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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1936
Page
12
Logan Post of the American Legion opened Armistice Day activities with a Sunday evening memorial and potluck supper. More than 100 Legionnaires and families attended as Rev. John A. Toy gave the memorial address and readings were offered.
Logan residents prepare for the annual Red Cross roll call starting next Sunday for one week led by county chairman Mark H. Ricketts. Ward captains and precinct leaders will organize a full canvass of Logan on opening day. current membership is 800 with hopes for growth.
Logan A meeting of the Mc Kinley Republican Club will be held at the club room at 7 50 oclock Wednesday evening under call of Harry J Stevenson, president. Members urged to attend as matters of interest will be discussed and plans to hold regular winter month meetings with out of town speakers invited from time to time.
Logan Post of the American Legion plans to fence the Rempel Wasson Memorial Park this week. Legionnaires are asked to report at 1 o clock Wednesday afternoon for the fence raising.
Mrs D A Rannells spent the end of the week in Hamden visiting relatives. Mr and Mrs Rossiter Williams Oak Hill were visitors in Logan Sunday evening. Mason Campbell and B A Hall attended the fall conference of the American Legion Eighth District in New Straitsville. Dick Brown Columbus was in Logan visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Carl Brown. Charles H Shepard Columbus visited relatives in Logan Sunday. Mr and Mrs D Y Milne Mr and Mrs Richard Milne and son were in Shawnee Sunday visiting relatives. Mrs Wilbur Lanning hosted the Jabberwocks Club Thursday evening on E Main St with high scores to Mrs Alfred Lanning and Mrs Lawrence Adcock. An attractive lunch followed. BID-A-BIT CLUB MEETS Miss Marjorie Tschappat entertained the Bid-A-Bit Club at her home Thursday. In the three table bridge play high scores went to Miss Jean Webb and Miss Betty Smoot. Refreshments were served to members and one guest Miss Helen Walsh.
At Mrs. Meredith Gano home on Thursday evening the Chummy Chat Club played cards. High and low scores were won by Mrs. Harry Goodlive and Mrs. Lewis Skinner. A refreshment course followed. Members present included Mrs. Skinner, Mrs. Goodlye, Mrs. Frank Fox, Mrs. Raymond Jones, Mrs. Lloyd Blosser, Mrs. Joe Shaw, and the hostess.
Mrs Amos Johnson entertained the Amica Club Friday evening with guests Mrs Joe Mitchell Colum Bus Mrs Robert Steward and Mrs Isaac Vaneuren. Prizes for bingo and contests were won by Mrs Ann Shriner Mrs Fred Stracke Mrs Charles Reeves Mrs Lon Nimon and Mrs Vancuren. Mrs Johnson performed an impersonation before serving refreshments.
Mrs Harold Chambers hosted a Saturday evening shower for Mrs James R Smoot with a 6 o'clock buffet. A program of piano numbers by Mrs Aleen Adams entertained a social crowd including Mrs Russell Berlin Mrs Harold Techau Mrs Lucy Bowen and others.
The Eighth District American Legion met in New Straiteville with district commander Rossiter Williams leading. Speakers included Jacob Saslavsky and Joe Dutchie. in the afternoon Department Commander Sam Cobb and others spoke. A parade featured Wellston Drum Corps winning an award.
Electors in Marion Township met in Logan to learn how to press the Hocking County Election Board to divide their precinct which cast 406 votes last Tuesday. A petition will be circulated soon as a movement to redraw precinct boundaries gains momentum.
Miss Thelma Schull, who shot herself in the left side with a .22 rifle a week ago, left Cherrington Hospital Saturday for home in West Logan after a rapid recovery from the through and through wound.
During the week Miller Chapel Grange held a meeting where ten candidates were given the Third Degree by the Ewing degree team and the Fourth Degree was conferred by the Miller Chapel team. Following the meeting refreshments were served and election of officers will be held on November 18.
Logan residents favored the Oak Grove Cemetery bond plan for walls gutters and drives. A $2500 bond was rejected leaving the cemetery fund low and unable to cover repairs. A public subscription campaign may be started but approval is not yet given.
Gladys N. Ayars, a renowned canning expert, will be presented by the local extension service at Logan High School at 1 o clock Tuesday afternoon. The event aims to educate residents on safe preserving techniques and practical home canning tips.
Logan High School Band collected around 100 during a tag day to buy more equipment. The event featured the first student parade of the year led by the band and 850 high school students with home room surprises along the route.
Logan elects C. E. Brehm as commissioner for a seven week term after he filed an expense report with the election board on Friday stating the cost of election was one dollar.
Florence Miller, injured when struck by a car driven by her cousin Harold Edwards of Haynes, returns home to Rockbridge after eight weeks at Cherrington Hospital. Ruth Elick of Sugar Grove and Turley Jackson of near Rockbridge died in the crash. Edwards faces manslaughter charges and a late October grand jury indictment.
