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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 10, 1941

Page

16

Red Cross First Aid Refresher for Hocking Park Rangers

In Logan the Red Cross First Aid program completed a third refresher course for Hocking County park rangers at Camp Hocking. Roy M. Weller led the class with 20 hours of study after night arrivals post tour duties. Certified attendees include Byers, Edwards, Hill, Reichley, Worley, Norton and Wilson, among others.

Logan Red Cross Hocking County Camp Hocking Howard B. Hill Hocking Park Rangers State Park Roy M. Weller Mr. Weller Fred M. Collins George Costello National Red Cross Kenneth Byers Cantwell Cliffs Robert Edwards Harold B. Hill Lewis Jones Ash Cave A. B. Rheinscheid S. A. Reichley Old Man's Cave J. C. Reichley L. T. Worley Rockhouse Curtis Norton Ernest Wilson The

Mingos Schedule Revised for Logan Mingos Tournament

Zanesville tournament games were rearranged to benefit Logan Mingos. The team will now play Troy at 6 o clock Saturday evening with a potential third game if they win. Albert Leonard received a telegram from management Wednesday announcing the date change he requested.

Logan Zanesville Logan Mingos Troy Albert Leonard

Margaret Keiffer Dies at 78 in Logan County

Mrs Margaret Keiffer age 78 died at the County Home Tuesday Funeral services were held at the home Wednesday at 3 PM with burial in County Cemetery. She had no close relatives living.

Logan Margaret Keiffer

Park Picnics Can Use Kachelmacher Lights

Mayor Dallas Kinser says those wishing to picnic late at Kachelmacher Park should inform police and lights will be provided. Out-of-town groups frequent the park for late suppers from Nelsonville Athens and nearby valley cities with police coordination to ensure safety.

Logan Kachelmacher Park Dallas Kinser Nelsonville Athens

Service Tests for Police Radio in Hocking County

A Logan A service test evaluated the new police radio reaching the station from a moving unit. Patrolman Pearl Derrand and Sheriff Floyd Duffy led the run with R R Loomis and Frank Ricketts aboard while Gerald Mc Laughlin stayed at the station. The mobile unit established contact at Adelphi Laurelville Kimberly Nelsonville Buchtel Murray City and intervening points. It failed to be heard only on the hill between Steady Hill and Laurelville. The test shows the unit works across Hocking County and may be adopted for sheriff patrol cars in the future.

Two Women File Divorce Petitions

Edyth Goss sues Boyd Goss in common pleas court for extreme cruelty alleging a July 3 1907 marriage and six grown children. Myrtle Z Campbell sues Millard A Campbell for neglect and seeks restoration to her maiden name Myrtle Z Campbell.

Early Tomato Harvest Report From Hocking County Garden

Logan ripe tomatoes were picked at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Robinson on Mound Street June 28. Their son Bob tended the plants and believes this is one of the earliest tomato dates recorded in the county.

Logan G. R. Robinson Mound St Bob Hocking County

Legion Ball Team Heads to Gallipolis for Friday Game

Arrangements are under way to take the American Legion team to Gallipolis for a 2 o'clock game Friday. Manager Albert Leonard, assisted by Coach Tom Bender, leads the squad with Baseball Committee members along. Players include John Buchanan, Tom Brehm, John Conger, Neal Dillon, Clayton Hoskins, Jimmy McGonagle, Don Johnson, Ralph Baker, Mark Wylie, John Trowbridge, Bill Scott, Paul Brown, Junior Holden, Frank Thompson, and Eugene Snyder. Three pitchers Wylie, Trowbridge, and Baker available. Wylie veteran of three tournament seasons.

Junior Holden Frank Thompson Eugene Snyder Leonard Wylie Trowbridge Baker

EastEnders Win Wednesday Junior League Game 8 7

East End team of the Junior League defeated a combined league squad at Chieftain Field 8 to 7 on Wednesday evening. A decisive two run rally in the final inning, with bases loaded and two out, scored Pete Linton and Ned Newman as Charles Phillips drove in the go ahead run.

Logan East End Chieftain Field Charles Phillips Pete Linton Ned Newman West End Hilltop

U S Cattle Expert Returns To Logan

Dr. A J DeFosset of the United States Department of Agriculture, inspector of animal husbandry, visited Logan on Wednesday to confer with James R Smoot. He previously aided Hocking County with tubercular tests and has continued cooperating to keep local livestock free of the disease.

Logan A. J. DeFosset Columbus United States Department of Agriculture James R. Smoot DeFosset Hocking County

City records audit completed by state official

Clarence H. Swain from the state auditor's department finished examining city records on Wednesday after several weeks of work.

Logan Clarence H. Swain State Auditor’s Department

Births and visits in Murray City area crowd July notes

Relatives announce the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Robert McGreevy of Junction City on July 4 named James Edward. Various locals and out-of-town visitors are listed with weekend and holiday visits across Murray City, Columbus, Cleveland, Detroit and beyond.

Murray City Robert McGreevy Junction City James Edward Thomas Hardy Murray John Penn, Jr Columbus Thomas Gears University Hospital Blanche Elizabeth Brooker Cleveland Jack Pritchard Detroit Louis Seaman Mary Louise Albaugh Harry Shuttleworth William Cooper Blanche Brooker Bobby Dunn Newark CCC Dan Simmers Sand Run A. J. Barnhill Paul Caloid Carrollton Sam Caloid Elizabeth Pierce Homer Pierce Zenith Doris

Taylor Ridge Social Notes

Local social column lists wedding and visiting news across Taylor Ridge area. Events include vacation Bible school at Church of Christ led by Mrs Clyde Canter and Miss Florence Hildebrand, plus numerous Fourth of July visits among families in Glouster Eagleport Columbus Athens Canton Marietta and Detroit.

