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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1943

Page

10

Logan Street Repairing to Finish by July 31

The E Main St project from Orchard St to Gallagher Ave in Logan, 0.475 miles, will be completed by July 31 after Brewer and Brewer Sons Inc of Chillicothe won the $17,948 bid. State Highway Department and city funds support resurfacing with an asphalt concrete leveling course. The same firm also earned a contract for a three mile project on U S Route 33 between Nelsonville and Logan in Hocking County.

LOGAN E. Main St Orchard St Gallagher Ave Brewer and Brewer Sons., Inc Chillicothe State Highway Department Hocking County Three Mile Creek Haydenville Nelsonville

Fund Drive For Scouts Opens Monday

Logan and Hocking County sustain a $1400 fund drive for Boy and Girl Scout maintenance opened Monday with Jack Pierce as general campaign chairman. A house to house canvass will begin soon under Mrs. Francis Roberts with assistants listed. Eight hundred dollars supports the Boy Scouts and six hundred funds the Girl Scouts. R B Perkins assists as campaign chairman.

Logan Hocking County Jack Pierce Francis Roberts Walter Prather George van Fossen Faith Wright C. F. Rauch R. B. Perkins

Ration Board Approval Sought for Cookers

Logan and Hocking County housewives may buy unfrozen pressure cookers by obtaining application blanks from Mrs Ruth Bennett at the county extension office. Do not secure blanks without a reserved cooker. blanks go to the War Price and Rationing Board for final approval.

Logan Logan and Hocking County Ruth Bennington

Honors Convocation at Ohio University Honors Three Students

At Ohio University Athens the annual Honors Convocation honored Mary Anita Geiger Sheila Graham and Dorothy Krumlauf. Geiger a senior and Phi Beta Kappa ranked in the upper one per cent of her class while Graham and Krumlauf were in the upper ten per cent of the freshman and junior classes respectively. All three are active in campus activities.

Krumiaus

Special Program Set for Pomona Grange Meeting

A special program is planned for the Pomona Grange meeting on Wednesday at 8 p m in the faccabee Hall under Miss Margaret McBroom. Guest speaker BE N Turner chairman of the Hocking County Salvage Committee. A seed exchange, games, contests, and other recreation are slated for the evening.

Logan Pomona Grange Faccabee Hall Margaret McBroom N. Turner Hocking County Salvage Committee

Seaman Fred R. Hulls Addresses Rotary Club

Fred R. Hulls a former Logan newspaperman now in the U S Navy spoke to Rotary Club at the White House on Monday night. He described life and activities at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station where he has been stationed since enlistment several months earlier. Walter Leonard invited him as head of the arrangements committee.

Logan Fred R. Huls W U. S. Navy Great Lakes Naval Training Station Rotary Club White House Huls Naval Base Walter Leonard

Logan Blood Donors Drive Surpasses Quota With 302 Volunteers

Mrs S H Sebold, Logan Hocking County appointments chair, said 302 people volunteered as the Red Cross Mobile unit arrived at Logan Junior High School. The team aims to collect plasma for the central blood bank to aid wounded soldiers, with the quota raised from 280 to 320.

Logan S. H. Sebold Hocking County Red Cross

Ralph W Saulters Inducted at Columbus

Ralph William Saulters of Columbus formerly Gore was inducted into the U S Army at Ft Hayes examining and induction center He was held for extra physicals from the May 3 contingent and will report for active duty after a seven day furlough Harry Franklin Ringhiser of Logan Route 1 volunteered for immediate duty and will be screened for a future inductee contingent.

LOGAN Hocking County Selective Service Board Ralph William Saulters Columbus Gore U. S. Army Ft. Hayes Harry Franklin Ringhiser U.S .S. Army Hocking County Selective Service

Gardeners Urged to Grow Edible Soy Beans in Hocking County

Logan and Hocking County Extension Agent James R Smoot urges gardeners to plant edible soy beans this year. He notes the beans are hardy disease and insect resistant and easy to grow. they can be eaten green shelled or cooked and used for soy bean muffins nut bread and other dishes. Rabbits are the main obstacle to soybean culture in the county.

Logan Hocking County James R. Smoot

Opening of Tin Can Drive Is Favorable

Logan reports good early tin can collections on opening day with no precise total available. The drive continues Tuesday with curbside pickups citywide under E. N. Turner and C. Wood Bowen. Collected cans go to Lancaster for shipment to a detinning plant.

Logan E. N. Turner County Salvage Committee C. Wood Bowen City Salvage Lancaster

Father Ordered To Support Minor Child In West Virginia

Hallie Westfall of Sandyville West Virginia was ordered to pay 4.50 dollars weekly for the support of his minor child and to post a 500 dollar bond to guarantee payments after pleading guilty to a non support indictment before Judge Phil A. Henderson. He was indicted by the Hocking County grand jury on October 14, 1940.

Logan Hallie Westfall Sandyville W. Va Phil A. Henderson Westfall Hocking County Grand Jury

Divorce Suit Alleges Neglect of Duty in Logan Case

Frank Kinnison of Logan files for divorce from Carm en Kinnison in Gallipolis alleging gross neglect of duty since their marriage on March 13 1943. He states his wife refused to live with him except for one day. Case filed in Court of Common Pleas.

Logan Gallipolis Frank Kinnison Carmen Kinnison Court of Common Mews

Logan Elks Lodge Meeting Discusses Magazine Drive

The Logan Elks Lodge held its regular meeting Monday night in the lodge hall. Officers reported on the drive for old magazines for soldiers overseas and addressed routine lodge business.

Logan Logan Elks Lodge

Logan Summers Improves After Emergency Appendectomy

Donald Summers of Shawnee shows improvement at Cherrington Hospital after an emergency appendectomy. Mrs. Maude Ma ison of Logan also improves following treatment.

Logan Donald Summers Shawnee Cherrington Hospital Maude Maison

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