Logan council votes bond for Goose Creek sewer project
Logan city council moves to put a $9,500 bond issue on November ballots for Goose Creek arching and storm sewer work near the Hocking Ice and Storage Plant. WPA funded, 19 year bonds, $500 annual retirement. $8,500 city share for Goose Creek, $1,000 for storm sewer. Engineer Sniffen approves 12 inch sewers along the ice plant to the shoe factory area. Mayors Kinser and Loomis press for action amid flood complaints.
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Logan
Goose Creek
Hocking
Harley Meyer
Ice Plant
Spring St
Warner Ave
Hunter St
Parker Sniffen
Kinser
Loomis
Council
Better Water Supply For Schools Reported
Logan samples from rural school water sources in Hocking County show improved supply over last year according to sanitary engineer W F Smith. Some reports pending from state labs. corrections will be made if adverse results are received.
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Logan
Hocking County
W. F. Smith
Mrs. Clara Allen Davis Resigns From Logan Office
Mrs Clara Allen Davis resigns as secretary in the county superintendent of schools office effective September 1 after two and a half years of service. She will move from Logan to Wilmington to join her husband Robert Davis who is an instructor there.
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Logan
Clara Allen Davis
County Superintendent of Schools
Davis
Robert Davis
Wilmington
Divorce Action Filed by Mabel Morrison
Mabel Morrison files for divorce from William Morrison of Zanesville Ohio accusing neglect. Married September 20 1919, with no children. She states she has supported herself by work for seven years.
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Logan
Mabel Morrison
William Morrison
Zanesville
Red Cross First Aid Posts Founded in Hocking Parks
Five first aid stations have been established in Hocking County state parks at Cantwell Cliffs Rock House Old Man s Cave Ash Cave and Midway filling station at Routes 33 and 180. Rangers and assistants at each station were trained to provide Red Cross first aid under supervision of Dr. W B Lacock Charles R Eberst and Lavon Goodlive.
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Parks
George Costello
Red Cross National Headquarters
Rock House
W. L. Worley
Howard Blum
Harold Blum
Leroy Conkle
R. E. Woolery
W. B. Lacock
Charles R. Eberst
Lavon Goodlive
FD Approves 29 Mile Hocking County Road Plan
Grace Glascott announces a PWA funded non-federal project for resurfacing 29 miles of eight county roads in Hocking County. Estimated cost 54033 dollars with 24314 dollars grant, under the 1938 recovery program. Construction must start before January 1, 1939 with contracts awarded promptly.
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Hocking County
Logan
PWA
Grace Glascott
Ohio
National Emergency Council
Public Works Administration
Major surgeries and injuries reported at Logan area hospitals
At Logan Hospital LOGAN-James Pollock at Carbon dale underwent a major operation at Cherrington Hospital Tuesday morning. Mrs Don Smith of this city was admitted last night and will undergo a major operation today. John Liff of Logan, with a compound leg fracture from a fall at the fairgrounds, is slightly improved after four weeks.
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Logan
James Pollock
Carbondale
Cherrington Hospital
Don Smith
John Liff
Fairgrounds
Plan Home-Coming Jobs M E Church Held Sept 4
The annual home coming of the Jobs M E Church will be held Sunday, September 4. It invites members and neighbors to attend services and fellowship activities planned for the day.
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M. E
May Modify Plan To Reorganize Schools
Logan officials say the Hocking County school district plan may be changed after a letter to Supt J W Coleman from Dick Smith assistant director of education. The state approved the April 1 county plan and July 25 approval allows potential transfer of Laurelville Perry district to Pickaway County to push the merger forward.
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Logan
Hocking County
J. W. Coleman
State Department of Education
Dick Smith
State Department
Laurelville-Perry
Pickaway County
Will Lecture On Holy Land At United Brethren Church
A lecture on the Holy Land and Egypt will be delivered at the United Brethren Church in Logan on Sunday evening by Rev. William Kuhn, who recently returned from a district tour. He and a quartet from Asbury College sang and preached at historic sites, including the birthplace of Christ last Christmas eve with British soldiers nearby. A Union Young People's meeting follows at 6:30 with visiting societies providing music. Rev. Merle Holcomb of Gore Church will speak, as Logan churches unite for the occasion.
