Hocking County Spelling Contest Elimination Set for April 14
Logan announces eliminations in the county wide spelling contest for each district in Hocking County to be held on April 14 in the afternoon. Finals will be held at Logan High School on Saturday April 22 with district supervisors listed for each area.
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THE
Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Hocking County
Logan High School
Logan
J. W. Coleman
Habeas Corpus Writ Hearing Continued for Grace Pritts
Logan Judge Phil Henderson continued the habeas corpus hearing for Grace Pritts to pursue further evidence. Pritts had pleaded guilty to assault and battery in Magistrate Whitehart's court, then faced a peace bond attempt in Magistrate Guess’s court.
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Joe Farbearn
County Roads Get Gravel Top Covering
Logan engineer Ernest L. Schaal reports about 30 000 cubic yards of material were spread on county roads last year. He says 1400 tons of top material are now being distributed including 15600 tons of washed gravel and 12500 cubic yards from local gravel banks and slag pits.
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Logan
Ernest L. Schaal
Aged Couple Die of Pneumonia in Indiana
Logan relatives report the death of Martin Blume and his wife Susan Eakright Blume in Indiana. Mrs Blume died at home near Fort Wayne on Monday and Mr Blume, age 87, died the next day. Both were ill with pneumonia. Mr Blume formerly lived on the Samuel Krinn farm near Logan before moving to Indiana in 1864.
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Logan
Martin Blume
Susan Eakright Blume
Shift in WPA offices across counties announced
Changes in WPA supervision in the district include Howard Fogarty moving to Lawrence County after leading the local office for months and Leroy Arnold transferred from Gallia County to Logan to head the local office.
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WPA
LOGAN
Howard Fogarty
Lawrence County
Leroy Arnold
Gallia County
Change Date for Logan High School Operetta
Logan High School annuls March 21 date for the operetta and moves it to March 23 in the high school auditorium. The shift comes due to a conflict with the final session of Leadership Training School at the Methodist Church.
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Logan High School
Logan
Methodist Church
Miller Chapel Grange Confers Two Degrees
Miller Chapel Grange held a Wednesday meeting conferring the first and second degrees. A potluck lunch followed. Participants included Mr. and Mrs. Carl Harsh and Mrs. D. E. Harsh of Logan, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dillon, and Harley Kalklosch.
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LOGAN
Miller Chapel Grange
Carl Harsh
D. E. Harsh
Ira Adams
Samuel Dillon
Harley Kalklosch
Scout Troop Leadership Course Begins Tonight
LOGAN Scouts start the second leadership training of the season offered by the Hocking District, Boy Scouts. The course will meet this evening at the Logan Chamber of Commerce offices and include a discussion on the Boy Scouts and the administration.
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Logan
Hocking
Boy Scouts
Logan Chamber of Commerce
Logan Ernest Short Joins Property Tax Listing Team
Logan Ernest Short of Logan is named to assist with listing personal property for taxation. He works with H. O. Tom who has led the work since it started on Feb. 15.
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Logan
Ernest Short
H. O. Tom
Logan Commemorative Fete For Centennial
Logan marks 100 years since incorporation with a March 8 fête at the Masonic social rooms at 6 pm. Judge Phil Henderson and B A Hall address the past and future as the Eastern Star service aids the program. Plans include Hocking parks and drawing one million tourists to the county in 1940. Reservations via Chamber of Commerce or phone 137 by Monday noon.
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Logan
Masonic
Eastern Star Order
Phil Henderson
B. A. Hall
Hocking Parks
Chamber of Commerce
Logan Social Notes Highlights Visiting Notables
Logan briefs list social visitors including Archie Bangert Columbus Edward Franzen Chicago and Mrs. Howard Peters London Ontario. Visitors staying with local families join Junior Tourist Book Club meeting at the White House with book review Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and a club leadership change.
