Water works to add emergency well with bonds
City council authorized a $6500 revenue bond to sink a new emergency well at the water works plant, about 200 feet west of the current well and 70 feet from the Hocking River, with bids to be solicited and a contract awarded to the lowest bidder. A test well proved capacity of one million gallons per day, and drilling is expected within five to six weeks. Notes of $4400 were approved to finance street improvements on West Street.
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Logan
R. R. Loomis
Loomis
Hocking River
Council
West St
Hunter
Third St
Oscar Steward
Fred Murray
Brehm
Main
Hunter Sts
Injured Miner and Neighbor Undergo Surgery at Cherington
Logan Charles Hughes, a Murray City miner, was injured about noon Tuesday when caught by a state fall. He was taken to Cherington Hospital. Bernice Mitchell, from Murray City, underwent a major surgical operation at the hospital Tuesday.
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Logan
Charles Hughes
Murray City
Cherrington Hospital
Bernice Mitchell
Car Found in Home Garage After Family Stolen It
Joe Case reported his car stolen Monday night. He found the automobile in his East Second Street home garage, placed there by a family member without informing him. It was the first time in two years the car had been kept in a garage.
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Logan
Joe
Case
East Second St
Miss Higley Honored By Shower at Rutland
Rutland residents host a linen shower for Miss Gladys Higley at the Chase home with contests and gifts. Local visitors include Miss Bohland from Los Angeles and many relatives and friends stopping by across Rutland and nearby towns.
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Higley
Rutland
Jennie Rogue
Columbus
Edith Bean
Bernice Higley
Eva Welsh
Gladys Higley
Clarence Chase
Beatrice
Virginia Pond
Junior Pond
Niagara Fall
Clarence Murray
Lemay
William Day
Jake Musser
Earl Forrest
Kennard
Dorothy
Will Plummer
Mary Bohland
Los Angeles
Cal
Ted Polock
Zanesville
Alex Steele
Margaret Williamson
Walter McMorrowee
William McMorrow °Ton
Floyd Duntfee
August Sets Record in Hocking County Marriages
Logan August appears set to be the month of brides in Hocking County with 29 marriage licenses issued in August by Judge E. L. Ewing, the highest monthly total of the year.
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Logan
Hocking County
E. L. Ewing
Commerce Directors Announce Monthly Logan Meeting
The Logan Chamber of Commerce announces a regular meeting by its Board of Directors on the first Wednesday of each month. Sessions open at 8 o'clock. Meetings take place at the organization offices with individuals or groups invited to attend and offer suggestions.
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Logan
Logan Chamber of Commerce
Discount on Water Bills Restored in October
Logan Safety Director R R Loomis announced a 15 percent discount on water bills will be restored for the October collection. The discount will return to 15 percent after filtration plant improvement notes were retired, which occurred several weeks ago.
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Logan
R. R. Loomis
Logan Brief Social Notes: Sixth Helber Tigner Reunion Held
Descendants of George and Isabella Tigner Helber gathered at Pleasant Valley Church near Logan for the sixth annual reunion with 92 attendees. Of 13 living siblings, 12 attended, including several named family members from Logan Bremen Lancaster Coraopolis and Alliance. Oldest member Abel Carpenter could not attend. A dinner party at Crystal Springs Inn entertained Mr and Mrs Fred Arnold Salt Lake City and others. Marie Kleinschmidt of Flagstaff Arizona visited her North Street parents, her first in two years, as she teaches in Flagstaff.
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George
Isabelle Tigner Helber
Pleasant Valley Church
Logan
Andrew Ellinger
Enterprise
Linnie Ruff
Bremen
John F. Bond
John Hartman
Lucius Conrad
William
Frank
Abel Helber
Simon Derr
George Helber
Lancaster
Phillip Blackstone
Coraopolis
Edward Crook
Alliance
Abel Carpenter
Canal Winchester
Mary Louise Bowen
Crystal Springs Inn
Fred Arnold
Salt Lake City
Elsie Martin
Mary Krieg
William Martin
Marie Kleinschmidt
Flagstaff
Ariz
Charles Kleinschmidt
North St
Degree of Pocahontas rescheduled initiation event
The Degree of Pocahontas Logan Council No. 58 cancels its September 5 meeting for Labor Day and reschedules initiation for Monday September 12. Members are reminded a pot-luck lunch will follow a 7 30 PM lodge convening and all degree team members should attend.
