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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1940
Page
12
WPA project in Logan will begin next Monday with about 60 workers. The $26,000 effort will enclose the Goose Creek stream from Zanesville Avenue to North Mulberry Street.
Logan report on the Pioneer Youth group at Hocking Grange Hall naming the new officers Fred Good president Charles Rauber vice president Dorothy Hartman secretary Ambrose Primmer treasurer Kenley Krinn member of the executive committee with holdovers James Guthrie and Margaret McBroom. The program was run by Helen Griffith Paul Keck Marjorie Hartmann and James Guthrie. Next meeting set for December 3.
Logan A water well at the new state highway garage site on Route 75 east of the city has been completed. The well was sunk to 90 feet and tested for capacity. The contract for the new garage will be let on December 4 and construction of the $34 000 structure is expected to start soon afterward.
Logan Bowler of Logan with the Jaycees posted a 232 high game as his team beat Logan Kiwanis in a three game set at Lancaster alleys. He finished with an 188 average for the series while Walter Savings led the clubmen. Logan Rotarians dropped three games to the Lancaster Lions on the same evening.
Beatrice Priscilla Blake sues Albert Todd Blake for divorce on grounds of cruelty neglect and willful absence. They wed June 27 1929 at Lathrop and she left him in June 1937 after years of alleged ill treatment.
Logan officials announce that courthouses, banks, and state offices will close all day Thursday for Thanksgiving. Many residents plan family meals and expect many out of town visitors to arrive for the holiday.
Patrolmen A. F. Evans and Harrison Litherland reported that J. H. Meade of Star Route became unruly while being taken to the city jail on intoxication charges. He kicked and broke a window of the police cruiser.
Logan social notes record a book club meeting at Mrs. Wilbur Lanning with Mrs. Newell Grooms reviewing The Fire and the Wood by R. C. Hutchinson. The item lists multiple Thanksgiving dinners and guests, including families of Braddock, Stracke, and Risch, plus OSU students visiting from Pomeroy and Columbus.
Logan Roy E. Weller travels to Crooksville for the funeral of his mother Mrs Mary E. Weller age 89 who died Monday. Burial held near Crooksville with services in the community.
Weather and fall colors boosted Rockhouse attendance to 21 319 in October, raising the year total to 98 194 by November 1. By November 10 the park had topped 100 000 for the year, with similar gains at other county scenic points. The Cameo Club met at Mrs. George Cheshire's Warner Ave home for needlework and refreshments. Attendees included Mrs. Merritt Rheinscheid and others. British postmen now capped at 35 pounds including capes.
Logan magistrate S B Whitehart arraigned Howard Spencer and Paul Hendricks of Pomeroy on auto stealing charges. Both pleaded guilty and are held on $800 bonds awaiting grand jury action. Unable to post bond, they were returned to the county jail.
Kansas editor William Allen White, head of the Committee to Defend America, denounced America’s neutrality with Germany at the Union League Club. He urged a public vote on cancelling neutrality laws and aiding Great Britain amid the European crisis. The piece notes Madagascar’s position off southeastern Africa.
Secretary Ickes denounced four large subversive groups at Town Hall in New York. He named native fascist organizations including the Silver Shirts and Knights of the White Camelia, noting some members are native born Americans and others foreign born. He cited Father Coughlin and Colonel Lindbergh among potential members.
W. W. McCarley a former Hocking Valley railroad conductor died in Vinton on Tuesday. He worked on the River division and was active in Masonry Chapters and Councils in Logan. Funeral services will be held in Vinton Friday at two o'clock in the afternoon. Charles Robert Dune a florist in Logan is 25 and Bernice Irene Mason 20, both of Logan, secured a marriage license Wednesday.
A fragmented line describes a busy appeaser who would surrender his sword voluntarily even before it is demanded, reflecting a cautious, compliant stance.
An assortment of linens advertised with low prices includes hand embroidered pillow cases at 59 or 69 cents for 42 inch size, regular 98 cent cocktail towel sets of six boxed, guest towel sets at 79 cents to 1.25 value, three towel sets in gift boxes, cocktail sets including coasters wood spoons and 8 napkins at 69 cents with 98 cent value, 81 by 108 sheets for 98 cents regular 1.29, Millford sheets first quality muslin no starch, lunch cloths at 1.79 regular 2.98, fine imported linens white with colored borders in sizes 52 by 68 and 52 by 52, slightly soiled, irregulars in blankets Indian design sale price 1.98.
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