Lead in Total Of Early Votes Already Cast
Logan county voters see a strong Democratic push as 171 of 205 absent and disabled ballots issued favor Democrats, with 34 for Republicans. Campaigning included Everett Jacoby and Robert Immell appearances, and band music to draw voters. Most ballots issued have returned. some remain in the mails expected to arrive soon.
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Logan
Hocking County
Election Board
Everett Jacoby
Jacoby
Robert Immell
Ross County
Logan Board Considers Graham District Transfer
Logan board to decide on Graham district transfer from Green Township after county approval. Nearly all patrons favored the move as green district pupils are bused to Logan. approval would require transporting grade pupils as well. Samuel Nihiser, Falls Township railroad operator, fell ill at Logan C and O office and was sent home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LOGAN
Samuel Nihiser
Falls Township
Logan C. and O
Nest of copperhead eggs found in Green Township
Wilbur Davis discovered a nest with 28 snake eggs two months ago. He observed them until last week and removed them. D. M. Davis brought some eggs to Logan on Friday and opened them to reveal developing copperhead snakes still alive inside the shells.
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Logan
Wilbur Davis
Green Township
D. M. Davis
Gore School District Files Levy Resolution
Gore School District becomes the first in the county to file a resolution with the County Election board seeking a five mill levy outside the ten mill limitation for current school expenses. If approved, the four year levy would take effect and many other rural districts are expected to follow for the November election as existing levies expire.
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Logan—Gore
County Election Board
Timothy Blankenship Returns From Marine Corps Enlistment
Timothy Blankenship of Oroville, son of Mr and Mrs Stephen Blankenship, has been discharged after four years in the United States Marine Corps at Newport Rhode Island. He served mainly afloat with winter cruises into equatorial waters and attained the rank of corporal. He plans no reenlistment for the next four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Timothy Blankenship
Stephen Blankenship
Oroville
United States Marine Corps
Newport
R. I
United States
Blankenship
Rose
Miss Vera Brashares to Teach First Grade at Haydenville
LOGAN Miss Vera Brashares of Enterprise was hired by the Green District School Board Saturday to teach first grade at Haydenville school for the coming year. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Josef Brashares and a Logan High School graduate. LOGAN William Walsh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Walsh of this city, left Saturday for Zanesville to work in a pharmacy. He will stay there through the winter and attend high school.
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Logan
Vera Brashares
Enterprise
Green District School Board
Haydenville
Brashares
Josef Brashares
Logan High School
William Walsh
Tom Walsh
Zanesville
Logan— Sawyer
East Logan
John Work Wellman
Cleveland
John A. Wellman
Merch Chemical Co
Rahway
N. J
Research Department of
Western
Death claims Bertha McManigal Boyd former Logan resident
Mrs Bertha McManigal Boyd, widow of Dr James O Boyd of New York, formerly of Logan, died Saturday night at 8:30 pm She was born in Nelsonville educated at Logan High School and Wooster Conservatory of Music later teaching there Her survivors include two daughters Betty and Florence Allen and a son Alden of New York plus a sister Miss Elizabeth McManigal and brother R D McManigal Funeral services will be held Tuesday with burial in Rahway New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Anthony Turner
Bertha McManigal Boyd
James O. Boyd
New York
Boyd
R. D. McManigal
Nelsonville
Logan High School
Wooster Conservatory of Music
Princeton
N. J
Theological Seminary
New York City
Hamilton
Allen
Florence Boyd
Buffalo
Betty Boyd
Alden
Elizabeth McManigal
Elmira
N. Y
Toerner
Westfield
John Wellman
Jessie McManigal
A. K. Smith
Charlotte Strentz
Robert C. Work
Rahway
Barn Fire Destroys Cavinee Farm at South Perry
Fire swept Ed ward Cavinee’s barn at South Perry early Saturday morning destroying hay and crops. Laurelville fire department responded with a pumper but the blaze was too far advanced to save the structure.
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Logan
Edward Cavinee
South Perry
Laurelville
City Civil Service Exam Sees One Applicant
Only one application was received for this afternoon’s water works plant extra engineer exam. E. P. Spackey, serving on an emergency 30 day appointment, was the sole candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
City Civil Service Commission
E. P. Spackey
Veterans To Meet LOGAN In Columbus Reunion
Veterans of the 83rd Division gather at the Virginia Hotel in Columbus August 23 for the 21st Company H reunion with Supreme Court Judge Arthur H. Day as speaker. Local Hocking Valley veterans served in the division in World War.
