Logan Council Debates Recreation Plan At Tuesday Meeting
Logan council discusses a proposed WPA recreation program with Martin Koontz and George Powell guiding formation of a five member recreation commission. Parks committee to study, finance issues noted for wage increases, and a street lighting ordinance advances to second reading as talks continue with WPA funding.
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THE
Athens Messenger
Athens
Logan Council
Logan
Martin A. Koontz
Zanesville
Koontz
George E. Powell
Vero Pesano
WPA
Recreation Commission
Parks Committee
C. L. Wenn
Visits Logan After 22 Years Absence
Hugh Green returned to Logan on Tuesday after a 22 year absence. He has traveled through the country and Canada, working in the electrical trade. He came to Missouri to obtain a birth certificate for employment and then returned to his native Logan, where he met several acquaintances.
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Logan
iIt
Hugh Green
Missouri
Canada
Practice Twice Daily at Logan A Ends Afternoon Session
Logan A morning practice at Chieftainfield went as planned Tuesday. A heavy afternoon rainstorm led to cancelation of the evening session. Coach Tom Bender plans two daily practices for the rest of the week.
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Logan
Chieftainfield
Tom Bender
Decree Closes Lehman Stump Property Case
A Logan court finalizes the Hazel Lehman versus Francis Stump property case. Judge Phil Henderson confirmed distribution after fee objections cut attorney fees from 500 to 300, with taxes 18.77 and costs 97.21. The 1250 sale proceeds are divided among Stumps and heirs per order.
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Myrtie Chambers
Lewis Stump
Vinton Stump
Ethel Jahn
Blanche Crist
Carl Stahl
Martin
Dickson Stump
Hazel Lehman
100 Year Old Logand Billfold Prize Given to Erwin James
Erwin James of Logan treasures a sheep skin billfold made by his grandfather C W James on June 27 1833. The heirloom remains well preserved with alphabet lettered compartments and clear ink. It was later given by cousin Mrs Don G Weitzell and its maker served Logan as first mayor.
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Logan
C. W. James
Erwin James
James
Don G. Weitzell
Two Men Sentenced By Probate Judge
Hearings in the cases of Charles Mitchell and Robert Evans before Probate Judge E. L. Ewing Tuesday afternoon ended with both men found guilty of contributing to the delinquency of a 15 year old girl. Each was fined $25 and costs and sentenced to 60 days in jail for taking the girl on a trip through Northern Ohio more than a week ago.
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Logan
Charles Mitchell
Robert Evans
E. L. Ewing
Ohio
Miss Lizzie Zuspan Bids Farewell Party For Homeroom
Middleport notes Miss Lizzie Zuspan of Heath Methodist Sunday School hosted a pre‑school farewell for her class. She and brother Ben Zuspan plan to move to Delta Colorado in mid September, last week’s gathering featured ghost stories dressing up and a picnic. Attending girls include Virginia Lou Grogan Sally Schaaf Virginia Lu Schaaf Mary Lou Smith Lois Ann Smith Rosemary Fisher Patricia Kennedy Julia Mae Erwin and boy Bobby Byers.
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Middleport
Lizzie Zuspan
Heath Methodist Sunday School
Zuspan
Ben Zuspan
Delta
Colo
Silver Run
Aunt Lizzie
Uncle Ben
Miss Zuspan
Virginia Lou Grogan
Sally
Virginia Lu Schaaf
Mary Lou
Lois Ann Smith
Rosemary Fisher
Patricia Kennedy
Julia Mae Erwin
Bobby Byers
Heath Methodist Class Keeps Picnic Plan Despite Showers
Rain washed out the Heath Methodist Church high school class swimming party and Galopolis picnic last night. The group gathered at the church for a picnic supper and then played shuffleboard. Mrs. Noah Haskins teaches the class.
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Heath Methodist Church
Gallipolis
Noah Haskins
Heath Methodist Woman's Society appoints new secretary
The executive committee met at the Heath Methodist Church and named Mrs. M. L. French as secretary, replacing Mrs. M. W. Essex who moves to East Liverpool. The next meeting is planned for the second Monday in September with Mrs. John Kincaid and the August hostess list.
