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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1934
Page
10
Logan June 20 John Ogg and Fred Courtney prisoners in the Hocking County jail escaped Sunday night and remain at large. They used a wooden key fashioned in jail and were serving sentences after arraignments in magistrate's court. Oggis from Coonville and Courtney from Greendale.
Ken ton reports C. D. Brown is appointed agricultural agent for Auglaize County and will assume duties immediately. Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. AM Brown of Ken ton, a Logan High School and Ohio State University graduate, has spent nine years as vocational agriculture instructor at Forest High School before resigning to take the new post.
Mr and Mrs George Nutter announce the birth of a granddaughter. Lancaster families host visitors including Miss Shirley Stedman Bucyrus and Mrs Elizabeth Warren and son Keith from W Va. Gerald named son of Mr and Mrs Lorenzo Hamel. Various locals share visits in Lancaster Columbus Willard and Willard surroundings.
Local Republican Central Committee races in Starr Township feature two slates for three seats. Candidates include Union Furnace slate E. L. Muravy and Ernest Murray Starr No. 2 C. M. Gandee and J. M. Lanner Starr No. 3 E 6. Eggieston and Raymond Cottrill.
Hiram Mingus pastor of the Pilgrim Holiness Church will hold nightly evangelistic services this week in a tent in the church yard. Sermons will be preached Sunday at 10 30 o clock.
Twelve young men gathered at Frank Wright's home Monday evening to honor Don Geddes as he moves with his family Wednesday to Mingo Junction. The group played bridge and other games, then shared lunch. Harold Evans gave a farewell speech and presented Geddes with a gift. Attendees included Geddes, Evans, Wright, Harley Gooding, Kenneth Evans, Ralph Evans, John Lanning, John Morley, Floyd Beougher, Walter Bray, George Leyshon, and Carl Blosser.
Governor Worthington Chapter of the D A R joined Elizabeth Sherman Reese Chapter for Flag Day observance at Lancaster Country Club. Members and guests attended a luncheon with a program, and no further meetings will be held until early fall.
Raymond Dimaline died from a fractured skull after being thrown from a truck near Camp Zaleski. His body was sent to Cleveland for burial. Dimaline had come to Camp Zaleski from Camp Knox on June 2. Angelo Smaldino of Cleveland injured in the same accident is improving at Cherrington Hospital. Mrs A M Cole and daughter Georgiana attended a dinner in Dayton at the Biltmore Hotel hosted by H M Wood of Stephens College.
Mabel Walters, by her next friend Ott Conrad, sues Charles Walters for divorce on grounds of neglect and cruelty. The couple married March 25 1932. She requests restoration to the name Mabel Conrad.
Edward Francia, recovering in Columbus, visits Haydenville to see his son Dr. J D Francis. A group including Mr and Mrs Walker Franks Mr and Mrs Irvin Hartman Mr and Mrs W W Martin Dorothy Franks Marjorie Franks George Leyshon and J A Keller picnicked at Wildcat Hollow Sunday. Methodists United Brethren meet Wednesday. Catholics Presbyterians play postponed game Thursday.
The estate of motion picture star Lew Cody valued over 100000 will go to his half sister Cecile Cote aged 15 living in Hollywood with her mother Lena T. Cote. The settlement follows Cody's death and outlines Cecile’s inheritance rights.
Local notices report a June 20 schedule with church services and social visits in Tuppers Plains. Rev Holman preaches at the Christian Church Sunday morning and Children’s Day services follow in the evening. Rev O Connor to fill the M E Church pulpit at 11. Also listed are multiple visits and guests from Parkersburg, East Liverpool, Columbus, and Success, plus a Sunday evening Children’s Day observance at the U B Church.
The Athens NRA Compliance Board, formed nine months ago by Hugh B Johnson, has been relieved of further duties. The state NRA compliance director at Cleveland will take over remaining tasks as permanent codes replace the President's Agreement in many industries. The board, led by T. W. Craig and including C. M. Gill as secretary, helped 15,000 national cases nationwide and over 6,000 in Ohio.
Logan Frank Brown who heads relief invoices urges merchants to file claims as early as possible after the first and fifteenth of each month. He warns delays in payment may occur without cooperation and says orders should be in by the fifth and twentieth each month to avoid supplemental appropriations.
Logan May Blum files a divorce suit against O M Blum alleging neglect and cruelty from a marriage begun April 6 1918. They have four children and she seeks custody alimony and a restraining order to bar interference with herself and the children.
Miss Helen Johnson Miss Margaret Walker Miss Millie Rainer Miss Jane Walsh and Miss Dorothy Schaal depart Monday for Miami to attend the international Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority convention. Miss Walsh and Miss Schaal go as delegates of the local chapter and expect to return to Logan by July 5.
