Eight Month Term Set for Hocking County Rural Schools
Logan Ohio Hocking County rural schools will open September 10 with an eight month term. Holiday vacation runs December 21 to January 2, and the term ends April 24. The county board seeks cooperation from local boards and has earned commendation from the state department of education for its constructive organization plan and prompt action.
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Logan
Hocking County
County Board of Education
State Department of Education
W. R. Cherry
L. L. Louthian
Fugitive Prisoner Surrenders to Begin Jail Term
Logan report states Fred Courtney of Greendale, who escaped Hocking County Jail with an accomplice using an improvised key, turned himself in at the courthouse on Monday and was sent back to jail to complete his sentence as ordered by Magistrate 8.
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Logan
Hocking
Fred Courtney
Greendale
B. Whitehart
Logan Briefs and Local Travel Notes
Logan briefs report E L Nelson of this city working temporarily in Columbus as a statistician with a large firm while the family stays in Logan. Charles V Webb of Toledo visits relatives in Logan and Hocking County. he is brother of C G Webb Webb Summit. Mayor Kenneth R Fitzgerald returns to City Hall after an illness. Dr and Mrs Allan Cole and family vacation in Canada with Dr and Mrs E B Campbell and family of Columbus.
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E. L. Nelson
Columbus
Logan
Charles V. Webb
Toledo
Hocking County
C. G. Webb
Webb Summit
Kenneth R. Fitzgerald
City Hall
Allan Cole
Canada
E. B. Campbell
Jailed for Attack on Laurelville Officer
Laurelville man George Swackhamer was charged with assaulting Marshal George W. Selis after an alleged manhandling incident at a Laurelville restaurant Saturday night. Deputy Sheriff Joe W. Farbearn arrested him and transported him to the county jail.
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Logan
George W. Selis
Laurelville
George Swackhamer
Joe W. Farbearn
Williams Visits Logan Then McArthur In Ohio Supreme Court Race
Republican judge Roy H. Williams campaigned in Logan on Monday visiting local acquaintances before proceeding to McArthur. Williams has ten years on the sixth district court of appeals and nine years on the Erie County common pleas bench.
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Supreme Court
McArthur
Logan
Roy H. Williams
Ohio Supreme Court
Williams
Sixth District Court of Appeals
Common Pleas
Erie County
4-H Club Members In Camp for Week
A Logan delegation of 2 4-H Club members from Hocking County left Logan for a joint club camp at Athens County to be encamped until Saturday. Harold Chambers assisted in arrangements and will serve as councillor. Ruth Rhein scheld will supervise daily duties for the group.
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Logan
Hocking County
Union
Athens County
Harold Chambers
Ruth Rheinscheld
Boy Scout Day at Bremen Centennial Celebration
Arrangements are made for a Boy Scout Day on August 22 as part of the Bremen Centennial Celebration. Troops will camp overnight August 21 on the high school campus. A campfire and band concert are planned.
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Bremen
Absentee Ballots In Brisk Demand
Absentee ballots pour into the county election board as supplies and instructions will be distributed to precinct officials next Saturday. Candidates increase activity with house to house canvassing as the main campaign method amid expectations of surpassing prior state election year absentee voting.
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Logan
County Election Board
Carbon Hill To Have Concrete Sidewalks
Carbon Hill citizens and Hocking County Commissioners cooperate to lay a 1300 foot concrete sidewalk from the business district to the high school. Other short items note travel by Mrs Fred Huls and daughter Barbara from San Francisco, a Carbon Hill wedding, and a Hocking County Grange picnic planned for August 15 at Rising Park with dinner, games and music.
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Logan
Carbon Hill
Hocking County
Logan—Hocking County
Rising Park
Lancaster
Oak Grove notices include reunions and home-coming events
The Nanna and Brandenburg family reunion is set for Aug 19 at Birch Hollow Grove near Carbondale with a ball game between Carbondale and Craver Drugs of Columbus and old-fashioned music by family members. Connett Methodist Home-Coming is Sept 2 with special music, a speaking program and a picnic dinner open to all.
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Oak Grove
Brandenburg
Birch Hollow Grove
Carbondale
Craver
Columbus
Connett Methodist Episcopal Home
Bett Foughty
Ea Foughty
Athens
Mark Fooughty
Chauncey
Julia Foughty
Celia Foughty
Ruth Foughty
Royal Hartman
White Cross Hospital
Nelsonville
Flo Parsons
Betty Foughty
Anna Parsons
Galada
Martin
Charles Howard
Martin Howard
Fd Edgar
New Marshfield
Edgar
Vernon families attend Standard 611 Co. picnic at Masonic Park
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Vernon and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Vernon with two children joined a Saturday picnic for Standard 611 Co. employees at Masonic Park, Marietta. Re-roofing the ME Church building is finished and interior decorating will begin, aided by voluntary cash contributions and donated labor.
