Unfair Tactic Charges Made During Debate
Logan city council spent three hours debating a gas rate issue with Onis Fuel Gas Company officials led by E M Tharpe and F W Phillips. Council questioned rate structure, losses and property values while threats of underground tactics drew sharp replies. A committee form was proposed, four members supported, three opposed. The session recessed to Thursday with WPA sewer plans briefly noted and raises approved for police staff.
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Logan
Onis Fuel Gas Company
E M. Tharpe
F. W. Phillips
Wuam Reet Tharpe
Phillips
Meldrim
Larimer
Oy Kinser
Bright
Tipton
Mauk
Utilities Commission
Frea Carpenter
Edward C. Collins
WPA
Grecassec
Collins
Mine Shutdown Triggers Aid Talks With Officials
Representatives from Local 1351 in Murray City met with county commissioners and relief director Frank Brown after Balem Hollow mine closed. Officials urged applying for aid through normal channels and promised an investigator would visit applicant homes promptly. An investigator was dispatched that afternoon to verify payroll details.
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Logan
Min
Murray City
Man
Frank Brown
Balem Hollow
Logan Teens Demonstrate New Ingo Bike at Tuesday Ride
Kenneth Frazier John Mack and friends rode the new ingo bike in Logan drawing a crowd. The device uses pressure on a rear balanced wheel to keep momentum and can reach about two miles per hour on the platform.
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Logan
Kenneth Frazier
John Mack
Fruit damage reported across Ohio due to severe winter
Logan extension office confirms tender fruits peaches and sweet cherries killed by a harsh winter. Investigations in Hocking County support the findings as Harold Chambers extension agent notes pruning should wait until growth resumes and dead wood removed promptly.
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Logan
Ohio
Lake Erie
Hocking County
Harold Chambers
Materials hauled for Grandstand construction at Athletic Field
Cement to be used in the new stands on the south side of the Athletic Field is hauled and stored in the old chemistry room of the Senior High Building. Work starts after all frost danger passes, Supt. Carr said. The Midsummer Night's Dream performance at Chakeres Logan draws at least 109 attendees from area schools.
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LOGAN
G. E. Carr
Chakeres
Logan Board Reviews Petitions Filed for Local Offices
Logan Hocking County election board met to check county and central committee candidate petitions. They noted additional committee petitions beyond county filings and scheduled a March 18 meeting to test validity and prepare election supplements. Filing names include county commissioners and several party candidates across clerk, sheriff, representative, recorder, probate judge, and prosecuting attorney roles.
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Logan—Hocking County
Central Committee
R. E. Allen
C. H. Reichley
Charlies H. Frasure
Charlee Brown
Stanley W. Baker
William Mamek
Emanuel Wolfe
Samuel Darnell
Ralph W. Moorehead
John Bond
Robert L. Bell
Walter G. Campbell
Joe Farbear
Sol Ellinger
General Assembly
Harry H. Bright
Johnn FR. Roberts
Ewald Schmitter
E. L. Ewing
Allen R. McBroom
Instruments for Logan High Band Augments Music Program
Three new instruments have been ordered for the Logan High Band as part of a Band Boosters campaign. The batch includes twee French horns and kettle drums. Additional instruments are expected soon to complete the band’s symphonic setup.
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Logan
Logan High
Logan Social Notes Highlight Local Club Events
Miss Betty Kessler hosts sewing club with guests and refreshments. N Bridge group enjoys high scores by Mr. Cheshire and Mrs. Kocheran, plus a closing lunch. Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority meets with awards for Iola Courter and Ann Bond. Delta Theta Tau plans a St Patrick’s Day Dance. American Legion Hall event noted. Futerpean Club studies three American music artists with a varied program led by Mrs. Bell and Mrs. Lanning. A broad list of attendees and hosts is included.
