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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1942
Page
16
Logan Girard County Ohio arraignments proceed with Judge Phil Henderson presiding. Lawrence Lanning pleads guilty to breaking and entering property of Andy Campbell Coal Co. and receives two years probation. Additional defendants expected for arraignment Saturday morning as 11 of 15 indictments remain open.
Will Reynolds of New Straitsville Route 1 found an Easter egg on a Coal Gate farm that was decorated with permanent waves. He brought the egg to Logan for Newton Spencer to display, noting it was a bit larger than normal.
Logan notes the Business and Professional Women's Club met Tuesday. Gladys Webb reported on the joint meet with Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority. A White House dinner at 6 pm Sunday follows an organ recital at St Matthew Lutheran Church at 4 pm. Reservations are due by Friday.
Logan Junior High School faculty and students announced the annual citizenship contest by the Sons of the American Revolution. Sponsored by Charles Perkins of Hoopeston Illinois in honor of the Goodwin family pioneers, medals go to one boy and one girl nominee.
Dr Walter E Brehm of this city prepared petitions for the Republican nomination for Congress in the Eleventh District and will circulate them in five counties. Robert Stoughton son of Mr and Mrs George Stoughton Rockbridge enlisted in the Marines at Cincinnati after working in Lancaster.
Logan Gun Club cooperates with the American Trap Shooting Association and the Federal Government to provide its grounds south of Logan for training defense personnel. Interested workers should contact Joe Farbearn, Dr. C. C. Lyon, William Tannahill, or Harry K. Starr. The government recalls 1917 Enfield and 1903 Springfield rifles, about 44,000 sold after the last war, and seeks purchase of serviceable rifles for immediate delivery.
Logan resident William Bert Sayers announced Wednesday he will seek the Republican nomination for clerk of courts in August. A native of Nelsonville, he worked at Godman Shoe and later as a newspaper distributor. He was seriously injured in an earlier Route 50 crash but has recently returned to work.
Logan William Bensonhaver of Lancaster visited friends in Logan Tuesday while recovering from a fractured left arm from Falls township. His son James caught a 12 pound catfish last week at Buckeye Lake using a 12 pound test nylon line and a Number 4 hook.
An advanced first aid course led by Fred M. Collins of Logan finished this week in Murray City with 25 participants, including the school faculty under Supt. Joe J. Stone. A dinner followed the final lesson and the class presented gifts to their instructor.
Corporal Ray Abrams of the State Highway Patrol, leader of the Lancaster station, has been called into military service and left for a Florida camp with a first lieutenant commission. Corporal Norman Brunn of the Columbus headquarters replaces him and conducted an Auxiliary Police class Abrams had been teaching. Abrams previously served five years in the United States Marine Corps.
Enroll in a standard first aid course opened at the high school by Fred M Collins. Ten persons enrolled last Friday evening with more expected at 7 15 p m Friday. Interested individuals may enroll at the meeting. ATTEND INSPECTION LOGAN- Mr and Mrs Richard Reynolds and Melvin Reynolds Columbus and Harry Parker Grove City were in Logan Monday and Tuesday. The men attended the annual inspection of Mingo Lodge of Masons. The Reynolds formerly lived here.
The final paid assembly of the school year was held at the Logan High School Auditorium with junior and senior students in attendance. William Hardenbrook, a longtime India resident, lectured as Dick Buntz and Edward Kreider assisted. A Logan Clay Product Co. employee, Wylie Rhoads, sustained a left leg injury Tuesday at the plant.
The annual closing meeting of Logan Junior High School's special social efficiency class was held Tuesday evening directed by Marion Allen and C. R. Eberst. Kinney's Swing Band provided music for the banquet event. Farmer John F. Miller near Harmony is recovering after illness and was visited by local residents including Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mohler Mrs. Ford Kistler and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rutgers with son Bobby.
LOGAN Athens Presbytery will meet Monday at Union Furnace Presbyterian Church for the spring session. They honor Robert B. Longstreth of Logan, aged 89, a longtime member who has given generously to the church. In Logan, Mr. and Mrs. A. Ti Lewis and Henry Swartz of McArthur were injured in a motor accident Tuesday evening and are listed in fair condition at Cherrington Hospital.
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