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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1933
Page
8
Logan Ohio March 14 prospects for the convening of the grand jury on the first Monday in April were good according to the jury commission. Drawings of grand and petit jurors will be made March 25. Prosecutor C Wood Bowen said five cases were ready for investigation and transcripts from magistrate courts may raise that number. Little work has been done this term by the petit jury and few indictments were returned by the last grand jury.
In Logan on March 4 the plan to close streams in April May and June failed to gain approval from the Conservation Council. Local anglers report productive fishing on the Hocking River with several good catches this season.
Attendance was good at the Methodist Episcopal Church as the first service of a series of evangelistic meetings was held Sunday evening. Services will continue nightly under Rev. W. N. Shank with assistance from the Women’s Choir and Men’s Choir.
A second thunder storm in less than a week struck Tigan and surrounding regions on Monday morning bringing heavy rainfall. The day long downpour swollen streams, some breaking banks by Monday afternoon as county highway crews prepared to address damage.
The report notes that bridges damaged or altered to pass floodwaters help move traffic through affected highway sections. It highlights actions taken to maintain route continuity during high water conditions and minimize disruption for drivers.
Logan March 14 health officials promote a sanitation and general health program in Hocking County with talks in Gibisonville Rockbridge Murray City and Carbon Hill. Dr W B Lacock Kenneth Linn and E C Stoy will discuss health conditions disease prevention and sanitation efforts.
Albert Happy Nutter of Lancaster faced a whisky transport charge after his arrest on the New Straitville Highway by Deputy Sheriff Joe Farbearn. Three gallons of liquor were found in his car and confiscated. Nutter attempted to flee during the search but was captured and jailed after pleading guilty to a $180 fine plus costs.
Logan March 14 Rev J T Yorum will open revival services in South Perry with Hocking County Parish in charge. Meetings are expected to run over a week. Yorum recently ended an eight day series at Webb Chapel Church Webb Summit adding 13 members. Similar meetings at Mt Tabor yielded good results.
Logan March 14. William Lewis of West Logan faces a charge of malicious destruction of property. He was arrested Monday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Joe Farhearn.
Mr and Mrs Brian Beavers and son Rex of Lancaster were guests Sunday of Mr and Mrs John Steady. Mr and Mrs Kerwood Martin of Columbus visited Judge and Mrs F P Martin and relatives here Saturday. Miss Violet Redick Chillicothe spent Saturday and Sunday in Logan with her parents Homer and wife.
Ben Cooper of West Logan suffered a left leg injury when his truck struck and ran over him as he set it in the garage. A bolt pierced his left knee and he is expected to be incapacitated for four to five weeks.
Logan March 14 The library gains readers amid unemployment as local citizens donate small cash gifts to buy new books beyond prior city library donations. The library board carries substantial responsibility while seeking more reading matter.
A county highway department has employed a small force to repair several bridges across the county to preserve the structures. The work follows a modification of a suspended order tied to the banks holiday. Logan. Mr and Mrs Virgil Spencer announce the birth of a son on Monday.
Carl Weat of West Hunter Street is jailed on a criminal assault charge after an arrest by Policeman Francia Toole late Sunday night. He is to be arraigned before Mayor Elias E. Wright in Logan. Dr Harlow Lindley of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society spoke to Logan teachers and students on state and local history and then addressed Rotary and Kiwanis clubs at a joint meeting.
Dan McNichols of Salt Creek Township was brought to Logan by Deputy Sheriff Joe Farbearn at Circleville officers’ request. He will be taken to Circleville to face breaking and entering charges. Two new measles cases appeared in the city’s eastern district, with health commissioner Dr W. B. Lacock moving to isolate them to protect East Grade School.
Isaac Snowden 89, son of George Washington Snowden and Hannah Van Meter Snowden, died March 11 in Albany. Born August 9, 183, near Bates Church, he married Mary Goodin in 1864 and Daisy Knowlton in 1920. He served in the 129th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and left a large lineage including five grandchildren and multiple great grandchildren.
Bellefontaine Ohio March 14. M B Frederick a disabled World War II veteran has completed a large inlaid table. It features a likeness of an unfurled American flag and the pledge to the flag as a central motif in 22000 pieces of wood.
Classified page notes taxicab fare cuts in Athens and rental opportunities. Pratts Fork offer: 100 acres of bluegrass pasture for lease. Albany gas station with 5 room house for rent. Also listings for 2 or 3 room apartment with private bath.
Marietta March 14 Mrs Emma Gibson of Sharpsburg R F D No 2 wife of a Wesley Township farmer filed suit Saturday for divorce from William Gibson married August 6 1804. They have four grown children. She cites extreme cruelty neglect threats and misconduct with Marjorie Cappelear. She claims he struck her with a club threw an axe and endangered her life. She seeks alimony temporary and permanent and an absolute divorce with injunction against encumbering property until the case is decided.
In Ahualulco Jalisco Mexico a high tension wire fell onto the Hidalgo Theater balcony during a film showing. Twenty spectators were electrocuted as the live current ran along the rail causing a stampede. eleven died and at least seventy were injured among the 1,000 in attendance. The theater was rarely used.