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LOGAN
Columbus
330Th Infantry
Virginia
Supreme Court
Arthur H. Day
Hocking Valley
Old School Buildings Sold in Green Township Auction
Green Township schools sold at an auction Saturday afternoon. Charles Pratt bought the Smith Chapel frame building for 241 dollars. The Smith Chapel M. E. Church acquired the brick building for 75 dollars. Outbuildings sold for 31 dollars. G W Christmann won the Pattonville brick building for 98 dollars, with outbuildings at 41. Shaffer bought the Coakley building for 90 dollars. Park Trowbridge bought the Greenland school house for 71 dollars. D E Harsh purchased the Shaw building for 75 dollars, outbuildings 18. All one room schools except Oak Grove have closed. Haydenville now hosts the pupils in the former high school building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. E. Harsh
Shaw
Oak Grove
Haydenville
Logan City Council Reads Retail Closure Ordinance
The Logan city council will meet Tuesday evening to read for a third time the proposed ordinance closing retail stores at 5 30. The water committee may report on drilling and equipping a second water well as a reserve supply, a matter referred two weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Phi Sig delegates depart for Detroit convention
Logan Bernard Rarick and Carl Larimer, delegates from the local Phi Sig fraternity chapter, left Sunday for Detroit to attend the annual convention. They are accompanied by Mrs. Larimer and will be out of the city until Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Bernard Rarick
Carl Larimer
Phi Sig Fraternity
Detroit
Mingus reunion planned in Baltimore August 21
Arrangements for a Mingus family reunion to be held in Baltimore on Sunday August 21. Relatives and friends are urged to attend and enjoy the usual picnic dinner offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Baltimore
Till Family Called to Fort Wayne as Illness Strikes
Mr and Mrs Nicholas Till and grandson Richard left Saturday for Fort Wayne due to the serious illness of Frederick Till brother of the Logan man. The journey underscores family concern as Frederick's condition prompted the urgent trip.
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Fort Wayne Logan
Nicholas Till
Richard
Fort Wayne
Frederick Till
Logan
Two Women Serve as Hocking Vote Judges
Logan report shows 216 precinct judges and clerks across 36 precincts in Hocking County with 147 men and 69 women. Only two women serve as presiding judges, both Republicans, including Mrs. Della Hansel in 1A Logan and Mrs. Ruth Bloom in 2C Logan. eight precincts outside the city are staffed by men only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Hocking County
Della Hansel
Ruth Bloomfield
Logan Brief Social Notes
Mid-summer bridge tea hosted by Miss Elsie Martin and Miss Mary Luise Bowen honored Mrs. C P McNeil of Whiting Indiana and Mrs Otto Gothe of Columbus. Katheryn Bell and Ben Ress won play awards. gifts given to the honorees. Several local residents and guests listed among attendees and visiting friends.
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Elsie Martin
Mary Luise Bowen
C. P. McNeil
Whiting
Ind
Otto Gothe
Columbus
Martin
Glenview Heights
Katheryn Bell
Ben Ress
McNeil
Gothe
Mary Krieg
Buffalo
N. Y
Elizabeth Jones
Dayton Schultheiss
F. Meade Bowen
John Krieg
Lawrence Hack
Sumner Martin
Kerwood Martin
Fred Hull
M. H. Cherrington
Elizabeth Ambrose
Mary T. Blasius
Clayton Shaw
Floyd Duffy
Clifton Henle
Ben Ross
Jane Ambrose
Sara Rockhold
Ruth Heft
Ann Bond
John Bond
Rudolph Lortz
Sterling Smith
Robert Mohler
Harry Keyes
Lucy M. Nill
Lancaster
Logan
Harry Nill
Ross Henderson
St. Clairsville
George Wheeler
Jean
R. A. Henderson
Gallia County Advances Secondary Road Improvements 1938-39
Gallia County's 1938-39 secondary road program, totaling about $300,000, moves toward approval by state and district WPA engineers. About 70 miles of roads are targeted, with work underway by 1,000 WPA workers earning roughly $52,000 monthly. Completion aimed for June 30, 1939, with many projects starting this summer and fall.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
E. N. Leonard
WPA
Leonard
Scott
Mt. Taber
Huntington Township
Morgan-Lane
Tom Thaxton
Homer McClaskey
Paul Roush
Church
Wheaton
Morgan Township
van Zent
Ward
Poplar Ridge
Poplar Ridge-Campaign
Cheshire
Possum
Perry Township
Fairfield Church
Green Township
Thomas Evans
Pumpkintown
Frank Shaffer
Greenfield Township
Burnett
W. L. Burnett
Allison
Barlow
Walnut Township
Shelton
Raccoon Township
Johnson
Lewis
Rock Lick
Harrison Township
Shoestring Ridge
Clay
Farm Groups Plan Picnic For Starbuck
Gallia County farm groups plan a county wide picnic on Rio Grande College campus to honor retiring County Agent R. R. Starbuck on September 2. Farm Bureau Grange Conservation Department 4 H Clubs Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerce will provide speakers and musical numbers. Rio Grande College faculty and students will host in honor of Starbuck who will soon join the college teaching staff and become a farm supervisor.
