Dry Weather Spurs Farm Watering Troughs and Ponds
Point Pleasant reports a surge of requests for watering troughs and pond improvements due to dry conditions. Projects include a new trough on Dana Durst's Sand Hill road farm and ponds or troughs planned on Blessing, Burdette, Rice, and other nearby farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Soil Conservation Service Office
Lionel L. Smith
Dana Durst
Sand Hill
Clarence Blessing
Smith
Gail Jones
SCS
Blessing
Logan Burdette
Burdette
Otis
Ohio school aid bill may push districts into deficits
Logan County Superintendent Samuel H. Dillon warns the new state aid package exceeding 200 million dollars raises minimum teacher salaries but local boards face higher operating costs and potential deficits. He notes uneven raises, increased retirement and foundation fund payments, higher millage demand, and shifted tuition costs reducing district operating funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan — County
Samuel H. Dillon
Ohio
Dillon
Foundation
Nine Men Draft Quota Set for Hocking County
Logan records show nine men called for October draft quota under state selective service. Three registrants left for pre induction at Columbus while others from August call join Army Navy and Marines with training assignments at Ft. Meade and San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Hocking County
Selective Service
Mary Sweazy
Union Furnace
Charles McKinley, Jr
Earl R. Martin
Nelsonville
George W. Irwin
Glouster
Herman R. Burns
New Plymouth
Leroy Mowery
Paul Bateman
Navy
San Diego
Calif
Lady's Bowling League Set to Open September Fifth
POINT PLEASANT The Lady's Bowling League will begin Sept. 5 at 7 15 p m with a meeting on Aug. 29 at 8. All members urged to attend as plans for the coming season are made. Teams include the Hall Drug Oil Peps Vacuum and Valley Dairy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Erma Wright
Wartenburg Insu
Hall Drug
Oil Peps
Tae Vacuum
Valley Dairy
Churches and Services Listed Across Several Towns
The notice catalogues church listings in Pt. Pleasant and surrounding areas, detailing denominations such as Trinity Methodist, Christian Science, EUB, Methodist, Baptist, Christ Episcopal, Presbyterian, and Lutheran. It includes minister names, service times, Sunday schools, youth groups, prayer meetings, and special schedule notes across multiple towns and campuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Methodist
S. D. Rexrode
J. B. Couch
Christian Science
Main St
F. H. Capehart
Heights
Bellemead
Christian Endeavor
Methodist
C. E. Haney
Minster
Hartford
New Haven
Graham
Letart
Christ IN Nion
J. P. Keefer
Ernest Knopp
Owens
The
Lins Creek Tabernacle
H. E. Martin
Washington
Baptist
C. G. Billups
Leon
Zion
Christ Episcopal
W. C. Bowie
Episcopal Youth Fellowship
St. Lakin
Bruce Chapel
Presbyterian
Pioneer Fellowship
Rufus Casto
Vaught Memorial
Youth Fellowship
Henderson
Mt. Union
Local Church Services and Schedules Highlight Week
The Logan churches list upcoming services with Jehovah’s Witnesses, Church of the Nazarene, St Pauls Episcopal and Methodist offerings. Events include sermons Bible study and ministry school, with times and visiting speakers noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jehovah's Witnesses
L. K. Yeatts
Church OF the Nazarene
Roy E. Klingler
NYPS
Hi-Ny
ST. Paul’s Episcopal
Rollin S. Polk, Jr
R. B. Wilson
G. B. Stahly
Boy's Industrial School
Lancaster
Dexter Church hosts Friday night concert and flower show
Dexter residents attend a Friday Aug 31 event as Dexter Dexter-Freeland Norris and his quartet perform at the Dexter Church. The Star Garden Club staged a flower show at the same church with Mrs. Albert Caster and Miss Freda Wood winning top ribbons. A picnic gathered local churches and visitors note several travel and visit mentions among area families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter
