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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 03, 1938

Page

14

Logan Finance Committee to Confer on Cemetery Repair Plan

The Logan Finance Committee will meet with Mayor Dallas Kinser and Service Director R. R. Loomis to discuss cemetery repairs and upkeep for November electors. Funds are short, allowing only one Memorial Day cleanup. plan includes repairing retaining walls and funding a cemetery expansion with surveying and platting needed for new lots.

Logan Finance Committee Logan Dallas Kinser R. R. Loomis Oak Grove Ohio

Scott May Be Logan Hurler

Logan lineup unchanged for 2:30 p.m. Sunday clash with Federal Glass of Columbus. Roy Scott may start after strong showing Monday with Red Kearns catching. HillEary at first, Grandy second, Stubbs third, Miller short, Devol Brown and Waters in the outfield. Brown and Hilleary led recent hits. Miller Kearns Devol went without a hit.

Alogan Logan Federal Glass Columbus Roy Scott Red Kearns Hilleary Grandy Stubbs Miller Hortstop Devol Brown Waters

Logan Social Notes Highlights Local Club Gatherings

Logan residents report a busy social week with Contract Club hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Lappen at W Hunter St and Aces High Club meeting at Mrs. Keith Schultz home. Guests included Dr. and Mrs. W B Lacock and the Krumlaufs visiting for Dorothy Krumlauf’s graduation. Other events feature Zion A B Church Ladies Aid at Mrs. George Lehman’s, Miss Poling farewell party hosted by Miss Shriner and Miss Coleman, and Tourist Book Club at Mrs. Allen Adamson’s home with review of On Borrowed Time.

Hubert Lappen W. Hunter St W. B. Lacock Frank Nunlist Frank Jr Ralph Gleason New York Logan M. J. Krumlauf Dorothy Krumlauf Nunlist Mrs. Krumlauf Aces High Club Keith Schultz N. Orchard St Ladies Aid Society of Zion A. B. Church George Lehman Gertrude Gutherie William Hansel Pearl Sellers Minnie McBroom Eugene Wright Anna Walker Rt McBroom George Ngst Margaret McBroom John Wesley Cannon Charlies Meldrim Cora Hansel John Liff Wesley Cannon Pearliars Stella Miss Poling Dorothy Jean Shriner Mary Alice Coleman Gloria Poling Shriner North St Rachelmacher Park Eleanor Anthony Arlene Carr Mary Alice Brown Martha Ann Kinser Helen Fickle Karlotta Schmitter Martha Robinson Lois Heyde Carol Waiburn Roy Kelch Ul Stiverson Hunter Burt Karitter Jimmy McGonagle Paul Henderson Harold Kessler Allen Adamson W. Secon St George Carr Walter Brehm

Murray City Man To Seek County Office

Logan Howard Brooker of Murray City will file a petition to run for county commissioner on the Democratic ticket. Emanuel Wolfe, a former commissioner, and Anthony Cook of Logan also indicated they will seek the nomination.

Murray City Logan Howard Brooker Emanuel Wolfe Anthony Cook

Services Across Logan Sunday Gatherings

Logan churches list Sunday activities with several pastors preaching at Methodist Episcopal Church St Matthew Lutheran Church and Trinity Lutheran Church. The Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority plans morning services in the Methodist church with Rev C W Graham preaching Thy Will Be Done and an evening expository sermon The Epworth League meets at 6 30 p m Pentecost observances at St Johns Laurel Township features Rev Amos L Heyde and a 2 30 p m sermon Divine services with Holy Communion at Trinity Lutheran led by Rev Elmer Bliss.

St. Matthew Lutheran Church Amos L. Heyde St. Johns Church Laurel Township Trinity Lutheran Church Elmer Bliss

Crow bounty payouts rise in Hocking County spring

County commissioners set a 500 bounty fund and since then residents have destroyed 1380 crows this year. Auditor Mrs. Ora Yaw issued 41 checks totaling 56.75 to bring yearly payouts to 345. Perry Township leads with F. O. Wolf 276 Pearl McClelland 211 Wayne Bowers 180 Leroy Dupler 158 Cliff Strous 154 Earl Adcock 42. Trustees verify crow heads before paying bounty.

