State Delegation Recommends Merger Study for Hocking Schools
A Logan delegation met Columbus officials who urged reorganizing Hocking County districts. They proposed combining Benton Good Hope and Laurel, with surveys to gauge sentiment before any action. The county has reduced one room schools from 77 to 16 and moved students to larger units in Logan Carbon Hill and Laurelville.
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Logan
Hocking County
State Department of Education
Columbus
Forest Keck
John Whitcraft
Kay Blosser
Laurel
Robert Polium
Edson Shaw
Benton
J. E. Stuart
S. H. Dillon
Good Hope
J. W. Coleman
State Department
Marion
South Perry
Haydenville
Carbon Hill
Laurelville
Starr
Union Furnace
Green
Rockbridge
Perry
Boy Scouts Hike to High Rocks Region Along Hocking River
LOGAN Troop 153 led by W. D. Braddock and Carl Poling hiked to High Rocks north of Logan on Friday evening. Twenty boys joined five fires for each to cook supper of meat potatoes and cakes. After eating the group sang and a frog was shown. They returned to Logan by 11. Masons Meet Tonight in Entered Apprentice Degree with one candidate receiving the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Boy Scouts
W. D. Braddock
Carl Poling
Hocking River
Otis Landis
Robert Houk
Lawrence Adcock
Logan — Mingo Lodge of Masons
Temple
Logan Mary Sloan Leads Senior Christian Endeavor Group
Logan Mary Sloan designated to lead the Senior Christian Endeavor at the Presbyterian Church next Sunday evening. Miss Marjorie Henderson announced that discussion topics will include good picture shows and good books and asked members to prepare.
Logan Visit Highlights Columbus Guests at Local Homes
Mr and Mrs W E Beathard and M L Kohl of Columbus were in Logan Sunday as guests of Mrs Harry Warner and Mrs Jap Tes. PR W Hager and Mr and Mrs Billy Preston of Columbus spent Sunday in Logan visiting William Lamb. Mr and Mrs Jack Waldron were near Columbus Sunday visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Beathard
M. L. Kohl
Columbus
Logan
Harry Warner
Jap Tes
PR. W. Hager
Billy Preston
William Lamb
Jack Waldron
Willard Miller Joins Logan Volunteer Firemen
Logan announces that Willard Miller has been appointed as a member of the Logan Fire Department to fill the vacancy caused by George Fee’s resignation. The department, though composed of volunteers, has set a record for efficiency in recent years.
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Logan
RFPR
Loomis
Willard Miller
Miller
George Fee
Lancaster
Logan Brief Social Notes
Floyd Pence celebrated his birthday with a noon dinner at his Carbon Hill home attended by relatives including Mr and Mrs Walter North Mr and Mrs Orrin Cooperrider and Mr and Mrs M Pence of Union Furnace Former teacher Elsie Tenney Fuller visited Logan friends and family in Columbus attendance at a circus and local visits noted Nine of Ned Webb's boyfriends celebrated his birthday with a theater outing bingo and supper at his Warner Ave home with gifts for the guest of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Pence
Carbon Hill High School
Walter North
Logan
Orrin Cooperrider
Newark
M. Pence
Union Furnace
Clare Fuller
Oxford
Michigan
C. E. Bowen
John T. Underwood
N. Market St
Ned Webb
Warner Ave
Clinton Webb
Frank W. Harden
Buellaby
Thore
Jack Wright
Jack Farbear
Jack Kinser
Tommy Grooms
Tommy Campbell
Frank Ricketts
Frank Lanning
Charles Rauch
Buddy Vanfossen
Auxiliary to Meet at Post Rooms Tonight
Members of the American Legion Auxiliary will hold a meeting at the post rooms at 7 30 this evening. Business will be discussed.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Women of the Fourth Ward Host Union Meeting
Women of the Fourth Ward will host the Women's Union at 7:80 Tuesday evening in the First Presbyterian Church. During the business session, officers will be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Ward
First Presbyterian Church
Teachers Receive Partial Pay For Ward Township Schools
Logan reports teachers in Ward Township schools were paid for another month, with most salaries current through February. Some county districts show delays of two to three months as tax funds awaited to meet payrolls.
