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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1941

Page

12

Flood loss report for Hocking County farms

Logan based extension service audited flood damage from 20 Rush Creek and Hocking River farms totaling 16625 dollars with average 831 dollars per farm. Erosion wiped four inches of topsoil on some plowed fields while county wide rains caused greater losses, with names listed for statistical purposes.

Logan Rush Creek Hocking James R. Smoot Extension Service William H. Hahn Joe Kessler A. F. Risch Elmer Risch Charles Daubenmire W. F. Hummel C. H. Frank John Klinger William Gordon Oscar Kessler S. W. Arnold Hocking County Home Farm Fred P. Graham

Knight Templars Elect and Install Logan Commandery Leaders

Logan Commandery Knights Templar held their annual election and installation. W Desmond Braddock became eminent commander succeeding W Denzil Weltner. Other officers named include Washington Bowers generalissimo Harry Arnold captain general Fred Carpenter senior warden and J Vernon Woodard treasurer. Installation by Curtis Cole with Melrose Harbaugh assisting. Members approved attending the grand conclave in Columbus in October.

Pastor Announces Schedule for Mountville Charge

Logan Rev Clyde Pinnell, in charge of the Mountville charge of the Methodist Church, has announced services. Carbon Hill hosts Sunday services with a June 22 meeting at 7 30 p m and June 29 at 10 30 a m. Programs alternate morning and evening every other week with Mountville McDougal Liberty Hill meetings biweekly.

Logan Clyde Pinnell Mountville Methodist Church Carbon Hill McDougal Liberty Hill

Bible School To Close With Friday Exercises

Closing exercises of the Daily Vacation Bible school will be held at 2 30 Friday afternoon at the Methodist Church. A display of handicraft precedes the program. The school enrolled 101 pupils despite fewer cooperating churches. Pearl Danison of Perry County underwent a blood transfusion Tuesday and was to have major surgery at Cherrington Hospital today.

Logan Pearl Danison Perry County Cherrington Hospital

Marriage of Miss Wilma Sheets to Mervyn Sleek in Marietta

Stockport notes record the June 14 marriage of Wilma Sheets, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sheets of Dale, to Mervyn Sleek, son of Mrs. May Spencer, at Marietta with Rev. K B Alexander officiating. The couple will live in Stockport, with both families hosting gatherings and local attendees listed. Additional items cover a Spencer reunion, visits, and upcoming Mary Reed Guild meeting. Ontario comment on Canadian electrical exports follows.

Stockport Wilma Sheets Ed Sheets Dale Mervyn H. Sleek May Spencer Marietta K. B. Alexander Sleek Bartlett High School Marietta Business College Muskingum Valley Asphalt Company Clyde C. Spencer Wendell Faith Russell Faires John Detroit Nettie Hanlon van Dyke Mich Napoleon Mae Williams Tim Wellington Zeigler Logan Foster Marshall Columbus W. T. Marshall Homer Tharp Wallace Tharp Joan Paul Williams John Fouts Gene Goodin Ravenna S. T. Conn Goldie Violet Essex Bedford Bobby Karns Conn Essex Arthur Elyria Forrest Dennis Glenn Noah Bray Willis Junior Mildred Post McArthur Dave Woodruff Ida Dennis Gladys Faires Burdette Sanders Billy Vera Smalley Laura Lee Thelma Edwards Linda Merle Coshocton

Ton Jon Tonjon Health Tonic Promises Cure For Stomach Ailments

A testimonial from Mrs. Mabel Patterson of Belpre Ohio claims Ton Jon Tonjon Health Tonic relieved chronic stomach gas pains headaches nervousness and poor appetite. She says the remedy restored health and happiness and encourages others to consult the local Ton Jon health representative at Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store in Athens.

Mabel Patterson Belpre Ohio Marietta Cutler Chapel Ton Jon Health Athens Quick Union St Tonjon Quick’s

Game Club Buys 75 Chuker Bird Eggs

LOGAN-Hocking County Fish and Game Club purchased 75 chukar eggs shipped from San Angelo Texas. The eggs are being hatched for distribution in the county. The birds are a cross between pheasant and quail and will be trialed in Hocking County for the first time with hopes of propagation.

Logan Hocking County

Ohio State graduates and local notes in Hemlock

Hemlock social column lists Jim Flowers and Ted Tharp among OSU graduates in Columbus. Attendees include Mrs. Otto Tharp, Mrs. Ethel Tharp, Mrs. Alissa Berry, Ida Dennis, and relatives at funeral in Nelsonville. Local items mention arm injury, amputation, engagements, illnesses, and families across Hemlock, Columbus, and nearby towns.

