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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1940
Page
12
Logan total enrollment on opening day reached 1532, down from 1569 last year, with junior and senior high registrations up by 78 as students plan to return. Grade by grade counts show West 30, East 33, Central 35 in first grade, and senior high totaling 453 students.
Logan High football teams form A and B squads on Tuesday as Coach Tom Bender directs the main group and Assistant C R Eberst handles the younger squad. A Squad includes 27 players led by Capt. Bill Bryan with Hummell brothers and Graham brothers among others. B Squad has 25 players. focus areas include punters and passers with Bryan Hummell Johnston Hummell Denny receiving punt practice.
Straitsville social column lists residents traveling to Columbus Parkersburg Canton and other places over the weekend. It notes hospital visits including Mrs Joan Davis fracturing her hip and Gandhi marrying at age 13.
Logan and Hebron families hosted reunions at Rachelmacher Park and Rising Park Lancaster with dinners and annual plans. Attendees included Mock, Turner, McDaniel, Edgar, Loomis and Soliday relatives from Pittsburgh Columbus Zanesville and nearby cities. several weddings and anniversaries noted.
Logan motorist Arley Johnson of Laurelville faced Magistrate S B Whitehart after his car crashed into the George Dumm y store in the village. He pleaded guilty and was fined 25 dollars plus costs.
Gallipolis Ohio Mrs Blake Strait who portrayed ancestor Ann Bailey during the sesquicentennial progress advocates a monument to the famous Indian scout at Bailey Chapel Harrison Township where she was buried for years. Her body was moved over two decades ago to Tu Endie Wei la state park Pt Pleasant at the confluence of the Great Kanawha and Ohio Rivers. Funds would come from popular subscription and be unveiled in fitting ceremonies. Ann Bailey has many descendants in Gallia County who revere her memory.
Caldwell of the Gallipolis board of education spoke to the Rotary Club on the many qualifications needed for teaching in a one room school. He compared rural conditions with urban school curricula and more advanced programs.
In Walnut Township 150 WPA workers will start this week on Flag Spring road improvements. A macadam top coat on the Northup road from Centenary was completed Tuesday.
GALLIPOLIS Walter S. Davis, superintendent of maintenance in the county for the state highway department, has lost that post by its abolishment. Davis, a Democrat, held a civil service rating, and the abolishment was said to be at the request of the Republican Executive Committee.
Miss Marie Harris, after three years at Rio Grande College, secures a dietitian post at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware.
Logan Ohio American Legion members elected Russell James as commander to replace Tom Goslin. Other officers include Roger W. Friend as vice commander Melrose Harbaugh adjutant W Martin finance officer Bryant Van Atta sergeant at arms B A Holl chaplain Frank Judy historian and executive committeemen G Carr James Waldron for three years Barton Holl Jr spoke on Buckeye Boys State experience and Logan Post's support. A post report on the state convention in Toledo was given and plans to improve the county soldiers relief fund administration were discussed.
Logan Wheeler Dague of Washington Township pleaded guilty to assault and battery on J C Earnhart at arraignment before Magistrate S B Whitehart and was fined 25 dollars plus costs. Harold Hoskins pleaded not guilty to assault and battery against his wife, was held to the grand jury under a 300 dollar bond before the same magistrate.
Logan Clay Product Co. receives government orders for rearmament materials. One shipment goes to Puerto Rico for air field construction, another to Montgomery Alabama for aviation student barracks, and a third to Fort Custer Michigan for camp construction. The plant has operated full time for over a year.
The Will Show Stock Logan-Hocking County 4 H Club announces its fourth annual junior livestock show set for October 15 and 16 at the Central Ohio Stock Yards in Columbus. Local members Kenneth Les Lester Nihiser Harold Nihiser Herman Thrush Bill Hahn Nick Hahn Jake Hahn and Paul Hahn are expected to show and sell their livestock during the sale.
Logan district Blue Lodge Masons plan a meeting on Monday evening September 9 with dinner at 6 o’clock reservations being made for about 200 attendees. Dillon Crist grand master of Ohio Masonry and other grand lodge officers will attend. The Master Mason degree will be conferred and over 20 lodges are expected to send delegates.
Logan swimming pool reports 22 900 total attendance for the season ending Labor Day, down from nearly 30 000 the previous year.
Judge U S McGonagie in New Lexington entered a decree finding Harley Meyer entitled to recover 535.28 as principal and interest on a note against J W Gabriel and others. Receiver Hubert D Lappen ordered to distribute assets per court order.
Logan Future Farmers of America with about 160 entries earned 98 awards at the Ohio State Fair. They collected roughly $225 in cash premiums. Much of the state fair exhibit material will be shown at the county fair later this month.
Murray City announces citizenship classes resume today from 4 to 8 pm in Murray City High School with instructor A F Pinnell. Haydenville classes start Friday from 5 to 8 pm at Mrs Dan Kovach home, suspended since Aug 20.
Mrs Dorothe Beitelschies hosted a chicken dinner at Happy Hollow with relatives from Toledo Michigan Columbus and Buchtel. Visitors included Ossman Bailey Swart and Gales May Mihalek and others. Several locals and extended family members are listed as visiting or returning from trips to Michigan Ohio and West Virginia.
LOGAN WPA Adult Education group completed a survey of Logan High School graduates since 1930. Exactly 1086 students, including 559 girls and 527 boys, were counted in ten classes. Of them 561 still live in Logan, 432 outside the city were contacted, 85 could not be reached, and eight have died.
Bob McBride, Logan High School football star and son of Mr. and Mrs. Mike McBride, plans to travel to Columbus next Monday then go to South Bend with Ray Eichenlaub to enter Notre Dame. He will reside at 101 Carroll Hall and intends to report for the freshman football squad.
Logan Hocking County McKinley Club hosts Secretary of State George M. Neffner as guest speaker next Wednesday at 8 p m in Rachelmacher Park. Neffner serves the unexpired term of the late Claren Griffith and seeks election to the short term after the November 5 election.
Logan Thomas Young of Nelsonville underwent a hernia operation at Cherrington Hospital on Tuesday. Mrs M G Harbaugh, at the hospital for two weeks, returned to her Zanesville Avenue home on Tuesday.
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