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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1930
Page
3
Local column invites readers to send society and local news to Clinton Webb for The Messenger circulation page. Includes contact details and advertising note about classified ads and circulation department.
Governor Myers Y. Cooper will address a Republican meeting in the Knights of Pythias hall on Saturday evening in Logan. Speaker Harriet Taylor Upton and Lieut. Gov. John T. Brown will also appear at events later this month in Laurelville and Rockbridge. The American Legion Band will precede the 7 45 pm meeting. District and county candidates are expected to attend.
Mrs. Grafflin national evangelism secretary for the Women s Home Missionary Society visited White Plains and Cincinnati. Charlie Barnes of Walbridge came to Logan for a family visit. Mrs Scheide plans a Towanda Pa visit with her father. Rev and Mrs Stoody of Cincinnati stayed with Mr and Mrs Stoody. Ed Ewing L Mooney and J R Elder were in Columbus on business. Mrs Toerner recovering after Columbus hospital surgery. Mrs Bates visited from Chillicothe with sister Miss Frances Toole. Mr and Mrs Adam Klein of Toledo were guests of Mrs Alice Raney.
Mrs. Ruth May Jenkins addressed Logan Senior and Junior High students on "The New Vision for the New Age" urging law observance. She has worked with the State Department of Prohibition delivering over 200 talks reaching about 80,000 Ohio high school students.
Mrs. Harry Thomas chairs the Republican women group with Mrs. Anna L. Krumlauf as secretary treasurer after a meeting at headquarters. State organizer Louise Ogden Devoe spoke on organization methods and candidates. Ward and rural district leaders were named and a tea planned for next week with committees assigned to arrange publicity invitations and entertainment.
Mrs. Roscoe Hansel and Mrs. M. J. Cole hosted Idano Club members at the Cole home on Glenview Heights Wednesday. Dinner at 1 followed by a social session and a short business meeting elected officers: Mrs. Claude Lyons president and Mrs. Charles Lewis secretary.
Richard Conkie six year old son of Mr and Mrs Leroy Conkie of West Hunter Street sustained a fracture of the right elbow after a fall at a birthday party held at their home on Wednesday. A local physician treated the splintered bone near the elbow.
In Logan on Wednesday the Kiwanis Junior League Lutheran team was entertained by the Lutheran Brotherhood at St Matthews Church. The Four-L organization from Trinity Lutheran Church also attended. The program featured radio artist impersonations and was called the Funnygraph. Sixty five members and guests attended and were served a two course lunch by the Brotherhood.
Logan Oct 17 A fire alarm from Don Feathers home on Angle Avenue led to neighbors extinguishing the blaze before firefighters arrived. Assistant Chief Charles Lyke and Firemen Harry Hammond and Arthur Timberlake reported to the Zanesville Avenue location, prompting the department to defend its crews against unwarranted criticism.
Mrs. Elsie Myers of Logan is glad to hear her son John K Meyers is en route home from China after three years with the Marine Corps He will visit Logan upon his return from the Orient according to Mare Island message
Mrs Roger Friend hosted the Whosit Club at her Warner Avenue home Tuesday evening. A six o'clock dinner was served followed by bridge. Ted Sawyer was a club guest.
Mrs. John F. White hosted a Wednesday afternoon tea at the Spinning Wheel Tea Room for members of the Thimble and Art Club. A social hour followed at the White home.
Logan observers learned of bequests in the will of David Fought late of Perry Township when read by Judge A M Ellinger. Beneficiaries include Mrs Alice Heinberger her daughter Mrs Etta Spinner Naomi Waltz Faith Fisher and Salathiel Thompson. Jasper Cave of South Perry named executor with November 12 1927 draft date and witnesses H G Barton and Mrs Elizabeth Barton.
Charles Scholl of Logan sustained severe facial cuts and bruises along with arm and leg injuries after his car veered off the highway near Haydenville Wednesday. Authorities report a broken radius rod caused loss of control.
Delta Theta Tau members were entertained Wednesday evening at Miss Helen Ewing’s North Orchard Street home. A social hour followed a short business session. Lunch was served by the hostess.
Logan reports Ferd Hack, a local business man, was rushed to a Columbus hospital Wednesday morning for immediate surgery for acute appendicitis. His condition Thursday was described as favorable as he recovered from the procedure and anesthesia given for the operation.
Mrs Alva Gray entertained the Owl Club from Haydenville Tuesday evening at her East Front Street home. The program included contests and Bingo with first prize to Mrs Kate Robinett, second to Miss Alice Allen, and third to Miss Nellie Allen. Velva Gray performed toe and tap. A late hour snack was served by the hostess and her daughter Velva Gray and Bobbie.
Ohio boy Lawrence Fieth improved after his mother credited California Fig Syrup. She notes increased appetite and vitality, and she uses it herself as a laxative. The advertisement urges doctors to approve the product for constipation and bowel health in children. Look for California on carton and bottle to ensure genuineness.
Joyce Shepard, a condemned killer, was electrocuted at Texas Coxsackie State Penitentiary at 12 11 pm for the murder of a peace officer two years earlier. The execution followed his role in a Broadway style death row drama and his prior life as a cellmate of Robert Slake.
Federal agents and Newark police raided an underground brewery, seizing liquor and equipment valued between 504 thousand and 1 million dollars. Officials say the operation used illicit distilling methods and distributed liquor locally. Several arrests were reported, with investigations ongoing.
Authorities from Michigan and Northwestern Ohio hunt for Leonard Dacon after Deputy Sheriff Harley Woods was shot without warning while attempting to arrest Dacon on a fore vory charge for Jackson. Mich. authorities reported the slaying occurred last night in Hillsdale.
The new corn price in the city stands at 66 cents per bushel of 70 pounds, the lowest quoted in years, while old corn and wheat are at 72 cents per bushel.
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