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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 12, 1932

Page

10

Political Party Headquarters Open At Logan

In Hocking County the Democratic and Republican parties opened headquarters on East Main Street opposite side of Hansel Block. Canvassers began collecting poll data from precincts as election time nears. David J. Lewis of New Lexington, Republican candidate for Congress in the Eleventh District, spoke in Logan and planned a wide campaign against Mell G. Underwood.

Logan Hocking County Democrat Hansel Block East Main Street Republican David J. Lewis New Lexington Congress Mell G. Underwood

Births Surpass Deaths in Hocking for August

Hocking County records show 25 deaths and 28 births for August with Logan reporting 13 births to 6 deaths. Among deaths were undulant fever pneumonia and sleeping sickness, two thirds of fatalities occurred in residents over 70, one infant died. Several couples welcomed boys and girls including the Heinlein Larimer Kornmiller and Beavers families.

Logan Hocking Porter Heinlein Wee Larimer William Kornmiller Reese T. Goss Walter N. Bungard Homer T. Floyd Seth W. Sloan Joan H. Weiland Bryan Hunt William J. Beavers George McDaniels Kenneth Hoffman Virgil H. Gorby Everett P. Spencer Robert T. Thompson John Belliford Willard S. Bromley Harry J. Mack Mary Howdyshell

Bridge Night at Miss Lyke’s on Warner Avenue

Miss Olive Lyke hosted a bridge party at her Warner Avenue home Thursday night with three tables in play. Guests included Miss Bartelle Ham and other local ladies in a social, yet competitive evening.

Olive Lyke Warner Avenue Bartelle Ham

Local Ladies and Guests Attend Lancaster Luncheon

Attendees included Miss Manon Powers Miss Dai sy Powers Miss Christine Eberst James Acker Powers Lytle Stanley Risch Leon HBichel Orville Farrar and Mr and Mrs Harold Geiger in Lancaster. High scores were held by Mrs Geiger and Mr Bichel. Lunch eon was served by the hostess.

Three Men Arrested For Selling Liquor in Logan

Federal officers arrested Arnold Roush Arthur Connell and Herb Richards in Logan for liquor law violations. Roush and Connell pled guilty Richards pled not guilty with hearing set for Friday. Roush and Connell fined 100 plus costs and jailed in lieu of fines Richards released on own recognizance.

Roush Connell Richards

George D. Mowery Dies at Laurelville

Logan reports the death of George D. Mowery 79 Laurelville banker founder and former president of Salt Creek Valley Bank who had been ill for weeks. He leaves wife Alice and daughter Etta. Funeral at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Laurelville with burial in Tarleton.

Logan George D. Mowery Laurelville Mr. Mowery Salt Creek Valley Bank of Alice Mowery Etta Mowery Allen S. Mowery Tarlton

Local Couple Ties The Knot in Collin County

Walter Sheets, 40, a Columbus mechanic, wed Ruby Snider, 17, of South Bloomingville, in a ceremony officiated by Magistrate J. P. Shaw. Both sets of parents named in the wedding notice.

Walter Sheets Columbus Lee Sheets Ruby Snider South Bloomingville Benjamin Snider J. P. Shaw

Hocking Grange to Hold Regular Meeting With Inspection

Logan Sept 12 officers urge large attendance for next Friday night as inspection is planned at the regular Hocking Grange meeting. A program will be offered in addition to the inspection.

Logan Hocking Grange

Helpful blouse from bandana hankies instructions

Sewing guide outlines making a blouse from two bandana handkerchiefs. It describes laying out fabrics, measuring 6 inches and 3 inches, cutting armholes, sewing shoulders, and adding back tucks and waist tucks for a simple home wear blouse.

Hankie blouse and vestee from handkerchief scraps

Step by step guide to transforming two or three decorative hankies into a fitted blouse or vestee with buttoned fronts and belt. Describes cutting borders, hemming, hand stitching, and decorative touches to achieve a finished, costly look using monogrammed Irish linen hankies.

Miss Davis Hens Win Egg Production Title

In Hocking County last month Miss Vira Davis Salt Creek Township produced the best yield with 21.75 eggs per bird. Second place went to Mrs James McLain Starr Township with 21.08 eggs per bird. Mrs McLain leads the year with 156.76 average, followed by Mrs Claude Hart Laurelville at 139.09 eggs per bird.