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Kessler
Betty Kessler
Lawrence Kessler
Evelyn Steward
Margaret Rechenwalt
Marguerite Acker
Gertrude Miller
Rosemary Rechenwalt
Evelyn Miller
Thelma Swick
Marie Frasch
N. N Bridge
Margaret Soliday
Marjorie Brandt
Norma Ralston
Collins Kocheran
George Cheshire
Helen Ward
Cheshire
Kocheran
Ruth Wheeler
Irmgarde Bliss
Sigma Phi Gamma
Iola Courter
Ann Bond
Roberta Schaal
Delta Theta Tau Sorority
American Legion Hall
George Gershwin
Charles Bell
Mary Louise -Bowen
Carpenteer
Joan Toy
Allen Adams
R. R. Lanning
Taylor
Rose
Mr. Lanning
George Gerehwin
Elizabeth Dollison
Venus Chapter initiates at Masonic Temple meeting
Mrs. Gladys Webb announces initiation services at the Venus Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star in the Masonic Temple Thursday night. Mrs. Robert Patchen was called to Columbus Friday by the serious illness of her mother, Mrs. W. H. Case.
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Gladys Webb
Venus
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Robert Patchen
Columbus
W. H. Case
Women’s Union Reelects Officers at First Pres Church
Recommendation of the nominating committee led to re election of officers at a Tuesday evening Women’s Union meeting at the First Presbyterian Church. Officers named were President Mrs Stevenson, Secretary Treasurer Mrs Ross Mutchmore, Vice Presidents Mrs R A Henderson and Mrs Charlotte Strentz, with Mrs Frank Johnson. Mite boxes will stay in use for another year, yielding 51 dollars. Helen Rochester directed the program with poems by Mrs Mutchmore, a piano duet by Mrs Lucy Bowen and Mrs John T Underwood, and a book review by Mrs Anthony Toerner of her late uncle Dr Edgar Whittaker Work’s The Bible in English Literature. A refreshment course followed, served by the Fourth Ward women under Mrs Charlotte Strentz.
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Women's Union
First Presbyterian Church
Harry J. Stevenson
Stevenson
Ross Mutchmore
R. A. Henderson
Charlotte Strentz
Frank Johnson
Helen Rochester
Mre
Mutchmore
Lucy Bowen
John T. Underwood
Anthony Toerner
Mre Toerner
Edgar Whittaker
Fourth Ward
Charlotte Btrentz
Walsmith Case Set for Saturday Hearing
An order by Judge Harley M. Whitcraft requires John W. Walsmith to appear at 16 o clock Saturday to answer about his property. The Murray City Oil Company and Henry D. Watson must testify about the plaintiff rights. A judgment of 2500 was not satisfied. 40 remains due with 6 percent interest since July 1 1931. An execution on the judgment was recently viewed and returned unsatisfied.
Fireman Injured in Coal Dipper Accident
Logan William Lehman, a stationary fireman at the roundhouse, was seriously hurt Monday while operating the interstate dipper at the coal bunkers. He was squeezed between the machine bucket and a coal car, sustaining deep head lacerations and multiple broken teeth.
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LOGAN
William Lehman
Roundhouse
Lehman
Sheriff Files Largest Petition for Second Term
Logan report says Sheriff Joe Farbearn submitted to the election board clerk a petition seeking a second term with 7 percent of Democrat Party members signing. The document represents a record filing in Hocking County politics.
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Logan
Hocking County
Election Board
Joe Farbearn
Democrat Party
Sater Enters Democratic Commissioner Race in Logan
J. F. Sater of Laurel Township enters the Democratic race for commissioner, starting petition circulation Tuesday. His entry would make seven candidates on the ticket if others with petitions also join the race.
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Logan
J. F. Sater
Laurel Township
Logan Lodge Annual Inspection Led by District Deputy
Logan Lodge No. 1 Daughters of America held its annual inspection on March 4 with District Deputy Lucille Beards as inspector. Visitors from Theodorus Council Pomeroy White Cove Council Wellston and Nelsonville Council attended. Mia Lindsey Scott and Miss Swackhammer were initiated. Deputy Beards gave a talk and boosted a rally set for Logan on May 15. Lunch followed.
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Logan
Daughters of America
Jr. O. U. A. M. Halil
Lucille Beards
Theodorus
Pomeroy
White Cove
Wellston
Nelsonville
Mia
Lindsey Scott
Miss Swackhammer
Beards
High School Field To Be Seeded This Year
NYA workers under Earl Landis prepare seed bed at Athletic Field this week. An inch of soil was laid over the gridiron during winter and fertilizing will follow to sow seed for a grass cover by the next football season start.
