Murray City Cares for Miners After Coal Mine Closures
Logan officials meet with Murray City delegation to address immediate relief for families of miners displaced by the Sunday Creek Coal Co mines closure. Kathleen Pettit Brandt to visit as county relief seeks aid. National Reemployment Service to assess steps. Miners to receive final pay today amid slow work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Murray City
Sunday Creek Coal Co
John Swyers
Matt Broad
Mike Lopez
Herman Theisen
Frank Cook
Kathleen Pettit Brandt
County Relief Agency
National
English Class Presents Dickens Christmas Carol at Logan High
Logan High School’s fourth period English class staged a radio style performance of Dickens Christmas Carol. Participants included Shirley Mooney Elizabeth Smith Pauline Heine Juanita Root Bill Walsh Bob Wilson Bill Knapp and Dale Engle with sound effects by Wayne Ball Paul Stump and script prep by Thelma Johnson Bob Wilson served as announcer. Thelma Johnson and Ruth White directed with Miss Minnie Louise Bowen leading a carol cantata by the a capella choir. Graduates home for the holidays attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Logan High School
Shirley Mooney
Elizabeth Smith
Pauline Heine
Juanita Root
Bill Walsh
Bob Wilson
Bill Knapp
Dale Engle
Wayne Ball
Paul Stump
Thelma Johnson
Alice Frasch
Ruth White
Minnie Louise Bowen
Farm Administration Praised by Supervisor
Logan county supervisor Benjamin L. Thompson praises the Farm Security Administration for offering credit based on character integrity and farming experience. Families needing operating funds without securities can receive aid. applications are through the local agency in the basement of the post office.
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Logan
Benjamin L. Thompson
Hocking County
Farm Security Administration
Columbus Couples Receive Two Marriage Licenses
Logan reports two marriage licenses issued this week. Paul E Beck athletic director Columbus wed Imelda McGrath Columbus. Vernon Clark 19 Union Furnace wed Ruth Wallace 17 Columbus. Beck is son of Edward Beck longtime Columbus resident and serves as athletic director at a Catholic high school in the city.
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LOGAN
Columbus
Paul E. Beck
Imelda McGrath
Vernon Clark
Union Furnace
Ruth Wallace
Mr. Beck
Edward Beck
Beck
Motorist Fined After Route 33 Accident
Alva Chilcote of Rockbridge crashed his car against a guard rail on Route 33 north of Logan. Patrolmen Evans and Notestone took him into custody. Arraigned before Mayor Kinser, he pleaded guilty and was fined 100 dollars plus costs and lost his license for one year.
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Logan
Alva Chilcote
Rockbridge
A. F. Evans
C. D. Notestone
Dallas Kinser
Notice of Probate Sale in Athens County Ohio
Nina A. Townsend, administratrix of Charles W. Townsend deceased, seeks a court order to sell a 39.30 acre tract in Rome Township Athens County Ohio to pay debts. Cause No 15855 heard February 15. The heirs named Margerette Harris Charles W Townsend Lola Carter Vern Townsend Orwell Townsend reside at unknown addresses.
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Soticee
Margerette Harris
S. Terrace Ave
Columbus
Ohio
Charles W. Townsend
Olympia Hotel
Chicago
Illinois
Lola KE. Carter
Fargo
N. Dakota
Charles Townsend
Ilinois
BE. Townsend
Spear
Rome Township
Athens County
Bee
P. Baid
L. A. Pierce
Toy d
Lainudt
Books Needed For Holiday Gifts Shortage For Girls Revealed
Fire Department sorting of toys shows a shortage of books suitable for girls aged 10 to 14 while toys for boys are plentiful. Public urged to contact Engine House at once via phone 98 to donate suitable titles.
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Logan
Logan Brief Social Notes
Ohio Wesleyan student Albert Leonard returns home for holidays with his parents. Other university students from Ohio Wesleyan and Ohio University are listed among those home for Christmas. Several Logan residents plan Florida trips for the season, including Mrs. Hull and Barbara, Miss Bartelle Hamilton, and families Lanning and Braddock. The Ourselves Club held a noon luncheon at the P K Shop followed by gifts, games, and tea. Mrs. George Wonn will host another meeting in two weeks.