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Degree of Pocahontas
Logan Council No. 58
Lodge
Founders' Day dinner marks Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority event
Founders' Day meeting of the Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority occurred at the White House with a 6:30 dinner. Miss Maxine Notestone, president, gave the welcome and presented a corsage to Mrs. Irene Worley. Mrs. Elizabeth Hansel Elberfeld spoke, with a duet by Mrs. Margaret Cannon and Miss Martha eherst. Mrs. Worley delivered the principal address and Miss Iola Courter read a Betty Hay poem. Charter members present included Mrs. Velma Huffman and Mrs. Mary Sweazy, with Judge W J. Jones among local visitors.
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Sigma Phi Gamma
White House
Maxine Notestone
Irene Worley
Athens
Elizabeth Hansel Elberfeld
Coshocton
Margaret Cannon
Martha Eherst
Worley
Iola Courter
Betty Hay
Helen Bright
Helen Adair
Evelyn Courter
Ruth Green
Garnet Sheets
Faith Wright
Columbus
J. L. Archer
Marlene
Laurelville
Logan
M. D. Higgins
Charles Russell
Everett Higgins
Akron
Walter FE. Brehm
J.D. Tipton
Irene
Gallipolis
Mabel Poling
Gloria
Warner Ave
George Ohlinger
Cleveland
Pomeroy
William Ohlinger
Jack Spence
Harry Ohlinger
Hocking Wins At State Fair
Two Hocking County Juvenile Granges placed at the Ohio State Fair after judging on booths prepared by the groups. Laurel Valley of Laurelville finished fourth and Ewing Grange fifth among about 15 Granges. Mrs. A G Sellers of Ilesboro led the Ewing group. Mrs. Joe L Archer of Laurelville led Laurel Valley.
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Logan
Hocking County
Laurel Valley Grange
Laurelville
Ewing Grange
A. G. Sellers
Ilesboro
Joe L. Archer
Laurel Valley Group
Retail Stores End Weeklong Half Holiday Season
Logan Chamber of Commerce bulletin says the Thursday half holiday season is over and retail stores will stay open this week. The half holiday was arranged by agreement for July and August.
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Logan—Chamber of Commerce
School Merger Petition Ruled Defective in County Plan
Ross County Board of Education did not act on Adelphi district’s petition to transfer to Pickaway County for a tri county merger. The petition, signed by more than 90 percent of patrons, was deemed defective and all work must be redone after a Saturday meeting.
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Logan
Ross County Board of Education
Adelphi
Pickaway County
Tri-County
Messenger Carriers Enjoy Park Picnic in Logan
Messenger carriers in Logan under D. Y. Milne organized a park district picnic with a dinner. Attendees included Ray and Mark Lohr Willis Denny Lester Wallace Richard Goss Harry Proctor Carl Clendenen William Goss and Robert Howdyshell. Mr and Mrs Robert Sigler Dicken Addition are parents of a son born Monday evening.
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Logan Messenger
Logan
D. Y. Milne
Hocking
Mr. Milne
Ray
Mark Lohr
Willis Denny
Lester Wallace
Richard Goss
Harry Proctor
Carl Clendenen
William Goss
Robert Howdyshell
Robert Sigler
Dicken
Nixon Named Chairman of Retail Group
LOGAN Retail Merchants committee of the Logan Chamber of Commerce met at the organization offices Tuesday evening to elect officers and outline a program for the coming year. B. Nixon was named chairman and C. J. Wilson, secretary. The group began a discussion of special days to stimulate retail business and planned a general meeting of all retailers soon for a formal program. Members include Nixon, Wilson, Claude Hammon, Arthur Gasser, Fred Carpenter, James Hughes, Oscar Steward, Joe Case, F. W. Weiland, Barney Brandewene, and W. D. Braddock.
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Logan
Logan Chamber of Commerce
B. ©. Nixon
C. J. Wilson
Merchants Committee
Mr. Nixon
Mr. Wilson
Claude Hammon
Arthur Gasser
Laurelville School Sets Monday Opening in Logan County
Laurelville schools will open Monday morning as announced by Supt. Joe L. Archer. This marks the second district in the county to start on Monday rather than Tuesday, following Union Furnace. Only staff change is George E. Bushnell replacing Walling Corwin as vocational agricultural instructor.