Logan Hocking County Vira Davis Salt Creek Township James McLain Starr Township

Fishing to music through radio demonstration at Rockbridge

LOGAN Sept 12 A Sunday event at Rockbridge showed fishing aided by radio music as a group of young people gathered to spend time by the river. The demonstration linked angling with radio powered entertainment, drawing local interest.

Logan Rockbridge

Rural High Schools In County Opened

Rural high schools in Hocking County opened last week with Laurelville and Gibisonville starting today. Union Furnace reports 107 students last year and 150 now after departmental work expands to six high school teachers and six for grades. Principal D. O. Davis has led Union Furnace as enrollment rose.

Union Furnace D. O. Davis

Picket Camp Fight Victim Is Recovered

John Shaffer of Murray City, two weeks after a skull fracture from a picket camp brawl at Lick Run, to leave Cherrington Hospital for home Monday. Mrs Carl Rogers of Murray City involved in the incident, and Bernice Ralston of Logan is improving after a nasal and throat hemorrhage.

Logan John Shaffer Murray City Cherrington Hospital Lick Run Carl Rogers Bernice Ralston

Ex-convict Dove Arnold kills ex-wife in Breckenridge

Dove Arnold, 26, an ex convict, beat his former wife to death in Breckenridge Texas as hundreds of weekend shoppers watched. The woman had divorced him just yesterday, and the attack happened in the citys downtown business district.

Breckenridge Tex Dove Arnold

Trimble Grange Dedicates New Country Home of Lawyers

Approximately 400 people attended the dedication of the Dave M. Sawyer home near Redtown under Trimble Grange No. 1830. The Modern Dairy Farm was first of its kind in Athens County and sixth in Ohio. Local officials and many granges participated before a noon picnic.

Chauncey Dave M. Sawyer Redtown Trimble Ebon Gillespie Millfield Kathryn Gillespie Emma _ Jo Potter Mildred Weiss Mary Howard Dorothy Gillespie Charles Bradfield W. C. Patterson Cadiz Ohio State Grange G. B. Courtney Trimble and Greens Run Churches of Christ

Leaves for School Oxford Institution

Miss Elma Gayle Mooney daughter of Representative L P Mooney left for Miami University to enroll as a freshman. She is accompanied by her mother. Mooney is a Logan High School graduate. Also returning to Miami is Miss Bartelle Hamilton daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward C Hamilton a senior accompanied by Mrs Hamilton Mrs Fred Hull and Barbara Hamilton.

Mooney Logan High School Miami Bartelle Hamilton Edward C. Hamilton Miss Hamilton Oxford Hamilton Fred Hull Barbara Logan

Michael Cudahy Arrested for Intoxication in Hollywood

Hollywood police arrested Michael Cudahy 25 heir to the Cudahy meat packing fortune on a charge of intoxication after authorities found him stretched across a sidewalk apparently asleep.

Hollywood Cal Michael Cudahy Cudahy

Forest Fire Advances Toward Montecito Burnout Looms

A massive forest fire has consumed over 60,000 acres across Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties and is raging within a few miles of Montecito, the exclusive suburb of Santa Barbara, as of today.

Santa Barbara Ventura Montecito

Friendship Bible Class Hosts September Chauncey Meeting

Mrs Gladys Pickering will host the Friendship Bible Class of Chauncey Church of Christ at her Ellis Avenue home on Wednesday night with Mrs Ralph Brown leading and Henry Cass taking devotions. The Faithful Circle Class invites members to a wiener roast at the Millfield Church of Christ hosted by Mr and Mrs F E Boudinot.

Chauncey Gladys Pickering Ellis Avenue Friendship Bible Chauncey Church of Christ Ralph Brown Henry Cass Elma Cass Friendship Faithful Circle Millfield

Small Boy Is Bruised When Struck by Car

Chauncey September 12 Willard Watkins Jr six year old son of Mr and Mrs Willard Watkins Chauncey suffered head and facial bruises Sunday afternoon after being struck by a machine on Main Street He ran into the machine while attempting to cross the street and was knocked down He was taken to Dr W V Sprague and then to his home.

Chauncey Willard Watkins, Jr Willard Watkins Main Street W. V. Sprague

Pastor's Child Dies in Chauncey

Chauncey. Sept. 12. Charlotte eight weeks old, daughter of the Rev and Mrs Guss Graham, died Saturday night at Children's Hospital Columbus after treatment for several days. The infant was brought home for funeral services held at 2 this afternoon. Rev Graham pastors Chauncey Methodist Episcopal Church. Parents have twelve children.

