Logan Council Opens 1940 With Passage of New Appropriations
Logan city officials organized for 1940 with a unanimous approval of an appropriation ordinance totaling 78 535 dollars. Mayor Kinser administered oaths to officers including Treasurer Knapp and Clerk Chase as committees were named for Finance Public Utilities Water and Sewers Streets and more.
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Logan
George S. Moore
Dallas Kinser
Margaret Knapp
Fred A. Murray
Ward Chase
Stanley W. Baker
Baker
Public Utilities Group
Finance
C. L. Wonn
Lawrence Adcock
Bill Miller
Russell Hone
Hone
Moore
Wonn
Gilbert Leffler
Keith Schultz
Leffler
Miller
Adcock
Schultz
Howe
Grand Jurors Meet Monday
Prosecutor Hubert Lappen says preparations are underway for the grand jury to convene next Monday. Only a small number of cases have accumulated since the October term, and officials expect the work to be completed in one day.
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Logan
Hubert Lappen
Cold Weather Grips Logan at New Year Start
Sustained cold weather over the end of the week continued through Monday. Main St. saw few visitors as the day was a holiday. At daybreak Monday the low touched five degrees above zero and did not rise much all day.
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Logan
Main St
Revival in Progress At Nazarene Church
Revival services under way at the Church of the Nazarene with Rev. and Mrs. H. V. Kyer and daughter Ruth Evangeline of Akron assisting. A Watch Night service drew a large crowd as the new year began. Each evening at 7 o clock features sermons and musical numbers directed by Mrs. Kyer and the Kyers. meetings continue through January 14 and are open to the public.
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Logan
Church of the Nazarene
H. V. Kyer
Ruth Evangeline
Akron
Kyer
Pair arraigned on reckless driving. both plead guilty
Harry Abrets of Logan Gloucester Route 4 and Alva E. Trimmer of Murray City were arraigned Saturday before Mayor Dallas Kinser on reckless driving charges filed by the state highway patrol. Each pleaded guilty and were fined $20 plus costs.
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Logan
Harry Abrets
Glouster Route 4
Alva E. Trimmer
Murray City
Dallas Kinser
State Highway Patrol
Degree Conferred on 3 Candidates by Logan Masons
Logan Masons at the Hock-Hocking Council temple conferred the Superior Excellent Degree on three candidates from the local council and Pomeroy. Max Fulks conducted the annual inspection with visitors from Athens Nelsonville Pomeroy and Chillicothe. Seventy dined beforehand as the local council marks 25 years of annual conferrals.
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O. G. Houck
W. W
Logan Brief Social Notes
Community notices summarize club meetings birthday honors and visits. Welcome features include the Saturday Club meeting at Mrs. Russell Berlin’s home and several watch parties hosted by Miss Dorothy Poling Ned Webb and Miss Hood. The piece also notes visits by the Bowens Columbus and locals from Coshocton and New Lexington with family guests.
Speegle Praises Hamp ton Newport News Holiday Decorations
W. L. Speegle of West Logan returns from Hamp ton and Newport News Virginia where he spent the holidays with his mother and two brothers. He boasts that the city’s decorations were finer than those seen on his southern travels.
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W. L. Speegle
West Logan
Hampton
Newport News
Harden Hosts Watch Party With Kinser and Krieg
Mr and Mrs Frank Harden entertained at home Sunday night with a watch party. Their guests were Mayor and Mrs Dallas Kinser and Mr and Mrs James Krieg.
Masons Plan Activities in Logan Area
Logan residents will host a district Masons meeting at the local Masonic Temple at 7 pm Friday. Visiting Masons are expected, and a Craftsmen's Club session occurs Wednesday with refreshments. On Monday January 8 a Blue Lodge special meeting will confer the Master’s Degree.
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Logan
Masons
Craftsmen'’s Club
Blue Lodge
Logan Fans Stay Interested in Rose Bowl Broadcast
Logan fans continue to show interest in the Rose Bowl with many local listeners tuning into the radio broadcast Monday evening. Though Tennessee partisans attended, their optimism was low from the start as Logan football fans viewed the game as the top bowl among those watched locally.
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LOGAN
Tennessee
Police Report 23 Arrests in December
Logan police report 23 arrests in December. Drunkenness and disorderly conduct lead with 10 cases. two each of petty larceny, failure to stop at a stop street, driving while intoxicated, and overtime parking. Single cases for reckless driving, assault and battery, breaking and entering, leaving the scene of an accident, and blocking an alley.
