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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 07, 1938

Page

10

Pile Driver Taken To Dundas by Buntz

Pile driver taken to Dundas today for River Division work. Conductor John G. Buntz led the crew. Fred Primmer of this city works at Welliston yards as brakeman. ore arrival boosts Jackson furnaces output. Ben Evans returns to braking after two weeks with the train crew. Chad Welker, bridge gang foreman, will take leave November 15 for wintering in Florida to manage property including an orange grove and plans to build a new residence there.

LOGAN Dundas John G. Buntz Fred Primmer Welliston Yards Jackson Ben Evans Chad Welker Bridge Gang Florida

Athens County Sheriff Sale for Hester Real Estate

The State of Ohio Athens County offers real estate at public auction on November 22, 1938 at 1:30 PM from the east door of the courthouse in Athens. The sale covers five described tracts in Waterloo and Mineral townships with parcels totaling about 316 acres, including portions of fractions 32 and 262, and lot 82 in Mineral, plus a village lot in Mineral City. The property, under the case Lemmon Pieas Court No. 14667, is subject to mineral rights reserves and rights of public roads, with the property appraised and sold for cash in hand.

State of Ohio Athens County Lemmon Pieas Athens National Bank Plaii Court House Athens Ohio Waterloo Charles R. Beckler S. W Ohio Company Mineral Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad Hewitt Street Rantee Traction O LB. & O. 8. W. Railroad Company Leondias M. Jewett Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad Company Fraakin H. Moore Mineral City Charles W. Bayless Ze A. Wart Esther B. Gro van Foes

Secret Ballot Is Explained After Rumor

Logan election officials clarified ballot secrecy ahead of Tuesday's general election. By midnight Saturday 237 absent or disabled ballots had been issued in Hocking County, including 156 absent and 81 disabled applications. Absentees are mainly Logan Gore Union Furnace and Falls Township residents, with Logan showing potential total votes near 3100. Officials emphasize that ballot secrecy remains intact because stubs retain or detach, making individual voting patterns unknowable to others.

Logan Hocking Election Board Laurelville Murray City Benton Township Hocking County Election Board

Logan Brief Social Notes Club Has Luncheon

A Saturday luncheon at the White House hosted by Mrs. R L White for the Saturday Club featured a program with Miss Eleanor Durr as vice president and Mrs Anna Cole reading Early American Financiers Astor Van derbilt and Gould. Current events attendance included Mrs Minnie Reynolds as a guest.

R. L. White White House Eleanor Durr Anna Cole Astor Vanderbilt Gould Minnie Reynolds Athens

J. G. Spears Addresses Armistice Sunday Service

More than 100 attendees heard J. G. Spears of Columbus address Armistice Sunday at Logan Post rooms. C. Wood Bowen presided after a Auxiliary dinner. Walter Prather led the musical program. Spears discussed The Changing World and urged self analysis and a permanent contribution to humanity.

Logan Logan Post Rooms J. G. Spears Columbus C. Wood Bowen Walter Prather United Brethren Church Flanders Field

Townsend Rally at Logan Hall Promotes Townsend Plan

Logan district Townsend Recovery Plan advocates held a Sunday rally at Pocahontas Hall in Logan with 2:30 and 7:30 PM sessions. Charles W. Wetterman presided, Rev. Patrick Henry Williams delivered the principal address on the Townsend Plan of Divine Origin, and delegates from several counties attended.

Logan Townsend Recovery Plan Pocahontas Hall Charles W. Wetterman Ohio Patrick Henry Williams Cambridge John J. Engle Lancaster Nelsonville Pickaway Glouster Perry Hocking County Williams Wetterman George Engle E. D. Harden

Aging voter seeks disabled ballot in Logan county

Mrs Jemima Noble of N Spring Street is among the county’s oldest residents to request a disabled voters ballot, nearing 96. Mr and Mrs Carl Hansel relocate to Columbus Wednesday as Carl takes a guard post at Ohio Penitentiary, residing at 998 Ellsworth Ave. Mrs Kenneth Cherrington returns home from Cherrington Hospital after major surgery two weeks ago.

Logan Jemima Noble N. Spring St Carl Hansel Columbus Hansel Ohio Penitentiary Ellsworth Ave Hospital Kenneth Cherrington Jackson Cherrington Hospital

Logan Burberry Recovers from Shoulder Burn

George Burberry of this city is recovering from a shoulder burn suffered after using an electric pad while resting. The incident occurred several days ago and he had the pad applied to his shoulder as he slept.

Logan George Burberry

Log an Wire Chief Recovers From Flu Illness

Logan Home Telephone Co wire chief Charles I Lyke recovers after an influenza illness. Italian writer Luigi Pirandello, who won the Nobel Prize for literature after age 75, never wrote a play until he was over 50.

