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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 19, 1934

Page

10

Logan county names April grand and petit juries

Logan County officials drew jurors for the April term with eight women on the grand jury the first time since women gained suffrage. The lists name jurors from Logan and surrounding towns including Murray City Rockbridge Ada Kreig and Mrs M R Lewis among others.

Logan Grand Jury William Winland Laurelville R.D Waveline Saunders Logan R.D James Lanning Murray Pi Emma Westenhaver Ee Hugh Meldrim Atheny Haydenville Eek Ponte Logan Ada Kreig Harry Febus Rockbridge R.D Lloyd Blosser Joseph Ansel Bell Miller W. W. Hardy David Later M. R. Lewis Murray City Leslie Cruise New Plymouth Ira Dawley Ward Township Edward Barker Logan R. D James Johnson William J. Carpenter Matis Lindsey South Bloomingville Simeon Blackston Marion Township Eugene Blake Sand Run Archie Harris Nelsonville R. D Ben Spicer Oroville Clara Jones Cyrus Rochester Mable Schwenke Eph Lane Robert Webb W. Wrightsell

Union Furnace High To Honor 2 Team

Plans are under way at Union Furnace High for a banquet honoring the boys and girls basketball teams. An instrumental concert directed by Mr. Harburger is set for Friday April 13. Sixty pupils from the girls and boys glee clubs will attend the county music festival in Logan Friday March 30. Two new pupils entered the grades Harlene Ervin in the fourth grade Mary McDonnel in the sixth. Jack Lee born March 14 to Mr. and Mrs. Harry McVey. Ira Duffee hosts a party with twenty five guests. Dorothy Patton of Haydenville visited Elizabeth Ingmire. Barbara Bender invited Mrs Fender's mother Addessie Groves for Sunday.

Union Furnace Harburger Logan Harlene Ervin Te Mary McDonnel Harry McVey Jack Lee Ira Duffee Rey Bherbun Wheeler, Mich Ruth John Sherban Jeane Dyer U. B Dorothy Patton Haydenville Eizabeth Ingmire Lee Bender Barbara Columbus Mra Fender Addessie Groves

Logan Briefs Highlight Local Visits And Health News

Logan brief items report Mr. and Mrs. Rochester Bowen of Columbus visiting relatives on Sunday. Miss Lucille Roberts travels to Columbus for several days awaiting a cancer and registered nurse. Miss Rosella Kleinschmidt visits Athens with her sister Marie Kleinchmidt. Relatives learn Mary Margaret Brian of Mt. Pleasant Michigan has scarlet fever. Janice Barker undergoes tonsil surgery at Cherryton Hospital on Saturday.

Rochester Bowen Columbus Logan Lucille Roberts Rosella Kleinschmidt Athens Marie Kleinchmidt Mary Margaret Brian Joe Brian Mt. Pleasant Michigan Janice Cc. F. Barker Cherrington Hopital

Logan High Band to Jackson April 27 Under Henry Fillmore

Logan High School plans a trip to Jackson on April 27 for a massed band under director Henry Fillmore. Local director Richard McCutchan says about 45 to 50 students will participate. News comes from Pleasant Much of Logan. Birth announcement on Washington's Birthday reports twins for Rufus and Mrs Westbrook formerly of Logan.

Logan Logan High School Jackson Henry Fillmore Richard McCutchan Pleasant Much Washington Rufus Westbrook George Marthe Bert Kitchen

Logan A Special Session For Waterworks May Be Held

A special session of the Logan city council is planned for Tuesday night to discuss waterworks improvements and related matters. The meeting will address funding, project timelines, and service impacts.

LOGAN Why Council

Wilful Absence Grounds Divorce Granted

Judge Harvey M. Whitcraft grants a divorce to Mark Shelton from Ethel Shelton on the grounds of wilful absence. Costs are adjudged against the plaintiff.

Logan Harvey M. Whitcraft Mark Shelton Ethel Shelton

Representative Welch Observes Birthday Amid Campaign

Hocking County Representative H B Welch paused his drive for the Democratic nomination in the 11th District to mark his birthday on Saturday. The event coincided with Irish patron Saint Patrick, noted in local chatter.

Work Done in Camp Hocking Is Reviewed in Free Thiebe

The Hocking Free Press, issued by Camp Hocking staff led by editor Frank Verna, reports on state work. Lt Peckinpaugh notes a 600 gallon per hour water well, a $1500 bathhouse project, and new showers. Wyatt outlines projects including 11 miles of telephone lines and military-scale forestry efforts with towers and large tree clearance.

