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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 23, 1940

Page

12

Council Passes Legislation To Protect City Taxi Operators

Logan city council approved an ordinance enabling action against persons who defraud taxi firms. A $5 to $45 fine plus costs will follow. The meeting also covered fire protection for Heine Packing Co. plant, a proposed water line, health program planning with the health board and school board, Oak Grove Cemetery improvements, and delinquent street assessments.

Logan Dallas Kinser Clarence Heine Harry H. Wright Heine Packing Co Heine City Health Board R. R. Loomis Oak Grove Cemetery

Three GOP Meetings Scheduled Tonight In Three Towns

Republicans hold meetings in Coonville Starr and Union Furnace this evening with sessions at 6 45 p m 7 30 and 8 15. County candidates speak and at Union Furnace the high school band will participate.

Logan Coonville Starr Union Furnace

Nursing graduates receive diplomas at Lancaster Hospital School

Miss Theresa Logan and Miss Mary Good of Laurelville joined other graduates who received diplomas from the Lancaster Hospital School of Nursing last week. Commencement was held Friday.

Logan Garden Club and Sigma Phi Gamma Notes

Logan social items report the Garden Club meeting at Karl Hartmann’s Route 33 home with 23 members. discussions on Logan gateways, lawn care, drainage, seed selection, and fertilization. Book and sorority events, birthdays, and a miscellaneous shower at New Plymouth are noted along with hospitality at the P K Shop and future event plans.

Logan Garden Club Karl Hartmann Route 33 Edward Hockman Logan Gateways William Loomis Carrie Durr Emma Shaw Emma Wellman Mary Lemon Smith Zanesville C. W. Scheide

Franklin Kerr Guild Holds Dinner Meeting at P K Shop

Franklin Kerr Guild of the Presbyterian Church met Monday evening at the P K Shop for dinner at six. Hostesses included Mrs. W. D. Bassett and others. The business session, led by Mrs. W. B. Lacock, covered a district meet in Nelsonville. A duet by Mrs. Carlos Gaffin and Mrs. Alfred Carpenter accompanied by Mrs. Cecil H. Jones preceded an stewardship program led by Mrs. R. A. Henderson. Guest Mrs. Sherman Leibold attended.

Maxine Notestone Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority Robert Burton Josephine Hiles Genevieve Williams Retha Lohr Martha Woltz Fanchion Blackston Ruth Thormas Dorothea Marks Lola Belle Hockman Martha Magle John Shaw Lohr Miss Blackston Ruth Goodlve Evelyn Courter P K John Green Miss Hockman Margaret Mary Kaiser Franklin Kerr Alfred Carpenter Cecil H. Jones R. A. Henderson Sherman Leibold

Disabled Voter Ballot Requests Under Scrutiny in Logan County

Hocking and Logan County election officials are verifying disabled voter ballot requests to ensure only those unable to reach polls receive ballots. Complaints to the secretary of state cite excessive applications. Doctors certify the disability, and the board aims to deny any ineligible requests while upholding rights of eligible voters.

Logan — Hocking County Secretary of State Election Board Logan

Kathryn Myers Named Clerk of Hocking County Draft Board

Mrs Kathryn Myers was named clerk of the Hocking County Selective Service Board. She began her duties Tuesday and will handle office work while the board operates. Cards were shuffled, 52 from outside the county were eliminated, leaving 2,307 in the county with more expected from other boards.

Logan Kathryn Myers Hocking County

Logan Fall District Board Sets Bus Routes and Pay

Logan Fall District Board of Education met Monday evening to discuss bus routes and driver salaries. They plan adjustments to routes and pay as the state declined transportation funding for pupils living less than two miles from one room schools.

Logan — Fall

Clerk Receives Free Grapes After Finding Address

Logan Lee Evans a local grocery clerk received a 35 pound box of grapes this week after discovering an address inside the box. The finder was informed that a supply would be sent free.

Logan—Lee Evans

Forget-Me-Not Sale To Be Held Soon

The Hocking County Chapter D.A.V. will run a Forget-Me-Not campaign the week of Nov 4 to 11 to raise funds for relief to war time disabled veterans and dependents. The sale has the commendation of President Wilson, General Frank T. Hines, and Gen. John J. Pershing. Worley W. Giffen chairs the sales committee with aid from Commander Sam C. Buchanan.

