School Territory Transfer Approved by County Board
Hocking County Board of Education votes three to one to transfer Green Township, Greendale, Greenland, and Guess district territory to Ward Township. Effective in 30 days unless remonstrance signed by a majority of patrons. Bus to Carbon Hill High School to begin temporarily, with permanent operation pending territorial outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Hocking County
Greendale
Greenland
Guess
Ward Township
Carbon Hill
Green Township
Logan High School
Emery Biggs
Ward Township Board
Scenic District Road Work Nears Completion
Logan reports road improvement in the scenic district between Old Man's Cave and Rock House is nearing completion with grading about to finish in two weeks. The project will cover six miles linking key scenic points and improve access to several route segments. two miles of grading remain to be gravelled.
Second Year Of Life Together Celebrated
Logan notices mark the 52nd wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Bright observed with a picnic at Beech Camp in Marion Township. Eight children survive them, with many relatives present including Rolland Bright Grendon Bright Joan Marguerite Francis and Ralph Bright among others. Mr. Bright age 85 and Mrs. Bright a few years younger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
P. W. Bright
Beech Camp
Marion Township
Mrs. Bright
Mr. Bright
Rolland Bright
Grendon Bright
Maggie Terrell
James D. Francis
Joan Marguerite
Samuel Bright
James H. Bright
David L. Rutter
Cars in Crash Near Gore No Injuries Reported
Logan man Harvey Beougher and Walter Starner of Shawnee were involved in a Sunday crash near Gore. Beougher’s car rolled three times, ending in wreckage. Beougher pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, was fined 100 dollars plus costs, and had his license suspended six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Gore
Harvey Beougher
Walter Starner
Shawnee
Figuered
Beougher
New Straitsville
Starner
Sol Ellinger
Stanley Sparnow
C. T. Stephenson
Women Have Picnic at Logan Club Session
Business and Professional Women's Club members held an all day session at Rock House with a picnic dinner. Guests included Athardea Vancuren Mrs Sterling Smith and Miss Mary McCray. The group formed a hiking club with Miss Florence Bort as chairwoman. First hike Tuesday night after the business meeting. A glee club was organized from members with Miss Mildred Laube active in rehearsal Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Business and Professional Women's Club
Rock House
Athardea Vancuren
Sterling Smith
Mary McCray
Florence Bort
Mildred Laube
Tomato Tossers Beat Disturbance Near Logan
John Connor reported a concealed tomato throwing incident on East Front Street. Youths identified were brought before Mayor Elias Bright and lectured before release. charges may be filed depending on Connor’s next move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
John Connor
East Front Street
Elias Bright
Connor
Logan visitors host two couples and a pair of guests
The Rev and Mrs W L Spielman of Marietta were guests of the Rev and Mrs Amos L Heyde in Logan Sunday evening Supt J W Coleman visited Columbus Monday to confer with state educational department leaders Miss Leviolet Redick of Chillicothe and Miss Helen Belcher of Youngstown were in Logan over the weekend visiting Mr and Mrs Homer Redick
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Spielman
Marietta
Logan
Amos L. Heyde
J. W. Coleman
Columbus
Leviolet Redick
Chillicothe
Helen Belcher
Youngstown
Homer Redick
Coal truck fire halts near East Front Street station
A heavy coal truck stalled near an East Front Street filling station when wiring sparked a blaze. Driver Fonsaf Hassell of Columbus called for help and the fire department arrived. Chemicals extinguished the fire with only minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
East Front Street
Fonsaf Hassell
Columbus
Mayor Bright Reurns to Blacksmith Shop to Re-Tire Wheels
Mayor Elias Bright set aside official duties on Monday morning to re-tire four wheels off a rubber tired buggy at his blacksmith shop. Once common in his trade, this work is rare in modern days of automobiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Elias Bright
Common Pleas Court Trials Set With Jury Ready Oct 10
Logan reports the first week of October set for trials in Common Pleas Court under Judge Harley M. Whitcraft. Petit jury to report Oct 10. cases include Sherman v Cox and others, with several divorce actions among the docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Common Pleas
Harley M. Whitcraft
Petit Jury
Sheren
Cox, Ficker and
White
Barthlow and
Blum
Kleinschmidt
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Shaw
Swackhammer
Hamilton
Guess
Summers
Herron
Miller
Woolever
Thompson
McCullough
Larimer
Fuerst
Thomas
Durr
Shannon
Ohio Industrial Commission
Pettit
Brashares
Bettman
Pepper the cat kills copperhead in Warner Avenue yard
Logan on Saturday Francis Myers of Warner Avenue reported his cat Pepper captured and killed a small copperhead snake in the yard. The cat's cautious attack prevented the snake from delivering any bite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Francis Myers
Warner Avenue
Names Endure in Athens County’s Early Records
An excerpt recalls 1800s Athens County life detailing early road plans to Strouds Run and the Twenty-Five to Thirty-Four Mile Tree route. It notes primitive taxes, tolls for ferries, and scattered payments for wolves, wolves’ scalps, paper, and a courthouse rent. It also mentions 1806 road orders from Alexander Township and 1808 county tax totals with Athens Township contributing over a quarter.
