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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1936
Page
12
Logan voters will mark a blank space on the common pleas ballot to select a successor to Judge Harvey M. Whitcraft. The unexpired term runs to December 31, 1940, with Phil A. Henderson expected to fill the interim seat until the election.
The Bible Rally class at First Presbyterian Church drew 55 men for the Sunday session. George S. Moore, president, announced Eber Mowery as the teacher for October. Rev. Ch. C. Babylon spoke briefly as the class met in the main Sunday School room due to space limits.
Logan County common pleas docket postponed by Judge Wilbur McKenzie. Courthouse offices closed all day with signs posted at entrances Saturday night.
Mr and Mrs F M Colling Mrs Leman Long Mrs Thomas Collins Miss Mary and Miss Roth Collins left Saturday on a two weeks western trip. They will visit relatives in Oklahoma and Missouri during the journey.
Logan High School will house a new trophy case built by the Future Farmer Club. It will store ribbons and trophies won by club members at the State Fair this summer.
The Logan Hocking County Pomona Grange conferred the fifth degree in McArthur on Saturday evening. The local delegation included 37 members led by Charlies Blackston as master and Walter North as degree team director.
All city departments suspended work Monday to pay a final tribute to Judge Harvey M. Whitcraft. The order of suspension was issued by Mayor Kenneth R. Fitzgerald and Service Director R. R. Loomis.
Mrs Anna Helber aged 91 remains in serious condition at Cherrington Hospital after a fall at relatives home near Maxville. She fractured her right leg near the knee and her advanced age raises concern about recovery.
A fire discovered Sunday near the new fire tower under construction near New Straitsville prompted the forestry department at Camp Nelson to rush a crew to the scene. The fire was contained quickly preventing substantial log losses and damage.
Logan High School forms a girls athletic association under Mies Gertrude Bliss, new director of the girls' physical education department. Members enjoy archery swimming tennis and horseback riding with trips to Lancaster for swimming twice weekly. archery is introduced at the school.
New Logan sideline markers, previously hard to keep, are now strung on a wire several feet high at Chieftain field. From the stands they show up better than when laid on the ground, improving visibility for spectators.
Mr and Mrs Forest Keck of Laurel Township visited Columbus on Thursday to see their daughter Miss Josephine Keck who recently went to Columbus to start a new position.
The Child Study Club meets Tuesday afternoon for its first session after summer vacation with Mrs. James Rees hosting and Mrs. A. G. Wyatt directing. Har rington Class holds a Monday 7 30 pm social rooms gathering at the Presbyterian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Waller Ream and son Columbus were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Lortz. Logan locals include Miss Fanny Glenn visiting her father Pearl Glenn in Nelsonville. Fred E. Hull and wife returned from Memphis after attending Miss Martha Herrold and Earl Elberfeld’s wedding. Rosella Kleinschmidt of Columbus stayed with her parents Charles and North St. Bowen’s 87th birthday was celebrated with family. Aunt Lucy’s circle and several Bowen relatives attended. Mrs. Bowen, active in Tourist, Euterpean and musical circles, was honored at church with flowers and a favorite anthem. The Bowen brood includes Techay and Mary Louise among others, with extended family visiting and Prof. Harold Techau planning future travel delays.
The first meeting of the Saturday Club for the program year was held at Miss Eleanor Durrs country home. W B Lacock as president greeted members and opened the study on contemporary women. Miss Durrs guests included many named ladies and Miss Lowie Mitchell Columbus. Mrs J D Francis was welcomed back as an active member after a year’s absence.
Lewis Price of Logan was injured Friday when the marquee at his East Main and I filling station collapsed. Doctors found a crushed vertebra and he was placed in a cast after being taken to a Columbus hospital.
Logan Garden Club members visited Rock House Park for a guided field trip led by Ranger L. T. Worley. They learned about several tree species in the park and finished with a picnic supper on Saturday afternoon.
Logan residents released include Mrs. Paul E. Still of Logan and her daughter Mrs. Charlies Fox of East Main Street, along with Herman Angle of Rear South Bloomingville who had appendicitis surgery two weeks prior.
Edwin Markham, 84, renowned American poet of The Man With the Hoe, has overcome a light stroke apoplexy after a lecture tour in the Midwest and is convalescing at his Westerleigh home on Staten Island.
Logan residents note the season's first frost Friday evening near Webb Summit as Ivan Howdyshell recorded the cold spell. A thin layer of ice was also found on a pan left outside.
Boosters Band will perform Olde Tyme music at the Union Furnace Townsend Club meeting on October 7. Rev. W. H. Woodgeard will give the invocation and principal address, with a flag salute, songs, a monologue, a club quartet number, a descriptive song Reuben and Rachel, instrumental pieces, and a supper. Public invited.
Logan Raymond Rife returned to his home in Buchtel Sunday after four weeks at Cherrington Hospital where doctors treated typhoid fever. His condition is reported greatly improved.
Members of the Logan Lodge of Knights of Pythias held final rites for Judge Harley M. Whitcraft at the N Mulberry Street residence. Sheriff Joe Farbearn and others arranged courthouse decorations with black crepe, as hundreds visited the home to extend condolences. The body was moved to the United Brethren Church for funeral services after a stop at the courthouse.
Logan High School Future Farmers Club schedules its annual rabbit banquet for October 23 at the Junior High Building. Expected speakers include L. L. Rummel and Ralph Howard. The club has grown in numbers and the supervisor is H. D. Saxton.
Fiocrence Miller of Rockbridge, injured in a fatal Haynes area crash that killed two companions, shows improvement at Derrington Hospital. She cannot appear as a grand jury witness this week in Harold Edwards second degree manslaughter case but will give deposition for grand jurors.
Clifton Godfrey two year old son of Mr and Mrs Charlies Godfrey of the Dicken Addition died at Cherrington Hospital at 145 p m Saturday cholera infantum given as the cause after several days illness funeral services held today
The Logan service department reports extensive work repairing water line leaks around the city. A new break occurred on Main Street over the weekend with corrosion and the cold winter contributing to the damage. Lines from mains to curbs are most prone to breaks.
Coach Thomas Bender will point out mistakes of the Chieftain football squad after the loss to Athens. Expect changes during practice with Ralston likely moving to left end and a revised backfield. Cole may start at fullback, Nelson and Fitzgerald at halves, Richardson directing the offense.
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