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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1934
Page
3
The school board ordered a resume of regular schedules after a temporary order expired. Haydenville pupils returned to Greendale High, while transportation issues and district busing delays affected students drawn from Green and neighboring townships as actions awaited board decisions.
The Laurel requests permission to transfer funds for street lighting and maintenance. Judge Harley M. Whittle indicates reduced revenue and funding needs. A resolution proposes a 1-2 mill levy to support lighting and related admin costs. A stag picnic by the Eagles Lodge of Mur is planned for nest Sunday with meals provided.
Logan district officials selected jurors for the October term. Petit jurors include Charles Davis South Bloomingville and Charles Ruff Logan Rt. No. 6 among others. Grand jurors named are Mrs E C Hamilton Logan and Albert Relch Logan with several other residents from Laurelville South Bloomingville and Nelsonville listed.
Funeral services for William T. Sprankel 68 New Straitsville postmaster who died Sunday will be held at the Methodist Episcopal Church at 2 p.m. Wednesday. The Rev. W. H. Harble will officiate. He leaves a wife Goldie Otstot and son Sherman Sprankel plus six grandchildren. Burial in New Straitsville Cemetery.
Logan Mr. and Mrs. E W Sanner. long time residents at J M Sanner home Nelsonville R D 4. they went to Millersport Saturday to spend several weeks with their daughter Mrs Homer White.
Rev A L Hedge president of the Logan Rotary Club spoke to the Wellston Club at Logan Hotel Friday afternoon on Is The Young Man Safe. He warned of dangers facing today’s young men and urged mature leaders to guide them and uphold their own ideals as a model.
Logan highway officials warn of a hazardous bend on Route 31 north of Enterprise where the new and old roads join. A slight hill on a curve reduces visibility, and within ten days there have been about six wrecks, even among experienced drivers.
Logan Hocking County sportsmen plan to attend the League of Ohio Sportsmen convention at Buckeye Lake next Saturday and Sunday. The two day program features coon hound trials fox hound bench show drag race bird dog show old rifle show trap shooting and other outdoor events. Hocking County will be represented. Judge Peoples of Pomeroy visited Logan en route to Columbus for a conference.
Logan settlement reached in Freda M. Kennard versus E. B. Wolf action for possession of real estate with dismissal recorded. Divorce petition by Herbert Stivson against Fay Stimson dismissed at plaintiff costs. Another docketed case, Myrtle Evans versus Clayton Sater et al, withdrawn following settlement.
George Hansel of Columbus is listed in slight improvement at Cherrington Hospital with a fractured skull after being struck by a rock Friday during an assault by seven men. He remained unconscious but was briefly partly rational on Monday.
Logan News reports George W Holl remains in satisfactory condition at Columbus hospital after last week’s accident on South Market Street caused an arm fracture during his return home.
Mrs B C Peters wife of Rev Peters suffered a sprained right ankle in a fall at home on Friday. She can walk with a cane. The Peters plan to move to Columbus where Mr Peters has been assigned to Fifth Avenue United Brethren Church by the recent conference.
Mrs Charles Rohrer of Athens was brought to Cherrington Hospital Monday where she underwent an abdominal operation. Her condition is reported as favorable.
Greendale notes report visitors including Mr and Mrs Jack Britton and Mrs Clyde Drayton and Columbus relation to Mrs Wm Drayton. Revival meeting began Monday night September 17 at 7 30 o clock. Mrs Harry Mills visited relatives in Nelsonville last week. Mr and Mrs William Poling of Athens and two daughters were Sunday guests of Mrs Joe Blosser. Mr and Mrs Charlies Snyder of Logan were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Emory Biggs.
Residents and visitors are listed with brief movements and gatherings across Carbon Hill Athens Nelsonville Haydenville Murray City and nearby areas. Guests include Gerald and Mrs Kimble Detroit. Mrs Stedman and daughter Eileen. Mrs Collins Athens. Lafe Gaston. Hedly Lowes Jr and Mrs Coe. Lehman family Nelsonville. Anna Horn and sons Haydenville. Louie Williams Logan. Pearle Coe West Virginia. Everett McNabb Blue Rock. Helen Coe Ruth Johnson Murray City. Bernard Coakley Elmer Deering Buchtel. H Nutter family. Arthur Dawley family. Mary Brooker announces daughter Mary Guess wedding to Smart Toledo. Ross Collins Walter Colline Coalgate. Marie Shultz. D Sparnow Logan. Odd Fellows Rebekahs group. Boosters Club meeting in Murray City. new officers. Bob Mount moves to Hattox property. Margaret Lehman and son Columbus trip. Roscoe Binsley and Mrs Denhen Pattonville.
Letart Falls residents Mrs Warren Miller and her daughter visit Aunt Mrs 0 G Shields in Parkersburg Grace Crow departs for Athens to attend Ohio University Carl and Mrs Carl Stanley and daughters from Cleveland return home after visiting Mrs Alice Day and Mrs Brad Russell Russell Findley seeks treatment at the Marine Hospital in Pittsburgh Leah Achres of Madison West Virginia visits sister Mrs Albert Hill J D Roush and wife return from visiting sister Mrs C E Sheets in Thivenor A R Johnson of Columbus plans vacation with his mother Flora Johnson Rev J D Law and wife return from Zanesville after conference
An 11 year old mother in Jefferson City Tennessee has a 7 12 pound daughter named Caroline Frankie. The infant is healthy and the father is said to be a 14 year old mountain boy. The grandmother plans to move them to a Great Smoky mountains cabin near Kodak Tennessee for care.
Doris and Bonno Milhoan returned home after a week with grandparents in McLeish while J W Palmer and Elizabeth Morgan with son visited Millertown and were joined by Mrs Palmer. Raymond Robinson family visited the Robins at Joy. Mrs Davis stayed with daughter Lena Blackburn in Belpre. Edwin Carpenter family and J M McDonald hosted visits, Bernice Carter stayed with Lucile Carter in Mountville, and Glouster hosts Don Withem in the evening.
Mrs Olive Wilford hosted the M E Ladies Aid on Wednesday. The Rev and Mrs Clarey attend a conference at Zanerville this week. Several families from Plain View Portland and Racine visited Okey Paynter and Mrs Geyer hosted a quilting party with dinner for guests from Pomeroy Portland Mr Pleasant and others. Gale Price left for Louisville medical college and Bertram McDougle with Clarenes Prices visited the World’s Fair. A A Price of Columbus visits family in town. Dana Browning and wife with son from Charleston visited. Browning stayed a week. R S Henderson and family of Coolville spent Sunday with Mattie Henderson.
Dexter Claude Dulaney and Miss Elizabeth Plummer of Rutland wed with Rev. Harley Bolton officiating. Newlyweds depart for Hawks Nest West Virginia. Weekend guests include Finley Folden and Cecil McLeod of Athens. Social visits span Harrisonville Parkersburg and Starr Hall as Mt Union students stage a play. Local health and farm notes, plus baseball results between Middleport and Dexter and a Columbus team game.
Evangelistic services begin Sunday at the Factory M E Church under the Church of the New Covenant and will run nightly for two weeks at 7 30 p m Trustees of the M E Church granted permission to use the building.
Wm H Fraser of St Paul Minnesota claims a breakthrough treatment called Udea aids stomach ulcers and digestion. He offers a free sample by mail from Suite 72 Foot-Schuize Building St Paul Minnesota and promises a seven day trial with money back satisfaction guarantee by Athens Poarmecs.
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