Storm delivers flood and bridge washouts in Hocking County
Flooding across Hocking County destroys corn crops with 25 percent loss on hill land and 50 percent on bottom land affecting 12 000 to 13 000 acres. Two Sugar Grove Road bridges 20 and 15 feet washed out, other damage from high waters. Logan reports ongoing rescues, road closures, and crews digging out as water recedes.
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Logan
Hocking County
Harold Chambers
Hocking
Orla Wolfe
Sugar Grove Road
Marion Township
Black Jack
Wolfe
Geneva Road
Rockbridge
Horn's Millom
Lo 4
Locking
Lancaster Grocer’s Body Sought After Boat Capsize
With the Hocking River rising in Hocking County, Sheriff Joe Farbearn traveled to Rockbridge to lead a search for the body of Clarkson Carpenter, a Lancaster grocer drowned when a boat overturned on the river.
Rescues After Autos Stranded Near Rockbridge
About 30 people were rescued from stranded vehicles near Rockbridge on Sunday. Notable evacuees include Mr. and Mrs. W W Edwards of Columbus, aged 78 and 74, Mrs Minnie Fockler of Sugar Creek, 72, and several others from Columbus, Lancaster, Athens, and Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Rockbridge
W. W. Edwards
Columbus
Edwards
Minnie Fockler
Sugar Creek
Fred J. Woodcock
Edward Alten
Loys
Derbyshire
Fred Glerhart
Ethie Waiters
Bernice
Lancaster
William H. Edwards
Grace Whitney
John Featherstone
Stewart
Harry Stout
Athens
Phil H. Edwards
Cleveland
Pole Collapse Hits Car During Storm No Injuries Reported
Gerald McLaughin observed a storm incident as a brace-supported telephone pole toppled. The falling pole battered a car’s rear window and shattered the windshield but all occupants escaped injury.
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Logan
Gerald McLaughin
Rockbridge Road Under Construction Aids North Traffic
Evidence from high water shows the new section of highway above Rockbridge will help keep traffic open to the north. Water at the late peak could still cause suspension of traffic, overflowing the highway further south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Rockbridge
New Election System Will Not Be Used In City Primary
Hocking County Election Board met to clear up details for the August 138 city primary. No change will be made in precinct operation despite a new law allowing extra judges and clerks to handle tabulation. Officials deemed the change unnecessary for a non heavy city primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Hocking
Wright Named to Permanent Organization Committee
B V Wright commander of Logan Post American Legion was named to the permanent organization committee at the district convention Sunday. His duties take effect at the late convention to be held in Dayton from August 2 to 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
B V. Wright
American Legion
Dayton
Jail orchestra supplies Sheriff Far with tunes
Sheriff Joe Far uses the jail orchestra for music with unique instruments. Guy Ervin plays a Jew's harp, Charlies Gibbons the harmonica, and John Schaal strums a miniature washboard, producing much music. Oils from porpoise jaws and blackfish are valued lubricants in aeronautical work and watchmaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Joe Farbearn
Guy Ervin
Charlies Gibbons
John Schaal
Logan Fourth District Convention of Ladies Auxiliary Held in Logan
The Fourth District Convention of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Knights of St. John met in Logan with delegates from Lancaster Columbus and Newark. A noon dinner for 100 followed by a 2 30 business session to plan the national convention in Columbus this July. Mrs Jacob Savey president of the local auxiliary serves as Sentinel in the district. Guests this Sunday included Mr and Mrs Joe Hutchins and friends from Haydenville Columbus and Haydenville the previous evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of St. John
Logan
Lancaster
Columbus
Newark
Knights
Jacob Savey
Sentinel
Joe Hutchins
Herry
Hazel Spencer
Mabel Reed
Janice
Lucy Kramer
J. W. Patton
John W. Patton
Haydenville
Margaret Jenkins
Eleanor Brooks
Granville
Dave Reese
Hollis Metcalf
Vinton
Albert Lewis
W. A. Lewis
Hollis Ewing
New Concord
Levi Swerbe
North Baltimore
Swerbe
Charles Broughman
George Eubanks
Cincinnati
W. E. Clark
Julia Cloud
Dayton
Broughman
Charles Varney
William North
Darlene Richards
Nelle Boster
Sally Pops
Boster
Harry Anderson
Loyal Friends
Methodist Sunday School
Society Notes and Camp Wyandot News In Logan
Society notes report Reverend Frank E. Jenkins and family visiting in Greensboro Georgia while Gordon Cole hosts relatives in Warner Avenue. Camp Wyandot evacuees depart after high water and a tor rent threat. Sodality guests gather at Miss Minnerine Burke's home with Rev. James T. Nevin attending and a picnic supper. Mary, Rose, Elsie and numerous locals attend. Don Acker in Columbus hospital listed in serious condition after leg fractures.