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Logan
Archie Bangert
Columbus
Edward Franzen
Chicago
Howard Peters
London
Frank Courter
Iola Courter
Noel White
Mt. Vernon
C. B. Donahue
William Krieg
Robert N. White
North St
Clarence Stone
Laurelville
Tourist Book Club
White House
Sara Turner
Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier
Catharine Stoughton
Margaret Soliday
Kathryn Wright
E. N. Turner
Horses Treated in Hocking County
About 50 horses in the Marion Township area received the Bot treatment this week. Dr. Seymour Stimmel led the work with James R. Smoot assisting him.
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Hocking County
Ohio official speaks at Athens Odd Fellows on education
Lodge members hear Logan-Rolland Bright of Columbus address Athens Odd Fellows about an Educational Foundation. Bright serves as grand lodge representative for Ohio.
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Logan—Rolland Bright
Athens
Odd Fellows Lodge
Educational Foundation
Mr. Bright
Grand Lodge
Ohio
Wesleyan Swim Team Stops in Logan for Supper
Ohio Wesleyan swimming team halted in Logan on Wednesday evening for a supper stop while traveling to Athens.
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Logan
Ohio Wesleyan
Athens
Mechanic Checks Howdyshell Car in Fatal Buchtel Crash
A Logan mechanic under State Highway Patrol supervision H D Henery and Robert Shaney assessed the Carl A Howdyshell automobile this Wednesday. The vehicle was involved in last Sunday's fatal crash at Buchtel that claimed Herbert Archer's life.
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Logan
Carl A. Howdyshell
H. D. Henery
Robert Shaneyfelt
Howdyshell
Buchtel
Herbert Archer
Battle of the Sexes True-False Contest Planned
Harrisonville recreation center led by Howard C. Hull schedules a Battle of the Sexes truefalse contest between women players including Weltha Clark Dixie Reeves and Hattie Haning and men including John Clark Gerald Reeves Babe Whaley Glen Haning Clayton Dixon and Harold Dean for next Wednesday March 1 with special music by Fredie Sayre.
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Harrisonville
Downington
Howard C. Hull
Weltha Clark
Dixie Reeves
Hattie Haning
Wilda Haning
Sadie Burbridge
Esta Dean
John Clark
Gerald Reeves
Babe Whaley
Glen Haning
Clayton Dixon
Harold Dean
Fredie Sayre
Racine
H. L. Knopp
Cora Thomas
Earl Jordan
Clarence Swanger
Phillip Reibel
Montain
Dale Williams
Elda Carsey
Verlan Howery
Bea
Betty Lou Hull
Ada Easterday
Thornville
Oma Mills
Powhatan
W. Va
Ernest Carr
Asa Jordan
Katie Wilson
Leo Welch
Wilkesville Girls Win Trophy in County League
Wilkesville girls earned the Vinton County league trophy for a season’s outstanding play. McArthur High School boys captured both the league and tournament trophies at the close of the tournament in McArthur. The notice also lists local visits, family happenings, and community posts through the week.
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Wilkesville
McArthur
Homer Wells
Edinburg
Catherine Wells
Portsmouth
B. S. Wells
Wells
Calvin Reed
Edith Johnson
Wiseman
Vella Wiseman
Bessie Wells
Lottie Kruskamp
Kruskamp
Blanche Davis
Yankee St
L. C. Calvin
John Calvin
The
Messenger
Det Davis
Dora Long
Alyce
Clarence
George Bishop
Emery
Pomeroy
Timothy Bishop
Ohio Eastern Star Chapter
J. E. Strong
Ruth Swisher
Lydonia Cooper
Radcliff
Louise Waltz
Dewey Ellis
Virgil Rhodes
Kearney Ogdin
Maxine
Janet
Wesleyan Debating Team to Debate William and Mary in Logan
Ohio Wesleyan team visits Logan High School Auditorium on March 7 to debate William and Mary College of Williamsburg Virginia on the resolution that the United States should cease using public funds to stimulate business. Debaters include William Case and Russell Driver with Prof Roy Dierg supervising. Alumni banquet at First Presbyterian Church follows, start of debate at 8 pm, free admission.
