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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1941
Page
18
H. C. Godman Co. president F. A. Miller states Logan operations will continue and management has not considered relocating the Logan factories. The denial addresses circulating rumors and affirms ongoing operation as long as business warrants.
Leo Harris of Haydenville was arraigned before Magistrate Frank St. Clair on a guilty plea for assault and battery. He received a $10 fine plus costs and 30 days in county jail for an offense alleged by Russ Anders of Haydenville dated February 8. Harris was not caught until this week. In a separate item, four feet of water on the track forced C and O Train 37 to detour via K and M routes through Athens between Radcliff and Minerton Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Margaret Pleukharp age 81 widow of Edgar Pleukharp died Wednesday at 2 10 PM at 36 East Hunter Street Logan She was longtime in hardware business with her husband and later son Charles She leaves a son two grandchildren Helen Pleukharp Logan and Charles Pleukharp Jr Zanesville and one great grandchild Funeral services will be at 2 PM Saturday at the residence Rev Cecil Harding Jones officiating Burial at Oak Grove Cemetery
Haydenville Band Booster will hold a carnival at Community Hall on Wednesday evening June 11. The program features band music singing and games with other carnival attractions. Robert Brashares will direct the band portion of the program after directing three bands on Memorial Day and visiting Carbon Hill Murray City and Buchtel.
Arthur Campbell of Logan Springfield appeared before Mayor Dallas Kinser on a reckless driving charge. He pleaded guilty and was fined ten dollars plus costs. The arrest occurred on U S Route 32 as reported by the State Highway Patrol.
March 243 persons completed the standard Red Cross first aid course and 187 more joined in April. About 40 instructors have been trained by national experts in the last two years. The Red Cross chapter reports ongoing first aid efforts in Logan and Hocking County with courses for WPA personnel, students, firemen, police, and travelers at five highway stations including one on Route 33 at Midway.
Mr and Mrs C D Anthony and Mr and Mrs Floyd Anthony with family from Columbus have returned from an eight day vacation trip visiting West Virginia Virginia and Kentucky. Mr Anthony once worked as a lumberman in West Virginia forty years ago and he retraced the area during this visit.
Logan officers plan to organize a Sea Scout Patrol with a meeting at 11:30 Friday morning at Dr. Frederick W. Blume’s office. Interested boys should report there as E S Lashmett of the Navy Recruiting Station Athens arranges Navy film showings. Films will be shown on June 19.
The official board met Wednesday evening in Logan for a business session. It notes the reassignment of Rev. S. W. Wiant to the local church by the recent Columbus conference, marking his third year in the pastorate.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Heft and family will relocate to Osborne this week after Mr Heft secured a job at Patterson Field.
W D Braddock of Hocking District was presented with a Scout masters key at a district meeting at Rachelmacher Park Shelter house. He becomes the first Hocking County leader to receive the honor after five years as Scoutmaster of Elks Troop 153 and five years of training. He succeeds Harry J Stevenson as district chairman.
The availability of scout camps was considered to allow each scout a ten day summer camp. Camp Lazarus near Delaware will be available to those who wish to attend and local camps will be open to others.
Wesley McMannis of Nelsonville had a left first finger amputated after a mine injury at Cherrington Hospital on Wednesday afternoon. Charles Wallace of Logan underwent a double hernia operation, and Joe Walburn of Logan had a Wednesday evening procedure at the same hospital.
Clarence Wright Bowers 21 a car salesman of Zanesville son of Mr and Mrs Melvin Bowers and Dorothy Louise Riley 21 at home nesville daughter of Mr and Mrs D C Riley secured a marriage license Wednesday.
Samuel Edward Stiverson, 76, died at 228 West Hunter Street in Logan on Wednesday. A former Falls Township farmer and longtime Hocking Valley Railroad employee, he resided in Logan about 35 years. Survived by wife Ella and two stepchildren Effie Quinlan and Eddie Doyle. funeral Friday at 10 a.m. at Heinlein Funeral Home, Oak Grove Cemetery burial.
Logan Verle Dollison son of Mr and Mrs Paul L Dollison of North Street departed Wednesday for Patterson Field Dayton He was recently named to a civil service post as a mechanic at the field
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