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Logan
Ward Township
Carbon Hill Presents Here Comes Charley Play Friday
Carbon Hill High School staged Here Comes Charley at the gymnasium before about 350 observers. The new stage and equipment eased the cast's work and the show featured Susie Mills Thomas Parry Dorothy Helen Hawk Max Stacy Ira Wilkinson Billy Brooker David Horn Fern Barber Mary Mayes Velma Vollmer Mise Mildred Clark directed the production.
Orbiston String Trio To Play at Jobs Church Friday
Orbiston The String Trio with special singing will perform at the Jobs Church Friday night inviting the public. Mrs Kate Peacock and her son were business visitors in Nelsonville Monday. O Rourke, previously laid up with a fractured hip, is able to be out. Clyde Grimstead visited Nelsonville Saturday. Union Sunday School attendance is good despite illness. The 100 Percent Mine is down due to bad air with operations expected to resume shortly.
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Orbiston
Jobs Church
Kate Peacock
Nelsonville
O'Rourke
Clyde Grimstead
Union
Campaign targets mufflers and cutouts. police cite 12 drivers
For two weeks police campaign against loud exhausts continues with 12 drivers cited. Chief Lew Reynolds said the effort will continue until results are achieved. Fines are assessed at 2 dollars per case.
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Logan
Lew Reynolds
Knights Templar to Host Easter Program in Logan
A committee led by J. W. Woodard, Harry L. Smith, and Don & Bort was named to arrange the Easter program for Logan Commandery Knights Templar. The event is Sunday April 12 at Masonic Temple with a speaker and other features to be arranged. The observance has drawn larger crowds in recent years.
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Logan
J. W. Woodard
Harry L. Smith
Don & Bort
Logan Commandery
Knights Templar
Masonic Temple
the Commandery
Band Benefit Dance Planned by Logan Ward Township Board
Logan Ward Township Board of Education plans an invitation dance at the Carbon Hill Gymnasium on Saturday evening. The Mc Quade Orchestra of New Straitaville will provide music to raise funds for high school band equipment. Oliver Bainter and Gilbert Walton of South Bloomingville were arrested Saturday night by Deputy Sheriff Nellis Smith and jailed on drunkenness and fighting charges to be filed in Magistrate 8. B. Whitehart.
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Logan-Ward Township Board of Education
Carbon Hill
McQuade Orchestra of
New Straitaville
Oil Field Work Developing in Hocking Area
Activity grows in Hocking County as major firms sink wells and test new sites. Murray City Oil Company cased a well in Salem Hollow Ward Township while Hope Construction and Refining completed a Clinton Sand test. Kachelmacher Estate rigs near Hemlock with several hundred acres, and W. C. Adair plans a new well near Carbondale. Some fields remain active from pumping while older wells are sold for salvage.
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Salem Hollow
Ward Township
Murray City Oil Company
Hope Construction and Refining Company
Clinton
Kachelmacher
Hemlock
Perry County
Gore
Washington Township
Legion Minstrel Set For March 13 14
Rehearsals for the American Legion minstrel are underway under director L P Mooney. The show on March 13 and 14 features soloists Joseph M Streiffler Walter Prather Bob Jurgennmier and Hal Phelps with popular songs chosen for each. Streiffler is a new member making his local debut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
American Legion Minstrel
L. P. Mooney
Joseph M. Streiffler
Walter Prather
Bob Jurgenamier
Hal Phelps
Mr. Streiffler
Logan Largent Receives Blood Transfusion at Cherrington
Mike Largent of New Plymouth, seriously ill, received a Sunday evening transfusion at Cherrington Hospital with blood furnished by Hoyt McDaniel of the district. Largent had been ill for weeks and brought to the hospital a week ago. Junior Bloomfield, son of Mrs. Ruth Bloomfield, ill with pneumonia and complications, is reported recovering.
