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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 13, 1934

Page

12

Republican Executive Committee Elects Harbaugh as Chairman

Logan report notes Melrose Harbaugh chosen chairman with 10 colleagues to run the campaign from a subcommittee of eleven. Frank St. Clair vice chairman, Clinton Webb secretary, John D. Tipton treasurer, with headquarters planned at the McKinley Club rooms and office assistants to be named soon. Enrollment in city schools rises by about 50 to 1490.

David W. Tucker Kenneth R. Fitzgerald McKinley Club

Straitsville Woman Recovering After Local Shooting

Edith Johnson of near New Straitsville is hospitalized at Cherrington after a Wednesday shooting at her home. The 38 caliber bullet lodged in her left side, fractured ribs and exited the back. Husband Samuel Johnson was at work in a nearby field. no motive given for the shooting.

Logan Edith Johnson Samuel Johnson New Straitsville Cherrington Hospital Johnson

Auto Strikes Summers Girl on Way to School

Margaret Anne Summers nine daughter of Mr and Mrs George Summers was cut and bruised Monday when struck by an automobile driven by Joe Shanley She was treated at Cherrington Hospital and later went home The accident happened as she walked to West Grade School Logan Sept 23 set for a reunion of former teachers and pupils of Anderson School in Laurel Township Edwin D Ricketts of this city expected to give the principal address

Logan Margaret Anne George Summers Joe Shanley Cherrington Hospital Anderson Laurel Township Edwin D. Ricketts Violet Helber Frank Melcher Marion Township

Football Fund Grows 15 Uniforms Provided

Downtown coaches turned over 276.50 to Superintendent G. E. Carr for the first 15 football uniforms. Total pledges reach 416 with funds to be added as collected. Campaign aims to fully equip the squad and continues in the downtown area.

Logan G. E. Carr

Squirrels Hunters Prodded to Secure Licenses and Land Access

Logan report notes opening of Ohio squirrel season on Saturday. Deputy Edward Eberst stresses season runs to Oct 1 with a daily limit of four squirrels. Hunters urged to carry licenses and obtain permission from landowners before entering forests.

Logan Ohio Edward Eberst

Move Road Material From Dutch Ridge to Vanderhoof Location

Road crews moved county graders and other equipment from Dutch Ridge and Garden Road to the Vanderhoof Tuppers Pisins Road and have begun work there. Local social items note weekend visits and family gatherings in Clarksbury Bashan Ath ens Vienna Little Hocking and Coolville areas.

Dutch Ridge Vanderhoof Bashan L. T. Runnion Joseph Kerr Athens Celia Kinnen Paul Kinnen Arnold Bernard Rexal Boggs Raymond Boggs Little Hocking Leroy Boggs Albert McKinley F. F. Blair B. L. Lott Vienna W. Va Robert Lott Clarence Swisher Gilead H. C. Swisher Eber Russell

Bartlett Resigns from McKinley Republican Club Post

Harry G. Bartlett resigned as secretary of the McKinley Republican Club and handed duties to F. M. McKay on Tuesday. The action follows his appointment as secretary of the county complaint board and reflects a policy restricting partisan political activity by department employees. No successor has been named.

Green School Case In Court Tomorrow

Judge F M Acton will hear the motion to dissolve the temporary restraining order in the Green Township School case in Logan at 9 Friday morning. Logan officials say local high school students from the township will be admitted here without tuition until the case is decided.

Logan F. M. Acton Lancaster Green Township

Levi Kennedy 82 Dies at Bremen in Logan

Levi Kennedy aged 82 died at his Bremen home at 12 20 Wednesday morning. He was a Perry County commissioner and county home superintendent for 12 years, retired from hardware and oil business, and an honorary member of Mingo Lodge for over 50 years. Survived by wife Sarah, two daughters, sister Mrs Willard New Man, and brother John of New Lexington. Funeral 2 pm Friday at Bremen residence with Knights Templar participation. burial Bremen.

Logan Levi Kennedy Bremen Willard Newman Kennedy Perry County Mingo Lodge Sarah Kennedy John New Lexington Cora Wolfe Knights Templar

Mrs Clenden Wallace Returns Home After Caesarean

Mrs Clenden Wallace of New Straitsville recently underwent a caesarian operation at Cherrington Hospital and was discharged to return home on Tuesday.

