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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1941
Page
12
A fragmentary notice reports a town incident with a car drive past a hospital. Names and exact time are unreadable, but the event is tied to a local location and occurred near sundown with at least two involved parties.
New Straitsville school honor roll lists students from first through twelfth grades led by teachers and administrators. The Athens Messenger notes meetings in Hocking County with elections planned for May 9 to elect a director for a key auction.
In Gallipolis a week end total of 28 traffic tickets were issued to automobile operators. Additional warnings were given for minor offenses. Leniency exists in the South Third Ave area from Court to Grape Sts due to incomplete signs and markings.
Gallia County ends a 60 day dog quarantine ordered by Health Commissioner F. W. Shane. Dog Warden Roy Johnson reports satisfactory observance across the county as the order expires Tuesday.
Funeral services for William E Gee 32 of 1746 E Main St will be Tuesday at 2 p m at Mt Tabern M E Church Vinton Ohio Burial will follow in the local cemetery Gee was killed in a Saturday automobile crash five miles north of Chillicothe on Route 23 He died near instantly after being thrown from his car in a collision with a truck driven by Henry Dunn 35 Route 4 Mt Gilead Married last October he is survived by his wife Margaret and he was employed as a baker by the General Baking Co
Gallipolis reports Bert Mills native to the county and son of the late Elza Mills is eulogized in funeral services near Rutland with close relatives including brother Fred K. Mills and sisters Misses Belle and Helen Mills among attendees.
Ernest E. Langdon files for divorce from Edith Swisher alleging cruelty and neglect. Married forty years, they have six children and have lived apart for seven years in Gallipolis.
A large increase in traffic was noted Sunday due to balmy weather with heavy flow across the Silver Bridge as Ohioans and West Virginians crossed between states.
Mrs. James D. Oliver files a partition suit in Gallipolis seeking settlement of the estate of the late Miss Lida Denney against Tillie Denney and others.
Marriage announced by Mr. and Mrs. David Altizer of near Rio Grande. The ceremony took place Thursday May 1 at Rev. J. B. Halloway's home with Mrs. Eleanor Lanthorn and Harold Davis in attendance. The couple later stayed with the bride’s brother in Ashland, Ky.
Miss Olive Wilson and Mrs James Hook hosted a linen shower for Mrs Lonnie Wilsong with gifts and games won by Alma Brown and Merle Vesner. Guests included Mr and Mrs Wilfong and others. later Mrs Robert Bunce held a surprise party for her mother Mrs Merch Clark with cakes and multiple attendees.
Chambersburg Ladies Aid met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. F M Lanthorn. Nine members and guests attended as devotionals opened the gathering and lunch followed. Mrs Claude Miller of Gallipolis will host the group May 15.
Dr. Joe Neal of Minneapolis spent the weekend here with his father E. L. Neal and family. Mr. Neal has been bedbound by illness for several months. Miss Bertha Randall returned from California where she spent the winter with cousin Mrs. Tom Guyn and other relatives. Mrs. Amos Sando and Sharon Eloise left Saturday for Elkhart Indiana. Mr. Sando accompanied them. They had been with Mrs. Sando's parents Capt. and Mrs. S. G. Gardner since the baby's birth several weeks ago. Mrs. Elma Downs of Martel is visiting a week with her son and daughter in law Mr. and Mrs. Richard Downs.
Pleasant Sunday drew heavy traffic as roads out of the city and into the cave district filled up. Parks reportedly saw their largest spring attendance, while several routes into the area carried especially busy traffic in the afternoon.
Hocking County 4-H Clubs will air a program on Station WOSU at 8 30 Monday evening May 19. James R Smoot extension agent will oversee. Local club members have produced radio programs for several years.
Gore Dalton Terrel of Gore will be arraigned before Magistrate Frank St. Clair this afternoon on an assault charge filed by Delbert Hite of Gore. Terrel was released from the county jail Sunday after a cash bond was posted for his appearance. Hite says Terrel assaulted him Sunday afternoon. deputy sheriffs made the arrest.
Kathleen Robinson was picked up by Deputy Sheriff Forest Keck near Pattonville Sunday afternoon and is being held for questioning. She had appeared in Logan that morning.
Logan Carl Harris begins a small scale poultry business, ordering 100 baby chicks as the starter and weighing possible future expansion based on early results.
Hocking County farmers focus on improved potato culture says James R Smoot former extension agent. He notes more inquiries this year than any since he arrived and reports Future Farmers groups planting new and old varieties. Chippewa and Katahdin are among the varieties tested with Chippewas showing satisfaction last year.
Joshua Matheny deputy state mine inspector attended the Mining Congress held in Cincinnati from Wednesday to Friday. He traveled to Columbus with Marcus Kerr chief of the state inspection bureau. While near Cincinnati they visited the Presbyterian Church once led by Rev. Franklin Kerr, father of the current inspection chief.
