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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1938

Page

16

High School Band Opens 1938 Concert Series at Logan

Logan hosts the opening concert of a three performance series at 8 15 tonight in the high school auditorium. Guest conductor is Prof Deforest W Ingerham of Ohio University. soloists include Mrs John A Toy soprano Luther Heyde trumpeter and Robert Price pianist. Ticket sales exceed 400 with rural buyers strong.

Logan Logan High School Deforest W. Ingerham Ohio University Ingerham John A. Toy Luther Heyde Robert Price Glendon Shriner Dick Buntz Robert Chute Dorothy Boyle Lois Smith Helen Funk Boosters Club

Grangers Attend Jackson District Meet Addresses Highlight Medal Award

A Logan delegation attended a Jackson district grange meeting led by state master W F Kirk. Mrs Arlie Brimner reported county juvenile grange work. Mrs Paul Shaw received a national medal for small grange organization. Margaret McBroom and Ruth Rheinscheid led the recreational program. Attendees included Brimner, Moyer, Rhein scheld, Sellers, Shaw, Durr, McBroom, and Blum.

Logan Jackson W. F. Kirk Arlie Brimner Paul Shaw Antioch Grange Enterprise Margaret McBroom Ruth Rheinscheid Brimner Ruby Moyer William Rheinscheld A. G. Sellers Eleanor Durr Ruth Rheinscheld Oscar Blum

Chieftains Ready for Gallipolis After Loss to Lancaster

Logan Chieftains suffer a 35 to 25 setback at Lancaster St. Marys and prepare for a league game back home Friday against Gallipolis. Expected lineup includes Cole and Richardson at forwards Leonard and Nelson at guards with Snyder or McGonagle at center.

LOGAN Lancaster St. Marys Logan Chieftains Gallipolis Chieftains Lancaster Cole Richardson Leonard Nelson Snyder McGonagle

Not Guilty Plea in Brother Shooting Case

John Notestone pleads not guilty before Magistrate S. B. Whitehart to a charge of shooting with intent to kill his brother George. He is held on a $1500 bond and released after posting. George Notestone remains at Cherrington Hospital with a gunshot wound to the right side, his right arm amputated. Funeral services for Jennie Sweeney, 73, set for Friday at 2 p.m. at North Street residence with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Lightning causes 13 percent of all forest fires.

Logan S. B. Whitehart George John Notestone South Perry Cherrington Hospital Jennie Sweeney North St C. W. Graham Oak Grove Cemetery

Cantor Bride Edna Cantor to Wed in May

Edna Cantor the second of five Cantor daughters plans a May wedding to Jimmy McHugh Jr the son of the Irish songwriter He works at a Los Angeles bank The match follows Ednas thoughtful pose at the Cantor home with the third Cantor daughter soon to wed as well

Edna Cantor Eddie Cantor Jimmy McHugh, Jr Los Angeles Edna Cantor

Kin of Logan People Pilots Plane on Hop

Rev and Mrs C W Graham of Logan showed keen interest in the flight of 18 Navy bombing planes to Honolulu this week as their nephew Bill Hardy son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Hardy of Corning flew as a pilot. Hardy was a master pilot before joining the navy 18 months ago.

Logan Honolulu C. W. Graham Bill Hardy Ralph Hardy Corning Grahams

Junction City Man Hospitalized for Blood Poisoning

Logan Charles Summell of Junction City Rt 1 was admitted to Cherrington Hospital Tuesday evening for a leg blood poisoning from a scratch. He is the third family member to be in the hospital in two months, with others previously treated for an abscess and appendicitis.

Logan Charles Summell Junction City Rt. 1 Cherrington Hospital Paul Lucille Clyde Rose Oscar Frakes Dicken Addition

Knights to Gather for Annual Inspection

Logan Commandery Knights Templar will hold annual inspection February 15 with John P. McCune of Columbus as inspecting officer. Commander C. E. Allen has called rehearsals each Tuesday evening until that date. At the meeting next Tuesday evening the Red Cross degree will be conferred.

Logan Logan Commandery Knights Templar John P. McCune Columbus C. E. Allen Red Cross

Logan Brief Social Notes

Logan social items note visits by Willis Bonney and Stoody families from Los Angeles and Deshler Ohio. Cleveland road convention attendees include E N Turner and son Raymond. Columbus trip covers a play and Book Club meetings with reviews of The Enemy Gods and The Running of the Deer. Entertainers from Columbus to perform Say It With Taffy at South Bloomingville High School on Friday January 28 at 8 p.m.