Mr and Mrs B A Evans and Mr and Mrs A F Evans spent Sunday in Circleville. Mr and Mrs Joe Smith and daughter Helen returned to Columbus after visiting Logan. Miss Minnie Louise Bowen visited friends in Oberlin over the weekend.
In Clarksburg a man named Louis Denden of Weston reported seeing a stranger discard a package containing beer into a stream near Lynch's Mine. Denden said the owner did not know beer had been legalized for over a year. He feared the man was a revenuer and helped retrieve the beer while learning of repeal.
Logan D O Sparnow Rolland Bright and George W Bright of this city attend the Odd Fellows encampment in Ironton Rolland Bright serves as grand patriarch of the state
Greendale closes its Vacation Bible School with a Thursday evening commencement. Rev. Lloyd Evans of Nelsonville presented the diplomas. Local residents and visitors, including the Hills, Lanning, Guess, Blosser, and others, attended events and church activities around Greendale and nearby Carbon Hill and Gore.
Albany Grange members are urged to attend a Saturday evening gathering on June 23. They are asked to bring sandwiches or pie. A local birth is noted for Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Russell.
Chauncey and Mrs. F E Cook received a telegram Tuesday reporting the death of David Cook, the brother of Chauncey Cook, who was killed in an accident in Springfield on Monday. He had often visited at his brother’s home in Lower Plains.
Bradbury School is being repainted and prepared for the upcoming year. Mrs. Shannon Russell is seriously ill. O. W. Williams missed a prior appointment but will attend on June 24. Charles Pierce has returned home from Holger Hospital and is recovering. Attendance at Sunday School on June 17 was 94. Various local residents visited, stayed with relatives, or returned from trips.
President Roosevelt signed the Hayden Cartwright road measure authorizing 522 million dollars for road construction over three years. He stated the program will be on a matched basis and unmatched emergency grants will be abandoned, with funds for the first year in the deficiency bill.
Chauncey, June 20. The opening of the Chauncey playground is set for Thursday at 2 o clock. El don Hawk will supervise activities at the High School Athletic Field for youths 8 to 19. Organizers hope to form softball teams from The Plains and Millfield and extend the program if turnout is strong.
THE PLAINS June 13 Fourty five members attended the second meeting of the 4 H Club Officers were President Mary Michael Vice President Millie Michael Secretary Ira Shaffer Recreational Leader Mary Margaret Bean and News Reporter Evelyn McDonald A committee was formed to suggest a club name and another to draft a constitution Visitors Mr and Mrs Leroy Brown of Athens called on Mr and Mrs Charles Brown The Browns who work at Athens State Hospital are spending several weeks at their home here
Mr and Mrs Jack Vercoe and children of Athens spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Pearl Miller Mrs Cora McElroy and daughter were at the home of Mr and Mrs W H Shamel in Athens Oscar McGee Jr visited Mrs McGees parents George Weymer of Amesville attended Sunday The Naomi Class meets Wednesday night at Mrs Lela Shreeves home Harry Masters and Mrs Thelma Linscott took Inah Masters to Akron Linscott visited Mr and Mrs Pat Moore Masters visited relatives at Warren and Canton Oscar McGee Sr and Harry Bitner in Murray City
Chauncey Mine 25 is operating for a second day this week while eleven district mines work on the current schedule. The list includes No 9 No 29 No 24 No 267 No 10X Salem Hollow Lick Run Kimberly and Black Diamond.
Mr and Mrs J Milton Brookins of Dover Township observed their sixtieth wedding anniversary on Sunday June 17. He is 87 and she 86, with four children in Athens Chauncey Millfield and Mansfield and a son Martin lost in a mine accident. A picnic dinner followed the celebration with many relatives present.
Mr and Mrs Charlie Vincent hosted a birthday party for their son Vance at their Millfield home on Monday evening. Guests included Clifford Dunkle and Carl Dunkle Dewey Brown Merle Brown Kathryn Brown Edward Russell LaDonna Russell Delbert Moody Carl Moody Delores Moody Marjorie Moody Evelyn Moody Willis Moody Betty Moody Leo Grant Ralph Jackson Dwight Isom Delton McClelland Leroy Patterson Gerald Pyle Stuart Robinette Auldine Leffler and the Vincents with Vance June and Joy.
Chauncey Brie and families visit Mrs. Leslie Davies and Mrs. Albert Rink host guests. Mr and Mrs James Gabriel and others spend time with Mrs Mary Hunter and Mr H after weeks with Dr Darrell W and family. Sheltering residents rejoined by relatives including Melvin H and Tillie Anderson.
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