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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1941
Page
12
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Logan Iowa family visits relatives in Hocking County including Joe Davis in Washington Township. They recount farming in Iowa and Missouri roots. visits include Cedar Falls and Laurelville relatives. Probate Court Athens County files show Bank of Athens as Trustee suing to construct the will of Edward C. Berry, deceased, with multiple named heirs and out‑of‑state parties in Cause No. 15478.
Logan police arrested about a half dozen motorists in a holiday weekend roundup after a Pattonville bridge accident. Hurley Bungard pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle under the influence and paid a 100 dollar fine plus costs. Blair faced intoxication charges and paid 10 dollars and costs.
Logan Clayton Hoskins will enroll at Kaiser High School in Dayton to continue his studies and play basketball and baseball. He left Logan city to live with his mother Mrs Ada Hoskins and previously attended Logan High School. he had stayed with Mr and Mrs Robert Mackey after his mother moved.
During Labor Day weekend Mr and Mrs W S Sweazy of Newark visited his parents Mr and Mrs John Sweazy in Gore. He reports having killed 50 groundhogs this season averaging around 10 pounds each and sold them in Newark.
Logan News received word that Leonard McKinley of Green Township is recovering in Manila Philippines after an appendicitis operation aboard a ship en route to Manila with a Signal Corps detachment. He will be discharged soon. His father served in World War I.
Logan reports Miss Helen Pond of Lancaster was urged by the Episcopal Mission to depart Japan and return to the United States. She left Tokyo for Shanghai on August 28 and planned to sail on September 3. Pond had been a hospital dietitian in Tokyo for several years and is related to local residents.
Wilbur K. Sharp of East Liberty was chased by Patrolman Pearl Derr and arrested near Enterprise. He is held for arraignment in Logan for leaving the scene of an accident and operating a car while intoxicated after his vehicle struck a parked pop truck on Hunter Street and fled.
George Ballinger of Marion Township has received a copy of the Ballinger family history dating back to 1664. The lineage traces origins in France, migration through England to the United States, and notes intermarriage with Quakers of Pennsylvania.
Harold Griffith of Washington Township lost a pocket book with fifty dollars cash and about two hundred dollars in checks. Fred Chute found the purse and notified the owner. A probate suit in Athens County, Ohio, involves Foster B. Cornwell as administrator seeking sale of real estate to pay debts for Emily J. Riffee, deceased, against various Robinson heirs and unknown successors. Case No 17371 sets deadlines for answer by September 27, 1941.
Announcement from Medicine Lodge Kansas reports the birth of a son last Wednesday to Mr and Mrs K K Harper. Grandparents are Jerry L Hammon and Mary Harper. The piece lists multiple Logan relatives visiting and traveling between Logan and nearby cities, with numerous names and small notes on their movements and hospitalities.
The State of Ohio Athens County Common Pleas Court case No 16600 M E Christman plaintiff vs Harvey Sharp et al defendants. In pursuance of an execution I will offer for sale at public auction on Tuesday September 9 1941 at 1 30 P M at the east door of the courthouse in Athens Ohio the undivided one half interest in Southeast quarter section 8 Town 11 Range 14 Trimble Township Athens County Ohio running 110 feet east from the northwest corner etc Center Street near State Route 13. Appraised at 100 for the half interest and minimum bid two thirds of that. Terms cash. Sheriff Charles W Bayless Deputy Festher B Gross E E Jacobs.
Carl C. Byers principal and Dr. D. H. Eikenberry co author a 200 page book titled The Ohio Plan of Using the Evaluative Criteria to be issued by Ohio State University. Two thousand copies will be printed for Ohio schools and nearby states with colleges planning to use it in teacher training. The Ohio High School Principals Association sponsors the work, which is copyrighted and aims to improve teaching practices, school equipment, and public school relations.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Curl came back Friday evening after a ten day vacation. They traveled via Cincinnati so their son Roy could come to Logan for a Labor Day visit. Mr. Curl serves as acting manager of the Logan Liquor store.
William Acker arrived in Logan Friday to visit relatives while stationed at Camp Lee Virginia. He was sent from Fort Hayes after being inducted two months ago.
Information reaches Logan of the serious illness of Joshua Clark of Starr Township. He has been in failing health for several months.
Many persons called at the state hospital during the week end to visit relatives and friends being treated there. No celebration of the holiday was attempted at the institution.
Thelma Frasure urges Legion Auxiliary members to attend Tuesday night meeting at the Legion hall. Rev Arthur Shonkwiler begins fifth year at United Brethren Church after assignment at Portsmouth conference. Women’s Society of Christian Service meets Tuesday Sept 2 at Methodist Church social rooms with hosts Gladie Morgan and Gertie Spence.
Miss Foura hosted Friday night at her home for Laf-A-Lot club members in a farewell to Mrs Mary Frances Swartz who will move to Springfield. A handkerchief shower honored her departure.
The W. S. C. S. of Methodist Church will meet at the president Mrs. Charles Sayre’s home for an all day quilting event with a potluck dinner on Thursday Sept 4. Members are urged to attend. Various local residents and guests visited and returned from trips including Columbus Pittsburgh and Parkersburg with several family gatherings noted.
Wilbur Lightfoot and his son Donald Haydenville used a carrier pigeon that connected to Sheriff Floyd Duffy's office Monday morning. The bird landed near their home due to its injured wing.
The annual August Schlingerman reunion gathered Sunday at Baughman Park near Newark with a large picnic. Hosts included Mr and Mrs William Schlingerman and numerous relatives from Newark Shawnee Hemlock and Columbus. Plans were made to meet again next August at Arethusa Park New Lexington. CORNING NOTEs list local moves visits and military men visiting or reporting from the area.
Adelphi evened the series with Logan by a 9 to 8 win on Sunday. A decisive six-run sixth inning carried Adelphi, while Mingos answered with two in the fifth and five in the eighth. Logan’s starting pitcher Tomlinson left in the sixth, Leonard struggled, and the late rally sealed the victory. Box score details follow.
Logan officials set a September 23 quota of five men from Hocking County for selective service. Two volunteers will join three already registered on October 16, 1940. July 1 enrollees lacking cards for 22 days cannot be included. Notices sent with the wrong reporting date.
During the tax books closure period the Logan Treasurer R N White will keep tax records in his office. Voters paying taxes within the ten days or two weeks will have taxes accepted without penalties.
Twenty three new units were listed at the certificate of title office Saturday morning for August. Dealers report few new cars due to changing models and defense program production cuts. Used car sales remain strong, per title office staff.
Dayton man Logan-Robert Spring was sent to Mansfield Reformatory today by Deputy Sheriff Frank Larimer after last week’s auto theft sentence handed down by Judge E. L. Ewing.
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