Seek New High School Plant At Carbon Hill
Electors in Ward Township School District vote April 20 on a 9000 bond for a new Carbon Hill high school as part of a WPA project totaling 130000. Board adopts plans March 9 with architect William Mills. site purchase and equipment included. Enrollment 250. 8 rooms. eight grades share building. 2.57 mills levy over 20 years.
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Logan
Ward Township
Carbon Hill
Board of Education
William Mills
Nelsonville
Carbon High School
WPA
Edward C. Collins
Hocking County
H. Dillon
Murray City
County Election Board
Logan Social Notes and Club Gatherings Report
Logan notes detail entertaining at the ENTERTAN Club by Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Showalter with guest players in bridge and consolation trophy awards. Separate items cover Mrs. Chester Kocheran hosting the Logan Squaw Club with bingo prizes, Harford Circle church meeting, a Ward Township election plan and officer nominations, Amica Club gathering, and Logan personal updates including trips and visits.
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Entertan Club
L. K. Showalter
Mound St
R. L. White
F. J. Reid
Chester Kocheran
Columbus
Logan Squaw Club
Rudolph Lortz
George Preston
Walter Huffman
Jac Iles
Charles Mack
Emma Lanning
Charles Schorr
Byron Waldron
Thomas Phillips
Gus Shively
Ida Sheets
Lortz
Charles Larimer
Kocheran
Logan
Russell Kocheran
Officers Elected At White House Saturday Club Luncheon
A 1 o'clock luncheon at the White House featured a small Swiss doll centerpiece. Mrs. W B Lacock presided as the annual executive session elected officers from the previous year: Mrs. Lacock president, Miss Ben Rosas vice president, Miss Eleanor Durr recording secretary, Mrs. Harold Chambers corresponding secretary, and Miss Emma Westenhaver treasurer. Mrs. White outlined next year’s miscellaneous program and Mrs. R L White spoke on Sports and Sportswomen. Current events were discussed during roll call.
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White House
Alice White
W. B. Lacock
Lacock
Ben Rosas
Eleanor Durr
Harold Chambers
Emma Westenhaver
White
R. L. White
Plan To Start NYA Work at Murray City
Plans to start NYA work at Murray City this week, directed by supervisor Robert Kleinschmidt. Projects include work at the school house and village, sodding the gridiron, completing the baseball diamond at Chieftain Field when weather allows. NYA labor conducts cleanup at Rempel Wasson Memorial Park with ridge steps cut to lake level, rock and concrete used, a rebuilt bridge to a small island, a tool shelterhouse added, and more park improvements planned.
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Murray City
Chieftain Field
NYA
Rempel Wasson Memorial Park
Carbon Hill Music Festival Draws 1200
Carbon Hill hosted a county wide music festival Friday night drawing about 1200 people including participating students and staff. The event marked the largest village turnout, surpassing the recent county basketball tournament by nearly 300 attendees. Sheriff Joe Farbearn was asked to assign deputies to manage traffic congestion.
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Logan
Carbon Hill
David Thorne
Board of Education
Joe Farbearn
Logan High School footballers to report for spring practice
With basketball finished, Logan High School’s athletic department plans spring football practice. Coach Tom Bender will issue the call for the squad to report and begin molding the Purple and White team for next fall. Maurice Cole will captain the team.
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Logan
Logan High School
Tom Bender
Maurice Cole
Cars Crash in Logan on East Front Street
Henry Darnell and J L Aurand, drivers from near Logan, collided on East Front Street Saturday. No injuries reported, both cars sustained damage.
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Logan
Henry Darnell
J. L. Aurand
Near Logan
E. Front St
Principal in Gallia County Shotgun Trap Case To Go on Trial
In Gallia County Common Pleas Court Tuesday Judge C E Peoples will hear the case State versus Ann Childers 55 of Greenfield Township charged with setting a shotgun trap to guard a melon patch. In September 1935 a 15 year old Dan Wagner was shot and seriously wounded while trespassing. The Wag ner family damage suit against Childers filed June 1936 hinges on the criminal outcome.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Huntington
W. Va
Dan Wagner
Wagner
Childers
Treasurer's Office Gets New Equipment
Gallipolis reports county treasurer Ed Myera will move his office to the Clerk of Courts space and install new marble fixtures and grill work. Equipment from the defunct Citizens' Bank at Oak Hill will be purchased and installed by James Butterfield, a local veteran in such work.
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Gallipolis
Ed Myera
Rio Grande Executives Discuss School's Future
Rio Grande College trustees and executive committee met in a Saturday business session to plan for the school's future. The institution was described as operating at capacity and exerting a broad positive influence on the community.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Reopen Closed Streets, Houses Still Vacant
Gallipolis barriers closing Fleet Avenue near State Street have been removed but the homes threatened by river bank slides remain unoccupied. Officials report no new slips and conditions show little improvement leaving property owners fearful of further earth movement at any time.
