Traffic Accidents Near Logan Cause One Death and Injuries
A sequence of crashes near Logan Ohio over the weekend left one man dead and several injured. Orville Beavers of Columbus died when his car hit a bridge abutment on U S Route 33 near the Hocking Fairfield County line. Other collisions on Route 33 and Route 75 injured passengers, with no other deaths reported.
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W. Mound St
Columbus
Beavers
Sam Bailey
James Hansel
Scotts Creek
Schaffer
Evans resigns as night supervisor to enter OSU
Kenneth Evans, Blossers night superintendent for four years, resigns to join Ohio State University on September 27. Ralph Klinger will assume night shift duties. Evans sets out on a weeklong eastern trip with his parents and friends, planning to visit Washington and perhaps the World’s Fair in New York.
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Logan
Kenneth Evans
Blossers
Ohio State University
Ralph Klinger
Evans
A. F. Evans
Leonard Weaver
Washington
New York
Funeral services for Orville Sweazy at Presbyterian Church
Orville Sweazy 17 son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Sweazy of East Hunter Street died earlier in the week. Funeral was held at 2 pm Sunday at the Presbyterian Church with Rev. E. B. White officiating. Burial followed in Fellowship Cemetery in Green Township.
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Logan
Presbyterian Church
Orville Sweazy
C. W. Sweazy
Logan High Student Suffered Heart Attack At School
Logan High School sophomore William Spackey suffered a heart attack at school on Friday and fell striking his head. He was given treatment, sent home, and is reported slightly improved. he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Spackey.
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Logan
William Spackey
Logan High School
J. G. Spackey
Golfer Lohr Kills Copperhead on Hocking Valley Course
Mark Lohr, while playing at the Hocking Valley Country Club course Sunday, killed a large copperhead snake.
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Logan
Hocking Valley Country Club
Mark Lohr
Columbus Clover Farm Team Defeats Logan Legion 12-5
Columbus Clover Farms tops Logan American Legion Seniors 12 to 5 in a hard hitting game. Joe Karshner hit a home run for Logan while Leonard retired from the box after week of football at Ohio Wesleyan University. Marshall and Speilman led Logan with multiple hits as Karshner added runs and Logan collected 14 hits to Columbus nine. The contest closes the local season as several players head back to college.
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Logan
American Legion
Columbus Clover Farms
Joe Karshner
Leonard
Ohio Wesleyan University
Roy Marshall
Dan Speilman
al Hunter Southpaw
Karshner
Marshall
Land Speilman
Spence
Columbus
Speilman
Grogan
Federal Glass
Thomas
City Schools Open With Enrollment Tied to 1936 Peak
Gallipolis schools opened with an enrollment of 1507 students, equal to the 1936 opening day peak. First year entrants show the largest drop from last year by 25 pupils, and a general teachers meeting was held Saturday with Supt. E. E. Higgins issuing final instructions. Miss Katherine Jones replaces Miss Isabel Boggs at East Gallipolis due to illness.
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Gallipolis
E. E. Higgins
Katherine Jones
Isabel Boggs
Hall Rites Held for Charles Hall Veteran River Boat Engineer
Funeral services Sunday for Charles Hall aged 62 who died Friday at his home. Rev. Sagen of Gallipolis led services at the M E Church. A veteran river boat engineer and Spanish American War veteran he is survived by his wife and two sons Harold E Hall at home and Alva Overton Hall Oakland Calif
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Crown City
Charles Hall
Sagen
Gallipolis
M. E. Church
Harold E. Hall
Alva
Return of Canadian Service Support in Gishler’s Sermon
Rev Lewis Weber Gishler of First Presbyterian Church returned from a weeks long Canada vacation and held services noting Canadians unanimously back the crown in the ongoing European conflict. Five of his cousins are serving, reflecting local imperial backing.
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Gallipolis
Canada
Lewis Weber Gishler
First Presbyterian Church
Gishler
Frank Ghrist Speaks Before Jackson Group
Frank C. Ghrist, chairman of the Gallia cattle improvement committee, explains financing and steps to bring about 200 Hereford sires and heifers to Gallia County with over 250 more due this fall. The Jackson Chamber of Commerce luncheon draws many Jackson County farmers who show strong interest in contracting purebred stock to upgrade cattle.
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Gallipolis
Jackson Chamber of Commerce
Frank C. Ghrist
Ghrist
Gallia County
Jackson Group
Jackson County
Man Hospitalized After Crash Chooses Pole Over Cow
Gallipolis reports Barney Adams district manager for an oil firm and resident of the city was driving on Vinton road Saturday when faced with hitting a cow or a telephone pole. He chose the pole and is hospitalized with severe head wounds and possible skull fracture. The car was badly wrecked and his condition is reported good.