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C. A. Vernon
Clyde Vernon
Standard 611 Co
Masonic Park
Marietta
Glouster
Unemployed League urges property owners to refrain from evictions
Glouster unit 8 of the Unemployed League asks owners to spare tenants on relief from eviction and to withhold payments for now. A meeting at the high school Thursday night includes music, pie sales, and talks by county candidates with prior credentials. A report on Columbus conventions will be given and a solicitor committee formed. Officers include President John L. Southard, Vice President Charles L. Carrigan, Secretary Pete L. Collins.
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Glouster—Unit No
Glouster Unemployed League
Columbus
Unemployed League
John L. Southard
Charles L. Carrigan
Pete L. Collins
Bishopville Church Club Sponsors Sunday Picnic
The Bishopville Church Community Club sponsors a picnic in Reed Grove this Sunday after Sunday School and church services. A basket dinner will be served at the grove.
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Glouster— the
Bishopville
Reed Grove
Kiwanis Group Plans Zanesville Meeting Wednesday
Kiwanis members from Gluster will travel to Zanesville for a joint meeting Wednesday at 6 pm. Those earlier in Gluster will assemble in front of Murphy Motor Co. at 5 pm. The Woman's Foreign Missionary levy meets Wednesday at 2 pm at Mrs. E. H. Taylor’s Fairlawn Avenue home with mite boxes requested.
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Glouster
Kiwanis Club
Zanesville
Murphy Motor Co
Haigier Visits Athens Ahead of Ohio Primary
Charles E. Haigier, Republican hopeful for Ohio governor, stopped in Athens Monday to confer with supporters. Haigier, president of the Ten Mill Limitation League, farms and is an Ohio State and Harvard graduate active in tax reform for education financing.
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Charlies FE
Haigier
Washington Court House
Ohio
Athens
Ten Mill Limitation League
Ohio State
Harvard
Joseph B Winefordner Funeral in New Straitsville
New Straitsville resident Joseph B. Winefordner, 74, died Sunday from heart failure. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at his home with burial in New Straitsville. Survived by his widow, three brothers William Gus John and five sisters. He was a retired coal operator and member of the New Straitsville Masonic Lodge and the Grotto in Nelsonville.
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Glouster
William Winefordner
New Straitsville
Joseph B. Winefordner
Masonic Lodge
Nelsonville
Mr. Winefordner
Big City
Gus
Get
John
Tucson
Ariz
Ben Hill
Longacre
W. Va
W.F. Copeland
Detroit
James Brush
Scottsdale
Robert Williamson
Lancaster
I. N. McHarg
New Marshfield
Past Grands Meet Mrs Nellie Jones Hostess at Glen
Eleven members of the Past Noble Grands Club of the Marceillte Rebekah Lodge met at the home of Mrs. Nellie Jones with Mrs. Ora Jones presiding. Mrs. Lu lie Stahl received the mystery package, Cassie Vaughn and Nellie Golding won prizes. Refreshments were served. Next meeting at Mrs Margaret McHarg on New Marshield Road.
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Nellie Jones
Glen Glouster
Marceillte Rebekah Lodge
Ora Jones
Lulie Stahl
Cassie Vaughn
Nellie Golding
Jones
Margaret McHarg
New Marshield Road
Gift Death Notice Corrected After Name Error
The Messenger recalls an error in reporting the death of Ira H. Gift of Trimble. An Athens telephone misheard the name as Gibbs, causing a Gibbs obituary to appear. Gift had resided in Trimble for over forty years as a long time resident.
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Glouster
Ira H. Gift
Trimble
Gibbs
Gift
Athens
Mr. Gift
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Fred Huls
Barbara
Grangers
Trimble Township
Isc
Hobson
Dog and
Glouster Club
Charles E. Haigier
Joseph Winefordner
Straitsville
Brother
Sally Blane
Charles Starret
Catherine the Great
Doug Fairbanks, Jr
Elizabeth Bergner
Robt. Fraser
Sun
Mon
Jack Oakie
Spencer Tracy
Vassar
Zenners
Clyde O. Gibson
Ames Township
Amesville
Ohio University
O. U
Torch
United States
Clyde
Clyde Gibson
Amesville High School
Virginia University
Bank of Athens
Board of Education
Ane Gibson
Claude Clarke
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