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LOGAN
NYA
Earl Landis
Athletic Field
Aoil
Ohio Band To Give Concert In Logan
Ohio University Band directed by Prof. Curtis W. Janssen will perform at 3 p m Sunday in Logan High Auditorium. Logan High School Band sponsors the event and will join with Richard Mre Cutchan a local director. Former Logen High bandsmen Robert Brash ares trombone soloist and Edmund Monks also appear.
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Ohio University
Logan
Curtis W. Janssen
Logan High
Logan High School
Richard Mre- Cutchan
Logen High
Robert Brashares
Edmund Monks
Local lad uses roller skates to grip street on bike turns
A local boy riding a bicycle devised a curb trick by wearing roller skates. He could drop a foot to the street during a curve to maintain momentum. The quirky enhancement highlights youngster ingenuity during casual riding.
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Logan
Limestone usage rises after 1932 low in Hocking County
The limestone chart from the extension service shows 600 tons spread in 1899, a 1932 low of 111 tons, then increases to 117 tons in 1933, 159 tons in 1934, and a surge to 735 tons in 1935 as farmers recover.
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Hocking County
Junior High Assembly Friday Morning Led by Sands and Eberat
H H Sands and Charlies Eberat of the Junior high faculty will lead the assembly Friday morning. They will present a physical education program for the boys.
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Logan
H. H. Sands
Charlies Eberat
Logan Resident Smith Promoted After Military Service
Mr and Mrs W F Smith and their son Larry of Brecksville visited Logan on Tuesday en route to McArthur. Smith formerly served as sanitary engineer in Hocking County. He joined the military on May 13 last year, served at a CCC camp in Brecksville, and since returning to active duty has risen to captain.
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Logan
W. F. Smith
Larry
Brecksville
McArthur
Smith
Hocking County
CCC
Shuffleboard Returns to Logan Hospital Court
In Logan one court exists for shuffleboard at the rear of Cherrington Hospital where physicians and hospital staff resume play with the arrival of springlike weather this week.
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Logan
Cherrington Hospital
Gore Driver Arrested After Route 75 Crash Near Oroville
Delbert Hite of Gore was arrested by State Highway Patrolman Joe Grogan after a Monday night wreck on Route 75 near Oroville. Hite and J. C. Weaver each drove a car. no injuries were reported and Hite awaits charges at the county jail.
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Logan
Oroville
Delbert Hite
Gore
Joe Grogan
Hite
J. C. Weaver
Miner James Roush and Elizabeth Roush Named in Home Record
James Roush aged 29, a miner, and Elizabeth Elnora Roush aged 35, at home, are listed in Nelsonville area records with addresses on Nelsonville R F D.
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James Roush
Nelsonville
Elizabeth Elnora Roush
Elevator operator joins New York building strike with carrier pigeon
Good And Soar Patrick Ur gan stands on Park Avenue picket duty supervising carrier pigeons. One bird lifts into flight toward his Astoria Long Island home where he trains carriers as a hobby amid the strike atmosphere.
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Patrick Urgan
Park Ave
New York
Astoria
L. I
Dorothy McKinney Aids Revival Effort In Huntington WV
Chauncey daughter Dorothy McKinney trained at West Virginia Holiness Training School goes to Huntington to assist Rev. L. E. Glenn and Beatrice Glenn in a revival meeting.
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Chauncey
Dorothy McKinney
Andrew McKinney
West Virginia Holiness Training School
Heights
W. Va
Huntington
L. E. Glenn
Beatrice Glenn
Bedford
Ind
Morristown Mor holiness church hosts Friday cottage prayer
The weekly Morristown Holiness Church gathering will meet Friday at 7 PM at the home of Mr and Mrs Blaine Bullock Bailey Run. The event invites local parishioners to join in prayer and fellowship.
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Chauncey
Morristown
Holiness Church
Blaine Bullock
Bailey
Mines Marked Up for Work in District
Eight mines in the district were marked up for work on Wednesday. They include No. 24 No. 28 No. 68 No. 9 No. 107 No. 219 Carbondale and Poston No. 4.
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Chauncey
Carbondale and
Poston
Grace Hibarger out sick. Carl Dupler subbing
Miss Grace Hibarger of the Junior High faculty is ill with laryngitis. Carl Dupler of Enterprise is substituting for her in the classroom.