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Gallipolis
Vinton Road
Barney Adams
Inmate Is Captured After Weekend Nap in Car
Lawrence Mc Carty, 23, an escapee from the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics at Vinton County, was arrested while napping in a parked car in Wellston. It marks his second escape in four months, previously captured in Wilkesville after a fierce struggle.
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Gallipolis
Lawrence McCarty
Vinton County
Ohio Hospital
Wellston
Wilkesville
Flier Recovering from Holzer Hospital Crash
Marion C. Wedge, victim of a Holzer Hospital flyer crash, is reported improved. Physicians say a heart condition from steering wheel impact requires rest and treatment and no dismissal from the hospital has been announced.
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Gallipolis
Marion C. Wedge
Holzer Hospital
Alfred Zuhars Enters School With Arm in Cast
Alfred Zuhars 14 year old son of Mr and Mrs B C Zuhars returned to school with his left arm in a cast after breaking a bone near the elbow during weekend football practice.
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Gallipolis
Alfred Zuhars
B. C. Zuhars
Funeral services for Charles W. Moore in Jackson
Funeral services were held in Jackson for Charles W. Moore a 71 year old pension recipient who died in a Gallipolis rest home where he had lived for five months.
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Gallipolis
Jackson
Charles W. Moore
Takes Honors At Logan Gun Club Contest
Logan Bill Morgan Corning topped the Logan Gun Club meet at Fair Ground range with 69 of 70. Sheriff Joe Farbearn and Bill Woodard followed with 58 of 60. Others included Jack Hire 64 of 70 and B Miller perfect 25 yard mark of 25 in a 25 third match.
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Logan
Bill Morgan
Corning
Fairground Range
Sheriff Joe Farbearn
Bill Woodard
Jack Hire
B. Miller
Bill Tannehill
Sheriff Farbeann
C. Darius
Norris
Dr. Lyons
Jack Farbeann
Clark Darfus
Williams
S. Swalbaugh
Arledge
Iles
Butterbaugh
Harry Darfus
Burgess
Starr
Tom Rush
Rural District Enrollment Totals Reported Across Areas
Enrollment figures from several rural districts reported to Superintendent Dillon show South Bloomingville with 40 students in the first week and 134 in elementary grades. Union Furnace Senior High lists 157 with 74 in Junior High and 243 in elementary, while Tleshoro in the same district opens with 95. Green District lacks a high school with 238 enrolled at Haydenville 82 at Green dale and 15 at Oak Grove the lone one room school. Marion Centralized posts a jump from 145 to 175 in first week. Webb Summit records the largest single room with 43 in Harley Poling’s class and at least two more enrollments are expected soon.
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Logan
Samuel H. Dillon
South Bloomingville
Union Furnace
Tleshoro
Green
Haydenville
Greendale
Oak Grove
Marion
Webb Summit
Harley Poling
Hospital Notes Report From Local Patients
Mrs Milton Stump of Perry Township is in serious condition at Cherrington hospital after a major surgical operation Sunday. Mrs Harold Blake of Carbondale returned home Sunday from the hospital. Mrs C F Tompkins of Pomeroy left the hospital Sunday after a minor operation. Carl Lanning of Floodwood underwent a major operation Saturday, and Mrs Sidney Grubb of Haydenville had a major operation the same day.
Burns Suffered in Mine Blast Prove Fatal
Gallia County mourns Richard E. Davis 43 who died Friday at Holzer Hospital from burns after a keg of coal mine powder exploded. Survived by wife Ada Evans Davis and daughters Lois Betty Helen. he was a Mason Eastern Star Rotary member and Presbyterian Church choir.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Oak Hill Presbyterian Church
Richard E. Davis
Holzer Hospital
Burns
Davis
Ada Evans Davis
Lois
Betty
Helen
Eastern Star and Rotary Club
Presbyterian Church Choir
Eagles Plan Monthly Dances At Gallipolis Lodge
The Eagles Lodge in Gallipolis announces monthly dances beginning Saturday night with the Coliseum dance band of Parkersburg. The second floor club rooms in the Luckoff building are being enlarged and redecorated to create the best equipped and most attractive quarters in southeastern Ohio.
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Gallipolis
Eagles’ Lodge
Coliseum
Parkersburg
Luckoff
Ohio
Road Work Advances on Swan Creek Road Project
Three shifts of men are working on the Gallipolis Swan Creek road improvement. The project covers over two miles with concrete culverts and cattle crossings. Much earth is moved to form a causeway across the Swan Creek bottoms while traffic continues on the old road until completion.
