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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1949

Page

16

Last Day Filing Rush Fills Hocking County Offices

Nominating petitions poured in on the final filing day for the November 8 election. In Logan and surrounding townships, incumbents and new candidates lined up for school boards, clerks, treasurers, mayors, and council seats. Several offices show no opposition while others draw active contests, with Benton, Green, Laurel, Falls, Perry and Starr townships, plus Murray City and Laurelville listing multiple candidates.

Logan Hocking County Board of Elections Dean Collison C. F. Rauch James L. Young Richard Farmer John Pierce Frederick W. Blume Claude Hammon Murray City Floyd Stiff Anna Simon John Byron Robert Bell Daniel Matheny Charles E. Collins Edward Banik Walter Lauriskey Guy Tedrow John Snyder Laurelville L. A. McClellane A. F. Goodman Thomas D. Rose Winifred K. Dunn Walter Sheets Robert D. Bowers Francis Jones Pearl Allen Levi Bigham A. C. Lowery Joseph Smith Walter McCabe Falls Township Charles H. Stephenson James L. Barnes Fred Shively George Durant Raymond Amos Roger Chute Elias E. Bright Justice of the Peace Green Township Philip Devol Emerson County School Board C. T. Grattidge Harry E. McVey David Thorne Benton Scenic School Board John Eveland W. B. McNichols Charles W. Burns Mack Shaw Falls Joseph R. Dunn Noel North Heskill Hammond J. G. Smith M. M. MeInturf Goodhope Green Everett Bryan John McVey John B. Rutgers Harold FE. Rheinscheid C. W. Skinner Donald Mohney Dan Langley E. V. Irvin Benton A. FE. Reynolds Chauncey Mills Dale Schultz John Kiefl Jewel L. Hill Jesse Kitchen Pearl Timberlake Ernest Shull Joe Walburn Ray Snider Solomon R. Stoughton F. A. Hufford Grover Carpenter Hobart Stiverson Shell Hardgrove John Dicken John W. Bumgardner Laurel Charles A. Robison William Barringer C. R. Ogle Marion—Relna Derr C. B. Leasure Don E. Roley Francis Howdyshell Perry Carl Stump George L. Hartshorn Lloyd McNeal Wilbur H. Clark Newton B. Noble Ray Baker Salt Creek Clyde Robinson Hubert Thompson Charles E. Taylor Owen McNichols Starr Herman Baumgardner Jess Brooks Charles H. Patton John R. McLain Harry L. Armstrong Ward Add Sanborn Ernest Martin Philip Mays Washington George Primmer Robert Cline Edward Tolliver Boyd Julian

Gaul Family Holds Ash Cave Reunion

The Gaul family held the second annual reunion at Ash Cave last Sunday. Miss Donna Gaul of Chester was elected president. Attendees included Joseph Brashares, Alfred Howdyshell, Mrs. Bert Davis, Robert Crippen, Mrs. Theodore Johnson, William Fletcher, Henry Rheinscheld, Linda Anguish, and others from Logan, Carbon Hill, McArthur, Cleveland and New Straitsville. Mrs. Wilbur Barlow and son and Mrs. Gerald Kinnison were dismissed from the list.

Joseph Brashares Enterprise Alfred Howdyshell Logan Bert Davis Robert Crippen Carbon Hill Theodore Johnson William Fletcher New Straitsville Henry Rheinscheld McArthur Linda Anguish Cleveland Gaul Ash Cave Donna Gaul Chester

Franklin Wolfe Funeral Friday

Franklin Wolfe 74 a Perry County native and longtime Maxville resident died Tuesday after a period of declining health. Survived by four daughters two sons two sisters and a brother. Friends may call at the Maxville residence with services set for 2 30 p m Friday at Ebenezer Baptist Church Perry County with Revs Steen and Sprankle officiating. Interment in adjoining cemetery.

LOGAN Walley Wright White Cross Hospital Columbus Woodard Funeral Lloyd Evans Nelsonville Oak Grove Wright Mary Anna Golden Ae Marion Myrie Kenneth New Jersey Franklin Wolfe Perry County Maxville Ida James Palmer Ross Summer Ermine Wolfe Samuel H. Dillon Glenford George Amanda Vanatta Near Logan Emma Wilson Ebenezer Baptist Church J. W. Steen Junction City Lawrence Sprankle New Lexington

Hunting Season Dates and Limits Set for Ohio Wildlife

Logan area notice lists the squirrel season from September 15 to September 30 with a four animal possession limit and a four per day bag. Hours run daylight to dark. All 88 counties follow the same rules. An August meeting set November 15 as the opening date for the 1949 hunting and trapping season and defined rabbit pheasant and grouse hours 9 to 5, but will finalize length and bag limits later.

Logan Thelma Keyes H. F. West Ohio Conservation and Natural Resources Commission Ohio

County Reports Polio-Free Status Amid Summer Epidemic Period

Logan and Hocking counties show no infantile paralysis cases through the summer period. Health officials urge hygiene: wash hands, manage garbage, control flies and vermin, and use fly-tight containers. A Logan health release notes the fly can carry bacteria and spread diseases, underscoring preventive measures.

Logan Hocking County

Grade School Staff Rehires For Coming Year

Logan Marion Local School District announces the complete teaching staff for the new year. Floyd Riggs returns as principal and seventh and eighth grade instructor, with Jean Goldsberry teaching grades five and six, Mary Hoover guiding grades three and four, Angie Christman teaching grades one and two, and Mabel Cole as music teacher. Board members at the meeting were Harold Daubenmier, Carl Myers, Donald Ruff, John Mathias, Jesse Daubenmire, and C. H. Carpenter.

Marion Board of Education Harold Daubenmier Carl Myers Donald Ruff John Mathias Jesse Daubenmire C. H. Carpenter

Unemployment claims drop at BUC office

Initial claims filed last week in the BUC area fell from 124 to 88 as Homer Schein notes a three week decline. Despite the drop 715 workers in Hocking County remain idle while the district totals climb from 448 to 678 to 773 by late July.

Logan BUC Homer Schein Hocking County York Township Nelsonville Athens County

Wingroves Headed to Detroit for Eagles Convention

Mr and Mrs Paul Wingrove left Wednesday for Detroit where Mr Wingrove will attend a national convention of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Paul Fox and Vaughn Colling were business visitors in Cincinnati today. Miss Wilhelmine Deissle visited Athens over Wednesday. The Rev and Mrs Paul N Warner and family are vacationing in Canada. Mr and Mrs Walter Porter Ath ens were visitors in Logan Tuesday.

Paul Wingrove Detroit Wingrove Order of Eagles Paul Fox Vaughn Colling Cincinnati Wilhelmine Deissle Athens Paul N. Warner Canada Walter Porter Logan

Veterans Build Farm Building For Training

Logan men participate in the Veterans Agriculture Training Program remodeling and insulating a poultry house on the Richard’s farm near Enterprise. The effort improves egg production in extreme temperatures. Participants include Robert Bartholomew Lloyd Beavers Bernard Ansel Harley Sheets Arch Allison Chester Yates and Charles Kessler with plans for more farm trainings.

Logan Veterans Agriculture Training Program Enterprise Logan Vocational Agriculture Veterans Training Group Robert Bartholomew Lloyd Beavers Bernard Ansel Harley Sheets Arch Allison Chester Yates Charles Kessler

FEW FIRES In Amazon Forests Hard to Burn Green Wood

Fire are practically unknown in the forests of the Amazon region. Since the wood is hard, wet, and green, it does not burn eeasily.

Amazon Region

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