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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 01, 1940

Page

8

Blue and Gray Trail seeks U S Route 33 as military highway

Officials from the Blue and Gray Trail Association and state representatives pressed a Washington conference for designating U S Route 33 a military highway. James D. Wells of Logan said data were reviewed by the War Department and White House aides, with no commitments yet as reviews proceed.

LOGAN Blue and Gray Trail Association Washington James D. Wells Logan Chamber of Commerce War Department Bureau of Public Roads White House Wells U. S Virginia Tidewater United States Walter Compton Pomeroy C. D. Shafer Nelsonville Ohio

Lancaster Bowlers Take Two of Three From Logan

Logan Krogers defeated Shines Bar in a three game league set at Lancaster two to one. Logan total 2771 to 2846 with Columber scoring 585 and Spung 636 leading Lancaster. Individual scores show varied times with several players posting 170s and 180s in each game.

Logan—Krogers Lancaster Shines Bar Logan Columber Spung Roberts Appleman Eaccenoe Lancaster— Kruckeberg Ec Bad Inet Edinandad Ro” Emnineoanky Einen

Drilling for Water at Brown Farm Site on Route 75

Drillers began spudding a water well on the Brown farm site of the new state highway garage along Route 75 east of the city. The crew is led by Fred Cox former resident of the city. Charlies Black, nephew of Mr and Mrs S B Whitehart, died in Columbus after visiting at their home.

LOGAN State Highway Brown Farm Route 75 Fred Cox Columbus S. B. Whitehart Charlies Black Whitehart

Logan Churches That Plan Sunday Worship

Logan churches announce a full Sunday program with sermons at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. at the Methodist and United Brethren churches. Epworth League and Christian Endeavor meetings are scheduled, and other services include St Paul Episcopal, Good Shepherd in Athens, First Presbyterian, St Matthew and St John Lutheran with various speakers and choirs.

Logan Robert Cook St. Paul Episcopal Church Henry Wise Hobson Mpandivonae Ohio Good Shepard Athens First Presbyterian Church Harriet Gibson Weymueller D. O. Davis St. Matthew Lutheran Church Amos L. Heyde St. John Lutheran Church

Election Officials To Report Saturday In Hocking County

Presiding judges of 37 precincts in Hocking County were ordered to report at the courthouse by 10 am Saturday to receive supplies and be instructed by the county election board on their duties.

LOGAN Hocking County County Election Board

Letart Falls News Notes November events and local visits

Sunday sermons announced by Rev C L Thayer at Letart Falls and Apple Grove. Church official board meets Friday. Halloween party for 40 at the Hill home. Chicken dinner by Women's Society on Election Day. Birth of Dotty Lou Norris announced. Local visits include Racine, Stockdale, Columbus, and Parkersburg trips. Lige Shields returns home after hospital treatment. Various neighbors and families profiled with sickness, travel, and community activities.

Letart Falls C. L. Thayer Apple Grove The Methodist Church Bobby Billy Hill Albert Hill Women's Society of Christian Service Community Hall Kenneth Wilt Dotty Lou Thomas Norris Ralph Neglar Racine Garen Roush J. D. Law Stockdale May Alexander Eileen Shields Parkersburg Lige Shields John Young Monongehela Solon Butcher Columbus Emma Sargent Iin Burton Webb Lawrence Wolfe Letart W. Va St. Joseph's Hospital Ella Sayre Eleanor Howard Sayre Redmond Norris Marysville Carl Shielas Fomeroy Hoyt Webb Frank Byers R. D Wayne Woodyard Washington D. H E. P. Grimm Paul Alexander

Accident victim at Evans Packing plant laid up at home

Junior Meadows, an employee at Evans Packing Co., is confined to his home with a deep gut wound in his right thigh from a workplace accident.

Gallipolis Evans Packing Co Junior Meadows

Sidewalks To Be Built in Hocking Area

A joint State Highway WPA project will start at Union Furnace to construct new sidewalks. D O Davis Harry McVey Earl Loomis and Mrs Hinerman with Representative Walter E Brehm conferred in Columbus with State Highway Director Hal Sours. Surveys were completed and work will run from the school area through the village to residences across the highway to ease traffic for 500 students.

Brehm

Corning Union Endorses Roosevelt for Third Term

At a Saturday meeting the Congo miners union voted to back Roosevelt for a third term. A telegram was sent to John L. Lewis conveying the endorsement and requesting his resignation.

Corning News Briefs Include Retirements and Draft Draw

John Temple retires after 30 years with New York Central Railroad at age 65. Ladies Auxiliary of American Legion to meet Tuesday night for officer elections. Henry Spray Jr. was the corning boy holding draft number 158, the first drawn, with other Corning entrants named as George Dennis Verfers Floyd Carter Donald Spence Sam Brown Robert Horn Jack Woods Maynard Gaileen William Hardy and Ernest Matthews.

