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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1937
Page
12
A Hocking County committee after a land use survey urges retiring 5,442 acres this year, totaling about 39,786 acres of crop land. They call for reduced rotated cropland, more livestock, reforestation, more soybeans for hay and seed, and increased dairying, beef cattle, sheep, poultry, and timber as crops.
Logan Rotary Club members and guests enjoyed a program by the Co-eds Quartet from Ohio University. Mrs. Ann Cole, hotel owner, will repurpose the Ambrose Hotel dining room into office suites, prompting the club to search for a permanent meeting site.
Logan grade schools will hold an annual music festival at 2 30 p m May 13 in the high school auditorium. Operetta Adventure of Pinocchio will be staged at 8 15 p m on the same day.
Logan Market team of the Logan Softball League lost to Lancaster Home Dairy 9 to 7 Sunday. Pitching duo Strawn and Sheets supported by the local battery helped secure the win.
The Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority held a Mother's Day banquet at the White House with many mothers and guests. Miss Maxine Notestone led greetings and performed piano solos, and a program included readings, songs, and a quartet. Auxiliary to the American Legion also celebrated Mother’s Day with about 60 in attendance and a fundraiser for Memorial Day sprays.
Logan city council tonight will consider an appropriation from the water fund to install a filtration plant. Logan Chamber of Commerce directors adopted a resolution approving the action after their Saturday meeting. Several city officials have favored the improvement for months.
Improvements are being made to the country home near Logan of Deputy U. S. Marshal and Mrs. Stanley E. Sparnon of Columbus.
Mrs. Dora Tuttle and son Merl visited Mrs. Dora's daughter Mrs. John Diller in New Lexington. The Mothers Day Program at the Sunday School drew a good crowd. Thelma Shafers worked for Coy Hawk in Alfred. others visited Betzing and Christy families in Pomeroy and Athens. Burton Tuttle held a revival at the U B Church. Rev Harter and Mrs Harter of Tupper Plains visited Mrs Emma Pearman.
Logan Forest Blue and Charles Mag dos alias Charles Miller were held to the grand jury after a Saturday morning robbery at a local gas station. They were brought back from Chillicothe for arraignment with bond set at 1500 dollars each. Blue reportedly escaped from a state institution years ago. Mag dos had prior penal confinement.
Three year old LOGAN-Jean Haas, daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Haas, was seriously injured when struck by a car driven by Mrs Sumner Martin near N Orchard Street. She was taken to Charlottesville Hospital with suspected internal injuries after running into the street while coming from a neighbor's home.
Logan reports Benton Laurelville and Green boards of education selected rural teachers for next year. Joe L. Archer heads Laurelville with a two year contract. Mary Helen Melcher retires. successor named. Green district keeps most staff with Oak Grove change C W Zeigler. Harley Meyer seeks a second term as city solicitor.
Walter Juergensmier departed Sunday to join the Davey Tree Surgery Co in Chicago for new employment, signaling a personnel move in the city.
Dexter brief covers a church social hosted by Mrs. Lewis Saxton and multiple visits and happenings around town. Guests include Bob Bentz and Bob Sauer at the Chaney home. Sheriff Roscoe Fowler investigated a sheep theft. local business move by Robert McKinney. rentals by Claude Dulaney. influenza recovery of Mrs. Rowena Nelson. birth of a 7 12 pound son to Forrest and Rutland McCann with grandparents O. B. McCann. notable visits and sermons by local clergy. assorted residents visiting, entertaining, orillness improvements among Dexter families.
Logan neglect and cruelty cited in Lara R. Nutter versus James Nutter divorce. Nutter says James Nutter served time for manslaughter, was paroled, violated parole, and has not established a home for the couple or their child. seeks custody and alimony. Delphin Easterling sues Dorothy Easterling for divorce on cruelty grounds. Marion Warthman sues Luther Glen Warthman for divorce, alleging cruelty. they married December 22, 1934 in Lancaster and have one child.
Miss Bartelle Hamilton of Logan High School faculty fell from the stage during a rehearsal in the auditorium. She suffered shock and was taken home for medical attention by a physician.
Logan police are seeking a suspect who wrote checks to two local businesses on Monday, fraudulently obtaining about $60. The incident targets small merchants, and investigators urge any witnesses or holders of related receipts to come forward.
Alfred Logan and Everett Hull of Gore Route 1 appeared before Magistrate S B Whitehart on a charge of stealing scrap iron. They pleaded guilty and were fined 10 dollars plus costs each. The theft occurred last week with arrests made by Deputy Sheriff Newton Spencer Saturday evening. Iron was taken from Griffin Drilling Company property.
The Fish couple will present sacred music at the Carbon Hill Methodist Church Thursday at 7 30 PM. They have traveled over 140000 miles in 32 states presenting such services using musical glasses saw piano-accordion vibra harp piccolo cowbells and piano. A free will offering will be collected. In Logan Carbon Hill lost its Central Ohio League opener to Sugar Grove 12 to 4 Sunday after an opening ceremony with Mayor Kenneth Fitzgerald and Deputy Sheriff Nellis Smith.
Logan and Mrs. Harry Hardesty announce the birth of a son Sunday at their home in Coonville. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hardesty and Mr. and Mrs. William Milstead of New Plymouth. Also note: Bena Bena women in New Guinea retain deceased husbands’ skulls as keepsakes.
Ferdin and Rose failed to meet probation terms and faced Judge Phil A. Henderson who sent him to Mansfield Reformatory. Probation officer Newton Spencer guided the case as the second such violation since 1928. Separately Leo Van Der Hoven of Lancaster was arrested Saturday by Patrolman A F Evans for running a red traffic light.
Notice names C G Paires of Glouster Ohio as Administrator of Patrick Fagan estate in Athens County. Creditors must file claims within four months or be barred. Dated April 24 1937 and issued by Probate Judge Louis Tyroler.
Notice announces Emmett Keenan of Athens Ohio appointed Administrator of the estate of Effie M. Graham deceased of Athens County Ohio by the Probate Judge of the county.
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