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Logan
Mike Largent
New Plymouth
Cherrington Hospital
Hoyt McDaniel
Largent
Logan — Junior Bloomfield
Ruth Bloomfield
Congregation To Meet At First Presbyterian Church
Annual congregational meeting to be held Wednesday evening March 18 at the church. A covered dish supper precedes the business session. Reports of church departments and election of officers will be discussed during the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
First Presbyterian Church
Rock Springs Club Sets Thursday Session and Grange News
Rock Springs The Better Health Club met at the Terrell home with Miss Nel Bing as leader. Eighteen members and one visitor attended. Next meeting moves to 1 30 p m. Grange meets Friday March 13 with a seed corn testing demonstration and an amateur hour planning session led by Gladys Kerr. Local visits and funerals noted.
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Rock Springs
Better Health Club
Terrell
Nel Bing
Pomeroy
Nettie Collins
Grange
Gladys Kerr
Fred Leifheit
Gladys Thomas
Frances Farmer
Hemlock Grove
Dave Duckler
Reed Jenkinson
Cindy Arnold
John Harting
Chester
Henry Bailey
Helen Radford
Emma Gruesen
Edna Carman
Joseph Wells
Alvina Stecker
Columbus
Harry Gollins
Clarence Wells
Jack Connelly
Jack
Pittsburgh
Meigs School Group Meets at Rutland
Rutland Meigs County Council of Parents and Teachers held a Saturday noon luncheon and program. Local visitors included Mr and Mrs Charles Clark Mr and Mrs Frank Geiger and Mr Myrtle Curtis of Columbus at the Patterson home. Several residents reported visits from relatives and travel updates. Funeral attendance included Nell Hansen from Iowa and others from Chilliothe Columbus and Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Meigs County
Eleanor Hill
Business College
Huntington
W. Va
Carl Rutherford
Beckley
John Diehl
Lloyd Thomas
Langsville
Nell Hansen
Iowa
Will Diehl
Chillicothe
Lizzie Hoppes
Bill Hoppes
Columbus
Wendell Diehl
Athens
Chris Diehl
Soy Bean Acreage Expands Across Hocking County
Farmers in Hocking County steadily increase soy bean acreage each year. Plantings began in Hecking County in 1919 with nine acres and rose to 129 in 1929, 437 in 1934, and 600 in 1935. Harold Chambers predicts 800 acres for 1936 and notes one farmer will grow the crop for grain for the first time. Forest C. Wolf will use a combined seed and pursue grain production.
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Logan
Hocking County
Hecking
Harold Chambers
Forest C. Wolf
Perry Township
Carbon Hill Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Russel Dupler hosted visitors from Rockbridge while Columbus guests Theodore Smith and family toured local sites. Grange plans at Carbon Hill gym March 10. A jitney dinner benefit supported the Ladies Aid and a birthday party for a local seventeen year old featured bingo and gifts.
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Carbon Hill
Russel Dupler
Rockbridge
Harry Joyce
Ladies Aid
Doris Blake
Vivian Johnson
Gladys Green
Bremen
Bert Green
Daughter Born to Mr and Mrs Shaw in Marietta
Mr. and Mrs Ralph Shaw announce the birth of a daughter at their home in Marietta. The baby is the granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Rivers of Mill Street Chauncey. Present at the Shaw home are Mrs Shaw's sister Lucille Rivers and Mrs Rose Copeland of Chauncey.
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Chauncey
Ralph Shaw
Lavina Rivers
Marietta
Frank Rivers
Mill St
Young Nazarenes Gather for Southeastern Zone Rally
More than 100 youths from eight churches Logan The Plains Athens Syracuse Racine Middleport Gallipolis Marietta attended Friday night’s Nazarene Young People rally at The Plains Church of the Nazarene. Rev Seels spoke. leaders announced banner awards and future transfers of pastors.
