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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1931
Page
12
Logan Boulevard will reduce lighting by 21 of its 63 lamps under a Tuesday evening council resolution. The cutback aims to trim the lighting bill amid the city’s financial strain caused by a bank tie up. Service Director Fred C. Shively will decide which lights stay off.
The Hocking County P T A launches a county wide clothing campaign on Sept 10 to collect new or used garments for school children. Donors place packaged clothing on front porches for pickup by a committee at a central distributing point to ensure no child misses school for lack of clothing.
Hocking County orchardists report near peak peach harvest with heavy marketing. Rain has caused fruit rot, prompting rapid shipment to market. Prices as low as 59 cents a bushel in Logan. Canning demand rises with fruit jars in short supply. An orchardist logs six hundred bushels needing picking in one or two days.
Objections are being prepared to the sale of the Hocking County Fairgrounds. Judge Harley M. Whitcraft will hear the case Friday. Grounds sold for 10 000 dollars to the County Commissioners for road building storage. Agricultural society members oppose the deal. no fair has been held in two years.
Mrs. Seth Sloan hosted a Tuesday bridge gathering at the Easterling Clubhouse in Bethlehem visitor Mrs. Eugene Sloan. Ten tables competed with high scores by Mrs. Edward Jones Mrs. C. L. Abell and Mrs. Will White. A two course lunch followed with a gift for the guest of honor.
Alfred Campbell reports August 11 vehicles sold by Mocking County automobile dealers. The count nearly matches July’s record, with strong activity in second hand cars.
Members of the Missionary Society of the United region will meet Thursday evening at 7 30 at the home of Mrs H V Thureh 345 North Mulberry Street John Herron will have charge of the program and brief remarks are expected.
Logan Iowa September 3. Registration of students at Logan Senior High School will be held next Wednesday September 9 starting at 9 o clock. Principal Fred Burchfield says all students must register to receive study programs and be assigned to rooms. Enrollment is expected to be the largest in the school's history with many rural neighbors anticipated to enroll. Unregistered students may be moved to different classes if classes are too large.
The County Board of Education decided not to act on Haydenville District’s petition to attach to other districts, citing potential disorganization of Green Township finances. Plans to revisit the issue next spring follow budget reviews and anticipated state aid. bus driver certificates were issued to six individuals.
Logan reports five year old Jack Riggs of Whiting Indiana was bitten by a dog Friday causing deep wounds to the back of his head. He is visiting relatives Mr. and Mrs. Asbury Riggs.
Reports from Cherrington Hospital say Mrs. T. D. Brown of Haydenville is improving after more than a week of treatment. Jefferson Edgar of near New Plymouth was admitted Thursday for care. Mrs. C. D. Anthony of Union Furnace was discharged from the hospital Tuesday.
John Sterling of Logan was arrested after a complaint of an attack on Myrtle Nixon. He pleaded not guilty and waived arraignment before Mayor Elias Bright. The court found him guilty and fined $25 plus costs and sentenced him to 30 days in Hocking County Jail.
Logan report: No motion for a new trial filed for John Collier after Tuesday manslaughter conviction. Judge Whitcraft sentenced him to the Ohio Penitentiary, to be transferred within five days. A new law means no fixed term. incarceration depends on parole board action.
Gilbert Watkins was tried in Common Pleas Court in Logan on abandonment charges and chose to defend himself. A jury of seven men and five women found him guilty after about two hours deliberation. He admitted prior dishonorable discharge from the U S Army, escape from Hocking County jail, and a prior penitentary term in Moundsville W Va.
Detectives W Price and I A Greshel from the C and O Railroad force appeared as witnesses in Logan on Wednesday in the case against Fred Poling charged with burglary. They cooperated with city and county officers after Poling was arrested and worked on several cases around that time.
McArthur in Ohio unit plans to lease temporary headquarters as the Robert Wyckoff Post American Legion builds a new facility. The post will hold monthly meetings and form an auxiliary for mothers and female relatives of World War veterans. A delegation will attend the National Legion Convention in Detroit starting September 21 led by Post Commander A. S. Garrison and others.
In New York Harbor the famed USS Constitution, the 1812 War hero, lounges as a floating side show beside the DO X airliner after a tow up the Hudson. Spectators flood the harbor, recalling past voyages as August F. Smith, once an apprentice aboard Constitution, recounts memories of the voyage and the crew's reunion attempt.
Beautiful women seek Melbo Glo the new French process face powder. Purest and smoothest powder, longer wear, no flaky look, no grime, prevents large pores, never dries or stings. Blends naturally with any complexion. Demand Melloglo-D from Zenner Co.
A sailor notes that the famed ship Old Ironsides now carries only 15 percent of its original timber, yet claims the bow sprit and cat head are new and the rigging feels unchanged. He insists the masts from 1797 were used in a later restoration and urges care in guiding an expedition.
A crowd greets the antique brig with visitors peering at a breech loading cannon, ramrods, gongs and shackles. Sailors note electric lights and a refrigerator aboard while lamenting lack of bathtubs. Gus Smith recalls battles that earned her fame as crowds tow her past a tug in harbor.
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