Willis Bonney Los Angeles H. W. Stoody Deshler, O John L. Stoody Logan Stoody Paul Ullmark Glouster E. N. Turner Raymond Cleveland Anthony Toerner Fred FE. Hull Bartelle Hamilton P. M. Shaw N. Spring St Charles Eberst Dan Wickenden Columbus South Bloomingville High School

Library Receives Sixty-Four New Books for Circulation

The public library has added sixty four new books to its shelves for circulation. The acquisition expands the catalog across genres and aims to bolster reader access in the community.

LOGAN

1937 Hocking Births Deaths Divided by Sex

Vital statistics for 1937 in Hocking County show 142 deaths split evenly between males and females and 316 births equally divided between boys and girls. Logan reports 95 deaths and 10 percent births. Major death causes include heart disease 21, apoplexy 14, cancer 11, kidney diseases 11, pneumonia 9. Contagious diseases: scarlet fever 27, influenza 60, tuberculosis 8, meningitis 2, diphtheria 1, poliomyelitis 1.

Logan Hocking County Faith Wright

Sister of Logan Woman Dies in Denver

Miss Catherine Howe of Logan learns of the death of her sister Mrs. William J. Sanderson age 80 of Monte Vista Colorado in Denver early Monday. The Sandersons left Logan 40 years ago for the West and were married near Ilesboro. They raised ten children with only this death in the family.

Logan Catherine Howe William J. Sanderson Monte Vista Colo Denver Sanderson West Ilesboro Hocking County Piezza Mauk R. B. Howe

Dog Kennels Increase In Hocking County For 1938

Auditor Mrs Ora B Yaw reports 18 kennel licenses issued this year in Hocking County up to 1938 with 1800 tags issued by Wednesday. Today is the final day to obtain licenses without penalty. Council finance committee will meet with Mayor Dallas Kinser and Service Director R R Loomis Friday to prepare the annual appropriation ordinance for council presentation next Tuesday evening.

Logan Hocking County Ora B. Yaw Council Dallas Kinser R. R. Loomis

Harbaugh Speaks on Safety at Rockbridge School

Harbaugh of this city spoke to Rockbridge school pupils Tuesday on safety. Principal Clyde Jones presided over the session.

Harbaugh Logan—Melrose Harbaugh Rockbridge Clyde Jones

Logan Legion Post To See Convention Films

Motion pictures from the National Convention in New York City last summer will be shown at the Logan Post American Legion meeting on February 1. A business session at 8 p.m. precedes the 9 p.m. film show, with auxiliary members and wives as guests and lunch to follow.

LOGAN New York City Logan Post American Legion

Mayor Hears 28 Cases Since January

Logan. Since January 1 Mayor Dallas Kinser has heard 28 cases. Included are 14 persons charged with crashing red lights as part of a police campaign to curb reckless driving. Fines of 3 dollars are assessed in all these cases.

Logan Dallas Kinser

Legion Auxiliary to Hear Logan B A Holl on Conscription

Logan B A Holl will speak at the American Legion Auxiliary regular meeting Monday evening. His subject is Universal Conscription.

Logan B. A. Holl American Legion Auxiliary

Measure of Hocking Native Gets Approval

Mrs. Tessa Sweazy Webb of Columbus reports that the Ohio Poetry Day Bill has become law. It designates the third Friday of October each year to honor Ohio poets. Webb, a Hocking County native, proposed the bill and taught in local public schools. Ohio becomes the first state to create a statewide poets’ day.

Ohio Sweazy Webb Hocking County Logan

Hocking Trustees Organize Meeting in Logan

Trustees of Hocking County met at the courthouse to organize and hear an address from state president Joe Thomas. John R. McClain Starr Township was elected president with George Kreachbaum Laurel Township as vice president H E Johnson Rockbridge secretary and Nelson Hankison Washington Township as executive committee member. An enrollment of 26 members for 1938 is reported. The note adds 9,000,000 of 29,000,000 cotton spindles in operation in the United States in 1936 were in New England.

Logan — Trustees Hocking County Courthous Joe Thomas John R. McClain Starr Township George Kreachbaum Laurel Township H. E. Johnson Rockbridge Nelson Hankison Washington Township

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