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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1939

Page

14

Ward Township WPA Workers Seek County Relief

A Logan delegation of Ward Township WPA workers urged the county commissioners to provide relief after four weeks of layoff. Temporary relief for one week was ordered while officials sought approval to resume WPA projects in Hocking County.

Logan Ward Township WPA Everett Jacoby Frank St. Clair Anthony Cook J. M Conkle Kenneth R. Fitzgerald Ernest L. Schaal Zanesville Hocking County

Connor Resigns as Project Engineer

Logan Francis Connor resigns as project engineer with the state highway department effective June 15 to join the engineering department at the Zanesville WPA office. He has served on U.S. Route 33 projects at Enterprise and Rockbridge and with the surveying crew in this county and Athens County.

Logan Francis Connor State Highway Department Zanesville WPA Highway Department New Road Enterprise Rockbridge Athens County

Man Fined for Shooting Fish in Rush Creek

Floyd Farmer of Marion Township faced a rush creek fishing charge. Deputy Edward Eberst arrested him Monday and he pled guilty before Magistrate S B Whitehart. He paid a $25 fine plus costs or serve jail time.

Logan Rush Creek Floyd Farmer Marion Township Edward Eberst S. B. Whitehart

Chauncey Man Fined For Drunken Driving

Chauncey Schoonover pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated before Mayor Dallas Kinser. He received a $100 fine plus costs and a ten day jail sentence and will be certified for suspension of driving rights.

Logan Clark Schoonover Chauncey Dallas Kinser

Local Patients Undergoing Procedures at Nelsonville Area Hospitals

At Logan Hospital and Cherrington Hospital in Nelsonville two patients were operated on Monday. Mrs Clyde Woods from Nelsonville was admitted for treatment with serious condition. Doris Marie Woodard, daughter of Iva Woodard, also underwent a Monday hernia operation. Orville Bethel of Glouster, ill with tetanus for over a week, shows only slight improvement per doctors.

Logan—Thurman O'Hara Nelsonville Cherrington Hospital Clyde Woods Doris Marie Woodard Iva Woodard Orville Bethel Glouster

Logan Gun Club Shoot At Fairgrounds

Arrangements are complete for a Logan Gun Club shoot at the fairground traps Sunday. It starts at 1 PM with shooters from Millersport Sugar Grove Thurston Lancaster and Hallsville joining local members. Trophies will be awarded as merchandise prizes.

LOGAN Logan Gun Club Millersport Sugar Grove Thurston Lancaster Hallsville

Point Rock Social Notes

Local social notes report visits by Lloyd in Washington and families from Salem Knox Athens and Columbus. Dwellings host gatherings with Turner McLaughlin and Westfall families plus a Shirley Howery electric range installation and Wool buyers in the area.

Point Rock Will Lloyd Washington, D. C Frank Strong Salem Township J. A. Turner George Chesser Knox Township Turner Orlan Sams Athens George Radekin Sams Shirley Howery Ernest Perry Middfork John Cooper Clyde Lewis McLaughlin Roy Ogdin Columbus Wesley Gregory Dayton Margaret Gregory Edna Gregory Elmer Heldt and Son Howard Weyand Pomeroy Finday Owen Kennedy Charleston Kennedy Rock Springs Nellie Vale Laurel Grange Luther Harvey Frank Westfall McArthur Harvey Wagner Will Cottrill Arlie Francis Knapp Jack Hill

Annual Farm Women Tea in Good Hope Township

The Farm Women's group hosts an annual tea at 2 to 4 pm Thursday at Mrs. Paul Shaw's farm home in Good Hope Township. The program on the countywide Home Economics for Farm Women 1939-40 will be discussed. Troop 5 Girl Scouts and leaders hiked to Rachelmacher Park for a breakfast and will meet at First Presbyterian Church next Monday. They plan to meet at Mrs. Huls home for patrol flag making on Tue Wed and Thu of next week.