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Frank E. Jenkins
Mary
Frank
John
Greensboro
Gordon Cole
Warner Avenue
Rev. Jenkins
Mra. Cole
Mr. Cole
Sherman Cole
Tazewell
Cole
Sodality Society
Minnerine Burke
South Logan
James T. Nevin
Miss Burke
Rosemary Barrick
Adelaide Fox
Margeret Schrader
Frances Donahue
Mary Veronica
Helen Wagner
Mary Catherine Roberts
Mary Josephine Dicken
Marie Donaldson
Betty Kessler
Margaret and
Florece Redhenwaldt
Theresa
Logan
Don Acker
Columbus
Haydenville Families Host Guests Saturday
Mr and Mrs E C McQuaid Haydenville hosted guests including Mr and Mrs Amos Bartoe Carbon Hill, Mr and Mrs Roy Bolin Dayton, Mr and Mrs Gerald Miller and Misa Erma Waugh, William McQuaid and Clif ford McQuaid, and Mr and Mrs Fred Waugh in Logan Saturday evening. Mrs Lester Crothers and Mrs Pearl McGatha were in Logan Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haydenville
E. C. McQuaid
Amos Bartoe
Carbon Hill
Roy Bolin
Dayton
Gerald Miller
Misa Erma Waugh
William McQuaid
Clifford McQuaid
Fred Waugh
Logan
Lester Crothers
Pearl McGatha
Raises Pigeons To Supply Own Table
LOGAN Carl Schmitter of Glenview Heights raises pigeons for personal use. He started with ten pairs of White King pigeons, now has thirty pairs, and each two birds take about four weeks to mature. He recently slaughtered six birds weighing five and a half pounds.
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Logan
Carl Schmitter
Glenview Heights
Schmitter
Local residents endure Route 31 flood and city visits
Logan and Coshocton families traveled Sunday as flood closed Route 31 near Rockbridge. Several locals visited Columbus, with Miss Lucy Barker heading to Ohio State University for a six week course. Other residents faced flood conditions returning from Cincinnati via Chillicothe Adelphi and Laurelville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Reid
Lancaster County Club
William Sauer
Bill
Coshoct
Rockbridge
Lucy Barker
Columbus
Ohio
Logan Straitsville Road Nears Final Coat of Tar
Work on the Logan New Straitsville road began with a second coat of tar and limestone this week after a first dressing last week. When the final coat cures the road will reopen, with traffic previously diverted for over a week. Jimmy Ringhiser, former local boxer, opened a coffee shop on West Main Street Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LOGAN
Logan-New Straitsville
Jimmy Ringhiser
West Main Street
Hocking County CCC Enrollment Boosted
An increased quota of 18 youths is assigned to Hocking County for CCC enrollment. Selected individuals will report to Camp Hocking next Monday and the roster will include relief family representatives, with the list due soon per relief headquarters.
40 Members Attend Meeting Of Buchtel Girls 4-H Club
BUCHTEL Mothers Helpers 4 H Club formed by Buchtel and Happy Hollow girls met at Savilia and Sylvetta Lain home. After regular meeting they played games on Laird lawn. Refreshment committee listed. Next meeting set for Mary Margaret Wright home in Buchtel. Club now has 43 members with 40 present. Local residents and visitors listed, including families from Columbus and nearby towns.
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Buchtel
Mothers Helpers
Buehtel
Happy Hollow
Savilia
Sylvetta Lain
Laird Lawn
Ruth Lowry
Anna
Alice Gallagher
Lucille O'Nail
Savila
Sylvetta Alird
Elale May
Hazel Anderson
Jail Break Sparks Manhunt in Cadiz
Six convicts escaped from Harrison County jail Cadiz by digging through a wall using a ventilator bar. A heavily armed posse with bloodhounds launched an immediate search for the fugitives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison County
Cadiz
Airplane ey to be made today on Sandusky Conservancy project
In Columbus an air outreach will be conducted today to secure federal approval for a $49,000 no project tied to the Lei Sandusky Conservancy district. The action aims to advance conservation efforts with federal backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky Conservancy District
Wheat and Oats Sprouting in Shock in Hocking County
Farmers in Hocking County report wheat and oats sprouting in the shock due to continued wet weather. Threshing has halted for over a week, risking substantial loss of the harvested crop if conditions do not improve.
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Logan
Hocking County
Singers win judgment for taxes and loan interest total 63.36
Judge Harley M Whitcraft ruled Frances Singer entitled to recover 63.36 from Allen R McBroom and Jessie H Hill. The amount covers 28 loan interest and 54.56 taxes paid on a Logan property by Mrs. Singer.
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LOGAN
Frances Singer
Harley M Whitcraft
Allen R McBroom
Jessie H. Hill
Singer
Squirrel Season Set For Oct 1 To Oct 15
Logan under the revised squirrel law the season runs from October 1 to October 15 instead of September 15 to October 15. The bag limit remains four per day, a rule in effect for the last five years. Hunters have asked questions about the new enactment.
New Sunflower Varieties Cultivated by Local Gardener
Carl Larimer grows several hundred sunflowers on North Street garden as Ross Wagstaff of Sugar Grove supplies seeds. Wagstaff has developed new strains over several years.