Attendance at the monthly Logan Club No. 3 Townsend group meeting was large Sunday. The event at Maccabee Hall on Main St featured 2:30 pm and 7:30 pm sessions with different speakers, music, and lunch served by the ladies after each session.
Columbus police in formed Sheriff Floyd Duffy they had a prisoner in custody there who was wanted in Hocking County on a non-support charge. Deputy Sheriff Frank Larimer and Probation Officer Alfred Campbell went to Columbus Sunday afternoon to return him. On their arrival, they found he was not the man wanted.
Logan Chieftains schedule two away contests this week with a visit to Lancaster on Wednesday and a trip to Gallipolis on Friday for the final league game. Coach Tom Bender notes young players gaining experience and eyes a stronger team next season as most pitchers graduate this month. Ralph Baker returns and may be developed further after fanning the last batter in Friday’s Pomeroy game.
Har rington Class of the First Presbyterian Church meets at 7 30 this evening at Mrs Phil Tschappats home on W Front St with assisting hostesses. Various locals and visitors from Columbus Toledo Marietta and Carbon Hill are recorded visiting Logan or staying with residents over the weekend.
The Logan Aerie of Eagles elected James Acker as president. Elected officers include Lewis Canty as vice president Emmett Blosser as secretary Paul Keller as chaplain Carl Bell as treasurer Lonnie Woolever as conductor Herman Anderson as inside guard Raymond Amos as outside guard Dave Logan as trustee for three years and Charles Voris as trustee for one year.
Logan Selective Service announces next call for May 12. Three men Harry Evans of East St Logan Wilford Six of Logan Route 2 and Lewis Pittman of Rockbridge Route 1 have been notified to report to Ft Hayes. No further calls for the month have been received.
Logan High School student Paul Stivison has been chosen as representative of Logan Post American Legion for Buckeye Boys State in Columbus. He will travel June 15 for ten days to learn practical government under Legion supervision. Last year Barton Hall Jr. held the honor and spoke to Logan Post afterward. The American Legion Auxiliary will sponsor a local boy to the state Buckeye State with selection announced soon.
The Logan Mingo baseball team began practice as they prepare for a busy season. Mike Mullen will coach the squad. With Albert Leonard away at Ohio Wesleyan, pitching will be handled by Bill Spence Roy Marshall and Charles Steward, while Leonard was a regular pitcher last season.
Logan E N Turner and Sons purchased a heavy excavation grading machine that was recently unloaded. The unit is tractor pulled and to be used for site work and earthmoving tasks.
Logan Mingo Lodge of Ma sons will meet tonight to confer the Entered Apprentice Degree. There will be two candidates.
Mr and Mrs Clifford Redd of this city announce the birth of a son Saturday at St. Ann Hospital Columbus.
LOGAN A poultry meeting will be held at Enterprise Friday evening announced by the Extension Service office. The meeting aims to elect a director for the Southeast Ohio Egg Auction as the auction center opens July 8. The board will have 12 members, one from each participating county, with Hocking County farmers planning poultry expansion amid hopes of stabilized higher egg prices.
Logan resident Eli Oeffler Adam Scholl and Albert Scholl from Pomeroy and Columbus’s Mrs. John Bachman joined in Jacksonville Indiana last week for the funeral of Charles Scholl. He was a Logan man’s brother and an uncle to the travelers who attended. He formerly lived in Pomeroy.
A marriage license was issued Saturday to Paul Edward Cohagan 23 cashier Columbus son of Amos Cohagan and Dorothea Pearl Marks 22 saleslady Logan daughter of Zora Marks.
Logan Miller Chapel Grange presents a four act comedy at Maxville school Tuesday evening following rehearsals since its East Grade Building debut in the city.
A concise note states that Indigenous people adopted scalp removal techniques after exposure to European settlers, reflecting cultural exchange and conflict dynamics in early contact periods.
Preston Oil Co plans to seal 16 wells in the Washington and Starr Township fields near Ewing and Union Furnace. After sealing, piping will be removed and sold as part of abandonment efforts in the area.
Columbus nurse Miss Avalea Toy 30 of 124 West Rich Street died at home after a six month illness. A Logan native who moved to Columbus in 1930 for training at White Cross Hospital she graduated in 1933 then practiced private nursing locally. Survived by mother Mrs Sadie Toy three aunts Mrs Hazel Huston Mrs Gertrude Lanman and Mrs C F Hersig and two uncles John and Wade Hampson. Funeral at 2 pm Wednesday at Mrs Huston home with burial in Memorial Burial Park.
Mrs. Edward Mock suffered knee injuries and her son Harry received minor injuries Sunday afternoon when two cars collided on Route 374. The drivers were Mr. Mock and Gilbert Puckett of Laurel Township. Deputy Sheriff Forest Keck investigated. both vehicles were damaged.
Logan Millard Jones of this city is suffering from a blood infection in his hand after a splinter was driven beneath a fingernail. The case notes the painful progression from a minor wound to a serious infection.
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