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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1936
Page
12
Judge Harley M. Whitcraft told the Rotary Club that crime stems from violations of the basic commandments not from too many laws. He criticized Americans for ignoring key laws while praising English-speaking nations for protecting rights with grand and petit juries.
Mr. and Mrs. Starling North were feted at a shower hosted by the bride’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Walter Guess. Over a hundred guests attended with many out of town visitors and numerous gifts reported. the event followed by local notes on Sand Run activity. Logically, the second item notes baseball diamond tiling at the athletic field under Earl Landis. field unusable this season.
Announcement of the marriage of Eileen Dane daughter of Mr and Mrs Mood Dane of Logan and Carl Hansel son of Mr and Mrs A N Hansel of Logan Rt 1 The couple wed in Covington Kentucky on March 2 The bride is a Carbon Hill High School graduate employed by Godman Co The groom is a Llesboro High School graduate connected with Hansel Bros They will reside with the bride's parents.
William Kuhn pleaded not guilty to highway robbery when arraigned before Magistrate 8 B Whitehart. Kuhn was bound over to the grand jury under $500 bond for alleged involvement in the assault and robbery of World War veteran James Poling last Saturday morning. Rev Charles Hook of Nelsonville will preach at Pilgrim Holiness Church in West Logan at 7 30 Wednesday night with guest music and arrangements by the visiting clergyman.
Mrs Ralph Burgess of Gore organized a Sunday picnic dinner for her mother Mrs Etta Hamlet visiting from Antlers Oklahoma. Attendees from afar included Mr and Mrs Murch Cox and son Frank of Columbus Miss Goldie Uhl of Racine and Mrs Jennie Laverty of Cleveland. Mrs Hamlet returned home with her sister Mrs Cox after a week long visit.
Logan reports Sunday turnout at Old Man's Cave as one of the largest registrations of the new season. All scenic spots show rising numbers ahead of summer.
Highland County resident Lillian Gordon filed for divorce from William Gordon of Washington Township. Papers reached Sheriff Joe Farbearn’s office Monday for service. The filing includes an injunction against disposing of property.
Ethel Norton seeks 5000 dollars in a suit filed against Charles Moore and William Vermillion for injuries from a June 2 1935 automobile crash two miles south of Nelsonville. Vermillion drove Moore's car. Norton was a passenger. She alleges intoxication and permanent injuries confining her to home for three months.
Evans Turner 95 is celebrated in Logan as he marked his birthday with a family dinner. He recently moved to the home of his son E N Turner near Logan after living in Lima. Attending were relatives and friends including Lewis Underwood and Kenneth Underwood of South Bend and Ethel May Lanning of Logan.
Twenty nine members attended the Wi-Du-Rite 4-H Club meeting at Miss Grace Harsh’s home near Logan. Margaret McBroom led the business session and plans were made to procure a bus for the club tour to Columbus on July 29.
Logan Brief notes local residents visiting Philo on Sunday evening. Judge E L Ewing from Logan traveled to Ft Thomas Kentucky to bring back his daughter Mrs Alex McMillan and two children for a several weeks visit. Mr and Mrs Herbert Swingle attended a Castle Farm dance on Wednesday night. Mr and Mrs Roscoe Narrah of Nelsonville were Sunday guests of the Swingle family in Union Furnace.
City Treasurer Mark H. Ricketts secured probate records showing the city owns 4.85 acres near the waterworks plant, north of the Hocking River. In 1895 Judge W. H. Weitzell condemned the land for public use, with a jury valuing the property at 283 dollars and damages at 17 dollars. The money remained in probate for 12 years for Baird and Wilson, heirs who distributed in 1907 under Judge F. P. Martin.
Catholics defeated the Catholics 21 to 7 in the opening Junior League game at the fairgrounds Monday night. A second contest is scheduled there Wednesday evening.
Reports describe thousands of small frogs lining the Hocking River banks in the Green Township district due to the river's low water level. The stretched habitat is linked to rapid frog propagation.
Funeral services were held at the residence at 2 30 PM for Dolly Ewart McLaughlin 58 who died Sunday after a cerebral hemorrhage. Rev C B Clendenen led the service with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Survived by children Arthur Harold Gladys Ewart and Alma Burgoon Logan Opal Penny Chillicothe and Willard Ewart Columbus a brother and a sister also survive.
The state department of education approves a plan to attach Oreville District to New Straitsville for the coming school year leading to the abandonment of Oreville school for at least one year.
Logan hosts a golden jubilee picnic marking the Order of Railroad Telegraphers fiftieth anniversary at Rachelmacher Park. Dinner and lunch were served. Attendees include Sam Nihiser Martin Kanode Fred Deish ire Samuel Smith Logan Charles Salts Union Furnace Frank Dowler Vinton W C Perkins Kerrs W N Boyles Gallipolis Gomer Lewis Pomeroy D E Hunt ley Wellston Ben Swartz Nelson ville H Evans W H Worth man Athens P A Dreese Murray City J F McNamee New Straits ville L A Carpenter Sugar Grove H B Willson Lancaster A H Saylor Carroll C L Tenney C M McLain C M Hemmerly Columbus G W Mc Ginnis chairman Delaware.
Logan John Mack of this city proved his bicycle skills by riding into town on Monday with a baby cradled in one arm and a pail in the other, displaying notable maneuvering and balance.
Tests on the well just completed near the waterworks indicate gravel at about 60 feet will yield a heavy water flow. City officials plan to sink a new well immediately to augment supply, proposed at forty inches in diameter if plans proceed.
Two marriage licenses granted with officiants names. Harold Walke 25, miner, Cincinnati, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Walke, to Irma Helber 18, at home Logan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abel Helber, with Rev N O Warren officiating. Richard Jarvis 18, miner, Coonville, son of Mr. and Mrs C E Jarvis, to Dorothy Chilcote 16, at home Mr Zion, daughter of Mr. and Mrs D R Chilcote, with Rev D C Shearer officiating.
Wilmer Bailey of Logan was brought before Judge Whitcraft after a prosecutor filed charges of obtaining money under tax pretense. Bailey pleaded guilty and was fined 25 dollars plus costs for selling chickens with fictitious receipts and not delivering poultry to local customers.
Dr and Mrs w z Brehm and two sons will establish headquarters at Camp Ground near Lancaster next week. They will occupy a cottage and spend much of the summer there.
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