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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1933
Page
10
A Logan survey seeks merchant support for a fall race meet at the Hocking County Fairgrounds. If planned, the event would run four days starting Wednesday after the Lancaster Fair, with Columbus reinsmen likely to participate and sponsors aiming to recruit Lancaster Fair horsemen.
Logan, Sept 6. No pre registration of senior high students will be made here. Principal Fred Burchfield says the formality will be attended to next Monday morning when school opens. He will meet local and nonresident students who have not previously attended the local school on Friday or Saturday.
Logan Briefs report Mr and Mrs William EF Young and three children of Lancaster attended dinner with Mr and Mrs W P Hert and Miss Ruth Hert Monday evening. John Elwood Nixon and a Ft Wayne friend visited several days with Mr and Mrs George Emerick and left Monday. Souders family members gathered at Lancaster for the annual reunion about 60 people at the fair grounds. Mr and Mrs George F Taylor of Greenville visited Rev and Mrs W M Bhank over Sunday and Monday.
D and Mrs George Heer of Columbus spent Sunday evening in Logan as guests of Dr and Mrs A K Smith. Mr and Mrs James A Green and three children, and Lawrence Webb plan to leave for Montrose Colorado where Mrs Green and family will winter. Rev B C Peters of the United Brethren Church goes to the annual conference at Chillicothe with assignment to be announced. he has led the Logan pastorate for four years and many expect his return.
In Brogan on September 6 a second fever case arose in the Greve Brokaw residence on Sams Creek after a prior week with no illness. Health officials were notified Monday of the new case.
The piece predicts changes and disturbance in business and private life driven by lunar transits and aspects. It cautions secrecy, discretion, and sagacity to avoid entanglements, warning of scheming and peculiar complications for those with birthdays aligning to the period. Notable nativity mentions Eli Perkins.
Mrs. Anna Lynch 63 widow of John Lynch died at her West Second Street home after a prolonged illness. She underwent an April surgical operation that failed to help. Survived by children Edward Lynch Mrs Bertha Jenkins Columbus and Mrs Edward Kemper Logan. funeral at St John Catholic Church Thursday at 9 with Rev James T Nevin. burial Oak Grove Cemetery.
Logan Sept 6 Before week end the county gravel outfit will start at the Joe Walker bank near Enterprise. A 60 foot vein of gravel is available and trustees will be furnished gravel free for township roads once the plant operates.
Logan sent a strong delegation to the 37th Division reunion in Columbus, gathering members from the unit and notable former servicemen including Erwin Matheny, George Rosser, Gerald McLaughlin, William Erwin, Sumner Martin, Stanley Sparnow, Frank Judy, W. W. Martin, Roger Friend, Sam Buchanan, Don Smart, Tom Wolfe, Frank Blasius, and Jess Columber.
Mr and Mrs Claude Grinstead announce the marriage of their daughter Kansada to Mr Carl Freedman of Baltimore Md. at 1115 am Saturday at St Matthew Lutheran Church parsonage with Rev Amos L Heyde officiating The bride was attended by Miss Thelma Gilbert The couple will reside with Kansadas parents while Mr Freedman serves in the United States Army
Sam Arbaugh of Goose Creek in Western Hocking County was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Stanley Sparnow after an altercation with James Stone. Stone planned to file charges against Arbaugh the following day.
Logan news confirms George Smith will serve as assistant custodian of the courthouse for two weeks, taking over from John Lambert who finished a two week term Sunday evening.
Logan report on a Sohio dealers gathering arranged by William F. Powell at the Easterling Club House attended by 25 representatives from New Straitsville Gore Nelsonville Union Furnace Enterprise and Logan. D F Anguish O T Tarrier and Ralph Erwin led the program with production and marketing discussions and a Powell arranged display of laboratory experiments. A dinner was served.
Logan officials ask H. R. Townsend to allow freshmen to play football and basketball under the freshmen rule. If granted, McMillan and Krannitz would join football eligibility this fall. a decision expected this week.
Mrs Frank W Harden hosted a bridge gathering for Mrs Harry Bell who departs for Mt. Pleasant Michigan. Prizes were awarded to Mrs Harry Thomas Mrs Carl Frenier and Mrs Willard Lyke with lunch and rose bud decorations.
The United Brethren Christian Endeavor Society met at Thelma Arnold’s home near Logan on Friday night with about 50 attendees. Games and contests engaged guests, ending in a wiener roast. committee members included Faith Wright Lois Bright Thelma Arnold and Billy Brown.
Miss Kathryn Lecrone and Mr. Robert Mohler were married at St John Catholic Rectory Logan Friday evening by Rev James T Nevin. The bride’s sister Rosemary Lecrone attended, Ralph Griffin attended the groom. Mrs Mohler, Logan High School graduate and Delta Theta Tau member, will spend a wedding trip week with relatives at Springfield.
Logan and surrounding districts report that about 80 percent of Haydenville High School students intend to enroll at Logan High for the next school year with the remainder planning to attend Union Furnace.