Logan Ora B. Yaw Perry Township F. O. Wolf Pearl McClelland Wayne Bowers Leroy Dupler Cliff Strous Earl Adcock

Principal Edson Shaw Resumes Post at South Bloomingville High

Edson Shaw, principal of South Bloomingville High School, earned another year in the same post and lives close to the school. Nearby, Mr and Mrs Herbert Moravy and their sons James and Jerry visit I E Moravy in Union Furnace, while Mr Moravy works as assistant superintendent for Gordon Oil Co in Mr Pleasant, Michigan.

Logan Hocking County Edson Shaw South Bloomingville

Popularity of Public Library Is Manifest Logan

May circulation reached 4159 with 577 adult and 1713 juvenile books issued to county and Logan schools. Adults read 1082 fiction and 226 non fiction. 561 juvenile books circulated. 28 periodicals, 37 new books added, 13 discarded. 911 borrowers registered. Non fiction by class includes Literature 43 Biography 33 Travel 29 Social Science 29 Useful Arts 26 History 17 Fine Arts 14 Philosophy 13 Science 4 Language 5 Religion 4 General Work 2.

Logan Public Hortense Gibson Library Board County

Thomas Wood Dies At Arkansas Home

Logan News reports the death of Thomas Granville Wood at his Little Rock home on May 25 at age 75. A Logan native who spent many years in the Southwest leaves a wife a son Joe a Dallas daughter Mrs. O V Ortmeyer and another daughter Mrs J W Radcliffe. He was brother to William Harry and Misses Agnes and Margaret Wood of Logan. Funeral and burial were in Little Rock.

LOGAN Little Rock Ark Thomas Granville Wood Southwest Joe O. V. Ortmeyer Dallas J. W. Radcliffe Wood William Harry Wood Agnes Margaret Wood

WPA Completes Logan Elm Street Project This Thursday

WPA completes street improvements in Logan with paving from Hunter to Third Streets under foreman Goss Inboden. Additional improvements on West Street and Iron Street are planned for the next blanket project as funds from the old project are nearly exhausted.

LOGAN—Elm_ St WPA Hunter Third Sts Goss Inboden West St Iron St

Martha Hayes Dies Saturday In Columbus

Martha Wright Hayes 29 died at Grant Hospital Columbus after a weeklong illness and major surgery. Her body will be returned to Logan for funeral services at Woodard Funeral Home Saturday at 2 p.m. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. She is survived by husband three children from a former marriage and by parents Charles J. Wright and Anna B. Wright Columbus. Sisters Thelma Corrigan and Mrs William McLaughlin and brother Robert also survive. Body taken to the father's home on West Hunter Street.

Logan Martha Wright Hayes Grant Hospital Columbus Charles J. Wright Anna B. Wright Thelma Corrigan William McLaughlin Robert Woodard Funeral Home C. W. Graham Oak Grove Cemetery

Carpenter injured in fall from roof at Camp Hocking

Roy Shaw a local carpenter received serious injuries when he fell from a roof at Camp Hocking on Thursday He sustained a fractured right hip and was taken to Cherrington Hospital for treatment.

Logan Roy Shaw Camp Hocking Cherrington Hospital

Logan News Briefs Injuries And Fossil Stones

Patty Timberlake, daughter of Mrs Wayne Timberlake, injured Wednesday after a fall at home. She received chin laceration treatment at Cherrington Hospital. George Shultz of St Marys West Virginia injured after a 20 foot fall from Enterprise bridge and discharged next day. Albert W Seabright, mining engineer, shows sandstone collection with fern imprints gifted by his students.

Logan—Patty Wayne Timberlake Cherrington Hospital George Shultz St. Marys W. Va Enterprise Bridge Logan Albert W. Seabright

Local Homes Change Hands in Logan

Mr and Mrs Dean Collison and family moved to their North Street residence on Thursday. Mr and Mrs Ralph Starcher took one half of Miss Jennie Beougher on North Street. Mr and Mrs Harry Taylor and family moved into the N Walnut Street home vacated by Mr and Mrs Dollison.

Logan Dean Collison North St Ralph Starcher Jennie Beougher Harry Taylor N. Walnut St Dollison

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