Freeland Norris
Dexter Church
Star Garden Club
Albert Caster
Freda Wood
Rutland
Baby Show Tonight at Logan Courthouse for Nine Prizes
Logan’s Homecoming week features a baby show sponsored by Logan Home Dairy in honor of J. Joe Hartman. Ninety? Actually 48 babies compete in three age classes with three prizes each. Judges are Nelsonville women and nurses. Emcee is J. Joe Hartman. health nurse Miss Jeanette Ruth on site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Jaycees
Logan Home Dairy
J. Joe Hartman
Nelsonville
C. H. Bartlett
W. H. Hyde
Oral Daugherty
Business and Professional Women's Club
Jeanette Ruth
Joe Hartman
Kenley Krinn
Mary Jane McKinley
Union Furnace
Mountain Climber 4-H Club Holds Annual Pot Luck Picnic
Pt Pleasant social notes report the Mountain Climber 4 H Club hosting a pot luck picnic at the Garland home on Wednesday with members and guests listed including Joyce Hatfield Joan Hatfield Louise Tyler Janice Tyler Pat Henry Louise Matthew Barbara Northup and others. The notes also list several local residents visiting relatives traveling or staying with families including Robert Peoples visiting from Logan Ohio and various visits by Miss Martha Vaught Miss Sue Stout and Miss Charlotte Fay Weisenberger among others. The update mentions residents moving to Camp Conley and a surgical patient at Holzer Hospital as well as clergy and camp activities for Episcopal rectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4-H Club
Howard Garland
Gallipolis Ferry
Joyce
Joan Hatfield
Louise
Janice Tyler
Pat Henry
Louise Matthew
Barbara Northup
Howard
Charles Wayne Garland
Mary Lou Garland
Mary Frances Blain
Rolfe Lee
I. A. Blain
Ben Henry
George Garland
Pleasant St
Robert Peoples
Logan
Ohio
English Rd
Richard Lee Austin
Lyle Austin
Hogsett
Bob Foglesong
Washington, D. C
E. M. Foglesong
G. C. Hite
Viand St
Martha Vaught
Sue Stout
Athens
Charlotte Fay Weisenberger
Wheeling
Leonard Saunders
Toledo
Byron Dudding
Lincoln Ave
Saunders
Smoky Mountains
Earley
Jefferson Ave
John Oliver
Springfield
Arthur Cheesebrew
Delaware
Howard Brewer
Walnut St
Camp Conley
Emmett Peoples
Pomeroy
Gwinace Jones
Carolyn Williams
New York City
John Miller
Armco Steel Co
Huntington
Pearl Reynold
First St
Everett Reynolds
Columbus
Francis Killmer
New Jersey
Thomas Pullin
John McCausland
C. W. Gasken
Mt. Vernon Ave
Holzer Hospital
W. C. Bowie
Good Neighbor Farm Women’s Club Picnic Set For Sunday
The Good Neighbor Farm Women’s Club schedules its annual family outing and picnic at New Haven Park starting at 12 o'clock noon on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Neighbor Farm Women’s Club
New Haven
Local Family Visits Highlight Weekend Stopovers
Larry Fisher of Charleston visits his uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Ray Crank in Winfield road while his parents plan a weekend arrival. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Carder include Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Rice from Cincinnati and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sturn of Graton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Fisher
Charleston
Ray Crank
Winfield Road
Howard Carder
Bellemeade
A. L. Rice
Cincinnati
Harold Sturn
Graton
Orville
Columbus
J. A. Bailey
Washington Ave
Willie Bailey
Tribble
Robert Bailey
D. W. Sullivan
Elmwood
Larry Morrison
James Morrison
Jefferson Ave
Mary Bryant
Jackson Ave
Frank Morgan
Weirton
Mae Sayre
Donna Lynch
Holzer Hospital
Carl Lynch
Camp Conley
Bill Gress
Jimmy
Hartford
Myrtle Wakefield
Kenneth Stokes
New Castle
Robert Dilley
Ayers Released on Bond After Public Intoxication Arrest
Mathew Ayers, arrested in Point Pleasant Wednesday for being intoxicated in a public place, was released on bond by the mayor Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mathew Ayers
Nelson Franklin Strous weds Wilma Mae Flanigan