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Woman's Society For Christian Service
The
Heath Methodist Church
M. L. French
M. W. Essex
Liverpool
John Kincaid
Local social visitors converge across Athens and Columbus
Mrs. James Sauders and Mrs. R C McBride visited Athens Monday hosted by Mr and Mrs Thor Olson. Cousins of Mr and Mrs W R Garber of Youngstown stayed with them this week. Numerous relatives and friends from Columbus Akron Birmingham Detroit and Adamstown attended or planned visits before returning home.
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James Sauders
R. C. McBride
Athens
Thor Olson
W. R. Garber
S. Second Ave
A. C. Hamman
Naomi Hamman
R. C. Gillingham
Youngstown
Virgil Edwards
Columbus
J. E. Parsons
Ralph Parsons
Akron
Parsons
Bruce
Neva Parsons
T. H. Davis
J. E. Hull
Birmingham
Ala
Greenfield
Robert Jones
Dayton
John Dillard
C. O. Fisher Market
Cleveland
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Albra Simmons
Pittsburgh
M. C. Hobart
Lincoln St
Robert Simmons
Detroit
Simmons
Webb Smith
Mr. Smith
Harvey L. Redcay
Sue Redcay
Boehringer
Carl Musselman
Adamstown
Walter Reed
Hattie Jackson
Nelsonville
Redcay
Tom Russell
Hummel Brothers Vie For First Team Jobs
Logan Chieftain notes two Hummel brothers seek first line spots for the squad. Co Captain Morris Hummel and his younger brother Jim were among the first eleven when the opening practice set the first line.
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Logan — Chieftain
Hummel
Morris Hummel
Jim
Night Baseball Facilities Discussed in Logan Rise
Logan rise council hears requests for a baseball field with lights for night play. Mayor Dallas Kinser advocates adding night baseball facilities as part of the recreation program, noting other cities have successful, self sustaining under lights leagues.
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Logan
Dallas Kinser
Pomeroy Social Notes Visit and Family Ties Across States
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Johnson and daughters Miss Cladys Johnson and Mrs. Ralph Sim left Sunday for Denver after visiting Mrs. Nellie Smith and Mrs. Boney Mitchell on Mulberry Ave. En route they plan a stop in Louisville to see Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Williams who marked their 60th wedding anniversary. The Williamses are former locals from Minersville and Coalton. Mrs. Williams is Laura Roush, sister to Hayes and Homer Roush of Minersville, Charles Roush of Athens, and Nellie Smith of Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Frank Johnson
Cladys Johnson
Ralph Sim
Denver
Colo
Nellie Smith
Boney Mitchell
Mulberry Ave
Louisville
Johnson
D. R. Williams
Williams
Minersville
Coalton
Laura Roush
Hayes and
Homer Roush
Charles Roush
Athens
Meigs County Pioneer Society Officers Meet at Kingsland Home
Newly elected officers and board of the Meigs County Pioneer Society will convene Thursday at 2 PM at Mrs. E. W. Kingsland on Court Street. They will plan the annual memorial service set for October 5, the first Sunday in October.
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Meigs County Pioneer Society
E. W. Kingsland
Court St
Pomeroy Social Briefs Highlight Local People Activities
Lincoln Hill resident Glenroy Ewing traveled to Columbus on business. Kathryn Hennessy returns home after visiting Dayton relatives. Police Chief Walter Wolfe and Mayor M D Hartley went to Columbus with Lee Hartley staying with grandparents. Circle No 4 held hamburgery with Mrs Dwight Parker hosting. Everett Tracy and son Alsst on travel to Philadelphia and Washington. Harold Werry's navy enlistment approved. he worked at the post office. Katie Bengel of Chicago visits relatives including the Bengels and Downies. Charles Gibbs and wife return to Vale St after two months away.
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Pomeroy
Glenroy Ewing
Lincoln Hill
Columbus
Kathryn Hennessy
Erwin Eubanks
Dayton
Walter Wolfe
M. D. Hartley
Lee
Oliver A. Hartley
Circle No. 4
Dwight Parker
Everett Tracy
Son Alsston
Philadelphia
Washington
Harold Werry
Charles Werry
Navy
Young Werry
Katie Bengel
Chicago
Albert Bengel
T. W. Bengel
George Heber
Jones
C. E. W. Downie
Charles Gibbs
Vale St
Divorce action answer seeks dismissal and alimony denial
The defendant Boyd C. Goss filed an answer to Edyth Goss's divorce petition asking dismissal of the suit and that the plaintiff be denied any alimony.