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Chauncey
the Nazarene Young People’s Societies
Southeastern Zone
Plains Church of the Nazarene
Logan
the Plains
Athens
Syracuse
Racine
Middleport
Gallipolis
Marietta
Carl Clendenin
Logan Society
Landgrabe
Towriss
Clendenin
Seels
Spencer
Bernum
Plains
Landgrahe
New Boston
Chauncey Area People Attend Nazarene Rally and Visits
Chauncey residents attended a Nazarene Church rally in The Plains on Friday night. Local families hosted and visited others including Mr and Mrs Pear ley Wicks and Mrs Martin Concord, and Mr and Mrs William Phillips of Columbus with their son Russell. Glennis Hawk of Stewart visited Dix Pickering in Chauncey while Mrs Charles Bradfield shows improvement after illness. Edward Wallace of Columbus came to Chauncey after the death of his sister Mrs M J Gardner. Canada exported 2 331 165 pounds of poultry to England in the first nine months of 1935.
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Chauncey
Pearley Wicks
Martin
Concord
the Plains
the Nazarene Church
William Phillips
Russell
Columbus
Canada
England
All Day Quilting and Potluck Meeting of Key Aid Society
The Piaing x Church group held an all day quilting gathering and noon potluck at the home of Mrs Frances Lyons last Thursday. Attendees included Mrs Cade Grace Nagle Ruth Beth Hawk Mary Parfitt Helen Michael Jeane Port Robert McAllister and others. Rev and Mrs Ward Radfory Athens also attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Key Aid Society
Piaing x Church
Frances Lyons
Ward Radfory
Athens
Cade
Grace Nagle
Rybeth Hawk
Mary Parfitt
Helen Michael
Jeane Port
Robert McAllister
McDonald
Lola Yates
Bible Class Meeting Hosted by Church of Christ
The Friendship Bible Class of the Church of Christ will meet Wednesday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Sim Mound Sr. Clifford Shafer, Gille Rivers and Neil Tippett will assist. The meeting is in charge of the class president Mrs. Pearry. Mrs. Lloyd Pendergrass is a member.
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Chauncey
Friendship Bible Clan
Church of Christ
Andrew Sim Mound Sr
Clifford Shafer
Gille Rivers
Neil Tippett
Pearry
Lloyd Pendergrass
George Smith Dies of Heart Attack on Saturday
CHAUNCEY George Smith longtime resident of The Plains died suddenly Saturday of a heart attack while feeding stock. His funeral is set for Tuesday at The Plains M Church, with wife and children listed among survivors. He was buried last Tuesday, and several brothers are named as part of the family.
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Chauncey
George Smith
Pla
Mr. Smith
Plains M
Bernice Lyman
Plains
Aletha Smith
Ian Smith
Ew Smith
The
Kathryn
Richard
Smith
Edwards Rites Held in Greenlawn Cemetery Nelsonville Area
The body of William W. Edwards was buried Sunday afternoon in Greenlawn near Nelsonville. The former Orbiston resident died in New Haven West Virginia at his sister’s home where the funeral was held at 12:45 PM. He leaves his wife Ida Edwards three sons and one daughter.
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Chauncey
William W. Edwards
Ternoon
Greenlawn Co
Nelsonville
Mr. Edwards
Orbiston
New Haven
W. Va
Ida Edwart
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Boyes
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High Rocks
Carl Price
R. A. Henderson
George Featheroff
Robert Kanode
Hazel Kanode
N. Market St. E. L. Nelson
Nelson
Neil
William Krieg
Robert N. White
North St
John McQuade
Betty
Patty
Toledo
Raymond Bierly
Clarence Epstein
Morton
Victor
Charles Epstein
Mary Louise Juniper
Harley Juniper
Orbiston String Trio
Portrait Shop
S. Court St
Goodyear Rubber Workers
Akron
ARF
Hocking
Carbondale
W. C. Adair
Legion
Crosby Square
Zenners
Rock Springs Club
Meigs
Will Russell
Ryger
Theodore Smith
Johnnie Spence
Dottie
Clarence Rieder
Russel Devol
Dickie
Nancy Devol
Pete Joyce
Glen Sower
Robert Johnson
Belle Devol
Joanna Shelton
Velma Devol
Ermina Stacy
Betty Smith
Kathyrn Smith
Florence Shaw
Grace Rutherford
Lora J. Lowes
Francis Johnson
Charolette Parry
Church of Nazarene
Ladies
Saturdy
Edwards
McPherson
W. Union St
P. Lorillard Company
West 40Th Street
New York City
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