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Athens County
Strouds Run
Lancaster
Taverna
Ames
Athens
Alexander
Troy Township
Robert Linzee
Ebenezer Carrier
Azel Johnson
Silas Bingham
Alexander Township
Scioto
Albany
Wheelabout
Joel Abbott
Athens Township
Michael Barker
Make This Model at Home Pattern 2441
Advertisement for Anne Adams pattern 2441 offering sizes 14 to 20 and 32 to 42 with yardage details for size 16. Includes step by step diagrams, neckline options, and order instructions. Catalog note mentions fall winter edition with catalog price and combined pattern catalog. Send 15 cents per pattern and 25 cents for catalog and pattern to Athens Messenger Pattern Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Athens Messenger Pattern Department
W. 17Th Street
New York City
Farmers plan Columbus trip to study livestock grading
Logan residents from Hocking County with extension agent Harold Chambers prepare for a September 29 visit to Columbus. The itinerary includes a livestock yard tour to study grading and a packing house stop.
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Logan
Hocking County
Harold Chambers
Columbus
Detour Evil Deplored By Highway Director
Ohio highway director O W Merrell urged contractors to remove detours promptly as 106 detours covering 1027 miles remained Sept 15 on the 12000 mile state system. He asked to open paved strips to traffic as soon as paving ends and to protect workers by cautious driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
O. W. Merrell
Merrell
Wesleyan Students To Study Taxation Issues
Delaware September 20 The Ohio Wesleyan University Political Science Department opens a special problems course on taxation with Dr Ben A Arenson directing. Lecturers will discuss taxation as a governmental problem and the rising cost of government as a national concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
U.P
Ohio Wesleyan University Political Science
Ben A. Arenson
Arneson
Cheap White Mule Is Deadly for Customer
New York police raided a speakeasy run by Phil lip Dalliegro 42 where five cent liquor named White Mule was sold. Seven men were found unconscious and the place contained only a chair a gable and a baseball bat. Dalliegro received 30 days in jail after pleading guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.R
Phillip Dalliegro
Dalliegro
Maine barometer election yields Brann as governor and new Congress faces
Louis J. Brann wins Maine gubernatorial race to become the first Democratic governor since 1914, defeating Burleigh Martin. Carroll N. Beedy wins in First District. Edward C. Moran and John G. Utterback elected to Congress in Second and Third districts. Local social notes and weekend visits accompany the political roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Louis J. Brann
Lewiston
Burleigh Martin
Senate
Carroll N. Beedy
Edward C. Moran
John G. Utterback
Radio Listener MacDonald Sets World Reception Record
William MacDonald, a nine year radio hobbyist from Chula Vista, has logged 1 341 stations in 65 countries and received thousands of letters about his receiving setup. He uses an 11-tube obsolete set with a copper ground pipe and Galena ore, deeming the aerial unimportant. He has heard stations across continents with modest indoor and outdoor aerials, asserting location matters most for reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chula Vista
Calif
William MacDonald
MacDonald
Munich
Germany
Khartsun
African Sudan
Hague
Holland
Launceston
Tasmania
San Diego Bay
Mussolini and Pope Clash Over Audiences in Rome
