Dry Leader of National Fame Will Speak in Logan
Oliver W. Stewart, president of the Flying Squadron Foundation and chief of the field force, will headline a Logan High School Auditorium meeting Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. He speaks for national prohibition after 40 years in temperance work and service in the Illinois legislature from a Chicago district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Oliver W. Stewart
Flying Squadron Foundation
Logan High School
Floyd Cooper
Illinois
Chicago
Logan High Faces Lancaster St. Marys In Tough Thursday Game
Logan High School prepares for a Thursday football clash with Lancaster St. Marys after teachers meet. Coaches check injury status as players recover from the Athens contest while Lancaster High earned a 12 to 6 win over St. Marys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Lancaster St. Mary's
Logan High School
Teachers Association
Harley Meyer
Lancaster
St. Mary
Lancaster High
Election Board Prepares Supplies for Absentee Voting
Logan October report shows 14 absentee ballots issued with many more applications. Names include Albion B Stinchfield and several Columbus residents. The board plans a canvass of polling places, may replace ballot boxes, and ordered 36 locked waterproof bags for transporting supplies to precincts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Election Board
Albion B Stinchfield
Northport
Washington
W. F. Case
John A. Smith
Colum
Nellie Brown
Columbus
Jen Barteile Hamilton
Mark Brashares
Ceup
County highway work speeds to ready roads for winter
Logan, Oct. 2. County engineer Orla Wolfe says grading and graveling are under way on several roads. Sand Run Road is receiving grading, while Miller Road in Good Hope Township and Huggina and Honey Fork New Plymouth Roads in Washington Township are being gravel hauled. Poling, Gordon and Krump Roads in Marion Township also noted for work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Orla Wolfe
Sand Run
Good Hope Township
Huggina
Honey Fork
New Plymouth
Washington Township
Poling
Gordon
Krump
Marion Township
Ebert Decision Rendered by Franklin County Court of Appeals
In the Fade Clark Ebert vs Samuel Ebert case the Franklin County Court of Appeals ruled for the defendants with Edwin D. Ricketts of LOGAN representing the defense. The action concerned an estate valued at $35,000 once in western Hocking County and later in Columbus. A prior decision by Judge Charles Leach of the Franklin County Common Pleas Court was appealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Fade
Clark Ebert
Samuel Ebert
Franklin County Court of Appeals
Edwin D. Ricketts
Hocking County
Columbus
Charles Leach
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Logan Briefs Highlight Local Social Visits
Miss Bartette Hamilton of Columbus visited Logan to spend the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Edward C Hamilton. Miss Pearl Menkel of Sclo stayed with Mrs Frank Harden for Friday and Saturday. Hubert Lappen of Laurelville was a business visitor Saturday. Mr and Mrs Anthony Toerner visited Athens Saturday. Mrs Harry Thomas of Logan, state vice president of the American Legion Auxiliary, will broadcast Friday over station WOBY Columbus on the regular American Legion Auxiliary hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartette Hamilton
Columbus
Logan
Edward C. Hamilton
Pearl Menkel
Sclo
Frank Harden
Hubert Lappen
Laurelville
Anthony Toerner
Athens
Harry Thomas
American Legion Auxiliary
WOBY
Pension Meetings Slated Wednesday
Hocking County Old Age Pension Committee schedules two meetings for Wednesday with a state speaker from Columbus. Meetings are at Greendale at 6 30 p m and Carbon Hill at 7 30 p m. Charles Strum of Murray City chairs the committee and reports broad cooperation across mine districts farmers and other districts with Murray City Eagles Lodge backing the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Hocking County
Old Age Pension Committee
Columbus
Greendale
Carbon Hill
Charles Strum
Murray City
Strum
Eagles Lodge
Legionnaires Attend Eighth District Conference in Murray City
Logan Post American Legion delegation accompanied by the band attended the Eighth District conference in Murray City Sunday. Paul Tague of New Lexington served as district chairman and Department Commander Thomas McCaw was the principal speaker. An Auxiliary Unit delegation joined the Legionaries for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Logan Post American Legion
Murray City
Paul Tague
New Lexington
Thomas McCaw
Legion
All Day Rally At Rockbridge Advent Christian Church
An all-day Sunday School rally at Rockbridge Advent Christian Church drew a large crowd despite bad weather. W Hull served as superintendent. Rev. W S Bowden spoke in the morning on "The Great Home Coming." The Loyal Workers Class led the afternoon program and the pastor led the evening service.