Ray E. Starlin of Stewart Athens County is a senior in Ohio State University's Agriculture College. He served as general chairman for the Little International Livestock Show and represented Animal Husbandry in a student forum. Starlin, son of Harvey H. Starlin, graduates from Canaan High School and belongs to Delta Theta Sigma, All-Agriculture Council, pistol team, cross country, Saddle and Sirloin Club president, and University Grange steward.
Washington reports the Roosevelt administration accepted the League of Nations offer to cooperate on the Far Eastern problem. The policy remains cooperation and observation without direct participation, extending to the fullest non member role. Norman H. Davis will explain U S views to European powers and then sail to Geneva.
In Columbus Ohio on March 14 the student body at Ohio State University launched a textbook barter plan as the first of its kind at a large American university. The measure, conceived by the student senate, aims to ease financial strain with other steps including 10 and 20 cent balanced meals at the Ohio Union and credit extensions for students lacking funds. It also covers exemptions for spring quarter graduates and a temporary joint banking system to aid fraternities during the financial stringency.
A bridge and euchre party to benefit Holy Cross Church will be held at the American Legion Hall in Guouster on St. Patrick's Day Friday at 8 o'clock. Sponsored by the church's young people, a large attendance is expected.
Most of the combat in the Battle of Bunker Hill occurred on Breed's Hill according to readable details. The excerpt highlights Breed's Hill as the principal theater of action, with essential clashes shaping the engagement.
Trustees from York Trimble Dover and Waterloo Townships join Nelsonville Glouster Jacksons ville Bechtel Trimble and Chauncey mayors to urge Athens County commissioners to file for Reconstruction Finance Corporation relief funds. Officials plan to present the petition to the county commissioners this week, stressing urgent emergency relief needs and promising no tax increases.
Ever ett Gould of Dowler Ridge pleaded guilty to an intoxication charge at a mayoral arraignment. Judge J W Hickman imposed a $10 fine plus costs, ordered arranged payment.
Mrs Lloyd Evans joins Miss Irene McDowell and Miss Freda Smith at a church meeting. Mrs Edith Stiers Mrs James Knight and Mrs John Saltz travel to McConnelsville for the Athens Presbytery sessions held there today and tomorrow.
Virgil Freeman of Buchtel pleaded guilty to obtaining money under false pretenses after claiming a trip to Nelsonville for medical aid. He was fined 25 dollars and costs by Mayor Victor Oakley’s court. Freeman had earlier been fined 50 dollars and costs in a separate intoxication case involving funds raised for funeral flowers.
The Esther Class of the Christian Church meets tonight at Miss Mayme Keplar's millinery shop. A potluck dinner at six o'clock precedes quilt block making with thimbles provided.
Nelsonville reports Glen Ford Dugan Post No 229 planned a smoker after a regular meeting on Wednesday night. The event has been postponed one week and there will be no meeting next Wednesday night.
Mr and Mrs Frank Moore hosted guests on Sunday. The party included Mr and Mrs Charles Dieble and Mr and Mrs Ed ward Rile of Columbus. Mrs H J Aughe after two weeks with relatives in Athens and Nelsonville departed for Day ton en route to Oshawa Canada.
Mrs. C. E. Washburn of 454 Chestnut Street will host the Mizpah Class of the Methodist Sunday School for a Wednesday night gathering.
Changchun Manchuria March 14 Japanese Chinese talks viewed as inevitable form for resolving the Manchurian dispute. Henry Pu Yi regent of Manchukuo told Ward Price of the London Daily Mail that it will take a century to perfect the Asiatic Union and twenty years to make Manchoukuo a perfected state. He said Japan’s withdrawal from the League of Nations split the world into three units Europe Americas and Asia.
Donald Birkhimer Jr a Perry high school student ended his life Monday by shooting himself in the basement of his home. Despondent over illness, he was the son of D D Birkhimer and grandson of former Postmaster J A Birkhimer.
A slide in a deep cut on the old M C and C Railroad near the Bish opville tunnel halts traffic on a Palos to Utley area road. The track is buried several feet, and road reopening is not expected before early next week. Also, Mr and Mrs M H Hunter of Carpenter Route 2 announce the birth of a daughter Patricia Ann on Sunday afternoon. the mother formerly Miss Margaret Johnson of the city.
In Nelsonville on March 14, Mrs. Alice Barber of Route 4 was surprised by her children and grandchildren for her eighty second birthday. Four generations gathered to mark the occasion. Mrs. Barber has lived near Nelsonville for 43 years. her husband Jared Barber died 25 years ago.
Mr and Mrs Fred Hooper and children of Athens spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Ben Hooper. The visit followed a call earlier in the week due to the illness of his mother Miss Mary Miller. Miss Marguerite Shelton and William Waleigh of Rendville also spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Harry Williams.
Glouster reports a meeting to organize a local branch of the Ohio Unemployed League in the city Thursday night at 7 o clock to discuss community aid and jobless relief efforts.
An announcement states a meeting will be held at the bined and invites all unemployed individuals to attend. The notice emphasizes inclusion of job seekers and those seeking employment resources.
Weekly church schedule lists Bible studies titled The Gospel Restitution The Good and later services. A March 14 jig-saw party at the Glouster home featured guests including Ma Lawrence Williams Elizabeth Williams Bertha Williams Foster Miller Denzel Leach Shelton William Waleigh and many others.
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