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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1940
Page
12
Logan and surrounding precincts prepare for selective service registration with two registrars per precinct. About 3 000 registrants expected. officials plan to distribute supplies and assign helpers where needed. Names of registrars listed for each precinct from Logan to Washington with multiple pairs per area.
Ben Neal of Murray City High School football was allowed to go home Saturday after X rays at Chesterton Hospital showed no fractures. Doctors diagnosed a badly wrenched neck with muscle bruises and probable concussion of the spine. He was hurt during the Chauncey game Friday.
Logan two persons appeared before the City Civil Service Commission Saturday afternoon to take the examination for weighmaster and janitor. John Schorr and Theodore Newman. Members of the commission will meet this week to grade papers and certify an eligibility list to Service Director R. R. Loomis. It is expected a permanent appointment will be made as soon as the certifications are completed.
Miss Grace Wright of W Mansfield was hospitalized at Cherrington Hospital after an accident at Cantwell Cliffs. She suffered fractures of both bones in her left leg and was transported by Camp Hocking ambulance. Nurse Lillian Lafollette at the hospital is ill.
Tuesday is the final date to pay water rent and receive the discount. Payments have been coming in rapidly over the last two weeks, says Miss Garnet Sheets, water clerk. An accident at Church and Wood Streets at 4:30 Saturday involved cars driven by Joe Carpenter and Mrs. Henry Leach. Carpenter’s car was heavily damaged.
A license to wed has been issued for Raymond H. Halley, 28, and Eva G. Clark, 19, both residents south of Bladen, confirming their upcoming marriage in Gallia County.
Democrats in Logan Hocking County announce a series of campaign meetings across the county ahead of election day. County candidates will speak at Union Furnace on October 15 at 7 p m with Chairperson Hubert D Lappen presiding, followed by events in South Perry Longstreth New Philadelphia Rockbridge Carbon Hill and Murray City through November 2.
Logan Indiana patrolmen arrested for traffic violations faced police court before Mayor Kinser. Pat Butler and Edward Huber pleaded guilty to offenses, Butler fined five dollars plus costs for no operator's permit and Huber ten dollars plus costs for failing to stop for a school bus.
Logan sports a standout squirrel season with Charles Darnell firing 21 shots and claiming 19 squirrels. One more shot hit but the target escaped, leaving a near perfect tally for the local marksman.
Neal Berry son of Mr and Mrs Marion Beery of near this city underwent an appendicitis operation at Grant Hospital last week He is a member of the Future Farmers of America Club and a student at Logan High School
Gallipolis reports Marcus Burns and John Long and their wives faced municipal court for stealing apples from a state institution orchard. Each couple received a $10 fine plus costs and a ten day jail sentence suspended on two years of good behavior.
Gallia state liquor law officers arrested Fred Borden and Melissa Jackson Saturday for possession of illegal liquor. Jackson was fined 150 and costs and sent to the county jail after failure to pay.
Gallia County report says C E Holzer, chair of the bag sesquicentennial committee, presented a flag to Point Pleasant High School in return for the school's band cooperation in the Fourth of July parade.
Gallia county draft board members led by chairman W. W. Sigler and secretary Fimer E. Caldwell, with George Lear, will travel to Columbus Wednesday for instructions. The group aims to coordinate local draft procedures amid wartime mobilization. Professor Adolf Windaus from the University of Gottingen is noted for isolating vitamin B in 1932.
Eureva and Geneva Snyder, identical twins from Logan, visited the Hocking County election board to cast absentee ballots. Both worked in Columbus and are Logan High School graduates. Eurera had voted before. Geneva cast her first ballot.
A Logan Logan-Led dinner party at the home of Mr and Mrs Francis Cupp celebrated the birthdays of Mr Cupp and Mrs Bronson Painter in Columbus and Logan attendees included Mr and Mrs Painter Hank Wacker Edward Guess and the Cupps two daughters Mrs Painter and Mrs Cupp joined Mrs Painter on their return to Columbus Sunday morning.
