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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1940
Page
12
Logan and Lancaster squads prepare for a key midweek game with Lancaster as E. J. Wilson ends his coaching run. Coach Tom Bender plans two more practices while both teams face graduations that thin their rosters this season.
Logan firemen expanded their Christmas toy drive with a free admission show at New Ruble Theater where children traded a used toy for entry. The effort relies on private gifts and two theater events, and organizers request larger items like wagons and tricycles to cover the city.
Logan police investigated two automobile accidents in the city with property damage. One crash involved Vern Lamborn of Athens and Victor Nixon at Spring and Second Streets. The other involved Cedric Clark of Pomeroy and Edward Tolbert of Logan at Iron and Third Streets. Clark’s car was damaged and no injuries were reported.
Nel sonville resident Ruble, who was brought to Cherrington Hospital after a fatal hunting accident in Laurel Run, was treated for a nervous collapse and discharged later the same day.
Dr. Oliver Martin of Ohio University speaks at the First Presbyterian Church Logan for the morning service. He will return to the same pulpit next Sunday. Reverend Cecil Harding Jones remains unable to fulfill pastoral duties due to illness.
Union Furnace High School will open its basketball season on Wednesday evening. Cheshire will be present to offer opposition. The squad has been rounding into condition and hopes to start the season with a victory.
Logan hunters prepare for a holiday hunt with many planning trips outside the county and to rural areas where game is reputedly plentiful. The plans reflect widespread travel among local sportsmen for the festive period.
Sunday football results include Scranton 0 Niagara 0 St Bonaventure 14 St Vincent St Anselm 8 Providence 7 Santa Clara 19 St Mary's Cal 0 Portsmouth Central Catholic 13 Ironton St Joseph 0 Tiffin Calvert 18 Fremont St Joseph 6 Cincinnati Elder 21 Cincinnati Purcell 6 Cincinnati Xavier 6 Roger Bacon New Straitsville will host St Augustine Church bazaar on Thanksgiving eve November 20 at K of P Hall featuring needlework refreshments games and dancing.
Marriage license issued Saturday to Joseph John Wagner 24 merchant Buchtel son of Jacob Wagner and Blanche Madelyn Delong 19 beauty school Buchtel daughter of Mr and Mrs A T Delong.
Mrs. W. B. Lacock hosted the Saturday Club at her E Main St home with Mrs. Charles Gaffin presiding. The group planned a blind school sale run by Mrs. Russell Berlin and Miss Minnie Moore, while Miss Emma Westenhaver became treasurer during illness.
Mr and Mrs William Robey observed their 52nd wedding anniversary with a family dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs Joe Case on Second Street The retired stationery engineer worked for years at local plants The item also notes a farewell party for Charles L Hengst who leaves for Orlando Florida and lists attending relatives and other social events in the community.
Mr and Mrs Charles B Dona ghue entertained with a pre Thanksgiving dinner at their home for family and friends.
Logan Lehman and Robert Gordon did not travel far to hunt pheasants in Green Township. They each returned with two birds, marking the first local report of pheasants bagged in the area.
Logan area gardener Dillon Myers of Starr Township protected his lettuce crop with covers as snow fell and reports his latest ever harvest from his own garden. The frost did not harm the plants and he expects to serve lettuce from the garden Friday.
Logan Lester Derr and Dick Ad dition hunted near Lancaster in Fairfield County on Friday. They observed a covey of about 25 pheasants but could not close in to take a shot and returned empty handed.
COMPLETE WELL LOGAN KELCH BROS of this city completed drilling for gas on the Seneca Cox farm near McArthur. A shot was placed in the well the latter part of the week and a second shot is to be placed this week.
Plymouth Grange elected J. M. Sanner Starr Township to continue as master at the annual officer election. New and returning officers named include Harold Felton and I. E. Fri as leaders, Viola Smith steward, Leslie Fri assistant steward, Lottie Cremean lady assistant steward, Rev. J. M. Stuart chaplain, Ida Hunsacker treasurer, Mary L. Rannells secretary, Ray Salts gatekeeper, Laura Lanner Ceres, Edith Shurtz Pomona, Aretha Ellis Flora, and Vance Rannels on the executive committee. Initiatory ceremonies planned for November 28.
Logan William King, a veteran pottery worker of N. Spring Sr., was admitted to Cherington Hospital Saturday afternoon for a hernia operation. His condition is favorable. Frank McCall of Nelsonville returned home Saturday after a four day hospital stay for a jaw abscess operation. Betty Lou Wray, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Wray of Gallagher Ave, returned home Friday after treatment for double pneumonia.
Falls Township farmer Claude Harsh shows improvement but remains unable to visit Logan two weeks after being struck on the head and back by a falling sapling while uprooting trees with a tractor.
Logan County is among four Ohio counties chosen for a federal cot ton mattress program with ten states in the plan. The project uses surplus cotton to produce mattresses with ticking provided and aims to aid rural families unable to buy commercial mattresses. Work centers will be set up under Extension Service supervision for home production only.
Logan Mayor Dallas Kinser remains home due to a severe cold and illness. He spent Sunday at City Hall for the first time in a week, continuing recovery from the bronchial illness.
Mr and Mrs Carl Young of Nelsonville are the parents of a son born at Cherrington Hospital on Thursday. The baby has been named Michael Carl.
Earl Hood and the Aristocrats of Rhythm will perform at Bell Hall in Logan on Wednesday night for the Delta Theta Tau Thanksgiving dance. The group features Hood on violin saxophone and bass with dancing slated from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. The sorority committee includes Mrs. John Roberts and several Misses.
Logansport area candidates filed expense accounts with the election board, meeting the ten day deadline after the election. Notable figures include John Ayers spending 318.30 and Rhea Pettit Bangert at 222.20 for probate judge.
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