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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1935
Page
12
Chauncey William Theisen, recently released from Mercy Hospital in Columbia, returned home to Millfield Saturday after a several week stay. The Logan Legion building suffered $75 in damage from a Sunday fire.
Fire damaged the Logan American Legion Club early Sunday with an estimated loss of 875. Fire Chief Walter Alison used chemicals to extinguish the blaze without department response. James Morrin reported flames from a Main Street window and alarm. The fire, started by an electric wire feeding a clock, spread to draperies and a window frame before discovery. The clock stopped at 8 31 signaling fire origin. Access to the second story required breaking a door.
Logan report says a dogwood tree planted by the class of 1914 at the senior high school died after removal of new walks. James Rittger, manual arts instructor, crafted several gavels from the trunk to preserve the class memento and they will be auctioned later.
Construction underway at Castle Farm on Route 3 will add an open air dance floor of 1000 square feet. Project includes roofing and screening with plans for summer orchestra performances and improved parking facilities.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Newman announce the birth of a daughter at Cherrington Hospital on Thursday. Before marriage Mrs. Newman was Miss Mary Bright of this city, daughter of Mrs. and the late Carlton Bright.
Haydenville pupil Raymond Leake Ellis led Hocking County with a score of 41 14 points on the eighth grade history exam amid generally low grades. Oreville claimed median honors with 111, Carbon Hill 107, Marion 104, while Haydenville posted 98 4 in the county medians.
Carbondale Rose Leaf Temple No 228 Pythian Sisters met for their annual inspection. One candidate Lulu Barber initiated. District deputy Mrs Jennie Hite praised officers and staff. Evening program attended by Linzie Cox Rita Pollock Nora Kennard Emma Lowery Wilma Williams Belle Doolittle. Also notes of deaths and local events follow.
A campaign by George D. Englesexton seeks popular subscription funds for a brick gateway at the Oak Grove Cemetery entrance on North Market Street. Estimated material costs total about 173 with labor donated. nearly half the required sum has been raised and organizers urge further contributions to complete the project.
Elections at Logan High School chose student leaders for the coming program. The Forensic Club named Ray Dollivan president and others in officer roles. In a separate matter Noble Crawford of Salt Creek Township faced arraignment before Judge Harley M Whitcraft for selling intoxicating liquor, pled guilty, fined 19 dollars plus costs, and received a day in jail with conditions pending.
Logan John Stufflebean and Rena Chilcote of near Nelsonville were arrested Thursday by Deputy Sheriffs Newton Spencer and Nellis Smith on charges of assault in a menacing manner filed by George Sims. They were fined 5 dollars and costs each by Magistrate 8. B. Whitehart after pleading guilty. William Beavers of Buck Run was bound over to the grand jury under a 500 dollar bond after pleading not guilty to entering a summer cottage owned by Helen Beeson.
The Logan Recreation Association lists weekly games led by the H. C. Godman Company and 8. and Market. Umpires Herman Sheline and Jess Columber will oversee contests with Camp Hocking Fagies Westinghouse Cookie O11 and other matchups.
In the earliest era of motoring drivers were assigned a number to display themselves, a tag that remained with the car from new until it was junked, reflecting interim practices of registration and vehicle identity.
Miss Blosser, a Logan High School graduate and co‑founder of the Skipperdee lunch club, died in a car crash on a return trip from Lancaster. Miss Nixon and others were injured. funeral services are set for 2 p m Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Logan society items list guests visiting from Columbus Huntington Guysville and others over the weekend. Families relocate to South Logan and Derby attendance noted. Hospital notes report Buster of Dundas and Mrs Young of Nelsonville returning home after recent procedures.
Sixty six Chauncey-Dover pupils received diplomas at the Eighth Grade commencement in the Chauncey Church of Christ. Sixteen top state test performers earned special certificates led by Betty Jane Courtney the sole statewide recognition recipient. Rev Reed J Downs of Athens delivered the address.
Chauncey area personals note a seven year old, Donna Lu Sisson, is reported seriously ill at her Millfield home. In Nelsonville, Lucy Bescoe Frank Snyder and Quince Bescoe of Oregon Ridge were seen Friday. Ethel Louise Augustine Sugar Creek visits her uncle Arthur Burchfield. Sugar Creek’s Juicy Rescoe returns home after four weeks with Frank Snyder's family in Oregon Ridge. Ralph McCathran of Columbus and Kenneth Reeves of Lower Plains visit the Waymer family at McDougal.
Chasncey Rita Faye Robinson youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Robinson died suddenly Saturday at home. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Guss Graham at the M E B Church and burial followed in Greenlawn Cemetery. She leaves four siblings Eldon Dorothy Pauline and Donald Eugene with grandparents Jeff Robinson and Mrs Leota Linncott of Columbus.
Chauncey mine and six other mines in the Chauncey district including Ohio No. 1 No. 8 No. 255 No. 8 Kimberly and Salem Hollow were all in operation Monday according to Manhattan Coal Co report.
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