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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1933
Page
12
Natco Plant officials in Haydenville plowed 20 acres of company land for 150 unemployed village families. The land will be divided into small tracts for individual lots, with the company donating the land and providing plowing. A prior smaller program in Haydenville last year offered relief.
Logan reports 300 additional seats for the high school auditorium will be shipped before week’s end. Installation will begin on arrival to complete the building’s seating capacity.
Logan votes to hire engineers to revise plans for a modernized water plant but Mayor Flias Bright vetoes the move citing current water fund balances and avoid increasing rates. Council may override at next meeting and place the matter before voters.
Morton E Epstein of Logan High School returned from a six day Grand Rapids visit with the North Central Conference of Music Supervisors. He was selected as one of 156 high school musicians from 20 states to join the orchestra and earned eighth chair after a tryout by director Charlies Righter. A highlight was a Wednesday concert for 7,000 attendees that was broadcast. Also, local club members attended the Retary Con France in Columbus.
Logan, May 4. Sheriff Sol El linger and Deputy Stanley Sparnow recovered a car near the Fairview Church Saturday night. They are seeking to learn the owner.
The American Legion Junior League will start in early June for a ten week season with ten games per team. Rosters show sufficient players for Catholic Lutheran and Episcopal teams, with Lutherans and Episcopalians needing additions. opening ceremonies and contests are planned.
Logan May 4. A total of 106 applications for forest relief work were filed at the chamber of commerce with Barton A. Hall heading the county relief committee. The relief committee will select men to fill the county quota set by the state based on the county's unemployed count. The county quota number to enroll is not yet determined.
Logan reports Vern Hinerman age 20 son of Mr and Mrs A J Hinerman of Union Furnace was injured Wednesday when a coal truck he was operating rolled over him. He suffered two broken ribs and a bruised left shoulder after releasing the brake and falling beneath a wheel.
Relatives in Logan were informed of the death of William Lefty James at his parents home in Glenroy on Wednesday after recently arriving from Portsmouth. Pneumonia and complications were listed as the cause. He is a brother of Mrs Judson Shriner of the city, who were notified Tuesday.
Logan May 4 J W Coleman was tendered a three year contract by the Hocking County board of education at a special meeting Tuesday evening His election was by a 4 to 1 vote The contract cuts his salary by 1100 annually from the 3000 of his last contract Coleman has headed the county school system for seven years Previously he was superintendent in New Amsterdam Ohio George L Wright incumbent seeks another term and is expected to be reappointed Wright has held the post for three years succeeding Newton Spencer Haydenville principal H H Sands was the only local man seeking the superintendency and W H Barton a former county resident was an applicant
A 2500 check was received by Charles C. Achauer clerk of court as the first installment on a 10000 judgment against Consolidated Indemnity Company tied to county deposits in First Rempel National Bank. The case, heard before Judge Harley M. Whitcraft, was affirmed by the Supreme Court and set a statewide precedent. New Straitsville notes his daughter Nellie Orndorf wedding to Earnest L. Hart in Fayetteville Arkansas.
Records filed with county officers show Joe Flynn, recently sent from this county on a burglary charge to the Ohio Penitentiary, had previously served time in Huntsville Texas in 1928. A separate notice through the Chamber warns locals that solicitors are seeking to buy old gold or gold trinkets, via the Better Business Bureau of Columbus.
Alumni Association Executive Committee plans the annual reunion for June 2 at the L H S Auditorium. Officers in charge include Mrs Margaret T Webb president, Joe Case vice president, Mrs Dorothy Wardwell secretary, Robert Rochester assistant secretary, Elizabeth Stough ton assistant secretary and W D Braddock treasurer.
Athens Airport on U S Route 80 South east of the city is gaining recognition and added to airway maps. Owner C O Rowland levels the field for easier takeoffs and landings with soil smoothing aided by Guy Fierce’s donated tractor. State officials may inspect and push a major ditch Fill as part of possible federal or state projects. Four Athens residents hold student flying permits learning from Lieut. Eckford Hodson. A wind indicator atop the hangar signals further improvements.
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