Virtually all campaign posters disappeared in Logan with a few stickers remaining. In rural areas the cleanup is less thorough and placards stay on trees poles and buildings. Police report a bicycle theft on E Main St Saturday night and several bikes have been stolen recently but most have been recovered.
Weeds reveal soil conditions with sheep sorrel signaling acid soil wild carrot pointing to poor soil and moa indicating drainage needs.
The article spotlights a historic surveying compass gifted to Gallia County Engineer elect EF N Leonard by Mrs. E B Miller. It recalls Whitfield Cherrington of Missouri who owned the earlier fine Randolph compass from 1879, noted for sterling silver dial and accurate readings, and traces the Cherrington family and Fred Cherrington’s career and death in 1935.
Gallia County officially stayed Republican from president to county posts with small margins. Prosecuting attorney John W. Howell won by 523 votes over John Halliday Jr while Sheriff Elmer Hatfield secured 3,262 for a third term. Non partisan Judge J B Clark won by 3,878, and unopposed GOP officials posted solid official tallies.
Pleas of guilty were entered in Justice Millers court Saturday on intoxication charges. Two West Virginians, Bowie Kelling and Fred McGee, were fined $5 and costs of $8.70 each.
Logan records a high turnout with 3,435 total votes in eleven precincts as John W. Bricker defeats Governor Martin J. Davey 1,624 to 1,611. Logan 4B leads in Hocking County with 423 votes and 2B has 403.
Esther Ellen WH Hams and James Winfield Hartley both of Haydenville were united in marriage at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage on Thursday. The Rev. W. N. Shank officiated in the presence of immediate family members.
William J. Beavers faced Judge Phil A. Henderson for sentencing after a guilty verdict on October 15 for failure to stop after an accident. He received a $10 fine plus costs and faces jail time if the amounts are not paid.
Edith Yates Logan filed for divorce from Chester Yates on cruelty grounds. They married March 22, 1935, a temporary restraining order was issued, and she seeks alimony and restoration of her maiden name Edith Windle.
Gallipolis may see a moving picture theater after options secured by a Southern Ohio chain. Properties on State St Court St and Second St were optioned for two months with possible development at the Our House area and adjacent lots. Rumors of a lease on Priestley Block were denied by County Recorder Lucille Rees. Mrs Justine Johnson Hall, widow of Karl Hall and insurance saleswoman, fractured her hip in New York City.
Gallipolis reports the first supper in the new kitchen will be held Thursday night November 12 at Rio Grande Methodist Church. The Ladies Aid will host with Mrs Ernest Wiseman urging useful gifts for the kitchen and guests staying for a potluck lunch. Rev W L Stafford schedules a unique recreation program.
A marriage license was issued in Greenup Kentucky for James Plymale 35 of Gallipolis and Helen Burton 30 of Russell to wed.
Logan Everett Ellison arrived back in the city Saturday following a two week stay in Dayton to attend a refrigerator school.
The Grace Methodist Episcopal Church financial report shows Oct 15 1935 balance 496.85, year receipts 4431.50, expenditures 4812.94, Oct 5 1938 balance 145.41, benevolences 417.67 spent 404 leaving 13.67, endowment fund 5700. Ladies Aid 1066.55 spent 1019.67 balance 46.88, Foreign Mission 223.92 spent 223.86 left 0.06, Home Mission 312.11 spent 309.21 left 2.90. A published full report includes members’ contributions.
The article lists Brumfield Ashelman Myers Wagner Ball Brown Shoemaker Safford Rue Niday Henshaw Phillips Stagle Johnson Kern Stevers with Charles M Yeanger as secretary of the finance committee and A C Safford as treasurer. Other members include F J Entsminger E J Rosener D W Thomas L E Smith J L Davies and C C Gettles.
Gallia County officials with WPA support plan to resurface 20 000 cubic yards of crushed limestone on hill roads and 2 500 cubic yards per township across eight townships to keep school bus and mail routes passable through winter. Seven quarries will supply material from Morgan Springfield Greenfield Perry Walnut and Harrison townships with work set to begin by December 15 and continue into late spring.
Marriage licenses issued for Angel Corbin and Macil Burgess both of Crown City to wed by Justice Fred Millisor and for William Alexander and Frances Montgomery of Porter with the ceremony planned in local jurisdiction.
Rio Grande College Aid Association forms in Gallipolis with over 30 supporters raising funds for upkeep and improvements. Dues range from 1 to 5 dollars yearly for associate active and contributing members. key figures include President B. Lewis Jones and Treasurer Dr. S H Bing.
Gallipolis residents heard of a divorce granted in Common Pleas Court and a new suit filed Saturday. Candace J. Stamper was awarded a divorce from Wesley Stamper for gross neglect. the prior attorney fee order of $50 to the plaintiff was rescinded. Hazel Williams aged 15 filed for divorce via her mother Celia Martin against Harold Williams alleging gross neglect and failure to support since their 1935 marriage. no children and he is in a CCC camp earning $30 monthly. Hazel asks to restore her maiden name, Hazel Martin.
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