Fifty Chieftain Gridders Report Tuesday for Season Opener
Athens Chieftain football coach Thomas Bender led the first practice Tuesday with about fifty players reporting to begin conditioning and fundamentals ahead of the September 13 opener against Jacksonville Trimble. Bob McBride, last year’s captain, participated before departing for Notre Dame. Players were warned to stay in top shape, avoid cigarettes, and return by 10:30 p.m. nightly. Fans gathered downtown as practice opened.
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Logan
Thomas Bender
Chieftain
Bob McBride
Notre Dame
Bender
Jacksonville-Trimble
Four youths held over Goldneck oil well theft in Washington Twp
Four young men arrested in McArthur by Sheriff Farbearn and Deputy Smith are jailed in Hocking County on theft charges. About 1200 pounds of metal equipment were taken Friday from the Sharpneck oil well on the Hoskins lease, valued at 248.10. The equipment was sold to a Wellston junk dealer for under six dollars before officers recovered it. Charges will be filed.
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Logan
Hocking County
Sharpneck
Hoskins
Washington Township
Joe Farbearn
Nellis Smith
McArthur
Wellston
Mrs Shaw Improving at Home After Shoulder Fracture
Slow improvement is reported in the condition of Mrs. Harry Shaw who sustained a fractured shoulder three weeks ago. She is at her home on Hill Street after a week in a Columbus hospital.
Logan-A petition circulates for Social Labor party
Lew R. Comstock of Columbus appeared in Logan Tuesday to circulate a petition for the Social Labor party and secured a limited number of signatures.
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Logan
Social Labor Party
Lewis R. Comstock
Columbus
Naturalization Sought by Two Inhabitants of Haydenville
John Markovch from Haydenville and Marie Shark of Haydenville filed preliminary naturalization papers with Clerk Don W. Feather. Markovch, born in Yugoslavia May 2 1889, arrived in New York in 1913 and works at the Natco plant. Shark, born in Hungary, landed in New York February 25 1913.
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Logan
Don W. Feather
John Markovch
Marie Shark
Haydenville
Marovech
Yugoslavia
New York City
Natco
Adult Student Group Wins Certification in Local Education Program
In Murray City and surrounding areas, adult education participants were certified after an achievement meeting. The list includes New Pittsburg home making instructors Bessie Simmon and Bessie Coe with students Frances Collins Maggie Campbell and others, plus Newtown home making led by Catharine Anders and a Murray City typing class headed by John Powell. Several participants completed home making, first aid, and citizenship modules across Nelsonville Nelsonville and Icy Huntley pairs among the names.
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John Powell
Eleanor Mason
James Spencer
John Parks
Charles Gears
Cy Lanning
William Vasko
Eugene Brown
Mary Brown
Murray City
Helen Wilson
Sarah McManaway
Claude Robinette
Alma Lucas
Nelsonville
Goldie Dupler
Sadie Sheldon
Addie Donley
Buchtel
Ralph Andrews
John Wein
Sylvia Sweazy
Elsie Huntley
Icy Huntley
Local marksman Claude Lyon ties for top in national trap shoot
Dr Claude Lyon of this city tied for top honors in Class D at the Vandalia national trap shoot. He broke 97 of 100 targets and remained in Vandalia on Tuesday for the shoot off, the only local marksman to show winning form that day.
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Logan
Claude Lyon
Vandalia
Mrs Carl Gordon Improving After Major Surgery
Mrs Carl Gordon of this city is reported to be improving from a major surgical operation at Grant Hospital where she has been a patient for one week.
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Logan
Carl Gordon
Grant Hospital
Injuries Reported After Fall In Furnace Street Home
Mrs. A. M. Ellinger of Furnace Street was injured Monday when she fell at home. Doctors say ligaments in her right ankle and foot were torn.
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Logan
A. M. Ellinger
Furnace St
Lafayette Visit Sets Cadre for Gallipolis Pageant Dance
Gen Lafayette serves as master of ceremonies for a Gallipolis pageant with a Paris style gavotte. Couples listed include Harley Wells and wife, Beman Fish and wife, Dwight Wetherholt and wife, plus others. Rehearsals occur in the high school gym with a premiere scheduled for Friday August 30, and cast size expected to drop from 1000 to about 800 due to vacations.
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Paris
Harley Wells
Beman Fish
Dwight Wetherholt
Ben Evans
Raymon Allison
Everett Royer
Raymond Gooch
Heber McClaskey
Robert Evans
Gilbert Bush
Charles Yeanger
Leo Mossman
John Halliday
Wedding ties Gallipolis families to New York architect
Gallipolis notes report Helen Booton wed Angela Bisenz of New York City at the bride’s brother in law Dr. Alan Cole’s home in Logan. The couple will reside in New York where Bisenz works as an architect and Helen as a secretary after graduating from Goucher College.