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Logan
Grace Hibarger
Carl Dupler
Enterprise
Barnes lawsuit alleges neglect and cruelty in Kentucky marriage
Walter V. Barnes files petition against Kathleen Barnes alleging abandonment after they wed in Newport Kentucky on June 12 1934. He states she left their home August 30 1935 and has refused to return.
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Logan
Walter V. Barnes
Kathleen Barnes
Newport
Chauncey Woman Mrs Charles Downhour Dies at Home
Mrs Charles Downhour 53 a long time Chauncey resident died Tuesday at her Main Street home after a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 PM at the home conducted by Rev Gilbert Courtney of the Church of Christ. Casket will not be opened at the service. Survived by husband three sons from a former marriage Harry Webb Virgil Webb and Donald Webb two Chauncey sisters Mary Phillips Grace Stalder and Blanche Hoffman Athens burial Greenlawn Cemetery.
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Chauncey
Charles Downhour
Main St
Gilbert Courtney
Church of Christ
Downhour
Chauncey Personal Notices From Local Shire
Chauncey residents including Mrs. Carl Shafer and Mrs. Walter Spears spent Tuesday in Athens. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dicken visited Columbus and Mrs. Flora Ballard. The Molers of Nelsonville stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Moore in Lower Plains Sunday. Mrs. Lara Tucker visited daughter Mrs. Lawrence Reeves in Nelsonville. Shumway, Shinger, and Mary McConaha visited Jess Carsey family in Vinton County. The Southertons and Daniel Shinger with daughter Mary McConaha visited Thomas Perry in Strouds Run. Searles of Lancaster were in Chauncey with Thomas Buckley.
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Chauncey
Carl Shafer
Walter Spears
Andrew Simpkins
Athens
W. E. Dicken
Columbus
Dicken
Flora Ballard
Charlies Moler
Gilbert
Nelsonville
Harry Moore
Lower Plains
Lara Tucker
Lawrence Reeves
Frank Shumway
Alice Shingler
Herman McCune
Jess Carsey
Vinton County
C. D. Southerton
Daniel Shingier
Mary MecConaha
Thomas Perry
Strouds Run
Searles
Lancaster
Thomas Buckley
Chauncey McKinney Hosts Weekend Guests
Chauncey and Mrs. McKinney entertained weekend guests including Gaylord Simpson and daughters Lillian Mary and Barbara, E Oliver and sons Russell and David, Rev L E Glenn and Beatrice, and George Adkins with son John Wesley, Newark and Bedford Indiana locations noted.
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Chauncey
Andrew McKinney
Gaylord Simpson
Lillian
Mary
Barbara
E. F. Oliver
Russell
Former Resident Sarah Ann Copper Dies in Mansfield
Mrs Sarah Ann Copper aged 64 a former Lower Plains resident died at her Mansfield Ohio home last Wednesday May 4 after a heart attack. Funeral services were held Saturday at the family home conducted by Glenn Hall with burial in Mansfield Cemetery. She was born in and spent years in aw County before moving to Mansfield. She is survived by her husband David Copper two sons William and C H Copper both of Mansfield one brother and one sister William Norris Akron and Mrs John Kruskamp Wellston respectively.
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Chauncey
Sarah Ann Copper
Lower Plains
Mansfield
Mary
Glenn Hall
Mansfield Cemetery
William Norris
Akron
John Kruskamp
Weilston
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Harley Gooding
Tharpe
Gooding
Thorpe
Meidrim
Utility Commission
Council
Fitzgerald
Water Works Repair Shop
Water Works
George Hooper
Hocking
Sigma Phis
Ann Peterman
Nevada
John EF. Krieg
Claude W. Pettit
Ada
John C. Pettit
Pettit
Adaman
Messenger
Gabriel
D. ¥. Milne
Fred Weber
Grant Gilkey
Howard Woodgeard
Clinton Webb
John Glaes
Russ Riggs
Ralph Mundy
John Schaal
Paul Goss
Robert Hugh
Homer Goss
Mer
Stidy
Futerpean Club
Wilbur Lanning
John Aiden Carpenter
Deema Taylor
Rex Johnson
J. R. Smoot
Janet White
Lanning
Isaac Wilson
McKee Drug Chu
Security Bank
Bido
Walsmith
Sater
Logan Lodge
J P Ainlessly
Cornwell
Extension Service
Plan Prayer Meeting
Zenners
Yev. Courtney
Mansfiel
Zenners Men's Shop
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