Easter Services Across Logan and Hocking County
Logan and Hocking County churches prepare sunrise prayers and full cantatas for Easter Sunday. United Brethren Church opens at 6 a.m. with an 9 a.m. service led by Rev. Lyter, a cantata at 7 p.m., and multiple programs at First Presbyterian, Trinity Lutheran, St. Matthews, St. Pauls, and other churches. Special sermons, baptism, Holy Communion, and radio broadcast from WAIU accompany city and rural observances.
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H. M. Boocks
B. C. Peters
Harley M. Whitcraft
W. D. Thurness
Mary Sweazy
Glenna Davis
Willard McNallen
Madge Wright
Loren Peters
Dallas Kinser
Methodist Episcopal Church
Epworth League
James R Fields
Logan Commandery No
Knights Tem- Pilar
Fields
L. P. Mooney
First Presbyterian Church
H. L. Geddes
Christ
Emer Bliss
Trinity Lutheran Church
St. Matthews Lutheran Church
Ames L. Heyde
E. l L
Anna Aurand
Waiu
C. P. Bowen
Hocking County
Plan To Install Talkies In Ruble Theater
Logan April 18 A report says Harry Abrams Leo Kessel and Harry Cowan will take over Ruble Theater after a long lawsuit over a lease with S S Ruble The Supreme Court upheld Court of Appeals and Common Pleas action granting ten year tenure Remodeling and installation of talking pictures planned Local attorney confirms new managers intend to operate the theater
First Census Returns for Logan District Reported
Logan district supervisor Gaylord C. Peters sent in the first census data from Hocking County. The Third Ward, a smaller city ward, lists 1,146 people and includes two farms in its area. The 1924 figures for this district were not shown, so no comparison is possible.
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Logan
Gaylord C. Peters
Lancaster
Hocking County
Logan Chamber of Commerce labor service seeks workers
The Logan employment service run by the Logan Chamber of Commerce reports growing requests for laborers and employment, with several individuals placed in temporary jobs as this initiative expands.
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Logan
Logan Chamber of Commerce
Sorority Evening at Miss Lecrone's Hosts Contests
Members of Delta Theta Tau Sorority were entertained at the home of Miss Rosemary Lecrone on Warner Avenue Tuesday evening. After business adjourned, two contests were held with Miss Grace St. Clair and Mrs. William Woodruff winning. Lunch was served. guest was Miss Mary Racine.
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Delta Theta Tau Sorority
Rosemary Lecrone
Warner Avenue
Grace St. Clair
William Woodruff
Mary Racine
Sorority selects committee for April 28 event
Miss Mildred Laube is named chairman of the organizing committee for Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority entertainment on April 28. She is aided by Mrs. Ann Myers and Miss Pauline Nagle. A picture show featuring sorority members will be shown and refreshments will be served.
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Mildred Laube
Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority
Ann Myers
Pauline Nagle
Clock System Falls Behind At Logan Courthouse
Prisoners cleaning walls in the Common Pleas Court room disrupted wiring in the courthouse clock system causing all clocks to run an hour late and the bell to strike out of sync. Officials will rearrange the timing to restore correct time.
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Logan
Common Pleas
East Division Is Contest Winner in Attendance Drive
In Logan on April 18 the Eastern Division of the First Presbyterian Church won the attendance contest by four points over the West Division led by Miss Anna Wellman. East totaled 1455 to West 1421 with midweek attendance giving East the edge, while West led morning worship 861 to 739. Evening services favored East 365 to 44. midweek scores varied with West ahead Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.
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West
Daughter Born in Columbus Hospital Birth
Mrs Foorry Bohnenkamp of Washington Township underwent a caesarian operation at a Columbus hospital Monday evening resulting in a daughter. Both mother and child are reported doing nicely. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Ford Kistler of Washington Township.
Knights of Pythian Lodge social in Adelphi
Members of the Knights of Pythian Lodge from Logan attended a district social in Adelphi on Wednesday evening. A banquet was served and representatives from Chillicothe Circleville Nelsonville Murray City Oak Hill and Lauraville were present.
Leaders in Test Announced Here
Logan April 18 results of the Junior High School pupil test conducted statewide under the State Department of Education. Top scorers include Dick Brown in English Seventh Grade. Leonx Byers first in Eighth. John Kleinschmidt first in Ninth and Latin. Mary M Roberts, Elizabeth Brooker, Selah Rachel Warren among top in Algebra General Science and other subjects. Pupils with highest scores advance to the district contest at Ohio University on May 3.