LOGAN

Fitzgerald Enters Crile Clinic For Major Surgery

Logan County auditor Kenneth R. Fitzgerald traveled to Cleveland on Monday to undergo a major operation at the Crile Clinic. Friends in the community offered to donate blood if needed, with more than 60 people tested to find a suitable match.

Logan Kenneth R. Fitzgerald Cleveland Crile Clinic

Appoint Weighmaster For Logan District

Service Director R. R. Loomis announced Theodore Newman as weighmaster and janitor of city buildings. The appointment takes effect November 1 after Newman ranked among two men who passed the civil service examination recently held.

Logan R. R. Loomis Theodore Newman Newman Civil Service Commission

Two Couples To Wed In Logan

Marriage licenses issued by Judge E L Ewing list Christo Earl Dick en 23 a saw mill worker Logan Rt 1 and Nellie Mae Culbertson 18 at home Logan Rt 2 daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Culbertson plus Walter Wendell Burns miner Trimble Rt 1 and Ruth Lenore Lane at home Logan daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Lane. Also a note on seven types of oiseaux tails cuneate emarginate forked graduated pintailed rounded and squared.

Logan E. L. Ewing Christo Earl Dicken Nellie Mae Culbertson Logan Rt Robert Culbertson Walter Wendell Burns Trimble Dan Burns Ruth Lenore Lane Joe Lane

Juniors Top Honor Roll at Logan High School

Logan district honors list for the first six weeks shows juniors lead with 21.25 percent of enrollment on honor roll, seniors 21.08 percent, sophomores 20 percent. The article lists names of students from each class and notes the principal Fred Burchfield release. Also reported is the Logan arrest of L A Leasure on charges of issuing bad checks, returned by Deputy Sheriff W R Brandt following a complaint by Clyde S Rush.

Logan Fred B. Burchfield Mary E. Adcock Tommy Brehm Hunter Burt Jerry Hammon Ruth Irick Jane Karshner Betty Moriarty Eileen Rutherford Martha Schafer Isabel Scott Donald Harriet Miller Lela Belle Riddlebarger Letha Ruff Dorothea Sweazy Ray van Atta Carroll Adams Grace Gruner Lois Heyde Marian Jones Kathleen Pritts Karl Schmitter Martha Steele Golda Brooks Jack Brown Fred Freeman Barton Hall Kenneth Iles Vance Rutter Ruth Ellen Schaal Grace Smith Mary Alice Coleman Ray Kelch Pauline Mowery Clara Mae Myers Martha Jean Ringhiser Shirley Barker Frank Judy Betty Lehman Arcella Palmer Bartelle Park Vivian Rheinscheld Bob Sinnott Rosemary Brimner Wanda Bungard Lee Anna Clark Charles Rauch Clara Riddlebarger Robert Robb Tom Campbell Arlene Carr Katie Gleason Jean Krieg Jean Mowery Carol Walburn Paul Brown Shirley Dotson Etta Mae Eckhart Joan Francis Julia Jane Geiger John Lehman Robert Savings Martha Walters Keith Williams Vance Barker Mae Beougher Sue Case Margie Derr Dorothy Lehman Otto Shawn Dick Warner L. A. Leasure Washington D. H W. R. Brandt Clyde S. Rush

WPA Worker Draws No 1 in Draft Shuffle

Logan resident Melvin E. Goss a WPA worker received Number 1 as the local selective service board began assigning serial numbers. The board noted many registrants were from out of state with cards to be forwarded to states including California Michigan Maryland Indiana Florida and Kentucky.

Logan Selective Service Board Melvin E. Goss Logan Rt. 2 WPA California Michigan Maryland Indiana Florida Kentucky

Prison transfer follows sentencing at Mansfield

Logan John Smith John Brooker and Joe Swaim were sent to Mansfield Re formatory last week by Judge Phil A. Henderson and were taken there Tuesday by Deputy Sheriff Nellis Smith and Probation Officer Alfred B. Campbell.

Logan John Smith John Brooker Joe Swaim Mansfield Reformatory Phil A. Henderson Nellis Smith Alfred B. Campbell

Leader May Be Selected Leader May Be Selected

Logan report says the Hocking Vinton County Health district may appoint a full time health commissioner after Dr. W B Lacock enters active duty with the Medical Corps for at least a year. State funds for the program prompt the move and a city health board may join the larger unit in coming days.

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