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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1942

Page

3

Logan and Hocking County Boards Elect New Leaders

Logan and Hocking County boards of education held reorganizations. Harold W. Larimer became Logan president with Sherman Lyke as VP and Harry L. Smith as clerk. new members Jane Lanning and Fred Carpenter joined. Gore elected Charles Alltop president with Lewis Nixon VP. Virgil Hite retained as clerk. new members Mark Burgess and Chester Hicks. Falls board elected Edwin Barker president with Roosvelt Mahler as VP. clerk to be chosen after a tie vote. Good Hope organized with J. F. McGrady president, Delmar Later VP, J. E. Stuart clerk. new members Grant Smith and Ed Woltz. Laurel reelected John Whitcraft president, John Kuhn VP, S. M. Vorhees clerk. Olen Lama added to fill vacancy from Forest Keck’s resignation. Starr-Washington chose John McVey president and Porter Heigle VP with clerk to be designated later. O. H. Bryan returned to Logan board. Marion named Edward Helber president, Harvey Mohler VP, C. H. Carpenter retained as clerk. new members Simon Rutter, Carl Myers, Edward Mundy. Logan appropriation set at 140,000 dollars, lower than prior year as bonds retired. remaining indebtedness is paid with final vocational education building and heating plant payments due soon.

Logan Boards of Education Hocking County Harold W. Larimer Sherman T. Lyke Harry L. Smith Jane McKay Lanning Fred Carpenter Smith Rolland Bright Bright Gore Charles Alltop Lewis Nixon Virgil Hite Mark Burgess Chester Hicks Edwin Barker Falls Roosvelt Mahler Jacob Allen Noel North Good Hope J. F. McGrady Delmar J. E. Stuart Grant Smith Ed Woltz Laurel John Whitcraft John Kuhn S. M. Vorhees Olen Lama Forest Starr-Washington John McVey Porter Heigle O. H. Bryan Marion Edward Helber Harvey Mohler C. H. Carpenter Simon Rutter Carl Myers Edward Mundy

Firemen Hold Monthly Practice at Central Station

Logan weather turned cold Monday as city firemen conducted their regular indoor practice at the engine house. Chief Roy Stallsmith led the session focusing on gas mask use and other firefighting techniques.

Logan Roy Stallsmith

Change Committee Names Rationing Body for Columbus City

Change Committee headed by Logan Mayor Denzil Weltner certifies the city rationing panel in Columbus. Dealers and distributors are excluded. Lawrence Adcock and James McNamee are retained while C. C. Achauer is added to the local setup.

Logan Denzil Weltner Columbus Lawrence Adcock James McNamee C. C. Achauer

Hocking County Farmer Grows Lemons In Winter

Logan Stanton Palmer of Marion Township tends a lemon tree indoors in winter and keeps it in sun in summer. The tree bears fruit this season with six large lemons ripening. The tree has yielded in prior winters.

Logan — Stanton Palmer Marion

Logan Cagers To Open S.E Play Friday

Logan High plays Wellston in the season opening Southeast League game. The Bender coached squad aims to improve after a tough pre season schedule. Reserve action starts 7 30 p m followed by the varsity at 8 30 p m.

Logan Cagers S.E Logan — Chieftain Wellston

Kimberly York Personal And Social Notes Summary

Kimberly township notes report 1941 mine activity days by month and prior years 1939 1940. Local residents include Santford Call and family at Tennessee funeral and Elza Cullison’s son hospitalized in Columbus. Furloughs and hospital trips feature George Christy and Herbert Farms. Civil notices include Squire Donley’s 26 years as Justice. board changes. several marriages and local deaths and births.

Kimberly Dee Santford Call New Floodwood Tennessee Herbert Farms Glen Dale W. Va Ulysses Crain van Lear Charles Hook York Township Billie Tye Vern Tyo White Cross Hospital Columbus Billie Chester Call Dayton Floodwood Merl Bond Haydenville Eugene Pickett Charles Stowers Buchtel George Griffin Elmer Davis Oak Grove Minnie Robinson Zelma Pack Carlos Glenn Elmer Staley Garnet Robinette Mattie Call Edward Call Midway Island Pacific Ocean Squire H. E. Donley Peter Barrows Floyd Brown

Fire alarm hits Logan for furnace issue at Feather home

The first fire call of the year reached Chief Roy Stallsmith at 4 15 p m Tuesday. He responded with a pumper to S Market St property of Mrs Don W Feather where overheated furnace caused no damage. Inclement weather Tuesday night reduced Logan Post American Legion attendance and no formal meeting was held. The post offered its members to Mayor Denzil Weltner for civilian defense work.

