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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1937
Page
10
Logan County education officials plan a 7 30 p m meeting May 3 in the probate court room to discuss a state backed reorganization plan for school redistricting. The plan stems from a federal survey under Dr Holy and aims to reduce district boundaries, prompting a call for input from all district boards and interested publics.
Mrs Rebecca J Coleman 80 widow of John W Coleman and mother of Superintendent J W Coleman of Logan died at her home in Rome Adams County after a brief illness She leaves eight other children Funeral services will be held in Rome at 2 pm Wednesday with burial at Manchester Mr Coleman will be present for the services.
Logan Freshmen elect Dorothy Boyle as reporter and Rodney Crow as freshman business manager for the Aerial. They will work with the newly named staff to run the Freshman section.
Members of the Rotary Club attended a Monday evening meeting to hear a review of Nine Old Men presented by C. Wood Bowen.
Six licenses issued in probate court Saturday and Monday set a new weekly high. Recipients include Robert D Schultz and Nora Eve land of South Bloomingville, Edward T Lee and Hazel Howdy shell of Logan Route 4, Herman Carroll and Minnie Mullens of Logan, Merrel Elder and Mary Ellen La Gore of Union Furnace, Kermit Daugherty and Howardine Bateman, and Virgil Murray and Frances Carr. Magistrate Whitehart officiated.
William Westfall Jr., six, fell ill with meningitis weeks after his mother was stricken. The mother recovered after hospital care in Columbus. A quarantine was placed on the Westfall home by Health Commissioner Lacock. Ruth Bryan, home economics teacher, flew to Washington after the death of her niece Martha Lou Galliett from scarlet fever and complications.
Harry J. Stevenson III is ill and confined to his residence on North High Street since Friday.
Miss Catharine Stoughton returned to the Logan Prosecutor office on Monday after illness. Charlies Harris of Springfield visited Logan at week’s end, guests of Mr and Mrs Charles Harris. Mrs Kermit Wisemen visited her mother Mrs Van Stewart. Girl Scouts Troop One attended a breakfast at the White House hosted by the Business and Professional Women’s Club. 30 members participated before attending morning services at the First Presbyterian Church. The club observe National Women’s Week while the Girl Scouts mark 25 years since establishment.
Nelsonville High School girls visit Logan High Auditorium for an invitational game arranged by Miss Helen Shaw and Miss Gertrude Bliss. Sixteen Nelsonville players travel with tea to follow, supervised by Miss Sarah Rockhold, as the entertainment committee led by Nancy Smith, Sue Rochester, Ann Bowen, Mollie Talbee, and Martha Hansel plans activities.
Mrs D Y Milne received a pipe rack from Mrs Edward Murrell during a Shawnee visit. The over 100 year old English rack holds seven pipes with top holders for old time paper tapers, showcasing a rare antique gift from a local hostess.
Judge Phil A. Henderson granted two divorces. Herbert Foreman received custody of their nine year old daughter and most household goods after willful absence. Ann Bundy was granted divorce from Pearl Bundy for cruelty, with four children placed with Anna Marinko and the husband ordered to pay support per child starting April 1.
Logan reports the Ohio Fireproofing plant in Diamond likely will resume operations before week’s end after repairs. In a separate item, Logan announces first aid classes for seventh to ninth graders at Junior High, led by Charles Eberst, with certificates awarded on passing exams.
Arrangements for Troop 153 Boy Scouts hike Friday evening. New members William Spack ey Robert Goss and Ralph Canan join. W. D. Braddock is scoutmaster with Carl Poling as assistant. Mr and Mrs A R Bane attended funeral rites for Mrs Lucille Hiles in Logan.
The Gallipolis Rotary Club will elect seven new directors who will then choose officers for the year starting July 1. President W. A. Bill Lewis of Rio Grande College leads the program with performances by faculty members. The club now lists 50 members, among the largest in Southern Ohio.
