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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1939

Page

14

National Farm Program Discussed Before Large Logan Gathering

Elmer Kruse chair of the Ohio Agriculture Conservation committee spoke to farmers and guests at a Logan dinner meeting. He urged careful thinking on subsidies, warned against overreliance on single crops, and stressed conservation and knowledge in addressing food supply and flood control.

Athens Messenger Athens Oftory Logan Ae Logan Elmer Kruse Ohio Agriculture Conservation Committee Masonic Kruse Hocking County Parks Colorado Canyon L. M. Leitaker Lancaster Europe South America United States James R. Smoot Leitaker Paul Waltz Richard Joe Paul Carpenter Woodrow Blum Carl Evans

Hold Junior League Second Practice Game

Junior League second practice gameWednesday evening ended 12 to 6 in favor of Marion Allen's team over Joe Thomas's squad. Pitchers were Jack Roberts and Bill Shaw. Managers focused on correcting faults rather than winning. Postgame captains election named Bill Shaw as captain of the Slugeroos.

Logan Marion Allen Joe Thomas Jack Roberts Bill Shaw Allen Slugeroos

School Makes Good Record In Attendance

Logan Senior High reports strong attendance for the closing month. Thomas Bender’s room led with 97.8 percent, followed by Dayton Schultheis at 96.8 and Walter Haas and Harley Ellinger at 96.7. In the nondismissal category Bender’s room posted 68.8 percent, with Bliss Rockhold at 52.6 and Hamilton and Schultheis tied at 50 percent.

Logan Fred Burchfield Thomas Bender Dayton Schultheis Walter Haas Harley Ellinger Sarah Rockhold Bartelle Hamilton Mr. Schultheis

Pioneer Youth Group Fathers Night Program

Pioneer Youth group held a fathers night at Enterprise school led by Ralph Mosure Robert Hansley and Fred Good. Attending fathers included S. W. Primmer William Mosure W. H. Mowrey J. A. Primmer Neaty Robey Samuel Blum Clarence Hartman Ebert McBroom Andy Rauber Lloyd Hansley and Dan Rhein scheld.

Mary Ralph Mosure Miss Mosure Mary Piper Pauline Shaffer Ada Bigham Josephine Iles Floyd Walker Woodrow Blum Carl Evans

Columbus Oddfellows to Confer Degrees June 12

Junia Encampment of Columbus will confer Patriarchal and Golden Rule degrees at the Oddfellows hall in Logan on June 12. Ten to twelve Bremen candidates are expected, drawing Odd Fellows from nearby cities. Plans aim to transfer the Lancaster Encampment charter to Bremen when arrangements are complete.

Oddfellows Hall Junia Columbus Bremen Lancaster

Logan Social Notes and Nelsonville Wedding Report

Logan social notes list Mrs Anthony Toerner hosting her Contract Club at S Mulberry St with Mrs Fred Rochester high scorer. guests include Mrs Lucille Wright Mrs Jane DeCamp and Miss Sara Rockhold. Also Tuesday Book Club at Mrs Alfred Carpenter's South Logan reviewed Through Embassy Eyes by Martha Dodd then refreshments for 12 members and four guests. In Nelsonville a double wedding notice: Miss Florence Lanning to John Hicks Jr at Pilgrim Holiness Church with a noon ceremony and reception, followed by a move to Dayton. both families attend and the couple depart to a new bungalow at 155 South Terry St.

Anthony Toerner S. Mulberry St Fred Rochester Lucille Wright Jane DeCamp Sara Rockhold Alfred Carpenter South Logan W. B. Lacock Dallas Kinser Martha Dodd Nazi Germany Miss Dodd Germany Katherine Meier Akron Victoria Swett Edward Kemper Stanton Pond Nelsonville Murray City John T. Lanning New Pittsburg Florence John Hicks, Jr John Hicks Dayton Ben Awe Pilgrim Holiness Church Bride Land South Terry St Hicks

Will Feature Scout Events At Ceremony

Logan announces a quarterly court of honor in Hocking County Boy Scouts on June 14 at Rachelmacher Park. Scoutcraft events include blanket race first aid relay fire by friction and knot tying. The winning troop becomes custodian of the district flag for three months.

