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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1930
Page
14
Logan sees 1290 students enrolled across its schools in the first week, down from 1229 last year. Losses split between West Building scarlet fever quarantines and Junior High enrollments, while Senior High gains five. Central and East buildings post small increases, with first graders totaling 48 at Central, 87 at East, and 62 at West.
BUILD FOUNTAIN LOGAN Sept 5. A fountain will be completed on the lawn in front of the Senior High School Building forming the memorial of the Class of 1938. William Loomis leads the construction with Carp arranging loud speaker equipment for the L H S Auditorium to enable radio memorial use by year end 1929. School of the Air Programs and the Music Appreciation Hour will be used in school work.
Logan reports John Hampson of Warner Avenue named to the guard company at the Ohio State Penitentiary and has gone to Columbus to begin duties. He previously worked for years at the Hocking Valley Carshops in town.
Mary Elisabeth Cascio daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Cascio East Liverpool wed Nate Miller son of Mr and Mrs E G Miller Warner Avenue in a First Christian Church New Cumberland West Virginia ceremony on August 15 officiated by Rev J E Kidwell. Miller formerly resided here and works in Steubenville.
Mrs Robert Keck was reelected president of the Sigma Phi Gamma sorority during a Wednesday evening business meeting at East Main Street club rooms. Other officers include Pauline Magie vice president Mildred Laube treasurer Marie Lines recounting secretary Pearl Pierce corresponding secretary Millie Rainer social secretary Wayne Price historian and Francis Myers chapter editor. Plans were announced for members to attend the Founders Day Banquet in Athens Sunday at Berry Hotel with the Athens Chapter. A Fall Festival committee Laur ie Hansel Elisabeth Hansel Clarence Blosser and Sines was appointed to arrange details and Mary Frasch was placed on the inactive list while away from the city.
In Ohio Health News, Dr Morton W Bland city and county health commissioner proposes photographing patients and surroundings to alert commissioners and custodians of public funds to medical needs. The Ohio Health News hopes the experiment may aid other health commissioners facing similar funding and treatment challenges.
Logan High School held a meeting September 5 to form a public speaking class. New faculty member Kenneth Coulter will lead the class and direct the debut debating team at the school.
In Bombay on September 5 officials announced peace negotiations between Gandhi followers and government leaders have failed. The talks aimed at settling Gandhi’s civil disobedience campaign yielded no result, following Gandhi supporters once again producing salt in defiance of the government order.
Warren Smith finds 75 chickens dead in his poultry yard on the New Straitsville Highway. Officers call on G Harold Chambers county extension agent to aid the investigation. Deputy Sheriff Joe Farbean surveys the Smith farm for signs of animal attack. No evidence of a weasel or similar predator is found.
Logan readers learn two veteran staffers start another academic year. Roman Brooker, custodian of the senior high since its construction, enters his forty first year, with sons Clarence and Joe now in charge of Junior High and Central Grade buildings. James Rochester begins his 24th year as attendance officer, also overseeing book distribution at the Senior High Building.
A double wedding was held in the sheriff's office with Magistrate FE Bright officiating. The couples were Miss Beatrice Vernon of Murray City and Glenn Price of Frederickstown, and Arthur Vernon and Evelyn Wilson of Murray City. Courthouse attaches witnessed the ceremony.
Lester Brown of Natco Plant Haydenville was admitted to Cherrington Hospital for blood poisoning after exposure to chemicals at the plant. Ira Shurtz of Orland is also under hospital care after several weeks illness.
Notice references the Messenger classified section and directs readers to contact D YY Milne at Logan 273 for circulation matters. The fragment indicates an ad collection opening or inquiry channel.
Mitchell sues Austin Mitchell for divorce on grounds of neglect and cruelty. The couple married in Vanesville on August 2, 1927 and have one child. The plaintiff accuses her husband of alcohol addiction and seeks custody of the child plus alimony.
Hican Party influence on a prohibition referendum in Illinois shaped her choice to run as an independent. Petition sponsors circulate to back her candidacy.
Sept 4 Granville observed its 125th birthday with a two day celebration. The town reenacted pioneer scenes once led by Congregationalists who settled on Licking County hills. Broadway Main Street wore bright decorations and old buildings held pioneer mem orabilia.
Visit by D. R. Dodd Paul Fankhauser and Harold Chambers to farms owned by W. H. Mowery Oscar Blum Bert Arnold Russell Beery and Oscar Smith. Records kept at farms near Green Falls and Maxville.
A baseball game is set for 2 PM Sunday at Maxville between the Old Timers of the village and former Marion Township stars. Organizers Homer Blackston and E B Vanatta, longtime Logan residents, expect several hundred fans to attend.
Deputy Sheriff Joe Farbearn and George Bolden joined officers from nearby counties in a search near Pleasantville for three convicts who escaped the Junction City prison plant. By evening two men remained at large as farmers and guards aided the pursuit carrying pistols and rifles.
Mr and Mrs Phil A Henderson Edward Eberst and son Pat left early Wednesday for Indianapolis to attend the funeral of Carl Craig.
Mr and Mrs Robert Wright and Mr and Mrs John Unger stayed in Cleveland from Saturday to Tuesday visiting Mr and Mrs John Nordin.
Mrs Litthe Holman O'Neil, Illinois's first woman lawmaker and party foe of Ruth Hanna McCormick, announced she will oppose McCormick in November as an independent candidate. She plans to run as a dry.
William S Goldenburg, 50, veteran drama and music critic for The Cincinnati Enquirer for a decade, died of a cerebral hemorrhage after collapsing at his desk in Cincinnati. He was father to stage actress Florence Golden.
Gertrude files a divorce petition in Logan seeking legal dissolution of marriage. No additional details on respondent or grounds are provided in the readable text.
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