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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1935
Page
12
Grand jurors for the April term will be recalled Monday June 3 for a special session led by Judge Harley M Whitcraft and Prosecutor Gerald W Lanning. The session will focus on the May 10 murder of John Maraz in Murray City and will hear other pending cases.
Judge Harley M. Whitcraft presided Monday over multiple divorce cases and motions. Theodore McDaniels was granted a decree against Myrtle McDaniels for neglect with costs awarded to the plaintiff. Leave to answer was granted in the Garrison Leahy v Byerly case. Christmann v Culbertson et al granted ten days to plead. Lola Rollison received temporary alimony of 25 dollars due by May 25 with 7.75 weekly thereafter. Prosecutor Lanning requested a nolle in Vancuren DUI case. Dorothy Dawson awarded 35 dollars temporary alimony due within ten days. Foltz v Nithiser et al resulted in a demurrer with costs against the plaintiff.
Logan reports Tony Gentile of Columbus faces preliminary hearing Saturday before Magistrate Whitehart in Hocking County Jail on charges of breaking and entering Forest Ayres property in Murray City on May 5. Two slot machines were taken and identified by Roy Sanborn of New Straitsville. Gentile is held for Perry County grand jury on a similar theft charge involving other machines.
Ethyl M. Cooper, superintendent of nurses at Cherrington Hospital, submitted to a surgical operation at 4 a.m. Monday after becoming ill the prior evening. Obstruction was given as the cause. By Monday afternoon her condition was more favorable. She has headed the nursing staff for ten years.
Mrs Laverne Oeffier 55 wife of Eli Oeffier of Starr Township died at 4 a m Monday in a Columbus hospital after more than a week there cause pulmonary embolism funeral at 2 p m Wednesday Rev R C Babylon officiating burial Oak Grove Cemetery she leaves eight children from a former marriage including Mrs Rodgers Mrs Alfred Stalters Clyde Johnson Mrs Walter Leffier Chauncey Mrs Walter Griffith Gore James Johnson Harley Johnson Ernest Johnson and others plus her mother Mrs Betsy Powell of New Straitsville
Logan W. F. Smith, a First Lieutenant and sanitary engineer, left for Ft. Hayes for four weeks of preliminary CCC training to prepare for a camp assignment. He has supervised FERA projects in Hocking County for 18 months, with Dr. W. B. Lacock and Ray Hammond continuing oversight.
Logan Kiwaniana from Logan city attended an inter city session in Columbus Monday evening at the Nell House. The group included C. W. Scheider Edward W. Davis L. P. Mooney Denzil Weltner Wilbur Lanning C. V. Shepard J. C. Rowley Fred Burchfield W8 Yaw and Eugene Wright. They listened to the international president's message over a nationwide radio hookup.
Members of the Men's Club at First Presbyterian Church will hear Dr. Edwin B. Townsend of Marietta Tuesday night during the club’s monthly meeting at the church. Dinner at 6 30 will be served by Harrington Class members. Logan Black Jack Club received 500 mature large mouth bass from the Mississippi Valley for Black Jack Lake planting.
The body of Mrs Washington West who died in Columbus was taken to New Straiteville for burial. She was a sister in law of Mrs Martha West of Logan. Logan reports attendance at Rock House Sunday as 908 with Ranger L T Worley noting it was among the season’s largest crowds.
Chauncey Christine Brown's high school class of the Church of Christ Bible School will meet Tuesday night in the social room of the church. Erle Bridgewater Jr. serves as president and will conduct the session.
Praise for Judge Harley M. Whitcraft flows from the Jefferson County Bar Association which notes his able service in Hocking County since January 28 under Chief Justice Weygandt. Weygandt himself commended Whitcraft’s integrity, industry, and handling of major portions of county business during illness of the local judge.
Katharine departs with Ellen leaving Violet and the others in lively mood. Bertine hides a cool reserve as Sybil Diana and Violet chatter about Katharine and her father. The scene shifts to park and village errands as Violet muses on a long-forgotten song.
Revival at Greens Run Church of Christ ends Sunday night after two weeks with additions to the church. Rev. Gilbert Courtney of Chauncey and Rev. R. F. Strickler of Nelsonville led the effort. Baptisms set for Friday in Nelsonville. group departs Greens Run at 7. Bible School attendance contest ends with Red division narrowly ahead by one point. leaders were Helen Fierbaugh and Emmett Olbers.
Chauncey residents and relatives spent Sunday visiting family in surrounding towns. Mr and Mrs Bure Johnson traveled to Columbus while Clyde and Fred Gabriel and families visited Nelsonville. Edw Sickles attended commencement at New Marshfield for his nephew. Benton Potts was gravely ill while Theodore Potts and family of Union stopped by. Wallace Pidcock and his mother from New Marshfield visited Edward Sickles. J L Ferguson of Chauncey visited Flora McHarg in Lower Plains. Bessie Bobo of Jerseyville visited Lois Stage who is ill. Frank Cook and Athens relatives spent the day with his parents F B Cook.
Chauncey Wilford Schoonover is in serious condition with pneumonia and pleurisy at his Mill Street home after being brought from Mercy Hospital Columbus where he was treated for a broken leg from a fall. Rev. J G Deeds of Jacksonville will fill the local M E Church pulpit Wednesday night. the public is invited.
Funeral services for Hayes Shrieves age 20 were held Monday at The Plains Church with Rev. Radford officiating. Burial followed at Greenlawn Cemetery. He died at home in Columbus Thursday night while his wife Belle and three children attended a picture show. Shrieves is survived by wife, three children, his parents, two brothers, and three sisters.
Nine mines in the Chauncey district were active on Tuesday. Hocking and Chauncey No 25 were working along with No 219 No 107 Ohio No 1 Lick Run Luhrig Kimberly and Black Diamond. A birthday party was given for Richard Arlen Moore on Sunday with two cakes and many gifts. Gold is five times as plentiful as silver in sea water.
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