A group of Cleveland men including Lloyd Heinlein Curtis Henderson Bob Sparno and Ray Dollison visited Logan to spend the weekend with relatives. Guests included Dick Boyles and Water North of Nelsonville with Emerson Hansel family. Other travelers were Charles Wonn Zanesville Clyde Smith Portsmouth and Kenneth Evans Ohio State University visiting local families.
Gallipolis residents are invited to Republican community meetings tomorrow night at Cadmus School Wednesday at Bladen and Friday at Mercerville. County candidates and principal speakers will attend each gathering to discuss issues.
Gallia county event at Ohio Valley Grange meeting includes an apple pie baking contest. A program will be presented and the public is invited to attend tonight’s session.
Gallia county officials consider raising NYA staffing in high schools to 42 students with a monthly payroll of 252 dollars. The move aims to expand programs and support for pupils, pending district approvals and budget considerations.
State Treasurer Don H. Ebright of Columbus will speak at a joint meeting of the McKinley Republican Club Republican Women's Club and the Hi-Way organization at headquarters. The 7 30 p m event will include county candidates and lunch will be served after the address.
Logan police arrested R. S. Doss of Parkersburg and Don Edwards of Logan on driving under the influence charges. Doss pleaded guilty, fined 100 dollars plus costs, and had driving rights suspended for a year. A pig was found in Doss’s car and was cared for by a local farm until release.
Logan reports a surge in absentee ballots with 49 issued by week’s end, far above 17 in 1936. The rise is linked to National Guard training among young men and many first-time voters, with disabled ballots expected to rise before deadlines on October 31 and November 1.
Gallipolis society items note the Presbyterian Missionary Society meeting in the church parlors with Mrs. K G Kirk endall presiding and talks by Dr Elia Lupton and Mrs D C Priestley. Betty Mae Clark celebrated sixteenth birthday with a party and music. A new macadam floor was spread over the Silver Bridge at Kananga with traffic continuing.
Mr and Mrs Charles Echelmeyer Jr announce the birth of a son named John Stacy at their Oak Hill home on Thursday October 10. Mrs Ona Davisson Mrs I E Myers Mrs A S Lloyd daughter Marilyn and Charles Ball visited their grand nephew in Oak Hill last week.
Miss Catherine Morrison and Miss Ruth Miller hosted the Kil Dare Klub Friday evening with dinner for three tables before bridge. Mrs. Otto Carter won high score and Mrs. C. T. Robinson took second high.
Dr and Mrs J G Schwarz returned Friday from a visit with relatives in Cincinnati and Saturday went to Columbus to spend the weekend with Dr and Mrs Lawrence Jones. Dr Schwarz, member of the medical staff of the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics, is on vacation. Mr and Mrs R S Ellinwood and daughter Ruth Warner were guests of friends in Morgantown.
Logan Chieftains held a 13 to 7 victory over Athens Bull dogs Friday night securing their second league win. The team nerves up for a home game against the Pomeroy Panthers Friday, bruises aside the squad resumes hard practice. The close one with Pomeroy and Athens suggests strong opposition from the Panthers.
Logan article notes Rev Louis Campbell of Albany preached at First Presbyterian Church in place of Rev Cecil Harding Jones who was absent. Campbell has previously appeared in the local pulpit. Morrell of Worthington delivered the Methodist sermon.
Logan Ralph Mosure of Washington township is admitted to Cherrington Hospital on Saturday for treatment. He is the son of Mr and Mrs William Mosure.
Fire inspector Charles Drum of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad visited Logan on Friday to inspect local railroad property. A former resident of the city, Drum toured facilities and discussed safety measures with officials.
Logans Saturday traffic was unusually heavy with crowded Logan restaurants from 11 30 p m to 1 30 a m and another rush later. Ideal weather lingered from the previous weekend into Sunday drawing thousands to Hocking County Parks area. Hundreds of locals also took motor trips outside the city.
Mrs Cora Isabel Allison 48 wife of Charles Allison died at her home in the Dicken Addition. She had been ill for some time and had traveled with a circus. She leaves her husband two sisters Mrs Mary Nihiser and Mrs Grace Nutter both of Logan. Funeral services will be at Leonard Funeral Home at 2 pm Tuesday with Rev Miranda Casto in charge. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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