Basin Levee at Rockbridge to Guard Hocking River Floods
In Logan on October 23 a large levee is under construction at the west end near Rockbridge Station to extend the Rockbridge Basin. The Berm will rise to stop flood waters from the Hocking River overflowing the basin as earth is removed from the basin to extend the levee westward about a hundred feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Rockbridge
Rockbridge Station
Hocking
White House gathering at Logan residence Oct 23
Mr. and Mrs. do White hosted a dinner at their home near South Bem attended by W S Yaw, Josephine Hansel, Robert White and others with auditor on leave of absence for health. he is improving. Attendees listed include Ruth Janet White, William Martin, C Wood Bowen, Blanche England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Do White
South Bem
Yaw
Josephine Hansel
Robert White
Ruth
Janet White
W. Krieg
Anna White
Wiliam Martin
C. Wood Bowen
Blanche England
Flight of Starlings Travel 50 M. P. H.
C. W. Zeigler of Marion Township observed a large flock of starlings traveling southward near Logan. He paced them with his car and found they were flying about fifty miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
C. W. Zeigler
Marion Township
Wedded Saturday Mr and Mrs Arthur Dawley Will Make Home
Logan Oct 23 Miss Lillian Guess and Arthur Dawley both of Carbon Hill wed Saturday at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage. Rev W N Shankper performed the ceremony with Mr and Mrs William Lemon as attendants. Mrs Dawley is daughter of Mr and Mrs Alex Guess and a Carbon Hill High School graduate class of 1931. They will live in Carbon Hill.
Emmett Ashbaugh Jr Recovers From Bite And Injury
Emmett Ashbaugh Jr., son of Mr and Mrs Emmet Ashbaugh, has recovered from a copperhead bite and regained nearly full use of his right hand four weeks after a right wrist bone fracture. The report follows earlier news of the bite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Emmett, Jr
Emmet Ashbaugh
Mrs. Minta Lowther Dies After Illness at 65
Mrs. Minta Lowther aged 65 widow of Frank Lowther died Sunday night at her Stella Avenue home after months of illness. Funeral services set for 2:30 Tuesday at Alexander Presbyterian Church with Rev. Reed J. Downs officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery. She leaves four children Mrs Roy Jones Kirtland Howard and Arthur Lancaster and Mrs Hazel Cooper at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minta Lowther
Frank Lowther
Stella Avenue
Dowler-Ferguson Funeral Home
Alexander Presbyterian Church
Athens-Albany Road
Reed J. Downs
Athens Christian Church
Roy Jones
Kirtland
Howard
Arthur
Lancaster
Hazel Cooper
Objectors Exempted From Ohio State Military Drills
In Columbus on October 3 President George W. Rightmire of Ohio State University granted temporary exemption from military training to students who requested excuse as conscientious objectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
George W. Rightmire
Ohio State University
Selby Resigns From Liquor Control Panel
Mark W. Selby of Portsmouth advised Gov. White by letter that he resigns from the governor's advisory liquor control commission due to business demands on his time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Mark W. Selby
Portsmouth
White
Governor's Advisory Liquor Control Commission
Selby
Lindbergh Leaves Dublin Flight Destination Unrevealed
Col and Mrs Lindbergh depart Southampton at 11 25 am for a destination Lindbergh refuses to disclose Fuel on board kept secret by order, fueling speculation of a possible South Atlantic flight with stops in Northern Spain Madeira and Cape Verde Islands Plane reportedly has capacity for such a route
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southampton
England
