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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1938
Page
10
Logan reports 26 absent voter ballots issued in Hocking County and notes that disabled voter applications are no longer accepted by the election board. Blank forms must be obtained directly from the election board clerk in person or by written request. The change follows a Kennedy 1938 primary ruling.
Rev. Vernon Martin of Georgetown was welcomed at First Presbyterian Church as he preached during morning worship. The church committee invited him to preach while seeking a new pastor to fill the vacant pulpit after 11 years of service locally and last year moderating the Ohio Synod.
Theodore Frakes of Logan was arrested and, before Mayor Dallas Kinser, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct for window peeping. He was fined $10 plus costs after admitting to peering into about eight residences mainly on the eastern side and Warner Ave area. Officers say multiple similar reports exist and seek other suspects.
Logan Hocking County tax report issued by Treasurer R. N. White shows total charges by the auditor of 534 609.70 dollars for 1937. Collections reached 310 260.49 dollars, leaving 224 349.21 dollars unpaid. Current tax collections stood at 88 percent and delinquent collections at 25 percent.
Logan Men s Bible Class led Sunday by J F Rittgers guest teacher from Logan High School faculty. Rittgers active in Sunday School work for years. Attendance has risen in recent weeks and the class plans to boost enrollment for the winter season.
Logan coach Tommy Bender readies the Chieftains for a road game at Jackson next Friday evening. Jackson has an unblemished Southeastern Ohio League record and aims for the championship, while Logan seeks to end the undefeated run after a one point defeat at Gallipolis. A large fan delegation and the 80 member Chieftain band will accompany the team.
Logan photographer C. A. Gilbert displays eight Harsh family photos dated fifty years apart. The parents have died. D. E. Harsh, William Harsh, and Albert Harsh of Lancaster, superintendent of the Bogg Industrial School, are among the surviving relatives pictured.
Nellie Gertrude Love age 38 wife of Clarence Love died at her E Front St Logan home Saturday after a tuberculosis illness. Survived by husband five children Carl Merrill Ernes tine May Anna Lucille and Mary Ellen of Logan three brothers and four sisters. Funeral services will be held at the residence at 1 pm Tuesday with burial in Clark Cemetery Athens County.
Late last week Mr and Mrs P D Sloan were informed their son Eugene Sloan was appointed to an assistant professorship at Lehigh University for three years with a salary advance He has taught there for several years and recently completed further studies in an eastern university He is brother to Seth Sloan of this city.
Police Chief Lew Reynolds urges youths to keep Halloween fun and plans a community activity for next year with a general masquerade. The goal is to observe the day without property destruction or damage.
The Saturday Club was entertained at luncheon at 1 o'clock Saturday by Miss Bea Ross at her home on N Mulberry St. Covers were laid for club members and guests including Mrs. Walter Leonard Mrs. J. W. Woodard Mrs. Edward Hockman Mrs. Carrie Durr Mrs. Charles McKinley Mrs. James Barker Mrs. Joe Case Mrs. Allen Adams Mrs. C. O. Allen Miss Emma McLain Logan Miss Edith Chute and Mrs. Zoa Blosser Carbon Hill and Miss Sylvia Dodd of Nelsonville. Miss Ross club president conducted a short business session and for the program Mrs. Carlos Gaffin reviewed The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnen Rawlings. Current events topics were given in answer to roll call.
Several Columbus families visited Logan and Haydenville for weekend activities. The Freys from Columbus with daughters Joanne Marjorie and Elaine spent time with friends in Logan and Haydenville. The Vickreys of McConnelsville moved to Logan taking over a vacant residence once held by the Lortzs. Dr and Mrs A O Kelch and son Oakley left for a week in St Louis. Vera Blinn Society plans a dinner at the White House for mothers and guests Tuesday evening. Republican women meet Tuesday at 7 30 at the McKinley Club.
Willard Reynolds was arraigned before Mayor Dallas Kinser on operating a motor vehicle while under the influence. He pled guilty, received a $100 fine plus costs, and had a ten day jail sentence suspended. Driving privileges were suspended.