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Logan
Hot Lunch Program Resumed at Schools
School openings saw a return of the hot lunch program with higher attendance due to cold weather. Free milk is provided to indigent children through the efforts of the local American Legion Post.
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Gallipolis
American Legion Post
Branch Library Opens at Bidwell
Gallia County opens its fifteenth branch at Carl Denney's Bidwell store. Gallipolis Library supplies the books for all stations in the new network.
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Bidwell
Gallipolis
Carl Denney
First Fire Call Near Logan Thaws Pipes at Codagan Store
The Logan fire department reported its first call of the year at 1 45 p m when Assistant Chief Gerald McLaughlin moved the pumper to the Codagan store on Route 75 east of the city. The owner was thawing frozen pipes and started a fire. Small loss occurred as flames were put out quickly without using the pumper.
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Logan
Gerald McLaughlin
Codagan
Route 75
Old Timber Preserved by Gallia Man
Gallia county note on Edwin R. McCormick of Fairfield preserving heirlooms from 1847. End log bears John W. McCormick and William H. McCormick, aunt uncle to Edwin. Also three oak puncheons from cabin flooring and sheathing from a Civil War era City Park storehouse. 75 year old boards kept well.
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Gallipolis
Edwin R. McCormick
Fairfield
John W. McCormick
William H
Edwin McCormick
McCormick
City
Laing Halliday
Logan Ends 1939 Free of Traffic Deaths in Logan
Logan city officials celebrate a no traffic fatalities record for 1939 after entering a national contest. Mayor Dallas Kinser calls the result a great satisfaction and hopes the achievement continues, noting the previous year had one fatality in December.
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Logan
Dallas Kinser
Two New Members Join City Board of Education
Logan reports two new members, Harry L. Smith and Harold W. Larimer, taking seats on the city board of education at Monday’s meeting. In the reorganization L. E. Strawn was elected president and Rolland Bright was re-elected clerk, with Strawn succeeding Wright as president.
Benefit Ball Planned for Gallia County
Gallia County plans a Presidential Ball and other activities in late January to raise funds for the infantile paralysis foundation. County chairman Joe V. Lee says he will meet in Columbus with about 500 county chairmen and staff for a conference on proposed programs. Tentative plans include a ball at the Eagles Club spelling contests countywide with admission charged and the mile of dimes program already used successfully.
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Gallipolis
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Joe V. Lee
Lee
Columbus
Eagles’ Club
Mrs Emma Tull Dies at Platform Near Platform
Mrs Emma Tull 65 wife of Wilson Tull died at the family home near Platform late in the week. Funeral services were Sunday. Survived by her husband and sons Clarence and Dovel.
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Gallipolis
Emma Tull
Wilson Tull
Platform
Tull
Clarence
Dovel
Police Chief credits cautious motorists for safe period
Police Chief Lew Reynolds commends motorists for careful driving over the past days noting the cautious behavior likely prevented serious accidents. The statement highlights public praise for driver responsibility and ongoing safety in Logan.
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Logan
Lew Reynolds
Hold Rites Monday for C. S. Chevalier
Pallbearers at the funeral in Ohio Chapel Clipper Mills were Charles Brucker John Brucker Nel son Brucker Carl Baker Finley Chevalier and Frank Plymale.
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Gallipolis
C. S. Chevalier
Ohio Chapel
Clipper Mills
Charles, John and
Nelson Brucker
Carl Baker
Finley Chevalier
Frank Plymale
Ro ch r Va a ti on D y S Logan City and county schools reopen
Logan City and nearby county schools resumed after a vacation period that began on December 29. Bus drivers faced snow and ice on their return but did not operate during the peak of the storms.
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Logan
Carrs Move To New Home on Warner Ave
Logan G. E. Carr relocated to a Warner Avenue residence from Front Street where he had lived for years. He recently purchased Orr’s former home, vacated last week by Roy E. Wolfe and family who moved to Des Moines.
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Carrs
Warner Ave
Logan
G. E. Carr
Front St
Mr. Carr
Earle Orr
Roy E. Wolfe
Des Moines
Logan-Lloyd Rheinscheld Fractures Arm After Tractor Back Fire
Logan Lloyd Rheinscheld of near Logan injured a fractured right arm last week while starting a tractor. The engine backfired as he attempted to start the machine, causing the injury.
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Logan
Lloyd Rheinscheld
Near Logan
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