Paul Shaw Good Hope Township Girl Scouts Fred E. Hull Clarence Salts Rachelmacher Park Leah Lyke Patty Hall Lois Unger Barbara Hall Marilyn Sue Hall Patty Heft Winona Frasure Janet Sweazy Dorothy Robb Alice Bush Mary Ellen Tolbert Audrey Young First Presbyterian Church

Cherringtons celebrate wedding anniversary outing

Friends travel by car to Lake Alma after church services for a day of picnics and meals. The evening gathering at Mrs. Lillian Gooding's Wellston home features a song session and gifts for the honorees. Attending couples include Warren and Jane Bright, W C Adair, Ed Cc Paul, Phil Valencia, Florence Whitcraft, Charles McKinley, Mrs Gooding, and Charles Notestone.

M. H. Cherrington Lake Alma Lillian Gooding Wellston Warren Bright W. C. Adair Ed Cc. Paul Phil Valencia Florence Whitcraft Charles McKinley Gooding Charles Notestone

Friends Night At Eastern Star Hall For Lithopolis And New Straitsville

Members of the Eastern Star plan a Friends night at the hall on Wednesday evening with the Lithopolis and New Straitsville chapters as guests. The program starts at 7 30 and a social session will follow, with no business meeting.

Eastern Star Hall Lithopolis New Straitsville

Odd Fellows Confer Degree in Bremen

Logan Junia Encampment of Columbus conferred the Patriarchal and Golden Rule degrees on 15 Bremen candidates while members from Logan and nearby encampments observed. A Bremen transfer of the Lancaster chapter is anticipated, with the Bremen session serving as a prelude. Refreshments followed the meeting.

Logan Junia Odd Fellows of Columbus Bremen Lancaster

Local Contractors Win Small Road Contracts in Three Counties

Logan E. Turner and Son plan a July 1 start on a National Pike project in Licking County. They near completion of a Lower Salem contract and also run a small job at Marietta and a project in Athens.

LOGAN E. N. Turner and Son Licking County Lower Salem Marietta Athens

Ground Hog Hunter Bitten While Handling Prey

Hollis Bowen of this city hunted four groundhogs over the weekend. After shooting one, the animal bit his right hand finger, leaving a deep laceration as he picked it up.

Logan Hollis Bowen

Edna Harmon Sues for Divorce and Support

Mrs. Edna Harmon files divorce against William Harmon alleging cruelty and theft of $20 earned from a local laundry. Married in 1934, they have two children. She seeks alimony custody of the children and possession of household goods.

Kiser Rites Held In Gallia Methodist Church

Funeral services for Robert Kiser were held Sunday at Gallia Methodist Church. He died two days earlier. He is survived by three sons and two daughters, all out of the county except one, William, in Gallia.

Gallipolis Robert Kiser Gallia Methodist Church William Gallia

To Conclude Flag Week Observance in Logan

Flag Week in Logan closes on Wednesday June 14 with chairman Gerald W. Lanning thanking local organizations for cooperation. Mayor Kinser received a letter from James A Moss praising Logan’s efforts and the mayoral proclamation. Lanning expects broader observance next year as the public grows to understand the purpose.

Logan Gerald W. Lanning Dallas Kinser James A Moss Boston

Widow Mrs. Oscar Steward undergoes major surgery

Mrs. Oscar Steward, of this city, underwent a major surgical operation Monday at St Anthony Hospital in Columbus.

Logan Oscar Steward St. Anthony Hospital Columbus

Kiwanians Plan Columbus Trip Tonight

Fred Carpenter leads Logan Kiwanis program as preparations start for the all Kiwanis Night at Ohio Brookside Country Club in Columbus next Monday evening. Fred Burchfield handles transportation. President William Martin and secretary Howard Rolston head to the international convention in Boston later this week.

