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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1932

Page

14

Rempel Bank Declares 14 Percent Dividend Payable Monday

Logan June 17 Albert D Reese receiver for the First Rempel National Bank announces a 14 per cent dividend payable to depositors with proven claims. Checks will be issued Monday from liquidation funds plus an RCC loan secured by a lien on remaining assets. This is the third dividend, totaling 44 per cent, releasing about $100000 to local depositors. Further disbursements depend on loan repayment and collections.

Rempel Bank Logan Albert D. Reese Rempel National Bank Reese Reconstruction Finance Corporation First Rempel National Bank

Teachers Assigned To County Schools

Logan June 17 Virtually every school in Hocking County has been assigned a teacher for next year Coleman is working with boards of education to finalize placements and ensure staffing across districts.

J. W. Coleman Boards of Education Coleman Logan High School Logan Hocking County

Barn Destroyed by Lightning in Marion Township

A storm northeast of Logan knocked out lightning which struck the C. C. Collins farm barn in Marion Township. The blaze consumed the barn and its contents including hay fodder and harness worth about eight tons of hay and several tons of fodder. Insurance covered roughly $1000 of the loss.

Logan C. C. Collins Marion Township Collins

Alvin W. Maley and Dora Fyffe Noted in County Notices

Alvin W. Maley 21 a farmer of Ross County son of Mr and Mrs Charles Maley and Dora Fyffe 17 at home are recorded in local notices listing family connections and ages for the community register.

Salt Creek Township Charles Fyffe Ovid Jayjohn Hamden Frank Jayjohn Beatrice Strausbaugh New Straitsville Homer Strausbaugh Alvin W. Maley Ross County Charles Maley Dora Fyffe

Pre School Children Examined At Logan Conference

Logan will host a two day pre school conference at the health department on June 21 and 22 led by health commissioner Dr W B Lacock. The event screens children for remedial defects before starting school next September with admission limited to invited preschoolers from Logan and surrounding townships. The Logan Parent Teacher Association collaborates with health officials on the program with nurse Margaret Weaver arranging transport for children from Marion Washington Starr Falls and Green Townships to attend.

Logan Health Department W. B. Lacock Logan Parent-Teacher Association Margaret Weaver Marion Washington Starr, Falls Green Township

Bright Receives Bachelor of Sacred Theology Degree

Logan resident Warren Harris Bright Jr son of Mr and Mrs Warren Bright received a Bachelor of Sacred Theology from Boston University School of Theology this week among a class of about a thousand graduates from across the United States and abroad.

Logan Warren Harris Bright, Jr Warren Bright Boston University United States

Efforts to Remove Fish From Wolfe's Basin Fail

Deputy game protectors under Fred Harlow attempted to remove Wolfe's Basin fish with a seine this week. The basin will be drained, and protectors plan to conserve the heavy fish stock by transferring it to other county waters once draining begins.

Logan Fred Harlow Newark Wolfe’s Basin

Acid Burns Healed Man Discharged From Logan Hospital

Charles B. Moore of Bedford Pennsylvania has been discharged from Cherrington Hospital after a lengthy treatment for sulfuric acid burns endured when battery acid spilled on him and his car overturned leaving him pinned beneath the wreck.

Logan Hospital Logan Charles_ B. Moore Bedford Cherrington Hospital

ONeil Will Read In Logan Probate Court

Will of A L ONeil read in Probate Court naming Mrs Mattie Allen as beneficiary and executrix. Reading halted due to illness of Judge Ellinger. witnesses J S Cherrington and M H Cherrington present. Affairs noted in Logan on June 17 1932.

William Woodard in hospital after auto accident

Relatives report little change in the condition of William Woodard who lies in a Columbus hospital. He is sometimes conscious enough to recognize his parents, then becomes semi conscious. The injuries occurred a week ago tonight in an automobile crash.

Logan William Woodard Columbus

Wanted Al's Job Chicago Gangster Mowed Down By 36 Bullets

Chicago dispatch reports gangster George Red Barker, rival to Al Capone, killed by machine gun fire. Thirty six bullets struck Barker as he attempted to take over the underworld throne.

Chicago U.P George Red) Barker al Capone

Real Estate Valuations in Ohio School Districts Report

A letter from the Bureau of Educational Research at Ohio State University to Supt. W. W. Ankenbrand details real estate valuation trends in Ohio school districts. It notes 90 percent of maintenance funds come from real property taxes, with Athens down 3.3 percent from 1930 to 1931 and Campbell down 36.4 percent. Hamilton County shows a 27.5 percent rise.

Supt W. W. Ankenbrand Bureau of Educational Research of Ohio State University Ohio Ankenbrand Athens Campbell Youngstown Athens County Rocky River Delaware McConnelsville Jackson Lockland Hamilton County

Cameron Ends Masonic Inspector Work After Lowell Lodge Visit

Cameron, district deputy grand master of Ohio for the Southeastern Masonic District, completed inspections after visiting 24 lodges and inspecting the Lowell Masonic Lodge with assistance from Frank Ford and J. E. Carleton. The session followed a chicken dinner by the Eastern Star Lodge of Lowell.

Charlies E. Cameron Athens Ohio Lowell Cameron Lowell Lodge

Rain Delights Athens County Farmers With Fresh Showers

Heavy showers and light rains drenched Athens County in the last 48 hours. Farmers and fruit growers welcomed the moisture after a dry spell, hoping continued showers will raise precipitation to at least normal levels.

Athens County

Ohio Dean To Deliver Commencement Address At Hollister

Ohio University College of Education Dean T C McCracken will deliver the commencement address to Trimble Township eighth graders at Hollister High School Auditorium Friday night. Graduation begins at 8 o clock. Hollister graduates include L Banfield and others. Oakdale graduates Elizabeth Christman Walter Love and more. McLeish School diploma recipients also listed.

Oakdale Elizabeth Christman Walter Love Lee Nott Errett Rutter McLeish School

Local Graduates Named From Small Schools

Be Carl Lowery Ralph Graham James Hogue Clarrinda Creswell and Hazel Milhoan. Graduates from the small schools will be Eileen Bookman and Joseph Mesaros from Black wood Mary Fearns and Helen Mace from Goose Run and Howard La Follette from Fierce Ridge.

Carl Lowery Ralph Graham James Hogue Clarrinda Creswell Hazel Milhoan Eileen Bookman Joseph Mesaros Blackwood Mary Fearns Helen Mace Goose Run Howard la Follette Fierce Ridge

Hangar Project Under Way at Athens Airport

A new metal hangar for four planes is being built at the Athens flying field on East State Street under C O Rowland. Contractor C L Williams. Ground space owned by Judge O F Rowland who will lease space to local plane owners Claud Dry and Rodney Young currently store at Marietta Airport. More storage may prompt a second hangar and future ground leveling markers and lights.

Athens East State Street C. O. Rowland C. L. Williams Claud Dry Rodney Young Marietta Rowland O. F. Rowland

Closed bank pays again in Lynchburg disaster

Wilmington Del June 17 The First National Bank of Lynchburg which closed in September 1931 to day paid a 20 per cent dividend to depositors A dividend of 30 per cent amounting to 50000 dollars was paid in January

Wilmington First National Bank of Lynchburg

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