Logan Clenden Wallace New Straitsville Cherrington Hospital

Expect More Traffic In State This Year

Columbus report from Sept 18 states Ohio road traffic in 1934 will rise about 53 percent from 1933, according to Harry E. Neal, state highway department traffic engineer. He notes the increase ends a decline that started in 1931, with 1932 down 5.1 percent and 1933 down 14 percent from 1932.

Columbus Ohio Harry E. Neal State Highway Department Neal

Sharpstown Corn Cutting Progress and Local Notices

Sharpsburg corn cutting is underway as families like the Armstrongs plan reunions at Mt Hermon. Reverend Long returns to oversee five area churches while residents relocate or seek work. multiple visits, moves, and family events fill local life.

Armstrong Mt. Hermon

Local births and family visits noted in region

The column reports a newborn daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Cooley, with Mrs. Cooley at her parents home. Other entries include visits by Mrs. Oliver Walls to the Rose family, Miss Helen Lillie visiting at the Colwell home in Guysville, and Louise Rounsevelle and son Charles visiting the Dillinger home in Columbus. Also mentioned are Rita Sheridan’s return home, Marian Douglas’s stay with Thomas Ruth, plans for Oscar Dillinger to relocate his family to Robinson Ridge, Aldene Duncan and Eileen Walls visiting their grandmother Ella Dillinger, Willam McClanahan raising a barn, and James McClanahan rebuilding after a spring fire.

Stanley Cooley Mrs. Cooley Victor Carpenter Oliver Walls Ray Rose Helen Lillie Colwell Guysville Louise Rounsevelle Charles Columbus Dillinger Rita Sheridan James Bratton Marian Douglas Thomas Ruth Shade Oscar Dillinger Canaanville Robinson Ridge Aldene Duncan Eileen Walls Ella Dillinger Willam McClanaham James McClanahan

Visiting Friends Bring Notable Guests to Haydenville

Haydenville residents hosted a string of visitors including Miss Mary Jane Nutter from Michigan with Rev. and Mrs. G. C. Nutter, nurse Phylis Robinson from Grant Hospital, and the families of William Miller McArthur Freeman Hutchinson Frye and Donald Freeman.

Mary Jane Nutter Michigan G. C. Nutter Phylis Robinson Grant Hospital William Miller McArthur Robert Hutchinson Freeman Logan Ervin Frye Cincinnati Donald Freeman

Deaths Exceed Births in Logan Area for August

Logan reports 11 deaths and seven births for August, while the surrounding county shows 37 births and 12 deaths for the same period, indicating a higher death count in town than births.

Logan

Reedsville Families Return From Visit To New Castle

Reedsville resident Bert Shumway and family concluded a visit with his brothers Fred Frank and Allison and sister Eunice Sprague in New Castle Pennsylvania. Hobart Whiteside and daughter June Irkersburg joined by Linnie Lewis Long Bottom and Estie Gullilum Newark visited with their sister Wilma Buckley. E W Davis of Sheffield Alabama and sister Ruth Pickens were here recently. Miss Patience Russell and Harry Burnett of Columbus also visited.

Bert Shumway New Castle Fred Frank Allison Eunice Sprague Hobart Whiteside June Irkersburg Linnie Lewis Long Bottom Estie Gullilum Newark Wilma Buckley E. W. Davis Sheffield Ala Ruth Pickens Patience Russell Harry Burnett Columbus

Stowe Visitors Return After Ohio Visit

Mrs Stella Shaffer and family have returned to Stowe Ohio after visiting here with her aunt Mrs Josephine Pickens.

Stella Shaffer Stowe Ohio Josephine Pickens

Weekend Social Visits Across Ohio Towns

The article lists multiple households from Mansfield, Eno, Gallipolis, Huntington, and Zanesville hosting or visiting relatives over a weekend. Figures include Curt Swisher, Fannie Swisher, Wilbur Price, Perry Swisher, Aron Davis, F W Butcher, Hugh Quinn, Elizabeth Fulton, Rev J W McMahon, Harry A Ryger, Bert Hern, Joe Shuler, Floyd Gallipolis, and Mica family.

Wilbur Price Eno Perry Swisher Aron Davis and Sons Gallipolis F. W. Butcher Geb Elizabeth Fulton J. W. McMahon Ohio Methodist

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