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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1937
Page
6
Theodore Trowbridge and family lost their two story dwelling and contents in a fire of undetermined origin. Damage is estimated at 3000 with attic involvement. bucket brigades failed to stop the blaze. The family will relocate to a nearby farm while others take shelter.
J E Phillips of 377 Warner Ave retires after 37 years with Hocking Valley and C and O railroads. He started eight years at B and O in Zanesville, moved to local shops in 1900, then worked 12 years at Columbus and Walbridge as a car carpenter. He retired from Parsons Ave shops in Columbus and is past 72.
Defense counsel filed a memorandum supporting a demurrer in the Bituminous Coal Production Board of District 4 versus Starr-Hocking Coal Co. The suit seeks two assessments under a coal code declared unconstitutional. Defense argues the petition lacks a valid cause of action and the defendant did not consent to the assessments. An unconstitutional status offers no protection to plaintiffs.
Logan jurors and witnesses attended the opening of the trial of C W Stiverson on a DWI charge as he pleaded guilty. Judge Phil Henderson fined him 150 dollars and costs, sentenced 30 days in county jail, and suspended his driving for six months.
Logan board of appraisers completed a two week Perry Township real estate reappraisal on Wednesday. Forest O. Wolf and John W. Carrell filed the report with Auditor W. S. Yaw the following morning. The board aims to finish by Saturday, with industrial plants revalued by engineers. Members are Harry J. Stevenson John E. Canty Frank St. Clair and W. A. Martin.
About 659 elderly residents are on the rolls in Hocking County. Their monthly payroll totals roughly $15,000, with an average benefit of about $21 per person.
Miss Ralston, bride to be of Russell Higgins, is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Ralston. Social notes list guests from Lima and Baltimore, club meetings, dinners, and a pre nuptial shower for Eloise Ralston with clerks of Elberfeld store attending.
Fifty members from Initial Rock Healthy Sues and Happy Bakers 4-H Clubs met in Carbon Hill Tuesday evening for a joint session arranged by Thelma Matheny Polly Stuart and others. Mrs Stuart spoke on Advantages of Club Work and shared ten years of club leadership experiences. Each club presented demonstrations. Teachers Re employed in Hocking County Rural Schools All rural teachers employed with the exception of Ward Rural School District. A few vacancies in Falls District remain to be filled.
The outdoor court of honor for the Scouts will be at Laurelville at 8 pm. Parents and friends should bring picnic suppers and stay for the camp fire program. Some Logan troops may stay overnight and should contact Alfred B Campbell. If weather is bad the event moves to the Community Hall.
Mrs I C Matlack visits husband in Pittsburgh. Kessel Ferrells plan move to Little Hocking soon. Paul Kibble and Reedsville paint roof and paper M E Church. Patsee Hughes visits grandparents M W and M S Stewart in Columbus. E L Clark attends rural carriers picnic at Wellston. H C Smith and family visit Silver Ridge relatives. School board keeps John Andrew Orville Brown and Grace Hawley for another year. Alvan Grimes and Flora Swank visit. Andrew couple live on farm home after wedding repairs. A 16 day old robin eats up to 68 earthworms daily.
Funeral services set for Saturday at St. John s Catholic Church for 57 year old Mrs Theresa Schrader wife of Frank Schrader who died Wednesday at her E Hunter Street home. Rev James T Nevin to officiate burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. She is survived by her husband three brothers Henry Daniel and John Deible all of Logan and two step daughters Dorothy Rowe of Columbus and Eulalia Wollam of Portsmouth.
Logan relatives report Ben Spicer suffered a serious hand injury in an early morning oil field accident in West Virginia. He traveled there the day before to work and faced possible amputation as his left hand was caught by a cable. Mrs. Spicer immediately left to join him at the site. The couple resides on E Second Street.
Logan Future Livestock men held a 4 H club meeting at the home of Mr and Mrs Joe Brown with a recreation program after the business session Wayne Frantz led the program Mrs Brown served lunch James R Smoot extension agent was a guest Akron trip took David Esque and son Earl Phelps Wis visited Logan then West Virginia before leaving Degree team to travel Logan Knights of Pythias to exemplify work at Jackson Lodge June 21 group to depart at 6 p m Loans to farmers by Farm Credit Administration exceed 50 000 000 averaging 870 per loan
In Hocking County petitions in support of a state constitutional judiciary amendment were placed in circulation after a chamber of commerce meeting led by county chairman Forest Weinrich. About 1100 signatures are needed, representing 10 percent of the voting population, with petitions due by August 1.
Logan sent a local delegation to the Eighth District Ohio State Medical Association annual meeting held at Rocky Glen Sanatorium in Mc Connelsville on Thursday. Attendees included Dr. W. B. Lacock Miss Bertha Madlener W F E Evans Frank St. Clair J M Conkle Judge E L Ewing and S W Arnold from the Logan area.
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