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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1928
Page
10
In Logan on September 12, Alfred B. Campbell, clerk of courts, reports liquor fines in Hocking County common pleas court last year totaled 3805.37 dollars. Total county revenue from this source was 5036.57 dollars with half sent to the state. Other revenues included civil fees 1407.36, criminal fees 278, auto bills 554, hunting licenses 267, fishing licenses 11.60, witness fees 218, and remaining income from miscellaneous sources.
The Spence couple announce the birth of a son on September 1. Mrs Joe Powers has returned home after a week visiting friends in Cleveland. Mrs Winifred Engle and son Dale are home from Cleveland where they visited relatives for a week. One thousand three hundred forty tourists visited Old Man's Cave Sunday, per Ranger 8 A Reichle. Year total rises well over twenty thousand.
Logan, Sept. 12 R R Lanning of Logan has received a letter of thanks from W A Milne secretary of the Ohio Petroleum Marketers Association. Lanning helped with Logan Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanis Club summer publicity and supervised road maps about Hocking County caves. The association pledged funding for next year’s Know Ohio Week and urged local groups to participate in the statewide campaign.
Logan Ohio Sept 12 Following custom rural districts may dismiss school Friday during the county fair J W Coleman urges the board of education to permit teacher and pupil free attendance and for schools to display classroom work in the art hall a high school principals meeting is set for Sept 20 at 4 pm in the courthouse to discuss schedules and coaches are urged to attend
Logan officials announce a radio party at the Republican headquarters Friday evening. John C. Young leads the event arrangements while Deputy Sheriff L F Hammond plans to install a radio for the program.
Logan leads with 27 births in August as county records show 43 total births and 17 deaths. Delayed birth certificates total 16. eight deaths over age 50 include influenza and pneumonia. Measles reported in Logan and Laurelville. diphtheria and influenza in Logan district.
A long list records births to numerous married couples, naming Earl Mitchell and many others. The item enumerates both boys and girls born to each couple, reflecting a community-wide birth update.
William Bush formerly of Athens has opened a new lunch room and confectionery on West Main Street Logan in the former Michel grocery building. The Michels vacated recently to manage a farm in Franklin County. The Bushs came to the city from Athens.
Supt. C. F. Ridgley reported Monday that Senior High enrollment stood at 309 and Junior High at 364 with a slight increase anticipated.
A daily puzzle solution wordplay themed around Story Store Stare Stars Soars Boars Books. The item outlines a sequence of anagrams and related terms to aid readers in the puzzle’s quirky letter game.
The Kasler family held its tenth annual reunion at Hooper Ridge Church in Glouster on Sunday with about 100 attendees. A forenoon social, a noon cafeteria meal, and an afternoon program featured Rev. B P Moody, W D Robinson, Fred F Kittle, and George Rambo. Officers elected: President N M Kasler, Vice-President Clyde Kasler, Secretary Frances Clark. The next reunion is set for September 1 at the Athens County Fair Grounds.
A mining vocational education school starts tonight at 7 in the Glouster High School building led by A W Seabright from the state department. Last year 45 enrolled and the free course runs Wednesday evenings for two hours with a 20 student minimum.
Mrs. F. F. Kittle and W. D. Robinson of Athens are noted along with Mr. and Mrs. 8. L. Keirns and their children George Eleanor Alice Esther Frances. Also listed are Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Easler and children Richard Doris Delbert Dow of Millfield. Hettie Rambo of Jacksonville appears with Mr. and Mrs. Ear Linscott and children Nelsonville.
Rev. D. L. Browning is restored as pastor of the Glouster Methodist Church by the annual conference in Springfield. Rev. L. A. Donnally of Jacksonville is reassigned for another year to the Jackson,ville and Trimble churches. Dr and Mrs C E Poole and daughters visited the Wordens near Bishop.
In Glouster on Sept 12 a labor train carried 75 workers including two veteran miners returning to work since the mines reopened. About 15 men are now at Ohio No 1 with more expected weekly. Local autos shuttle workers daily. Union Grocery will supply English fillets on Thursday and Friday.
Miss Dorothy Smith resigns as home economics teacher at Logan Junior High to take a similar job in Cincinnati. Ruth Bryan of Wilmington is hired to replace her, arriving Thursday to assume charge of the department. Miss Smith has led the department for three years.