Jim Flowers Jack Williams Dave Williams Nelsonville Florence Sanders Bert Rostosh Columbus Main Street Church of Christ Grace Russell Renetta Hodgson Edith Fitzer

Logan Masonry Chapter Annual Meeting Set for June 27

Logan Chapter Masonry plans its annual meeting on June 27 to designate officers for the coming year. The session will determine leadership roles and set the agenda for upcoming activities.

Logan Logan Chapter

Conrad Divorce Notice in Athens County Court

Maude Clark Conrad files for divorce against Kirby Allen Conrad in Common Pleas Court Athens County Ohio Cause No 17776 with hearing set on or after June 26 1941. Attorney John F Newcombe represents the plaintiff.

Kirby Allen Conrad Maude Clark Conrad Common Pleas Court Athens County Ohio John F. Newcombe

Bible School Opens at Rio Grande with June Summer Theme

Rio Grande prepares a two week Daily Vacation Bible School at the Yale School starting June 17 with the theme God at work in our lives. Faculty includes Rev. Donald Hobbs and several Mrs. and Misses. Closing picnic set for June 27.

Rio Grande Yale School God Donald Hobbs Ray Troth Violet Bonecutter Virginia Fisher Anna Brooks Pauline McCoy Lorena Jenkins Dorothy Jones Myers’ Restaurant W. A. Lewis Grace Bunce A.E.T Geraldine Morgan Mae Smeltzer Emily Foster Eleanor Brooks Mae Calhoon Ruth de Lille Maxine Faulkner Geraldine Faulkner Marie Fowler Margaret Jones Eleanor Lusher Glenna Miller Emily Philips Leta Jane Sayre Mary Seemann Dorothy Scott Betty Wiseman Brooks Seemann Dorothy Brooks Luella J. Randall Chillicothe Etta Drake Leo Herman Nichols Edith Ethel E. J. Brooks Eloise Wellston R.F.D Leta Jane Sayer Racine Mercerville George R. Brooks Marilyn Waterloo Geraldine Jackson Rio Grande College Mary E. Young North Carolina Delta Kappa Gamma Osa Baird Marjorie Halley Callin Fields Freda Wood Daisy Glassburn Beattie Holbrook Ohio Margert Lackey Thurman Kenneth Watts William Walker Dayton Camden Park Huntington W. Va Victor Fowler Athens Rosanna Fowler Mildred Blair Wheelersburg Edna Jones Louisa Waddell George Northup James E Jessie Lowks Ironton Thomas Richards

Haydenville Pupils to Receive Red Cross Awards

Haydenville schools will award Red Cross certificates to eighth grade and seventh grade first aid pupils for work during the last school year. Principal C. A. Woods started the program three years ago with assistants Miss Margaret Rush and Miss Fanny Stone. Sevenths and eighth graders demonstrated for the PTA in the spring term, with named students listed as recipients.

William Crane Lloyd Farley Mary Jean Francis Vivian Martin Jack McQuaid Donald Mormon Gladys Osler Danny Robinett Jean Seel Mary Ann Shark Judith Sparks Donna Spencer Robert VanBibber Merton Vancuren Geraldine Weede Martha Loomis James Graham Janice Mason Andrew Maze Margaret Mohler Paul Pritts James Shaw Allen Smith Harlen Walker Alma Smith Louise Lehman Alberta Sparks Gertrude Jones Vivian Smith Bessie Gleason Loathie Riddle Norma Gleason John Graham Billy Moran de Forest Spencer Donald Vollmer Robert Osler Ray Carter William Graham Calvin Pollock Billy Moore Clarence Walker Carol Robinett Rosetta Ward Wilma Smith

Hawks Find Nighthawk Nests On Courthouse Roof

Logan reports custodian George Bolden discovered night hawks nesting on the courthouse roof when visiting Monday. The young birds have hatched and the pair have used this nesting site for several seasons.

Logan George Bolden

Rotary Hears Report By Dr. Cole

Dr. Allan A. Cole presented the Logan Rotary Club year in review at the White House meeting. He wraps up a year as club president and new officers will be installed on June 30. The club will attend an inter city meeting in McConnellville Friday evening, with attendance credited to the next regular meeting.

Logan Allan A. Cole Logan Rotary Club White House McConnellville

Four men called for June 30 Selective Service

Four men were chosen for the June 30 Selective Service call after a board meeting Monday. George Larue Frey and Charles Benton McVey of Union Furnace Harold Woodruff Locke of Haydenville and William Acker of Logan are selected. Another group leaves June 21. Inductions take place at Ft Hayes in Columbus.

LOGAN George Larue Frey Charles Benton McVey Union Furnace Harold Woodruff Locke Haydenville William Acker Ft. Hayes Columbus

City Health Boards Plan Joint Action With County

Logan City Board of Health met at City Hall Tuesday evening to discuss a proposal for united action with the county board and prepared another proposal for county study. A trio of Boys Industrial School escapees was captured near Rockbridge Tuesday morning and returned to custody by Willard Groves Bert Primmer and Wilmer Bailey. Phoenix, Ariz, is the largest city between El Paso and Los Angeles.

