Hocking County Group Broadcasts at WOSU
Hocking County club members aired a 25 minute broadcast on Station WOSU Monday evening directed by County Agent Harold Chambers. The program opened with song by Helen St Clair Belle Vanatta and Betty Brown and included talks on sheep parasites and fitting sheep for show.
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Orvilene Hutchinson
Fay Rodman
Louise Heinlein
Mabel Conkle
Kathryn Cherry
Ruby Moyer
Ralph Heinlein
Merl Huggins
Woodrow Harden
Robert Stone
Howard Wharton
Oreville School Debt Conferees in Columbus Meeting
Logan Ray Little and Supt J W Coleman of the Oreville Board of Education met in Columbus with department of industrial relations officials to discuss the district debt. Oreville has a defaulted debt from a former school building project and shrinking tax revenue now hampers bond retirement.
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Logan
Ray Little
Oreville Board of Education
J. W. Coleman
Columbus
Department of Industrial Relations
Oreville
Farmers Delayed With Spring Plowing Across County
LOGAN Farmers in Hocking County are a month behind in spring plowing per reports to the extension service. Merton Lehman Benton Township says work has just begun while Forest Wolf Perry Township notes only a small area plowed. Corn planting will be late and farmers worry about horse condition with heavy work ahead.
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Logan
Hocking County
Extension Service
Merton Lehman
Benton Township
Forest Wolf
Perry Township
Signs of spring observed in Washington Township
Logan O. D. Johnson reports signs of spring with a wild cherry tree in leaf and an apple tree showing pink in the buds. He adds his dog killed a groundhog Tuesday while the animal was sunning itself.
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Logan
O. D. Johnson
Washington Township
Blowout Causes Wreck Near Rockbridge
A heavy truck from the Fremont Transfer Company blew out a tire on Route 31 near Rockbridge Monday night, tipping the semi-trailer against an embankment and snapping a telephone pole. Deputy Sheriff Nellis Smith staffed the scene to manage traffic.
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Logan
Fremont Transfer Company
Rockbridge
Nellis Smith
Longtime Local Man Confined to Bed by Illness
Logan Sylvester Brown of Maxville is confined to his bed by illness. He is the father of E. S. Brown a parole officer at the Bove Industrial School and of Charles Brown principal of the Gore School.
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Logan
Sylvester Brown
Maxville
Hliness
E.S. Brown
Bove Industrial School
Charles Brown
Gore School
Farmers to Learn About Federal Soil Conservation Program
Arrangements are made for meetings in various parts of Hocking County next week to acquaint farmers with the federal soil conservation program offered as a substitute for the AAA. The sessions will be announced through extension service offices.
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Logan
Hocking County
Sheri Dan Downey Touted as OARP Successor in Overall Reform
Dr Francis Townsend labels Sherman Downey a new type of economist. Downey California attorney and OARP spokesman in the current clash is a former Bull Moose follower of La Follette and ran for lieutenant governor on the Upton Sinclair ticket in 1934.
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OARP
Francis E. Townsend
Sheridan Downey
California
Robert E. Clements
Downey
Townsend
LaFollette
Upton Sinclair
Oak Grove Marriage and Local Happenings Brief
The marriage of Roscoe Nanna and Myrtle Matheny took place March 7 at St. Marys West Virginia. The couple will live with the groom’s parents for now. Several residents visited Columbus and Chillicothe for services, broadcasts, and hospital mentions. Notable notes include a critical condition update for a patient at White Cross Hospital and a death in Circle Hill.
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Roscoe Nanna
Irvin Nanna
Myrtle Matheny
Eber Matheny
Near Here
St. Marys
W. Va
Rockcliff
Beatrice Spence
Columbus
Irvin Howard
Charles Levering
Wanda Wachenschwanz
Floride Schultz
Harley Allen
Floyd Lowery
Charles Wachenschwanz
Morris Lowery
Chillicothe
E. Howard Cadle
Pittsburgh
Betty Foughty
Coate Pickett
John Dishong
Inlaw
Willard Dishong
Earl Mourne
White Cross Hospital
Lowery and Allen
Eugene Wolfe
Enterprise
Mark Foughty
Nelsonville
John
Joe
William Adams
Ruth
Helen Adams
Connett
Humphrey
Howard
Edna Mae Wolfe
Ralph Wolfe
Michael Ely
Abbott Davis
Charles Wendell
Wendell
Henry Barnhart
Circle Hill
Harold Hartman
Lifford Hartman
Logan Council Calls Special Session Tonight on Street Projects
Mayor Kenneth R. Fitzgerald calls an 7 o'clock special meeting to discuss WPA cooperative street reconstructions. The session is set because the next regular meeting is not until April 14.
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Logan
Kenneth R. Fitzgerald
WPA
Contests Prize Goes to Mrs Summers in Hocking County
Mrs N E Summers of 530 E Second St in Hocking County won The Messenger letter writing contest earning a $15 prize. Fred Weber visited to present the check as Summers and her daughter celebrated at home after a surprising win and a year of family misfortune.