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Florida
Logan
Fred E. Hull
Barbara
Bartelle Hamilton
Miami
Gerald W. Lanning
Leo White
Wilber Lanning
Kate Barton
S. Market St
Bart
George Wonn
P-K
Christmas Program At Mt Zion School Noted
A short Christmas program was given at Mt Zion Sunday School followed by a treat for children. A prize was awarded to Jenkins Slusher and Junior Buck by Eva Mohler for attending every Sunday in November. Officers of the Sunshine Sewing Circle corrected: Mary Perry president Maggie Buck vice president Florence King secretary treasurer Della Butts assistant secretary-treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Zion
Jenkins Slusher
Junior Buck
Eva Mohler
Sunshine Sewing Circle
Mary Perry
Maggie Buck
Florence King
Della Butts
William Coleman
Woodrow Colmer
Athens
Charles Taylor
Syracuse
Taylor
Pratts Fork
Maggie Lowther
Nora Herron
Cora Webb
Robert
J. P. Mohler
William Colemer
Arnold King
Wolfe Accepts Sales Post at Geil Auto Agency
Logan Orla Wolfe, former county engineer, takes a salesman job with the Charles Geil Auto Agency. He began his new duties Thursday after months overseeing the Whitcraft farm quarry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Orla Wolfe
Charles Geil Auto Agency
Wolfe
Whitcraft Farm
Carol singing by Logan Girl Scouts caravans through city
Logan Girl Scouts conducted carol singing Thursday evening. Troops were conveyed by truck to the city from the American Legion Hall where they gathered for supper and exchanged gifts. All city troops participated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Girl Scouts
American Legion Hall
Carbon Hill Churches To Give Programs
Christmas will be observed at the two local churches Sunday morning with a short program at the Methodist Church and a program preceding Sunday School at the Christian Church. Community notes mention visits, parties, and holiday events among local residents and families, with multiple names and towns referenced.
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Carbon Hill
Methodist
Christian Church
Gerald Kimble
Attica
Robert Wilkinson
Carl Smith
Alva Devol
Columbus
Louie Lowes
Teddy
Frank Locke
Kensington
Edgar Stedwell
Mary Lou Nutter
Dora Spencer
Haydenville
Pearl Downhour
Reedsville Social Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Illness
Reedsville notes report visitors such as Rev Father Ed ward Murphy Pomeroy and Edgar Petty Columbus visiting relatives. They also mention illnesses including Mrs Barnhart and Mrs Coleman with a fracture. Several families travel for Christmas and funeral attendance for Charles Blake at Eden.
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Reedsville
Edward R. Murphy
Pomeroy
Luther Barnhart
Marvin Petty
Glen Waggoner
Thelma Buckley
Parkersburg
C. W. Buckley
John Chaney
Esther Brooks
John Chevalier
Lottridge
Will Chevalier
Emma Sisson
Middleport
L. B. Sisson
A. D. Arnott
Tuppers Plains
W. F. Osborn
Russell Snyder
Josephine Pickens
Forked Run
Wyatt Landon
Arthur Hill
New Comerstown
John L. Landon
Charles Hamilton, Jr
Philo
C. O. Powell
Dayton
Edward Mays
Delaware
J. W. Emrick
Lancaster
Effie Warren
Florida
Theresa Devlin
Pittsburgh
Agnes Barnhart
Golden Wedding To Be Celebrated Sunday
Mr and Mrs Edward Joy of Logan will observe their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday with an open house for friends. Their children are expected to be home for the celebration and the family includes Lavine Dearth Portsmouth Opal Wharton Rockbridge Royal Shelton Carbon Hill Josephine Crothers Haydenville Ada Isabel Kiger and Henry Joy Logan William A Joy Poughkeepsie NY and Jock at home.
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LOGAN
Edward Joy
Logan Rt. 3
Joy
Lavine Dearth
Portsmouth
Opal Wharton
Rockbridge
Royal Shelton
Carbon Hill
Josephine Crothers
Haydenville
Ada Isabel Kiger
Henry Joy
William A. Joy
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Jock
Union Furnace to Stage Two Programs This Weekend
The Union Furnace United Brethren Church will present a pageant titled The Enchanted Candle this Sunday at 7 30 PM with an audience invitation. A Christmas program and tree at the same church are planned for Saturday evening with the public urged to attend and bring children and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Furnace
United Brethren Church
Local Merchants Sell Out Christmas Trees
Logan merchants report near total sale of Christmas trees. Most stock comes from the evergreen district in the county, with some Canadian pines also sold. Shan Kuhn, a Big Pine Valley farmer, spent the last month cutting trees and supplying the market.
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Logan
Shan Kuhn
Big Pine Valley
Newspaper Office Damaged by Blaze Delays Logan Republican
A heater start caused a Thursday morning fire in the Logan pressroom delaying The Logan Republican. Dean Collison and Walter Guess extinguished the flames, damaging wiring and scorching the press. Insurance covers the loss.
