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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 10, 1946

Page

3

Four Resolutions Passed by Logan Council

Logan City Council approved four resolutions at its Tuesday meeting. Actions include bidding for about 16 thousand gallons of road material for unimproved streets, negotiating with Ohio Power for more street lighting on East Main Street area, establishing a new incidental equipment fund within the parking meter fund, and transferring funds among matériel, cemetery, service, and lands and buildings accounts. A petition for a 20 foot smooth surface street north of the pool with lights at ends was referred to the street and alley committee. Ray Loomis was confirmed as director of public safety and service.

Logan Director of Public Safety and Service Ohio Power Company East Main Street C. & O. Railway Church Street Betty Ave Bell and Scholl Ray Loomis Weltner Wilhelmine Deissele Lancaster Public Utilities Commttee

Sewing Club Elects Officers Tuesday

LOGAN The Sewing Queen 4-H Club met at leader Mrs. Grant Harden Tulsa day evening and elected officers: President Sally Lafferty, vice president Judy Hutchison, secretary treasurer Betty Funk, recreational leaders Bonnie Harden and Mary Jo Graham, and news reporter Linda Lafferty. Mrs Roy Berry home demonstration agent led the meeting with refreshments served to listed members and officers.

Joe Funk John Nichols Funk Carol Harden

Logan Teachers Hear Education Secretary

Assistant Executive Secretary of the Ohio Education Association B. I. Griffith spoke Monday evening at a Logan after school teachers’ meeting on the teaching profession. All Logan public school teachers attended. A May 13 after school picnic at Rachelmacher Park will be run by the social committee headed by Miss Helen Rush with Miss Sally Holmes, Miss Jean Harbourt, Miss Eleanor Lee, Mr. James Horwell and Mr. Fred Burchfield.

Logan Ohio Education Association B. I. Griffith Logan Public Rachelmacher Park Helen Rush Sally Holmes Jean Harbourt Eleanor Lee James Horwell Fred Burchfield

Harry Shaw Wins Contract for Seven Houses in Logan

LOGAN E. K. Sheffield of the Logan Clay Product Company has awarded Harry W. Shaw the contract to build seven modern houses on Wilson Ave in South Logan. Shaw began construction work Monday.

Logan E. K. Sheffield Logan Clay Product Company Harry W. Shaw Wilson Ave South Logan Mr. Shaw

Hospital Notes From Logan Area Hospital Report

Logan area notes report hand injuries from wringer incidents at home and hospital admissions. Mrs Carlos Gaffin injured hand in wringer. Norma Jean Linn treated for hand bruises from wringer. Mrs Vernon Mauk admitted to Doctors Hospital for observation. Births reported at Gibbons: an 8 pound 12 ounce boy to Willam Polley and wife and an 8 pound 3 ounce daughter to Don Wheeler and wife. Dismissals include Mrs Gay Young and Mrs Emma Adkins.

April Meeting Highlights Euterpean Music Club Program

Logan April gathering at Mrs Anthony Toerner’s home featured Mrs Allen Adams and Mrs J G Cole with Miss Mary Louise Bowen presenting Saint-Saens and Thais topics. Performances included a piano duet, a vocal solo, and Lakme excerpts, followed by light refreshments and May hostess plans.

Sampson and Delilah Cole Jules Massenet Evan _Blasius F. Meade Bowen Charles Bell Minnie Louise Bowen George Carr Phil Faine Carl Harsh Robert Keynes Raymond Lanning Wilburn Lanning Margaret Lutz Sumner Martin Harley Meyer Walter Prather George C. Shaw Arthur Green Adams

Hocking VFW Post Organizes With Local Meeting

A veterans group called Veterans of Foreign Wars met in Circle for organization with Tony Mertz district commander and P K Rice leading. The April 24 pledge and regular meetings on the second and fourth Tuesdays at Maccabee Hall were announced, with group members from Chillicothe assisting.

Dorcas H. V. Thrush Charles Loomis George Roberts John Keller Lewis Price Ruth Loomis Lulu Kennedy George Hanner Green Wheeler Belle Wright Orla Wolfe R. T. Poling Almeda Lyke Paul Cruise Logan Post Hacking Veterans of Foreign Wars Chillicothe Tony Mertz P. K. Rice Floyd Williams C. W. McCoy F. Simons J. Esamagile Keith Schultz Maccabee Hall

Country Club Opens With Golf Tourney

LOGAN BRIEFS Mrs Elizabeth Harvey and daughter Golden Louis of Columbus were Saturday guests of Mr. and Mrs Eli Oeffler and Miss Rebecca Harvey. They were enroute to their home in Meigs County. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Blake Arlington Ave received a telephone call from their son Earl J. Blake stationed at Aiea near Pearl Harbor. Blake was on leave and said he had suffered no ill effects from the recent tidal waves. Mr. and Mrs. Ruby Lortz of Columbus were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Gribble. LOGAN Weather permitting Mr and Mrs Addison Frey next Sunday will mark the opening of the Hocking Hunts Country Club golf course with a boogie tournament. In hot humid New Guinea there are mountain peaks where snow may fall any time of the year. RETURN FROM TRIP LOGAN Mr and Mrs John Allen and Mr and Mrs Jack Allen returned Sunday evening from several days at Mammoth Cave Ky.