Logan Roy Stallsmith S. Market St Don W. Feather Logan Post of the American Legion Denzil Weltner William Rafferty Thomas ‘Tignor Rafferty East St Carl Larimer Rodney Steele Steele Mary Belle Scholl Emma Lemon

Divorce Petition Filed In Athens County Court

Sarah C Border filed for divorce from William H Border in the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County Ohio in Case No 17903. Hearing set on or after January 23 1942. Woolley and Rowland represent the petitioner.

William H. Border Thirteenth Street Washington, D C Sarah Border Court of Common Pleas Athens County Ohio Sarah C. Border Woolley Rowland

Logan Social Notes Highlights Local Weddings and Events

Logans social column reports the marriage of Wilma Bratton to Carl Wahl in a single ring ceremony at First Methodist Church Logan. Also covered are club gatherings, a birth in Columbus, and a Logan family visit as Corporal Joseph C. Rowley and Doris Nelson wed in Mississippi.

Logan Herman F. Bratton W. Hunter St Wilma Carl M. Wahl Charles H. Wahl First Methodist Church of Stanley Wiant Logan High School County Recorder Wahl Hollister High School Canton Ohio Timken Roller Bearing Company J. C. Rowley W. Second St Joseph C. Rowley, Jr Camp Shelby Mississippi Doris Nelson W. R. Kettrell Beaumont Miss W. L. Hambrick W. Fourth St Hattiesburg Rowley

Harrington Class Meets At Mrs Myers Home

Harrington Class of the Presbyterian Church met Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Francis Myers on North Market Street. Assisting hostesses were Mrs. John Krieg and Mrs. [text continues].

Makes Appeal For Feeding Of Wild Life

Logan game protector Edward Eberst called on residents to feed birds and wildlife after heavy snow cut their food supply. He cited 1941 help from farmers, Boy Scouts, 4-H clubs, and others and urged rural youths without feed to contact him for aid to ensure wildlife survival.

Logan Edward Eberst Boy Scouts Protector Eberst

Eugene Brown Admitted To Cherrington Hospital

Logan Eugene Brown son of Mrs Frank Brown of Murray City was admitted to Cherrington Hospital Monday evening for treatment.

Logan Eugene Brown Frank Brown Murray City Cherrington Hospital

McArthur Personal and Social Notes

Local social page profiles residents and visitors in McArthur and surrounding areas. Speakers include Norman Robinson's birthday gathering at Eagles Hall with 70 attendees, housewarming for Robert Will, sewing club events, travel to Columbus Genoa and Port Clinton notes, and a juvenile defense bond detail for Harold Steele Jr.

John Hunter Sewing Club G. W. Hope Will Charles Dickson Sandusky Rebecca Blackstone Port Clinton Dorothy Diles Geneva Anna Diles Stanley Cline Roy Thompson Anna Darby Bellaire Margaret Betty Wrightsel Columbus Frank. Wrightsel Charles Palmer Piqua Frances Coultrap Harold Lloyd Steele Lloyd Steele McArthur Carl Steele Creola Hiram Harkins Zaleski Wayne Carnal Zanesville Asa Carnal

Logan Converts Tennis Courts to Lee Rink

Logan city workers plan to flood the tennis courts near the swimming pool to create a skating rink for the cold season. Supt. G E Carr seeks city cooperation for the project.

Logan G. E. Carr

Walker Faces legal Coal Sale Charge

Lawrence Walker of Nelsonville, operating a mine in Snake Hollow, Hocking County, was charged with selling coal without a vendors license. He pled guilty before Magistrate Frank St. Clair and paid a $25 fine plus costs. State field worker Charles Donelly will check other area dealers for compliance.

Logan Lawrence Walker Nelsonville Snake Hollow Hocking County Charles Donelly Walker Frank St. Clair Donelly

Union Furnace Students Enjoy Cold Holiday

Due to cold weather and bus driver disruptions in the Starr Washington district one school was held at Union Furnace Tuesday. The shutdown was for the day only.