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Logan
Ohio Wesleyan
William and Mary College
Williamsburg
William Case
Joe S. Case
Russell Driver
Logan High School
Roy Dierg
Wesleyan
United States
First Presbyterian Church
Benton Township man seeks relief in unusual courthouse attire
A Benton Township man visited Logan on a Wednesday to appeal for relief for his family. He wore a print material skirt extending above the knees, patched trousers, and shoes fashioned from inner tubes. Officials were not impressed, noting they had seen him in conventional clothes before.
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Logan
Benton Township
Court House
Aunt of Logan Mayor Dies in Columbus
Bertha La Belle Martin, 69, died at her Columbus home from a lung hemorrhage. She was sister to George Fitzgerald and Tom Fitzgerald, with Dallas Kinser and Kenneth R. Fitzgerald as nephews and Julia Soliday as a niece. Funeral at William F Feil Funeral Home in Columbus at 10 a m Friday, burial in McArthur.
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Logan
Bertha la Belle Martin
Columbus
McArthur
Hocking County Auto Sales Rise in February
Local dealers in Hocking County sold 16 new cars to residents in February, up from 14 a year earlier. The increase is recorded by the certificate of title office.
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Hocking County
LOGAN
Hocking
Certificate of Title Office
Funeral Services Held For Mrs. Sarah Spencer
Funeral services were held at Heinlein Funeral Home at 2 p m for Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Spencer who died Sunday. The Rev C W Graham officiated. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. She is survived by her husband a son Charles of Sugar Grove a daughter Mrs Inez Nutter of Lancaster and a step daughter Mrs Mabel Wright of Murray City.
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Logan
Heinlein
Sarah Elizabeth Spencer
C. W. Graham
Fairview Cemetery
Charles
Sugar Grove
Inez Nutter
Lancaster
Mabel Wright
Murray City
Automobile Tests Scheduled in Logan on March 18
Logan will host driver tests on March 18 with State Highway Patrolmen from the Athens substation in charge. Tests run from 9 a m to 12 o'clock.
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Logan
Athens
Bridge Fire on Temporary Old Town Creek Span
Firefighters responded to a blaze on the temporary bridge spanning Old Town Creek in the Dicken Addition around 11 pm Tuesday. The fire originated from an overturned flare and was reported by Ralph Yontz. The bridge had been in use during the new structure’s construction, which has faced delays.
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LOGAN
Old Town Creek
Dicken
Ralph Yontz
Norman Cole’s daughter returns home after pneumonia treatment
Norma Logan, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Allan A. Cole, came home Monday from a Columbus hospital where she had received pneumonia treatment. She is improving steadily.
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Logan
Norma
Allan A. Cole
Columbus
Training Camp Enlistment Drive Opens in Hocking Co
Training camp enlistment for the 1939 Citizen's Military Training Camps opens March 16. Camps run July 3 to August 1 and August 4 to September 2. Hocking County quota includes eight procurement and six camp slots with five returning participants. Examining physicians listed across multiple towns.
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Hocking Co
LOGAN
Hocking County
Mick Leroy Brown
Ralph Henry Nash
Burgess Joseph Patchen
Earl W. Thompson
Eleamer Leroy Vancuren
Haydensville
Land Sale To Be Started By Auditor
Logan lands forfeited would be offered starting March 13 under Kenneth R. Fitzgerald as county auditor. Sales continue daily through March 20 with properties in Logan, Benton, Marion, Starr, Laurel, Salt Creek, Perry, Good Hope, Washington, Green, Ward, Murray City, Falls, Gore, Oroville and the Murray City special districts.
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Logan
Kenneth R. Fitzgerald
Benton
Marion
Starr
Laurel
Salt Creek
Perry
Good Hope
Washington
Green Townships
Ward Township
Murray City
Falls
Gore
Oroville
Logan Special
Local Worker Injured Fractured Foot on Farm
J. W. Boyd of Greendale, an employee of Griffin Producing Co., injured his foot when it was caught in a gas engine on the R. B. Tucker farm near Maysville on Saturday. The physician expects eight weeks off work.
Club Plans Assembly at Logan Senior High Friday
The Better Speech Club from the Public Speaking Class will present the assembly. Miss Ruth Thomas will lead the program.
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Logan—Senior High School
Better Speech Club
Ruth Thomas
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