Logan Mayoralty Contest Grows With Absentee Ballots
Absentee ballot applications in Logan rise to twenty as mayoral race shapes up. Republicans face a two man contest with Jack Kinser and James Meldrim, both council members. Democrats field three candidates Elias Bright, J W Gabriel, and M W Schrader, a first time candidate. Bright and Gabriel bring Highway Department experience. Schrader runs a filling station business.
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Logan
Dallas
Jack” Kinser
James M. Meldrim
Elias E. Bright
J. W. Gabriel
M. W. Schrader
Kinser
Meldrim
Bright
Gabriel
State Highway Department
Mr. Schrader
Logan Relatives Hear Of Mrs. Miller death
Logan relatives learned of the death in Columbus of Mrs. Harley Miller formerly of Logan who died at a hospital after a Friday admission following a stroke two weeks earlier. She was a sister of Mrs. W. H. White Logan Mrs. W. F. Armstrong Laurelville and Frank Kittsmiller Detroit. Niece Mrs. Melrose Harbaugh traveled to Columbus to be with family and Mrs. White is visiting in Erie Pa. Funeral services and burial will take place in Columbus where her husband is buried.
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Logan
Columbus
Harley Miller
Miller
W. H. White
W. F. Armstrong
Laurelville
Frank Kittsmiller
Detroit
Melrose Harbaugh
White
Erie
Logan Social Notes Full of Visits and Picnics Across Nearby Towns
logan residents hosted and visited relatives in Athens Albany Columbus West Union Old Washington and Nelsonville. several families attended camp Lazarus and Garvin School reunions while picnickers gathered at Cantwell Cliffs after visiting great lakes expo in cleveland and battles creek michigan.
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Richard Brooks
Athens
Albany
Alford Brooks
Columbus
Mark Lohr
Tom Morse
City
Camp Lazarus
C. A. Gaffin
West Union
Mr. Gaffin
H. O
Charles Green
Old Washington
James Tignor
Senecaville Dam
R. A. Henderson
J. K. Giffen
Donna
David Giffen
Harry Christy
St. Clairsville
Bill Coakley
Shadyside
George Moore
Cumberland, O
William Garvin
T. O. Moore
Garvin
Moore
Orville Farrar
Manon Powers
Sue Rochester
Henry Adcock
Logan
Farrar
Byesville
Cantwell Cliffs
Brown family reunion draws Logan delegates at Lancaster fairgrounds
More than 100 members attended the Brown family reunion at the Lancaster fairgrounds Sunday. Attendees from Logan and vicinity included A. M. Brown and spouses, J. F. Rutgers, Joe Brown, Earl Brown, Walter Leonard, Frank St Clair, Webb Summit, Sylvester Brown and family, and James F. Brown with sons Glenn and Harold from Marion Township. Members of Harrington Class of First Presbyterian Church also joined the Cantwell Cliffs picnic Monday evening.
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Brown
Lancaster Fairgrounds
Logan
A. M. Brown
J. F. Rutgers
Joe Brown
Earl Brown
Walter Leonard
Frank St. Clair
Webb Summit
Sylvester Brown
Maxville
James F. Brown
Glenn and
Harold
Marion Township
Harrington
First Presbyterian Church
Cantwell Cliffs
George Moore
Bess Mutchmore
Frank Harden
Phil Tschappat
John Kreig
Dessa Hanna
R. A. Henderson
Clinton Webb
Veteran Green Township trustee seeks eighth term
Logan Allen Tannahill of Green Township announces his candidacy for another term as trustee. A long serving official in Hocking County he is currently finishing his eighth term in office.
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Logan — Allen Tannahill
Green Township
Hocking County
Chief Goes on Trip With Reynolds and Powell
Logan reports Chief of Police and Mrs Lew Reynolds of this city travel with Mr and Mrs William Powell Nelsonville for a month long trip to the West Coast. Patrolman Hugh Little will serve as regular force in the chief's absence. Dorothy Bond 11 suffered a fracture of her left arm after a fall from a tree in Haydenville last week.
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Logan
Dorothy
John Bond
Haydenville
Hocking Red Cross Reports Aid to Pupils
The Hocking County Red Cross school program reports since 1918 about 1800 pupils benefited from first aid to the injured. This year 76 boys and 76 girls earned certificates under Charles R. Eberst and Miss Gertrude Bliss. Previous classes included 1930 adult instructors, 1933 for FERA foremen, and WPA foremen training with 33 taught by Eberst.
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Charles Hartzell
Lawrence Adcock
R. A. Hammond
W. B. Lacock
FERA
Fred Graham
Carl Poling
WPA
Mr. Eberst
Harvey Allen
Charles Bungard
Donald Criswell
Horace Cunningham
Hall Downhour
Art Eckles
Orla Fickel
Porter Gottke
Walter Haddox
E. R. Hammond
Lewis Holleran
Herman Hopkins
Homer Kinnison
John Kline
Harry Lehman
Walter Lehman
Carl Marshall
Earl Marshall
Gould Mowery
Fred Poling
William Rafferty
Orla Redd
Clarence Rider
Charles Robey
Gerald Robinson
Helen’ Rochester
Charles Shaffer
Herman Sheline
Wayne Smart
Henry Spencer
Rudd Summers
John Thompson
Frank Wallace
Guysville Home-Coming Planned At M F Church
The Guysville M F Church will host an all day home coming this Sunday Aug 1. Invitations are extended to the public. Memorial services for the Eastern Star Lodge were held at Masonic Hall Friday night. A funeral was held for John Hawk of near Marion Ohio with interment at the adjoining cemetery.
