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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1936
Page
12
Officials warn overtime parking will be enforced on Saturdays from 12 noon to 10 pm in Logan. Twenty motorists received tags, sent to City Hall to address the issue with Mayor Kenneth R. Fitzgerald. Signs warn of the rule. citations will follow for continued long stays, with fines and warnings for blocking spaces.
Judge Harley M. Whitcraft grants a divorce to Dorothy Fuller from Floyd Fuller on neglect grounds. Custody of two minor children awarded to the mother. A related case for John W. Walsmith, about $500 with interest since July 1 1931, was postponed at counsel request.
Mr and Mrs Lyman Robbins of Millersburg formerly of Logan have filed a $25000 lawsuit against a nearby farmer. They claim injuries from a horse that jumped into their auto while passing the farm on the highway. Robbins sustained the most serious injuries.
Annual minstrel show by the Logan American Legion drew strong attendance on Friday and Saturday. Featured soloists included Herbert Streiffer Walter Prather Bob Jurgensmier and Hal Phelps marking Mr Streiffer’s first local appearance with the group.
Logan W. C. Adair of this city has started rigging a well on the Sunday Creek Coal land near Carbondale where Paramount Gas Corporation holds a lease. Drilling will begin once rigging is completed. Adair has drilled several wells for this company, the last reaching the Berea Sand as a producer.
Work of pouring concrete for the basement and foundation started today on Leroy Conkle’s new residence at the corner of Front and High Streets. The seven room brick veneer house will have a tile roof, semiglaized brick from Greendale, red oak flooring, full basement, air conditioned furnace, and electric kitchen. A built in tub and shower will be in the bathroom with an additional shower lavatory and tool area in the basement. Completion is expected within three months.
Troop 99 Boy Scouts met Friday evening at the Methodist Church with 25 in attendance. Scout master Harry D. Foster presided. Several tests were passed with Jack Moorehead and Charles Brooks made Tenderfoot scouts and George Blosser and Ralph Moorehead promoted to second class scouts. Next meeting at 7 30 o clock Friday evening at the Methodist Church.
Logan South Perry keeps its post office following late week instructions. Rerun of plans to suspend on Saturday canceled after petitions from residents. The office has served the area for over 50 years with mail carried from a star route.
In a tense confrontation at Bergman’s, Toby Ryan is accused of stealing four watches from the advertising department. A recovered watch is found in a locker and Toby protests her innocence as she is dismissed, branded a thief, and walks into the cold street.
Logan hosts numerous visitors including Mr and Mrs Rochester Bowen of Columbus and Marion Allen of Ohio University visiting relatives. The June weather in Logan shifts from frost to thunder showers with a blizzard earlier in the week and sunny warmth by Saturday.
Logan residents enjoyed a Friday social at the Logan Lodge of Knights of Pythias with 100 members present. Women’s contest won by Mrs Hutchinson of Nelsonville. organizers included Jac Iles George Green and W W Harden. Edward Alvis was arrested by Deputy Nellis Smith and arraigned before Magistrate S S B Whitehart pleaded guilty to intoxication, fined 50 dollars plus costs and jailed in lieu of the fine.
LOGAN delegates designated to back the favorite son state. J W Huddle of Lancaster James Miller of Corning and alternates William D Radcliff Williamsport and F R Rising Lancaster. Logan sees two local residents listed among party process details.
Harold Copeland and Alvin Trumbull, both of Columbus, were arrested south of this city on Route 31 by Sheriff Joe Farbearn after allegedly forcing several cars off the highway between Lancaster and Logan on Saturday. They are jailed awaiting arraignment before Magistrate S. B. Whitehart. Copeland faces a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence. Trumbull will be charged with intoxication.
Senior Christian Endeavor led by Miss Mary Sloan at the First Presbyterian Church Sunday evening. A lunch served in the church social rooms by Harrington Class members under R A Henderson Harold Chambers Carl Brown Harry L Smith John W McBroom and Clinton Webb. Arrangements planned for a special feature next Sunday evening.
In Hocking County seed corn tests indicate artificial heat greatly improves germination. One lot reached 100 percent while in ordinary storage fertility dropped to 25 percent. Other farmers report 25 percent fertility. Only heat-exposed corn shows a safe seed margin. Extension agent Harold Chambers notes continued testing. R D Lewis from the state extension service says no import of seed corn is needed.