Nelson Franklin Strous aged 21 of Laurelville Route 1 and Wilma Mae Flanigan of Laurelville Route 1 obtain a marriage license. The couple plans to wed, per the bride and groom listings in the local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Franklin Strous
Laurelville
Wilma Mae
Opinions of U S Work To Be Sought on Farms
Hocking County mobilization committee plans the Family Farm Policy Review to gauge farmer opinions on government agricultural programs. A 60 item questionnaire will collect feedback. findings will guide continuation, abolition, or change of policies. Extension agent Harold Ruggles says work will start immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Logan
Hocking County
Charles F. Brannan
Vocational Agricultural Agency
Soil Conservation Service
Production Credit Admin
Farmers Home Administration
Agricultural Extension Service
Harold Ruggles
Winter Onion Can Be Set Roberts Says
Winter onions can be set in fall for spring use says county agricultural agent W. C. Roberts. Two varieties exist the Egyptian or winter onion and the multiplier or potato onion. Set bulbs in late August to early September for green onions by March six inches apart in four inch rows. Mulching with straw aids fall planting. Surplus onions can be sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
W. C. Roberts
Roberts
Unemployment Drops in Logan as Claims Decline
Logan reports a drop in unemployment claims for the week ending Aug 18 under Ohio Unemployment Law and the Servicemen Readjustment Act. Total claimants were 278 versus 325 the prior week, with 251 unemployed a week or more and 27 new unemployed claimants, while August average sits at 341.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Ohio
Rebekah Lodge School of Instruction At Morning Star
Guests from Ohio Rebekah Assembly attended the School of Instruction and inspection with Morning Star Rebekah Lodge 116 hosting District 51. Officers presented were Hattie Rufe president and Anna Henderson secretary. a Methodist Church dinner followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee
Edna Canter
Ohio Rebekah Assembly
Ruth Nagel
Margaret Schmitz
Harrisburg
Nell Morgan
Rebekah School of Instruction
Nanny Ullum
Rebekah Lodge
Athens
Morning Star Rebekah Lodge
District 51
Margaret Hopkins
Ruth Leaver
Lodge
Ruth Lehman
Logan
Ruth ‘Bridgewater
Josephine ‘Keller
Bremen
Charles Galloway
Robert Mead
Columbus
Farm Youth Show Plans Progresses at Meeting
POINT PLEASANT Plans for the 1951 farm youth show progressed at a Thursday night meeting. Nancy Rairden reported 1000.52 dollars in ads sold for the Farm Youth Catalogue with distribution aimed by September 1. Coops with water fountains were secured, and 50 posters were approved for purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Nancy Rairden
John McNeill
Clifford Dunn
Woody Mace
John Spiggle
Mason County
James Fisher
J. M. Foglesong
Farm Women's Club
W. C. Roberts
John
Mason County Land Transfers Highlight Local Pairings
Details list transfers involving Clyde A. Long and Nevada Davis of Glenwood, Tyrus Stone and Maxine Wamsley of Clifton, Donald Higginbotham and Marilyn McKinney of Point Pleasant, James McKirgan of Columbus Ohio with Elizabeth Garnes of Glenwood, and Oral Stalnaker with Carol Sidenstricker of South Side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde A. Long
Nevada Davis
Glenwood
Tyrus Stone
Clay County
Maxine Wamsley
Clifton
Donald Jessie Higginbotham
Point Pleasant
Marilyn Jean McKinney
James Glenn McKirgan
Columbus
Ohio
Elizabeth Garnes
Oral Clinton Stalnaker
Carol Emogene Sidenstricker
South Side
Picnic Dinner Hosts and Out-of-Town Guests Mentioned