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
South Atlantic
Spain
Madeira
Cape Verde Islands
Armed Outlaw Band At Large in Indiana
Indiana governor asked for National Guardsmen to help capture an armed outlaw band believed at large in the state. Marion County Sheriff Charlies Sumner urged guardsmen and requested a bullet proof cage be built overlooking the prison runway at the county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indianapolis
U.R
Paul V. McNutt
Charlies Sumner
Marion County
Hope Mine Scale Agreement Sparks Local Optimism in Bond
In Pomeroy a pact between operators and miners in the Hocking Pomeroy coal field brings cautious hope. A Syracuse Mine and No. 5 at Devil Hole operator notes continued lake trade for at least a week, with 1100 tons loaded at Syracuse and about 200 workers at work. Potential rate cuts and dirty coal loading threaten the outlook, while top coal washing in freight yards aims to curb theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Hocking-Pomeroy
Syracuse
No. 5
Devil Hole
Pomeroy Bend
Men’s meeting at Grace Church Parish House Pomeroy
POMEROY October 23 A meeting for men will be held Tuesday evening at the Parish House of Grace Episcopal Church. The session is open to all men and not limited to church members. A tea at Mrs Mary Huber’s Union Avenue home Friday evening, assisted by Mrs George Ebersbach, is part of a series of silver teas under Lend-A-Hand auspices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Grace Episcopal Church
Simpson M. E
Mary Huber
Union Avenue
George Ebersbach
Flooded Land to Be Bought by U S Government
POMEROY, Oct. 23. A Mes senger report states that once the Ohio River super dam at Chambersburg is completed the government will purchase all bottom land flooded by the river, though river banks with gardens are excluded. The change is expected to aid boating while river levels otherwise stay steady except during floods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Pomeroy
Oct
Chambersburg
Gallipolis
The
Messenger
Pomeroy Bend
J. E. Lyons
Middleport
Ohio firm wins Meigs County highway paving bid
The Bellefontaine Development Co of Bellefontaine Ohio submitted the low bid of 81546.35 for paving 1511 miles with concrete on Route 7 in West Meigs County. The bid was filed Saturday in Columbus with the State Highway Department as part of 11 national recovery funded contracts. The company has previously worked locally on Pomeroy Main Street and Route 7 below Middleport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellefontaine Company
West Meigs County
Pomeroy
Bellefontaine Development Co
Bellefontaine, C
Columbus
State Highway Department
Meigs County
Pomeroy Main
Middleport
Sherman Sayre Dies Former Letart Resident
Sherman Sayre of East Liverpool, formerly of Letart, died Thursday night. A funeral service was held in East Liverpool at 2 PM Sunday, then the body was taken to the home of his sister Mrs Cora Warner of Five Points. A later service was held in Letart at 2 PM.
Doctor visits Poindexter after Logan hospital return
Dr McMillan of Charleston visited Saturday to see Dr and Mrs C A Poindexter who returned home from Cherryton Hospital in Logan Mrs Starkey of Toledo is also at the Poindexter home. The Poindexters are improving from injuries in an earlier automobile accident near Nelsonia but cannot yet receive friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
McMillan
Charleston
Sturday
C. A Poindexter
Cherrington Hospital
Logan
Starkey
Toledoater
Poindexter
Mot ley pleads not guilty in shooting case
William Motley, indicted for shooting to kill, pleads not guilty before Judge C. E. Peoples in Pomeroy. Bond set at $1000 and Motley returned to county jail to await bond. Motley's alleged shooting wounded Constable William Robson in Middleport on the night of September.