In Rome the Pope refuses to receive visitors of any nationality to avoid Bersaglieri veterans. A monument to the Bersaglieri feats, unveiled by the King and Mussolini, marks the 1836 founding. Thousands of veterans attend as Osservatore Romano calls the monument inopportune amid State Church accord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
U.P
Benito Mussolini
Bersaglieri Corps
Mussolini
Bersaglieri
Rome
Osservatore Romano
Vatican Organ
Roosevelt urged to back definite farm legislation
New York September 20. Howard Williams director of the League for Independent Political Action says Governor Roosevelt is playing with dynamite if he does not have definite legislation in mind to fulfill his vague promises to agriculture in Topeka. He urges Roosevelt to present concrete farm measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roosevelt
Topeka
Howard Y. Williams
League For Independent Political Action Aid
League Leader Sees Dry Congress Ahead
F Scott McBride of the Anti-Saloon League predicts the next Congress will remain dry based on state primaries results. The Prohibition Bureau reports August activity with 8811 arrests, 1278 cars, and 1746 stills seized, up from prior months, yet consignments of wine spirits and beer were lower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Prohibition Bureau
McBride
Pleasanton Residents and Visitors Make Local Social Rounds
Pleasanton reports include Mrs Ray Kenney leaving for Cincinnati to re enter school and four year student status. Akron guests Mr O D Asnette visited Wayne Kenney and family. Akron couple Mr and Mrs Charles Bolen visited Grant Bolen’s family. Attendees from Pleasanton joined the Chase home coming. Columbus visitor Earnest Helwig visited his Pleasanton mother. Wayne and Melvin Kenney with Athens ties traveled to Pom eroy and Middleport. Tom Sansay of Chase visited Mary Reaves in Pleasanton. Dale Kenney has recent Athens work stints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Kenney
Pleasanton
Cincinnati
O. D. Asnette
Akron
Wayne Kenney
Charles Bolen
Grant Bolen
Chase
Earnest Helwig
Columbus
Melvin Kenney
Athens
Pomeroy
Middleport
Tom Sansay
Mary Reaves
C. D. Asnette
Call Boen
John Haning
Dale Kenney
Mother of Paris assassin charged with stealing state grain
Moscow reports Varvara Gergouloff, 82, mother of Dr. Paul Gergouloff, who was executed in Paris last week for the Doumer assassination, has been arrested and charged with stealing state grain, a crime punishable by death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Varvara Gergouloff
Paul Gergouloff
Paris
Paul Doumer
Local visits and fair mark Meigs County notes
Harrisonville residents host a New Holland visitor while Bunker Hill and Reedsville guests call on area families. Doctors Haning and kin travel from Dayton and Athens to tend sick Nellie Combs. Meigs County Fair draws large crowds September 13 to 15 as school closes for the day. teacher Earnest Wingett resigns to seek a similar post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weber French
New Holland
Matt Chase
William Smith
Bunker Hill
Clint Gilkey
Harry Pickens
Dayton Randolph
Reedsville
Herb Haning
William
Dayton
Har! Haning
Athens
Nellie Combs
Cora Forrest
Meigs County
Earnest Wingett
Community Visitors and Gatherings Across Murray City Area
Murray City residents and guests share Sundays with relatives in Columbus Nelsonville and The Plains. Lois Beou Cher family and Clara Keyes join local hosts. Some travelers plan Ohio University attendance in Athens while others visit Kin in Zanesville New Plymouth Logan and Glouster.
