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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1937
Page
14
Logan City Council schedules a special meeting to finalize funding for a new filtration plant. The project costs total about 21 000 dollars with 15 000 dollars already in the water fund, requiring 6 000 dollars from another source. The finance committee has discussed plans to raise the balance and officials plan to advertise for bids once authorization is granted.
Logan Manned Troop 160 will stay overnight at Laurelville after a court of honor for the Hocking District. Representatives from four Logan troops attended, with Haydenville Troop also sending a delegation. Harley Meyer heads the ceremony with Howard Kautz present. Alfred B. Campbell arranged for Troop 160 to remain. Some parents will attend tonight.
Logan resident Glenn Wheeler to be discharged from Huntington hospital Saturday after an oilfield accident that also injured Ben Spicer. Spicer suffered a near-severed right hand while Wheeler had a fractured arm as a section of tubing fell from a drilling machine.
Logan Rotary Club will install officers at the Monday meeting led by president elect Josef Brashares and his staff. Retiring president F. J. Reid will relinquish duties as Brashares outlines plans for the new year.
Mrs. Fred E Hull and daughter Barbara and Mrs. Edward C Hamilton will leave Saturday for a trip visiting California Grand Canyon and Boulder Dam. They will return via Denver where they will visit for a week in August. Thimble and Art Club picnic was at Cantwell Cliffs with guests from Detroit Athens and more. Mrs Ottia Dowler underwent surgery at Sheltering Arms Hospital. The Four Square Sunday School class meets at 7 30 this evening. Wednesday Sewing Club picnicked at Cantwell Cliffs and skated at Grotto Gardens. Visitors from Swords Creek Bluefield and Welsh arrive to spend over Sunday with local hosts. Sister Susie Club entertained at the White House with Weiland Schrader. Dinner at 6 30 followed by social evening with piano and vocal music. Priscilla Club met at Hocking Ave with needlework and refreshments. guest Mrs Mayme Kleinschmidt.
Mrs Margaret Knapp became president as the Ladies Aid Society of the United Brethren Church met at the church on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Charles A Larimer led and spoke on Prayer. Maryland has 1439 miles of railways.
Expert Logan Pearl Dupler, who recovered Arthur Mowery from the Hocking River backwater, again entered icy water to retrieve the body of a small boy after a fresh drowning in the same river near West Logan.
An 8 pound son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Brown of Rutland on June 19. Many locals and visitors are listed as spending time with relatives and friends in Rutland, Buckeye areas, and nearby towns including Clifton West Virginia and Huntington West Virginia.
Logan reports remaining assets of the First Rempel National Bank were auctioned with Athens Collecting Agency bidding $4 075 the highest. Approval by comptroller and court required to finalize. Receiver Stanley McCall oversaw liquidation with assets over $200 000 in bank papers. no real estate included.
Logan notes a tentative July 19 start for the Daily Vacation Bible School to be run cooperatively. In Logan County, election officials plan Saturday meetings to purchase ballots and prepare for the upcoming primary. Mrs. C. A. Gaffin travels to Belle Center to visit her parents the Rev and Mrs Dumm for the weekend.
Erwin Matheny a machinist at Oil Well Supply Company on South Mulberry Street injured his right hand when a chain clipped and caught his finger. He suffered a broken finger in the incident reported Thursday.
Mr and Mrs John Kibble hosted a birthday gathering with 46 attendees. Visits included Mrs Jennie Landon from Reedsville and Mr R R Ingram of Huntington. The June 13 Children’s Day program featured an Athens quartet and drew strong attendance. Local residents and kin from Parkersburg Huntington Rushville Nitro Greenfield and Athens were noted in various visits and gatherings.
Dr Morrell Mallory Jones invites 2900 people to a party for a patient he helped birth during 22 years as an obstetrician in Pontiac Michigan. He expects over 1000 attendees and plans to film the event for lasting memories. Benjamin Sexton a 33 year old lorry driver in Sidcup England discovers his body is upside down with organs reversed yet remains healthy and active.
Salem Oregon The Willamette National Forest in Oregon holds about 40 000 000 board feet of timber in log scale the largest allocation among all continental United States national forests according to a recent survey
Funeral services will be at 9 a m Saturday at St John’s Catholic Church for Arthur Mowery son of Mr and Mrs John Mowery who was drowned Wednesday. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. He is survived by his parents five brothers and sisters and several half siblings.
John Thompson sues Elizabeth Dicken in Common Pleas Court over damages from an automobile accident on Zanesville Ave during winter. A jury was impaneled and viewed the premises before recessed until today.
Wind damage at Pattonville caused the tipple and adjacent building to collapse near completion. Restoration work is underway. W. C. Brashares of Cleveland is visiting his brother, Josef Brashares of Enterprise. Brashares is a former Hocking County Schools superintendent now teaching in the Cleveland public schools.
Logan service features Dr. Russell Bayliff of Athens as speaker at 10:30 am in the Methodist Episcopal Church with special music in the works. Masons attend First Presbyterian service at 10:30 am as Rev. R. C. Babylon preaches. Summer communion set for July 4 at Presbyterian Church. Sunday School from 9:15 to 10:15.
Logan annual St John Day rites observed by Mingo Lodge of Masons. Members meet at the temple at 10 o clock and march to the First Presbyterian Church for services. The observance is restored after a lapse of several years.
Logan report recounts severe facial burns to Mrs. C. W. Johnston and Mrs. Al Kaiser after a leaking stove gas explosion at St Johns Church. The women, part of a Catholic group preparing for a meeting, tried to ignite the burner and were treated by a local physician.
Deputy Sheriff Nellis Smith spotted 13 rabbits of assorted sizes along a western Hocking County highway during a Thursday trip. If no disaster occurs the area could see a larger rabbit population next fall due to the current abundance.
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