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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 09, 1940

Page

12

Logan Council Funds Goose Creek and Cemetery Projects

Logan City Council approved issuing bonds totaling 11 600 to improve Goose Creek from Zanesville Ave to Mulberry St and authorize notes of 8 000 for the city share. Total Goose Creek cost 23 000 with WPA funds covering excess. separate 3 600 bond issue funds Oak Grove Cemetery improvements including gate, walls, walks, and a new tool house.

Logan Goose Creek Oak Grove F. W. Phillips Ohio Fuel Gas Co Zanesville Ave Mulberry St Spring St

Republicans Plan Meetings For Hacking Republicans Plan

County chair Harold W. Larimer announces a series of GOP meetings over the next days. The opening event features Attorney General Thomas J. Herbert with county candidates at Republican headquarters. Subsequent October 16 and 17 meetings will cite Ray W. Davis, Walter E. Brehm, and Eugene Wright as speakers in Gibisonville, South Perry, Laurelville, Ewing, Ilesboro, and Mt. Pleasant.

Ewing Ilesboro Mt. Pleasant Walter E. Brehm Eugene Wright

Fire Protection Sought for Logan-Heine Plant Expansion

Logan Heine Packing Co through spokesman H H Wright asks the city council to extend a water main from S Mulberry Street to the plant to improve fire protection. The plant now has a two inch line but needs a 10 inch main to qualify for better insurance rates. council referred to committee.

Kinser Nelsonville Miller South Logan Jimmy Ringhiser Parkview Street Committee Shultz N. Market St C. L. Wonn Stanley W. Baker Council

Postponed Logan Pioneer Youth Meeting Halloween Party Planned

The Logan Pioneer Youth Group will not hold their meeting as scheduled on October 15. They have postponed it to October 29 when a Halloween party will be held at the Miller Chapel Grange hall. The program will be arranged by Mary Masure Frances Funk Kenley Krinn and John Cox.

Logan—Pioneer Youth Group Miller Chapel Grange Hall Mary Masure Frances Funk Kenley Krinn John Cox

Dr A K Smith Improves After Washington Crash

Information from Grant Hospital Tuesday reports Dr A K Smith showing slight improvement with the attending physician encouraged. He was seriously injured in a motor wreck near Washington D C last week.

Logan Grant Hospital A. K. Smith

Representative to visit Logan Chamber for Social Security info

Logan A representative from the Nelsonville Social Security Board office will meet at the Logan Chamber of Commerce rooms from 4 to 5 pm Friday October 11 to provide information on Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance.

Logan Nelsonville The Social Security Board Logan Chamber of Commerce

Former Resident Casts First Gallipolis Ballot

Mrs. Dallas Neal, a former resident visiting Gallipolis, cast the first absentee ballot in the county before leaving for Florida. The election board has received several applications for ballots, mailed by registered post.

Gallipolis Dallas Neal Florida Election Board

Radio Highlights Network Stations and Schedule Snapshots

A readable OCR list shows key radio networks and stations including Red Blue Columbia Mutual KDKA WEAF WABC WLW WGN WSB and WOR. It outlines hour by hour programs from 6:00 Baker-Denton sports to 13:00 War News and nightly acts with names like Glenn Miller Eddie Duchin and Ted Husing.

RED Blue Columbia Mutual KDKA WEAF WABC WLW WMAQ WIR WGN WSB Way WCAU WOR WIM C—Columbia M—Mutual Bob Trout Baker-Denton Don Winslow Fred Waring Gheasael Casy Cavalcade of America Hollywood Playhouse Dr. Christian Kenny Baker Waddle Cantor Mr. Dist Glenn Miller Key Kyser Tod Husing Edwin C. Hill Cesssees Lanny Ross Jenkina Béwin C. Him Amos Andy Escescessees Easy Fred Write Tiedt Sles Rob Crosby Vox Pop . Com Good News Horace Heidt Jim McWilliams Aldrich Bod Burns Scesces Secvoceese Major Bowes Betty . Barett Rudy Vallee Peter Grant Ted Husing War News Eddie Duchin Coleman Orch Bobby Day

Attendance at Kachelmacher Park Reaches 20 712 For Year

Mayor Dallas Kinser's report shows 20 712 visits to Kachelmacher Park for the year. Excludes Saturdays due to no supervisor. Monthly totals are May 701, June 2607, July 2434, August 2153, September 2811. Park closed and equipment stored on October 1.

