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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1930
Page
11
In Good Hope Township Deputy Sheriff Charles Briley shot two dogs during a raid investigation into sheep raids that troubled Jack Morris and other farmers in Hocking County. The actions followed several days of property loss from livestock raids.
Pleasant Valley residents hosted and visited over the weekend with neighbors and relatives. Athens appears in multiple visits including Mr. and Mrs. George Millican and Mrs. Nora Gibson. Parkersburg and Glouster outings are noted along with local school closure and a Friday term completion.
Logan is to host a Friday evening meeting at the Chamber of Commerce office called by the Oil Division to address a drastic drop in Pennsylvania crude price. Local producers report 2.20 dollars per barrel, the lowest in over ten years, with profits squeezed while consumers pay up to 1.60 per gallon, affecting county taxes.
Logan May 7. With high schools in session Friday afternoon, the county inter-high meet will be held at the Fair Grounds. C F Krider of Marion Township School chairs arrangements. Over 100 athletes have entered, with events awaiting entries at Superintendent Coleman's office. Banners for awards were supplied by the Logan Chamber of Commerce.
Athens city schools superintendent A I Hixson told the Athens Rotary Club that modern education struggles due to absent parental planning for a child’s life. He said reforms come from the public, not educators alone, and that unequal resources prevent gifted poor children from receiving special programs.
Jerry Blosser of Enterprise found a playing card sleeve from an old deck while razing sheds on West Hunter Street. The card, over 100 years old, bore inscriptions noting the Republican administration 1825 1829 the first railroad built 1826 Creek Indians moved beyond Mississippi 1826 and the Tariff Bill passed 1828.
Members of the M. P. M. Club met for the last in a series of bridge sessions at Mrs. Byron Wolfe Jr. s East Main Street home with substitutes Mrs. Charles Lutz Mrs. Belle Hyson and Miss Ada Krieg. Mrs. W D Thurness hosted Lindy Bridge Club with substitute Mrs. Harry Bartlett. E M Martin entertained the Monday Bridge Club at East Second Street with substitutes Mrs. Frank Gallagher Mrs. Emma Aplin and Miss Emma Floyd.
Miss Margaret Lutz a Red Cross worker departed Logan Saturday to attend a National Red Cross conference in Washington D C which began Monday. Constable Thomas Gears of Murray City was in Logan Tuesday on official business. Mr and Mrs Charles Heine went to Ashland Kentucky Monday to take Mrs Heines father John Evans home after bringing him to Logan the day before from Dayton. Charles Pleukharp was a Sunday caller in the Capital City. Carl Littlejohn a Hocking Valley Railroad employee is off duty with a badly sprained leg suffered last week in the yards when his foot twisted on a railroad tie.
Logan report notes Miss Minnie McBroom and her cousin Miss Ethel McBroom will sail June 18 aboard the Aquitania for a ten week tour. They will visit France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Holland and England with stays in the Alps, the Pyrenees, and Scotland’s lake region.
A. H. Hattery petitions for divorce from Mary Jane Hattery in Common Pleas Court Logan alleging wilful absence for over three years since March 15, 1925 after she left the home following a 1910 marriage on February 2. The plaintiff states she sold furniture and collected accounts and now resides in San Francisco.
The Athens County Board of Commissioners at the courthouse meeting sold bonds totaling 875 to Harvey Sage Athens for the county’s share of a state road project in Trimble Township. Bonds are due September 1, 1930. Bills totaling about 4000 were allowed. payouts include four sheep to four residents in Alexander and Jacksonville townships and six sheep to E H Warren in Alexander Township and B J Wildman in Troy Township.
A heavy rainfall fell around 4 am Tuesday in Logan and nearby areas ending a three week dry period. The storm brought heavy lightning and an electrical outage lasting several hours while linemen repaired the system. The affected district covered Mound Hill and North Streets.
A boys 4-H Club was organized in Haydenville on Tuesday with Leslie Grubb named president. The group, aided by Harold Chambers, will pursue rabbit raising and handicraft this summer. Officers include Dwight Evans, vice president. Roy Scott, secretary and treasurer. Herman Lehman, news reporter. Hallie Campbell, recreation leader. Members listed are Carl Hoskins, James May, Lewis Hall, George Huddy, Leland Walters and Dale Primmer. It is the third club organized for the summer campaign.
