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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1950

Page

2

Logan Halloween Parade Set To Be Bigger This Year

Logan Kiwanis Club stages a larger Halloween parade and festival with about 5000 expected spectators. Some 235 window painting entries span grades from first to senior high with prizes including cameras radios watches and more. The Logan High School Band leads the parade with judging of window art and costume prizes to follow.

Logan Logan Kiwanis Club Zay Logan High School Main St Parde Raymond Keairns Wilbur Oeffier Tommy Walsh Karshner Dwight Diller

Logan Honor Rolls Honor Students Named at Local Schools

Logan Senior High and Logan Junior High report first six weeks honor rolls under principals Howard Kirk and J R Hankison. Criteria require at least a B average with no grade below C. Senior class leads with 24.7 percent on the honor roll. eighth grade tops among junior high with 30.9 percent. Names listed include Judy Hutchison Mary Ann Mauk Betty Mercer James Shaw and many others across grades.

Logan Logan Senior High Logan Junior High School Howard Kirk J. R. Hankison Judy Hutchison Mary Ann Mauk Betty Mercer James Shaw Betty Buskirk Herbert Colwell Florence Litz Joyce Thompson Ruth Acker Don Adams Wilma Jean Bishop Kathleen Geizer Charles Helber Carolyn Seyffert Robert Ward Charles Cummins J. Clark Kienzle Ralph Kinney Shirley Wingrove Annette Davis Ann Schultheis Raymond D. Sheets Barbara Sheline Rosemary Shonk Sue Sutton Marilyn Davis Barbara Dicken Eddie Jo Grandy

Barn owls misjudged as pests by farmers

Hack Turner defends his silo barn owls saying they are efficient mousetraps and not chicken killers. State University studies show owls eat mice rather than poultry while critics stereotype the birds and drinkers alike.

Hack Turner Hack State University

Columber Elected Hocking County Polio Group Chairman

Jesse Columber of Logan was elected chairman of the Hocking County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis succeeding Dave Goldsberry. A 19 member advisory board was named, with Carl Blosser re elected vice chairman and Jean Poffenberger as secretary. The meeting covered the 1950 March of Dimes results and 1951 plans as two polio cases were reported in the county.

Logan Jesse Columber Hocking County National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis Dave Goldsberry Carl E. Blosser Jean Poffenberger Idonna Russell North Carolina Carl Harsh Columber Goldsberry Health Department Leslie Johnson H. G. Southard Jeanette Ruth Nelle Nutt Wilbur Oeffler Union Furnace Ben Hillyer Murray City Beryl Tucker Rockbridge Marcellus Young Laurelville Velva Brashares Gibisonville Homer Wiant Ben Bailey Carbon Hill Retina Derr Marion Township Delbert Davis Roberta Schmitter Pauline Williams Harry Mack

Unemployment Rises Sharply in Logan Area

Logan reports 273 unemployed last week, up 54 from 219, after months of decline. Homer Schein of the BUC office notes October 1949 local jobless average was 583, while statewide totals show 33 410 jobless, down from 33 906, with October state average 128 748.

Logan Homer Schein BUC Schein

Moorhead Attends State County Treasurers Convention

Logan County treasurer Ralph W. Moorhead will attend the annual state-wide county treasurers convention in Columbus.

Logan Ralph W. Moorhead Columbus

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