Glouster Frank McCann Post will entertain the Eight District American Legion Conference on Sunday May 10 in Glouster Ohio. The district includes Posts from Fairfield Hocking Athens Jackson Vinton Meigs Gallia and Perry counties. The all day event expects hundreds of visitors and committees will be named to run the program and entertainments.
The Buds of Promise and Blue Birds classes of Millfield M E Church met at the Misners home. After business, bingo was played and refreshments were served with help from Clara Misner. Members named include Pauline Gilleaple Delores Moody Helen Jane Simpkins Kathryn Brown June Theisen Gladys Misner Amy Jo Sanders and Mary Lou Ferrer Virginia Theisen Josephine Moody Genevieve Moody Lillian Misner and May Howard. Guests were Leona Love and Marjorie Mitchell.
Nelsonville notes report Mr and Mrs Nelson Dowler and daughter Miss Nell visiting Mrs Dowler's parents in Logan for the weekend. Mrs Fred Edington and Dorothy Vorkes spent Friday in Columbus. Mrs Sam Hanley of Columbus is visiting sisters Mrs Gay Aumiller and Miss Hazel Edington. Mrs Georgia Kilpatrick the county recorder visited friends Friday evening. Mrs Stanley Dew returned after several days in Columbus.
Logan Unit No. 2 of the National Fireproofing Company in Havydenville employs 100 men making insulating brick. There are prospects that a second unit may soon begin operation.
GLOUSTER The grade schools from first to seventh will present the operetta Sunny of Sunnyside at the high school auditorium this evening at 8 o clock. Mothers and the high school Home Economics Department made costumes. Second grade ballet dancers Reddys circus singers and solos by Lois Kinney Jack Bradley Mary Elizabeth Clark Cynthia Richardson Lois McGrew and Lee Swart featured. Directed by Harold LeFavor with overture by the high school orchestra. Main characters listed include Sunny Lois Kinney Reddy Jack Bradley Billy Mary E Clark Lelia Lee Swart Amis Donald Cunningham Heck Billy Zimmer Phil Eddie Matthews Pauline Maxine Smith Betty Elsie Roberts Rosa Edna Sanders Theodora Cynthia Richardson Leanora Lois McGrew Nan Clara Summers Paul Bobby Weymueller Horace Richard Williams Howard Bobby Bryson Harriet Mary Thompson Tim Jimmie Dennison Antonio James Shears Slim Carl Craig Jane Betty Thompson.
Eight new members attended a High School French Club meeting in the study hall on Thursday. Officers for the rest of the semester were elected: President Elson Stephenson, Vice President Mary Estelle Anderson, Secretary Mary Hinton. Initiation was set for March 26.
The Jacksonville Trimble Alumni Association sponsors the play The Womanness Wedding to be staged in JT High School auditorium tonight and Tuesday. Seventy men from Glouster Jacksonville and Trimble perform after a recent Albany staging.
Hollister resident Ben Evans suffered a crushed right foot and a broken toe after a car ran over it at Mine 267 around 8 30 Friday night. He received treatment for his injuries.
Glouster High School announces valedictorian and salutatorian for the 193 class. Mae Hoffman holds the highest average, Dorcas Burns is second, both majors in commerce, with supervision by Supt. Thomas W and Principal L G DeLong.
Students from Monday School present the operetta Maid of the Golden Slipper at Carbon Hill Gymnasium Friday at 7:30. Cast includes students. new costumes ordered. Teachers Scott Bowers Lawrence Lehman and Miss Adrian Dodds supervise. Slogan notes a coast mishap injuring Mary Jane Burt daughter of Mr and Mrs Alma Burt Gore in a barbed wire incident.
Pigeons have grown numerous in the city with efforts under way to reduce their numbers. They frequent the central school building the James block on Main Street and the belfries of several city churches. At least one local family used pigeons as a meat dish for dinner Sunday.
A large Logan delegation traveled to Athens for the district tournament with the Chieftains facing Ironton Thursday. The loss ended the local players season though all regulars plan to return for 1937. A. J. Hinerman of Union Furnace is recovering at home after surgery.
Logan W H Mowery a well known Washington Township farmer underwent a cyst removal operation on his right eye Saturday. Dr H M Boocks was in Cincinnati Wednesday and Thursday attending a clinic at the Netherland Plaza Hotel.
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