Union Furnace Logan Starr- Washington

Campbell Injures Arm In School Basketball Incident

Logan reports Tom Campbell son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Campbell of Mound Street fractured his left arm during a Tuesday basketball game at the senior high school auditorium. Both forearm bones were broken when he crashed against a wall with force.

Logan Tom Campbell Alfred Campbell Mound St

Cars Damaged in Sauerkraut Road Head-On Collision

Two cars collided head on Tuesday on Sauerkraut Road west of the city. No injuries were reported by Deputy Sheriff Forest Keck. Jacob Klinger of Falls Township drove one car and Nelson Hankison of Logan drove the other.

Logan Sauerkraut Road Forest Keck Jacob Klinger Falls Township Nelson Hankison

Carr Elected President Of State Examiners Board

Logan superintendent G E Carr, longtime member of the State Board of Examiners, was elected president of the board. He has served on the board for three years.

Logan G. E. Carr Lefty Schools State Board of Examiners Carr

Logan and Owings Couple Secure Marriage License

Logan Alva William Smith aged 36 day worker and Mildred Margaret Owings aged 24 at home both of Logan obtained a marriage license from Judge E L Ewing. A son was born to Captain Carlos A Gaffin and wife in Columbus Tuesday. Gaffin formerly practiced dentistry here before serving in the armed forces. Snails that fly live in the ocean at great depths by flapping wings to propel themselves.

Carlos Gaffin Columbus Logan St. Ann’s Hospital Gaffin U. S. Army Ft. Hayes Sherwood Road Alva William Smith William C. Smith Mildred Margaret Owings Craig Owings E. L. Ewing Carlos A. Gaffin Fr. Hayes Murray City Walter Hoskins Junection City Glenna Eugene Chesser Nelsonville Carroll Chesser Harry Boyd Kathryn Moore Paul Haydenville J. E. Davidson New Lexington Glenna Forsythe Donna Jean Graham William Bird New Straitsville Lottie Patton William Achauer Walter Hiskins Chesser Maria Acker Dayton Noah Acker Joe Crew Crew Philip Fisher Warren Darby Orient Vivian Peacock Dan Jenkins Ada Hall C. A. Slater Nelle Hamer Maud Penn William Hawk Eldon Loper Oscar Loper

Murray City Personal and Social Notes

Murray City extends greetings as Glenna Hoskins and Eugene Chesser wed in a Jan 1 home ceremony. The couple plans to reside in Murray City after the event at the Hoskins home.

Murray City

Funeral Rites for H. C. Minnie Held in Lancaster

Relatives from the county attended the funeral of H. C. Minnie age 67 who died Saturday at his Lancaster home. He worked for a glass company for years before retirement and was the father of Mrs. Russell Blum of Enterprise and of George Minnic of Milwaukee.

Logan Lancaster H. C. Minnie Russell Blum Enterprise George Minnic Milwaukee

Business Men Bowlers to Elect Officers Tonight

Logan league members meet this evening to select league officers as part of securing affiliation with the American Bowling Congress. Eight teams resume regular play after the holiday break.

Logan — Business Men's Bowling League A. J. Kaiser American Bowling Congress

Fitzgerald Named County Chairman of Defense Savings Drive

Auditor Kenneth R. Fitzgerald was named county chairman for the Defense Savings campaign by the Ohio Defense Savings Committee. He will push the sale of bonds and savings stamps across the county.

Defense Savings Drive Logan Kenneth R. Fitzgerald Defense Savings Campaign Ohio Defense Savings Committee Fitzgerald

Temperature Plunges to Frigid Winter Low Mark

At 7 a.m. Tuesday the State Highway Garage thermometer hit 14 degrees below zero, setting a new local cold record. County readings ranged to 18 below in some spots while none fell under 10 below.

Logan State Highway

Lodge to Present Fellowcraft Degree Next Week

Mingo Lodge of Masons will present the Fellowcraft Degree next Monday. A regular meeting is set for January 19 with a special meeting on January 26, and continued activity is expected through the winter season.

Logan Mingo Lodge of Masons Fellowcraft

Logan Kiwanis Heard Mrs Herbert White Speak

Mrs Herbert White of Columbus gave an instructive address to Logan Kiwanis Club Tuesday evening, speaking about her native Denmark and sharing insights with members.

Logan Herbert White Columbus Logan Kiwanis Club Denmark

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