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N. E. Summers
Messenger
Logan
Second St
The
Hocking County
Fred Weber
Summers
4 H Organizations To Begin Work in April
Logan 4-H clubs plan an April start under extension agent Harold Chambers. Nearly 500 boys and girls are expected to enroll, with livestock and farm engineering for boys and sewing canning and homemaking for girls as the focus of the summer program.
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LOGAN
Harold Chambers
Miss Mary Helen Melcher Admitted for Throat Trouble
Miss Mary Helen Melcher of South Bloomingville and Laurelville High School faculty was admitted to Cherrington Hospital Tuesday for throat trouble that has troubled her for several days.
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Logan
Mary Helen Melcher
C. F. Melcher
South Bloomingville
Cherrington Hospital
Melcher
Laurelville High School
City Water Offers 15 Percent Discount for Early Payments
Logan city water customers may receive a 15 percent discount on semi annual statements if bills are paid by April 15. The water office plans an early payment push and will stay open all day on Saturdays April 4 and April 11 to accommodate customers.
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Logan-City
City Water Office
Griffin couple announce birth of daughter
Mr and Mrs Ralph Griffin of 490 N Walnut Street announce the birth of a daughter at Crescent Hospital on Tuesday afternoon. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Vance Webb.
Road Transfer Hearings Held in Logan Pleas Court
Hearings in the common pleas court room heard testimony from delegations across Hocking County on seven roads proposed for transfer from county to state highway management. Local officials and residents favored the move with figures outlining mileage and routes like Greendale Pattonville and Logan Geneva. The state must assume 40 miles of county roads under a new act, with possible absorption up to six more miles. Some action is expected soon.
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LOGAN
Common Pleas
Harley Calvin
State Highway Department
Hocking
Highway Department
Calvin
New Straitsville
Perry County
Frank St. Clair
W. E F. Evans
Emanuel Wolfe
B. W. Wright
Orla Wolfe
Greendale- Pattonville
Starr-Union Furnace
Buck Run
Cantwell Cliffs
Logan- Geneva
Gibisonville
Old Man's Cave
Sugar Grove
Marion Township
Mrs Benedum Dies in Logan at 82
Mrs Alice Benedum age 82 widow of John Benedum died at the home of Mr and Mrs Fred Eastman on Third Street at 10 15 Tuesday after a heart attack. She came to Logan seven months ago to live with her daughter and son in law after living in Canal Winchester. Funeral services are planned Friday afternoon with burial in Canal Winchester.
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Logan
Alice Benedum
John Benedum
Fred Eastman
Third St
Cars Crash In City. Gompf And Byerly Uninjured
Cars belonging to Adolph Gompf of this city and John Byerly of Green Township collided Monday night at Main and Mulberry Streets. No injuries reported, both vehicles damaged badly.
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LOGAN
Adolph Gompf
John Byerly
Green Township
Main and Mulberry Sts
No Action on Logan Gas Rate Ordinance
Mayor Kenneth R. Fitz gerald has not acted on the gas rate ordinance passed last week. He must decide within 10 days whether to approve or veto. The measure sets an average rate of 63.4 cents per thousand for three years and passed 5 to 2.
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Logan
Kenneth R. Fitzgerald
Mothersingers Host Potluck and Social Meeting
Mrs. Allen Adams hosted the Mothersingers at her W Second St home Monday for a potluck dinner and a business session led by president Mrs. Harold Chambers. Group singing followed with piano numbers by Mrs. Adams and Mrs. Hugh Meldrim and songs by Mrs. James Smoot with Adams accompaniment. A social hour concluded the evening.
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Allen Adams
Second St
Harold Chambers
Adams
Hugh Meldrim
Malaguena
James Smoot
Sewing Club and Delta Theta Tau Host Busy Monday Evenings
Sewing Club met at Mrs. Francis Myers home on Warner Ave for needlework and refreshments. Winorlose Club hosted by Mrs. Bell Miller on Warner Ave with substitute players. next meeting at Mrs. C. E. Yontz in two weeks. Delta Theta Tau Sorority met at club rooms with business, social hour, and bingo with awards to Mrs. Friend, Miss Powers, Vivian Keyes, Dorothy Roberts and Mildred Struble. Inactive guests included Mildred Collins, Mrs. Friend, and Mrs. Ross Adcock. next meeting set for April 14.
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Sewing Club
Francis Myers
Warner Ave
Winorlose
Bell Miller
Carl Judy
Fred Burchfield
A. T. Spears
Ruth Heft
Emma Floyd
C. E. Yontz
Novella Weltner
Marguerite Acker
Delta Theta Tau Sorority
Roger Friend
Florence Powers
Vivian Keyes
Dorothy Roberts
Mildred Struble
Mildred Collins
Friend
Ross Adcock
Red Cross Flood Relief Funds Collected in Hocking County
Logan chapter officials report about 250 dollars raised for flood relief in Hocking County. More donations are needed to meet relief goals.
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Logan
Red Cross
Hocking County
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