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Gallipolis
Orland H. Booton
Orland, Jr
Williamson
W. Va
Logan
Helen Booton
Angela Bisenz
New York City
Alan Cole
S. W. Wiant
Logan Methodist Church
Grizella Bisenz
Baltimore
Robert Osborne
Indianapolis
Cole
New York
Mr and Mrs Ed Myers Host Spruce Street Housewarming
Mrs Myers employed at Holzer Hospital hosted a housewarming and shower on Spruce Street after their April marriage. Guests included Mr and Mrs Herbert Edwards Mr and Mrs Robert Queen Mr and Mrs William Urwin and several others. Charles Haffelt marked his 75th birthday with a dinner hosted by Clifford Barwood and guests included the Haffelt family and Oliver Unree.
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Ed Myers
Spruce Street
Clifford Barwood
Charles Haffelt
George Haffelt
Forrest Wickline
Marvin
Elmer Haffelt
Amyl
Oliver Unree
Donna June
Clay Haffelt
Picnic for Phi Sigma Epsilon Members At Thurman Park
Mrs. Frank Allen of Rio Grande hosted a roadside park picnic Tuesday evening for Phi Sigma Epsilon sorority members. The event honored sorority mother Mrs. W. T. Packer who is moving with her family to Cleveland and received a special gift. Attending were Rev. and Mrs. Packer and daughters Marjorie and Ruth, plus numerous guests including Mary Blair Faye Alban Irene Lewis Betty Marsh Virginia Maerker Avanelle Hall Etta Deals Janet George Jennie Lewis Anna Frances Cooper Helen Griesson Wilma Hughes Ruth Evans Martha Jean Williams and the hostess.
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Frank Allen
Rio Grande
Thurman
Phi Sigma Epsilon
W. T. Packer
Cleveland
Packer
Marjorie and
Ruth
Clarence Sharpton
Mary Blair
Faye Alban
Irene Lewis
Betty Marsh
Virginia Maerker
Avanelle Hall
Etta Deals
Janet George
Jennie Lewis
Anna Frances Cooper
Helen Griesson
Wilma Hughes
Ruth Evans
Martha Jean Williams
Mrs. Allen
Birthday celebration for Phillips family and guests
A birthday reunion and dinner were held at the Phillips homestead near Northup to honor Mrs. C F Phillips Mrs Merrill Phillips daughter Marilyn and Charlene Williams of Midd leport. Twenty three people attended including Mr and Mrs J J Hines and daughter Alice Mr and Mrs Walter Ible Mr and Mrs Warren Pryor and Mr and Mrs Talbott from Columbus.
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C. F. Phillips
Merrill Phillips
Marilyn
Charlene Williams
Middleport
Phillips Homestead
Northup
J. J. Hines
Alice
Walter Ible
Warren Pryor
Talbott
Columbus
Picnic meeting of Gallipolis BPW Club at Fortification Hill Park
A well attended Gallipolis Business and Professional Women's Club meeting was held at Fortification Hill Park Monday evening after supper. President Mrs. Margaret McCormick presided, Miss Clara Belle Motter led the program, and group singing was directed by Miss Mary Syler. Four new members joined: Mrs. Della Queen, Mrs. Margene Niday, Miss Elizabeth Connolly, and Miss Virgie Smith.
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Gallipolis
Dinner Hosts at Lincoln Country Home
At their country home near Lincoln on Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Sheets entertained guests including Mr. and Mrs. Otho Belville Mr. and Mrs. Noah Walter and daughter Joan and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph.
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Lincoln
Melvin Sheets
Otho Belville
Noah Walter
Joan
Ralph
Wife Wins Divorce and Custody in Gallia Court
Mrs Thelma N Paul gains divorce from James H Paul and custody of their two minor children on grounds of gross neglect and cruelty in Gallipolis court.
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Gallipolis
James H. Paul
Thelma N. Paul
Earl Smith Injured Hotel Operator Confined Home
Gallipolis reports Earl Smith owner of the Lafayette Hotel is confined to his home with head and back injuries from a fall. Physicians say he is showing improvement.
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Gallipolis
Earl Smith
Lafayette
Edina Byas Granted Divorce and Custody in Gallipolis
In Gallipolis a court grants Mrs Edina Byas a divorce from Fred Byas and awards custody of their two minor children. The decree supports her allegation of neglect and assigns custody to the wife.
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Gallipolis
Edina Byas
Fred Byas
Cusiody
Bidwell-Porter School Hires English Teacher Missi Grace Sisson
The Bidwell-Porter School teaching staff expands with the appointment of Missi Grace Sisson as English teacher. Her hiring strengthens the language department and rounds out the current faculty.
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Gallipolis
Bidwell-Porter School
Missi Grace Sisson
Logan Mingos to Face Carbondale in Nelsonville Visit
Logan Mingos will travel to Nelsonville this evening to meet the Carbondale team of the Nelsonville Twilight league. It is the first meeting of the season, with a double header scheduled in this city. The Mingos have arranged a two game series with the Nelsonville Eagles: September 1 in Nelsonville and September 8 at the fairgrounds here.