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Gallipolis
R. R. Starbuck
Rio Grande College
Anna White
Gallia County
Farm Bureau
Grange
County Conservation Department
Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Starbuck
Gallipolis Youths Begin Eastern Seaboard Trip
Ten Gallipolis youths in two aging cars left at 11 p m Saturday for a two week excursion to the Atlantic seaboard visiting Cleveland Buffalo Niagara New York Baltimore Washington Philadelphia and returning via White Sulphur Springs and Lewisburg Names Aldo Fontana John Houck Heber Russell John Paul Stone Steve Johnson Brownie Hatfield John Gwinn Wendell Lloyd Earl Mills Bob Morgan accompanied the trip planned to see sights if the cars hold up.
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Gallipolis
Atlantic Seaboard
Cleveland
Buffalo
Niagara
New York
Baltimore
Washington
Philadelphia
White Sulphur Springs
Lewisburg
Aldo Fontana
John Houck
Heber Russell
John Paul Stone
Steve Johnson
Brownie Hatfield
John Gwinn
Wendell Lloyd
Earl Mills
Bob Morgan
Man Recovering After Copperhead Bite Near Pt Pleasant
Elmer Kapp of Pt Pleasant was bitten on the leg by a large copperhead and discharged from Hylter Hospital after treatment. His dog, bitten at the same time, died following the incident.
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Gallipolis
Elmer Kapp
Pt. Pleasant
Hylter Hospital
Kapp
Rio Grande FFA Ice Cream Supper Planned
The Rio Grande Future Farmers of America will host an ice cream supper Thursday evening August 11 at the high school building in the village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rio Grande
Giant cottonwood falls on Camp Creek farm landmark
A massive cottonwood on Mrs. Annie Brooks’s Camp Creek farm in Greenfield Township was felled by her son Oakley Brooks. The 82 foot tree yielded about six cords of pulp wood, with a five foot two inch stump. It stood 150 years and long marked Camp Creek valley. neighbor Frank Tackett found an iron wagon tire embedded in a limb rising 45 feet above the ground.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Annie Brooks
Camp Creek
Greenfield Township
Oakley Brooks
Camp Creek Valley
Frank Tackett
Ranks of Gallipolis Boatmen Are Growing
Gallipolis Boat Club members with docks at Cedar Street report daily arrivals of new pleasure craft on the Ohio River. Since Eureka Dam, the river resembles a lake with a 40 mile northward straightaway and minimal current, boosting canoeing as a popular sport among both men and women paddlers.
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Gallipolis
Ohio River
Tobacco Auction House Used as Storage Plant
Gallipolis occupies the Tobacco Auction House at Third and Sycamore Streets as a storage plant for extra equipment by the Gallipolis Store and Foundry Co. The inactive tobacco center causes the opening to be delayed this fall. Growers market their product elsewhere. The company consolidates plants in Gallipolis Columbus Akron and Lima with vast machinery stored for future use. An ice cream supper is announced on the lawn in front of the Ohio Valley Grange Hall near Clipper Mill on Thursday night August 11, sponsored by the Juniors of Ohio Chapel.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Tobacco
Third and
Sycamore Sts
Gallipolis Store and Foundry Co
Huntington
W. Va
Maysville
Columbus
Akron
Lima
Ohio Valley Grange Hall
Clipper Mill
Juniors of Ohio Chapel
82 Year Old Mrs Swi gert Fracture From Fall
Mrs Sophia Swi gert, 82, of Chillicothe Avenue, suffers an ankle fracture after a fall.