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Gallipolis
Fleet Avenue
State
Locust Sta. Te
Gallia War Veteran Honored On 93rd Birthday
Thomas J. Clark of Thurman, oldest Mason in Gallia County, received a surprise birthday card shower and oral greetings from old friends as he marked 93. A former postmaster and justice of the peace, he is one of two survivors of his company in the First Ohio Heavy Artillery. He lives with son Clyde and daughters Hannah and Mabel, with Helen Walker in Thurman and Waldo Clark in Jackson. Clark had attended Masonic Lodge for 50 years and remains in good health entering his sixth decade.
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Gallipolis
Thomas J. Clark
Thurman
Gallia County
Ohio Heavy Artillery
Clark
Clyde
Hannah
Mabel
Helen Walker
Waldo Clark
Jackson
Masonic Lodge
Gallia County Buried Under Snow Sunday
Gallia Countians faced six to eight inches of snow that blocked social plans on Sunday. State highway plows cleared dangerous curves while residents on local roads stayed home. Col Horace B. Ecker and Warren Myers sold the Second and Grate Streets residence to Rufus Elcessor.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Col
Horace B. Ecker
Warren Myers
Capt
Harry Martin
Second and Grate Streets
Rufus Elcessor
Court Docket Is Cleared in Gallipolis May 16
Judge W R White and local bar begin court opening with a cleaned docket. Civil cases entered since 1934, mostly divorces, are dismissed. Names listed include Stover, Fowler, Cox, Taylor, Marcum, Clark, Rhodes, Brown, Borden, Cragg, Sallaz, Hall, Plymale, Davis, Gee, Long, Baker, Meehan, Betz, Rupe, Campbel, Girton, Shafer, Smith, Betz, Danner, Allman, Erwin, and others. Gallia Mason in charge. inspection of Trowel Lodge F and A M at Jackson drew nearly a hundred attendees.
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Gallipolis
W. R. White
Oliver Stover
Mrs. M. Green
W. W. Fowler
Albert Spencer
Myrtle Cox
Chas. M. Cox
Wade J. Taylor
Verona Taylor
Woodrum Marcum
Ruth Marcum
John Floyd Clark
Vandella Clark
Pearl May Rhodes
Abe Rhodes
First National Bank
Grace Neff
Garnet Brown
Denver Brown
Marie Borden
Hal Borden
Leola Cragg
Wesley Cragg
Francis R. Salla
Gallipolis Motor Co
John W. Broyles
Virginia Burchfield
Eldon Saunders
H. W. Cherrington
Guardian
Lola C. Hall
Board of Education
Ohio Farmers Insurance Co
Bertha Froideveaux
J. D. Froideveaux
Georgia Shaver
Robert Shaver
Ee. B. Pyles
Board of Trustees
Kathryn Johnson
Raymond Spurlock
Gallia
Galliapoli
Jackson
Masonic Temple
Otto Carter
Courthouse Squirrel Shot Dead Draws Neighborhood Ire
A female courthouse campus squirrel, well known to residents, was shot and killed. The animal had lived on the campus for years and was expected to become a mother, leaving her mate inconsolable and local officials outraged over the act.
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Gallipolis
Courthouse Campus
Banquet Planned for Auto Club Members
Gallia County Auto Club dues 124 members will hold a free banquet at the Methodist Church dining room Thursday evening. Each member may bring a paid guest. The program includes songs and stories before and during dinner, followed by an address by C. C. Jones of Columbus, secretary of the State Auto Club. A new board of directors will be chosen and elect officers later.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
C. C. Jones
Columbus
State Auto Club
Circle Will Elect GALLIPOLIS Presbyterian luncheon and officers
At the monthly Social Circle meeting of the Presbyterian Church, Wednesday noon, luncheon will be served by a committee directed by Mrs. H. H. Henk ing. A nominating committee will announce personnel for new officers and they will be installed.
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Gallipolis
The
Presbyterian Church
H. H. Henking
Legal Notice Vacating Millfield Lots by C L Sanders
C L Sanders holder of title to lots numbered 155 156 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 Second Addition to Millfield intends to vacate the parcel under Ohio Revised Statutes 3601 3602 unless valid objections are filed within two weeks after first publication.
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C. L. Sanders
Millfield
L. Sanders
Ohio
Cc. L. Sanders
Logan Club Women Sponsor Rest Room Improvement Drive
Logan Rural Relations committee of the Logan Business and Professional Women's Club raises funds to repaint the women s rest room near City Hall. Velma Skinner chairs with Opal Wylie Velva Brashares and Agnes Sines aiding. aim to finish by April 7 the building s th anniversary. Additional funds sought to paint exterior if possible.
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Logan—Rural Relations Committee
Logan Business and Professional Women's Club
City Hall
Velma Skinner
Opal Wylie
Velva Brashares
Agnes Sines
Nine Old Men reviewed by Bowen at Logan Rotary
C Wood Bowen will review the book Nine Old Men before Logan Rotary members at Monday’s meeting. The subject has drawn attention amid controversy over Supreme Court reorganization. The club aims for full attendance, last week reaching 97.4 percent.
