Plans Pushed for Fair At Meeting of Board
Logan The Hocking County Fair Board met Tuesday night to discuss fair plans for Sept 17 to Sept. The board approved Miss Wilma St Clair as assistant secretary starting the last week in August in the courthouse auditorium fair office. County Engineer Albert Seabright will cut weeds at the fairgrounds this week and again before the fair. Fence repair at the track was approved. Wallace Gillogly and Henry Hoover were assigned to manage parking during fair week. Concessions were granted to several local groups. Horse show prizes were set for various classes with entry fees and trophies. Tom Gracey of Cambridge will judge the show Carl Griffith Columbus will be the announcer and Harry Logan ringmaster.
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LOGAN
Hocking County
Wilma St. Clair
Fairboard
Albert Seabright
Wallace Gillogly
Henry Hoover
Hocking Grange
Kiwanis Club
Webb Chapel
the JayCees
Tom Gracey
Cambridge
Carl Griffith
Columbus
Harry Was Logan
County Square Dance Team Triumphs in Athens District
The Athens district talent contest crowned the County Square Dance Team as first place winners. Eight counties competed to select two acts to advance to the 4 H Congress at Ohio State University on September 17. Participants included Dora Schultz, Garnet Blum, Iris Flood, Martha Elberfeld, Ann Woodard, Sandy Woodgeard, Mary Jane Woodard, and Lois Burcham with Gerald Edgar named alternate for the safety speech segment.
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Logan
Hocking County
Athens
Ohio State University
Dora Schultz
Garnet Blum
Iris Flood
Martha Elberfeld
Ann Woodard
Sandy Woodgeard
Mary Jane Woodard
Lois Burcham
Gerald Edgar
Columbus Man Fined by Mayor After Street Collision
Loren J. Harris, 39, of Columbus, was fined 100 dollars and costs by acting Mayor Ralph Griffin on charges of leaving the scene of an accident. Griffin suspended 60 dollars of the fine. Harris was arrested after a collision with a truck driven by Lawrence J. Carter of Baltimore at Front and Mulberry Streets.
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Logan
Loren J. Harris
Columbus
Ralph Griffin
Griffin
Harris
Front
Mulberry
Lawrence J. Carter
Baltimore
O. Carter
North Walnut Street
POW Claim Filed Under New WWII Benefit Act
Logan reports the first prisoner of war claim processed by veterans service officer Vaughn Collins. The act provides $1.50 per day for each day imprisoned during World War II.
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Logan
Veterans Service
Vaughn Collins
Hocking County Land Transfers List Denotes Numerous Property Deals
A long list of property transfers in Hocking County includes George and Sarah Durant to Floyd and Olive Duffey. deeds for Glenova and Laurelville parcels. easements with South Central Rural Electric Co op Inc.. quit claim and road easement transactions. and chain transfers involving lots in Carbon Hill Brennan's Addition Green Township Mingo Terrace and other areas. The transfers cover parcels in Logan Laurelville Falls Gore Township Green Township Marion Township Starr Township and Spring Hill Addition among others.
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George
Sarah Durant
Floyd
Olive Duffey
Glenova
Logan
Bert Edwards
Gertrude Edwards Bickel
Eliza A. McClelland
Ruth F. Wolf
Laurelville
Suzanne Miller Stone
Mary E. Miller Fiddler
Geraldine Miller Clark
Washington Township
Minnie Dayton Howard
Edward Frank
Pansy
Opal Wylie
South Central Rural Electric Co-op Inc
Emma Risch
Donald
Laura Yates
South Central Rural Electric Coop Inc
John Heigle
Pearl C. Stoner
Harold and
Marie Alter
William Meyer
Frank Edwards
South Central
Brennan
Lewis C. Hutchins
H M. Boocks
Green Township
Roy
Zella Brown
Harold Mundy
Marion Township
Josephine Melcher
Benton Township
Charles James
Marie C Dresbach
Ray
Gladys Harper
Harloo
Charlotte Jeanette Redd
Arlis W
Mary E. Hiles
Falls Gore
Nellie May White
J. E. White
Starr Township
Robert W
Marjorie D. Wis
Nelson D
Marilyn K. Sayer
Laurel Township
Jackie W
Mary Lou Griffin
Rolland J
Helen L. Schorr
Gallagher Ave
Spring Hill
East Hocking School Board Holds Special Session Here
Logan Ohio East Hocking Board of Education met in a special session Tuesday night in the courthouse. Grace Brown was hired as elementary teacher at Gore after substituting at Rockbridge. Entrance age for first graders set six years by January 15 to enter school in September. Board approved three floor buffing buffers and scheduled janitor meeting at Haydenville School. Plans discussed to equalize principal, music teacher, coach and play director salaries across the district. A committee of five principals will meet September in Samuel Dillon’s office to outline salary equalization. report to next board meeting. Cooks and janitors for next year were also hired.