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Logan
Holy Land
Egypt
United Brethren Church
William Kuhn
Kuhn
Asbury College
Birthplace of Christ
Black Watch Regiment
United Brethren
Merle Holcomb
Gore Church
Leroy Smith
Sam Smith
Robert Lee Vorhees
S. M. Vorhees
Wildlife work moves Wrightsville to Savannah for session
Charles W. Zeigler, local naturalist, reports completion of camp work at Wrightsville Georgia and transfer to Savannah for a week at a wildlife conference. Wayne Barthlow of Mt. Pleasant Michigan visits Logan with crutches from a November motor accident. Mrs. John L. Steady shows slow improvement after weeks of illness including lung congestion.
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Logan
Charles W. Zeigler
Wrightsville
Savanah
Logan Logan
Wayne Barthlow
Mt. Pleasant
Mich
Michigan
Four Schools to Continue State Rules
Logan Orbiston Jobs New Pittsburg and Newtown schools won an extra year of operation from the State Department of Education amid little justification for their continuation. Time constraints kept the department from denying the extension and hinted that pupils might transfer to Murray City next year for better educational opportunities.
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Murray City
Visitors and local notes from Logan area
Logan hosts Mrs Wayne Griffin and Elsie Jessi mine and Mrs Mark Linton with Ramona Shepard and families. Griffin and Linton work in Michigan oil fields. Ray Lohr underwent a tonsil operation in Logan as a Messenger carrier. Miss Mary K Davey of Jacksonville Fla visits Logan for a week, a former Hocking County prosecuting attorney who lived in Florida since 1925.
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Logan
Wayne Griffin
Elsie Jessimine
Mark Linton
Ramona
Shepard
Mich
Roy Beougher
Griffin
Mr. Linton
Michigan
Ray Lohr
Mark Lohr
Logan Logan
Mary K. Davey
Jacksonville
Fla
Davey
Hocking County
Florida
Rathburn Reunion Held at Pearl Rathburn Home
Haydenville hosts third annual Rathburn reunion at the Pearl Rathburn residence. Sunday gathering on August 21 included dinner at noon, 40 attendees, and officers retained for next year. Activities featured social time, games, a trip to Old Man's Cave, and celebration of an aged mother’s 85th birthday with cakes and gifts.
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Haydenville
Rathburn
Pearl Rathburn
Old Man's Cave
Band Mothers' Club to Meet at High School Thursday
Announcement says the Band Mothers' Club will gather Thursday at 7 30 p m in the music building on the high school campus. The group sponsored several summer events to raise funds for new band uniforms for the school band.
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Gallipolis
Band Mothers’ Club
Logan Social Notes and Local Happenings in Kentucky
Logansport readers learn of a Covington Kentucky wedding uniting Miss Margaret Kistler and Mr. William Rowles with the couple planning to establish their home in Akron. Other items note picnics at Buckeye Lake, nursing school entries, a Norfolk visitor, a surprise birthday party for Mrs. Albert Burkhart, bridge club results, and local visits.
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Kentucky
Margaret Kistler
Ford Kistler
Church St
William Rowles
Howard Rowles
Akron
Covington
Rowles
Logan High School
P K
Bernice Knox
Fred Knox
Mercy Hospital School of Nurses
Columbus
Miss Knox
Ann Simiele
Norfolk
Victor Simiele
Simiele
Logan
White House
Wallace Lappen
Laurelville
Hubert Lappen
Frank Christmann
Nelsonville
Gallia WCTU Plans Liquor Referendum Signatures
Gallia County W C T U leaders claim enough signatures exist for 40 petitions to force a liquor referendum at the general election November 8. They may delay the vote to a late fall special election to ensure thorough voter consideration. Rev W S Westerman, a Gallipolis Methodist pastor, supports including prohibition of beer and liquor sales in the city vote, raising the required petition signatures to at least 2 000.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
W. S. Westerman
Antiliquor
Swon Funeral Held At Pt Pleasant In Gallipolis
John R. Swon aged 63 died at his Pt Pleasant home after which funeral services were held in the city. Interment followed at Gravel Hill Cemetery Cheshire. Surviving are his wife Alma Guthrie Swon and son Richard. Local civic groups and church affiliates are circulating petitions for a vote, aiming to meet state filing deadlines for an early November decision on an anti liquor measure in several townships and Kanauga Village with city residents voting as a unit.