Ministers church workers and civic leaders from rural areas in Gallia and Jackson counties are invited to a Rural Life Conference at Rio Grande College on Wednesday April 7 sponsored by the Ohio Council of Churches and the County Ministerial Association. Sessions run from 10 a m to 7 30 p m with evening aims to draw a broad turnout including extension agents Grange and farm bureau officers and youth groups.
Rev. Scott Mossman remained in Holzer Hospital after a fall from a carpenter's scaffold at Dam 26 two weeks ago. He suffered several fractured ribs and other injuries requiring two hospital visits for treatment.
The Our House Tavern in Gallia County Ohio receives National recognition from the Historic American Buildings Survey. A letter to owner Dr C F Holzer notes the building was selected for preservation and a record of its appearance deposited in the Library of Congress. Judge and Mrs Henry W Cherring ton join the Gallia County Historical Society and donate a Chippendale chair to the museum.
Heavy snowfall fuels flood fears in the Ohio Valley with concerns rising if rain falls. Only towboat owner J. C. Rawn would welcome higher water as his craft remains stranded in a West Virginia cornfield opposite Gallipolis.
The State of Ohio vs Ann Childers opened this morning before Judge C. E. Peoples of Pomeroy. Dan Earl Wagner, 15, was wounded by a trap gun in a melon patch. Prosecutor John Howell leads the state with two assistants. defense is R. M. Switzer. Ten witnesses testified for the state and five for the defense.
Gallipolis notes that the Rose Commandery Knights Templars will attend Easter services at the Presbyterian Church in full uniform. Pastor Rev. L. W. Gisbler will deliver a special discourse appropriate to the occasion.
Municipal Judge A. J. Stormont proclaims National Business Women's Week from March 14. The notice celebrates the growing role of women in business and professional life and urges adoption of a spirit of appreciation for their services in the community.
Gallia County farmers hit by flood losses should apply at once at the National Resettlement Administration office in the Gallipolis Post Office. Loans cover farm equipment feed and limited livestock. Building repairs and household equipment loans go to the Disaster Loan Corporation or the Red Cross.
James R. Biars, 70, formerly of Gallia County, died Sunday at his Grove City home after a heart attack. Survived by wife Ida McLeish Biars, son Venner, daughter Mrs. Alice Edwards, and brothers Frank Biars of Poplar Ridge and Frank Biars of Gahanna. Funeral services set for Thursday afternoon in Grove City.
John David Hanger 62 of Zanesville formerly of Vinton died Saturday at the Veterans Hospital Chillicothe after years of illness. He survived by his widow Hertha Denney Hanger and son Vaughn of Zanesville. A Spanish War veteran and Mason, he was a Methodist. Funeral services were at Vinton Methodist Church Tuesday with burial in Vinton Memorial Cemetery beside his daughter Beatrice who died two years ago.
Gallipolis reports no choice cattle offered yet an advance appears across beef cattle 25 to 50 cents per hundred with market strength. Calves rise similarly and hog prices hold at top $10.05 per hundred. Fifty horses sold from $30 to $195 amid strong demand for farm horses ahead of spring planting season.
Gallipolis report says Homer Baker and Clinton George, neighbors near Clipper Mill, fought over an alleged dog injury to Baker's lamb. George is charged with assault and held for the grand jury. Dog Warden Roy Johnston took charge of the dog and signed George's bond. Also, Ray Johnson pled guilty to illegal liquor possession and was fined 25 dollars plus court costs.
Gallia County farmer Buel L. Russell has been adjudged bankrupt in the Federal Court in Columbus with liabilities of 2687 and no assets. Deputy Sheriff Harold Wood of Gallipolis is ill with influenza at his Bidwell home, prompting extra duty by Sheriff Hatfield and Deputy Dale Russell. Women's Christian Temperance Union members meet in the Baptist Educational Building with new members added and refreshments served. Mrs G G Stalnaker of Vinton is seriously injured moving an incubator and is hospitalized at Athens Sheltering Arms, awaiting a cast.
The Phi Sigma Sorority of Rio Grande College announces a spring formal ball for Saturday evening April 3 in Community Hall. Initiatory services and a diner will precede the dance.