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LOGAN
Logan Mingos
Nelsonville
Carbondale
Nelsonville Twiight
Mingos
Nelsonville Eagles
Fairground
Teachers for Hocking Area Employed
LOGAN Laurelville Perry Board of Education named Lowell Trick as principal of the South Perry grade school, succeeding Paul Carr who joined Gibisonville High School. Esther Rakow of Dundee Illinois was appointed to Union Furnace High School to teach Mathematics and French. All other Gore area vacancies filled. no dual hire expected if Gore enrollment permits. A divorce was granted Tuesday to Walter Angle from Marie Angle on neglect grounds in an uncontested case.
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Gore
Logan-Harley Schoonover Improves After Illness
Logan-Harley Schoonover shows slow recovery from a two week illness while staying with his mother at her home on Nelsonville Route 3.
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Logan
Harley Schoonover
Nelsonville Rt. 3
Repaint Standards on Main and Market Streets
Boulevard light standards on Main and Market Streets are being repainted by employees of the Ohio Power Co.
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Logan —Boulevard
Market Sts
Ohio Power Co
Logan Social Notes Farewell party for Mrs. Maffin in Logan
Logan social page notes a farewell party for Mrs. William Maffin hosted by Mrs. Edgar Hillyer at her summer home. Guests dined at 6, with toasts and songs, and the group presented end tables to Mrs. Maffin. The item mentions engagements, travels, and local visits among Logan residents and nearby towns.
Logandan Social Guests Share Friendly Evening at Home
Mrs H H Shriner entertained at her W Hunter Street home with guests Mr and Mrs Harold Matheny and son Dean of Walbridge Mrs Edgar Hillyer Mrs Harry Willige and Mrs William Maffin. Miss Betty Boyd of New York City arrives for a week with Aunt Mrs Anthony Toerner in Logan. Dr James Oscar Boyd, visiting en route from California to New York, will preach at First Presbyterian Church Sunday morning and serves as secretary of the American Bible Society.
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Charles Johnson
Crown City
Lawrence Rood
Huntington
Alliance
Youngstown
Betty Henke
Chicago
F. & R. Lazarus & Co
Columbus
Eunice Erwin
Cincinnati
C. C. Reveal
South Charleston
W. Va
Alfred Clark
Betty Mae Clark
Harry R. Smith
Legion, Tex
C. A. Smith
Islandside
Floyd Major
Floyd
Carolyn
Charleston
A. R. Henke
Reuben Wood
Julia Agnes
Noah Wood
Indian Lake
Dorothy Langdon
Robert Smeltzer
O. H. Booton
Williamson
A. W. Kerns
L. B. Shaw
O. O. McIntyre
W. A. Davis
C. E. Hauser
Dallas
Tex
Davis
Fisher Davis
Missouri
S. F. Thomas
Patricia
Mary Jane
Akron
A. H. Hickman
Clarksburg
Paul Jarvis
Lucille McKean
Ohio State University
Amanda Brown
Harold Erwin
Albert Mees
Pomeroy
Luther Erwin
C. H. Maffin
Nelsonville
William Maffin
Virginia Lou Williams
James Krieg
Frank Harden
Dallas Kinser
Buckeye Lake
Kathleen Brandt
Mildred Johnson
Eleanor Woodard
Hubert Lappen
Ann Wellman
Canada
Charles Huffman
Louise T. Huffman
Charlene Huffman
H. H. Shriner
W. Hunter St
Harold Matheny
Son Dean
Walbridge
Edgar Hillyer
Harry Willige
Logan
Betty Boyd
New York City
Anthony Toerner
Toerner
Jessie McManigal
Boyd
James Oscar Boyd
California
New York
First Presbyterian Church
American Bible Society
Mrs Schwenke Visits Quantico Tea With Family
Mrs George Schwenke of West Front Street accompanied by her daughters Mrs Paul Cole of Logan and Mrs Carl Dupler of Franklin visited son Lieut Ray Schwenke at Quantico Virginia. They were among 78 guests at a formal tea during the visit.
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George Schwenke
West Front St
Paul Cole
Logan
Carl Dupler
Franklin, D
Lieut
Ray Schwenke
Quantico, Va
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Athens Messenger
Athens
OHTO
Coach Bender
Mrs. Shaw
Labor Party
Parents Magazine
Strawberry ‘Festival
Pourrie
ABC Fabrics
Zenners
Prairie Belle
Gen. Lafayette
General Lafayette
Our House Tavern
Our House
Riverside Amphitheater
Antoine Saugrain
Gallipolis Social Notes
Will Merriman
Tom
Charles
Jack
Miss Daise Merriman
Fortification Hill Park
A. K. Merriman
Harry Maddy
Miss Daise
A. K
Hocking
Mr. Maffin
Jackson
Officers’ Club
M. J. Gould
Virginia Ruth
Schwenke
Gantanamo Bay
Cuba
Logan High School
Ohio University
Quantico
Mrs Shriner
SsoFt Water
Culligan
Ata Uy
Athens Ice & Storage CO
Soft Water Dept
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