Prospect of Big Gas Well Seen
In Togan on July 2, Griffin Producing Co's well on the Robert Tucker farm is reported to gauge 2,600,000 cubic feet of gas. It is the fourth gas well in the Gore oil field extension near Webb Summit. Earlier, a Geiger farm well produced 2.25 million cubic feet, with two other paying wells drilled nearby. Much territory remains leased to Griffin Producing.
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Togan
Webb Summit
Griffin
Robert Tucker
Gore
John W. Geiger
Griffin Producing Company
Red Cross workers leave Murray flood district
National Red Cross workers except for one case have completed relief in Murray City after a flood four weeks ago. Nurse Ruth Riley led the team with Miss Erskine as the last to depart, leaving no emergency needs. Red Cross funds and Hocking county chapter supplies supported the relief, with additional funds going to the Murray City citizens committee.
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Logan
National Red Cross
Murray City
Therr
Red Cross
Ruth Riley
Miss Erskine
Hocking County
Citizens Committee
Fines and Fees in Probate Court Hit Ten Year High
Logan reports June probate court collections reached 1066.37 dollars, the largest in ten years. Of this sum 496.86 went to the county in fines, 259.85 to the state, and 209.85 to the county as fees. Judge Ellinger presided over many liquor cases and a surge of juvenile delinquency fines marked the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Probate
Ellinger
Bible Quiz Answers From Page Five
Test answers list ten questions from a Bible quiz on page five. Items cover Hagar and the angel, Haman’s fate, Nebuchadnezzar in Jerusalem, Daniel’s name, Shadrach Meshach and Abednego, Jesus near the Mount of Olives, Pilate and Herod, Ahimaez and Jonathan in David’s treachery tale, Cushi’s tidings of Absalom’s death, and Sennacherib’s Israel siege under Hezekiah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagar
Haman
Mordecai
Nebuchadnezzar
Babylon
Jerusalem
Zedekiah
Jeremiah
Daniel
Ahimaesz
Jonathan
David
Cushi
Absalom
Sennacherib
Assyria
Judah
Hezekiah
Superintendent Coleman Receives State High School Life Certificate
Logan July 2 report Supt J W Coleman passed the Ohio state examination and earned a state high school life certificate. He sat the exam in Columbus last week with four other applicants and already holds a state life certificate in Washington. Coleman has spent twenty years in school work.
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Logan
J. W.coleman
Frank E. Wilson
Coleman
Columbus
Washington
SEEK RELIEF AS HEAT WAVE DRIVES LOGAN RESIDENTS
Logan endures a three day heat wave with temperatures near one hundred. Residents seek relief at the Hocking River and private pools with many bathers reported and no fatalities so far.
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Hocking River
Logan
Hocking
Reckless driving fined in Logan probate court
Logan July 2. M W True was fined $20 and costs after arraignment on reckless driving in a probate court session. Traffic Officer Farbearn arrested him on the Nelsonville pike near Haydenville. John Woodgeard, unpaid liquor-court fine, paid $296.21 to sheriff Lloyd after arriving from Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
M. W. True
Farbearn
Nelsonville Pike
Haydenville
John Woodgeard
Lancaster
Lloyd
Woodgeard
Lang Returns County Farm Agent Attends Marietta Meeting
Robert W. Lang attended a two day extension agents conference in Marietta with leaders from twenty two southeastern Ohio counties. Key speakers included A B Graham and C C Lang with Bruce Tom outlining rural recreation programs. A bicycle theft was reported by Karl Smith near the Knights of Pythias building.
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Logan
Robert W. Lang
Marietta
Ohio
A. B. Graham
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington D. C
Graham
C. C. Lang
Bruce Tom
Ohio State Extension Bureau
Lang
Tom
Karl Smith
George Smith
Knights of Pythias
Mad dog scare in Logan Foundry area leads to fatality
A dog on Front street near the Logan Foundry acted strangely Saturday morning and was shot by Traffic Officer Joe Farbearn after a brief observation. Officers believe the animal was poisoned prior to its death.
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Logan
Front Street
Logan Foundry
Joe Farbearn
Marriages of Bowen Blosser Huston and others in Ohio area
The notice lists multiple marriages with ages and occupations. Hollis Bowen 32 mechanic Logan and Estella Blosser 26 shoe worker Enterprise were wed with Rev El mer Bliss officiating. Harry Sharp 32 farmer Sugar Grove and Ruth Reber 22 clerk Sugar Grove Rt 2 were joined by Rev J E Keiffer. Jesse Huston 18 laborer Falls Twp and Gladys Butts 19 shoe worker Logan wed with Rev Featherofl. Noel North 25 farmer Falls Twp and Dorothy Campbell 19 housekeeper Falls Twp were married by Rev Mr Featherofl. Glenn O Reilley 19 oil worker Gore son of John O Reilly and Elizabeth Miller license clerk Logan wed daughter of Mr and Mrs J P Miller. Rev Amos L Heyde officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis Bowen
Logan
Estella Blosser
Enterprise
Elmer Bliss
Harry C. Sharp
Sugar Grove
Ruth Christie Reber
Sugar Grove Rt. No
J. E. Keiffer
Jesse C. Huston
Falls Township
Gladys E. Butts
Noel W. North
Dorothy Campbell
Featherofl
Glenn O’reilley
Gore
John O'Reilly
Elizabeth Miller
J. P. Miller
Amos L. Heyde
Alfred Campbell Learns Duties of New Clerk Post
Alfred Campbell, elected clerk of courts, studies the duties of the office ahead of assuming the role on August 1. The article notes his preparation and the transition plan as he trains for the position.
