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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1938
Page
10
Logan approves local option election in Benton Township for November. Board also OKs three mill school levies and a one mill Oak Grove cemetery repair levy in Logan. Printing contracts set for 12,960 ballots plus 300 absentee ballots with bidding September 26. Previous 1936 tally of 10,830 ballots noted.
City officials will review a proposed light contract from Ohio Power Co this evening. Alternate bids for one three and five year terms are on the table. Council also weighs a bond issue of 9500 dollars to complete Goose Creek works and storm sewer upgrades near Church and Hunter Streets for possible November ballot.
Information from Columbus says Judge Phil Henderson remains about the same while under observation and treatment at a Columbus hospital. Mrs Henderson was slightly injured in a Saturday automobile crash on the way to visit him, sustaining scratches and bruises. LOGAN Service workers moved most no parking signs in front of the central school group to six foot standards to keep students from running into sharp edge signs at the sidewalk edge.
Jacob Wolfe aged 83 and his twin Isaac Wolfe of Logan are long time stonemasons and carpenters. They keep tool kits and often fix or craft items at their homes, painting the roof last week and doing small carpentry jobs around the dwelling.
Logan announces a two day fall festival on October 14 and 15 at the Logan High School building and grounds. Live stock will be shown on campus while other exhibits occur inside. The event is hosted by the schools Future Farmers Granges Farm Women groups and 4-H Clubs with local merchants to assist. Two night programs planned with schools in charge one night and Granges and 4-H Clubs the other. Committee members include G FE Carr Fred B Burchfield H D Saxton James R Smoot H FE Kirk and B A Hall. A Wednesday meeting will form sub committees to work out remaining details.
Logan pool ends its season after drawing about 36 000 visitors over July August and September. The facility was drained and all equipment stored in preparation for next year.
Logan American Legion Auxiliary unit held its annual election Monday evening naming Mrs. Walter Huffman as president to succeed Mrs. Bertha Oberle. She will be supported by Mrs. Lawrence Adcock as vice president, Mrs. Harry Thomas as secretary, and Mrs. C. E. Struble as treasurer.
A curriculum change moves the biology department from Logan Junior High to Logan Senior High this year. Sophomores may choose biology or world history while it remains elective in other upper grades. Ninth graders will take general science for four years. Miss Alice G. Poston will teach biology.
Officials for the Bremen Logan high school football opener at Chieftain Field Friday at 8 p m are Ray Farnham Pomeroy A H Rhoads Athens and Leroy Boyd Lancaster The schedule runs through Nov 18 with ten games five within the league and five non league including matchups against New Lexington Athens St Marys Columbus Gallipolis Pomeroy Jackson Lancaster Marietta and Nelsonville
Daniel Helber, principal, reported on opening day that Marion Centralized School had 143 pupils, down from 164 on the first day last year. High school students from the district are transported to Logan. Logan also reports completion of Gibisonville United Brethren Church improvements including a new room and fresh paint.
Mt Union social column lists church events and many local and visiting guests. Rev H A Lewis to preach Sunday evening Sept 18, families and individuals share visits, hospital recoveries, and weekend hospitality across Mt Union and nearby towns. Names include Nicholson Beal Wood Jordan King Caster Molden Wyatt and Chase among others.
Logan R. M. Winegardner Columbus deputy commissioner of the Ohio tax commission will address the Kiwanis Club of Logan on Taxation in Ohio. A former assistant attorney general, he is a candidate for judge of the Ohio Supreme Court. In 1936 he was district manager for the state tax commission at Athens.
Logan plans a blanket street and alley project approved by federal authorities, set to begin around September 29. The project carries a $114000 cost. Director R R Loomis is unsure which specific improvement will start first.
Lelia A. Sniff seeks divorce from Ralph W. Sniff for neglect and abandonment from August 7, 1938, after a marriage starting April 15, 1931. They are parents of two children. She requests custody of the children and other proper relief.
Regulars at Logan High School suffer toe and finger injuries but expect to be ready for Friday night's season opener. Joe Karshen, a fast stepping backfielder, limps but should play. Coach Tommy Bender welcomed back Jim Steele, the regular guard, after a days long layoff due to a finger injury.
Celebrate Birthday COALGATE Mr and Mrs Ed Hise hosted a dinner for their son Forest with a large gathering of relatives and friends including Forest Hise Glen Hise from New Straitsville Murray City and chili. In Logan Junior High to reorganize Student Council. WPA workers slope embankment at Chieftain field. Oliver Wills return from 1200 mile southern trip visiting sites across five states. About 89 097 motion picture theaters exist worldwide with 18 9 percent in the United States.
Twenty members of the Business and Professional Women's Club enjoyed a weekend at the McCray cottage Buckeye Lake with a hamburger fry Saturday night. A September business meeting led to plans for a benefit picture show and an intercity picnic meeting September 25 with surrounding clubs, including a cave tour. Dinner at Smith Inn Millersport featured music by Elizabeth Collison. Visitors included Judge and Mrs Meeker Terwilliger and Lieut. and Mrs Harry Stevenson and son, with Stevenson an Annapolis instructor. Several locals and guests were noted in Columbus Athens Marietta and Logan departures and visits. Local residents hosting and visiting friends from Lancaster Junction City Athens Stockport and Marietta were listed.
Repairs at the Logan public library finished increasing shelving space and enlarging the work room. A supply of 500 books from the state library arrived Monday and has been shelved ready for distribution.
Roy Marshall of Logan High School will be confined to his home for four weeks due to rheumatism complicated by a heart reaction. He had reported for football earlier in the season.
Clarence Vancuren Haynes was arrested Sunday evening by Sheriff Joe Farbearn and arraigned Monday before Magistrate S B Whitehart on a charge of intoxication. He pled guilty and was fined $10 plus costs.
Local reports indicate Logan river division traffic on the upgrade with about one third more cars transported than a year ago. Wellston freight runs daily for a week and a work train operated on Monday on the division.
The Goose Creek archway at Chieftain Field, which collapsed during heavy rain, has been approved as a WPA project. Supt G E Carr says work will start at the next WPA pay period and cover repairs over 100 feet.
Football fans will be kept informed about the progress of the game Friday evening through the public address system. Lights will be restored to the poles and tested for readiness. Bleachers from the summer facilities will be moved to the north side of the gridiron.
Logan Senior High saw 470 students enrolled Monday with nine post graduates added. Logan Junior High welcomed four new students bringing total to 426.
Investigators recovered the stolen car of Bernard Rarick taken last week while he was in Detroit. The vehicle, undamaged, had been driven about 50 miles before it was found.
About 40 Barker and Rose family members attended the annual reunion at the Heine cottage in Falls Township on Sunday. The event featured a large meal and an afternoon music program by Harry Woltz and his son Paul and by Lawrence Kessler and his son Leo from Logan. City firemen conducted a practice run to the central school group Monday evening testing a fire plug protecting that district under Fire Chief Roy Stallsmith and Assistant Chief Gerald McLaughlin.
Logan Murray residents will vote on a three mill levy at the November election for street lighting. Mayor John Ayres presented the resolution to the election board noting it replaces an expiring levy and funds are unavailable from other sources for street lighting. The levy covers 1939 to 1943 inclusive, continuing a program in the village. Frances Krinn left Cherrington Hospital after treatment for a foot infection. Mark Brashares was dismissed after several days of treatment.
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