May 7 reports from Hocking County show 1 250 meals served to inmates in April. The peak confinement was 20 prisoners. seven remain jailed, six men and one woman. Two men work at the County Farm under a recent commissioners resolution.
Logan May 7 Deputy Higgins arrested W. P. Wells and Victor Shark of Haydenville for fishing with throw lines without owner consent. He confiscated their boat, lines, hooks and gear as affidavits specify 41 and 23 hooks on two lines. They await arraignment.
Roy Sigler a section employee at Starr was hurt while working on the Hocking Valley near Logan He received a deep laceration to his face after a steel sliver from a maul struck him He was brought to Logan for medical treatment and later returned home.
Eli M West 73 longtime county figure died in Columbus Monday night from apoplexy. A Republican activist and former county treasurer, he was once right hand man to Gov. Foraker in 1886 and later led the Ohio Penitentiary as steward. He built Olentangy Park and led the Columbus Bill Posting Company as president. He leaves a wife Myrtle, son John, daughter Mrs. Charles Ross, and relatives including brothers Thomas L West Joseph L West George W West and William Porter West. Funeral Thursday at Jones Memorial in Columbus with burial in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
May 7. Hay denville School fifth and sixth graders achieved strong attendance records for the last school year and several earned high grades. Sixth grader Ivan Reider posted over 90 average in six subjects, while students Martha Kesterson Benton Lightfoot Cecil Chaffin Wavelene Martin Wendell Swaim Ruby Chaffin Joe Sinnott and Reva Vollmer had perfect attendance with no tardies or absences.
Martha Bell O Neil 76 widow of Benjamin E O Neil died at the Allen home on West Front Street at 1 15 pm Monday after a 24 hour illness. A pioneer Guthrie descendant she lived with her daughter and son in law and previously farmed in Starr Township. Burial was in a private mausoleum on the Starr Township homestead.
A bottle from a Brazilian coastbound freighter carried a tale of hatred and death at sea. Seaman Larry Kimons, 28, wrote the message aboard the New Orleans to Brazil ship after a Roumanian fireman killed the chief engineer, then died from burns. The bottle surfaced 18 months later at Provincetown, Mass., and reached the Seamen's Church Institute.
Cash grain prices held steady in the last week, says Ohio Farm Bureau grain expert W. Eberhard. Little positive news emerged, and favorable weather pushed futures down for most grains. Private crop reports show Ohio wheat at 24 million bushels, about 3 million below average. other winter wheat states near or below average.
Saturday business visits in Athens included men from the area. Mrs. William Zimmerman of Vinton County visits her son Robert in town. Frost has harmed local fruit. Adrian Townsend from Athens spent the weekend at home. Rev. Williams preached at Dowler Ridge Church. Leonard Zimmerman visited Herbert Pidcock's family. Jesse McKee Sr. traveled to Nelsonville on business. Miss Josse Rice returned to Vinton County after wintering with Mr. and Mrs. Jesse McKee Jr.
Aldo Barnhill has purchased the right to pipe gas from the J. W. Buck well to his Garden home and will soon activate the supply as fixtures near completion. Mrs. Carrie Burleigh of Athens visited daughter Mrs. Richard Williams last Wednesday. Hacy Chapple spent Wednesday.
Mt Zion Sunday School shows rising attendance and steady progress. Mr and Mrs William Weatherby of Athens spent Sunday evening with Mr and Mrs Mohler and their son Hubert. Joe King of Athens visited his mother in law Sarah Goldsberry. Glennie St Clair called on Jane King Sunday. Richard Williang with brothers Pearl and Clarence Williams of Pratts Fork visited the Williang home. Arnold King and son Guy visited relatives at Millersport. Algo Barnhill works on a well rig at Rutland for Charley Ross. Drewen Goldsberry spent the weekend with home folks at Millfield.
Dowler Ridge Warren Johnson, formerly of the area, died at Carey on Thursday. His body was brought back Saturday and buried in Brooks Cemetery. Dowler School closed April 24 and teacher Evelyn Lewellyn returned to New Marshfield. Bertha Farmer and son Kenneth visited Nelsonville on business. Hurley Pidcock circulates W. W. Durbin's petition as Durbin seeks the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator. Leonard Pidcock Ada Pidcock Daisy Pidcock Nora Zimmer.
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