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Logan
Alfred Campbell
Office aide to incumbent ends two-term run August first
The present incumbent will complete two terms August 1 assisted by Newton Spencer. Each case was assessed at 16.20 dollars. Two youths were arrested Friday on Athens state hospital grounds for trespassing with a knife and sacks. They were jailed in Athens county.
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Newton Spencer
Athens State Hospital
William Black
Theodore Sharp
Athens County
R. D. Williams
Black
M. Johnson
Sharp
Common Pleas Court
Williams
Nelsonville cases set and local convictions reported
Trial dates were announced in several cases including Nelsonville Coal and Land Co. vs T R Biddle for July 20 and Columbus Heating and Ventilating Co. against Ida L Putnam for July 18. A motion to overrule a plaintiff’s cross petition was denied, and a new trial motion in the Haskins case was submitted. William T Green and Harry Deible were jailed after mayoral court convictions for receiving stolen property and petit larceny with fines and jail time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville Coal and Land . Company
T. R. Biddle
Et al
Common Pleas
Clyde Haskins
Hisylvania Coal Company
Neva Bolton
Lawrence Bolton
Jacob M. Cady
C. M. Gill
Hewitt and Boden Company
James McBride
Columbus Heating and Ventilating Company
Ida L. Putnam
John Withers
Board of Education
Waterloo Township
James M. Hunt
Shirley W. Murphy
William T. Green
Harry Deible
Athens
L. J. Eberle
Nelsonville
Green
Deible
Four Athens Girl Scouts Enter Camp in West Virginia
Four Athens Girl Scouts from Troop 1 Pauline Cone Dorothy Ruth Holcomb Billy Arbogast and Ruth Bain Satur day entered the Charleston Girl Scouts camp on the Greenbrier River in the Allegheny mountains eight miles from Lewisburg West Virginia The group plans two weeks to a month at the camp which is set for recreation and training of Girl Scouts.
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Athens
Charleston Girl Scouts
Greenbrier River
Allegheny Mountains
Lewisburg
West Virginia
Pauline Cone
Dorothy Ruth Holcomb
Billy Arbogast
Ruth Bain
Girl Scout Training Trip Ends as Leaders Return
Irene Olson completes a leadership training course after two weeks boating down the Kentucky River. She has been at a camp with athletics swimming canoeing fishing and other sports and will become a captain in the local Girl Scout organization when she returns.
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Gram
Irene Olson
Kentucky
Olson
Ray Mitchell
Marriage Licenses Issued in Probate Court Saturday Morning
Three marriage licenses were issued in Probate Court on Saturday morning. John L. Morgan, 29, of Sugar Creek, a mechanic, son of Thomas Morgan and Amy Bauer, married to Pearl W. Helwig, who was designated to officiate. Charles Raymond Burris, 37, of Athens Road 2, a factory foreman, son of Jerry Burris and Ethel Norris, wed to Pear Samuel B. Erskine, 25, Chillicothe resident and student, daughter of Walter J. Erskine and Mary Vickers, with Rev D. W. Erskine designated to officiate.
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John L. Morgan
Columbus
Thomas Morgan
Amy Bauer
Sugar Creek
James Bauer
Pearl W. Helwig
Charles Raymond Burris
Athens Rd
Foreman
Jerry Burris
Ethel Norris
Athens
Jasper Norris
Pear W. Helwig
Samuel B. Erskine
Chillicothe
Walter J. Erskine
Mary Vickers
M. P. Vickers
D. W. Erskine
Infant Dies in Canaan Township
Orage Gene Williams aged one, son of Mr and Mrs H M Williams of Canaan township, died at 6 am Saturday at home. Funeral at 2 pm Monday in Canaanville church, burial in church cemetery.
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Orage Gene Williams
H. M. Williams
Canaan Township
Canaanville Church
State Receives $1,403.33 From Bellevue Telephone Settlement
Ohio officials confirm a settlement with the Local Telephone company of Bellevue, Delaware, resulting in a state receipt of 1403 dollars and 33 cents. The firm began Ohio operations in 1902 after failure to pay qualification fees, with further charges due on capital increases in 1924. The sum reflects interest compounded annually and a balance outstanding as of November 1926.
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Columbus
Ohio
Clarence J. Brown
Bellevue
Dela
Ware
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Tucker Farm
Glouster
Wigan
R. R. Johnson
Treas
Michelin’s
Zenners
The
D . Zenner Co
Majestic
Mary Astor and
WM. Collier, JR
Automotive
Battery & eSco
K. of P. Bldg
Columbia
Oas Boo
Johnnie Walker
Mildred Harris
Gayne Whitiaan
Sterling Picture
Pythian Theatre
Logan Ohio
Bebe Daniels
Tonkuin Ie
Bebe
Estelle Taylor
Mrs
Jack Dempsey
New York
Rylee Worpenes
IENCE
Athens National Bank
Bank of Athens National Bank
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