May Vote Call for City Funds to Support WPA Projects
Logan City Council plans a recessed session to review WPA projects for the coming year. With Mayor Kinser away, Council President Baker acts as mayor and Oscar Steward guides the session. Proposals include a municipal light plant and sewage disposal plant. any approved project may go to a special election or wait until November. Service Director Loomis will provide cost estimates for several projects. Bees on Malay Peninsula live on nectar year round and store unused honey.
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Logan
WPA
Dalla Kinser
Stanley W. Baker
Oscar Steward
R. R. Loomis
Golden Wedding Of Mr And Mrs Isiah Spencer At Coal Gate
Mr and Mrs Isiah Spencer celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday at their Coal Gate home with immediate family and many neighbors attending a dinner. They were married July 3 1888. Their children and many grandchildren joined in the daylong observance and gifts were given to the couple. Mr Spencer, a retired miner, worked in Ward Township mines for over five decades.
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Logan
Isiah Spencer
Coal Gate
Spencer
Newton Spencer
Don Shunkwiler
Willoughby
Bessie Spencer
Cleveland
Virgil Spencer
Walbridge
Melvin Spencer
Mr. Spencer
Ward Township
Virgil
Jack
Helen Blair
C. F. Tompkins
Cynthia Ann
Gallipolis
Logan Has Quiet Fourth
Logan saw little activity on July 4 aside from firework pops. Many residents left town for Lancaster races, Buckeye Lake visitors, and Columbus ball games at Red Bird Stadium. The Logan baseball team played in Jackson while local life centered on the swimming pool and a prominent flag display on Main Street.
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Logan
Lancaster
Fairground
Buckeye Lake
Columbus
Red Bird Stadium
Jackson
Main St
Crash at Webb Summit Injures Hamden Group
One person suffered serious injuries and several were bruised when two cars driven by John Thompson of Hamden and Walter Danison of New Lexington collided on Route 75 near Webb Summit Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Ella May Thompson, 48, Hamden, fractured her wrist. a Logan physician treated her at the scene before she returned home. Several Hamden group members had minor injuries. both cars were damaged.
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LOGAN
John Thompson
Hamden
Walter Danison
New Lexington
Webb Summit
Ella May Thompson
Fire Chief Roy Stall smith Leads Pumper Improvements
Fire Chief Roy Stall smith and Assistant Gerald Mc Laughlin upgrade the Logan pumper by moving a spotlight to the left running board brace and adding a windshield to the apparatus. On Monday McLaughlin installed a new electric sign built for the police department. During a two day vacation John Eberst and Carl Brandt improved their Main Street barber shop sanding and refinishing floors and adding papering and painting.
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Logan
Roy Stallsmith
Gerald McLaughlin
McLaughlin
John Eberst
Carl Brandt
Logan Nine Loses Pair to Visiting Foes
Logan Nine drops a doubleheader at New Philadelphia in the Central Ohio League. Opening game score 6 1 and second game 16 4. Danny Spellman started the first game while Albert Leonard and Marshall shared pitching in the second. Team mainly local players with Clarence Grandy and Bill Walters of New Straitsville. youngsters headline the roster.
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Logan
New Philadelphia
Danny Spellman
Albert Leonard
Marshall
Clarence Grandy
Bill Walters
New Straitsville
Jimmy Richardson
Leonard
St. Clair
Carey
Brandt
Marion Allen
Walters
Hocking Highways Filled With Holiday Visitors
Traffic surged on all Hocking Scenic district highways over the weekend holidays. Cantwell Cliffs reported about 1,500 visitors Monday and 1,400 on Sunday. Furnaces and table space were taxed at peak noon and evening hours.
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Logan
Hocking
Kenneth Byers
Cantwell Cliffs
Hospital Admissions and Home Rest for Local Families
Mrs Len Thompson of Laurelville was admitted to Cherington Hospital Monday for treatment and is seriously ill. Pauline and Ruth Heigle of Washington Township returned home Monday after tonsil removal operations performed Saturday.