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Sophia Swigert
Chillicothe Avenue
Dahlia Breaks Record Size in Gallipolis A C Clay Bloom
Dahlia expert A C Clay near Cheshire reports a dark red bloom of ten and a half inches in circumference, the largest yet recorded for that variety. The remarkable flower leads all prior measurements in the Dahlia breed.
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Gallipolis
A. C. Clay
Cheshire
Jones Funeral Held for John J. Jones in Gallia
About 1000 people attended the services for John J. Jones 80 at Cora Church and Old Pine Cemetery. Rites conducted by Rev W Frye and Rev Thomas Taylor with Masonic graveside ceremony following. Jones died from injuries alleged to have been inflicted by neighbor Sylvester Smith 40 who is held without bond.
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Gallipolis
John J. Jones
Cora Church
Old Pine Cemetery
Everett Lewis
John Williams
Harry Anderson
Rio Grande
Charles Evans
Gallia
Mr. Jones
Ebenezer
Hollis
Merrill McCormick
Melvin Gilbert
Cora
Ivor Jones
Jackson
Trevor Davis
Ironton
Trigway Groner
Bean Dinner At Vinton Draws Hundreds In Heat
In Gallia County at Vinton hundreds attended the annual bean dinner despite scorching temperatures. Candidates for district and local offices used the event to present election pleas. A home talent play Coast to Coast at Town Hall drew a large, responsive audience and kneaded community ties. Many former residents returned to reconnect and reflect on former times.
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Gallipolis
Vinton
Vinton Village
Baptist Church Cornerstone Laid in Gallipolis Fete
Baptist Church cornerstone laying drew many visitors from Southern Ohio churches. A copper box with church records was placed in the stone in a public ceremony. Workmen sealed the receptacle and resumed construction. Dedication planned for late fall as a state wide Baptist event per Rev. George Sagen.
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Gallipolis — Baptist Church
Southern Ohio
George Sagen
Gallia Elections Judges Set for Heavy Vote
Gallia County election officials allocated ballots tally sheets pencils candles and supplies to 30 precinct presiding judges. Extra ballots were prepared for nearly all precincts and will be rushed to polling places as needed. Heaviest primary vote in years expected amid Republican faction activity.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Wells Family Reunion Planned in Wilkesville
Announcement states the Wells family reunion will be held in Wilkesville on Sunday August 14 with a noon dinner followed by a musical program performed by younger family members.
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Gallipolis
Wells
Wilkesville
Betz Buys Morrow Property in East Gallipolis
C A Betz purchased the residence property of the late James and Clara Morrow in East Gallipolis at an administrator's sale held Saturday. Attorney John Halliday conducted the sale.
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Morrow
Gallipolis
C. A. Betz
James and
Clara Morrow
East Gallipolis
John Halliday
Taylor Stages Prizefight Drama at Athena Theater
Robert Taylor delivers a vigorous prizefight performance in The Crowd Roars at the Athena Theater. The cast includes Frank Morgan, Edward Arnold, Maureen O'Sullivan, Jane Wyman, William Gargan, Lionel Stander, Nat Pendleton, Isabel Jewell, and Gene Reynolds. Thorpe directs a fast paced, convincing slice of fight world cinema.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy McCoy
Robert Taylor
Athena Theater
Taylor
Frank Morgan
Edward Arnold
Thorpe
Sam Zimbalist
George Bruce
Plan Brown Reunion Plans for Lancaster Event
The 11th annual reunion of the descendants of William and Hanna Taylor Brown will be held next Sunday at the Fair grounds in Lancaster. Many descendants live in Logan and Hocking counties and plan to attend. Oldest local members A. M. Brian and Sylvester Brown plan to attend.
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Logan
William and
Hanna Taylor Brown
Fairgrounds
Lancaster
Logan and
Hocking
A. M. Brian
Sylvester Brown
Logan Residents Discuss Tax Levy for Cemeteries
Logan residents are debating a proposed levy to fund maintaining two cemeteries after upcoming repairs. Though the issue won’t reach the November ballot, many electors support the measure, including people without relatives buried there.
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Logan
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