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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 30, 1950

Page

10

Teacher Is Candidate For General Assembly From Hocking County

Logan Mayo B Iles a long time educator in Hocking County schools announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination to the General Assembly in the May 2 primaries. He holds degrees from Ohio University and has served as county treasurer and Logan city administrator. He lives at 350 N Mulberry St Logan.

Logan Mayo B. Iles Hocking County General Assembly Ties Ohio University Congressional Logan City Boy Scouts Central Area Columbus Logan Kiwanis Club Miller’s Chapel Grange Isaac Walton League K of Pledge Ohio Eductional Association National Educational Association Mr. Ties N. Mulberry St

Boy Scouts Honor Court Set Feb 9 in Logan

The Hocking District of the Boy Scouts of America will hold its annual meeting a pot luck dinner and Court of Honor on February 9 at Logan Junior High School gym. The district will honor the outstanding troop with a plaque presented by the Logan Rotary Club and award top Cub Scout Boy Scout and Explorer Scout honors by the Logan Kiwanis Club. Films of the Cleveland Browns will follow the dinner.

Logan Hocking Boy Scouts of America Nasium Henry L. Carr Logan Rotary Club Logan Kiwanis Club Cleveland Browns Court of Honor A. W. Prewitt E. Mulberry St Lancaster Prewitt Hocking County Carr

Dimes March Deadline Is Near

Logan residents urged to donate before the March of Dimes campaign closes at midnight Tuesday. Leslie Johnson, campaign director, asked for contributions to support the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and local care for polio. Events included the Jan 21 March of Dimes Ball, tag days in Logan and Chakeres, and theater nights with coin collectors and iron lungs displays. Checks payable to Carl Harsh, treasurer, or March of Dimes, may be sent to the Hocking County Chapter.

Logan Leslie Johnson Hocking County National Foundation For Izaak Walton Carl Harsh March of Dimes

Retail Sales Drop Noted in Ohio for 1949

Ohio State University bureau reports retail sales fell 3.8 percent in 1949 from 1948, totaling 5.5 million in the year versus 5.77 million the prior year. James C. Yocum notes goods sold volume steady. city-by-city changes show Columbus up 1.8 while Dayton, Akron, Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Toledo and Youngstown fell. Weekend guests of the Hutchisons in Logan included residents from Columbus.

Columbus Ohio State University Bureau of Business Research Ohio Retail Annalist James C. Yocum Ohio Dayton Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Toledo Youngstown

Now's Time To Plan The Garden

Emily Van Fossan urges planning next summer's garden as catalogs arrive. She advises checking stored canned foods, expanding variety, and considering root cellars for long keeping. Grow fruits like currants and grapes to cut costs, noting farm food use versus purchases can exceed the $1455 value of home production.

Emily van Fossan Logan

Honor Roll Announced By Starr Washington School

Logan The seventh grade and junior class at Starr Washington School in Union Furnace each placed six students on the scholastic honor roll for the current period according to C C Penrod superintendent. With five students placing on the honor roll the senior class sophomore group and eighth grade tied for runner up to the co winners. In the seventh grade members of the honor roll were Harriet Cot trill Catherine Eggleston Carol Nangle Bob Patton Mona Sheline and Donald Staten while from the eighth grade Gerald Edgar Barbara Lewis Keith Skinner Muril Zimerman and Beverly Nixon placed. Only two ninth graders made the select list they being Don Davis and Irma Monroe. Sophomores were Robbie Dean Davis Ruth Heigle Mary Frances Lewis Jene Ann Skinner and Ann Woodard while junior placing were Gene Sheline Wanda Monroe Emma Jane McVey Bill Robinson Jean Edwards and Fern Cruise. Seniors on the honor roll are Bonnie Harden James Hixenbaugh Louise Kern Maxine Nichols and Louis Vernon.

Glassworks Manager To Be Guest Speaker

Logan Glassworks manager B. L. Greenman of General Electric will address the Logan Kiwanis Club at Tuesday dinner. Reservations for the annual ladies night on February 14 should be made in the next days.

Logan B. L. Greenman Logan Glassworks General Electric Co Logan Kiwanis Club Amos Potts Jack Pierce Kiwanis

Federal Inspector Sets Mine Recommendations

Federal inspector F. E. Hughes visited Campbell Coal Mine near Murray City in December and proposed better ventilation and safer blasting practices. The mine employed seven workers and produced about 35 tons daily.

Murray City Campbell Here F. E. Hughes

Taft Petitions Due Tuesday In Ohio Campaign

Sen. Robert A. Taft prepares to file qualifying petitions for renomination on Tuesday. His campaign will move to the Ohio Republican Headquarters in Columbus by midweek, with separate offices but close cooperation with the state party. Taft to speak at McKinley Day Dinner in Dayton. Ohio GOP leaders Don Ebright James Rhodes Ray Bliss C. William ONeill attend.

Columbus Robert A. Taft Ohio Taft Republican Republican Organization Gordon Renner Dayton Ohio Republican Leaders Who Will Attend Include: State Treasurer Don Ebright James Rhodes Ray Bliss Akron C. William O'Neill Marietta

Crash Injures Plants Man in Meigs County

Lloyd L. Nice, 45, of Plants, was in critical condition at Meigs General Hospital after a truck rear-ended his auto in front of his home 18 miles east of here at 10 30 am. He suffered a fractured skull and multiple cuts. The county high department truck driver was uninjured as the truck careened down a 50 foot embankment.