Hocking Frank Verna Pat Kealin A. McCafferty Ted Brammer J. Malay R. Kelley E. Alsentzer R. T. Peckinpaugh Lt. Lazzeri Darby A. G. Wyatt Mr. Proctor Peckinpaugh Wyatt

Suspect Flees as Officer Tumbles in Paper Warehouse

Chief Lew Reynolds pursued Ralph Lancaster after locating him in Ben Singer’s paper warehouse. The suspect hid among waste paper when the officer grabbed him. a collapse toppled the stacks and the man vanished in the confusion.

Logan Ralph Lancaster Lew Reynolds Ben Singer

County Spelling Beers Finals Set at Logan High

The county wide spelling finals will be held at Logan High School Building at 9 30 a m next Saturday. Students scoring 100 percent in district eliminations qualify for the finals. The district with the most perfect spellers per capita wins the cup.

Logan Logan High School

CWA payroll stable in Hocking County with 625 paid

Payroll for the CWA in Hocking County matched the prior week with a total of 6349.97 dollars distributed to 625 recipients. Perry County paid 4279.44 to 1037 people, Fairfield County 2680.44 to 330, and Pickaway County 2506.97 to 233 workers.

Logan CWA Hocking County Perry County Fairfield County Pickaway County

County Home Ward Loses Both Feet Amputation Advised

John Cooney, a patient at Hocking County Home, underwent surgery at Cherrington Hospital to amputate both feet after freezing injuries sustained weeks earlier. The operation removed both feet above the ankles, and medical staff report his condition as favorable.

En Logan John Cooney Hocking Cherrington Hospital

Logan City investigates well water salt content near city

City officials seek to determine the chemical content of water from drilled wells near Logan after a council meeting. Tests show a slight salt trace linking to a historic salt plant south of the city where water was reduced to obtain salt.

Logan Poneers

Morrison will names sons executors in probate

The will of Nancy J. Morrison of Alexander Township Athens County is probated in Judge S. Johnson's court. Since her husband predeceased her, all property passes to daughter Ida May Morrison and sons William Guy Morrison and Elisha Ray Morrison, with limited bequests to Ida May, grandchildren, and a monument to be erected at the family burial plot at Pleasant Hall.

Nancy J. Morrison Alexander Township Athens County M. Johnson Ida May Morrison William Guy Morrison Elisha Ray Morrison Clayton McKinley Morrison Richard Morrison Arid Drs Irene Arnold Sharney Edith Morrison Ira Morrison

Central School Names Honor Roll for Fourth Six Weeks

Central School published its fourth six weeks honor roll. First grade honorees include Duane Bell and Marc Biddison among others. Second grade names list Billy Cargo through Doris Larch. Third grade honorees include Helen Brown and Johanna Daugherty. Fourth grade winners are Howard Bobo and Dent Williams. Fifth grade honorees include Elizabeth Kolenick and Morris Wiley. Sixth grade students named are Jane Wamsley and Paul Rotherm al among others.

Central School Duane Bell Marc Biddison Eddie Brown Bobby Smith Joan Algeo Mary Daugherty Virginia Lee Gaston Deanue McPherson Mary Nash June Schuler Billy Cargo Dana Connett Raymond Dunfee Paul Higgins Bobby Jones Garry Stephenson Vincent Wiley Mattie Lou Allen Wanda Lee Coota Betty Frances Johnson Elan Mickie Rose Lee Swyers Jean Tryon Mary Lane Valentine Patricia Wright Doris Larch Helen Brown Johanna Daugherty Luther Dunfee Rachel Hoffman Annamae Keever Julia Larch JoAnn Murphy Parestides Luella Powell Wanda Quest Marjory Ann Bardin Virginia Rogers Stella Taylor Howard Bobo Betty Brooks Griswold Betty Jane Harris Joanne Leben Joan Seiple Dent Williama Elizabeth Kolenick Mary Jo Stephenson Joan Woolley Morris Wiley Jane Wamsley Paul Rothermal Helen Minameyer Oryn Johnson Mary Eleanor Figgins Patty Daugherty Betty Jean Cox Constance Dent Betty Alone Kelley

Logan Sees Cisterns Run Dry Amid Heavy Snow

Heavy snowfalls fail to replenish Logan cisterns as rainfall remains scarce and snowmelt fails to fill tanks. Residents report many cisterns now dry despite ongoing winter conditions.

Logan

Logan Lodge Elkste Social Meeting Tonight

A special social meeting of the Logan Lodge of Elkste is held at the club rooms at 7:90 tonight. Music and entertainment will be offered and the feed committee is ordered to function.

Logan Logan Lodge of Elkste

Gardeners Plant Early Despite Frozen Soil in Gallipolis

In Gallipolis, gardeners worked Saturday to plow and plant despite soil still frozen. One gardener advocates planting early potatoes by St. Patrick's Day while noting last year’s crop went in February 22.