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Len Thompson
Laurelville
Cherrington Hospital
Pauline
Ruth
Porter Heigle
Washington Township
Families Plan Buckeye Lake Cottage Retreat
To leave for Buckeye Lake are Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Heine and daughter Betty, Logan, and Miss Mary Cremean, New Plymouth. They will lease a cottage for a week, and may be joined by Mr. and Mrs. Don Feather and daughter.
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Logan
S. W. Murphy
Fred Heine
Betty, Logan
Mary Cremean
New Plymouth
Buckeye Lake
Don Feather
Logan Man Escapes After Car Drops Into Old Canal
William Canan of Logan was traveling on West Hunter Street near the state garage when the differential dropped out. The car left the road and plunged into the old canal bed but Canan escaped uninjured.
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Logan
William Canan
Hunter St
Mr. Canan
Pool Packs Em In Logan Holiday Swim Influx
Bathers visited the new pool in large numbers over the holiday period according to Manager Thomas Bender. Sunday saw 518 registered and Monday 475 as crowds swelled with out of town visitors. The Sunday attendance was the largest since the pool opened that day from 1 to 9 30 p m.
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LOGAN
Thomas Bender
Ward Rural School District sees no absent ballots cast
Ward Rural School District election officials report no voters applied for absent ballots by Monday. Clerk Carl F. Brandt notes the special school election has seen no uptake for mail in ballots.
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Logan
Ward
Carl F. Brandt
Election Board
You and Me at the Athena with Sidney and Raft
Sylvia Sidney and George Raft star in You and Me at the Athena Theater a tense city romance drama about a paroled ex convict wife hiding her past from Raft who suspects and abandons her. She warns him and seeks help from Harry Carey as a department store robbery looms with a dramatic finale.
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Athena Theater
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George E. Stone
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You
Logan Brief Social Notes
Miss Florence Lutz of Yellow Springs arrives to spend the summer with her mother Mrs Blanche Lutz. Many guests visited at Buckeye Lake Old Man's Cave North Canton Akron and Columbus areas over the weekend and Fourth of July.
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Yellow Springs
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J. S. McGonagle
Charles Schorr
Joy
Detroit
George Ent
Dorothy Ent
St. Clairsville
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Marguerite Rohrer
Virginia Smith
Buckeye Lake
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F. P. Martin
C. Wood Bowen
Rochester Bowen
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Donald Bort
Perne Wilder
Charles Rafferty
Columbus
Old Man's Cave
Elizabeth Forwick
Desmond Braddock
North Canton
Akron
Mary McGonagle
George Schorr
Kathleen
John Schorr
Pomeroy
Robert Green
Roberta
Ruth Heft
Marietta
Sherman Lyke
Everett Green
Chicago
Lewis Green
William Krieg
Robert N. White
North St
Krieg
Cantwell Cliffs
Walter Haas
Arlie Brimner
Logan
H. D. Foster
Massillon
Mrs. Foster
Brimner
Wilkesville Man Takes Own Life With Gun
Wilkesville Illinois N Pilcher a resident here took his own life in his garage Saturday afternoon with a shotgun Pilcher would have been 80 in September and had been in ill health Funeral services will be held at Tinker Funeral Home McArthur Tuesday Alva Woodruff and family of Colorado are visiting relatives here this is their first return trip since moving two years ago
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N. Pilcher
Mr. Pilcher
Tinker Funeral Home
McArthur
Alva Woodruff
Colorado
Rural Youth Meeting Set For New Camp in Ross County
Gallia County 4 H and southern Ohio youth plan to attend a Rural Youth Conference at the Ross-Hocking Camp near Adelphi and Londonderry on July 30 and 31. The program includes Ohio State officials and 4-H leaders with a $1.75 two day rate. Registration closes July 15 with Floyd Henderson of Jackson County.
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Gallipolis
Ross-Hocking
Jackson
Adelphi
Londonderry
Ross County
Gallia County
R. R. Starbuck
Ohio
Lyman Jackson
College of Agriculture
Ohio State University
H. C. Ramsower
Agricultural Extension Service
C. C. Lang
Floyd Henderson
Jackson County
Guests Leave After Visit at Bradbury
Charles Pierce of Chicago arrived Saturday to spend a few days with relatives and returned Tuesday. Local families hosted weekend guests including the Burfords from Carrollton and the Archers. The Nazarene church held a prayer meeting at the Kauff home. The King family reunion took place Sunday at T. V. King’s home.
