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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1932
Page
26
Hocking County Election Board met to approve contracts for May Primaries supplies. Logan Republican printed ballots at 324.50, while F. J. Heer Company of Columbus supplied other precinct goods at 229. The board noted 49 county office candidates and 56 central committee contenders, with uneven committee petitions and contests in both parties.
Edward Marx, youth of Logan area, was injured when a hit-skip driver struck him while he stood on a car running board in the Marx home yard. Sheriff Sol Ellinger noted the unknown driver fled after the collision as Pearl Little sat in the other vehicle.
Local notice invites readers and staff to contact D Milne for classified ads and circulation matters. The Messenger requests readers to use the provided telephone to reach 272 or 6024 for services and listings.
Little and the Marx residence are mentioned and Marx is brought to a local physician after an accident. X ray photographs were taken to check for a possible collar bone fracture. Sheriff Ellinger is attempting to locate the driver who fled the scene.
Funeral services were held at United Brethren Church in Logan for Lewis Huffines 74 who died at his home from pneumonia after several days illness. He was a lifelong farmer and is survived by wife Elizabeth and six children Ethel Hilderbrand William Sherman Huffines Roy Huffines Emory Huffines and Jacob Huffines. Burial was in Mt Olive Cemetery near Gibisonville.
Health Department reports show quarantines shrinking with only one home under restrictions. Charles Campbell of Starr Township remains quarantined where Mrs Campbell and daughter Zota suffer scarlet fever. Carl Graham home in Good Hope Township was released after diphtheria and scarlet fever cases, with one diphtheria death noted.
Funeral services were held at the M E Church in New Straitsville for Mrs Florence Mullen 37 wife of Micheal Mullen of Logan who died Monday after several months illness from cancer She had been in Columbus for treatment and is survived by her husband two daughters Vera and Doris a son John her parents Mr and Mrs James Sherrard and several siblings The Rev W H Harble officiated and burial followed in New Straitsville Cemetery
Edward Hamilton of Moore's Restaurant nearly achieved a perfect 300 in his first game Wednesday, rolling 290 to anchor a 713 series. Moore's won two games before Shoe Factory claimed the final frame as Hamilton lifts season average to 209.
Miss Frances Emerson Campbell daughter of Dr and Mrs EB Campbell of Logan and Peter Esselburne son of Mr and Mrs Ellsworth Esselburne of Canton were married at St Johns Rectory with Rev James T Nevin officiating. The couple will reside in Canton after a wedding trip.
Mr and Mrs Stanley Baker were recent guests in the home of Mr and Mrs Eugene Shaffer in Athens.
Logan March 18 Four Boy Scouts from Troop 160 attended a Lancaster Court of Honor. Edward Hamilton advanced to first class and earned a merit badge. Ray Schwenke Ray Collinson and Robert Scholl received merit badges. Scoutmaster Alfred B Campbell oversees plans for the Scout Circus in Columbus and attendance by his troop.
Mrs. Vance Webb of Logan learned on Wednesday that her brother Frank McManaway was ill in Detroit. She departed the same day for Michigan City to be with him.
Fifteen members of the Athens Rotary Club attended an inter-city meeting of Rotary Clubs from Athens Logan Lancaster Marietta and Zanesville held at Malta Thursday night. Joe Bardin and Edward Wise Athens High School boys pre-
The Athens club hosted a Rotary gathering in Malta M.E. Church with over 100 Rotarians in attendance. The Logan club delivered a clever razzing of other clubs present while James Mad, a former Southern Ohio Rotary governor, spoke to the group.
In a regimen style advert, the piece touts Dr Caldwell's syrup pepsin as a daily stimulant for all organs, derived from laxative herbs and pepsin. It urges replacing patent medicines with this preparation to avoid constipation, bilious headaches, and sallow complexion, especially for children.
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