Col John F. Conk of the United States Engineer Corps based in Huntington West Virginia is ordered to report to Panama City for duty. He previously oversaw building operators at the large Ohio River dam near Gallipolis.
Logan health officials report fewer than two percent of Junior High School parents have signed permits for vaccination. Health commissioner Dr. H. M. Boocks outlines a vaccination program to prevent a smallpox epidemic, noting Logan has been free of smallpox for years and low vaccination raises risk.
Logan Freshmen will hold class elections next Friday after nominating officers today. Officials say delaying the election until students know each other yields better results, due to many freshmen coming from rural districts.
Logan superintendent G E Carr and J W Coleman attended a board meeting in Athens to shape plans for the Southeast Ohio Education meeting in October. E J Arnold of Nelsonville is president with J W Coleman as vice president and Carr as secretary-treasurer. Florence Larimer will lead the school women's dinner.
Arrangements are made for a county wide senior scholarship contest at the Logan High Building on April 3. Seniors from other county schools will come to Logan to compete with local students.
Tom Nash sought an application for the 1937 C M T Camp becoming the sixth Hocking County youth to indicate a desire to attend. Kermit Bliss grabbed an application later in the week as the county quota is six with additional enrollments possible if other counties miss quotas.
Logan reports snow fall over the weekend did not stop buses on Monday morning. About 70 juniors were absent at a local junior high due to illness. John Reynolds, 59, a miner, suffered an eye injury at a Murray City area mine and was taken to Cherrington Hospital for treatment.
Lafay ette Post and the Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion will celebrate the 18th anniversary with a Wednesday evening program of music and addresses at the Legion Hall in the Ohio Valley Bank building followed by an oyster supper. The Women’s Auxiliary district convention, postponed from April 6 due to illness of district president Mildred Fowler of Pomeroy, will be rescheduled to May.
M E Glenn of Vinton advertises a free horse to the first caller describing the mare as a good worker after harnessing and hitching. Readers are urged to contact the seller for ownership.
Robert Elwood McCarley of Vinton received anti rabies treatment for minor facial wounds from an incident with a bird dog at the Feltman Rees store. The dog is not thought to be rabid.
Dexter notes guests and illnesses among local families. W. R. Halliday and family hosted Wade Halliday in Dyesville. Hettie Marchington traveled to Columbus to be with her ill brother Jasper Folden at Grant Hospital. Audry Saxton recovering from appendectomy at Sheltering Arms Athens. Dawes Lansbury seriously ill in Grant Hospital Columbus. Jesse Nelson and Max Nelson ill. Race Davis visiting Emmett Davis en route to Parker Run. W. C. Merritt returned to Columbus. Anna Hutton admitted for goitre operation. I.O.C.F. lunch met. Perley Nelson in Gallipolis on business. David Vonschmitz from Toledo visited his mother Irene Vonschmitz. Nellie Nelson and Orion Nelson accompanied Ruth Davis to Columbus to see ill relatives. Irene Vonschmitz returning from winter in Toledo. Logan Patsy Ruth ill with scarlet fever. sister previously died from the disease.
G E Carr will address the County Schoolmasters Club at Laurelville this evening. He plans to discuss the recent New Orleans convention he attended as the main topic of his talk.
Mrs Carl Brandt of North Spring Street is slowly recovering from an extended illness.
A Chicago furniture maker showcased bedroom sets with concealed jewelry drawers and chests as a security friendly feature. The display implied buyers could store valuables discreetly while enjoying new furnishings.
Daphne faces a pivotal moment as she accepts a country tour for the Georgian account while grappling with leaving her partner Larry and balancing loyalty to her agency. He leaves quietly after realization dawns, and she prepares for travel and separation.
Daphne and Larry cling to hope as frequent letters fail to bridge distance after a breakup promises. Anne Cockerell reports from Detroit that Larry sinks into war’s solitude, while Austria’s divorce statistics reveal rising separations in long marriages during wartime.
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