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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1929
Page
12
Logan September presentation of the Kiwanis Junior League pennant trophy to the Lutheran team. Forest Weinrich presented the cup on behalf of club donors. Ken Johnson captain and star pitcher accepted and introduced his teammates. H H Wright manager attended as guest. Phillip Burgess spoke on water works filtration plant costing.
Logan observance marks 100th anniversary with a four day event drawing thousands. The centerpiece is a pageant written by C Wood Bowen and Miss Wilhelmina Detasie featuring about 100 church members in scenes from 1829 to the present including founding, war and ministry.
Logan Sept 20 Hocking County fair opened with harness and running races planned for Friday and Saturday. 4 H and cattle displays highlight the event alongside art and forestry exhibits. A two headed sheep drew interest as attendance was light on opening day with expectations of a larger Friday free day for students.
Logan Sept 20 Ruth Gould died at her daughter Mrs Harry Wing 4088 Fourth St San Diego Calif Thursday Sept 12 She was born in Logan April 23 1845 daughter of William W and Mary C Bliss Rippey She survived by two sons William H Gould and Charles B Gould a daughter Mary three sisters and several nieces Services in San Diego were led by Rev Charles W Maker brother in law of Mrs Wing.
Helen Rochester and Mrs Estella Snyder attended the Presbyterian executive committee meeting in Athens on Wednesday representing the local church. Miss Rochester was joined by Mrs Seth Brown and Mrs Alfred Campbell. the latter two did not attend the meeting. The report mentions parents lost eyes in Cincinnati incident where 5 year old Thelma Hanks died when a truck ran over her.
Copper wire thieves strike the Coonville mine for the sixth time in a year. Sheriff W. R. Lloyd, Deputy Sheriffs Joe Farbearn and L. F. Hammond investigated after mine officials reported heavy losses and disrupted operations.
An unidentified motorist ran dry near Enterprise on Wednesday. He refueled at a gas station and, while a freight train blocked the highway, poured gasoline into his own car. Realizing the other car of the same make also stopped, he unknowingly donated gas to its driver.
The witness is sworn with a raised left hand instead of the right. Municipal is misspelled. Smoking in court is prohibited. There is no support for the judge's glames. The scrambled word LOCOMOTIVE appears in the text.
Logan reporter recounts a single pumpkin vine on A. J. Klinger's farm Route No. 1 that grew to 200 feet and yielded 50 pumpkins. The harvest was described as enough to feed the whole city with pumpkin pies.
Logan records that merchants will shut shops on October 3 to host a Pirates exhibition game between the Pittsburgh National team and the Logan Clowns. The timing coincides with the second day of the Fall Festival and was decided at a Chamber of Commerce Merchants' Division meeting.
The Ohio River pageant marking the locks and dams from Pittsburgh to Cairo is postponed one week. It will leave Pittsburgh October 19 with President Hoover as central figure. The Cincinnati steamer will pass Marietta between 3 and 4 a m October 20, preventing planned celebrations.
New Lexington Sept. 20 Somerset Perry County home of Civil War general Philip Sheridan is wet and would welcome changes to dry laws according to The American Issue Anti Saloon League. An extract from its Editor's Column Somerset Is Wet quotes support for revision.
In Somerset Perry County locals are described as holding a majority per a letter from A J Kyle publisher of the Somerset Press and Pleasantville News.
The Leonard Oil and Gas Company on the Burley and Winter lease near Crookeville announces its thirteenth well, capable of producing about 1.5 million cubic feet of gas daily. Combined oil and gas production now nets the Burley and Winter interests over $600 each day.
Tulsa officials announce a 40 000 square foot space for airplane exhibits at the International Petroleum Exposition October 5 to 12. W B Way says aviation benefits the petroleum industry by aerial photography fast equipment delivery testing fuels and enabling geologists to survey landscapes from the air. Planes for aerial photos and rapid delivery will be part of the displays.
Over half of the petroleum asphalt produced in the United States is used in road and pavement construction and surfacing. The statement comes from a petroleum facts and figures source highlighting asphalt applications in infrastructure.
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