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Logan
Carl Larimer
North Street
Ross Wagstaff
Sugar Grove
Hocking County Delegation Heads to 4-H Camp in Jackson
Hocking County sends its delegation to the Keystone 4-H Club Camp in Jackson County for a week. George Lehman and Ewald Schmitter provided transport. C. W. Zeigler and Harold Chambers serve on the local faculty. Visitors from the area will be welcomed Wednesday.
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Hocking County
Jackson
Keystone Camp
Harold Chambers
C. W. Zeigler
Grace Turner
Lillian Smart
Esther Herman
Louise Schmitter
Arlene Carr
Georgia Primmer
Rhea Primmer
Weather Pushes Postponement of Presbyterian Catholic Contest
Mud at Athletic Field forced postponement of the Presbyterian Catholic game Monday night. The Carpenter Mar tags and Eagles were set to play this evening unless more rain intervenes.
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Logan
Athletic Field
Martags
Eagles
Primary absentee ballots cast in Logan tally
With the city primary two weeks away only six electors have cast absentee ballots. The voters are Margaret Cook Jack Voris Joseph J Canty John R Moore William E Rice and Francis J Reid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Margaret Cook
Jack Voris
Joseph J. Canty
John R. Moore
William E. Rice
Francis J. Reid
Annual physicals for Logan-Welfare children in Hocking County
Health commissioner Dr. W. B. Lacock announces the annual physical examinations for Logan Welfare children in Hocking County this week. Immunizations and vaccinations are administered for those not yet completed in prior years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Hocking County
W. B. Lacock
Local Hospital Notes on Injuries and Surgeries
Henderson Wolfe of Newark had his left leg cast after a motorcycle accident at Cherrington Hospital. Oleda Ainsley of Longstreth and Guy Spencer of Nelsonville underwent tonsil removal surgeries. Anna Laura Devore of Gore remains in serious condition after an emergency appendectomy, with ruptured appendix noted as a complication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Henderson Wolfe
Newark
Cherrington Hospital
Oleda Ainsley
Longstreth
Guy Spencer
Nelsonville
Anna Laura
John W. Devore
Gore
Rio Grande Storm Destroys Gardens and Trees
A destructive storm hit Rio Grande on Sunday with heavy rain and wind, uprooting trees and flattening corn fields. A walnut tree damaged a roof at Miss Mary Jane Lewis’s home and an oak blocked a highway near Finley Richards. The piece also notes numerous social visits and local events including parties, church group gatherings, and students traveling for school activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande
Mary Jane Lewis
Finley Richards
L. F. Allen
Marie Fowler
McArthur
Local Harness Figures Share Race Debut Details
Unclear transcription describes harness racer Ruble a For j and reinaman Ruble making early entries at a fair in August. MentionsBeaton and Rey a trotter and pacer among past owners and drivers closely tied to Rusty V d in News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Paip
Ruble
Reinaman
Beaton
Rey
Kid
Rusty V d
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Frank St. Clair
W. E. Evans
Corporation Limits
Enterprise
Clear Creek
Associated Press
Carpenter
Lancaster Grocer
Washington
ST. Louis
New York
Enetern
Western Points
Greyhound
Gevia Washapton
Trina
San Diego
Teas City
Reer Tisttit
New Rockbridge Road
Wright
U. S
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Society Notes
Harriet Gibson Weymueller
Minnie Louise Bowen
Elsie Martin
Wyandot
Burke
Anna Smith
J. S. McGonagle
Haydenville Briefs
Straitsville
Logan Road
Boner
CCC
Buehtel Girls
Dickey
George Worthington
Walter Worthington
Ted Shopeieir
Selby Murphy
Eugene
John Williams
Margaret Colbert
Orbiston
Clarence Sayre
Freddie
Tommy
Rebecca Stevens
Plan Air Survey
Sue Conrad
Betty Johnson
Aretha Goss
Sarah Goss
Helen Bennett
Helen Haas
Frieda Dillon
Ruth Vancuren
Virginia Butterfield
Harriet Guthrie
Mary Freeman
Icel Hammond
Ruth Bliss
Mary L. Skinner
Helen Funk
Mary Ellen Legore
Betty Worley
Mary Cline
Mildred Fox
Helen Lane
Logan Hospital
Bess Geotting
Margaret Jones
Nellie Boster
Gertrude Lewis
Mary Ella
Defiance
M. A. Lowks
The
Baptist Sunday School
Garnet Altizer
Cora
David Williams
J. D. Williams
Howard Lloyd
Harry Marshman
A. J. Clark
Kenneth Walker
Billy
W. E. Welker
Bidwell
Dana Wickline
Donovan
Wellston
T. J. Allison
E. G
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Beloit
Lewis Jones
Myron Fowler
New Lexington
Coach Lyne
L. F. Awlen
P. R. Lyne
Joan
Herman Lewis
Denvertown
Lawrence Co
E. E. Stevenson
Victor Fowler
Marianna Richards
D. A
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Hiceou
Zem
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Oplante
Pinehuret
Hue
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