Logan Hocking County Boy Scouts Rachelmacher Park Harley Meyer Scout Advancement Committee Meyer

Ohio Indians and Their Habitat in Early History

The Ohio region housed a rich Eries population with vast game and waterways like Lake Erie and the Ohio River. Flint Ridge supplied stone tools and served as a peaceful neutral ground attracting distant tribes. Iroquois conquest redrew the map by mid century, paving the way for later white settlement and new tribes entering Ohio borders.

Ohio Lake Erie Ohio River Alleghenies Flint Ridge Brownsville Route 40 Courtesy Standard Oil CO

United Brethren Convention Heads to Columbus

Logan church members prepare for the 38th annual Southeastern Ohio Conference Christian Education convention June 13 to 15 at Washington Ave Church in Columbus. Clergymen E. B. White L. W. Tuttle and T. C. Gregory and Mrs. Mary Bierly will participate in the program.

Logan United Brethren Church Washington Ave Columbus E. B. White L. W. Tuttle T. C. Gregory Mary Bierly Daily Vacation Bible School Hocking Valley

Logan Hosts Annual Outing for C and O Telegraph Operators

Logan welcomes LOGAN-Operators and telegraphers from Toledo to Athens and Pomeroy for their annual outing on Sunday June 18 at Rachelmacher Park. Families of employees will attend. this marks the second year the event is in Logan.

Logan C. and O Toledo Athens Pomeroy Rachelmacher Park

Teachers Get Contracts for Coming Year

Starr-Washington Board of Education names staff for the next year with D. O. Davis continuing as superintendent. Union Furnace high school staff includes L. M. Evans Estelline Creal Elizabeth Kessinger Betty Howe Helen Washburn Lucy Barker Herman Ellis Jay Nimon Ralph Walker. Liesboro and Union Furnace grade teachers listed, plus janitors, vocal music instructors, and a range of bus drivers.

Fay Smith Liesboro Floyd Riggs Frank Masure Ruth Goodwin Union Furnace Harry McVey Elmer Anthony Roy Funk Ilesboro Margaret Smith Janet White Jay McDaniel Hobart McDaniel Don Iles Wilbur McDaniel Hoyt McDaniel Bert Ingmire Porter Heinlein Arthur Griffith George Smith Carl Loomis

State Auditor Hosts softball game for office employees

A request received by Ewald Schmitter from Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson aims to arrange a softball game for a team of employees from the state auditor's office. Frank Heft, formerly of this city, manages the Columbus team.

Logan Ewald Schmitter Joseph T. Ferguson State Auditor’s Office Frank Heft Columbus

Dolly Simpson Reports Satisfactory Recovery After Operation

Mrs. Dolly Simpson, teacher at West Logan School, who recently had surgery at Grant Hospital in Columbus, is reported by attaches to be making a satisfactory recovery. She resides with Mrs. Alice White of this city.

Logan Dolly Simpson West Logan School Grant Hospital Columbus Alice White

Federal Grand Jury Indicts Hocking Men

Indictments were returned against four Hocking Countians by the Federal Grand Jury in Columbus. Homer Blackston of Logan is charged with stealing from the mails and was taken into custody earlier by postal inspectors. Bonds were posted after arraignment. Violations of liquor laws charged against Hayden Robinson Darrell Brokaw and Shirley McDonald all of Laurelville.

Logan Columbus Homer Blackston Blackston Hayden Robinson Darrell Brokaw Shirley McDonald Laurelville

Lehman Appointed to Hocking County Relief Commission

William McKinley Lehman of this city was appointed by Judge Phil Henderson to the Hocking County Soldiers Relief Commission. He replaces John W. McBroom, who resigned recently. The panel includes Ewald Schmitter, Arthur Miller, and two World War veterans.

LOGAN William McKinley Lehman Phil A. Henderson Hocking County Soldiers Relief Commission John W. McBroom Lehman Ewald Schmitter Arthur Miller

Hocking Beekeepers Plan July Picnic Meeting

Hocking Beekeepers Association members met at the court house for a session led by Charles A. Reese of Columbus. A July picnic at Rachelmacher Park was arranged for members and families with the next regular meeting scheduled for September. A Hocking Valley Roundup with beekeepers from Athens Fairfield Perry Ross and Hocking is planned, with speakers Reese and W. E. Dunham.

