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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1925

Page

7

All Councilmen Present at Next to Last Meeting in Logan

All council members attended the meeting, with reports from city officers. Mayor Wolfe reported $249.70 in fines and fees collected for the month, a $10,000 bond for a fire apparatus purchase was approved, and timing issues earmarked equipment for the next administration. The salary ordinance was amended to set the cemetery sexton at $110 monthly. Meantime, Mulberry Street closure was authorized during Knights of Pythias Building work, and a campaign to expand local membership was launched. A state league conference in Springfield drew 1,000 delegates as parents were urged to attend future meetings.

Logan J. W. Wolfe Ap‘ng Nei Hocking Power Company Wolfe William Loomis Mulberry St Main Knights of Pythias Lewis Rose Claude Lyons League Springfield

Logan High School Lunch Service For Pupils

In Logan the high school building offers a daily noon lunch. About seventy pupils use the service, with more served on bad weather days. A cook prepares the food and the home economics class led by Miss Sarah Rockhold helps serve at low cost.

G@CHOOL Logan Logan High School Sarah Rockhold

Logan chapter forms permanent Izaak Walton League

In Logan on Dec 10 the Izaak Walton League of America chapter No 139 held a courthouse meeting to establish a permanent organization. Edward C Hamilton a Logan lumber dealer was named president and George Stalismith was chosen vice president.

Logan Logan Chaper No Izaak Walton Ague of America Edward C. Hamilton Logan Lumber Dealer George Stalismith

Post 140 G A R Holds Election At Logan

Logan December reports the James K Rochester post No. 140 of the G A R elected Thomas Collins as post commander for the third straight year. Zoath Hammon John Bagley and others were named officers. Membership has fallen from 400 to 15 but veterans remain loyal and meet weekly in the James building.

Logan James K. Rochester James Building Thomas ‘Collins Zoath Hammon John Bagley John Krvnn James Allen Dan Canfield

Motor Car Makers Rise in Industrial Shift in Midlands

Birmingham and surrounding cities like Coventry and Wolverhampton shift from steel to motor cars amid postwar slump. Birmingham becomes English Detroit with firms such as Austin Woolsey Lancaster Armstrong Siddely and Sunbeam thriving. The Birmingham Small Arms Co transforms into a subsidiary to build automobiles.

Birmingham England Consolidated Press Midlands Coventry Wolverhampton Detroit D Austin Woolsey, Lancaster Armstrong, Siddesley Sunbeam Birmingham Small Arms Company

IPARENT- TEACHERS TO MEET DEC 16

The Parent- Teachers association set a December 16 meeting with a program led by Miss Kellar guiding music from the third grades. Dr W E Brehm will discuss Teeth and Their Care and Dr W G Rhoten will cover the health department’s work. The organizing committee aims to attract many parents to attend.

Logan Parent- Teachers Association

Loneliest Man in Britain Found in Scotland

Edinburgh reports Henry Edwardson, a 37 year bird watcher, living in a tiny place in the Shetland Islands. His discovery marks a notable loneliest man in Britain status with decades spent observing birds.

Shetland Islands Edinburgh Britain Henry Edwardson

Northern Birdwatcher of Shetland Keeps Vigil in Hut

For thirty years Edward son has occupied a tiny hut at Herma Ness Unst the most northerly inhabited part of Britain most months each year. He observes bird life on the island once a sanctuary noting arrivals migrations and habits of several breeds from his remote post atop rocky crags.

Herma Ness Unst Shetland Edwardson British Isles

Hartford Wildcats Numbers Rise in Connecticut

Hartford area reports show Wildcats numbers higher this fall than in generations, per statistics on file with the Fish and Game Commission. A single genuine specimen was shot in Hartford, marking a notable event in local wildlife reports.

Hartford Connecticut Fish and Game Commission

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