John Temple New York Central Railroad Henry Spray Jr Corning George Dennis Verfers Floyd Carter Donald Spence Sam Brown Robert Horn Jack Woods Maynard Gaileen William Hardy Ernest Matthews

Band Mothers Club Dance and games night for band uniforms

The Band Mothers Club hosts a Dance Bridge Euchre and games party in the K of P Hall on Friday night November 1 to raise the remaining funds for band uniforms.

Band Mothers Club K. of P. Hall

Church Meeting Rescheduled to Wednesday Nov. 6

The Methodist Church service shifts from Tuesday November 5 to Wednesday November 6 at the home of Mrs. Florence Hampson. Local members are notified to attend at the adjusted time and place.

Women's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church Florence Hampson

Halloween Party Held by Public Schools Faculty Club

The basement at Mrs. John Nelson’s home hosted an old fashioned Halloween party for the Faculty club of the public schools on Wednesday night. Guests arrived masked with Miss Veneta Wilson winning for the cleverest costume and Mrs. Lorena Spence earning second prize as a hunter.

John Nelson Veneta Wilson Lorena Spence

Women Missionary Association Day at United Brethren Church

Sunday evening will be observed as Women's Missionary Association Day at the United Brethren Church. The society will present the program and an invited speaker, Mrs. N. B. Nichols of Lancaster, who recently returned from the National Missionary Convention in Pennsylvania.

Women's Missionary Association United Brethren Church N. B. Nichols Lancaster Pennsylvania

Brotherhood Meeting Set For Monday Night

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen will hold a meeting on Monday night to discuss union matters and upcoming actions.

Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen

Missionary Meeting Attended by Bremen Residents

Mrs Clyde Thomas visited Columbus recently. Rev A C Shonkwiler Mrs Martha Young Miss Mae Rodgers and Mrs Mary Baxter attended a Missionary meeting at Bremen on Wednesday. James Rodgers a senior at Ohio State University spent the weekend with his parents while Dr James Miller John Park Clarence Parsons and Joseph Brun ton attended a Republican meeting at Jackson on Tuesday.

Clyde Thomas Columbus A. C. Shonkwiler Martha Young Mae Rodgers Mary Baxter Bremen James Rodgers Ohio State University J. E. Rodgers James Miller John Park Clarence Parsons Joseph Brunton Jackson

Stanton Visitors from Newark Plan Columbus Education Meeting

Logan welcomed Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Stuart of Newark on Thursday. They intend to travel to Columbus for a Central Ohio Education Association meeting. Mr. Stuart teaches in Newark public schools and previously taught at Carbon Hill High School.

Logan Walter E. Stuart Newark Columbus Central Ohio Education Association Stuart Carbon Hill High School

State's First Mineral Mica Found Among Ancient NC Debris

Excavations and tons of debris at ancient dumps reveal mica as one of the earliest mined minerals in North Carolina, indicating extensive Native American mining activity.

North Carolina

Red Cross Drive to Start November 11 in Logan

The Rev. E. B. White of United Brethren Church is named chairman for city and county Red Cross roll call. He is aided by Rev. Stanley W. Wiant of the Methodist Church. Red Cross Sunday is set for November 10 with roll call beginning Armistice Day and continuing to November 30.

Logan social notes capture theater guild Halloween event

Logan residents attended a Logan Theater Guild Halloween party at Miss Elsie Martin home in Glenview Heights with Miss Sheila Graham and Miss Mary Elizabeth Wolfe coordinating. Carl Harsh spoke on guild goals and December one act plays. tryouts set for next Wednesday at 7 30 in Chamber of Commerce rooms.

Logan Logan Theater Guild Elsie Martin Glenview Heights Martin Sheila Graham Mary Elizabeth Wolfe Wolfe Joe Stoughton Bess Mutchmore Florence Bort Carl Harsh Chamber of Commerce

Sew-It Club Hosts Evening at Mrs Young Home

Sew-It Club members were entertained at the home of Mrs James L Young Wednesday evening. Sewing was the diversion with refreshments following. Mrs William Clapp was a guest. Mrs Lavon Goodlive will be hostess to the club at her home on Third St November 14.

James L. Young William Clapp Lavon Goodlve Third St

Halloween Party and Club Gatherings in Zanesville and Carbon Hill

Mrs John Mack hosted the Nifty Needle Club on Zanesville Avenue with a Halloween party. Business session led by Mrs Samuel Breese featured games and a luncheon for several members and a new member Mrs Peggy Juniper. Prizes went to Mrs Harbarger Mrs Haynes and Mrs Breese. Mrs Zoe Blosser led the meeting as Mrs Frank Hawk hosted the Jolly Twelve Club in Carbon Hill with plans for a Christmas grab bag and a 2 oclock luncheon followed by Chinese checkers. prize to Mrs Charles Green of Logan who will host in two weeks.

