Graduates urged to see public education as cornerstone
Logan High School 77 graduates heard Dr. Herman G. James of Ohio University urge funding for public education as essential to democracy. He warned against questioning its value and stressed expanding opportunities to prevent government and social costs from rising, while noting critics often benefited from education already provided. The ceremony featured Senior Junior Orchestra, solos by Richard McCutchan, and diplomas presented by Fred Burchfield and Harry Wright.
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LOGAN
Logan High
Herman G. James
Ohio University
Amos L. Hevde
Richard McCutchan
Fred B. Burchfield
Harry H. Wright
Board of Education
C. M. Lever
Tannhauser
Orchestra
Minnie Louise Bowen
Ray Collison
Raymond Lanning
Constance Wells
Mahe Fickel
Vaughn Bort
Dusty Miller to Speak at Eagles Meeting in Murray City
Dusty Miller will be the speaker at the district meeting of the Fraternal Order of Eagles on Tuesday in Murray City. The 8 o clock session includes lunch. initiation ceremonies for District 4 were held on Sunday with prizes awarded. Lodges are urged to bring candidates.
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Murray City
Dusty’ Miller
Order of Eagles
Rock
Eagies
Rain Delay Slows Corn Planting in Hocking County
Dry weather continues to hinder planting in Hocking County with hundreds of acres still unplanted as farmers face extended delays and concerns about crop timelines.
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Logan
Hocking County
Logan Club Entails White House Event For Mothers
Members of the Business and Professional Women's Club plan an entertainment at the White House on June 2 for mothers. Arrangements committee includes Mrs. Bess Mutchmore Grace Bhunner and Mrs. Panny Spears.
Forefathers Day Observed in New England December
In New England, December firsts are marked as Forefathers Day celebrations honoring colonial roots. Communities recall historical figures and early settlers with parades and museum displays across several towns and civic buildings.
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New England
Small House Is Early American
A compact dwelling named House A-308 showcases an Early American style with white wide siding dark brown roof and blue accents. It includes a full cellar, low ceilings aided by insulation, and 21 000 cubic feet of space, with an estimated construction cost of about 5400 dollars. Plans and specifications are available from the Building Editor for a nominal fee.
Logan Council Approves New Well and City Meters Plan
Logan City Council meeting approves $700 appropriation to drill an additional waterworks well after a Wednesday plant shortage. Service director authorized to seek bids while encouraging newspaper cooperation to conserve water for emergencies. Officials plan to meter the city, aiming to cut consumption, with funds set for meters for about 1500 flat rate and 250 metered customers.
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Logan
Council I
Harley Meyer
Teacher Swackhamer Leaves Hospital for Home
Logan Phil Swackhamer a Salt Creek Township teacher who has been in treatment for three weeks at Cherrington Hospital returned home Thursday marking recovery progress and discharge from care.
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Logan
Phil Swackhamer
Salt Creek Township
Cherrington Hospital
Murray City Guests Gather for Week End Visits
Local social notes list numerous visitors and lengthy weekend hostings. Families from Columbus Detroit Syracuse and Huntington span connections with residents of Murray City and nearby townships, sharing meals and travel by plane and car over the period.
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Joni Fick
Nellie Hamer
Nelsonville
Isabel
Jennie Potts
Syracuse
Barney Penn
Phil Fisher
Elizabeth Campbell
Columbus
Mary Campbell
Forrest Ayers
Cora Gaffey
Elza Guthrie
Ernest Storey
Coolville
Herbert Guthrie
Richard
Huntington
W. Va
Guthrie
Athens
Alfred Swearingen
Lizzie Hopkins
Theodore Hopkins
Jesse Kidd
Marion
Andrew Robson
Anna Denny
Jobs
Lewis Foster
Leah Foster
Andy Robson
Ed Davenport
Herb Cunliffe
Letart Falls News Briefs Highlights Local Visitors and Events
Local residents report visits from Mr. and Mrs. Tom McDermitt and families from Nollansbee and Rutland. Charles Boston is seriously ill. The M E Church will hold a quarterly meeting May 31 with a business session at 2 p m. Highway right of way work continues in Letart bottoms. Strawberry growers cannot meet demand. Wilbur Lewis and Frances Roush wed May 20 at Gallipolis and were serenaded. Memorial services are planned for May 30 at the M E Church.
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Letart Falls
Tom McDermitt
Nollansbee
W. Va
H. C. Alexander Charles Boston
R. B. Foster
Portsmouth
M E
M. E
F. Sayre
W. W. Varian
Art Smith
Wilbur Lewis
Frances Roush
Gallipolis
Earl Scott
W. N. Roberts
Cincinnati
Carrie Roberts
W.O Crow
W. O. Barnitz
Michigan
Orville Diddle
Nice Park
Athens
H. B. Powell
Lelie Wagner
Kathleen Duffy
Pomeroy
Wider Is Found Guilty by Jury
Logan resident Wider J Wilder, charged in the John Lovett filling station robbery at Murray City, was found guilty by a jury after testimony from witnesses in Athens Columbus Murray City Nelsonville and Logan. The trial began with counsel appointed for Wider by Judge Harley M Whitcraft and included state witnesses describing the morning shooting at the station.