Logan Fred Carpenter Logan Kiwanis Club Ohio Brookside Country Club Columbus Fred Burchfield William Martin Howard Rolston Boston

Condition Improves for Local Boy in Hospital

Information obtained Sunday evening from Meadowbrook Hospital Long Island reports 14 year old John Lenz son of Mr and Mrs Samuel Lenz slowly improving from rheumatic fever. He will not be home for at least two weeks and may be longer.

W. P. Wetherill John Wetherill Larry Columbus C. R. Keyes Margaret Cook Mon Cook Alfred Lanning Coshocton Lanning Amos L. Heyde Logan Meadowbrook Hospital Long Island John Lenz Samuel Lenz

Four Held on Liquor Charge After Addison Township Still

Homer Kemper and two sons with Clyde Fillinger pleaded not guilty to operating a still near their home in Addison Township. They remain jailed in Portsmouth after arraignment before U S Commissioner Julian Snyder and face a formal hearing set for June 19.

Gallipolis Addison Township Homer Kemper Clyde Fillinger Portsmouth U. S Julian Snyder

Police Renew Search For Child Molester

Logan police are seeking a man described as a stranger who molested young girls months ago. He resurfaced Monday in the Hilltop district after eluding officers previously. A seven year old girl provided a description and investigators think he is the same man who appeared in Logan nearly a year ago.

Logan

Road survey begun on Black Jack road under WPA plan

County Engineer Ernest L. Schaal staff started a Monday survey on the Black Jack road marked for improvement under the blanket WPA project. WPA center lines and cross sections must be established as with private contracts, delaying county work in recent weeks.

LOGAN Ernest L. Schaal Black Jack Road

Hospital Dentist Ingels Returns to Gallipolis

Dr Clyde Ingels of Marietta and his wife have returned to Gallipolis after his appointment as dentist at the state hospital here. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Clyde C Ingels and Mrs Ingels is the former Patsy Gwinn.

Gallipolis Clyde Ingels Marietta Clyde C. Ingels Ingels Patsy Gwinn

Louella Sater Rites Planned In Logan

The body of Mrs. Louella Smith Sater age 36 wife of Monte Sater arrives in Logan from Cleveland will be taken to her mother's home on Kerlin Ave Funeral services set for 2 p m Wednesday at the Methodist Church with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery She is survived by a son Robert and three daughters Dorothy Marilyn and Janice and by her brothers Deputy Sheriff Nellis Smith Orville Bert Edward and Paul Smith and Mrs George Wolfe of Logan

Logan Louella Smith Sater Monte Sater William Smith Kerlin Ave Cleveland Robert Dorothy Marilyn Janice Nellis Smith Orville Bert Edward Paul Smith George Wolfe Methodist Church Oak Grove Cemetery

New Equipment Added To Kachelmacher Park

Kachelmacher Park receives upgrades including furnaces tables and picnic facilities. Work adds two swings a merry go round swing and three teeter sets with pipe donated by National Supply Co. Tommy Kleinschmidt oversees construction.

Logan—Kachelmacher Park National Supply Co Tommy Kleinschmidt

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Ward Hocking King County Connor Our Service Chauncey Man Logan Hospital Point Rock Social Notes General Electric Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company George Schaal Benton Township Ted Congreve Clarence Matheny Haydenville Lester Achauer Tommy Barbara North Canton C. C. Achauer Woodie W. L. Achauer George Bond Carl Ralph Bond Nelson Skiver Don Richard Morris Vollmer Gerald Tucker Paul Margaret Jane Cooley J. M. Cooley Warner Ave William Cooley Harry Cooley Charles Cooley Robert Cooley Clinton Cooley Joe Gillian John Minnameyer Walter Stebling Odd Fellows Edna Harmon Kiser Kachelmacher Park Dad America The New York Sun, Inc Kyle and Clifford Kerr Logan’s Luckoff L. C. Mead Milldecks Shoe Store Modern Appliance Co. Taylor Stores, Inc F. L. Woodworth & Som the Zenner Store
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