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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1940
Page
12
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Hocking County plans July cattle tests to maintain federal accreditation. Extension Service official Dr. De Fosset and James R. Smoot outline testing 25 of 30 herds to keep accreditation, noting five herds must be retested due to prior reactions. Dairy firms rely on federal stamps for milk source credibility. The story also notes the death of Loxsax-mre, widow of John J. Youinker, with funeral arrangements pending private services Tuesday.
Logan Allen E Beck president of Clark Grave Vault Co Columbus owns a farm in Good Hope Township along Clear Creek stocked with Jersey cattle Beck is among Columbus residents who bought land in Hocking County in recent years many seek summer homes while a few plan farm development on their properties
Eberst takes over pool management after Thomas Bender leaves for summer. Rainy Sunday kept attendance near 100 until evening. Furlough may come in August for Daniel Johnson, son of Judson Johnson of South Bloomingville, a U S Navy member aboard Rapidan in Canal Zone. Logan-Ming er beats Carpendale 3 to 0 with Holbin striking in the fourth. Mornings include Earl Maren and Pratt, Webb sacrifice, Logan pitching and fielders. Opening game vs. Murray City set for 1:30 p m Thursday on Minos field.
The Logan pastor Rev Harding Jones told his congregation that Christianity is active and positive in meeting evil with good. He linked the European war to a broader inner malady seen in Hitler and urged three responses to wrongs: fight back, intervene, or overcome evil with good.
Logan Mingo Lodge meetings will hear four candidates take Entered Apprentice examinations this evening. Special meetings are expected to confer Fellowcraft on the entrants. A number of lodge members plan to attend Bremen’s annual sunrise meeting on July 4.
A group of fourteen young men from Gallipolis to Piketon Oak Hill and Rio Grande will begin a two month aviation training course at the local airport. The program will be held in a building adjacent to the hangar and aims to prepare students for pilot duties beginning early this week.
Florence Myers and James Hutchinson guests at a Logan White House party with sister Mrs McNallen of Breckenridge Texas. Music and contests featured with solos by McNallen and Swenzy and piano by Cruise. Prize awards to Swenzy and Schempp precede a buffet.
Maurice Beaudry, the Gallipolis school nurse, has been rehired for another year by the Gallipolis Board of Education. The board also awarded a contract to Ed Harrison for exterior painting of the high school building.
Mrs. Carlos Gaffin and Mrs. Victor Simble hosted 32 guests at the White House for an early summer bridge event. Tables, roses, and a two course lunch framed eight active games with prizes awarded for high scores and jewelry gifts for table winners. Local officials and state patrolmen planned to crack down on firecrackers as a city ordinance bans their sale and use.
In Gallipolis Eureka village workers advance a large force to construct a new three-lane concrete highway bisecting the village with sidewalks on both sides. About 100 structures were torn down or moved to clear the path, with former residents relocating miles north and south after state purchase of their properties.
Two alarms struck the W. H. Chevrolet Agency in Logan within 24 hours. A rubbish fire in the basement spread to rubber waste with smoke filling the area. no loss reported. The second blaze involved the Frasure and Brown milk truck on Second St caused by a possible short circuit and gasoline fed flames. The truck, carrying a ton of milk, sustained $90 damage. firefighters used a fog nozzle to subdue the blaze.
Gallia County received 330 three weeks old pheasants from the state latchery in Newark for distribution. Game Protector Merrill McCormick supervised transport and pens prepared by recipients. Birds will be banded and migratory checks attempted. names of recipients include C Spriegel Glenn Powell Earl Fawney Harold Haskins Bryan Saunders David Rees Roy White Rewben Phillips S A Wallace John Butz George Moore Swisher Elmer Drummond Leo Neal B L Starcher Earl Brown Herman Northup.
Gallia County records show 44 marriage licenses issued in June up from 33 the previous year. Final applicants include Homer Shriver and Helen Dunkle of Huntington and Rio Grande respectively, plus several other couples from Point Pleasant Winfield Charleston Leon Cheshire and Virgin. The list notes ages and hometowns for each prospective marriage pair.
Police chief John Fraley dispersed a group of Jehovah's Witnesses from a First and Sycamore Street building Friday night after being told not to congregate until a display of the American flag and a salute. Leader Charles Dagwalt was released after questioning at police headquarters and promised to comply.
Large attendance marked an all day meeting at Crown City's Pilgrim Holiness Church. In the afternoon several persons were baptized in the Ohio River and dedicatory services were held for a newly erected church relocated due to a state highway change. Material arrives for county bridges on Cardwell, Coal Valley and Adney roads, and for the corn-Beaver road to be hit by WPA.
Special services will begin this evening at the Gore Methodist Church under Rev. C. B. Clendenen of Logan. The meetings will run two weeks and may extend to a third, depending on interest. The Gore church building was recently sold to Rev. Sam. it is to be razed after a final revival.
Logan delegation to install officers as Everett Jacoby succeeds Carl Byerly as chancellor commander after six months service. Officers expect a large turnout for the Wednesday evening ceremony.
North Big Jim North the amateur heavyweight champion of Ohio and Boyd McCoy former heavyweight champ will main event the boxing show at Trudheville arena Tuesday night. McCoy arrived Saturday and will stay through the bout. Other card bouts include Freddie Ray Glouster vs Lloyd Lee Co Tumius in the semi final Marion Lambert Greendale vs Vernon Armstrong Columbus and Tutty Griffin vs Battling Sanborn Ward Township in the preliminaries.
Carrlett will attend the National Education Association meeting in Milwaukee. He plans to return home next Saturday.
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