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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1937
Page
12
Hocking County faces a new bill from the Ohio Senate requiring payment of delinquencies owed to the state for care of county wards in state institutions. The county’s indebtedness is about $38,500, down from $60,000 in earlier years, amid Auditor W. B. Yaw’s reductions.
Federal funds distribution begins in Hocking County with 191 vouchers totaling 7901.65 dollars issued for the 1936 agricultural conservation program. Checks range from 1.37 to 230.08 dollars as farmers visit the extension office or await notice to report later in the week.
Funeral services will be held at Leonard Funeral Chapel at 2 p.m. Friday for Amanda Buchanan 86 who died Tuesday afternoon at her E Second Street home. The Rev. John A. Toy of the United Brethren Church will officiate. Burial will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Logan reports instructions state the new fishing license law becomes effective May 27. After that date all anglers must have a license and pay 30 cents. Previously license was required only for rod and reel anglers. The old law remains in force until May 27.
Eliminations start at 12 30 Saturday with Troop 99 versus Troop 10. Following games include Troop 160 against United Brethren second team at 12 30 p m list shows Methodist versus Presbyterians at 1 30 p m Gore versus Troop 153 at 2 p m and United Brethren against Lutherans at 2 30 p m.
The Tourist Book Club met at Mrs. Rauch’s home to review Drums Along the Mohawk by Walter D. Edmonds and They Walk in the City by J. B. Priestley was discussed by Miss Sara Turner at the Junior Tourist Club. Mrs. Charles Thurmess hosted at the White House and a lunch followed. Donates Books Logan Euterpean Club gave Groves dictionary of music and musicians to local libraries. Girl Reserves met at Logan High School with Miss Florence Schrader leading etiquette talk. E. Z. Bridge Club gathered with Mrs. Gabriel and Mrs. Byron Wolfe Jr. high scorers. Business and Professional Women’s Club hosted Marian Bush Reeder of The Athens Messenger in the Presbyterian social rooms with about 50 attendees. A Florence Bort stunt became a game with prizes. Sixth graders under Mrs. Winifred Engle sang two and three part songs. Mrs. Reeder spoke on Famous People Met, noting her England experiences and famous figures like the Duke and Duchess of York Amelia Earhart Will Rogers and Calvin Coolidge. Pop songs closed the meeting under Miss Margaret Lutz and Miss Elizabeth Collison. A lunch by Franklin Kerr Guild followed a social hour after the formal program. Before the evening, committee members and the guest speaker dined at Blosser’s with Mrs. Spears and others present.
First round of rural school immunizations completed by Dr. W. B. Lacock except Murray City and part of Salt Creek Township. Public health nurse Bertha Madlener assisted. Total 410 children in first and second grades plus a few preschoolers received serum. Second round to begin March 25.
Judge Henderson announces the decree for Harley Marks against Zora Marks on wilful absence. The court lowers alimony from 40 to 20 dollars monthly.
Murray City schools shut at noon Tuesday due to water system outage affecting the school building. Police reported an accident at Main and High Streets about 9 p.m. Wednesday involving John Henry Glass and L. A. Bushee. no injuries were listed.
Work on the Enterprise detour road is under way and will be finished before week’s end, county engineer Ernest L. Schaal says. Gravel comes from the Wright pit west of the city.
Banquet on venison in Columbus Tuesday evening hosted by Governor Martin L. Davey drew Ernest L. Schaal and Tom Vancuren as guests. Logan figures Sergeant W. Waugh and Patrolman Buck Remmert visited en route to Glouster to arrest a skip driver, calling on Sheriff Joe Farbearn. Mrs. Vernon Spicer of Oroville left Cherrington Hospital for home after a two week post operative recovery.
Chauncey Founders Day will be observed Thursday night by the Chauncey Parent-Teacher Association at the high school. A business meeting with reports will be held and Mrs. Dorothy Blackford will read a Founders Day paper. A social hour follows, with a postponed program rescheduled for Monday night March 22 featuring children and their parents.