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Haydenville
Carbon Hill
Enterprise
West Logan
Marion
Murray City
Samuel Dillon
Drop Charge Free Travis in County Case
Travis Logan Thomas N, 22, of Route 2 was released by Judge Harley Meyer after being bound to the grand jury and pled guilty to auto theft. The case was dismissed without record, but the sheriff held him for Army authorities on AWOL warrants from Ft Hayes and Second Army headquarters.
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Logan
Thomas N. Travis
Common Pleas
Harley Meyer
Travis
Justice of the Peace
S. B Whitehart
Meyer
Hocking
A. J. Waldron
Ft. Hayes
Waldron
Second Army
Vaccinations Urged By City Health Nurse
Logan families with first grade and kindergarten children are urged to vaccinate for smallpox and immunize for diphtheria this week. Miss Nelle Nutt, city health nurse, warns delays may cause school absence due to reactions. School entry requires a signed health department or physician vaccination proof.
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Logan
Nelle Nutt
Health Department
Hunter Is Fined For Hunting Out Of Season
Donald Hersman of Langsville was fined $25 and costs after a hearing before Mayor Delmar A. Canaday on hunting out of season. Charges were filed by game warden G. D. Parsons.
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Pomeroy
Delmar A. Canaday
Eveing
Donald Hersman
Langsville
G. D. Parsons
Bodking divorce granted in Meigs County Court
Judge Emmet W. Peoples grants Hilda L Bodking a divorce from George Lee Bodkins in Meigs County Common Pleas Court on grounds of gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty.
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Pomeroy
Hilda L. Bodking
George Lee Bodkins
Emmet W. Peoples
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Patter son Attends Southeast Ohio School Leaders Meeting
Meigs County superintendent C O Patterson attends a meeting of the Southeastern Ohio District county superintendents in Athens Monday to discuss local education matters.
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Pomeroy
Athens
Southeastern
Ohio
C. O. Patterson
Meigs County
Sunday Dinner Guests From Columbus and Logan Attended
Columbus visitors Mr. and Mrs. Grant Harden and children Raymond and Carol joined West Street residents Mr. and Mrs. Lee Harden for Sunday dinner. Also present were Bobby Dean Davis from Columbus and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Harden Mrs. Clara Gleason Mr. and Mrs. Porter Harden and Scotty Harden of Logan.
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Logan
Lee Harden
West Street
Grant Harden
Raymond and
Carol of
Columbus
Bobby Dean Davis
Carl Harden
Clara Gleason
Porter Harden
Scotty
County Polio Patient Returns From Hospital
Ruth Ann Devol daughter of Mr and Mrs Gerald Devol Carbon Hill has returned home from Children's Hospital Columbus where she was treated for Hocking County's second polio case She was stricken August 2 and admitted that night Her condition greatly improved says Mr Devol
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Logan
Ruth Ann Devol
Gerald Devol
Carbon Hil
Childrens Hospital
Columbus
Hocking County
Devol
Condition of Joseph Albert Wagner Improves
Condition of Joseph Albert Wagner eleven son of Mr and Mrs Fred Wagner South Bloomingville is reported to be improved by county health officials.
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Joseph Albert Wagner
Fred Wagner
South Bloomingville
Ohio State Hosts Hardware Management School
Logan John Saving and William Knapp attend a hardware management school at Ohio State University this week. The program is sponsored by the Ohio Hardware Association in cooperation with the university.
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Logan
John Saving
William Knapp
Ohio State University
The
Ohio Hardware Association
Masonic Rites for Rev R E Gehres at Heinlein
Funeral services for Rev. R E Gehres will be held at 8 pm Wednesday at the Heinlein Funeral Home. The service will be conducted by Mingo Lodge 171 members. Gehres was a member of Roseville Lodge 366 and died unexpectedly Monday morning.
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Logan
Heinlein
R. E. Gehres
Mingo Lodge
Gehres
Roseville
Masonic Lodge
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Athens Messenger
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Meigs County Fair
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