Logan Kachelmacher Park Dallas Kinser

Early Votes Cast by Guardsmen Before Deployment

Absentee voting sped up as 11 Logan residents appeared at the election board to cast ballots. Among them are Logan youths headed to Lancaster to join Company G, 166th Infantry bound for Camp Shelby Mississippi. Others in the unit may vote before leaving. Names include Paul Lunsford Bruce Wright Richard Manter Orville Vaughn Morehouse Orville Wilson Clyde Corwin and Carl Raymond Hoskins of Headquar ters Company 37th Division Special Troops.

LOGAN Election Board Lancaster 166Th Infantry Camp Shelby Miss Paul Lunsford Bruce Wright Richard Manter Orville Vaughn Morehouse Orville Wilson National Guards Clyde Corwin Carl Raymond Hoskins 37Th Division

Carbon Hill Social Notes

Social notes from Carbon Hill report on Ladies Aid meeting at M E Church led by president Mrs Donald Blake. Numerous visits and family announcements include births anniversaries and weekend trips among local families and elsewhere in Ohio and nearby states.

Carbon Hill Glenn Stacy Alva Devol Columbus Charles Devol Eldon McGrath Fileen Stedman Terry Duane John Devol Edward Dawley Frank Locke Kensington Walter Richardson Zanesville Lester Briley Nelsonville Floyd Pence Harry Nutter Arthur Dawley Louis Lowes Fred Hawk Ralph Beal Carrie Green Ross Binsley Harold Gaston Isaac Blosser Will Richardson Edgar Stedwell L. A. Donnally Dayton

Churches planned to attend 121st Union Baptist anniversary

Gallia area notes say members of Paint Creek Baptist Church and other county congregations will attend the Union Baptist Church at Blackfork on October 21 for its 121st anniversary, claimed to be Ohio’s oldest Baptist church.

Gallipolis Paint Creek

Logan Social Notes Highlight Local Club Activities

Logan society notes detail Theta Gamma dinner and Miss Maxine Notestone leading committees for Bylaws Lookout House Finance and others. Venus Chapter Eastern Star members attend friend night in New Lexington and Pastime Bridge Club hosts two tables with high scores. Mrs. Irma Powers undergoes surgery and Presbyterian Women plan a program. McNamees host Edgell relatives. Roxy Cupp returns from Chicago after a niece’s death.

LOGAN Sigma Phi Gamma Garnet Sheets Ruth Thomas Hayes Pritchard Green Mrs. Waltz Genevieve Williams Anna Marie Schorr Miss Hockman Miss Kaiser Evelyn Courter Venus Order of Eastern Star New Lexington City Wayne Timberlake Charles Smith Pearl ‘Timberlake Dan Roberts Willard Lyke Albert Seabright George Moury J. W. Gabriel Judson Shriner Herman Leonard Forest Hansel A. F. Evans Thelma Gilbert H. J. Unverzagt Bridge Club Warner Ave Elizabeth Forwick John Pierce W. D. Braddock Howard F. White Jess Frasure Braddock Irma Powers Grant Hospital Women's Union of the Presbyterian Church Bess Mutchmore Wilhelmine Deissele Mary Lemon James McNamee

Athens High School Day to Draw Union Furnace Students

About 40 students from Union Furnace High School are expected at the Athens High School Day next Saturday. Plans for the trip were being made this week, according to Supt. D. O. Davis.

Logan Athens Union Furnace High School Supt D. O. Davis

Local Unemployment Office Closed for Columbus Day

The Logan Bureau of Unemployment Compensation office will close October 12 in observance of Columbus Day. Claimants and others with business will report October 14 instead of Saturday October 12.

Logan Bureau of Unemployment Compensation Columbus

Athens County Youths Held in Theft of Car

Two 16 year old youths from Athens County were taken into custody after their car theft near Gore. Sheriff Joe Farbearn questioned them and they admitted involvement. The car, stolen from S Market Street, was recovered wrecked on Williams Road in Green Township. They are held for Juvenile Court action.

Logan Man Arrested For Numbers Writing

Logan Police chief arrested Charles Milligan of 178 W Hunter Sr for numbers writing. Milligan pleaded guilty before Mayor Dallas Kinser and was fined 100 dollars plus costs. Build ing Code committee met after the council session with Mayor Kinser and Service Director Loomis present.

Logan City Council Dallas Kinser R. R. Loomis

Youths Escape Serious Injury After High Speed Crash

A car traveling fast failed to negotiate a curve, rolled onto its top, and skidded several feet before stopping. The vehicle was badly wrecked, but both youths escaped serious injuries.

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