George Hall’s Band to Play at Moxahala Park
ZANESVILLE George Hall and his orchestra will provide dancing music at Moxahala Park on Thursday evening June 15. The band, now on tour after engagements in New York supper clubs, features Dolly Dawn and The Georgians as singers and is cited as a leading act in the current summer season.
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Zanesville
George Hall
Moxahala Park
Hall
New York
Dolly Dawn
Dawn Patrol
Postponed Legion League Game Between Leonards and Myers
The Logan American Legion Junior League game between Leonards and Myers, slated for Tuesday, was postponed due to wet grounds. It will be played Friday by agreement of managers. Tonight’s matchup features the Slugeroos and the Wildcats if the field remains playable.
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American Legion
Leonards
Myers
Slugeroos
Wildcats
Direct Relief To Reach High Mark Shortly
Logan Hocking county officials in Zanesville worked with WPA officers to resume district projects after a shutdown. The county relief office, swamped with applications, prepared temporary relief as the week progressed. About 700 county residents have been idle, while 100 work on WPA projects.
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Zanesville
WPA
Columbus
Hockingmee
Freisner Ave
Logan
C of C Wins First Of Soft Ball Games
Logan and Cham ber of Commerce opened the soft ball league with a 12 to 5 win over Godman Annex. Harry Chapman pitched five hits for the victors while Marion Strawn yielded ten hits. The Chamber squad features the four Stewart brothers Huston Joe Richard and Frank with another Stewart on the roster.
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Chamber of Commerce
Godman Annex
Harry Chapman
Marion Strawn
Jimmy Kerns
Stewart Brothers
Huston
Joe
Richard
Frank
Stewart
Trophy Brings Eighth District Legion Championship to Logan
Eighth District American Legion Baseball trophy for 1938 was brought to Logan by district commander E. L. Eveland and placed with district baseball chairman Clinton Webb. The Logan team will receive the trophy next Tuesday as Logan Post hosts last year’s tournament champions. the peg reads Eighth District Champions 138 with the Legion emblem. Mrs Oscar Steward’s surgical operation at St Anthony Hospital Columbus was postponed until today, while Mr Steward travels to be with her.
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Logan
American Legion
E. L. Eveland
Clinton Webb
Logan Post
Oscar Steward
St. Anthony Hospital
Columbus
Mrs Rulon Ill at home in Logan Motherwell Ave
Mrs P C Rulon of Motherwell Avenue is reported critically ill after several months of declining health.
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Rulon
Logan
P. C. Rulon
Motherwell Ave
Old Man's Cave history tied to Iles land ownership
The Cave once sat on 460 acres owned by the late Jerry Iles near Enter prise. His son Ed ward reports a mill at the gorge head and that the cave was named after an elderly inhabitant who lived there. The grave was unearthed by Iles and reburied, altering common lore of the cave’s name.
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Logan
Jerry Iles
Edward
Enterprise
Iles
Mr. Iles
Logan City Council Approves Transfers and Land Dedication
Logan city council met Tuesday night approving land dedication for street use including inlets 178 and 179 and parts of D. C. Moffett parcel and Worthington Addition lots 57 58. Transfers of 100 and 308 dollars were approved with 308 moved to the sinking fund. The council authorized sale of the Indiana fire truck chassis bought in 1916. Mayor Kinser reported May fines and fees of 462.40 and Auditor Hansel showed total funds 63,634.71 with sinking fund above 18,000.
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Logan
D. C. Moffett
Worthington
Church St
R. R. Loomis
West St
Spillway To Be Rebuilt In Rockbridge Basin
Work has begun to reinforce the Rockbridge Basin spillway undermined by flood waters a culvert was installed at the west end to relieve pressure on the dam. The improvement was discussed during the Hocking County Fish and Game Association Sportsmen Day. Rockbridge basin draws Logan and Lancaster anglers and has produced large mouth bass in recent years. The upper basin is an enlarged old canal.
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Logan
Rockbridge Basin
Hocking County Fish and Game Association
Lancaster
Buckeye Lake
392 Illiterate Persons Found in Hocking County
A survey of pensioners in Hocking County reports 392 individuals aged older who cannot read or write. Of these, 292 are native born. The finding challenges the adult education program and steps are underway to provide instruction.
