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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1931
Page
3
Local staff correspondent notes classified and circulation items for The Messenger. Readers are urged to use the classified telephone service for society and locals ads and other notices. Milne and contact at phone 273 are listed for this service.
About 6 000 visitors toured Ash Cave Old Man s Cave and Rockhouse Sunday as roads to the caves were crowded. Rangers noted rising June attendance and improvements in facilities while locusts swarm around the groves and a Filated Woodpecker brood attracted visitors.
More than 225 eighth grade graduates from Hocking County rural districts attended a 7 p.m. commencement at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Logan. Prof E A Hansen of Ohio University gave the address, with Misa danet White directing music. Certificates for those not present will be mailed later. Ben N Cox of Lauretville had the top average, about 83 percent, with many grades over 90.
Logan reports Mowbray and Frank Tipton named as new umpires for the Junior League staffed by Kiwanis. They will oversee the opening game when the Cleaners led by Mike Mullen face the Smokehouse led by Dave Milne. Botomy shows decline in marriages and divorces from 1919 to 1920 per Census Bureau figures.
Chauncey born 79 year old John J. Cook died Sunday morning at his Brice home near Columbus. Funeral services are set for Tuesday afternoon with burial in Nye Cemetery in Chauncey. He leaves his widow Mira Frize Beth Cook and four children Orlie, Edward, Alice, and Marguerite, plus two deceased children Anna Stamper and Ira.
Mrs Adolph Nelson from Indian Fiver City Florida arrives in Chauncey to visit her parents Mr and Mrs M J Gardner and other relatives. She comes to see her mother recovering from a fractured hip suffered in March.
Chauncey June 22 Mrs A L Preston new president will lead the Parent-Teacher Association meeting at the High School Auditorium. A playlet Linex Company features Ruth Smith Rivers Duis Warner Ken Nye Virgil Swart and Neil. Special program by Christians Woman's Club of Chauncey Church Frese afternoon in memory of Mrs Gardner.
Announcement of the marriage of Gladys Louise Kilpatrick and A Bay Tuttle, solemnized in Columbus on January 3. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Mat Kilpatrick of Columbus, granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Lafe Strausbaugh of Logan. The couple resides at Shady Rest Cottage, East Air, 95 East Third Avenue, Columbus.
Chauncey area residents gathered Friday night at the home of Mr and Mrs Noak S Hervey to honor Afr and Mrs Alexander Madek Hazel Harvey on their recent marriage. Guests included Lauretta Fielder Pauline Daugherty Jessie Wester Eleanor Minister Lucille Rivers Lavina Rivers Elsie Rankin Reena Shafer Alice Dew Con Daugherty Neil Tippett and the hosts and their daughters.
Chauncey Mine No 25 of the Manhattan Coal Company resumes operation today after four weeks idle for repairs. Five other mines in the district are working: No. 10, No. 2, Poston No, Nol, and Black Diamond. Chauncey personals note Mrs. Lacilis Reed from Wilson Oklahoma visiting relatives.
Logan briefs report several cases removed from the Common Pleas Court docket and verdicts in matters including a will contest for Nancy Mattox and a $32829 judgment against Edward Hamilton and others. Foreclosure, a divorce decree for Myrtle Hicks cruelty grounds, and a plaintiff cost dismissal are noted.
Preparations began Friday for a Logan pre school health clinic July 13. Public health nurse Mrs Frobert Weaver and Miss Mary Bond lead arrangements with PTA volunteers and Southeastern Ohio PTA District support. Local physicians will participate in free physical exams for about 93 children entering school this fall.
Supreme Court of Ohio refuses to hear Elmer Hamilton on error from the Court of Appeals after a Saturday motion overruled. Reported as improved. Mrs Charles Fiske returned from Holzer Hospital Gallipolis for treatment. Mrs Sarah Barnes of Chesterhill visits daughter Mrs Marry Porter in The Plains.
Prosecutor C Wood Bowen and Eugene Wright defended Hamilton who faced a two and half year term at Ohio Penitentiary after a drawn out legal fight. The defense sought reversal as the case moved from Common Pleas Court to the Court of Appeals before sentence began. The first trial produced an 11 to 1 split against conviction and a second jury upheld guilt, triggering continued efforts to block imprisonment.
Logan dated June 22 contracts with the Valvoline Oil Company for a Logan refinery were signed in Cincinnati after negotiations. Directors of the local organization will vote early this week on final approval of the proposition. Valvoline operates refineries in Butler Pennsylvania and Warren Pennsylvania and has a 1800 mile pipeline network in Southern Ohio.
Locusts swarm through trees in Athens County and adjoining areas as motorists report loud insect noises and disturbed picnics. Insects strip limbs and dieback appears, with larvae set to drop and burrow. Workmen discovered young locusts eight feet underground near telephone pole sites in March.
The team set to meet the British squad Friday and Saturday will now feature 32 players after Golden pulls out. The Connecticut golfer, No. 13 in qualifying, says he will not enter noting 13 is his unlucky number.
Owen D Young chairman of General Electric and author of the Young plan backs a yearlong postponement of war debt payments. He says the world is in bad times and America cannot remain quiet or destructive if prosperity is to return.
Akron dispatch reports patrolman For rest L Good, 36, killed after a gun battle and hand to hand fight with suspects Gus Tanculis and his companion. Tanculis captured by a railroad detective. Good was shot 12 times before he fell.
Three bandits abducted Solomon city manager of Publix Theaters for an hour then robbed the Paramount Theater safe of 1200. Fire investigators probe a two story brick business blaze in Cleveland causing 50000 in damage.
Johnny Golden of Norton Conn withdraws from the competition for the four remaining positions on the American Ryder Cup team at the ICoIoTO Country Club in Columbus Ohio on June 22. He had shown strong play during the winter season.
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