Taylor Ridge Clyde Canter Florence Hildebrand Church of Christ Virgil Swartz Kay Jeanie Dianne Rollie Fred Higgins Glouster Middleport P. B. Chalfant Fred Olbers Joseph Wilson Wilson Cottage Eagleport Charles Boley Larry Gladys Clara Hildebrand Columbus Bennie Harrison Athens Carl Hildebrand Wilbur Risley Jean John Wenger Carl Wahl Canton Mary Wahl Logan Robert Hanning Boyd Kennedy Delano Kennedy Lancaster Forest Kelly Clea Glenna Hanning Emmet Olbers and Greens Run Virginia Canter Mont Davis Alex Spurges Tony Stencil Murray City John Davis Elmer Davis Sherley Marietta Dora Heffken W. D. Coey Akron Walter Wojnowski Elizabeth Paskievitch Detroit Victory Paskievitch Ernest Chalfant Ray Harris

Illness Recovery of Longtime Hocking Valley Worker George Emerick

Logan George Emerick of E Second Street is improving after a four month illness. A twelve year employee of the Hocking Valley Brick Company he has left his job. Emerick began work about sixty years ago on a furnace near New Straitsville.

Logan George Emerick Second St Hocking Valley Brick Company Emerick New Straitsville

Logan Brief Social Notes

Annual picnic meet ing of the Tuesday Book Club was held at Rachelmacher Park on Tuesday. New president Mrs. Fred Murray announced committees and thanked past president Mrs. Sam Primmer. Local residents and travelers stopping through Logan were listed with brief visits and arrivals. Tracks of a dinosaur mil lions of years ago were found in Texas in 1939 and measured over a yard long.

Fred Murray Fred E. Hull Primmer W. D. Braddock Frank Harden Winifred Engle Phil Tschappat Dallas Kinser Murray Emerson Poston G. R. Robinson Hull Pierce Harden Webb Kerwood Martin Bartelle Hamilton Braddock Earl Elberfeld Texas

Courter Divorce Action Seeks Separation

Hazel Courter files divorce against Euna Courter alleging cruelty. They wed December 5, 1917. Judge Henderson grants a temporary order restraining the defendant from selling or encumbering property or interfering with the plaintiff.

Logan Hazel Courter Euna Courter Phil Henderson

Logan Rownyak Taken Into Custody After Leaving Chillicothe Hospital

Patient Logan Rownyak who recently left the veterans hospital at Chillicothe was captured Tuesday evening by Deputy Sheriff Forest Keck in western Hocking County. Officials were notified and an institutional official proceeded to Logan on Wednesday to return him.

Logan John Rownyak Veterans Hospital Chillicothe Forest Keck Hocking County

Kovach Enters Marietta Business Institute

Haydenville resident Samuel War ren Kovach son of Daniel Kovach completed high school at Logan and has enrolled in the secretarial course at Marietta Business Institute in Marietta.

Haydenville Samuel Warren Kovach Daniel Kovach Marietta Business Institute Marietta Young Kovach Logan The Business College

Logan official aids vendors with tax reports

Logan field man of the sales tax department Logan Charles Donnely arrived today and will stay until Friday evening to help vendors prepare tax reports. He will make two more visits to the city before month’s end.

Logan Charles Donnely Sales Tax Department

Natural preservation of meat by Tibetan natives

Tibetan natives preserve meat without refrigeration or salt by drying it outdoors. The very dry air draws out juices, drying the flesh to a powdery form that can be stored for years.

Logan Citizens Find Aviation Employment

Logan residents have found work at the Curtiss-Wright plant in Columbus and others enrolled in required training. Several will depart for Columbus on July 25 to begin weeks of preparatory instruction.

Logan Columbus

Social Security Board Visits Logan for Retirement Benefits

A representative of the Social Security Board bureau will visit Logan on the second and fourth Friday of each month to assist employers and employees. The first call is scheduled Friday July 11 between 4 and 5 p.m. Applications will be received for retirement benefits and survivors' benefits under Title 11 of the Social Security Act.

Logan Social Security Board Bureau Nelsonville

Motorist Pleads Guilty to Speeding on U S Route 33

Logan-Oscar Carlin of Bexley entered a guilty plea at arraignment before Mayor Dallas Kinser on a speeding charge. He received a fine of 10 dollars plus costs. The arrest was made by the State Highway Patrol on U S Route 33 south of the city that evening.

Logan Oscar Carlin Bexley Dallas Kinser State Highway Patrol

Harold E Hartmann Reinstated at Rachelmacher Park

Harold E Hartmann, supervisor at Rachelmacher Park, returned to his duties today after a ten day leave of absence.

Logan Harold E. Hartmann Rachelmacher Park

Second Draft Registration Reaches 110

LOGAN A total of 110 registration cards are in the hands of the Selective Service Board from July 1 registrations. The board expects a final total near 125 with a few more returned. Raymond Edmund Miller of West Street has been notified to report to Ft Hayes Friday morning for induction. He will accompany John R Kreinschmidt, the only local man required in the present call.

Logan Selective Service Board Raymond Edmund Miller West St Tucson Ariz Ft. Hayes Miller John R.kreinschmidt

River Division Work Progress on Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad

River division work is reported good with three extra trains ran Sunday and at least one extra each day this week. Regular road men are working steadily and some previously off duty have returned to active status.

Logan River Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad

Harbaugh Named Government Appeal Agent in Washington

Harbaugh has been officially appointed Government Appeal Agent after serving as acting agent since the resignation of Harry J. Stevenson. The appointment was announced from Washington on Wednesday.

Logan—Melrose Harbaugh Harry J. Stevenson Washington

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