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Guysville
M. F
Jessie Simmons
F. B. Bean
Gladys Fuller
Race Fortney
Parkersburg
Claire McLaughlin
Martin L. Davey
Buckeye Lake
E. I. Bean
Foster Bean
Laura Barnett
Merwin Bryson
Esther Mae Bryson
Frank Croy
Malta
Clarence Fuller
Eastern Star Lodge
Masonic Hall
Marylon McGee
Marion
Clyde Hatfield
Weston
W. Va
C. E. Hatfield
Virginia Coleman
Columbus
Kate Sweeney
Wheeling
Leta V. McLaughlin
John Hawk
Asbury Church
George Hawk
Vida Buck Hawk
Minnie Christy
Henry Koehler
Pomeroy
Clarence Colmer
Athens
Rome Hawk
R. F
Benny Fortney
Chapman Bros
Garnet Klingenberg
Mildred Windland
Chillicothe Thur
Bulars
Beauty and the Grease in Catalina Aquaplane Race
Lou Sawtelle, a California mermaid, poses as the Lubrication Lady wearing black axle grease. She is one of two women entering a cross channel dash against 25 men from Catalina Island to Manhattan in the aquaplane race.
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Lou Sawtelle
California
Catalina Island-Manhattan
Stones To Reunite At Lancaster Park Aug 11
Logan Stone family from Hocking and adjoining counties plans an annual reunion on Wednesday August 11 at Rising Park in Lancaster with a basket dinner featured. All family members are urged to attend.
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Logan
Stone
Hocking
Rising Park
Lancaster
Clarks Chapel Hosts Home Coming and Busy Social Calendar
Members plan a home coming at Clarks Chapel Church for Sunday Aug 8 with a basket dinner and ongoing programs. Ladies Aid elected officers Mary Snow president and others. Sunday School re elected Frank Phillips as superintendent. Community activities include youth programs, visits, and local gatherings at the church and homes.
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Ladies Aid Society
Mary Snow
Nelle Bell
Cora Phillips
Nellie Phillips
Logan Men Catch Two Large Catfish on River Trip
J. M. Conkle, Robert Mohler, Simon Steward, and Jim Finnefrock fished the Muskingum River from Friday to Monday. They brought in two large catfish weighing 14 and 12 pounds, plus three other catfish weighing 3.5 pounds each.
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Logan
J. M. Conkle
Robert Mohler
Simon Steward
Jim Finnefrock
Muskingum River
Barton Holl Speaks To Logan Rotarians
Barton Holl addressed the Logan Rotary Club on Business Trends for 1938 and shared data from last year’s survey overseen by Dr. H. H. Maynard of Ohio State University. A Logan newspaper employee cut his little finger in a metal saw and received medical attention.
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Barton Holl
Logan
Logan Rotary Club
H. H. Maynard
Ohio State University
Tom Logan
Green Township
Elks Lodge Undergoing New Roof Work on Main Street
Trustees of the Elks Lodge are installing a new roof on their E Main Street property and the project is currently in progress.
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ELKS
LOGAN
Elks Lodge
E. Main St
Logan Couple Fined After Liquor Raid
Logan residents Scott Goslin and wife Dora Geslin faced Judge Phil A. Henderson after inspectors led by D. D. Dupler raided their Logan home. Dora Geslin pled guilty to illegal possession of whiskey and liquor for sale with fines totaling 500 plus costs. She also faced an obstructing charge and was fined 100 plus costs. Goslin pled guilty to related liquor violations. two prior fines from 1936 and 1936 were noted. Two additional charges were withdrawn as pleas were entered.
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Dora Geslin
Geslin
Dupler
Hardware Clerk Becomes Farmer Leaving Laurelville Post
Albert G. Fast of Laurelville resigns after 18 years as White Hardware clerk and as secretary of the Laurelville Perry District board of education. He moves to a Findlay area farm and leaves his school board post. Lawrence Ward Adcock joins Scout camp at Buckeye Lake with Troop 153 and will stay through the camp’s end.
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LOGAN
Albert G. Fast
White Hardware
Laurelville
Findlay
Laurelville-Perry
Lawrence Ward Adcock
Lawrence Adcock
Buckeye Lake
Troop 153
Boy Scouts of
Murray City Mayor to Seek Reelection After Resignation
Logan May mayor John Ayres of Murray City plans to file his petition to succeed himself after being named to the office following Mayor Fred Surgen's resignation. The election places him directly on the primary ballot. In Laurelville, Mayor Clay Reichelderfer also appears likely to run for reelection.
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Logan
John Ayres
Murray City
Fred Surgen
Laurelville
Clay Reichelderfer
Logan Boy Returns From Foot Operation in County
Logan Robert Nixon son of Mr and Mrs Vernon Nixon of Union Furnace returned home Saturday from a Columbus hospital after a foot operation two weeks ago. He was brought home by Alfred B Campbell of the welfare department. The early illness left him with a crippled foot and the operation was done under the social security program for crippled children in the county.
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Logan
Robert
Vernon Nixon
Union Furnace
Columbus
Alfred B. Campbell
Welfare Department
Independents Beat Presbyterians 6 to 2 at Fairgrounds
Independents defeated the Presbyterians 6 to 2 at the fairgrounds with Roy Marshall earning his second straight win. William Spence pitched for the Presbyterians. The Maytags schedule games against Nelsonville at 6 p.m. tonight and a Presbyterians versus Methodists clash on Wednesday followed by the State Insurance Team versus Maytags on Thursday.
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Logan — Independents
Presbyterians
Fairgrounds
Roy Marshall
William Spence
Nelsonville
Methodists
State Insurance
Carrs Begin Eight Day Canada Tour
Supt. and Mrs. G. FE Carr left Monday on an eight day vacation trip to Canada. They expect to see the Dionne quints during their tour.
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Logan
G. FE. Carr
Canada
Dionne Quints
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