Chauncey Charlotte Guss Graham Children’s Hospital Columbus Graham Chauncey Methodist Episcopal Church Pbc

Chauncey Visits From Local Residents

Local residents and visitors are listed with weekend and week‑end trips. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tipton of Lynchburg. Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Harvey and family in Lancaster. Miss Agnes Cunningham of Columbus. Miss Floride Jane Sprague of Chauncey. Mrs. Addie Young of Athens State Hospital. Harold Ogg of Columbus. Virgil Ogg of Chauncey. and Mrs. Henry Morgan and Marjorie Hamilton of Chauncey visiting Lancaster and Columbus.

Paul Tipton Lynchburg Chauncey Minnie Palmer N. S. Harvey Lancaster Lizzie Moody Agnes Cunningham Columbus Homer Cunningham Floride Jane Sprague Charles E. Stack Addie Young Athens State Hospital Floyd Nye Harold Ogg Charles Ogg Virgil Ogg Henry Morgan Marjorie Hamilton Marie Morgan

Entertaining Guests Chauncey Hosts Hibbard Visitors

Chauncey residents Mr and Mrs Daniel T Johnson and family entertain guests Mr and Mrs Art Hibbard from Sturgis Michigan as of September 12.

Chauncey Daniel T. Johnson Art Hibbard Sturgis, Mich

Social Guests Honor Mrs Ley Chauncey in Athens

Mrs John Ley Chauncey hosted a Sunday gathering with Miss Josephine Ley and George McGee of Gloucester, and Miss Jessie Wisenbaugh with Charles Ley of Athens as guests.

Greendale Pupils Attend Carbon Hill High School Mixup

Logan High School assignments placed Greendale area high school pupils at Carbon Hill last week. About 25 eligible pupils boarded the Carbon Hill bus via Lost Hollow route, with a Green Township board member open to paying tuition to Carbon Hill. Officials expect the assignment to be corrected during the week.

Greendale Carbon Hill High School Logan Carbon Hill Green Township Green Town Ship Board

Convention of Sunday School in Logan

Nazarene Church leaders will attend a zone Sunday School convention in Logan on Tuesday with speakers Rev and Mrs A B London Rev C A Gibson district superintendent Rev Ward Zimmerman and Rev H B Haney. Morning session at 10 o clock with afternoon and evening sessions. Cities represented include Lancaster Athens Danville Radcliff Hamden Zaleski The Plains Syracuse Middleport and Logan.

Logan Mre. A London Kansas City C. A. Gibson Columbus Ward Zimmerman H. B. Haney Lancaster Athens Danville Radcliff Hamden Zaleski the Plains Syracuse Middleport

Lina Basquette sues Teddy Hayes for divorce in surprise filing

In Nogales Sonora on September 12 Lina Basquette ex film star sues Teddy Hayes former trainer for Jack Dempsey for divorce. The filing came as a surprise and there was no definite confirmation they were married.

Nogales Sonora Mexico Lina Basquette Teddy Hayes Jack Dempsey Hayes

Hoover schedule includes speeches in east and west

President Hoover will deliver at least one speech in the east and two in the west, announced by Everett Sanders, chairman of the Republican National Committee, after a White House visit.

Washington Hoover East Everett Sanders Republican National Committee White House

Mrs Alice Fox Seeks Husband Missing Six Weeks

New York on September 12 Mrs Alice Fox advertised in the public notice column seeking the whereabouts of her husband described as a brother of William Fox the motion picture magnate and former treasurer and vice president of Fox Corporation. The search notes he has been missing for six weeks.

New York Alice Fox Publi Notice William Fox O& Fox Corporation

Q-62s Guaranteed Rheumatism Remedy Ad

The advertisement promotes Q-62s and Q-623 as guaranteed cures for rheumatism neuritis chritis sciatic lumbago. It claims the prescription has helped thousands, with a few doses stopping pain and buyers praising it as valuable. Sold only at Quick's Cut Rate Store.

Quick Adv

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Bridge Party C. D. Shafer CO Banker Bac Hubbie Miss Davis’ Hens Union Fur Lily Pons Lily Pons Auguste Mesnitz Rio de Janeiro Paris Trimble Grange Logan High Graduate Oxford Institution Mrs. Pickering Watkins Lad Leys Nazarene The Nazarene Church Fox Zenners Batts Dixie Maid Mountain Mist
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