Logan Boys Industrial School Rockbridge Willard Groves Bert Primmer Wilmer Bailey el Paso Tex Los Angeles Calif Phoenix, Ariz

Logan Social Notes Highlight Local Guild Activities

Logan social notes record a Monday meeting of the Kerr Guild with hostesses Mrs. Walters Rickets Brandt Graham and Gaffin. Mrs. Kerwood Martin led the session. a missionary letter from Mrs. Maude Cook described arrests at a World Day Prayer meeting in Chirung Chosen Japan.

Dessie Hanna W. R. Brandt Lena Mock Fred Burchfield Clinton Webb Ruth Heft Miss Heft Francis Myers Martha Steele Presbyterian Church Wooster Margaret Campbell Cecil H. Jones C. C. Achauer Alfred Carpenter John R. Pierce Philippines Carl Frenier West Indies

Licenses Issued for Radio Operators in Logan Police

Policemen and firemen received licenses Tuesday to operate the radio installation for the police department. All licenses arrived except Patrolman Pearl Derr whose was delayed due to a missing birth certificate. The station licenses are expected soon and a qualified operator with first or second class license is needed for repairs and adjustments.

Logan Pearl Derr

Mrs Edward Snyder Returns Home From Hospital Stay

Mrs Edward Snyder is returned to her Gore area home from Cherrington Hospital after a several day stay in the facility.

Infant Buried at Miller Chapel Cemetery

The day old infant of Mr and Mrs Clarence Rawlins Union Furnace was buried Tuesday afternoon at Miller Chapel Cemetery. Services were conducted at the grave.

Logan Clarence Rawlins Union Furnace Miller Chapel

Struck by Axe Leaves Morris Tipton Treated at Clinic

Morris Tipton son of Waldo Tipton was treated at a hospital clinic yesterday for facial injuries after an axe accident while working on an NYA project. He was not hospitalized.

Gallipolis Morris Tipton Waldo Tipton NYA

Homecoming Program Prep at Campaign Church

Readiness work is underway around Gallipolis for the annual home coming program on June 22. Organizers expect a large attendance and preparations are moving forward.

Gallipolis

Called to service Gallipolis officer report date

Capt. J. Paul Wetherholt reserve officer is called to report June 28 in Washington D. C. for assignment to active duty.

Gallipolis J. Paul Wetherholt Washington, D. C

Misses Magle Walsh Teresa and Kaiser head to Sigma Phi Gamma event

Miss Martha Magle Miss Mar tha Walsh Miss Teresa and Miss Margaret Mary Kaiser left today for Atlantic City to attend the international convention of the Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority. Magle and Walsh are delegates and the group will return home Sunday.

Henry Adcock Faith Wright Chicago Delta Theta Tau Sorority Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority Chester Spencer Grace Griffith Dorothy Engle Esther Marks Maxine Notestone Ruth Thomas Anna Marie Schorr Virginia Fitzgerald Martha Magle Garnet Sheets Teresa Kaiser Miss Notestone Tommy Walsh Miss Thomas Miss Sheets Miss Fitzgerald White House Clyde Osborne Miami Fla Jeanne Case Columbus Big Sister S. H. Sebold Miss Schorr Sigma Phi Miss Jo Hiles Miss Kaiser Miss Hiles Martha Walsh Teresa Margaret Mary Kaiser Atlantic City Miss Magle Miss Walsh

Placement of Idle Men Is Increasing

Logan district workers were placed in private industrial jobs totaling 98 in May, up 14 percent from April and 40 percent higher than a year earlier. Statewide private job placements reached 28,138, up 9.4 percent from April. Unemployment claims in Logan fell 58.1 percent to 383, while benefit payments rose 44 percent to 45,207.79 dollars.

Logan Logan Employment Security Center Ohio Bureau of H. H. Sands Logan District

Three Dogs Kill 22 Sheep at Scotts Creek

Logans Creek area reports three dogs killed 22 sheep belonging to James A. Brown, Scotts Creek farmer. Howard Brooks, county warden, traced the dogs and they were destroyed. This is among the heaviest sheep losses this year and the flock has faced a second invasion this season.

Logan James A. Brown Scotts Creek Howard Brooks Brooks

Mother and Son Enroll At Ohio University

LOGAN Mother and son enter an eight week summer course at Ohio University this week Mrs Winifred Engle a faculty member at East Grade building pursues a master’s degree while her son Dale continues studies toward graduation LOGAN Adeline Ruble daughter of Mr and Mrs S S Ruble owns an unusual pet a small groundhog given by a friend

Logan Ohio University Winifred Engle Dale Logan — Adeline

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