner in Logan. Four tables played with high honors awarded to Mrs Mahoney Mrs John McBroom and Mrs Frank Harden. lunch followed the games.
Green Township on Friday night declared C G W Cox's seat vacant for failure to attend meetings. Clarence B S Matheny of Haydenville was named to fill the vacancy. Matheny is long time Haydenville district board member and a superintendent in the Nateo plant.
At the Logan High Alumni Association reunion Friday night five members of the Dollison family attended. Mr and Mrs Paul Dollison represented the family with children Dollison and Ruby Nellie Dean Verie and Verle, all graduates of the local school with Verle having graduated last week.
Dan Jones and James Frey returned from a Michigan vacation. Charlies Salts and daughter Josephine, Clarence Salts, and Evelyn Hockman visited Dayton with John and Mary Bobo. Brant Geiger and son George with Thelma Salts visited Somerset to see Geiger's sister Tillie Wagner.
Hocking County dealers sold 42 new cars in May the peak since 1929 per clerk of courts records. Transfers totaled 168 with 166 for used cars, reflecting robust activity in the period.
A Messenger staff member and friends visited Wildcat Hollow Park in western Hocking County on Sunday. The drive to reach the site is over two miles from the main Gibisonville road. sandstone walls rise above evergreen trees with rhododendron and blossoms in bloom.
Three 4-H clubs for farm youth were organized in Athens County through the Farm Extension Department. Mush Run Eagles, Jolly Workers, and Happy Stitchers elected officers and planned activities at meetings led by sponsors and leaders. A forthcoming Amesville unit will sponsor a girls music club at Ames-Bern High School, with Mrs. Sylvia Glazier directing. Stewart: Romettes 4-H Club met at Rome High School with plans for a June 6 picnic. Busy Bee Junior 4-H met at Mary Jackson’s home with next gathering June 6 at leader Marietta Darnell’s residence. Cattle judging sessions included 20 Athens County boys, with judging set for June 27 covering Guernsey and Jersey herds nearby.
Mechaniceburg 4 H Cooking Club meets Friday and adopts the name Mechaniceburg Junior Helpers. Next meeting is in June with Anna Margaret Ashton. Lodi Junior 4H Club formed May 4 at Clarence Freiss home with officers listed and Stick in Tune named as the club. Next meeting May 31 in High School gym. advisor Mrs Friese. Athens County 4H Club hosts judging instructions under Tom Johnson and Ivan McKellip.
Mary Carmicel and her mother of Portsmouth visiting in New Straitsville attended an Odd Fellows gathering at the Odd Fellows Hall on May 30 to view moving pictures for the Rebekah Lodge and Odd Fellows. Funeral services were held Thursday for 29 year old Mrs. Ole McDonald of Columbus leaving a husband Earl and five children plus her parents. Mrs John Noble of Sugar Creek visited Mr and Mrs Edward Lawson while illness delayed her return. Several men including Clarence Palmer Walter Mathews and Tom Wiseman attended Indianapolis races. St Augustine Catholic School will close on June 10.
Memorial Day visits linked families from Barberton Columbus Logan Sand Run Stewart and Eastern Ohio. Mr and Mrs Frank Thomas Mr and Mrs Clarence Hardy Mr and Mrs Philip Fisher Mrs W T Poling and Gloria Jean visited with local families. James Madden was in Buffalo recently.
William Erwin, Republican former serviceman, filed a petition Saturday to enter the sheriff race and will run against Claude Grinstead, A. F. Evans, and W. R. Lloyd in the primary. D. O. Sparnow, Democrat, announced Sunday he seeks another term as recorder. Jesse Cochgan, Republican, also announced for the coroner post. Also listed are biographical notes on Frank Bowlby, Grace Deibie, Robert West, and Hazel Perkins with hometowns Toledo Winona Logan Nelsonville.
Logan High School expanded its curriculum last year and a half, raising graduation requirements to 18 units. The recent graduate class earned 17% credits, as reported by Superintendent G. E Carr. Added physical education and manual training in the past two terms, with four year vocational agriculture to be introduced under Smith Hughes law next year for rural district transfers.
Logan Post of the American Legion nears last year’s total with 163 members, three short of the prior year. The state quota for Hocking County was 128 per post, a target already surpassed by Logan, Murray City, and Laurelville posts.
Logan Will Hankison reported to Sheriff Sol Ellinger that a coal truck hit a herd of eight cows the previous evening. Two cows were so badly injured they had to be killed. Ellinger seeks to identify the truck driver, believed to be a Circleville resident.
Sheriff Sol Ellinger and Chief of Police Lew Reynolds report a county and city fundraising drive to equip officers with radio gear. They say Logan and Hocking County residents support the effort and the campaign will continue until sufficient funds are raised to fight crime.
