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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1939
Page
12
Logan report states county auditor Kenneth R. Fitzgerald arranged a Tuesday meeting with WPA district director L. C. Gibson in Zanesville to speed resumption of projects. Officials aim to restart work within days. only about 100 men are employed locally while 667 have been idle for two weeks.
Logan officials postpone awarding the Route 33 ornamental gateway contract until next Wednesday after only one bid arrived by the deadline. The gateways will be built at the city’s north and south entrances.
Marriage permits issued Saturday to Herbert Wood Donley 23 service man Columbus and Frances Marion Johnson 20 student Carbon Hill daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Johnson. Paul Andrew Mount 21 pottery worker Logan son of Mr and Mrs Floyd Mount and Juanita Jane Smith 16 at home Logan daughter of Mrs Gladys Smith.
Chauncey Schoonover, 56, was taken into custody by police Saturday night after his car struck Donald Iles's parked vehicle on S. Market St. He faces a charge of operating a motor vehicle under the influence and is jailed awaiting arraignment before Mayor Dallas Kinser.
Judge Phil Henderson ordered temporary alimony of 35 dollars to Alta Mowery in her suit against Gould Mowery to be paid by July 25. The mother retains temporary custody of a minor daughter while the father keeps three minor sons. The defendant is also to pay 3.50 dollars weekly for the mother's support.
Logan City Council will meet in regular session Tuesday evening to handle routine matters expected to be the main items on the agenda.
Mr and Mrs Ear Bateman of Nelsonville announce the birth of a 10 pound son Sunday morning at Cherrington Hospital. The delivery was by Caesarean section.
Logan High School Class of 1914 held its latest annual reunion at Mrs. I N Myers home with program statistics comparing to a 25 year old class prophecy read by Mary Brown Cooley.
Mrs W W Martin traveled to Monticello Kentucky to visit her parents and attend a relative's graduation in Winchester. Dr W B Lacock and family were in Columbus for a circus. North Canton couple Achauer shared a weekend with Clarence Matheny in Haydenville. Several locals joined Girl Scout training in Richwood and visited kin in Pomeroy Logan and Columbus. Others hosted guests from Bowling Green Marietta St Clairsville and St Clairsville area camps and families.
Logan Industrial Soft ball League starts tonight at 6 15 with six teams. President L E Strawn treasurer Joe Brown secretary scorer William Sauer. Additional teams may join. out of town games planned. Opening night features Godman Annex vs St John’s. next nights Camp Hocking vs Chamber of Commerce and Logan Merchants vs Godman No 11.
Logan resident David Wylie of Gibisonville injured when a horse stepped on his right foot Thursday. He was treated at Cher rington Hospital after an X-ray showed no fracture but severe bruising. He will stay a few days for further care.
Merrick Logan Merrill Spackey was granted a divorce by Judge Phil Henderson from Ela nore Spackey. The decree cites willful absence for more than three years. No children are involved.
Logan-Lewis Frasch of this city left today for Columbus to serve on the Federal Petit Jury for several weeks following indictments by the federal grand jury. Luther Heyde, after completing his freshman year at Capital University, returns home to pursue philosophy in his sophomore year and is a Logan High School graduate of 1938.
Logan Bob Price of this city is suffering ivy poisoning after mowing lawns last week. Authorities note he contracted the condition while performing yard work.
U. S. Engineer service trucks patrol the Gallipolis district to repair electric flash warning signals along the Ohio River. The vehicles carry replacements and tools for repairs as the electric lighting system replaces former oil lamps.
Gallia County records show Mrs. Ida Little of Cheshire filing for divorce from Clarence Little alleging gross neglect of duty. The couple married May 3, 1938.
Gallia County Dr and Mrs W J Jones employees at the local state hospital have resigned to move to Dayton where the former will enter private practice.
Mr and Mrs John O'Brien plan to attend the funeral for Mrs Margaret Essman in Wellston. Essman died at her Columbus home from apoplexy.
Logan Hocking County motor dealers maintain an average of one new car sale per day. They have kept this pace since May 1.
Miss Mary Lemon of this city traveled to Columbus to witness her nephew George Lemon receive his medical degree from Ohio State University. A Logan High School graduate, he earned a B S from Ohio State and a master's from New York University before returning to complete medical work at Ohio State. He will begin a year internship at St Vincent Hospital in Toledo later this month. He is the son of Dan Lemon, formerly of Logan, now living in Toledo.
Logan resident C. W. Ziegler returned from Lexington Kentucky after a week teaching in a 4 H Club camp with 900 members. He left for Galesburg Illinois to begin a week of camp work and has engagements in five or six states through the fall.
Carbon Hill and Gibisonville School students, 36 in total, traveled to Washington led by Walter Stuart. They met Congressman George Bender, attended the Townsend bill debate, toured the Capitol, and visited sites including Mt. Vernon with stops in Burwin, Maryland.
Ore trains pass through Logan en route to Portsmouth. One train Friday and two Saturday went to Dundas where they were transferred to another road for the rest of the trip. C and O River Division crews have been stretched. local road men have worked in Toledo and several idle workers have been recalled.
George Spackey of this city and Robert Watkins of Enterprise caught 11 carp totaling 33 pounds Saturday night and Sunday. The largest fish weighed seven pounds and the smallest one pound. They used a trout line with night crawlers as bait.
A Falls Township hen owned by Mr and Mrs William Bensonhaver laid an exceptionally large egg last week. Breaking the shell revealed a smaller egg enclosed inside the larger one.
John Lenz 14, son of Mr and Mrs Sam Lenz, in the Meadow Brook Hospital Long Island after accompanying the FFA group to the World’s Fair. The group led by instructor H D Saxton traveled by truck and will return home soon.
Mrs. Lucille Brehm and Mrs. Minnie Reynolds of Logan were reappointed to the county board by Judge E. L. Ewing for three year terms. Other board members named were Mrs. John W. Lee Charles C. Achauer Ebert Mowery and Clinton Webb.
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