Logan Litherland brother of Patrolman Harrison Litherland was brought home Sunday from Grant Hospital Columbus after an operation for appendicitis performed two weeks earlier.
Herman Lash, chef at Blossers, is ill with pneumonia after recently returning home from Lancaster Hospital where he underwent an appendicitis operation.
Logan reports a Falls Township farmer Clarence Skinner fractured his arm when his tractor overturned Saturday. He escaped being pinned by jumping, then drove to Logan where a local physician reduced the fracture.
Logan reports progress on the West Street improvement project now in operation for over a week. Two blocks of the street will be upgraded by the WPA as part of the ongoing work.
Logan preparations are complete for a Republican meeting at the McKinley club rooms on Wednesday evening. Speakers include Attorney General candidate Thomas J. Herbert and State Treasurer candidate Don H. Ebright. Delegations from all county districts are expected and further rallies are planned for November 2 with James N. Linton as principal speaker.
Emma F. Green, 59, widow of John W. Green, died at an Athens hospital. The body was brought to Logan for burial. She leaves two sons Leroy W. Clark of Logan and Edmond Clark of Lancaster and a daughter Lorana D. Winters of Columbus. She was sister to several Columbus and Logan residents. Funeral services were held at the First Presbyterian Church with Rev. E. B. White presiding. Burial followed in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Logan reports personal tax books in Hocking County will be open until November 1. Treasurer R N White urged prompt returns to avoid crowding on the closing day.
Logan R. R. Lanning and Howard Holsten depart Sunday to attend the state Kiwanis Clubs convention in Cincinnati. They will be joined by L. P. Mooney as official representatives of the local club. Fred Graham serves as substitute carrier on Rural Route 3 during Holsten’s absence.
Two marriage licenses were issued Saturday by Judge E L Ewing in Logan. Ellis Ackison 30 laborer New Plymouth, and Dorothy Fuller 28 at home New Plymouth. Luther Harold Graham 26 farmer Logan, and Stella May Summers 18 at home Logan. Virgil Derr, long-time carnival worker, visiting Logan, will join a Springfield firm this week.
Russell Bowers and Bert Funk fished the Muskingum River near Stockport on Saturday night and Sunday morning. They brought home two catfish, a 10 pounder and a 4% pounder.
Mrs Charles Gearhart of Lancaster will observe her 79th birthday on October 27. She is a sister of P D Sloan of this city. Mr and Mrs Sloan plan to travel to Lancaster Thursday to attend the birthday observance.
Madaline Bruce of Nelsonville was admitted to Cerrington Hospital on Sunday and underwent a major surgical operation today.
In an early Sunday crash on Route 75 near Webb Summit two people were injured. Jack Jones of Rockbridge and Miss Helen Bright of Logan were the drivers, with Bright’s group traveling toward Logan and Jones toward New Straitsville. Matheny suffered a fractured nose and Bright a facial cut. both were treated at Cherrington Hospital.
The new Deanna Durbin film That Certain Age at the Athena Theater marks a shift to maturing themes. Durbin stars with Melvyn Douglas and others as a near sixteen girl who falls for a war correspondent, learning love has limits. She performs five songs including McHugh and Adamson numbers and classical pieces.
Miss Ruth Brooke a retired teacher became ill suddenly Friday evening while preparing to attend a party. She is confined to her E Second St home under physician care.
Logan City council schedules its regular session Tuesday evening with routine business on the agenda.
Police admit no ordinance exists for driving through station driveways after a motorist demanded to see the law The case underscores enforcement gaps as authorities acknowledge the ordinance is not on the books and not enforceable in court.
Notice from Chauncey Ohio mayor W D Hines that at the November 1938 general election voters will decide on a two mill tax levy for current village expenses for years 1930 1940 1941 1942 and 1945 beyond the state rate. Ballots must mark For the tax levy or Against the tax levy.
Work to dry 400 bushels of hybrid seed corn was underway at the Fred Graham farm in Green Township. The drying system, heated by a large furnace, circulated hot air through the grain to prepare the crop for market. Drying began Thursday and continued to Sunday night.
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