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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1929
Page
12
Logan Sept 25 A crowded audience filled the Common Pleas Court during a civil action heard by Magistrate E E Bright. Attorneys W H Strentserainer Kuhner W Christman and Dr Fatt appeared for one side while Prosecutor Phil A Henderson represented the other. As testimony advanced the room grew warmer and more packed, a scene unfit for a routine session.
Four new traffic lights have arrived for Logan and will be installed within days. Installations are planned at Spring, Market and Mulberry Streets, with Main Street ending at Front and Mulberry. The Front Mulberry intersection is among the city’s worst for visibility at busy times.
Glouster bowls 3 game set against Logan on Monday, losing 785 to 2652 with Logan holding high final game score. Gormiey posts seven straight games at 212 average. Columber and Gormiey split the series, while totals show overall Logan dominance and scattered individual scores.
Major General L A Tuggle of Danville TL arrives in Logan to oversee Uniform Rank affairs. He notes 365 companies in the Supreme Domain and recalls two years and two months active service with the Thirty Third Division, including postwar France work on war damage settlements. He also visited France two years ago and met former war friends.
Logan September meeting sets record as Rotary Club reaches 106 percent attendance at Easterling club house with Robert Bischoff State Highway Department division engineer as main speaker. Visitors include Judge Charlies L. Justice Judge Arthur H. Kunkle and Boyd Wright. Bischoff outlines southern Hocking County road work and county cooperation. Judge John D. Davis visits Grand Lodge meeting and calls on Judge A. M. Ellinger in Hocking County.
Rep. George Badgley of Mowrystown received medical care at Cherrington Hospital after a spider bite on Monday morning turned infected. Delegate F. C. Crum of Liberty Center also recovered from an acute indigestion attack by Tuesday morning and attended convention sessions.
Logan readers learn the Church Bowling League suspended its schedule for Tuesday evening due to the Knights of Pythias parade. Games will be rolled next Monday, following a meeting of team captains. Several contests between visiting teams and local bowlers were on the program after the parade.
Delegates praised the local committee for room assignment handling. Rev. E. L. Pierow, vice president of the Chamber of Commerce, and Miss Marie Lines directed the work with strong assistance from Mrs. Clarence Schempp Mrs. Francis Myers Mrs. Lavon Goodlive Miss Helen Wolfe Miss Garnet Bheetsa Mrs. Carl Poling and Miss Helen Breene.
Harley Marks a car repair man at the Hocking Valley shops mashed his right thumb when caught between two heavy pieces of iron on Monday. He received medical attention and was advised he could not return to work for several weeks.
Miss Ruth Easterling of Columbus has stayed with her mother Mrs. Amy Easterling during the past few days in Logan. She traveled to Logan with Miss Leota Smith of Pittsburgh who accompanied her.
Logan post office reports a 25 percent rise in outgoing mail Monday with most of the increase tied to postal cards. Postmistress Ida Steinman notes the courthouse box contributed much of the extra mail beyond the usual 2,690 to 3,600 pieces a day.
Mrs G G Jamison joined her husband traveling from Scio to Logan for the Grand Lodge meeting and stays with Mrs F C Webb. Mr and Mrs John Eberst of Warner Avenue announce the birth of a 60m on Friday. Health Commissioner and Mrs Morton W Bland plan to move to the city from Westerville after years there. John Delp of Cincinnati was a member of the Hamilton County delegation and previously lived here, Columbus, and Cincinnati for the last 494 years. he is brother of Mrs William Delong of this city. Judge Harley M Whitcraft left Tuesday for Hillsboro to handle court duties for the next week. Distinguishing jurists are noted.
Judge Charles L Justice Judge Arthur H Kunkle and Judge C C Williams announce the birth of a daughter on Saturday named Elizabeth Susan. Grandparents are Mrs Ida M Stoughton of Logan and Mr and Mrs Albert Wilson of Sugar Grove.
Building and loan officers from the community will be briefed on the proposed tax limit amendment ahead of the November 5 vote. The session aims to clarify how the change would affect rate structures and borrower costs.
Local loan officials from Adams through Vinton counties will join with state organization officers in Athens to discuss proposed tax limit amendments. The briefing notes real estate bears 75 percent of the tax burden while home owners receive only 40 percent of taxable property, urging building and loan officers to inform owners and support reform.
The passage lists five corrections to a 1910s etiquette guide. It notes the proper spelling of Des Moines, clarifies November has 30 days, fixes a coat buttoning error, states men should take the curb side when walking with women, and identifies AIRING as the scrambled word referenced.
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