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Logan
Logan Republican
Dean Collison
Walter Guess
Illness troubles Logan Rheinscheid as family seeks care
Danny 18 month old son of Mr and Mrs Ellsworth Rheinscheid of this city is seriously ill at home under a physician’s care.
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Logan
Danny
Mrs. Ellsworth Rheinscheid
Risch Farm Harvests 3633 Bushels of Corn
Logan report notes A. F. Risch and son Elmer harvested 3633 bushels of corn on their Good Hope Township farm this season. Flooding from the Hocking River late in the year reduced some acreages but did not stop the overall yield.
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Logan
A. F. Risch
Elmer Risch
Good Hope
Hocking
Shade Club Quilts At Smith Home
Shade Art and Thimble Club met December 15 at Mrs. Velma Smith home. Two quilts were finished and one was partly pieced as twenty two members attended along with visitors Charles Flanders and Myrtle Flanders. A potluck lunch was served. next meeting February 12 at Gladys Friese’s home.
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SHADE
Shade Art and Thimble Club
Velma Smith
Margaret Grim
Mary Bobo
Magmie Bobo
Kate Chappell
Edyth Smith
Mildred Niggemeyer
Mazie Meeks
Mable Smith
Mable Cowen
Ethel Williams
Lenore Williams
Alta Douglas
Lucy Pierce
Gladys Douglas
Ann Williams
Gladys Friese
Libbie Burson
Zelda Perry
Edyth Grim
Mary Blazier
Primrose Green
Charles Flanders
Myrtle Flanders
Klein schmidt visits Logan with parents in city stay
Lawrence Klein schmidt of Washington D C arrived in Logan Thursday and will stay until Monday with his parents Mr and Mrs Charles Kleinschmidt of North Street. Mr Kleinschmidt works for the government Bureau of Standards since 1920 after graduating from Ohio University.
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Logan Logan
Lawrence Kleinschmidt
Washington, D. C
Logan
Charles Kleinschmidt
North St
Kleinschmidt
Government Bureau of Standards
Ohio University
City Council Finance Committee Eyes 1939 Ordinance
Following a meeting with Mayor Dallas Kinser and Service Director R R Loomis the council finance committee studied the proposed 1939 appropriation ordinance. It was indicated the ordinance would be presented the next Tuesday evening with a recommendation for passage.
James Anthony Cook Takes Oath as Commissioner-Elect
Logan James Anthony Cook appeared before Judge Phil Henderson on Thursday to take the oath of office. He has secured bond and will qualify for the office which he will assume January 1, succeeding W. E. Evans of Carbon Hill.
Phonograph Replevin Suit Filed Over $175 Item
Harry A. Gosney sues Art Slater of Murray City in common pleas court to recover a phonograph valued at 175 dollars and seeks 50 dollars damages, totaling 225 dollars. The instrument was allegedly purchased in December 1937 from Mills Novelty Co and is being detained by the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Harry A. Gosney
Art Slater
Murray City
Mills Novelty Co
Common Pleas Court
New corn performs well on hill and bottom lands
Hocking County farmers test a new corn hybrid showing strong yields on hill land and fertile bottom soil. Marion Township farmer Carl C. Poling husked three shocks yielding 10 bushels from his hill land farm.
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Logan
Hocking County
Carl C. Poling
Marion Township
Christmas Pageant at Union United Brethren Church
At 7:30 this evening Union United Brethren Church stages a Christmas pageant titled He, Came to Bethlehem with a focus on the nativity story and seasonal pageantry.
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Logan
Union United Brethren Church
Bethlehem
Heine Child Awarded To Mother by Judge Henderson
Judge Phil Henderson ruled that the minor child remain with her mother in Columbus. The alimony order from the court remains unchanged. Testimony was heard last August in Clarence Heine versus Florence Heine custody case.
Grange Christmas Party Includes Child Program
Logan Miller Chapel Grange held its Christmas party at the hall on Wednesday evening with a child centered program. Christmas carols were sung and gifts exchanged. Participants included Janice Hinerman Carol Hinerman Jean Anne Skinner Annabelle Woolever and Robert Rheinesheld. Following the meeting lunch was served. Officers to be installed January 4 with a 6:30 potluck supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan—Miller Chapel Grange
Janice and Carol Hinerman
Jean Anne Skinner
Annabelle Woolever
Robert Rheinescheld
Grange
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W. D. Braddock
M. E. Beck
Akron
Lewis Moore
Elizabeth Forwick
Dale Perry
Robert Perry
Maxine Goldsberry
Louise Beal
Richard Williams
Grace
Pauline
Glennie St. Clair
John Linear
Mt. Zion Mission
Sit. Zion
Reedsville Social Briefs
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Cocktai Farm
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Elias
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