Pomeroy Lloyd L. Nice Meigs General Hospital Here Nice County High Department

Second Murder Trial Held for Ohio Woman

Hamilton Ohio. Mrs Marie Conn Abbott, 42, on trial for a second time on charges of conspiring to slay her husband. She was convicted of second degree murder in 1948 with her admitted Paramour Cyril Gordon, who was sentenced to life. Gordon was convicted of first degree murder with mercy recommended.

Hamilton Marie Conn Abbott Cyril Gordon Ohio Supreme Court Gordon

Youth Admits Stealing 43 Cemetery Markers

A 16-year-old boy confessed to stealing 43 bronze World War II grave markers from Fercliff Cemetery Springfield. He said he gave marker rods to Dwight Stuckey 27 who sold them to a junk yard for 1.56 dollars. Markers were found in a wood shed near the boy’s home. Stuckey faces contributing to the delinquency charge. both are to appear in juvenile court.

Springfield Fercliff Dwight Stuckey Stuckey

Red Guards Open Berlin Roads After Blockade

Soviet guards lifted the ten day blockade and allowed normal road traffic from the west into Berlin. Trucks crossed frontier posts at Berlin and Helmstedt with only perfunctory checks as authorities gave no reason for the armistice.

Berlin Helmstedt

Firemen Battle Mail Car Blaze Five Hours

Dayton firemen spent five hours Sunday extinguishing a blaze in a mail car at Union Station. Postal clerks on the Pennsylvania railroad passenger train pulling the car failed to stop the fire, forcing an unscheduled stop. Parcel post comprised most of the cargo, according to U S postal inspector E D Claggett.

Dayton Union Station Pennsylvania Railroad Parcel Post E. D. Claggett U. S

Tremors Recorded Near New York and Cincinnati

The Fordham University seismograph logged two strong quakes at 8 09 50 p m and 8 20 12 p m EST Sunday about 6000 miles from New York in an undetermined direction In Cincinnati the 32nd annual Conference of Community Chests and Councils of America will be held Friday and Saturday with more than 700 expected attendees.

New York Fordham University Cincinnati Community Chests and Councils of America

Cincinnati Livestock Market Report January 30

Cincinnati market notes hogs 3000 head active with notable gains across weights and classes. Cattle and calves strong, feeders and yearlings firm, beef cows and vealers steady to higher. sheep light receipts with lambs scarcer. Poultry and dairy prices listed with butter and potatoes also shown.

Cincinnati Livestock Cincinnati

Also Mentioned on This Page

Hutchisons Charles Hutchison Gallagher Ave Robert Johnson Dolores Wolford Harvey Lathrop Anna Lou Johnson Glassworks Manager Federal Memoriam Flossie Douglas Davies Companion Evermore George W. Davies General Tire Headquarters Buck's Auto Supply Athens Junk Company North Shafer W. State Sts Dial Auto Service C. A. Daugherty CO North Court Ashland Reeder’s Morrison-Brown Hill R. D Athens O. J. Moore Belpre BROWN Richland Mahaffey Motor Service Elec William P. MacDonald Lanshire Gibbs and Radford Athens County W. E. Bratcher Berry Hotel Emmett Glass Howard G. Mathews Ontario N. Y Shuen Nelsonville America G. I. Bill the Messenger Bustin Beauty School Marinello System Broad Street Triumph Breeding O. C. Chapman Stanson Advertising Dial Singer Singer Sewing Center H. Winters Electric Motor Specialists Electric Motor Service W. Union St Ehrlers Hatchery Chestnut St Strawn Plumbing CO N. Court St Armstrong COX Bros F. C. Stone East State Street Meyers Water Systems Rowland Plumbing Venetian Blind Company Willys Radcliffe Electric Service Albany Grice Neon Company Atkins Quality Signs Richland Ave Kelch UNION Straw’s W. Washington Janes Coolville New Hampshires Everett Kelley Guysville Shade Higgins Feed Store White's Mill Hall's Court St Cottingham Coal CO Willys CO Washington St. Dial Athens Lumber Co B.T.U Chesser Gulf Station Millfield Pella C. E. Schuster and Son Bardin Brothers Athens, Ohio Athens Building Materials Co John Slater the Plains OLDS P. O. Box Pure Oil Canaanville W. B. Cable Sele Heywood Wakefield Pearl St Hoover Stayman Rome York Baughman’s Orchard NORGE Southern Ohio Trading CO Gransportien South High St Poston Station Athens R. D Raymond Lee Heywood Wakefield Dining Room Rose Grey Tansky Motors, Inc Dodge-Plymouth Call Fitch Gilbert Hooper White’s Wheaton’s Union ST John Good Davis Carpenter St D. M. Goddard W. E. Carley First ST. Athens Charles Cochran Johnny Brookhart C. L. Poston Richardson R. L. Orr International Jones Market East State D. M. Stewart Dundas McArthur Athens Auto Parts Farm Bureau Fire Insurance Clyde Edmondson J. House Williams Transfer & Parcel Delivery Ernest Baughman Sunshine Little Dutch Garden Sunshine Art Studios Dept N-22 Fulton St Gue Superior Electri Ric CO State St. St. Om Ner Bill Whaley Cine Carsen Harold Goddard Bartlett Uniman’s Chester Brown Chevrolet Nash Dodge Athens Motor Sales Kroger Dean Mercury Cony Roger Dean
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