Logan Charles l Lyke The Logan Home _ Telephone Co Luigi Pirandello

Gore Farmer Dies at 75 Rites Tuesday

Gore farmer LOGAN Laf ayette Howdyshell, 75, died at his Gore area home Sunday after a weeklong illness and two paralytic strokes. He leaves a wife Mina, a son Charles of Newark, a daughter Elmer Nixon of Oroville, and a sister Mrs Elmer Sheets. Funeral services set for 2:30 PM Tuesday at Gore United Brethren Church, Rev M V Holcomb presiding. Burial in Gore Cemetery.

Logan—Lafayette Howdyshell Gore Howdyshell Perry County Mina Howydshell Charles Newark Elmer Nixon Oroville Elmer Sheets Gore United Brethren Church M. V. Holcomb Gore Cemetery

Funeral services for Mrs Annie McDermott held in New Straitsville

Funeral services for Mrs Annie McDermott age 63 widow of Charles McDermott Sr were conducted at St Augustine’s Catholic Church New Straitsville the cerebr cerebral hemorrhage caused her death She leaves a brother Martin Clancy and two sisters Mrs Margaret Willenson of New Straitsville and Mrs Ella Forbuck of Pennsylvania The Rev Fr Henry J Kellerman presided Burial was in New Straitsville Cemetery.

Logan St. Augustine’s Catholic Church New Straitsville Annie McDermott Charles McDermott Martin Clancy Margaret Willenson Ella Forbuck Pennsylvania Henry J. Kellerman

Arrest Man For Entering Third Story

Logan glass crash on East Main Street drew pedestrians to an Odd Fellows Building as John R. Brooker's head appeared from a third story window. Police entered via broken glass, removed him to jail, and he faces investigation for a reckless act. Brooker suffered a lacerated right hand.

Brooker

Installation of New Apple Cleaning Machine at Logan Cold Storage

Logan Cold Storage on Bowen St began installing a new apple cleaning machine today. The facility stores about 6,000 bushels of apples gathered weeks ago from Tipton orchards in Vinton and Meigs Counties. A large portion of the crop was sold directly from the orchards.

Logan Bowen St Tipton Vinton Meigs

Fragments Reflect Tiny Birdlike Compare in Text

The readable line notes a simile likening something to a hummingbird with Brae described as half as many. The fragment hints at a descriptive comparison rather than a full event or report.

Logan Couple Celebrates Married Sixty Years

Mr and Mrs Nicholas Till marked their 60th wedding anniversary with a family dinner and then received well wishes from relatives at their East Street home on November 5, the date also marking the 47th anniversary of Mr and Mrs George Till of Fr Wayne. The couple, married in 1878 at St Johns Catholic Church, have three children John Till Logan Mary Till Smith Lancaster and Magdalene Till Judy Logan and six grandchildren. Relatives from out of town included George and Joseph Till Fr Wayne Thomas and John Till Edward Schorr and Barbra and Beatrice Till.

Logan Nicholas Till East St George Till Wayne Till St. Johns Catholic Church Thomas J. Cady W. Q. Adams Company Hocking Valley Mr. Till Taylorsville Philo Hocking County Elizabeth Schorr Marion Township John Till Mary _ Till Smith Lancaster Magdalene Judy George Joseph Till Thomas Edward Schorr Chicago Barbara Beatrice Till Columbus Smith Betty

Rev. Carl V. Roop Leads Logan Revival Series

The Rev. Carl Vernon Roop of Marion will evangelize a series of meetings at the United Brethren Church in Logan. The gatherings run through November 27 with daily services at 7:30 p.m. assisting pastor Rev. E B. White joins as helper.

Louise Schmitter Dies At Logan Saturday

Louise Schmitter, 77, wife of Robert Schmitter, died at the home of her son Ewald Schmitter in Logan after a stroke. She had lived with them weeks, leaves four sons Ewald and Carl in Logan, Paul in Columbus, Willie in Nelsonville. Funeral in Columbus Tuesday at 2 PM with burial there. body returned to Columbus for arrangements. Local family members traveled to Columbus.

Louise Schmitter Logan Robert Schmitter Clumbus Ewald Schmitter Paul Columbus Willie Nelsonville

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ER Aten Yonday Buntz Maries V Ross Margaret Ross N. Mulberry St P. Booth Middleport Carl Ownes James Derby Huntington Ralph Gilpin Portsmouth Frank Harden Menkel Scio Russell Hare Paris France Carlton Bright Warren Bright Hare New York City United States Harold Chambers Coshocton Eva Carr Elizabeth Ann Rochester Paul Fix Cyrus Rochester Tide Huston Francis Roberts Lala Wakely Dorothy Murtha Kathryn Ardeth Steward Oscar Steward Phila Martin F. P. Martin Edward Keller Blanche Shriner Toledo Lucy Nill Harry Nill Irmgarde Bliss Elmer Bliss Armistice Townsend Club Logan Hall Gore Farmer W. Union St V. Price & Co Zenners Kry I. R. Goldberg Shapiro Worstell Zenner’s Dept Kroger Milady Citizens Central Bank Franklin Ave F. E. Goldsberry Elgin Mobilgas Station State Hospital National Cash Register Dial N. Shafer Martha Washington Bernadine Drescher New Marshfield
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