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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1934
Page
12
Logan March 23 The city council listened to opponents to the water works project and accepted a 180-signature petition. Mayor Fitzgerald ordered a citywide survey by Far Johnson and Carl Harper to test sentiment while pending bond counsel and engineer needs were moved to second reading.
Straitsville and nearby residents are noted visiting and traveling. McCannon of West Branch spent Sunday with family. Bechbacher and McCannon family members were in Zanesville. Dreese Talil and Howe of San Pedro Calif plan visits to local families. Paul Bechbacher and Floyd Andrews visited here. Clifford Bumgardner and family spent Sunday with Alice Hotleran. funeral services for Mrs. Herbert Evans were held here with burial at Marion. Albert Hite and Margaret Mille visited in Columbus with family.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Herbert Evans in New Straitsville. Beside her husband she leaves a son and a daughter from a former marriage, two step-daughters, with burial at Marion. In other notes, special night classes were well attended and several locals visited.
After a shutdown several weeks, Goose Creek improvement is resumed to ready for brick masons. Work continues along Second Street under state and county funds for material costs while CWA ranks supply labor. William Wolfe remains superintendent and Honus Kleinschmidt leads the bricklayers.
Deputy Sheriff Joe Farbearn arrested Jerry Taylor and Orville Click after an automobile accident Tuesday and took them to Columbus for detectives. Arthur Badawaki injuries Hitchhiker(s) recovering.
World War veteran Harry Thomas was named special policeman by Mayor Kenneth R. Fitzgerald. He served on duty for the first time Saturday night, substituting for Chief Lew Reynolds on Wednesday. Thomas is the son of former Sheriff James Thomas and a Rainbow Division veteran.
Six hundred people attended the county wide extension workers achievement meeting at Logan High School. C C Lang called it the largest attendance this year in Ohio. The program featured the H Club orchestra, readings, vocal selections, and a parade of extension activities. Alma Garvin spoke on state club work and notes and prizes were announced by Lang.
Logan William Loomis and Son supervise remodeling of the large room in the McCarthy Building on West Main Street to house the Star Restaurant. A front window will be added on Market Street and the Kemper stand moved north. Interior changes are planned and occupancy is targeted for April 10.
James LEMON resigns from the Green Township Board of Education prompting vacancy proceedings.
Logan residents announce the birth at Columbus Hospital Tuesday of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Lester Risch. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs 5 C Risch of Enterprise and Mrs Emma Shaw of Rockbridge. Mocking County Court of Appeals met Tuesday with one case from Edward Pritts et al against O W Merrell highway director over a disputed highway in Green Township. The court visited the site after hearing evidence.
Work to clean city water wells began Wednesday under Roy Loomis service director supervision. After completion the city will start systematic flushing of mains throughout the area.
Funeral services for Elijah Reynolds will be held at 2 pm Friday at the Methodist Episcopal Church in New Straitsville. Reynolds died from injuries suffered in a meter accident at Cherry Hospital early Wednesday. He is survived by his wife and six siblings: Willa of Nelsonville, John of Murray City, Harry Reynolds, Mrs Ide Lang, and Mrs Abbie Rider of New Straitsville, and Mrs Mary Campbell of Logan.
Seven thousand twenty passenger cars were sold in Ohio during February according to Automotive Daily News. The figure marks a gain of 2,487 from January and reflects broader February rises across fourteen states.
Columbus woman Sarah Lake widow of Albert Lake died at her Columbus home after a long illness from Brights disease. Her brother and sister live in Logan and Columbus. Short funeral services were held in Columbus and the body will be moved to the Carpenter residence for services by Rev White with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
The United Mine Workers Ladies Auxiliary No 2 sponsor a chicken supper and indoor carnival on Monday April 2 at the Star Theater. Music by Happy Harrys Old Hilliders and other attractions listed.
Gas prices fell one cent per gallon in Columbus today as major firms matched competition from independent stations.
The Bucyrus board of education voted to close all schools next week due to a funds shortage. The decision, announced March 2, affects students and staff across the district.
Dr A K Buell formerly of Columbus will open offices in Athens on April 2 focusing on eye ear nose and throat care. He will work from Hotel Berry for a week then move to Beckley Building Court and Union Streets. He has 19 years medical practice with Ohio Penitentiary EENT department head duties last five years. He is active in Franklin County Medical Society AMA Mason Elk Kiwanian and Methodist Church with a family moving around July 1.
The East Side School hosted its annual Easter assembly on Thursday afternoon led by the student council. Performances included piano solos by Helen Radford and Betty Ruth Birge, readings by Mary Margaret Graham, Ruth Ann Grover, and Doris Mathews, and poems by Martha Pugh, Blaine Hall, and Cilentine Calentine, with Paul Hall presiding.
Chardon reports a maple syrup shortage for the first time in 25 years as sap flow slows due to a harsh winter. Prices rise from 1.10 to as high as 1.75 per gallon, with dealers blaming the weather for lost weeks in March. In Nelsonville, 42 students and staff enjoyed an Easter party with games lunch and candy rabbits.
The Rev. Herbert Booth Smith of Immanuel Presbyterian Church Los Angeles is named as a leading candidate for moderator at the May 24 election in Cleveland during the general assembly session.
Athens Chapter of the Izaak Walton League met with C. E. McClure as new president. C. W. Strawn presented a funds report from Kerr Hardware and Wheaton Hardware. 25 cents per hunting license and 10 cents per fishing license were received from these stores. Funds funded rabbit stock and feeding efforts. some money to be held for fodder next fall. Plans were set for a fire lane from the Izaak Walton farm to the Waterloo State Forest and road and bridge work to access the cabin.
Two projects in Athens City remain unfinished as the CWA ends April 1. Washington to State Street on Congress Street and Lancaster to Shafer on State Street will be completed by the new Works Division.
Washington reports the United States job market rose in February as more than 350000 workers returned to work, marking a free increase since the start of the low mood, according to the American Federation of Labor.
The Good Shepherd Episcopal Church hosts a three hour worship Friday from 12 to 3 in commemoration of the crucifixion. The Rev. Gilbert Symons of Cincinnati will give meditations on the seven last words of Jesus from the Cross. The public is invited and attendees may join any part of the service, with entry or exit advised during hymn singing.
Columbus business leaders and professionals gathered for a new round of recovery clinics sponsored by the chamber of commerce continuing the statewide effort to boost local business confidence and activity.
Jones files suit in County Common Pleas charging his wife Clara Bell Jones with adultery and asking for custody of their four children. The action names a church nearby and cites the state of the marriage as the basis for the suit.
Probate Judge S M Johnson in Athens admits the will of F J Beasley to probate in the local court. The filing confirms the will's validity and opens the estate for settlement under court supervision.
Local residents near Rocky report hearing frogs on a Monday, a sign that spring may be approaching. The sighting adds to customary seasonal cues noted by the community.
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