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Logan
Hocking County
Automobile Agency Buys Storage Building in Logan
W. and H. Chevrolet Agency completed the purchase of the Shaw Manufacturing Co. building in South Logan from the heirs of J. A. Fickel. The storage plant and paint shop will support the second hand car business. Edward Godfrey will serve as a delegate to the United Brethren conference in Lancaster, with Dr. J. S. Cherrington named as alternate.
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Logan
W. and H. Chevrolet
Shaw Manufacturing Co
South Logan
J. A. Fickel
Walter Nixon
Lancaster
Edward Godfrey
J. S. Cherrington
Daughters Die After Mrs Leist Dies in Logan
Mary Jane Leist age 84 widow of Lemuel Leist dies at her daughter’s home in Logan at 11 p m Monday. A heart attack dies on hearing of the mother’s death, striking daughter Rose McAllister of Columbus. Other survivors include Miss Beryl Leist of Columbus and sons Howard Dayton and Joe Columbus. Funeral set for 2 p m Wednesday at the residence with Rev. Cecil H. Jones officiating. Burial Spring Brook Cemetery near Chillicothe.
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Logan
Leist
Mary Jane Leist
Lemuel Leist
William F. Bowen
Rose McAllister
Columbus
Beryl Leist
Howard
Dayton
Joe
Relief Applicant Taken to Jail
Charles Reynolds of Laurelville became disorderly while waiting for a relief application interview at Director Everett Jacoby’s office. Deputy Sheriff R Brandt took Reynolds to jail and noted charges of intoxication and disorderly conduct would be filed in magistrate S B Whitehart’s court.
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Logan
Everett Jacoby
Charles Reynolds
Laurelville
R. Brandt
Brandt
Reynolds
Electrical Equipment Show Planned for City
Logan will host a two day electrical equipment show on July 31 organized by the Rural Electrification Administration with cooperation from merchants. The exhibit will display farmer equipment and include demonstrations of its uses.
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Logan
Rural Electrification Administration
Kiwanis Members Hear Thirty Minute Review of Alone
Kiwanis members heard a 30 minute review of Richard Byrd’s Alone on Tuesday evening given by Mrs. Clinton Webb. A club guest present was Mrs. Fred Carpenter.
New Judge To Hear Mason Divorce Case
The divorce case between Velma Mason and Emmett Mason was continued as defense counsel Carlos Brashares asked Judge Phil Henderson to step aside. Judge Meeker Terwilliger will hear evidence at 1:30 Friday in Logan, involving $2,100 remaining from the sale of a Main Street property. Mr. Mason is at Athens State Hospital. Brashares serves as counsel and guardian.
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Logan
Velma Mason
Emmett Mason
Phil Henderson
Carlos Brashares
Henderson
Meeker Terwilliger
Circleville
Main St
Mason
Athens State Hospital
Brashares
Named Custodian 34 Years Ago Named Custodian 34 Years Ago
Logan remembers Fred Bowen of West Logan marking 34 years since he began as custodian of the United Brethren Church. He first worked for the church before its new building and previously janitored Logan Manufacturing and the post office in the Farmers and Merchants Bank building. The Rev J A Brown led the church at that time.
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Logan
Fred Bowen
West Logan
United Brethren Church
Logan Manufacturing Co
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Bowen
J. A. Brown
4 H Club Officers and Advisors Conference Scheduled
Logan agency extension agent James R. Smoot will assist with the 4 H Club officers and advisors conference on Wednesday. A week earlier Ross Wright of Athens helped with the instruction work in Logan. The notice also details a public sale of refunding notes by the Waterloo Consolidated Rural School District in Athens County Ohio, with bidding deadline and minimum certification requirements.
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Logan
James R. Smoot
Ross Wright
Athens
Board of Education of
Waterloo Consolidated Rural School
Athens County
State of
Ohio
Waterloo High School
New Marshfield
Board of Education
Leonard Prater
Waterloo Consolidated Rural
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