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Charles Pierce
Chicago
Denver Burford
Carrolton
Earl Archer
Clifford Whitington
Roy Pierce
George Waters
Rainbow Lake
Parsonage
Max Russell
Roseville
James Anderson
Thomas
Dexter
Miles Hysell
Hysell
Rains Damage Buck Run Road in Good Hope Township
Rains over recent weeks damaged Buck Run Road leading to Cantwell Cliffs via the former Camp Logan site in Good Hope Township. Abandonment of the camp reduced road work as all buildings at the camp have been razed.
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Logan
Buck Run
Good Hope Township
Cantwell Cliffs
Camp Logan
Legion Fish Fry at Logan Post Hall Tonight
Logan Post American Legion hosts a fish fry after a business session at the hall. John W. McBroom leads arrangements. A large turnout is expected as fifty pounds of fish are ordered.
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LOGAN
Logan Post American Legion
John W. McBroom
California climate thwarts world tour for 11 year old
Robert Quest of Woodland cancelled his world tour in San Francisco saying the cold weather was too cold to continue. The report notes egg shells are made of carbonate of lime in lay ers.
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San Francisco
California
Robert Quest
Woodland
Cornerstone Opening at Rio Grande College Planned Friday
Rio Grande Time reports at 7 30 p m on Friday July 8 a cornerstone ceremony for the burned Atwood Hall at Rio Grande College. President W A Lewis says attendees will view items once placed in the stone and a moving picture The Light Among the Hills will be shown after the service.
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Rio Grande
Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
W. A. Lewis
Ohio
Friends of Rio Grande College
Flags Deck Gallipolis On Fourth of July
Gallipolis Ohio showcased heavy flag displays on Independence Day though no formal celebration occurred. The Ohio Hospital for Epileptics featured flags on every building as hundreds visited friends and relatives. City Park drew many travelers from inland towns to view the Ohio River while Eureka Dam saw large crowds amid highway construction.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Hospital
Ohio River
Eureka
Eureka Dam
Pool Progress Seen at Gallipolis High School
The municipal swimming pool on the high school grounds is rapidly taking form and should be completed late this month. A request for a supplementary WPA appropriation of 2500 for concrete seats around the pool has not yet cleared but promoters remain hopeful.
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Gallipolis
Roosevelt to Speak at Northwest Territory Dedication
Gallia County readies for President Roosevelt address in Marietta during dedicatory exercises of the Northwest Territory celebration. Firecracker ban appears ignored in Gallipolis with desultory bangs all day Monday and no arrests reported.
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Gallia County
Marietta
Roosevelt
Northwest Territory
Gallipolis
Logan Bottling Owner Buys Adelphi Bologna Plant
David Hickman, former Logan Bottling Works owner, buys the Adelphi bologna factory. He and his family live in a trailer at the site while a bungalow is built after relocating from Lancaster.
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Logan
David Hickman
Logan Bottling Works
Adelphi
Legion play reopens Logan with West Enders meeting Giants
American Legion Junior League baseball resumes the schedule at 5:30 this evening as the West Enders face the Central Giants in Logan.
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LOGAN
American Legion
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Central Giants
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlight Local Weddings and Visits
Gallipolis residents report a wedding read by Rev. William Bohn at a country home near Waverly. Mrs Booth and Miss Patricia Patterson performed, while guests enjoyed a large reception. Many local families and visitors travel for summers in Oberlin Columbus and Chicago with plans for recitals and family gatherings.
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Janet
Beaumont
Tex
J. Howard Neal
Linc
C. E. Campbell
Cincinnati
Roy Thompson
Buffalo
N. Y
R. P. Thompson
John Lutz
Cleveland
Thieves Strike Rosanna Rothgeb’s Poultry Near Addison
Mrs. Rosanna Rothgeb reports to the sheriff that three thefts in two weeks affected her flock. The latest loss, a shipment of 40 White Leghorn broilers, brings her stock to the brink of depletion. The note adds that the most active market for American aircraft is South America.
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Rosanna Rothgeb
Addison
Sheriff's Office
South America
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