Holzer Hospital records show Mrs. B J Neathawk of Spring Creek West Virginia discharged after recovery. W P Scarberry 72 Gallipolis admitted for fractured hip from a fall. James Kirkman 63 Pt Pleasant admitted for broken leg from an auto crash. Admissions included Pearl Williams Pomeroy for blood transfusion Mrs William Gerstman Ironton for treatment and Mrs George Roberts Gallipolis for surgery. Dismissals included Anna Nibert Pt Pleasant Mrs Charlies Comer Oak Hill BE E Bryant Middleport and Miss Hulda Vornholt St Marys Ohio. Business Men tied Cheshire Recreation ball team to one game each in twilight league championship.
Logan resident R. C. Nutter faced Mayor E. E. Bright for arraignment on hunting a squirrel out of season. He paid a 25 dollar fine plus costs, and deputies seized his gun. Deputy Game Protector Edward Eberst made the arrest.
Logan American Legion members were invited to attend the opening of Oscar McVeigh Post No. 20 at Bremen on September 14 with plans for the Legion Band to participate.
Cheshire Paul Gilmore returned Friday after a month with relatives in Canton. Several families from Columbus and nearby towns visited kin, including Renner, Peters, the Clark and Gordon households, and Durst, Grover, Blazer, Grover, and Gilkey relatives. Walter Blazer celebrated his sixth birthday.
Kanauga notes record residents visiting relatives, attending the World’s Fair in Chicago, and Labor Day gatherings. Names include Joe Johnson, W F Deem, John Deem, Ralph Faig, Earl and Harold Faig, John Utmaker, Sidney Stewart, Ed Vance, Walter Schoonover, George Boardman, Ralph Frazier, Claude Pollard, J M Carney, Lottie Carney, Ray Adams, J Q Adams, W E McDade, A S Davison, Pearl Ward, Kath leen Spencer, Dayton Spencer, Sherman Hanes, Grant Hanes, John W Taylor, H C Bishop, S L Wood, and others with travel to Cincinnati Huntington Wellston Wheeling Detroit Ironton Charleston and Pittsburgh noted.
Mrs Amanda Rayburn 28 Addison wife of an unemployed man applied at the Gallia County federal employment office for a flagman job on federal projects. She has no children and has not held similar work before. Up to Wednesday 705 applications were filed.
Personal notices from Gallipolis report the Richards Reunion at Tyn Rhos Church with Lizzie Rees Lucille Richards and several Richards and Rees relatives attending. Fourteen men and boys left for a three day trip to the World's Fair in Chicago as guests of the Gallipolis Motor Company.
In Gallipolis on September 6 the Packet Queen City brought the season’s largest freight up the river, led by seven tons of soap and groceries for Henking Bovie Co. The Steamer Samuel P. Suit, towboats, and additional steel tows were noted, including the D. T. Lane down for Kanawha River and the Craig with the year’s biggest steel tow.
Paul Pigr bour of Eureka waived examination and pleaded not guilty before Justice Fred Milliser on a charge of disturbing a religious meeting. He posted a bond of $200 after the incident occurred Saturday night in Gallipolis.
Gallia County Commissioners ruled the petition to abandon part of the old State Route 1 right of way in Cheshire Township was outside their jurisdiction and dismissed the case.
Gallipolis Township trustees finish rebuilding a 20 foot bridge on Mill Creek Road at the Betz farm. A stagger system has employed 30 men. The concrete and timber structure replaces the old span in the Betz area.
Reverend W Scott Mossman of Cheshire Township releases a statement denying charges and recounting his arrest on August 26 near Pomeroy and Athens along with Miss Artie Gardner of Langsville. He says no charges were filed and describes a brief jail detention before release.
In Gallipolis on September 6 two divorce petitions were filed in Common Pleas Court. Marjorie Taylor of Greenfield Township sues Albert Taylor, married January 20, 1923, with three children and seeks permanent alimony and child custody after alleging gross neglect and extreme cruelty. Virginia B. Phillips 16, by her father, R. W. Fillinger, sues Fred Phillips, a minor, alleging a March 13 1933 marriage in Gallia County ended by assault and threats to kill.
GALLIPOLIS Sept 6 Attorneys for G Madison Parsons a minor of Columbus appealed to the court of appeals a Gallia County petit jury verdict in favor of Earl Gordon for injuries from an automobile crash Gordon was awarded 1275 a motion for new trial was recently overruled.
Judge J S Clark issued licenses for H M True Love and Elizabeth K Harvey both residents of Charleston West Virginia and for Hubert A Taylor and Mary DeWees both connected to Gallipolis Cheshire residents in a license granting yesterday.
A long married couple marked their diamond anniversary on June 30 1873 with 175 guests at a farm reception. Mary Neibler Houck and her husband, both in good health, were joined by children Ira Houck of Columbus and others in Ohio and California. The event included relatives Vinton of Swan and John Neibier residing in New York, with 32 great grandchildren reported.
Balch of Gallipolis received a 30 day sentence from Mayor Stormont after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. The incident occurred on State Route 7 near the Gallia County Fairgrounds when Balch’s sedan, driven by H. B. Ecker, struck the vehicle.
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