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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1933
Page
14
Logan May 5 The Hocking County Medical Society unanimously endorsed improving the city water works by adopting a water softening and purifying plant. The resolution cites health benefits for babies and adults and urges City Mayor Elias Bright and the City Council to act quickly.
Logan senior and junior high schools will send 28 students to the district scholarship test in Athens on Saturday. Contestants include Morton Epstein, Minnie L. Heine in Chemistry. John Cooper, Esther McGovern in Algebra. Lewis E. Arnold, Kenneth M. Beery in Physics. Thelma Stump, Don Zeigier in Plane Geometry. Glenn H. Brown, Don Poston in American History. Richard Brown, Kenneth Donaldson in World History. Louise Lever, Mary Monks in Latin I. Martha A. Herron, Dorothy H. Mattox in Latin III. Helen G. Nixon, Robert White in French I. John R. Kleinschmidt, Selah R. Warren in French II. Constance Wells, Betty Barthiow in English ninth year. Margaret Brooker, Lillian Co. Kemper in English tenth year. Jeona M. Byers, Barbera E. Till in English eleventh year. Eloise Ralston, Jane Thurness in twelfth year.
May 5 reports include W L Franks urging Boy Scout canvassers to finish solicitations for the Hocking County campaign and attend a 7 o clock meeting at the courthouse auditorium. Lancaster & J. Mary joins Logan High football schedule as a potential date, while George Leyshon of Logan appears in Western Reserve University Glee Club after graduating from Logan High.
Logan resident J. P. Canty announced the purchase of D. M. Soliday’s fire and surety insurance agency. The deal closed Monday and Canty will maintain his office on Market Street.
Logan county obituary reports the death of Rev. P. S. Kreider of Gibisonville after a year of illness. He served 12 years as clergy and is survived by wife Edna Kreider two sisters Kate Francis and Mary Avery and a brother C F Kreider, a former county representative. Funeral held at Gibisonville United Brethren Church with Rev C B Sans Ridgeway presiding. Burial in Mt Olive Cemetery.
Logan May 5 Experiments with Korean Clover will be conducted this summer on Henry Theinscheld farm in Washington Township. Harold Chambers notes previous mixed results. Two plots house oats as a horse crop. one plot contains Korean clover alone and the other a meadow mixture.
Logan May 5 funeral services for William Lefty James former baseball pitcher will be held at 2 pm Sunday at Glenroy burial in Wellston follows. James spent 20 years in professional baseball with the American and American Association and eastern leagues. He was brother of Mrs Judson Shriner of this city.
Announcement of sub committees for the Logan High Alumni Association reunion made by president Mrs. Margaret T. Webb lists the Entertainment group C Wood Bowen Cy Rochester W D Braddock Mabel Brown Velene Acker and Mrs Mayme Bowen. Invitation group Barton A Hall Marie Lines Elizabeth Stoughton. Food group Dorothy Bell Dorothy Wardwell Helen Smith Irma Powers. Dance group Frank Judy John W McBroom Robert Rochester.
Walter H. O'Dell 72 died after a short illness at the Hocking County Home. He was father to Mrs. Jacob Myers near Logan Mrs. F. H. Moore Clarkeville Mrs. Frank Robinson Lancaster and Mrs. John Baade Toledo. Funeral services were at Heinlein Chapel at 10 a.m. Thursday conducted by Rev. W. N. Shank. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
Logan reports the reappointment of B. W. Wright as resident engineer for the state highway department in Hocking County for another year effective May 1. Wright has led the local office since Harold Nixon vacated the post amid discussions of replacing him with William D. Rebout.
Chamber of Commerce officials said the Ohio Fireproofing Plant at The Diamonds resumed operations on Thursday after a long idle period. About 20 to 25 men were recalled to work that morning and the plant will operate for an indefinite period.
Mrs Pearl Coe of Carbon Mill underwent an appendicitis operation at Cherrington Hospital on Tuesday. Her condition is satisfactory. Mrs J W Coleman, hospitalized for weeks, returned home Tuesday. F L Gladden of Chauncey, treated at the same hospital, also returned home Tuesday.
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