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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1937

Page

12

Logan Council Approves 15000 Bond Plant Funding Plan

Logan City Council voted unanimously to authorize a supplemental appropriation of 15000 as the basis of a new filtration plant. Engineering firm Burgess and Niple presented plans for a plant costing about 20967 with three 400000 gallon units and a potential fourth for a softener. Funds raised by notes and a bond issue, with future legislation to cover extra costs.

Logan Clayton Bull Burgess and Niple Engineering Firm Columbus R. R. Loomis J. M. Meldrim G. W. Christmann Fourth St Sewer Committee Chevy Lane N. Spring St D. W. Feather Logan Home Savings Association

Logan Man Dies From Tuberculosis

Joseph Bright, 32, of Logan, died at Rocky Glen Sanatorium Tuesday evening after two weeks of tuberculosis treatment. He is survived by his mother Mrs. P W Bright, four brothers Rolland Samuel James and Charlies Bright, Logan. sisters Mrs George Hite Logan and Mrs Bertha Rutter of near Logan. The remains were brought back to Logan for burial preparations pending funeral arrangements.

Logan Joseph Bright Rocky Glen Sanatorium P. W. Bright Rolland Samuel James Charlies Bright George Hite Bertha Rutter

Logan Brief Social Notes

Miss Margaret Matheny Haydenville entered Ohio State University for the summer term to work on her Master’s degree after teaching at Carbon Hill High School last term. Fritz Ambrose returned Tuesday after a weekend with the Hoopes in Cleveland. The Mathenys attended the Great Lakes Exposition and hosted a Canton family gathering for Mr. and Mrs. Lester Achauer. A Christian Culture Class meeting featured Mrs. Chan Reynolds with singing and a Readers Digest article. The Women’s Republican Club held a picnic with a program on Supreme Court and labor topics. Elizabeth McManigal left Logan for Elmira, N.Y., after visiting relatives in Columbus and with luncheon plans en route.

Margaret Matheny Haydenville Ohio State University Miss Matheny Carbon Hill Fritz Ambrose Charles Hoopes Cleveland Clarence Matheny Mathenys Lester Achauer Canton Chan Reynolds S. Culver St Jennie Price Wanda Brown Claribel Whitehart James Rees Readers’ Digest James C. Derieux Price Clarence Phillips Harriet Sater Reynolds Florence Myers Marcus Lohr Mary Rutter Women's Republican Club McKinley Club Precious Correll R. B. Hansel Supreme Court Arch Griffith Dallas Kinser Will Petty Irene Tipton Washington Township Logan Elizabeth McManigal Anthony Toerner Elmira N. Y Columbus Toerner John Wellman Jessie McManigal Ann Wellman C. H. Hoffhine Roy Palmer Martha Clarence Palmer Ray Orndorf Miss Ross Lester Auker Robert Blankenship Camille Cornell Vernon Billie Wahl John Wahl Lon Calladine California Gilbert Ward New Straitsville John C. Davis Louis Seiger Billy Walter Freda Davis Ella Bennett Arthur Theodore Blanche Emrick Dottie Jean Williams Joan Humphreys Straitsville John Reichley Junction City Harry Hoy

Logan Kiwanis Picnic Meeting at Rock House

Logan Kiwanis Club members held a supper picnic at Rock House Monday evening. Mrs. Wallace and Mrs. Ralph Starcher prepared and served the meal. Fred Burchfield read the Fellowship speech of the international president. Ranger T. L. Worley, a guest, was praised for park work.

Logan Logan Kiwanis Club Rock House Wallace Ralph Starcher Fred Burchfield T. L. Worley

Man Sues for Divorce From Missing Wife in Des Moines

Logan Harley Schoonover files for divorce from Luella Schoonover claiming neglect and wilful absence. He states that on February 12, 1929 she left with their two minor children, taking them to an unknown location while he was in Wisconsin, and asks custody in addition to the decree.

Logan Harley Schoonover Luella Schoonover Des Moines Iowa Wisconsin

Legion Baseball Postponed Amid Wet Fields

The American Legion Athletic committee delays the season opening to next Monday evening because of poor playing fields and repeated heavy rain.

Logan American Legion Athletic Committee

Bible School opens at New Straitsville

New Straitsville hosts a Vacation Bible School starting Monday June 21 with larger enrollments. Miss Elsie Cray of Dayton directs. staff drawn from Baptist and Methodist schools includes kindergarten teachers Mae Lines Dorothy Mathews. primary Betty Jane Otstot Barbara Otstot. intermediate Rachel Keeler Minnie Bird. juniors Faith Thompson Elsie Croy. 9 to 11 a.m. for 10 days.