Logan — Hocking

County Receives First Sales Tax Distribution Since 1937

Logan-Hocking County received its first sales tax distribution on Wednesday since 1937, when withholding began to meet county debt to the state for wards care. Auditor Kenneth R. Fitzgerald received a check for 3,527.42. Officials earlier went to Columbus to obtain a restraining order against State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson.

Logan—Hocking County Kenneth R. Fitzgerald Columbus Joseph T. Ferguson Fitzgerald

WPA To Begin New Repair Projects In Hocking County

Logan WPA has to establish center lines on all road improvements before work can start. Thomas E. Myers reports job schedules submitted to Zanesville for approval on the Howdyshell quarry project and roads including Pawlik Walnut Street Gordon Salt Creek Black Jack and Shawnee tower. Work is expected to resume once approved.

Logan WPA Thomas E. Myers Zanesville Howdyshell Hocking County Pawlik Walnut St. Gordon Salt Creek Black Jack Shawnee Tower

Local Boy Catches Catfish and Turtles at Pond

Billy Roberts of Orbiston has caught 14 catfish in recent days from a small pond here. The fish measure six to 12 inches. He also netted two turtles, one weighing four pounds and the other six.

Orbiston Billy Roberts

To Be Arraigned On Assault Charges

Walter Nixon Logan was arrested by police after an alleged assault on A. M. Thomas, owner of a Main St property in Glouster. Thomas filed assault and battery charges. police added intoxication. Lloyd Canan filed another assault and battery against Lawrence Byrd. Both arraignments before Mayor Dallas Kinser were expected today.

Logan Walter Nixon A. M. Thomas Glouster Main St Thomas Lloyd Canan Lawrence Byrd Dallas Kinser

Pastor Cecil H. Jones Receives Buffalo Assistant Pastor Call

Logan officials disclosed a call extended to the Rev. Cecil Harding Jones of the First Presbyterian Church for an assistant pastor position at a large Buffalo denomination church. A decision is expected soon, and Jones has led the local church for under a year.

Logan Cecil Harding Jones First Presbyterian Church Buffalo N. Y Jones

Park Improves with Furnaces Benches at Kachelmacher Park

Improvements at Kachelmacher Park include five new furnaces eight new tables and benches. Works by Tom my Kleinschmidt enable future bench installations around the park.

Stitch-in-Time 4-H Club Organizes At New Pittsburg

First meeting of the Stitch-in-Time 4-H Club was held Tuesday at the school. Officers present included President Virginia Hashman and Vice President Aldean Hashman with Jean Wilson as news reporter Kathryn Altman as secretary treasurer Rosella Powell as recreation leader. Ruth Stone home demonstration agent attended to set plans.

New Pittsburg Virginia Hashman Aldean Hashman Jean Wilson Kathryn Altman Rosella Powell Ruth Stone

North Scipio Social And Personal Notes

North Scipio social items note a Pearl Chapel homecoming planned for June 11 and various local visits. Ray Jordans moved to Chillicothe for work at the veterans hospital. several families hosted dinners and visitors over the weekend. A brief strawberry farming anecdote from Santa Cruz involves fish meal as fertilizer and a notably shaped fruit.

North Scipio Pearl Chapel M. E Ray Jordans Chillicothe Veterans’ Hospital Temple M. E Etta Elliott Everett Arthur Gibson Ray Jordan Virginia Dale Dye Jr Frank Gibson W. B. Gibson Rodney Osler McArthur June L. C. Gibson Santa Cruz Cal A. R. Hogue W. P. Bryant Hogue Bryant

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Lewis Reynolds Harrison Litherland Pioneer Youth Group Columbus Oddfellows Shaw Manufacturing Co Green Township J. A. Fickel J. T. Whiteford Matthew Whiteford Margaret E. Rosemerkel Fairmont W. Va H. C. Rosemerkel C. Wood Bowen Charles Kleinschmidt St. Clairsville Flying Post Office Uncle Sam Bermuda Port Washington L. I Lucille Krinn Kenley Krinn Logan High School Wes U. B. Church Federal Grand Jury Hocking Beekeepers Buffalo Church Anna Belle Maslin Dimities Bloomfield
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