Gallipolis St. Patrick's Day

Residents, visitors make rounds as town notes roll up

Raymond Nixon returns home after months in Columbus hospital from coal mine injury. Elton Siatzer in Zanesville hospital after severe burns from home incident shows no expected improvement. Mrs. Jennie Powers recovering from pneumonia. Howard Blankenship in Logan Wednesday. Mrs. Amy Lanning in Columbus on business. Goldie Otsot and daughter Betty Jane with Beatrice Smith in Columbus. Liberty Filling Station being repaired with new paint. Starling Lohr and Mabel Stoltz in Columbus visiting relatives. Local youngsters fly kites end of week. Virginia McCoy of Columbus visiting sister Helen McCoy, music supervisor. Henry Lemon of Orville on Friday business. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lawson moving to near Cincinnati for Mr. Lawson’s new job.

New Straitsville Raymond Nixon Columbus Howard Blankenship Logan Amy Lanning Goldie Otsot Betty Jane Beatrice Smith Liberty Starling Lohr Mabel Stoltz Henry Lemon Orville Edward Lawson Cincinnati Mr. Lawson

Athens Junior High Names Fourth Six Weeks Honor Pupil List

Forty eight seventh to ninth graders at Athens Junior High earned honor roll for the fourth six weeks. High honors in seventh grade went to Jean Forsyth Grace Ellen Foster Donna Gaitten Alice Macecombs and Daniel Bardin. Others named include Mary Duncan Betty Jane Fulton Anna Margaret Morrison Ila Jean Nelson Eleanor Peckham James Person Virginia Segalle Helen Stratton Kurt Watkine and Elizabeth Wood.

Athens Junior High School Jean Forsyth Grace Eilen Foster Donna Gaitten Alice Macecombs Daniel Bardin Mary Duncan Betty Jane Fulton Anna Margaret Morrison Ila Jean Nelson Eleanor Peckham James Person Virginia Segalle Helen Stratton Kurt Watkine Elizabeth Wood

Lancaster Man Arrested on Intoxication Charge

John Kerns of Lancaster was arrested Saturday night by Chief Lew Reynolds and charged with intoxication. He will appear before Mayor Kenneth R. Fitzgerald Monday night.

Logan John Kerns Lancaster Lew Reynolds Kenneth RK. Fitzgerald

River Notes Report Steamers On Falls and Sinks

River traffic on the Ohio and Kanawha shows declines as ships move from Memphis to Pittsburgh with coal and empty barges. Steamer Otto Marmet sank a loaded coal barge near Cincinnati after smoke stalled towing, while Julius Fleischman carried coal from Cincinnati, and Henry Vetser Jr. headed to Kanawha with empties.

Gallipolis American and Kelly American Barge Line Memphis Pittsburgh Julius Fleischman Cincinnati Henry Vetser, Jr Kanawha River Otto Marmet Ohio Kanawha

Ohio college students spend spring vacation at home

William Jones Kenneth Ambary Robert Betz James Neal Jane Ann Bovie and Ernestine Cating of Ohio State University Columbus and Lioyd Niday of Ohio Northern University Ada are spending their spring vacation at their homes here.

William Jones Kenneth Ambary Robert Betz James Neal Jane Ann Bovie Ernestine Cating Ohio State University Columbus Lioyd Niday Ohio Northern University Ada

Darling Rites Conducted in Gallipolis

Funeral services for Dr. George W. Darling 87 of Portsmouth were held Sunday. He was father of Mrs. Margaret D. Carter of this city. Burial in Wellston where he was born and reared and where he practiced medicine before later moving to Portsmouth.

Legislature Urged to Assure 1923 33 State Aid Basis

Gallipolis March 19 Affiliates in the Save Ohio Schools Association telegraphed the taxation and finance committees of the Ohio Legislature requesting amendments to the Guneett Finance Bill. They seek a state aid base not less than that provided for the 1932 33 school year to fund southern Ohio hill counties. Resolutions name Prof W A Lewis Rio Grande Mrs Jennie Elliott J I Richards and an emergency committee of Mrs Julia Bean Lloyd Stormont and H B Bradbury.

Gallipolis Ohio Save Ohio Schools Association Gallia County Association Lafayette Post The American Legion Parent-Teacher Associations W. A. Lewis Rio Grande Jennie Elliott J. I. Richards Julia Bean Lhoyd Stormont H. B. Bradbury

Landscaping Contract Let For Gate to Mound Hill Cemetery

The city and French Colony Daughters of the Revolution awarded the landscaping contract for the Memorial Gateway entrance to Mound Hill Cemetery to Mr. Teague. Work begins immediately and will take about 10 days at an estimated cost of $500. A. F. DeWorth, floriculturist at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics, planned the planting and landscaping.