Ruby Lortz Columbus George Gribble North Spring Street Logan Addison Frey Maple Street Hocking Hunts James Frey Club Belinds Sally Sharron David Laurelville Bill Clapp Henry Dague

Murray City Lodge To Give Minstrel

Pocahontas Lodge of Murray City plans a Husking Bee Minstrel during home-coming week May 26 to June 2. Lena Keeton directs a mixed black and white cast of local talent and invites residents to join the cast.

Murray City Pocahontas Lodge Husking Bee Lena Keeton

Names of Jurors Drawn For Hocking County Trials

Logan jury commissioners met in the clerk of courts office and witnessed Sheriff Floyd Duffy draw 150 jurors for the first degree murder trials of Ellen Lowery and Mary Walton. Lowery trial set for April 29 and Walton for May 13. summons due 15 days prior.

Logan Thelma Keyes Floyd Duffy Ellen Lowery Mary Walton Baker Rheinscheid Alton Frasure Elza Linscott Rockbridge Frank Murphy Murray Cry Beatrice Burs Laurelsville Hubert Baker Rosamond Moorehead Homer Allen Ralph Flowers Rechorndze Howard Thompson Laurelville Irma Roach Clarence Carpenter Edith Holliday Glouster Rt. 4 Charles Marks Forest Smith Bloominville George Stouchton Rocbridge Maynard Thomas John H. Shorr Willam Wine Roy Bowers Everett Sater Melrose Harbaugh James Patton Jay Huston Murray City Blaine Reed Laurelle Harold Cruise Logan Dorothy Bell Walter Julian Lauerville Lenora Leasure Clarence Green William €. Huston Floyd E. Brown Riley Worthman William Kennedy Union Furnace John Smart Buchtel Isaac Rutter Gladis Les Gerald Sinnott Rose Williams New Straitsville Stanley Norman Nellie Seabright Ethel Blankenshin Helen Peacock Glousier Abbie Collins Catherine Lackey Rolland Pontrous Walter Farms Nelsonville Emma Martin Willam Wahl Russell Con John Potter Jobs John Culbertson Arthur E. Riggs Frank Powers Opal Dixon Gore Nellie Frank Hobart Harvey Helen Lyons Mon Cook Nellie Cox Wilbur Seesholtz Eleanor Durr Lozan Leo Fox Harley Vandegrift Ruth Oldfield Rt. 2 Emmanuel Wolfe Neil Decker Goldan Shaw Clarence Phillips Betty Bailey Augusta Ruble Haydenville Charles Iles Noah Spencer Ruth Huske Bertha Doering Lee Gainor Riechley B. L.anderson Gibisonville Clifford Bailey Legan George Miller Guy Hunter Leonard C. Campbell Viola B Thompson Dorothy White Goss Inboden Charles A. Poling Mary Louise Bowen Florence Richetts Jesse Lutz Grace Rheinscheid Ostar Bollinger New Plymouth Hubert Huffman So. Bloomingville Raymond Swackhammer Opal Wylie Myrtle Evans Clara Scott Maude Coe Carbon Hill Sherman Burgoon Nola Thompson James W. Daugherty Nellie Price Albert Mahoney Walter Brooker William Estep James Kreig Carl Later Damiel Roberts Andrew Campbell Watson Ross John Carter Fred Keller Mary Amerine Ernest Garrett So Bloomingville H. C. Treaswhridge Cora Johnson Gladys Williams Ralph Hacker Irene McDaniel Elsie Preston Andy Risch Arthur Hinton John B Ray City Francis Jones Leste Brown So. Bloomingwile Charles H. Hopkins Florence Myers Josephine Hansel Guy Kineer Pearl Dawn Sugar Grove Martha Chute James Anderson Forest Wolfe Joe White John G. Byerly Samatha Mitchell Dorothy Kreig John Kane Mary Montgomery W. C. Conrad

Theft of Car Admitted to Police

Sheriff Floyd Duffy and Chief Sol Ellinger captured Leslie Biffle after a car theft from Frank Dup ler’s coupe taken from Dwight Dupler’s West St residence. Biffle pleaded guilty in Magistrate Frank St. Clair’s court and was bound over to the grand jury under a $500 bond. The sheriff recovered the vehicle in Wellston and returned it to the owner.

Loggan Floyd Duffy Sol Ellinger Leslie Biffle Frank Dupler Dwight Dupler West Frank St. Clair Ruffle Duffy Wellston

Players Guild See Life With Father in Columbus Trip

Logan Miss Bartelle Hamilton dramatics instructor and accompanying adults led a group of Logan High School Players Guild students who won a ticket sales contest for February plays. Betsy Bowers Norma Jean Hanna Joanne Rhoades Janice Mason Barbara Hull and Joe Walburn joined for dinner at Maramor and the Hartman Theater showing Life With Father. The guild plans an upcoming theatre party.

Logan Seniors Win Scholarship Certificates

Logan Senior High Principal Fred Burchfield presented certificates of scholarship to seniors who ranked in the city top 25 percent on the General Scholarship tests. Recipients were Janice N Barker, Carol Faith Clapp, and Mary Louise E Miller.

Logan Fred Burchfield Logan Senior High Janice N. Barker Carol Faith Clapp Mary Louise E.miller

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