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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1937
Page
7
Logan Mayor Kenneth R. Fitzgerald dismissed a rumor he would become service director after January 1 if Dallas Kinser won the mayoral race. He said he never sought or was offered the job and plans to retire at year’s end, attributing the rumor to opponents unhappy with his administration.
Funeral services for Stephen Smith Mundy aged 72 will be held at 2 p m Saturday at Leonard Funeral Home Rockbridge officiated by Rev Tut tle. He died Thursday after an extended illness at his W Hunter Street residence. He formerly lived in Green Township before moving to Logan. Survived by wife Addie Mundy and nine children including Carl George Edward Earl Logan Samuel Wellston Harry Nelson ie Mrs Alica Baudimira Day Nellie Gentry Washington C Samuel Mundy and Hugh Mundy. brothers listed.
Logan reports Union Furnace board member O H Bryan as principal speaker at the Ilesboro High School PTA meeting. He pledges ongoing work to improve the school system, with student program under Janet White and music readings, followed by lunch. Theresa Shafer, Falls Township, ill with scarlet fever. case reported to the county health department.
New Charlie Chan adventure follows Chan into Manhattan night clubs to solve a double murder tied to a singer's secret diary. Warner Oland stars with Keye Luke and a supporting cast as a web of clues and candid camera evidence unravels in a swanky midtown cabaret.
In Logan a salesman, who claimed owner L. E. Strawn ordered goods, stole 3.60 from a clerk for aspirin and a blanket. Strawn recovered the money with Deputy Nellis Smith, and the man was arrested. The name of the salesman was not released. Repairs underway at Oscar Steward’s W Hunter Street store. England’s income tax base cited at about 2,200,000 people.
Mr and Mrs George Martin McIntosh announce the birth of a son Thursday at the Big Locust Tourist Camp. The father works at the Natco plant in Haydenville and the family resides in a tourist camp cabin.
Logs show Clifford Mason and Irvin Huston changing pleas before Judge Phil Henderson on previous indictments. Mason pled guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, receiving a $100 fine, 30 days in jail, and a six month driving ban. Huston pled guilty to failing to stop after a collision, with a $15 fine and five day driving suspension. Rotary Club attendance for September averaged 87.53 percent, ranking Logan 13th in the district with McArthur at 96.97 percent.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Stanley E. Sparnow of Columbus visited Logan on official business. He had been in Cincinnati Portsmouth and Chillicothe, attending a federal court session where 13 prisoners were sentenced to federal prison, 12 to reformatories and seven to jails during a one day session. Forty one other prisoners entered not guilty pleas.
Logan reports the Rev Lloyd Evans of Nelsonville will address the First Presbyterian Church Men's Club next Thursday evening. Films on the Invisible Enemy will be shown by W D Bradcock. The men's quartet of J D Sanderson W D Thurness W I Krieg and Edward Myers will sing.
Despite some improvement in Carl Judy's condition the Logan merchant continues to be seriously ill in a Columbus hospital after several weeks of treatment.
Logan magistrate arraigned Carl Adkins on automobile stealing tied to Joe Thomas' car theft. Adkins held under $1,000 bond for the grand jury. Companion Clovis Colwell was found guilty and sentenced to Mansfield Reformatory. Both youths are former Boys Industrial School inmates.
The McKinley Republican Club will hold a meeting at their headquarters in the McCarthy Building next Wednesday evening. The program opens at 7 30 with women of the organization in charge and promising entertaining content. Members are urged to attend and bring friends.
A trailer in the rear garage of M. B. Iles on E Main St. caught fire Thursday morning. The fire department responded to the alarm and reported property loss limited to five dollars.
The eleventh marriage license in the county this week was issued to James Ernest Warren 46 brickyard employe Nelsonville and Anna M. Baker 42 housekeeper Longstreth. Magistrate S B Whitehart officiated.
The 84 piece Logan High School Band led by director Richard McCutchan and Drum Major Glen Shriner will travel by bus to Middleport this evening to support the Logan Chieftains. Final rehearsal at Chieftainfield on Thursday introduced new formations.
Many pleas of guilty have been entered by persons indicted by the recent grand jury leaving seven cases for trial among those arraigned a week ago. Trial assignments were made last week by Judge Henderson and will be revised. The petit jury is ordered to report October 25.
Wisconsin remains the nation’s leading cheese producer with New York ranking second in production figures for the industry.
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