A bashan picnic dinner was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. George Fredricks with attendees including Mr. and Mrs. Herman Frank and son Clarence Miss Shirley Bentz Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Evans and family Mrs. Nora Smith of Eagle Ridge Mr. and Mrs. George Frédrick Jr and family of Pomeroy Bonnie Halley of Hobson Mr. and Mrs. Milford Fredrick and daughter Betty and son Junior Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Barr and family Mrs. Lillian Frost and son Mrs. Orval Holter and daughter Karen and son Garry visited Worley Davis and wife of Dexter Mr. and Mrs. Walter Harris and sons Richard and James of Pomeroy stayed with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McKay Mr. and Mrs. John Townsend visited relatives in Belleville West Virginia Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sorden and son of Charleston spent an evening with Mr. and Mrs. Lester McElbee Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Morarity and sons Larry and Marty Lynn were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Boddie Balinger of Pomeroy Judy Bentz of Eagle Ridge visited Aunt Ed Griffith Mrs. William Watson spent a night in Columbus and Mrs. Magy McKay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orval Holter
Karen
Garry
Holter
Worley Davis
Dexter
Walter Harris
Richard and
James
Pomeroy
J. C. McKay
John Townsend
Belleville
W. Va
Clarence Sorden
Charleston
Lester McElbee
Arthur Morarity
Larry
Marty Lynn
Boddie Balinger
Judy Bentz
Eagle Ridge
Ed Griffith
William Watson
Columbus
Magy McKay
Annual Basis Is Considered For Air Tour
Logan committee members who aided the Soil Conservation air tour will meet at Henry Hoover's cabin to plan an annual event. The tour aimed to acquaint residents with county conservation problems and actions taken, or consequences of neglect. It was the first such tour in Logan. organizers hope to improve it after tonight's meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Henry Hoover
Laurel Run Folks Take Lake Erie Trip and Visits
Mr and Mrs John Norris Sr and others vacation on Lake Erie traveling by boat to Put in Bay Kingsville Canada and Toledo. Several locals move visit and host relatives including the Wades Wolfe Klenk Van Bibber and Stone families with multiple gatherings and stays in Ohio and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel Run
John Norris
William Sparks
Becky Ann
Thomas Boyle
New Straitsville
Lake Erie
Toledo
Put-in-Bay
Kingsville
Canada
Walter Mason
Janice
Gregory
Worthington
Harvey Wade
Nampa
Idaho
Walter Wade
Orbiston
Ohio
Donald Wade
Columbus
Harold van Bibber
Janet van Bibber
Canton
Herman Bumgardner
Walter
Lawrence Wolfe
J. M. Klenk
Ladonna Wolfe
Sandusky
O. R. Wolfe
M. B. Iles
Logan
Fred Stone
Richard
Athens
Earl Wood
Everett White
Paul White
Pataskala
Emerson Stone
Harley Stone
Tubbs Seeks Divorce From Edna Tubbs In Perry Case
Francis H. Tubbs files for divorce from Edna May Tubbs in the Court of Common Pleas at South Perry. Accuses extreme cruelty and gross neglect of duty as grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Court of Common Pleas
Francis H. Tubbs
Edna May Tubbs
South Perry
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. F. Lowry
Ashton
Otis Randolph
Herbert Darnell
Jane Lew
Harry D. McVey
Morgantown
D. W. Rothgeb
Lady’s Bowling League
Pt. Pleasant Churches
Beech Hill
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Grove
Harmony - Concord
George C. Weirick
St. Paul's
Broad Run
Luther League
St. Mark's
Upper Flats
Venus
Iee Planetarium
New York
Church News of
Mary Will
Richard Smith
Ruth Will
Dwight Mutchler
Mattie Halliday
J. R. Morton
Frances O'Neill
Neil Jeffers
Buffalo
Willard Adkins
Roy Holly
Nicholson
Deanman
James Nicholson
Point Clinic
Lew Akers
Pliny
Ralph C. Durst
Howard Evergam
N. Park Drive
Floyd R. Fields
Tehran
Iran
Peace Crusaders
Spiggle
Floyd E. Cole
Charles Osher
Joan Stewart
Robert Ferguson
James L. Darby
James V. Fisher
Bright McCausland
J. M. Foglessong
Charles Hornbeck
William Lewis
Lucy Rice
Bashan
Laurel
Urlee
Sewell
Ben Franklin Co
West Virginia
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