Sept 12 at Rock House a basket dinner picnic gathered Logan Foundry and Machine Co employees and relatives. Attendees included Mr and Mrs George Miller and many others, with extended families from Marietta and Atharhea Vancuren noted.
Sept 12 reports show little change in Col D O Morrow’s condition after a stroke. A former chairman of Ohio Republican state central committee and an advisor to late Senator Joseph B Foraker, he has been critically ill in Hillsboro.
Three Athens County children were taken to Columbus today by Miss Clara Cavanaugh a public health nurse Verna Stevenson crippled child was taken back to the State School for Cripples Mildred Malllow crippled child was taken to be fitted for braces Anna Audinoro mute child was taken to enter the State School for the Deaf and Dumb
Mrs. Francois Berger Moran, Herbert Hoover's landlady, declares support for Al Smith. She rented her Washington mansion to the Republican National campaign headquarters.
A 19-year-old Cherokee girl, Dorothy Deerhorn, was chosen as queen of the National Hosiery and Underwear Exposition to be held in New York. Her perfect legs won her the title.
The writer extols her luminous hair and constant sheen admired by audiences and women alike. She credits regular use of her liquid Wave and Sheen as a key secret in maintaining the glow and cleanliness she promotes.
Jack Reynolds, famed welterweight wrestler, challenges Gus Kallio of Finland for the middleweight title in a Hart's Acre bout tonight. The two out of three falls match pits Reynolds against Kallio in a high stakes showdown.
Edward Houck sues William H. Brown in Athens County Common Pleas for 400 dollars claiming his car was wrecked by Brown’s reckless driving on the wrong side of the road. Nora Weiss and Grace Weiss are named in L. W. Roberts versus Hattie Weiss et al. Emery Bradford, receiver, granted permission to sell shoes in Nelsonville McGovern Company stock. Trials scheduled Blanche Rollins v Rollins September 21, Blanche Sharp v Sharp September 14, Zina Ranebottom v Ranebottom September 20.
Probate Court yesterday settled William Shingler estate with gross value 19148.01 split 14033.01 personality and 5115 realty. Debts including 600 yearly allowance and admin costs 1689.65. Lucy Shingler widow to receive 213.23 dower. Market value 17245.18. shares allotted to Lucy 6148.61 exempt 5000 tax 11.49. balance 11087.17 to eight children tax exempt. Fred McLead lacking a will, Rhoda McLead seeks administration with bond 100 and sureties Arch Knowlton and M L Sherman.
The value of the estate being less than 500 dollars, appraisement was waived. The court approved the sale of part of the personal property of the estate of Elizabeth Smith.
A marriage license was issued in Probate Court yesterday to Harry Walls aged 26 a miner of Athens No 4 and Frances Kelley aged 31 of Athens No 7 at home.
President and Mrs. Coolidge arrived in Washington at Union Station from Brule Wisconsin after their summer vacation. A crowd gathered as Herbert Hoover Kellogg Davis New Sargeant Boone Wilbur and other officials greeted them and watched the couple depart in a limousine for the White House.
Advert reads a new Mello-Glo powder from D. Teow Co. to keep shine away with a long lasting, skin friendly formula. It claims purity and a peach like finish, urging women to buy box No.80.
A plainly written pamphlet from The Athens Messenger explains simple maintenance tips to extend a car’s life. It covers cleaning, lubrication, battery care, driving, and safety with illustrated guidance aimed at everyday motorists seeking economy and better performance.
Thomas Carey, 48, of Columbus, attacked Charles G Portsmouth with a knife on capitol grounds Monday night and received 90 days in the workhouse and a $100 fine. Old soldier John Ely Siward, 84, who fled a Belmont County farm in 1863 and joined Company E Seventy seventh O V I at Cincinnati, has died.
In Toledo, Robert Blum, son of Mr and Mrs Carl W Blum, fatally injured when an auto driven by his father collides with a machine driven by Rolland L Beeler aged 31. In Cleveland traffic deaths climb with 64 year old Jacob Thomas killed. In Steubenville a theft from Run of the Warner Coal Company offices at Tiltonvale reported to Sheriff Allison.
Lorain report says Horvath Emery 14 was to be arraigned on a first degree murder charge for shooting his wife Elizabeth 38 at their home during a family argument. He surrendered at police headquarters after the killing, noting his past marriages including a 1924 tornado death of his first wife.
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