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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1932
Page
10
Logan officials say the Cincinnati Shoe Company plant runs with reduced staff while preparing sample lines. Small orders have come in and a larger scale operation is expected soon. City employment is low as most plants are idle, with highway relief work and city service usage down.
Supt J W Coleman attended a Columbus meeting where the Ohio School Survey Commission presented a plan requiring tax revenue sources to fund school operations. Attendees favored a system with state aid to supplement local funds so poorer counties receive relief and all districts share in a new realization fund.
Logan November 2 funeral services will be held at 2 o clock Wednesday afternoon for Miss Minnie Klein Schmidt who died at her East Main Street home after a long illness. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. She lived with her sister Miss Em and her brother John Klein Schmidt. Other brothers are Jacob, wis and Walter Klein Schmidt of this city and a sister Mrs Cook of Nelsonville.
An old advertisement touts 666 salve for colds headaches neuralgia and malaria. Claims include relief on first day for colds and within three days for malaria with speedy results. The copy emphasizes multiple quick-acting remedies and widespread applicability.
Don Cox of Logan High School earned the distinction of tallest center in the Southeastern Ohio League after a season where he played every quarter. Coach Longley eyes Cox for the next basketball season, noting his rapid development in football and potential as Logan’s regular center.
Health commissioner Dr. W. R. Lacock and county nurse Mrs. Margaret Weaver lead Schick testing in Ward Township this week. They plan visits to Carbon Hill Sand Run Newton Orbiston Jobs New Pitts burg Monday and Murray City to immunize students as done last winter.
Hugh Little, a longtime motorcycle rider from Logan and active Hocking Valley Motorcycle Club member, suffered a fractured left arm when his bike skidded near Lancaster while riding with Bob Lehman, who incurred a fractured rib. Earlier incidents include a skull concussion and hospital stay.
A report from Logan on Monday said Mrs. Nola Fyffe of Salt Creek Township is seriously ill at home with pleural pneumonia. She is the mother of a large family and her illness was reported to the health department office.
Logan November 20. Hunters in Hocking County largely failed to bag pheasants this season and many went outside the county to shoot. Despite releases by the Conservation Department and egg shipments for hatching, most birds are females on protected lists and propagation may not boost numbers. One farmer hatched eggs after a hen killed the mother, releasing chicks later.
Friends report a Logan youth had a rough week end while trying to attend movies. He went to Athens for a matinee but arrived late then returned to Logan and tried Lancaster that night. In Lancaster he found all films already seen and decided to stay home in the future.
Logan November 29 Judge Harley M Whitcraft assigns several Common Pleas Court hearings to begin Thursday at the Hocking courthouse. On December 1 motions include Miller v Shaw and others with a jury verdict for one dollar. Other December dates cover Slagle v Canty Swackhammer v Hamilton Syx v Kleinschmidt State v Nixon Dean Levin Lehman v Lehman Guess v Guess and more with cases scheduled through December 8 7. Murphy Stevenson Co v Carroll.
Logan, Nov. 0 Allen appeared before Judge Harley M Whitcraft and changed his plea to guilty to larceny with sentence. He faces 10 days in county jail and a $100 fine plus costs or jail until paid. The stolen property was from Q b t Hemsaworth and valued at less than the indictment stated. Deputy Joe Farbearn said officers may transfer Allen to Perry and Athens County after sentence.
Soot burning in a chimney at 1199 West Hunter Street prompted a Monday morning call to the Logan fire department. Driver Walter Barnes with Chief Water Nixon and two firemen found the blaze non dangerous with no damage. It’s the first alarm in two weeks, with silent alarms sparking wav ing in the city and volunteer firefighters paid two dollars per alarm.
About a dozen Logan football fans traveled to Portsmouth to see the Chicago Bears play the Spartans. One observer said he prefers college and high school football, finding amateur play less mechanical than the professional game.
Advance ticket sales for the Notre Dame Southern California game on December 10 surpassed 100000, ensuring the largest crowd of the Pacific Coast football season. Memorial Stadium seats 115000 as fans rush to see Notre Dame after its victory over Army in New York.
Prof Albert Einstein will join America's newest scientific dream the Institute for Advanced Study near Princeton New Jersey. The project funded by Louis Bamberger amounts to 5 million dollars with no university ties and aims to attract post graduate researchers. Einstein will head the mathematics school and dedicate five months a year to this venture opening after autumn planned as a landmark in independent research.
An article notes that ostrich chicks grow rapidly in their first months, gaining about one foot per month, and that these birds commonly reach an age around 70 years.
Community members host Thanksgiving visitors and share health updates. Irma Rutger visits Logan with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bryan. Mrs. Surgeon returns from Akron with news of Mr. Moore’s recovery. Families from Albany to Columbus greet relatives and attend Go-To-School Day. One death reported as Frilen Gomer dies, burial in Gomer Cemetery.
Langsville William Conkie moved his family into the Mrs Cory Morris farm house last week. Mrs Edith Halliday of Parsons Kansas visited her sister Mrs Wallace Writh and other relatives. Mr and Mrs Fred Tuckerman visited their son Rue Tuckerman of Middleport on Sunday.
Local friends and families gather for anniversaries and holidays across Frost, Parkersburg, and surrounding areas. Notable items include the forty-fifth wedding anniversary at the Weber home, Thanksgiving visits, hospital stays, and high school basketball results. Universalist services in Frost are scheduled with Rev. Ed ward M. Minor presenting a talk on The Providence of Nature. The article notes patent ownership concentration in New York Wings Pennsylvania Ohio and California.
Mineral Mr and Mrs G K Lowry of Athens visited relatives Tuesday. Ava Nell Lowry plans to spend Thanksgiving with Roland Carmen on Robinette Ridge. Charley Brooks William Sickles and families joined Pard Lightfritz Ira Brooks and kin at Athens for Thanksgiving. Dorothy stayed two weeks with relatives. Shuster guests Mina Fry Archila in Athens and visited Clarence Todd at Asbury Ridge. Quarterly M E Church service Sunday afternoon drew delegates from Salem and Carbondale. Will Lynch of Barberton visited his parents Lafe and family. Vaughn Addiste was confined at home by tumbago. Ralph Gibson wife Pauline and Kathleen Chea be with George Clark and Lowell Penrod at Athens and Barberton relatives. Willliams Wilburn wedding at Athens RR D. Nora Stout class donated to Rev McDaniel.
Reedsville and nearby towns welcome a string of visitors including William Skidmore and family from East Liverpool, J H Coleman and relatives, Franklin Norris and family from Letart Falls, and S S E Wilson and daughter Betty Lou from Parkersburg. Community members hosted and visited in Beverly Parkersburg Long Bottom and Morning Star. tips include outdoor lighting to reduce insects in summer.
Extensive surveys by state and federal geologists conclude Ames Town ship hills hold abundant limestone suitable for roadbeds across Athens County and beyond. The Hooper Ridge area extends through Ames into Marin County with notable Rim of the World Drive. Local voters recall early precinct clerks knowing every name in the township.
A chicken supper will be served at the Athens Grange Fairgrounds tonight starting at 6 p.m. The event, hosted by Jackville Factory PT, will run until 8 p.m. A musical program has been arranged for attendees.
Read as a report of a massive 3900 year old tree in Yosemite National Park California. The evergreen allegedly contains enough timber to construct a hangar for the airship Akron.
An advertised cough remedy praises a homestyle mix using Pinex and syrup. It claims rapid relief, no coughing needed, and cost savings. The ad explains Pinex as a Norway pine compound for throat healing and guarantees satisfaction with money back.
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