Logan C. W. Zeigler, local naturalist, learned a Gracker he handed in 1925 was shot and killed this year, proving these birds live to at least nine years. The findings were submitted to the Washington department for record.
Logan M G Harbaugh, a local insurance man, was ordered to bed at his Zanesville Avenue home on Saturday after suffering a heart attack. He had been in ill health for several months.
Relief headquarters report surplus commodities shipment to Hocking County for the week includes 1150 sacks of flour and 1.18 pounds of lard. Distribution is set for Thursday.
Members of the Apostolic Church congregation in Chauncey have rented the Harvey Dance Pavilion for church purposes. Elder Wolfe opened a series of meetings Sunday night and services will continue each night with a Sunday School planned and regular services every Sunday.
Thirty five people gathered at Greenlawn Cemetery for the burial of Mrs Ira Myers formerly of Chauncey who died Tuesday night in Newark Hospital. She was survived by her husband and three sons Floyd Roy and Pearl all of Newark.
Chauncey district reports ten mines in operation this week. Chauncey Mine No 25 appears on the working list with others including No 68, No 107, No 24, No 15, No 219, Ohio No 1, Lubiig, Kimberly and Lick Run. Misa Lucille Rivers returns from Zaneville visit with Mr and Mrs Ralph Shaw. Donald and Carol McCall return to Lancaster after visiting Chauncey with their parents.
Chauncey Woman's Auxiliary to United Mine Workers of America will hold an important business session at the K of P Hall here Wednesday night at 7 30. Members of the drill team are to be present.
Alishire visited friends in Middleport on Wednesday. Eunice Harvey hosted relatives and friends from Friday to Sunday near Marshfield. Athens visitors stopped by Eunice Harvey on Wednesday. John Pinnick returned to Barberton after a week here. Marshfield dinners and Memorial Day visits include Edna Kranyik from Dayton and John Traugh with Lon Traugh from Columbus and Connett. Mary Michael held a Sunday School picnic with several boys and hosts. Local families and guests attended the Murray ball game Wednesday.
Glouster won a Miners' League game against Chauncey in GLOUSTER on June 4, with strong play from local clubs and standout performances noted in early reports. The outcome adds to Glouster's standings in the league.
John Ray 79 a former Glouster resident died Sunday morning at 10 at his daughter Mrs William Burns home in Akron Funeral services will be at Glouster M E Church Tuesday at 3 pm led by Rev O P Smith Burial in Gilouster Cemetery He leaves two sons James Ray Chicago William Ray Uniontown Pa and three daughters Mrs William Burns Akron Mrs C M Hare Akron and Mrs Charles Kirk bride Glouster His wife died ten years ago.
Mrs. C. E. Easley and her daughter Donna Jo from Hendersonville North Carolina are spending a month with Mrs. Easley's parents Mr. and Mrs. JoJe West. Mr. Easley accompanied them to the city and returned home Sunday morning.
Chauncey Mayor W. D. Hines declares a final warning to dog owners whose animals run at large. He warns that complaints about loose dogs and violations will lead to fines.
The Chauncey Loyal Pals Class of the Church of Christ Bible School will hold a class meeting and picnic supper Wednesday night at the home of James Rankin.
Chauncey City Council will convene Wednesday at 7 30 PM in the mayor's office at the city building to discuss local matters.
Mrs Mary Bates aged four years died after a period of failing health at her home in Sha. Funeral services will be held at the Shy E Sharen Wednesday morning with burial in the cemetery at ew Lex. Mrs Bates is survived by Charles Bates Columbus Bates Shawnee and three sisters Mrs J B Stiff, Fannie Bird and Miss Fp Shawnee. Her husband Samuel Bates died several years ago.
A meeting of the dam project executive committee was called for open public discussion at the barn pavilion Friday at o o clock. A report will be presented on efforts to raise 1900 for work on the project.
MINNEAPOLIS fans joked as the University of Minnesota team ran signals in shorts in sweltering sun. Chicago reports note 190 couples applied for marriage licenses in one day, a five year high. In Ocean City a neighbor disputes over a painted house led to a jail threat and a three hour detention.
A pan of dog feed left on the kitchen range ignited a fire at the James Miller home on East Second Street Sunday evening. Neighbors called the fire department at 7:40. no damage was reported.
Logan Lawrence Casto near Webb Summit shot a starling last week that had been banded earlier in spring. Investigation showed the bird was banded by Prof. Lawrence Hicks of Ohio State University in April.
Theresa Dinsmore aged 83 died Sunday at her home one mile north of Coolville. She was the last of her family and funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2 20 pm at White Funeral Home with burial in Coolville Cemetery. The Rev R L Derrick will officiate. No near relatives survive. She was a lifelong Methodist Episcopal member, daughter of William A and Laveda Tubbs Dinsmore who came from New Hampshire.
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