Mrs J A Hurbest Injured After Fall in Middleport Home
Mrs J A Hurbest age 87 was painfully injured in a fall at her Pear Street home. She suffered a right hip injury but no bones were fractured according to reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
J. A. Hurbest
Pear Street
Fall leaf raking marks start of season in Pomeroy
Homeowners began the annual task of raking leaves as rain this week produced a matted carpet of fallen foliage. Maple trees, once admired for their beauty, are now seen as a nuisance by those with rakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
School Boy Maintains Perfect Attendance Record
Middleport, Oct 23. Donald Mills 11 son of Mr and Mrs Shirley Mills has never been tardy or absent since entering first grade at Middleport public schools. He aims to keep his attendance record intact despite recent weeks of attending on crutches for a knee abscess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Donald Mills
Shirley Mills
South Fourth Avenue
Palmer Street
Local residents spend weekends visiting nearby cities
Middleport residents including Mr and Mrs Howard Williams visited McArthur for the day. Miss Nancy Reed and Miss Lucille Dutton traveled to Athens for Ohio University homecoming events. Mrs Lera M Roush and daughters Eleanor and Mary Jane toured Huntington for a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Reed
Lucille Dutton
Athens
Ohio University
Lera M. Roush
Eleanor
Mary Jane
Huntington
Dan Jones
Ann Jones
Alvira Jones
South Fifth Avenue
Lincoln Street
Columbus
Margaret Gabbs
Newport
Florence Rowe
H. E. Cook
Mary Cook
Charleston
Otto Stanley Loses Foot Under Train
Otto Stanley a New York Central conductor on through freights lost his right foot between the ankle and knee in Dickerson West Virginia railroad yards Saturday evening. He previously lost his left foot in the same yards twenty eight years ago and uses an artificial left foot. He is hospitalized in McMillan Hospital Charleston. Mrs Stanley is in Los Angeles planning to stay until Christmas. James A Beverage and daughter went to Charleston to be with Stanley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Gus Stanley
Chestnut Street
New York Central Railroad
Dickerson
W. Va
Stanley
McMillan Hospital
Charleston
Los Angeles
Calif
James A. Beverage
Pomeroy Personal Notes Highlight Local Visits and OSU Travel
Local residents host relatives and friends over the weekend. OSU students including Mary Russell Harriet Ewing and William Dye return to Columbus with accompanying Mrs. Hugh Lindsey. Several locals travel to Columbus to hear Lucrezia Bori while others visit family in Huntington Wheelersburg and Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Eiiselstein
Huntington
Bill Sauer
T. P. Eiselstein
Pomeroy
Ohio State University
Columbus
Mary Russell
Harriet Ewing
William Dye
Hugh Lindsey
C. E. W. Downie
Ben Gravely
Alex Downie
Pleasant Flats
Maggie
W. Va
Walter Franz
George Angeleti
Young Girl Dies in Middleport Funeral
The funeral of Eleanor Mourning, 15, daughter of Mr and Mrs Dale Mourning of Railroad Street, Middleport, was held Sunday at 2 pm with Rev F Kreager of the Baptist church officiating. Burial followed at Middleport Hill Cemetery. She had been in failing health for a long time and is survived by her parents two sisters and two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Eleanor Mourning
Dale Mourning
Railroad Street
F . Kreager
Middleport Hill Cemetery
Graf Zeppelin Lands At Miami Early Today
Graf Zeppelin the giant German dirigible landed in Miami at 8 30 this morning en route to Chicago for the World’s Fair visit. It will make a stop in Akron for overhaul before continuing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graf Zeppelin