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Rosena M. Flowers
J. T., Sprague
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Columbus
Murray City
Nelsonville
Logan
James Hutchinson
Della Martin
Gerald Devol
Cliff Mathias
Walter Prather
Vira Wandling
Ira Hillyer
Howard Turner
George Hunsacker
Floyd Preston
J. F. Barker
Bert Andrews
Local stores to close for Memorial observance Saturday
Logan shops will shut all day Saturday in observance of Memorial Day. The chamber of commerce announces stores will stay open until 9 PM tonight.
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Logan
Chamber of Commerce
Devers Trial Set To Begin After Wider Case
After the Felix J Wider trial ends today, J F Devers faces a jury on an indictment charging him with issuing worthless checks. The work ends for the jury for now as Judge Harley M Whitcraft prepares to hear cases assigned for next week.
Logan Mayes Arrested at Home in Sand Run
Logan Mayes of Sand Run was taken into custody at his residence Thursday afternoon by Sheriff Joe Farhearn after a call. Authorities indicated charges were expected to be filed against him.
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Logan
Phil Mayes
Sand Run
Joe Farhearn
Sheriff Escorts Two to Mansfield Reformatory
Logan Delbert Freeman and Reed Salsbury were transported to Mansfield State Reformatory after being sentenced by Judge Harley M. Whitcraft for complicity in the D. Y. Milne store robbery. Sheriff Joe Farbearn accompanied the pair.
Memorial Day Rites Led by Gallipolis Patriotic Groups
Memorial Day exercises in Gallipolis begin Saturday morning with the Grand Army of the Republic Spanish American Veterans American Legion Legion Auxiliary Sons of the Legion Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts meeting at the Doughboy in City Park. Judge A J Stormont will speak at the services and the group will march to Pine Street Cemetery for a 9 o clock program led by the Sons of the Legion Drum and Bugle Corps with J W Bartels as marshal. Members of Lafayette Post American Legion hail from Gallipolis and rural routes including Kananga Bladen Gallia Crown City Vinton Mercerville Northup Patriot Bidwell Rio Grande Waterloo Bowling Green Thivener Springfield Ironton Athens Charleston W Va Huntington W Va Thurman and Chicago.
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Gallipolis
Grand Army of the Republic
Spanish American Veterans
American Legion
Legion Auxiliary
Sons of the Legion
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Doughboy
A. J. Stormont
Pine Street
Ohio Hospital
Ironton
Athens
Charleston
W. Va
Huntington, W. Va
Thurman
Chicago
McCarley Held to Grand Jury on $1,000 Bond
Glen McCarley charged with obtaining money under false pretenses for cashing former employers checks in Bell and Shaw Milling Company matter. He was held over to the Grand Jury on a $1,000 bond set by Justice Fred Millisor.
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Gallipolis
Glen McCarley
Bell & Shaw Milling Conere
Fred Millisor
Robinson Sues Rinehart For 360.50 On Note
C T Robinson files in common pleas court against J L Rinehart seeking 360.50 and interest from November 3 1932 on a promissory note.
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Gallipolis
C. T. Robinson
Common Pleas Court
J. L. Rinehart
Record Audience At Gallipolis Senior Commencement
A record audience attended the Gallipolis senior commencement ceremonies Thursday night. An unusually large turnout is anticipated for the alumni banquet and dance tonight, based on reservations with C. D. Kerr, Mrs. Gus Fivé, and Dwight Wetherholt.
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Gallipolis
C. D. Kerr
Gus Fivé
Dwight Wetherholt
Dr and Mrs Jones to Visit Dayton and Greenfield
Dr and Mrs Paul Jones of the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics staff will spend the weekend with relatives in Dayton and Greenfield Ohio.
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Gallipolis
Paul Jones
Ohio Hospital For
Dayton
Greenfield
Ohio
Logan Brief Notes on Local Visits and Commencement
Mrs Amy Easterling of Columbus visits Lewis and Es tella Littlejohn. Dean Bort and daughter Gladys, from Louisville Ohio, attend Logan high school commencement with Vaughn Bort, a graduate and daughter of Mr Bort. W D Braddock visits Columbus Thursday.
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Amy Easterling
Columbus
Lewis Littlejohn
Estella Littlejohn
Dean Bort
Gladys
Louisville
Logan
Vaughn Bort
Bort
W. D. Braddock
Logan Pupils Retrieve Grade Cards At School
Logan pupils went to school today to receive grade cards. The event marked the start of a new reporting period as teachers distributed student progress notices.