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Logan
Edyth Goss
Boyd C. Goss
Jones and Weakley Couple Granted Wedlock License
Norman Lee Jones 20 and Patrine Mae Weakley 16 of Logan were granted a license to wed on Tuesday. Norman is a shoe factory worker of Logan Route 4, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Jones. Patrine is daughter of Mrs Arch Weakley and at home.
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Logan
Norman Lee Jones
Charles Jones
Patrine Mae Weakley
Arch Weakley
Decrease in Private Jobs Reported in Logan Area
Logan Employment Security Center shows 72 private jobs filled in July, down 77 percent from June 139. Unemployment benefit claims dropped to 211 in July, with total benefits paid in Logan at $20,568.95. Ohio overall paid benefits fell to $695,214.91, the lowest month since 1939. State placements reached 23,106 in private industry.
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Logan
Logan Employment Security Center
H. H. Sands
Ohio
Ohio Bureau of
Herschell C. Atkinson
Ohio State Employment Service
NYA Project LOGAN resumes at Union Furnace schools
After a shutdown since July 1 the NYA project at the Union Furnace schools is resumed this week as two young men return to refinish seats and desks. Employment is expected to rise to eight by September 1.
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Logan
NYA
Union Furnace
Boy in Fair Band Joins All Ohio Boys Band at State Fair
Union Furnace youth Howard Sellers son of Mr and Mrs A G Sellers travels to Columbus this week as a member of the All Ohio Boys Band performing at the State Fair. He previously belonged to Union Furnace High School band.
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Union Furnace
Howard Sellers
A. G. Sellers
Columbus
All Ohio
Sellers
New Tenants Move Into Two Properties
Middleport area reports two new tenant moves. Begner family from Evansville Ind has rented the McCarty property on Coal Street with two sons. Mrs Wood and family also plan to occupy the Miller apartment on South Third Avenue from Charlestown Ind where Mr Wood works for DuPont.
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Middleport
S._ Begner
E. M. Wood
Miller
S. Third Ave
Charlestown
Ind
Wood
DuPont Corporation
Bill Wood
the Woods
Distribute Literary Club Year Book for 1941 42
Middleport Literary Club members received their yearbooks this week. The first meeting is set for October 8 with Mrs. D B Hartinger as hostess. The year will study current literature poetry American schools and modern drama with program committee named. Retiring president Mrs Edward French passes to new president Mrs Rosener Zeiher. The club began in 1894 and federated in 1900. The first president was Jennie Bradbury Hanlin.
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Middleport
Middleport Literary Club
D. B. Hartinger
Bess Sanborn
Vivienne Middleton
Marcus Chambers
Noah Haskins
Edward French
Rosener Zeiher
Jennie Bradbury Hanlin
Hornets Attract Attention of C. L. Hengst
Charles L. Hengst, owner near Cantwell Cliffs, notes two hornets nests 30 feet apart by his garage. One nest halted activity while the other grew steadily. Hengst believes the larger nest absorbed the smaller colony.
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Logan
Charles L. Hengst
Cantwell Cliffs
Hengst
Dayton Youth Sentenced in Juvenile Court
Logan reports Judge E L Ewing sentenced Robert Spring of Dayton to Mansfield Reformatory after a case of auto stealing tied to an escape from Boys’ Industrial School. Deputy Forest Keck jailed Spring with accomplice Elmer Ahlbin of Girard, who remains in grand jury investigation on a similar charge.
Garden Club Committee Sets Plans at Cluff Home
The Amateur Garden Club program committee met yesterday afternoon at Mrs. F. M. Cluff's home. Mrs. Cluff, as vice president, serves as committee chair.
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Middleport
Amateur Garden Club
F. M. Cluff
Hospital Returns for Local Injured and Admitted Patient
At Logan Hospital Joe Marinko of Murray City was sent home Tuesday after injuries from an accident that also killed Joe Jenkins. Keith Irick of Marion Township was released Monday after several days of treatment. Mrs. George Wolfe of Nelsonville was admitted Tuesday afternoon for appendicitis and underwent immediate surgery.
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Logan
Joe Marinko
Murray City
Cherrington Hospital
Joe Jenkins
Keith Irick
Marion Township
George Wolfe
Nelsonville
Hold Burden Funeral Rites For Robert W. Burden
Rites held at 4 pm Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Keynes 88 S Market St Athens minister Rev R G Purrington presiding. Burial took place at Oak Grove cemetery.