Gallipolis Mound Hill Cemetery Daughters of the Revolution Teague A. F. DeWorth Ohio Hospital

Gallia Court News: Judgments and Sales Ordered

Clarence Coughenour won a money suit against Charles B. Thompson et al for 954.40 plus 8 percent interest from March 17. Caldwell & Caldwell vs Cotterman dismissed. A farm partition in Huntington Township in the Wellington vs Harman case ordered. premises to be sold at sheriff's sale.

Gallipolis Clarence Coughenour Charles B. Thompson Common Pleas Court Caldwell & Caldwell Cotterman Huntington Township Elsie B. Wellington Clarence E. Harman

Bradburys to Move Gallipolis Residence

County Superintendent and Mrs. H. B. Bradbury with family plan a move to the 8 B Huntington residence on Third Avenue from their Fourth Avenue home.

Gallipolis H. B. Bradbury 8. B. Huntington Third Avenue Fourth Avenue

Fourteen Arrested At Gallipolis Municipal Court Day

Gallipolis prepares for arraignments as fourteen defendants face the Municipal Court before Judge A J Stormont after a weekend marked by two cutting affrays and one obstruction of property case. Additional suspects face drunk and disorderly charges. Betty Roe and Hencie Persinger are charged with cutting with intent to kill after injuries to John Greer and Clyde Cornell. Greer remains hospitalized with a deep knife wound. Cornell sustained deep cuts requiring stitches.

Gallipolis A. J. Stormont Betty Roe First Avenue Hencie Persinger John Greer Clyde Mocco Corned Mre Roe Persinger Greer Holzer Hospital Third Avenue Olive Street Mrs. Roe Ethel Stewart Cornell Inez Sowards Neil Avenue John Fraley Workman

Holzer Hospital Notes Gallipolis Admissions and Dismissals

Gallipolis notes list admissions at Holzer Hospital on Sunday including Tommy Reid infant son of Mr and Mrs Matt Reid of the city for medical treatment Mrs Cecil White Long Bottom appendectomy A F E Reiney Pt Pleasant appendectomy Dismissals include Mrs M T Eping Mrs J E Halliday James Carney Camp Gallia CCC Bending Pomeroy Mrs Rivers Little and son Racine Rosalie Brooks Jackson Landon Smith Pt Pleasant

Gallipolis Holzer Hospital Tommy Reid Matt Reid City Cecil White A. F E. Rainey Pt. Pleasant M. T Eping J. E. Halliday James Carney Camp Gallia

CCC To Pick New Corps in Coming Month

Athens County plans a third CCC mobilization in April to join federal reforestation armies. Last year 55 youths were recruited then 54 more joined later. Applications start after March 26 with enlistments for six months for 18 to 25 year olds from relief families. Camps exist across Ohio including five in Scioto and work covers forest conservation erosion control and park improvements.

CCC Athens County Citizens’ Conservation Corps Washington Ralph Shaffer State Department Shaffer Ohio Zaleski State Forest Vinton County Scioto County Lucas Hocking Lawrence Vinton Summit Tuscarawas Ross Ashland Muskingum Morgan Noble Pike, Meigs Gallia Adams Clermont Jackson Perry Defiance Henry Jefferson Champaign Auglaize Highland Warren Cuyshoga

Gallia County Youths Seek CCC Enlistment

More than twenty Gallia County youths have been sent to George Haney the county relief director for CCC enrollment. Probate Judge J. B. Clark forwarded the names and FE Braught chairman of the Ohio Relief Commission says relief directors will oversee selection of men for the program.

Gallipolis Gallia County Civilian Conservation Corps George Haney J. 8. Clark Haney FE ©. Braught Ohio Relief Commission

Girl Scout Troop Five Plans Dinner After Signaling Contest

Patsy Rose was vested as a new scout by Mrs. Fred Wheaton on Thursday. Troop Five, led by Captain Mrs. John Woolley and Lieutenant Woolley, held nature work and signaling practice. A contest determined a winning patrol while the losing WAnaAssa plans a party Thursday 7 to 9 pm. Catherine Carpenter and Irene Olson will chaperone. Martha Jones Health Test. next week aims for a registration dinner.

Patsy Rose Fred Wanaassa Catherine Carpenter Fred Wheaton Irene Olson John Woolley M Woolley Martha Jones

Olive Tablets Offer Gentle Constipation Relief

Dr Edwards Olive Tablets advertise as a pleasant herbal laxative that cleanses the liver and eases chronic constipation without griping. The ad claims quick, safe, sugar coated results for dark breath and tired headaches, urging thousands to try the product.

Edwards Dr. Edwards Olive

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