T. S. Club Carbon Hill Howard Wiseman John Dehnan Joe Blosser Charles Courtney Pattonville John Smith Anna Lornes Clarence Lehman Edgar Stedwill Garland Hawk Jess Devol Harry Guess Robert Hardy Ed Shaw Alice Chute John Mack Needle Club Zanesville Ave Samuel Breese Ernest Simpson Paul Haynes Lancaster Breese Walter Harbarger William King Phil Goodman Peggy Juniper Zoe Blosser Frank Hawk Jolly Twelve Club Charles Green Logan

Ohio Eastern Star installs grand officer in Cleveland

At the Grand Chapter of Ohio Order of Eastern Star meeting in Cleveland, Venus Chapter of Logan honored Miss Florence Larimer, a past matron and Logan Junior High teacher, by installing her as Grand Esther. She was joined by Mrs. Gladys Webb and stayed for the Ohio Northern teachers convention.

Grand Chapter Ohio Order of Eastern Star Cleveland Venus Chapter Logan Florence Larimer Esther Larimer Gladys Webb Ohio Northern Teachers Convention

Licensed to marry Gallipolis

Most recent marriage license applicants are Alva Hutchinson 20 and Dorothy Newman 21 both of Nitro West Virginia.

Gallipolis Alva Hutchinson Dorothy Newman Nitro W. Va

Hocking Men Are Reporting For Service

Logan report shows eight draft age men volunteering for immediate service. Harley Coonville enlists at Ft Hayes and is assigned to the 1st Battalion 10th Infantry. Additional named locals from Logan and nearby areas are listed with addresses. Hocking County expects three men on first call reporting in November, with more in December.

Logan Selective Service Board Harley C. George Coonville Rockbridge Robert Russell Phillips South Logan Pearl Leroy Williams Carbon Hill William Carl Richards Logan Rt Hocking County

Catholic World editor attacks Roosevelt third term

Rev. James M. Gillis of the Paulist Fathers in New York urges Roosevelt's defeat in the Catholic World magazine arguing canon law forbids a third term. He calls Roosevelt inconsistent and unpredictable and cites perceived contradictions in policy and war stance to claim a three-term presidency would end the American experiment.

Roosevelt James M. Gillis Catholic Paulist Fathers New York Catholic World Wendell L. Willkie Wendell Willkie Franklin D. Roosevelt England Father Gillis Inchu Hindenburg Reichtag Hitler Europe Asia Africa Australia South Pacific Democratic Party United States Gillis the Catholic World Paulist Fathers

Hocking Farmer Owns Large Pecan Tree

Logan reports on the Lloyd Hansley farm in Falls Township where a mature pecan tree bears fruit nearly every year. Owner Mr Hansley does not know who planted it. Nuts grow in clusters of three to five and split open after heavy frosts.

Logan Lloyd Hansley Falls Township Hansley

Halloween Noisy Affair In Logan

Halloween celebrants packed Main St Logan in a lively turnout with costumed participants. The night left confetti strewn streets and soaped windows while windshields and car glass were covered and political stickers smeared. Some outlying districts reported property damage alongside general littering and clamor from honking horns.

Logan Main St

Licensed To Marry In Hocking County

Two more marriage licenses were issued by Judge E. L. Ewing on Wednesday and Thursday. Jess Eugene Dysert 21 seaman US Navy Kenton son of Albert and Mrs Dysert and Bonnie May Sowers 20 at home Mc Guffy daughter of Edward and Mrs Sowers. Fred Mear Harper 21 farmer Laurelville Rt. 2 son of John and Mrs Harper and Florence May Garrett 22 house keeper Hocking County daughter of Homer and Mrs Garrett.

Hocking County Homer Garrett

Disabled And Absent Voters In Hocking County Reach 370

In Hocking County 370 absentee and disabled ballots were received before the deadline. Of issued ballots 232 were for absent voters and 138 for disabled voters. The 1936 disabled total was 212. Mr and Mrs Walter E Stuart traveled from Newark to vote. About 35 ballots remained unreturned but were expected to arrive by noon today.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Guy W. Vaughan Curtiss-Wright Corp Lockland Navy E. B. White Lord Christian Endeavor Societies Rauch’s Hocking Corning Social Notes Ladies Auxiliary of American Legion Corning Personals E. V. Baughman Red Cross Delta Theta Tau Sorority Miss Mary Sloan Miriam Rowley Miss Hall Miss Sloan Miss Rowley Thelma Johnson Helen Fickel Frances Kelch Elizabeth Heinlein Mary Griffith Mary Eberst Dolores Rheinscheld Marguerite King Mrs. Young Entertains Club Jolly Twelve Logan Star Darling Bill Quali Hocking Farmer Regula
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