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Logan
Laurelville
Joe L. Archer
Union Furnace
George E. Bushnell
Walling Corwin
Logan Music Conferences Open for Students and Parents
Logan James Horwell the new instrumental instructor will meet all students in the music room at Logan High School at 1 30 o clock Thursday Friday and Saturday afternoons this week He also invites the parents of interested students to attend and learn about the program.
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Logan
James Horwell
Logan Schools
Logan High School
Policeman Releases Wild Duck Taken on Main Street
Patrolman A F Evans observed a confused wild duck near Main Street at 3 30 am Monday. He captured the bird and kept it until morning when he released it in the countryside.
Skunk Escapes Through Drain Pipe In Laurel Township Cellar
Mrs. Pearl Ralston found a small skunk in her Laurel Township basement. The animal slid up a drain pipe to reach the cellar. It fled upon her approach, leaving the farm woman shaken but unharmed after the scare.
Follow-up on crippled children eye cases in Logan clinic
Public health nurse Miss Bertha Madlen er reports results from recent clinics in this city. Of 30 eye examinations with corrections advised, 25 cases have continued with medical guidance.
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Logan
Bertha Madlener
Auto Crashes in Logan Stay Nonfatal, August Sees Peak
Police report 29 automobile accidents in Logan since January 1, with none serious. In August there were five wrecks, the highest monthly total so far this year, per Chief Lew Reynolds.
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Logan
Lew Reynolds
Prime Tobacco Display After Logan Arrival
Prime tobacco from the LOGAN-A collection is shown by D. Y. Milne after receipt from a friend. The Logans Mr. and Mrs. James H. Larson brought the tobacco to Logan Monday while they were in Kentucky to return Mrs. R. J. Hueglin to Louisville after a visit here.
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Logan
D. Y. Milne
James H. Larson
Kentucky
R. J. Hueglin
Louisville
Crawford's Last March along Ohio Indian Trails
A guided historic motor tour traces Colonel William Crawford's doomed 1782 expedition through northwest Ohio. It maps steps from Steubenville to Gnadenhutten, Mansfield, Upper Sandusky, Leesville, and Crawford, noting monuments, Moravian Schoenbrunn, and places tied to the Gnadenhutten massacre, with focus on routes 8 39 62 30 23 and notable sites like the Blue Hole and Sandusky Bay region.
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Crawford
William Crawford
Ohio
George Washington
Steubenville
Hopedale
Gnadenhutten
Williamson
Schoenbrunn
New Philadelphia
Dover
Millersburg
Killbuck Creek
Holmesville
Loudonville
Perrysburg
Mansfield
Bucyrus
Olentangy Battle Monument
Upper Sandusky
Leesville
Firelands
Defiance
Auglaize
Maumee
Black Swamp
Fremont
Old Lake
Sandusky Bay
Blue Hole
Castalia
Mad River
Effort Continues To Clear Blocked N Mulberry St
Logan council heard Mrs D A Rannells and Mrs Bert Bell seek removal of a brick dwelling owned by the Trimmer heirs that blocks the north end of N Mulberry St. The obstruction shields 33 nearby families from a direct route to a swimming pool and a Jennison Ave N Market St loop. Council will study remedies. temporary alley repairs were suggested to improve north district access.
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Jennison Ave
N. Market St
Taylor Ridge Social Notes
Local social notes recount visits and family gatherings around Taylor Ridge. Families such as Heffken, Hooper, Bulstrom, Chalfant, Golding, and Cannon visit relatives in Akron Lewisville Athens Columbus and Chillicothe while noting funeral services and birthdays.
Ill at Sandusky Logan George Milne Sr Sandusky
George Milne Sr of Sandusky is reported seriously ill at his home. He is the father of D. Y. Milne of this city and has spent the winter season in Logan for several years.
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Logan
George Milne
Sandusky
Mr. Milne
D. Y. Milne
Jacksonville Boy Honored On His Sixteenth Birthday
Mrs Lena Burdiss hosted a surprise birthday gathering for son George on his 16th birthday with many friends attending. The notice also lists upcoming events and visits across several towns, including a Ladies Democratic club meeting and multiple weekend trips and family visits among area residents.