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Logan
C. Wood Bowen
Logan Rotary Club
Supreme Court
Steel Rowboats Built For Flood Response In Gallipolis
Tim and Bob Lewis begin constructing five all steel rowboats for city use in floods. The fleet will be stored in the old Riverview Hotel basement at City Park. Additional wooden boats from Red Cross and others will augment the city fleet plus existing craft. The American Legion and Chamber of Commerce Disaster Committee coordinate county wide aid as March progresses with no Ohio River flood threat seen yet.
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Gallipolis
Tim
Bob Lewis
John Gwinn
Riverview
City Park
Red Cross
Walter Wise
Lafayette Post
American Legion
Chamber of Commerce
Ohio River
Hugh M Tate Dies At Home In Gallia County
Hugh M Tate aged 70 died at his Kyger home on March 11 after a period of illness with pneumonia listed as the direct cause. A Kyger native son, he lived in Gallia County most of his life aside from years in the Dakotas. Funeral services were held Sunday at Rgger M E Church with burial in Gravel Hill Cemetery Cheshire. Surviving are wife Lenora Jenkins four sons Worthy Cheshire Harry Zanesville Harlow Harlan at home two sisters Lillie Athey Hattie Mack Wyger and Fannie Womeldorff New Jersey.
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Gallipolis
Hugh M. Tate
Kyger
Gallia County
J. C. Tate
Dakotas
Rgger M. E. Church
Gravel Hill
Cheshire
Theft of groceries reported in Logan suburbs
Two rural residents reported thefts from parked cars on Saturday afternoon. Harold Heigle of Logan R.F.C. and Ray Snyder of Logan Star Route identified as victims. Heavy snow fell in Logan Saturday night and Sunday morning, prompting road crews to be called out.
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Logan
Harold Heigle
Logan R.F.C
Ray Snyder
Logan Star Route
Police raid Logan VFW rooms in Preston Building
Police raided the Logan organization rooms opened by Veterans of Foreign Wars on E Main Street at 4 a m Sunday and found nine men. One tried to escape but was stopped by officers who seized a cage used for crap games and planned charges against all men in Mayor Kenneth Fitzgeralds court. names were not released.
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Logan
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Preston
E. Main St
Kenneth Fitzgerald
Carbon Hill Girls Coach Wins Championship Honors
Walter Stuart, principal at Carbon Hill, earns congratulations after guiding the carbon Hill girls basketball team to the county season championship. He is a Rockbridge native and served previously at Rockbridge High School under Superintendent Dilllon.
Logan City Council Meeting Preview
Logan council reconvenes Tuesday evening for a recessed session with several matters of importance expected to be considered.
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Logan
City Council
Legion ends drive Logan Ohio campaign ends
On Monday the general campaign for American Legion membership in Ohio closes. Local post members anticipate tomorrow evenings meeting to gauge progress of the drive. In Logan, Mrs. R B Hansel suffered slight injuries Sunday when her car collided in the alley behind the J C Wine garage on W Hunter Street.
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Legion
Logan
American Legion
Ohio
Transfers Increase in Hocking Co. County Office Stats
Logan reports a rise in transfers in Hocking County recorded by county recorder Herman Bratton. January and February 1937 show 830 more instruments than the same period in 1936, with fees rising about 140.8 percent, plus figures for January and February 1937 and 1936.
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Logan
County Recorder’s
Hereman Bratton
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Squaw Club
Church Circle
Harford
United Brethren Church
Faith Wright
Manon Powers
Evelyn Campbell
Sand Run
Coal Gate
Elmer Gears
George Beal
Harry Farmer
Sweazy
Floyd Parry
Irene Campbell
Madge
Jesus
Edward Godfrey
Hazel Hammon
Wendell Rector
Glen Ward
Reba Maloney
Leslie Evans
Mildred Blake
Merrill Nimon
Edward St. Clair
Lawrence Griffith
Isabelle Emerick
Mrs Burberry
Amica Club
George Burberry
Walnut St
C. L. Abel
Pittsburgh
Washington
D. Y. Milne
Shawnee
Edgar Jaynes
Robert Kleinschmidt
Rio Grande
Thomas J, Clark
Pet
Courthouse
Auto Club
Circle
Logan Club
Council
Edna Cooksey
Mt. Pleasant
Mich
Earl Andrews
Mr. Andrews
Harold Crawford
John Bunts
W. Hunter St
H. G. Hansel
William Loomis
Laurelville
Bowen
Athens
Bottling Works
Logan Organization
Carbon Hill Girls
Hansel
Hocking Co
Charles Fiddlers Buchtel
Cherrington Hospital
State of Ohio
Vertie
Verity
Athens Township
Athens County
Anna M. Coney
Z. A. Courtney
Blanc’ Verity
Common Court
Pelea
Charles W. Bayles
Gordon B. Gray
Zenner
Chidren's
Mart Beck
Shirley Temple
Cinderella
Chubby Lass
W. Union St
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