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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1953

Page

3

Lea City School Board Hears Contested Teacher Pay Boost

Logan educators and city officials debated a 1952-53 teacher raise amid questions of local tax support and how salaries compare with 27 similar districts. Diller’s analysis showed Logan trails in per pupil valuation and tax rate, prompting a plan for joint meetings and ongoing budget reviews.

Logan Russell Milliken Logan Education Association Dwight Diller Wayne Hamrick J. R. Hankison Diller Logan City City School Board

Registration Held for Logan First Grade Entry

Logan schools announce two day registration for children entering first grade next fall in West and East districts. Central district only requires those not in kindergarten. Registration times 2 15 p m to 3 30 p m both days. children must be six by December 31 1953.

Logan West East Central District George E. Carr Logan Schools Carr

Sales Tax Receipts Show Small Decrease

Logan county sales tax receipts dipped last week with stamps totaling 6672.85 dollars sold, down 83.73 from the prior year. For the year ending May 16, 1953, stamps sold totaled 95638.57 dollars, up 15352.80 from last year's 80285.77.

Logan Hocking County Ralph Moorhead

Cincinnati Man Fined For Frog Theft During Closed Season

A 39 year old Cincinnati man Ralph Hendrix was fined 25 dollars plus costs by Magistrate S B Whitehart for taking a frog during the closed season. Hocking County Game Protector Marvin Nungester arrested Hendrix at Rockbridge Basin on a Sunday. The frog season runs May 1 to June 15.

Logan Cincinnati S. B. Whitehart Hocking County Marvin Nungester Ralph Hendrix Rockbridge Basin Nungester

Hocking Valley Hospital Births Report

Mrs. Lester Wallace of Logan welcomes a daughter and Mrs. John Sloan of Logan reports a son. Stephen Salts of Dundas admits. Mrs. Margaret Aspeland of New Plymouth admitted. Discharged: Dewey How Wilson of Logan and family. Orville Am Walton on Whitley Route.

Lester Wallace Logan John Sloan Stephen Salts Dundas Margaret Aspeland New Plymouth Dewey How ‘Wilson ‘Logan Orville Am Wotlston

Laurel Run Starretts 4-H Club Meeting Notes

Miss Barbara Poling hosted the Laurel Run Starretts 4-H Club on Monday. The last meeting, May 2, at Miss Gloria Van Bibber's home, had eight members present and each member chose a sewing project. Mrs Jim Van Bibber served lunch after the gathering.

Hocking Barbara Poling Laurel Run Starretts Gloria van Bibber Jim van Bibber

Voris Fined For Drunk And Disorderly In Logan

Paul R. Voris, 30, of W Main Street Logan, was fined five dollars and costs for being drunk and disorderly. City police arrested Voris and Mayor Roger Friend levied the fine.

Logan Paul R. Voris W. Main St Voris Roger Friend

Earliest Ice Skate Found in Bjorka Sweden

The bone runner skate is identified as the earliest known ice skate, discovered at Bjorka in Sweden, a town flourishing between the 8th and 10th centuries, per the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Bjorka Sweden

Suspected TB Cases Reported In Logan Hocking Screening

The Logan Hocking County Health Board reports 3474 of 3637 chest X rays read negative for tuberculosis. Suspected TB cases total 64, about 1.8 percent, with 3 hospitalized awaiting or having had surgery.

Logan Logan-Hocking County

Tuberculosis Follow-ups Planned Across County Clinics

On Tuesday May 19 1953 a man is being checked for TB. Follow-ups for suspected cases will occur in clinics. The Ohio Department of Health sets July 1 as the follow-up deadline. Two clinics have been held this year in February and March. Chest X-ray reports are financed and mailed by the county tuberculosis association.

Ohio Department of Health County Tuberculosis Association

Logan Couple Hurt In Auto Accident

Mr and Mrs Hollis McMillen of Logan were treated at Hocking Valley Hospital for injuries after an automobile crash Sunday night between Lancaster and Ashville. He received a bruised knee while she suffered a lacerated finger hand bruises and a knee injury.

Logan Hocking Valley Hospital Hollis McMillen Lancaster Ashville McMillen

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