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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1933
Page
12
Logan report notes 33 Hocking County farmers signed contracts in the wheat adjustment program. They will retire about five acres each from wheat and receive 10 to 25 dollars per acre during the contract period, with reimbursement through government agencies.
Judge Harley M. Whitcraft approved temporary alimony of 25 dollars in two Logan divorce actions Della May Raymond versus Glenn Raymond and Leora Brehm versus William Brehm. Fairy Anthony versus Century Indemnity Company was settled and dismissed without record.
Logan High School Band will present Birch the Magician at the high school Thursday evening. The band seeks funds to buy uniforms with Miss Mabel Sperry as part of the staff. Magistrate C T Stevenson officiated the event.
Benjamin Harden of Church Street celebrates his seventy eighth birthday with a surprise party at Rising Park arranged by Mr and Mrs Francis Toole. Eighty six relatives and friends attended a picnic and musical afternoon, with Harden expressing thanks for the event. Harden has long been a noted Logan citizen and a 67 year Odd Fellows member.
Mrs. Roger W. Friend was elected president of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit at Logan during the annual meeting. Officers include Mrs. Harry Mack as first vice president and Mrs. Harry Sweazy as second vice president with Mrs. W. B. Yaw as secretary and Mrs. Harold W. Larimer as treasurer.
Logan report says Dr George Heer of Columbus, formerly of this city, is invited to address the Athens County Medical Society meeting in Nelsonville Monday afternoon. Several members of the local society plan to attend.
McArthur visits this city Friday for a lead opener in grid action. The 3 15 p.m. kickoff at Athletic Field pits Coach John Longley’s team against a foe returning many veterans. New coach Chick Young brings expected discipline and coaching, with players such as Eberst Gompf McMillan Derr Evans Arnett Carnes or Smith and others in contention for starting spots.
Logan Ohio Rotary Club members viewed a film by Dr. Allan A. Cole and Judge Harley M. Whitcraft showing members in staged scenes such as gambling and chicken theft. The screening included running commentary and drew laughs from Athens visitors Edward Schloss and Jack Bobo. The club will attend an intercity meeting in Athens next Monday.
In Logan on Monday Magistrate W W Martin arraigned three men. David Gears and Weet Logan pleaded guilty with Logan fined 26 dollars and costs for assault and battery. Amos Lenigar pleaded not guilty to driving while intoxicated and was bonded at 300 dollars. John Six was fined 5 dollars and costs for intoxication. Deputy Sheriff Joe Farbearn made the arrests.
Funeral services were held for John Richardson 22 from his mother's home Tuesday afternoon. He died from injuries after his car left the road when he fell asleep at the wheel. Burial was in the local cemetery. His father had died years before. he leaves several brothers and sisters.
A new water well was completed on school property at Rockbridge and water samples were sent to Columbus for analysis by the state health department. Mrs. Lizzie Gage was transported to a Columbus hospital Friday for emergency bowel obstruction surgery and her condition is serious.
Logan reports Judge Harley M. Whitcraft traveled to New Lexington on Tuesday for a bar association gathering. Nearby, about 100 people joined the Junior Order picnic at Ash Cave on Sunday, with Daughters of America members and families present. Benjamin Jennings of Dayton spoke as national representative, alongside Major Houck of Gallipolis and W. A. Clark of Urbana.
Local officers learned that seven wards from the Boys Industrial School escaped last night. The escape involved inmates who worked at the institution power plant, prompting a Logan officer to search the area Tuesday morning.
Logan reports that Judge Craig McBride from Hillsboro will be in the city on Thursday on special assignment by Chief Justice Carl Weygandt. He has several cases to hear.
Sixteen members attended the six o'clock dinner and first meeting of the year at the home of president Mrs. Virgil Martin. Impressions of the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago were shared by Mrs. FE. W. Edwards, Miss Delia O Connor, and Miss Ethel Young.
Gallia County officials and deputies will meet Wednesday night at Bane's Landing along the Ohio River for their annual fall picnic.
Weather permitting concrete work on State Route 7 north of Kananga is slated to begin Monday. Frownie Brothers, contractors, are to execute the pouring under the direction of G. M. Gearhart, resident engineer.
Gallia County farmers received an indefinite extension to file for the federal wheat adjustment program. By Sept 27, about 2 applications covered roughly 1,300 acres with potential acreage cuts near 185 acres. Eligible growers could net around four thousand dollars for reductions. largest cuts reported by Ernest Riggs, Charles Williams, and Joseph Worman. Carl Lewis, 19, underwent appendectomy. Mrs. Clarence Washington of Winfield, W. Va, discharged.
In Gallipolis on September 27 a potato grown through a meat bone was unearthed by Charles Boster from his Cheshire bottoms farm. A section of potato sits on each side of the bone, roughly equal in size, displayed at the Commercial and Savings Bank.
Community notes list visits and gatherings across Bidwell Middleport and Ryger. Irma Reynolds heals from a hand infection while relatives and friends, including Mrs Renner, Mrs Clark, the Roushs, Gordon, Boice and Blazer families, share weekends and Tuesday visits.
Rev W A Colegrove of the Union Mission Parkersburg spoke at the Rotary Club gathering in the Hotel Lafayette. He conducts services at First Baptist Church this week and the event drew visitors from Athens Pt Pleasant and Gallipolis. Kelly Somerville of Parkersburg is appointed Kroger manager in Gallipolis succeeding A T Ball who leaves for New York City this week.
Two more singers filed certificates of compliance at the Gallipolis post office in the past week. They are E V Folden and the Gallipolis Union Mission.
Gallipolis reports a Court of Honor at Grace M. E. Church with speakers Dr. L J Kail and Scotty McPherson. Awards honored local scouts for the past year, including first class and star scout distinctions and merit badges across various fields.
W. F. Holzer, father of Dr. C. E. Holzer, remains critically ill at Solon Springs Wisconsin after an operation. Dr. Holzer left Friday for Wisconsin, wrecked his car near Lima Ohio, traveled by train to Chicago then by plane to Duluth and Solon Springs. Dr. Milo Wilson attends the National Roentgen Society and Century of Progress in Chicago. Mrs. Wilson and her father Mr. Bean visit relatives in Athens. Guy Seashores and son of Jacksonville Florida stay with Dr. Ella Lupton and Mrs. C. J. Norton. Mrs. Nona Chappel of Omaha Nebraska visits cousin John Hix and family.
General Ashburn requests reversal of a 16 percent wage reduction for Federal Barge Line employees on the Mississippi River. Local river traffic included the Juniatta moving coal from Louisville to Cedar Grove and the Inquals up from Dam 26 with an empty barge. The Gravel fleet under Captain M. T. Epling returned upriver, and other steamers such as J. D. Ayres and Steel City carried five barges of steel, while Henry C. Yeiser moved 21 coal barges to Cincinnati.
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