New Straitsville Elsie Cray Dayton Methodist Church Mae Lines Dorothy Mathews Betty Jane Otstot Barbara Otstot Rachel Keeler Minnie Bird Faith Thompson Elsie Croy

Millepedes Continue Invasion at Marion Township Farm

Edward McDowell reports ongoing millepedes invasion at his Marion Township home. He seeks further assistance from the extension service as dead millepedes contaminate the farm water supply.

Logan Extension Service Marion Township Edward McDowell

Logan patients undergo tonsil operations at Cherington Hospital

Mary Louise Coakley Russell Lot and Nellie Emerick, all from near Logan, received tonsil surgeries at Cherington Hospital on Tuesday.

Logan Mary Louise Coakley Russell Lot Nellie Emerick Near Logan Cherrington Hospital

Logan Council Considers Funds for Oak Grove Cemeteries

Logan city faces financing needs for Oak Grove Cemeteries with expenditures around 2600 annually. Committee proposes adding 1500 yearly and 3000 for wall repairs via bond issue, plus a small levy and new cemetery lots. election submission planned for November.

Logan Logan City Oak Grove J. D. Tipton Dallas Kinser

Logan Suit Settled After Trial Near Four O'Clock

Olivia Aurand versus Clarence Epstein was settled by agreement for 250 after a trial lasting until nearly 4 AM. Jurors heard substantial testimony before the accord. Damages claimed were for injuries from a car collision with the defendant's vehicle.

Girl Scouts Rally at Kachelmacher Park Logan

A Logan event brings together 70 girls for a candle lit investiture ceremony at 8 PM after a 6 PM picnic at Kachelmacher Park. Troop 1 will present the girls, with rain plans for June 24 at the same location.

Picnic Meet Planned by Pilgrim Holiness Church

Members of the Pilgrim Holiness Church of West Logan plan a picnic at the Rempel Wasson Memorial Park on Saturday June 26 with services to follow the dinner.

Logan Pilgrim Holiness Church of West Logan Rempel Wasson Memorial Park P.O Varick Street Station New York N.Y P. O N. Y

Du Pont Epidemic of Marriages Expands to Perkins Engagement

The du Pont family rumor mill widens as Alexandrine du Pont, daughter of Lammot du Pont, confirms plans to marry Howard Alfred Perkins Jr in the fall. The piece notes earlier nuptials including Ethel du Pont to Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr and a brother’s engagement.

du Ponts Ethel du Pont Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr Alexandrine du Pont Lammot du Pont Howard Alfred Perkins, Jr

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Logan Council Enna Enna Jettick American Girl Shoes South Court St Mrs. Reynolds John Johnson Laurelville Ottawa Ont Canada Equator Capetown Clement Hill Lake Victoria Wright Eric State Athens America Ohio Bible School Fred Blankenship C. D. Strain Gertrude Mt. Taber Church Ernest Haning Mrs. Friel Saltillo Jacob Nixon Lena Blankenship Ben Spicer Huntington Jack Wheeler Spicer Howard Blankenship Cathleen Huston S. E. Rush Cincinnati Roy Peyton Shawnee Millepedes East Ada Hoskins Clayton Washington, D. C Girl Scouts Braddock-Louis Lawrence Ray Vancuren Maxine Jeannette Marks Marietta Chemical Products Corp Gilman St. Marietta, Ohio Noah Webster Geoffrey Chaucer John Stuart Mill Henry Clay Juliet Capulet Admiral Dewey Artemus Ward Napoleon Bonaparte William Shakespeare Charles Lamb John J. McGraw Daniel Boone William F. Cody Sam Houston Alexander Hamilton Betsy Ross Caesar Borgia Belmont Becky Sharp Anatole France Montague Glass Andrew Jackson Rudyard Kipling Oscar Wilde Wallace Reid Jefferson Davis Hetty Green Nathaniel Hawthorne Alphonse Bertillon John Quincy Adams Stephen Crane Lillie Langtry Victor Hugo Lucy Stone Barbara Frietchie Cyrus W. Field Paul Revere James Boswell John Tyler Christopher Columbus William Gladstone Enrico Caruso Jeanne Engels Knute Rockne Ann Hathaway Roscoe Arbuckle Mark Twain Thomas Hardy George Sand Aaron Burr King Solomon Alexander Graham Bell James Buchanan Anthony Comstock Aristotle Abraham Lincoln Marquis de Montcalm Tom Sawyer Louisa M. Alcott John Keats Eugene Victor Debs Marcus Loew Grover Cleveland William Howard Taft Elbert Hubbard Martin van Buren Tobias Smollete Benjamin Altman Carl Schurz Warren Hastings David Belasco Chateaubriand Joel Chandler Harris Morgan Dix Maria Chapman Marat Howard Pyle Elias Howe Oliver Wendell Holmes Reginald de Koven de Witt Clinton Jenny Lind Robert Peel Mithridates Frank Stockton John Noble Jacob Wassermann General Lafayette Garibaldi Cassius DU Pont Frank Buck Childrens Rayon
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