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Council
Library Board
Mulberry St
Vine St
Walnut St
Gallipolis
John R. Swon
Alma Guthrie
Milo Guthrie
Cheshire
Pt. Pleasant
Gravel Hill
J. G. Epling
J. T. Hall
Presbyterian
Secretary of State
Westerman
Kanauga Village
Gallipolis golfers to play Jackson inter-city match
About 25 Gallipolis golf club members will travel to Jackson Thursday for the final inter-city match of the season. Captain William Cherrington says local players must qualify by sundown Saturday September 3 for the club championship on September 4 and 5, with finals September 11 and the silver cup awarded to the champion.
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Gallipolis
Jackson
William Cherrington
Cherrington
Gallipolis native Adelbert Dickey named secretary
Adelbert J. D. Dickey of Gallia County and son of former county recorder Elza Dickey becomes secretary of the Charleston West Virginia Clearing House Association. The appointment reflects his regional ties and rising clerical responsibilities within the organization.
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Gallipolis
Adelbert JD. Dickey
Gallia County
Elza Dickey
Charleston, W. Va
Clearing House Association
Contempt Declared in Divorce Case in Gallipolis
Virginia Shoe maker found in contempt for failure to pay 50 dollars in attorney fees in a divorce suit and ordered to appear before the common pleas court in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Virginia
Common Pleas Court
Gallia School Bus Operators Are Selected
The Gallia Board of Education licensed all one thousand county school bus drivers as required by state law. Superintendent H Bion Bradbury lists the roster of drivers including Addison, McKinney, Bumgardner, Kail, Roush, Price, Luckadoo, Davis, Green, Burger, Smeltzer, Evans, Callahan, Jones, Alban, Lawson, Ward, Ward, etc. The roster reflects strict enforcement of operation maintenance and equipment provisions.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Harold Luckadoo
H. J. Davis
Lawrence Green
Peter Burger
Earl Smeltzer
Cadmus Rural
Virgil Green
Wyman Butt
W. C. Cotton
Nelson Rice
Centerville Rural
Evans and Callahan
Benson Jones
Wilbur Alban
Robert Lawson
Cheshire Rural
Co. S
Coughenour
James Ward
Floyd Rice
S. W. Swisher
Chester Ward
Clay Rural
C. B. Saunders
Arden Fulks
Earl Montgomery
Norvin Carter
Wilbur Williams
Clark Caldwell
Mack Williams
Harrison Rural
Chauncey Carter
Arthur Elliott
Herman Harrison
Earl Carter
Ayward Trout
R. S. Houck
Irwin Lear
Morgan Rural
Mervin Erwin
H. C. Denney
Dale Ward
Paul Grover
Guy Lee
Ohio Rural
Jud Swindler
Delbert Boster
P. C. Gatewood
Meetings To Continue At Washington School Campus
Dr. R A Howell of Gallipolis says religious tent meetings on the Washington School campus will continue nightly including Saturday. He reports growing interest and attendance amid the revival effort.
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Gallipolis
Washington School
R. A. Howell
Howell
Mother Seeks Return of Home in Suit Over Deed
Nellie May Clifton files in Gallia County Common Pleas to cancel a deed to her daughter Frances Curfman and son in law Robert Curfman claiming breach of a contract that exchanged the Route 35 home between Rio Grande and Thurman for care and support. Clifton says her unmarried daughter was driven from the home and she was ousted Tuesday, asking the court to set aside the conveyance and vest her with fee simple title to the property.