C and O Buildings Stripped for Shipment to Russell Ky
Virtually all machinery has been removed from the C and O carshop in Logan. Equipment is being sent to Russell Kentucky shops. After completion, the railroad’s industrial department plans to lease the vacant buildings to other firms.
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Logan
C. and O. Carshop
Russell
Industrial Department of the Railroad Company
Syracuse Personal And Social Notes
Syracuse reports list several graduates from Pomeroy High School including William Righthouse Charles Hayes Harold Capehart Floyd Moore Don Cotterill Doned Weese Milton Venov Eleanor Edwards May Williams Kathleen Duffy Eleanor Phillips Vers May Williams and Kathleen Duffy. Local residents Thomas Carroll Middleport visits his daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Harry Borham returning to see Mrs Elizabeth Jones. Mr and Mrs Lee Dorfer and Archie Butcher family members visit. Middleport plans Columbus trip for Butler to be examined for injuries from a coal mine accident eight years ago. Spicer and wife spend days in Logan. Spicer works in Meigs County oil fields.
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Syracuse
Pomeroy High School
William Righthouse
Charles Hayes
Harold Capehart
Floyd Moore
Don Cotterill
Doned Weese
Milton Venov
Eleanor and
Flma Edwards
Eleanor Phillips Vers
May Williams
Kathleen Duffy
Thomas Carroll
Middleport
Harry Bor
David Scott
Ait
Rutland
Elizabeth Jones
Lee Dorfer
Archie Butcher
Columbus
Butcher
Spicer
Logan
Mr. Spicer
Meigs County
Legion Posts Schedule Memorial Services at Churches
The local American Legion post will move from Gallipolis to Good Hope for a memorial service at 2:00 PM Sunday, May 31, then hold services at Mercerville at 3:30 PM. The following Sunday, June 7, services will be at Centenary and Waterloo churches.
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Gallipolis
American Legion
Good Hope
Mercerville
Centenary and Waterloo Church
Logan-Lawrence Helber Leaves Hospital After Arm Fracture
Logan-Lawrence Helber discharged from Cherrington Hospital Thursday after several days of treatment for an arm fracture and return home.
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Logan
Lawrence Helber
Enterprise
Cherrington Hospital
Logan Couple Licensed to Wed in Greenup
License to wed issued to William Kuhn 22 Logan and Edna Glass 22 Logan at Greenup. National forests named for four U S presidents Washington Lincoln Roosevelt and Cleveland.
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Logan
William Kuhn
Edna Glass
Greenup
Presidents
The
United States
Washington Lincoln
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Byrd Provokes Senate Over New Deal Relief Spending
Senator Harry F Byrd interrupted the Senate debate to reveal a budget director statement claiming the New Deal plans to spend $600 million more on ordinary expenses and relief in the 1927 fiscal year than in 1936.
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Contiatf
Washington
UPI
Harry F Byrd
Senate
Proclamation Requests Local Businesses Be Closed May 30
Municipal Judge A J Stormont urges all Gallipolis stores to close on Saturday May 30 to honor fallen soldiers. By Thursday evening not all merchants had decided whether to close full day or just the afternoon for Decoration Day observances.
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Gallipolis
A. J. Stormont
Owens Sues For Divorce In Ironton Filing
Taulby Owens seeks divorce from Threse Bays Owens alleging gross neglect after she left him May 9, 1936. The couple wed in March 1934 and have been separated since.
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Gallipolis
Taulby Owens
Threse Bays Owens
Ironton
Happiness Is Topic Sermon at First Baptist Church
Rev. George Sagen will speak on Hap piness at the First Baptist Church Sunday night. Regular services are scheduled at other local churches.
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Gallipolis
George Sagen
First Baptist Church
Gallia Courtroom Remodel Approved in Gallia County
WPA plans remodel of the Gallia County courthouse basement and second floor with a total cost of 21000 dollars. Engineer H W Nixon says materials are requisitioned and construction will begin soon. county purchases will be discussed at the regular commissioners meeting Monday.
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Gallipolis
WPA
H. W. Nixon
Judgment Granted in Calvary Church Trustees Suit
Ernest Irwin as trustee of Calvary Baptist Church at Rio Grande won a Common Pleas Court verdict against Jenette Criner W C Criner Frances Nelli and Mary Hughes Judge William R White awarded 591 65 plus interest from April 4 1936 to be paid within three days or the mortgaged property securing the debt will be sold at sheriff's sale
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Gallipolis
Ernest Irwin
Calvary Baptist Church
Rio Grande
Common Pleas Court
Jenette
W. C. Criner
Frances Nelli
Mary Hughes
William R. White
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