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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1935
Page
12
Logan city council actions include a proposed half mill tax levy for three years to fund roads, driveways, retaining walls and drainage at Oak Grove Cemetery due to inadequate current revenues. The measure passed five to zero with two members absent.
A report from Green Township states someone used a rifle with a silencer to shoot a squirrel near the Miles Graham residence on a Tuesday. Graham and John George were in a field when several bullets whistled past them.
Eastern Logan district faced a nuisance of flocks as police chief Lew Reynolds sheriff Joe Farbearn and deputies opened shotgun fire on starlings Tuesday evening. Scores died and survivors sought a new roosting place for the night. Edward Healy is away on vacation with Fred Stracke acting foreman in the C and O roundhouse.
Health Commissioner Co. FP Swett arranges physical examinations for Logan High School football squad starting Wednesday, fulfilling scholastic regulation requirements before the season opener.
Logan reports Murray City School welcomed H R George as the new superintendent and recorded more than 350 pupils enrolled in the first week.
Athletic Board announces contract for the annual Thanksgiving game to move to Logan for better accommodations. Season tickets cover six of seven home games with Lancaster excluded. adult 1.75, senior high 1.00, junior high 0.75. Wood seating planned for 750, lighting work underway, grounds fencing to be enlarged.
Members of the Godman Company plan a picnic at the Grotto Grounds this Saturday from 1:00 to 7:30. Superintendent Robert Harley helps lead the event with games contests music and dancing and a picnic supper. The feature act is the vaudeville team the Godman Black Dots consisting of Dukes Weymueller and Skinny Kimble.
Logan Iowa reports 400 books issued last week as the winter schedule moves to 1:30 to 4:30 and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. daily except Sunday. Librarian Miss Christine Frasch notes a few new children's titles and library board members listed for a meeting this evening.
itinerary shows Miss Hulda Horst of Ohio State University will visit Hocking County September 25 to 28 to judge girls 4-H Club work. Extension agent Harold Chambers arranged the trip and also surveyed the Longstreth 4-H Club, whose about 20 members will finish their projects.
Mr and Mrs Lowell Tucker of Starr Township announce the birth of a daughter on Monday.
Henry Donald Davis age 23 a farmer from Orland Rt 1 son of Mr and Mrs Joe Davis and Betty Lucille Nutter age 17 at home daughter of Mr and Mrs R C Nutter are listed in the local notices sections.
Logan reports intensive practice as Chief tin gridders work on offense and punting under Coach Schroeder. Captain Bus Hanser leads punting drills while passing and line play receive focus. Jones at center shows rapid development with veterans Ralston Mason and Halby pushing for starting roles. A potential scrimmage with Alumni is planned later in the week to gauge strength.
City Council President Dallas Kinser announced a plan to sponsor future legislation before it is read. Kinser believes ordinances and resolutions will gain more thoughtful prep by having a council member stamp on them prior to presentation to the full body. Previously the solicitor handled most preparations.
Six year old Logan Malcolm Dollmatsch, son of Mr and Mrs Artuhr Dollmatsch of Mr Pleasant, sustained a fracture to the right arm between wrist and elbow after being thrown from a pony Monday evening.
Logan driver notes dusty condition on the gravel stretch between this city and Old Man's Cave while planning a trip.
Radio listings show WLW programs on Wednesday for CBS NBC and network blocks. Entries include Flying Time Meyer Orch Billy and Betty Dinner Concert Uncle Ezra Dorothy Lamour Keller Orch Wayne King Tours and with various show times and musical acts.
Logan Business and Professional Women's Club arranged a musical tea for October 13 at Mrs C B Clark’s West Main Street home with Mrs Clark heading the committee. An invitation to Miss Velva Brashares at Gibisonville for a melon feed was also accepted. Five new members were initiated: Mrs Ruth Graham Miss Piezza Mauk Miss Opal Wylie Mia Ada Hoskins and Mrs Yanny Spears.
Logan Kelch Brothers begin drilling a new well on the Bert Myers farm near Starr Township in Vinton County aiming to strike oil. The Berea Land location lies between two producing wells and represents the largest single drilling operation in three years.
After months in Logan since June, Judge Harley M. Whitcraft receives another assignment to Steubenville Common Pleas Court. He will travel there next Sunday to begin duties the following morning, remaining for two weeks, with prior assignments in that court earlier this year.
Mrs. Carl West of this city received a blood transfusion at Cherrington Hospital on Tuesday with a relative supplying the blood. Harley Conner, who had been under treatment at the hospital for several days, was able to return home Tuesday.
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