Miami
Fla
U.P
Germany
Chicago
Akron
Ohio
Pros And Cons Of Vote Issues At Athens Meetings
The Athens League of Women Voters will air the Ohio election issues this week at the Athens County Courthouse. Meetings begin at 7 p.m. with discussions on old age pensions tax limitation and county home rule, plus both sides of special ballots. Speakers include Carl Roberts Edward Dowell and Mrs H R McVay. Thursday covers township candidates and Friday covers city and school board candidates with remarks by Thomas N Wolfe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Athens County
Athens League of Women Voters
Carl Roberts
Athens High School
Edward S. Dowell
H. R. McVay
Thomas N. Wolfe
Athens City School
Lott Bricker
W. H. H. Brown
Joe L. Carsey
Miles A Jacoby
A. W. Easler
William Lorimier
H. G. Lovsy
Virgil C. Maxwell
Charlies S. Moore
Fred C. Shafer
Arthur Vore
J. A. Wiseman
Board of Trustees
Alva Haning
Mina E. Millis
Dwight H. Rutherford
Wikeon C. Ator
J. W. Bailey
Charles Bolin
Ray Graham
Roy J. Hawk
Martin Hunter
A. F. Pinnell
IL. E. Rathburn
Walter L. Riley
Henry Smith
Clarence H. Stage
Frank 2. Webb
Frank White
Cameron Blackwood
Two Crashes Reported At Dana Burns Curve Coolville Route 50
Near Coolville on Route 50 at Carthage Gap two crashes occurred Sunday at the Dana Burns curve. At 11 a.m. a house car left the road and sustained slight damage, and at 4 p.m. a passenger car failed the turn and was wrecked with no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolville
Carthage Gap
Dana Burns
Hugh Meighen Dies in Athens Aged Resident of Pratts Fork
Hugh Meighen of Athens a native of the area died Sunday after a period of illness. He leaves his wife Viola Cather Meighen two daughters Elmer and others. Services will be held Wednesday at 2 pm at E Church with burial at West Union Street Friends cemetery. Surviving are one sister Martha Kingston and Allee berg of Athens and a son-in-law Freda. He worked on farms near Guysville and later rodeo and livery service before owning a farm and teaching at an academy. He was employed by Ohio University and a member of the Fourth Church and Class Six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Columbus Hospital
John Longley
E. K. Schlaegel
John Schlaegel
West Main Street
Lexington
H. M. Crumley
Grand Junction
Colo
Pomeroy
Columbus
Lucrezia Bori
Columbus Memorial Hall
Helen Zeiher
Mildred Fowler
Marguerite Meier
Marion Ebersbach
Adele Schoenlein
Jean Russel
Dahlia Pauley
Frances Daniels
Frances Ihle
Elizabeth Titus
Charles Ward
East Main Street
Huntington
Carl Wolf
Cincinnati
Charles Wolf
Mulberry Avenue
Ohio University
Jacob Zeiher
Flora Ovr
Meighen
Franklin
E. Church
West Union Street
Derwent
Ney den
Lodi
Meigh
Eliza Lawhead
Viola Cather
Freda
I Bowers
Ong Elmer
Marths Kingston
Alleeberg
Guysville
Warren Brothers
Pratts Fork
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. Stewart
Anti- Repealists
Ebert
Segate
Mocking County
Logan News
Mrs. Thomas
Z.enners
White House
Mrs
Arthur Dawley
Nickola
Christopher Robbin
U. S
Sherman Sayre
Letart
East Liverpool
Poindeaters
William Motley
Howard Williams
Pearl Street
McArthur
Max Sanborn
Century of Progress
Bernard Wysong
Hobson
Frank Booth
Lera Roush
Locust Street
Bucyrus
Otto Stanley
New York Central
West Virginia
Pomeroy Personals
Norman Russell
Nellie Smith
Gertrude
Florida
Smith
Mt. Sterling
Lydia
Howard Ebersbach
Wheelersburg
F. O. Weed
Weed
Mt. Vernon Avenue Methodist Church
Wade Donnally
Pittsburgh
Greta Price
Hugh Meig
Athens Commandery
Wm. H. Beehtold
James A. Palmer
Reol
Chas. C
Millikai
Optometti
Millikans Jewelry
STO
Masonic
General Electric
AVI
General
Elect Cleaners
Southern ’ Electric Comp
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!