Funeral for Mrs Anna Evans in Columbus
Mr and Mrs D O Sparnon and family travel to Carbon Hill for the funeral service of Mrs Anna Evans who died at University Hospital Columbus Monday. Mrs Sparnon is her sister in this city community.
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Logan
D. O. Sparnon
Carbon Hill
Anna Evans
University Hospital
Columbus
Sparnon
New Bell Installed at Union Furnace Elementary
A new bell is being installed at the Union Furnace elementary school building and will be ready for use when school reopens on September 8.
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Logan
Union Furnace
Employ 25 To Reopen Stone Quarry
Logan reports the Camp Hocking stone quarry will reopen with 25 enrollees cleaning the site to ready operations. It is expected to hire about 15 workers when active, continuing a project first operated until 1937 to supply cut stone for shelter houses curbing in the Old Man's Cave area. Millard Campbell, a former quarry worker, is among those assigned.
Logan social notes and visitors at Logan
Logan New Deal Bridge Club members enjoyed a social evening Monday. Those present were Mrs. Pauline Cheshier, Betty Kessler, Margaret Rechenwald, Mable Blosser, Clara Graham, Mrs. Merrit Rheinscheld and Gertrude Miller. Miss Frances Mae Flanigan of Columbus is visiting the Leach family for the week.
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LOGAN
New Deal Bridge Club
Pauline Cheshier
Betty Kessler
Margaret Rechenwald
Mable Blosser
Clara Graham
Merrit Rheinscheld
Gertrude Miller
Frances Mae Flanigan
Columbus
Edward Leach
Picnic trip to Columbus with Lancaster group
Mr and Mrs C P Mack and son Joe and grandson Bob with Mrs Katie Walker and Helen Funk drove to Lancaster Sunday and joined by Mr and Mrs Virgil Rowland Mr and Mrs John Martin John Harlan and James Harley for a ride to Columbus A picnic dinner was enjoyed at O Shaughnessey Dam Columbus residents joining them were Mr and Mrs William Richards and daughter Louise and Mr and Mrs Lou Wingate
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C. P. Mack
Joe
Bob
Katie Walker
Helen Funk
Lancaster
Virgil Rowland
John Martin
John Harlan
James Harley
Columbus
O’shaughnessey Dam
William Richards
Louise
Lou Wingate
Local brief notes on visits by city residents
Mr and Mrs H E Kirk spent Saturday to Tuesday in Cleveland Heights visiting relatives. Sheriff Floyd Duffy and Police Chief Lewis Reynolds traveled to Columbus on business Tuesday. Frank W Harden of this city visited D C Reynolds in Greenwich C on Tuesday.
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Logan
H. E. Kirk
Cleveland Heights
Floyd Duffy
Lewis Reynolds
Columbus
Frank W. Harden
Greenwich
D. C. Reynolds
Local men to visit Cleveland horse racing links
Earl Johnson and Bernard Rarick of this city will travel to Cleveland on Friday returning Tuesday to visit H. D. Walker who operates a string of horses racing at Thistledown.
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Logan
Earl Johnson
Bernard Rarick
Cleveland
H. D. Walker
Thistledown
Harold James in Cast For Displaced Vertebra
Harold James 40, formerly of this city, is in a cast at St. Francis Hospital Columbus after a displaced vertebra caused a collapse on a bus. A sister's letter says the injury occurred earlier and the vertebrae slipped,期待 a cautious recovery with an indefinite cast period.
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Logan
Harold James
St. Francis Hospital
Columbus
C. Erwin James
Hobart Weltner
James
Father Seeks Custody Of Four Children
Evidence in the Cora Wood versus Martin Wood case was heard Tuesday by Judge Phil Henderson over a modification of the divorce decree. The mother held custody at divorce. the father seeks transfer. Four witnesses testified before the judge took the matter under advisement.
County Auditor Brings Tomato With Flange-Like Growth
County Auditor Kenneth R. Fitzgerald of W. Hune ter Sr. visited his office Tuesday with a tomato that showed flange like growth resembling an observation balloon. The unusual fruit grew in his garden.
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Logan
Kenneth R. Fitzgerald
W. Huneter Sr
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