Rev Abram Nightingale visits Coolville and Troy
Coolville and Troy notes report visits by Rev Abram Nightingale of Crossville Tenn with Malcolm White of Brookline Mass and Albert Shroer of St Marys Ohio. They stayed Friday to Tuesday with Mrs Hoobler and Mrs Barth. Special services at the M E Church led by Chief White Eagle continue to grow and will close Saturday night. White Eagle preaches at Mt Zion Baptist Athens next Sunday.
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Coolville
Abram Nightingale
Crossville
Tenn
Malcolm White
Brookline
Mass
Albert Shroer
St. Marys
Ohio
K. M. Barth
Marietta
Hoobler
Barth
Nightingale
Ireland
M. E. Church
Chief White Eagle
White Eagle
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Athens
G. R. Gunder
Wiseman
Rio Grande
Rev
F. Parkins
Columbus
Josie Davis
Wayne
Martha Fishel
York
R. R. Hill
Marion
R. R. Crislip
Thompson
Youngstown
W. F. Kampf
Parkersburg Hospital
W. B. King
Mary Gaskins
Nina Dixon
Edward Blizzard
Akron
Gaskins
L. H. Cowdery
Veteran Attorney McBroom Hospitalized After Illness
Logan Allen R. McBroom, a veteran attorney, has been seriously ill for several days and was admitted to Cherrington Hospital on Monday.
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Logan
Allen R. McBroom
Cherrington Hospital
Straitsville News Briefs highlights local social and civic notes
Miss Mary Ellen Hartman and Gordon Wolcott of Youngstown visited the Hartman family. Harold Orndorf married Evelyn Reinhard in Columbus. Local families and groups attended weddings, anniversaries, and hospital visits. Miss Catherine Blankenship earned a Masters at Columbia and returns to Warren to teach. The Star Sewing Circle celebrated its 12th anniversary with many members present.
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New Straitsville
Mary Ellen Hartman
Gordon Wolcott
Youngstown
Samuel Hartman
Samuel Orndorf
Clayton
Harold Orndorf
Evelyn Reinhard
Columbus
Fulton Brandt
Nancy
Lancaster
William Mitchell
Akron
Novella
Jean Mills
Elizabeth Cotterman
Beulah Matthews
Marilyn Todd
John Roberts
Wanda Breeze
Russell Thompson
Thurman Thompson
Garnet White
Laura Warner
Martha Savage
Myrtle .Geers
Detroit
Mich
Elden Hartman
Pudge McHenry
Struthers
Frank Cotterman
E. M. Rush
Ralph
S. E. Rush
Cincinnati
Michael
Frank Crow
Magnolia
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Catherine Blankenship
Columbia University
Miss Blankenship
Warren
Jane Slatzer
Florence Huston
Harry Daevis
Dick Metsraay
Oliver Kemper
Carl Huston
Clarence Grandy
James Abram
James, Jr
Richard and
Carson
New York
Rio de Janeiro
Isabell Lawson
Laura Noble
Sugar Creek
Beall Ewing
Thomas
Yonkers
N. Y
Ewing
Edward Martin
Starling
Gilbert Woodruff
Akr
D. B. Blankenship
Kenneth Srattuck
Gallipolis Hospital
Broadwell Social and Personal News Items
Mrs. Don White and two children from Sandusky visit Broadwell. Lester White of Sand Rock visits George and wife. Howard Rathburn of Columbus stays with Clarence Rathburn’s family. Locals attend Sand Rock dance. Sunday guests Mrs. Lote Brill hosts Elmer Brill and sons from Westland. Arch Sprouse and visitors attend State Fair in Columbus. Alonzo Vernon Madison Vernon and son visit Arch Sprouse. Elmer White visits Columbus and State Fair. Donna Ewart Clyde Calentine of Chesterhill visit Evalina Brill. Amos White and grandchildren attend Hanson reunion at Pennsville Park. Oscar James and daughters Patty and Mary drive to West Virginia to visit Millard Dunfee and Mildred Parsons. Mildred Parsons employed with Aubrey Rowland family. Freeman Ware Ireland WV visits daughter Mrs. Simon Layton. Stanley Christy and daughter from Athens visit Joe Young's home.
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W. Va
Simon Layton
Stanley Christy
Athens
Joe Young
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