Vanderhoof Hosts Weekend Visitors and Guests
Vanderhoof Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Chase entertained Sunday guests Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Bailey and three children. Mrs. William Conant and Mrs. A. L. Hull visited Mrs. Lydia Jeffers and Mrs. R. L. Shrader. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bell hosted as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Chase
L. B. Bailey
William Conant
A. L. Hull
Lydia Jeffers
R. L. Shrader
Frank Bell
Local People Attend Visits Across West Virginia and Nearby
Grace Minear and three children from West Virginia visited relatives at the Chase home. Mr and Mrs Bell traveled five Huntington to visit a sister. Edwin Chase hosted Sunday guests including Rylmer Ackley and family of Rock Riffle and Fred Warner, Joseph Chase, and Doyle Bashan with daughter from Keno. Edson Swartz of Groveport stayed with John Lake’s family. O C Boggs and daughters Orlee and Vergie of Reedy and Scott Snyder of Ripley plus Leroy Boggs with daughter Catheryn of Lottridge visited Carson Boggs and family. William Noyes, J L Deem and Ralph Chase plan Texas trip to repair cyclone damages. Luella Clark and Paine Ramsburg were Wednesday guests of Mrs. Lucy Chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Minear
West Virginia
Bell
Huntington
Edwin Chase
Rylmer Ackley
Fred Warner
Joseph Chase
Doyle Bashan
Keno
Edson Swartz
Groveport
John Lake
O. C. Boggs
Orlee
Vergie
Reedy
W. Va
Ralph Chase
Texas
Mr. Noyes
Luella Clark
Paine Ramsburg
Lucy Chase
Local Families Spend Sundays Visiting Relatives
Bedford residents Mr. and Mrs. Dale Carr and Hazel of Pomeroy visited Emmett Jones and family. Alpha Gilkey stayed with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Gilkey. Columbus residents Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Campbell visited here. Dorothy Jones left for Pomeroy for employment. Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Smith visited S. J. Smith and family. Lovan Resinger visited friends in Athens and Nelsonville. Lena Hines of Pomeroy visited Charles Hines and wife. Georgia Smith spent Sunday with Ardith Hart. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Lee and children and Mrs. Dolph Jeffers and daughter Ruby, Edith Whaley visited Charles Hines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Carr
Hazel
Pomeroy
Emmett Jones
Alpha Gilkey
Emmett Gilkey
Eugene Campbell
Columbus
Dorothy Jones
Pearl Smith
S. J. Smith
Lovan Resinger
Athens
Nelsonville
Lena Hines
Charles Hines
Georgia Smith
Ardith Hart
Guy Lee
Dolph Jeffers
Ruby
Edith Whaley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carbon Hill High
Co. W. Cox
Annapolis
D. Zenner
Mrs
Logan Man
Bright
H. H
The
Athens Messenger Daily Pattern Department
Highway
Wesleyan
Racine
Harry Plumer
A. D. Jewell
George Clark
Dr. Hawk
Elmer Casto
William Hull
George Theson
Iowa
J. H. Peyton
Murl Douglas
Walter Hoffman
Chester
Sadie Lambert
Guynell Clark
Dale Williams
Mont Cain
Dana Turner
William Turner
John Blackwood
John
Mary Casey
Carroll I. Beedy
NEA
Pedward C
Moran
John G
Utterback
California
Boston
Mr. Hoover
Pope
League
Harrisonville
Murray City
Howard Beougher
Lois
Samantha Shelton
Clara Keyes
Joe Popoczy
Isaac Edward
Luhrig
William Channel
the Plains
Grace Storer
Candia Martzoff
Henry Hite
Edgar Hellyer
Charles Strum, Jr
Zanesville
Samuel Evans
Corning
Albert Spencer
Leo Mitchell
New Plymouth
William Hoffman
Charles Hoffman
Walter Frazee
Lucy Frazee
Henry Hale
Howard Bush
George Vansickle
J. L. Benton
Thomas Vansickle
Vansickle
Gerald Edwards
Emma Edwards
Paul Person
Ohio University
Philip Atlas
Glouster
Vanderhoof
Bedford
Logan, Ohio
D, Zenner Co
Mallory
Cravenette
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