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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 10, 1937

Page

14

Logan Officials Post Record Brief Meeting Action

A 32 minute Logan city council session approved substantial legislation with unanimous votes. The finance report outlined anticipated year end revenues and expenditures, including specific sums from county auditor settlement and city sources, plus supplemental appropriations for salaries and a hospital bill. Additional transfers and a Workmen’s Compensation Bureau payment were approved.

Logan Finance Committee Council Service Department Workmen's Compensation Bureau

Logan's Santa Claus To Be Magistrate

Logan's Santa Claus C H Reichley of Benton Township takes office as magistrate in January after being elected to the office of Justice of the Peace. He previously ran for Benton Township trustee but was defeated.

Logan C. H. Reichley Benton Township Santa Claus Reichley Justice of the Peace

City school expansion blocked by unpaid years and land sale

The finance committee reported no funds for 1931 1932 and 1933 and no funds to buy land for the alley between Orchard and Walnut Streets. An ordinance to vacate the eastern west and north south intersecting alley was approved at the request of the city board of education to advance the East Side playground project once south property title is cleared. Mayor Fitzgerald noted $91.70 in fines and fees collected in October.

Orchard Walnut Sts Depot St City Board of Education School Kenneth Fitzgerald

Miss Dorothy Schaal Appointed Office Secretary

Miss Dorothy Schaal began duties as office secretary at the old age pension bureau in this city on Tuesday, succeeding Miss Ruth Kreachbaum who has worked there since the local office opened. Schaal resigned from the H. C. Godman plant, and her place was filled by Miss Martha Getz.

Hocking County Debt Questioned

Logan officials probe Hocking County charges for ward maintenance with the state. State accounting fixes 36000 dollars on a flat rate since 1925. An investigator will check actual costs per ward and report in a few weeks.

Logan Hocking Hocking County

Gridders Not To Play Thanksgiving Game

Logan High School will skip its Thanksgiving football game for the first time in years. Athletic Association members say the season ended earlier is justified due to weather and scheduling concerns. The Nelsonville game would require a one week delay, causing a two week break in play.

Logan Logan High School The Athletic Association Nelsonville

Past Masters Meet at Masonic Temple

Logan area lodge officials held a Tuesday evening session at the Masonic Temple under the direction of C. Wood Bowen the president.

Rural school principals meet to discuss Red Cross drive

Principals from Logan rural schools will gather at 4 p.m. Friday at the office of Superintendent J. W. Coleman to discuss the Red Cross campaign.

Logan Supt. J. W. Coleman Red Cross

Meeting of superintendents and vocational instructors in Columbus

Logan H. D. Saxton and Supt. G. E. Carr attended a Tuesday evening gathering in Columbus with fellow superintendents and vocational education instructors.

Logan Brief Social Notes from Glenroy and nearby

Social and club entries report visits to Glenroy and Zanesville for family celebrations including a 80th birthday, Delta Theta Tau patroness installation and plans for the Thanksgiving dance. Pocahontas Armistice Day parade prep and a Navy 15 benefit at Pocahontas hall are noted alongside local church and Ladies Aid activities with readings and patriotic songs.

Delta Theta Tau Sorority Howard White Stanley Baker Harry Stevenson Novella Weltner Madge Faithright Jane White Esther Stoughton Florence Powers Pocahontas Pocahontas Hall Navy

Paris Din ner Taster Emerges As Unusual Profession

In Paris a rare job draws attention as a dinner taster samples dishes for quality and safety. The work blends culinary critique with palate testing, reflecting a niche yet growing trend in gastronomy.

Two Men Held In Recent Robbery

Jerry Barnhart of Adelphi and Luke Lagore of Circleville were booked in Logan after being arrested by Ross County and Pickaway County officers for a household goods robbery from C. J. Diltz of Washington Township two weeks earlier. A portion of the loot was recovered. Prosecutor Hubert D. Lappen planned to file affidavits in magistrate S. B. Whitehart's court.

Logan Jerry Barnhart Adelphi Luke Lagore Circleville Nellis Smith Alfred B. Campbell Barnhart Ross County Pickaway County Lagore C. J. Diltz Washington Township Diltz Hubert D. Lappen S. B. Whitehart

Logan Junior High School wins theater party prize

Miss Della Webb's classroom led a subscription campaign at Logan Junior High School. Students earned a theater party and will receive a framed picture for their room. The campaign netted $157.75 to be used for a school project to be determined later this year.

Logan — Junior High Della Webb

Red Cross Roll Call Starts Sunday in Logan

Logan Rotary sponsors the Red Cross roll call with Walter Leonard in charge of four ward captains. Newton Spencer aims to reach 1000 members this year as last year’s total rose to 587. Roll call begins Sunday November 13 and runs through Thanksgiving Day.

Logan W. L. Reed L. K. Showalter Fred Burchfield J. W. Coleman

Postponed College Entrance Tests Reported at Junior High

Logan reports postponement of college entrance tests until this week at Junior High School. The tests began Tuesday and will continue through the week.

LOGAN

One-Room Schools Inspected by State

Logan Utah Knew Salt Creek District three one room schools not on approved list examined by Robert L Roche state education field agent and Supt J W Coleman. Bethel Pine Sams Creek and Smith schools with 18 30 and 47 pupils respectively discussed for state funds status.

Logan Salt Creek State Department of Education Robert L. Roche J. W. Coleman Laurelville Coleman Bethel Pine Sams Creek Smith Roche

Magician Logan-Phillip Foxwell to perform at school assembly

Logan-Phillip Foxwell, a magician, will appear at a joint assembly in the Senior High School Auditorium at 2 15 p m Friday. His act is the third of six to be offered during the school year.

Logan Phillip Foxwell

Carr to Speak at Peebles Armistice Day Address

G. E. Carr has been invited to Peebles this evening to deliver the Armistice Day address before the Lions Club of the city.

Carr Logan Peebles Lions Club

Jesse Kitchen Quits Work as Bus Driver

Jesse Kitchen resigned from his position as a Washington Township school bus driver at a Starr-Washington Board meeting. Dwight H. Smith took over the contract through July 1, 1939 after purchasing the bus. Kitchen plans to move his family to Logan.

Logan Jesse Kitchen Washington Township Starr-Washington Board of Education Dwight H. Smith Kitchen Mr. Smith

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Logan City Council Food Institute Gasco Food Institute William Bowen Mansfield W. G. Bowen Ben Wellman Bowen Judson Shriner Wallace Dorothy Jean Jane Ann Edwin James Glenroy Wesley Cannon John Kay Fred Liff Zanesville Cannon Ann Shriner Grace Shriner Dayton Harry Hedges Ladies Aid Society Methodist Church Sam Jones Emma McLain L. G. Lain S. Clarke Raymond Lanning America Laura McCormick William Stacey Bert Bell Frances Willard Minnie Moore Robert E. Lee Martha Ann Kinser McCormick Paris Gertrude Bliss Ohio College Women's Association Delaware Farencuslons Cincinnati Per Baltimore & Ohio Wright of E. State Athens Eric Tappan Robertshaw Tappan Gas Range Tappan Gas Cgfas Miss Katherine Thiele For Institut
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