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Ohio University
W M A Meeting At Enterprise Church Home
Mrs J F Brashares hosted the W M A group from Enterprise United Brethren Church on Tuesday evening with twenty two in attendance. Plans for the year were set and committees reported. Mrs Robbe Walker led the devotionals and lunch followed, served by the hostess with assistance from Mrs Fred Swartz and Mrs Christina Engie.
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J. F. Brashares
Enterprise United Brethren Church
Robbe Walker
Fred Swartz
Christina Engie
Fire escape collapse after chain attachment at James Block
In Logan on East Main Street a fire escape at the James Block buckled inward when Fred Oberle attached a chain to lifting gear for a car body. The wall held without collapse until braces were added and supports placed the next day.
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Logan
James Block
East Main Street
Fred Oberle
Kreider Named Chairman of Inter-County Track Meet
C. F. Kreider principal of Marion Township High School was named chairman of the committee in charge of arrangements for the inter county track and field meet to be held at the fair grounds in Logan May 6. Other committee members are Mrs Jennie M Hull D O Davis Raymond Skinner and C A Woods.
Local officials host Ohio state educators and business visitor
Dwight Stacy of Carbon Hill was a business caller in this city Thursday. Dr. Anderson and H. H. Davis of Ohio State University were in Logan Wednesday conferring with members of the City Board of Education.
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Dwight Stacy
Carbon Hill
Dr. Anderson
H. H. Davis
Ohio State University
Logan
Educaton
John Byerly Installed as Justice of the Peace in Marion Township
Logan April 18. After slow hiring in the first of the year Marion Township trustees appointed John Byerly as justice of the peace. Reports say he has since contributed to township affairs while issues linked to Marion Township farms are being looked at for oil and gas development.
Walters announce birth and local medical notes
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Walters of Nelsonville announce the birth of a son on Thursday. Eather Kennard of Haydenville is slated for a tonsil removal operation. Dr. Williams, Athens County Prosecutor, was a business caller in Logan Thursday.
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Mtr
Herbert Walters
Nelsonville
Rt. No. 2
Eather Kennard
Haydenville
Ohio Bell voice: state figures unfair in rate case
In Columbus the Public Utilities Commission hearing on the eight year telephone rate case closes after Karl Burr of Ohio Bell quotes Kipling to mock state appraiser W. J. Hagenah. Burr argues state valuation of 83 million is confiscation and harms service quality.
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Columbus
U.R
Tommy
Public Utilities Commission
Kipling
Tommy Atkins
Karl Burr
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Burr
W. J. Hagenah
Atkins
Mr. Hagenah
Hagenah
Parker Brings Senate Battle to Real Crisis
Washington April 18 A parade of Senators facing political embarrassment over Judge John J Parker nomination to the Supreme Court moves toward the White House. Protests from labor unions and Negro organizations swell the Senate Judiciary Committee as Hoover faces a pivotal decision. Republican leaders meeting with Watson signaled plans would shift to openly addressing the Parker issue in the Senate.
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Washington
Parker
Hoover
Senate
Watson
Rush and Douglas Sentenced to Prison in Ohio
John Rush of Millfield and William Douglas near Athens were moved from Athens County Jail to the Ohio State Penitentiary in the custody of Sheriff William Williams. Rush received four years for grand larceny while Douglas returned to prison for parole violation.
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John Rush
Millfield
William Douglas
Athens
Ohio State Penitentiary
William Williams
Rush
Douglas
Athens Liveryman in 1904 Feared to Rent Horse
Pomeroy veteran Orlando H. Bissell recalls a 1904 Athens visit when a livery stable warned that the only horse available was high strung and would bolt at the sight of an automobile. He rode the horse to Bedford Township and back, avoiding any run‑in with the growing motor age.
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Athens
Pomeroy
Orlando H. Bissell
Washington
Roosevelt
Bedford Township
Meigs County
Bissell
Life for Love Shattered Romance Blamed in Death
Yale graduate John Douglas, class of 1929, was found dead by suicide in a YMCA room in New York. A breakup letter signed Dana suggested they remain friends. the envelope was postmarked Fargo North Dakota. Letters from Douglas' stepfather Dr J H Rhinlaub of Pasadena California were also recovered.
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New York
John Douglas
Yale
Douglas
Dana
Fargo
N. D
J. H. Rhinlaub
Pasadena
Calif
Legal fight over Dr. Alfred P. Scully will erupts
In Cleveland on April 18 the probate court faced a dispute over the will of Dr. Alfred Pp. Scully a bachelor physician murdered March 8. The 60 year old will was filed for probate amid questions about its validity and the estate's distribution.
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Cleveland
Alfred Pp. Scully
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