Chauncey Ladies Auxiliary No 9 sponsors an 8 p.m. Saturday event at the Chauncey K of P Building to raise funds for the Chauncey Volunteer Fire Department. Prizes will be awarded and proceeds support the fire department’s relief fund. Norma Guseman, 12, daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl Guseman, was released home from Sheltering Arms Hospital after a four week illness following a tonsil operation.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Burchfield entertained Sunday for the following weekend guests. Among them were Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McCathran from Columbus, Mrs. Earl Rorick of Newark Ohio, Mrs. Annie Waymer, Effie and Bonnie Eileen Waymer, and Mrs. Raymond Augustine with Ethel and Helen Augustine from Sugar Creek in attendance.
Mrs. Walter Leonard remains in a Columbus hospital after a major operation weeks ago and was expected to be discharged home today. Another Logan resident, Mrs. Walter Frazee, is also recovering in Columbus after surgery four weeks ago and was visited by her daughter, Miss Ruth Frazee.
Logan Pomona Grange will meet at Carbon Hill tonight with Ward Township Grange. Ward members will offer the program under direction of C E Blackston and Arlie Brimner.
Members of the Hocking County Older Youth Group meet at the courthouse Tuesday evening. Bruce Tom will address them as they outline a months long program, following their recent election of Miss Ruth Rheinscheid as president.
Victims of influenza, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Cooley of Warner Ave, are recovering. Mr. Cooley, a C, O. railroad engineer, has not returned to work since February 23. Auditor W. S. Yaw, who had a prior bout, is confined at home again with the illness.
The Chauncey Loyal Woman's Bible Class of the Church of Christ met at Mrs. Peter Rankin's home with Mrs. Floyd Nye leading. Mrs. Nye gave devotions, Mrs. Rice Thomas presented the lesson, and Mrs. William Hartley led the social hour. Prizes went to Mrs. Inez Nye and Mrs. A. B. Prior. the class will observe its anniversary at the two week meeting.
Mrs. Mary Weekley organized a surprise party for Elvin Weekley to mark his 31st birthday. Guests included Naomi Vernon and the Savage family, with a 31 candle cake, chicken dinner, ice cream, and gifts at the Weekleys country home.
Logan land use planning committee will meet at the courthouse next Tuesday. R. H. Barker of the federal field staff will direct the conference.
Chauncey residents Mr and Mrs Ray Mond Augustine hosted Sunday guests Mr and Mrs Earl Rarick of Newark and Mr George Kirkendall of Chauncey. Mrs Wesley Lyman and Mrs Josephine Moore of Columbus were entertained by Mrs Flora McHarg of Lower Plains. Roger Moore of Athens visited relatives the Moore grandparents. Max Wilson of Chauncey visited Charleston and Abe Wilson spent Tuesday in Columbus.
Mrs Mary Dowler Ludwig, gravely ill with heart trouble, shows slight improvement. Her daughter Mrs B S Shaw of New Marshfield Road has aided in her care.
Condition of Mrs Viola Hurley of Chauncey remains unchanged. She has been confined to her home for several months but is not bedfast at present.
Mrs Howard Blum and Mr and Mrs D W Feather visited Columbus on Wednesday. Mr Blum underwent an operation for an old football injury. Mrs Feather and Mrs Blum are sisters.
In Logan, after weeks of influenza, health officials report a spread of measles affecting several neighborhoods. No deaths reported, temporary isolation advised, and vaccination campaigns urged to curb the outbreak.
Logan Vance and Hayes Hein were taken into custody by city police Wednesday evening after being found driving an automobile. Vance faced a DUI charge while Hein was charged with intoxication and both are to be arraigned today before Mayor Kenneth Fitzgerald. Nearby, Mrs. James Danner from Gallipolis visits Chauncey with Esther Fiske.
Extension service specialist Logan-Floyd Delashmutt visited Logan on Tuesday to launch a beginners class in farm accounting with six farmers enrolled.
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