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Gallipolis
Frances Curfman
Robert Curfman
Route 35
Rio Grande
Thurman
Garnet Clifton
Nellie May Clifton
Common Pleas Court
Curfman
Clifton
Central Baptist Meeting Planned at Sandfork Church
Rev R R Denney moderator and A Judson Glassburn secretary announce a Central Baptist Association gathering at Sandfork Baptist Church near Cadmus starting 10 a m Saturday August 28. Sessions continue Sunday with several state officers and allied societies presenting program numbers.
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Gallipolis
R. R. Denney
A. Judson Glassburn
Central Baptist Association
Sandfork
Cadmus
State Organization
Gallia Native Ella Gibson Lyons Dies at Henderson
Gallia County native Ella Gibson Lyons age 73 dies at her Henderson home across the Ohio River from Gallipolis. She was a daughter of Mr and Mrs Borman Gibson.
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Gallipolis
Ella Gibson Lyons
Gallia County
Henderson
Ohio River
Borman Gibson
John Dyer Dies at Home Near Vinton
Gallia County obituary for John J. Dyer of Glenn Summit near Vinton who died at his home Tuesday after two strokes in a week. Funeral set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at Mt Olive Church with Rev. J. L. Stephenson. Survived by wife Melissa, son Oscar, brothers Sherman New Lexington Charles and James Columbus, sisters Mrs. Sarah Brewer Columbus and Miss Lillie Dyer Van Wert.
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Gallipolis
John J. Dyer
Glenn Summit
Vinton
Mt. Olive Church
J. L. Stephenson
Melissa Frederick Dyer
Oscar
Glenn
Sherman
New Lexington
Charles
James
Columbus
Sarah Brewer
Lillie Dyer
van Wert
Rotary Club Holds Nearly Full Attendance Meeting
The Gallipolis Rotary Club gathered in Dr. Leo C. Beans garden Tuesday evening with near total attendance. District Governor Bert F. Dowling of Springfield will visit the club on September 13.
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Gallipolis
Leo C. Bean
Bert F. Dowling
Springfield
Allen Walters obituary and Evans family reunion notice
Allen Walters 69 died after a long illness at his Bladen home. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p m at Mt Zion Church with interment at the same site. He leaves his mother Mrs Nancy Walters, sons Francis Leland Alvin and Harold, and daughter Mrs Thelma Harrington of Gallipolis. Evans family reunion set for Sunday Sept 4 at the Gallia County fair grounds.
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Gallipolis
Allen Walters
Bladen
Mt. Zion Church
Nancy Walters
Francis
Leland
Alvin
Harold
Thelma Harrington
Evans
Gallia County
Fair Grounds
Jones Rites Tuesday
Funerals were held at Peniel in Greenfield Township Tuesday for Gomer J. Evans age 59 who died two days earlier at his home. He leaves wife Elizabeth Smith and children Wendell Akron Ambrose Edward Firebrick Ky Naomi Kermit Kate and Junior Evans at home.
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Jones
Gallipolis
Peniel
Greenfield Township
Gomer J. Evans
Elizabeth Smith
Wendell
Akron
Ambrose
Edward
Firebrick
Naomi
Kermit
Kate
Junior Evans
Gallia Regatta and Air Show May Be Revived
Gallipolis may revive the annual air show and river regatta if public interest rises at a meeting at the municipal airport Thursday at 7 PM. Past events drew 25,000 to 40,000 spectators for aerial displays and Ohio River boat races, with a possible October 9 date tied to the Northwest Territory Celebration.
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Gallia
Gallipolis
Aeria
Ohio River
Northwest Territory
Liquor Sales Rise at Local State Store
GALLIPOLIS reports liquor sales above last year during the summer period by at least 500 dollars, according to Gomer Phillips of the local store staff.
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Gallipolis
Gomer Phillips
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