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Gallipolis
Swan Creek
Gallipolis Youths Clean Prisons and Fire Trucks
A group of school boys in Gallipolis were sentenced to sweeping and cleaning cells at the city prison and polishing fire trucks after weekend swimming pool incidents occurred after closing hours, as a substitute for fines.
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Gallipolis
Au Natural
Superintendents to Allocate NYA Funds for County Pupils
Gallipolis city superintendent E. E. Higgins and county school chief W. E. Wiseman will meet Tuesday to apportion NYA funds allotted for pupil assistance in the county.
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Gallipolis
E. E. Higgins
W. E. Wiseman
NYA
Sister is Dead in West Virginia Tragedy
Mrs. Allen Nuckles left Gallipolis for Hurricane West Virginia on Friday after the death of her sister Mrs Emma Snyder age 63 in a West Virginia home tragedy.
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Gallipolis
Allen Nuckles
Hurricane
W. Va
Emma Snyder
Birth Announcement for James Walker IV
James Walker the fourth was born Friday night at Holzer Hospital to Mr and Mrs James Walker.
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Gallipolis
James Walker, IV
Mrs
James Walker
Holzer Hospital
Logan Social Notes Camp Party on Emerson Poston Farm
Ralph Poston entertained a group of friends with a camping party and wiener roast along the Hocking River bank on the Emerson Poston farm east of Logan. Ellsworth Jones served as campmaster and chief cook, with guests including Bob and Bruce Price Luther Heyde Lee Evans Bill Wolfe Dale Engle Bill Knapp Harry Shaw and Carl James. Other visitors were Albert Leonard of Ohio Wesleyan and Mrs. Eva James and Ruth Nixon with Mrs. Sadie Toy of Columbus among Sunday guests.
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Ralph Poston
Hocking
Emerson Poston
Logan
Ellsworth Jones
Bob and Bruce Price
Luther Heyde
Lee Evans
Bill Wolfe
Dale Engle
Bill Knapp
Harry Shaw
Carl James
Indiana
Albert Leonard
Ohio Wesleyan
Walter A. Leonard
Charles Floyd
Athens
Mardy Alexander
Nelsonville
C. Wood Bowen
Marjorie Henderson
R. E. Henderson
Columbus
Miami-Jacobs School
Dayton
Carl Edward James
Ruth Nixon
Eva James
Sadie Toy
Wiener roast at Sol Ellinger farm near Llesboro
Saturday evening a wiener roast was held for the softball team organized by Robert Tucker. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Claude Bauserman, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Geslin, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tucker, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Krumlauf, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Sheets, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Abe Ewart, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Voris and Mrs. Clarence Krumlauf. In a separate note, the boys quartet was honored with a 6 p.m. dinner Sept 6 at Scenic Inn Ash Cave hosted by Rev. Amos L. Heyde, with guests including the quartet members Luther Heyde, Harry Shaw, Dale Engie, Ralph Poston, and others.
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Sol Ellinger
Llesboro
Robert Tucker
Claude Bauserman
Edward Geslin
Harry Krumlauf
Claude Sheets
Kenneth Smith
Abe Ewart
Harold Voris
Clarence Krumlauf
Amos L. Heyde
Scenic Inn
Ash Cave
Harry Shaw
Winifred Engle
Emerson Poston
Martha Ann Kinser
Kathryn Brooker
Marcia Ambrose
Lois Heyde
Luther Heyde
Dale Engie
Ralph Poston
Mrs. Poston
Local families take summer and winter travel
Mrs. Della Bishop leaves for Detroit to stay until spring. In summer she stays here with her family, while winter finds her in Detroit. Mrs. Helen Rudolph and Marilyn and Bill visit P. D. Sloan. Haydenville pair Matheny heads to Wisconsin for a fishing trip. Callahan family from Columbus visits Logan and George Eberst. C. H. Bell goes to Mt. Pleasant with grandchildren Betty Naams and David Bell. Milo Coffrin of Miami visits Mrs. C. E. Bowen and family.
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Della Bishop
Detroit
William Evans
Helen Rudolph
Marilyn
Bill
Put-In- Bay
P. D. Sloan
C. S. Matheny
Haydenville
Wisconsin
Harry Bell
Milo Coffrin
Miami
Fla
C. E. Bowen
Logan Mayor Unopposed for Reelection
Logan final filing date for November candidates passed Friday without any independent candidate filing for city offices. This leaves Mayor Dallas Kinser unopposed for a second term. Fred Murray also unopposed for solicitor. Ward Chase faces Josephine Hansel for auditor. Margaret Knapp meets Lavon Goodlive for treasurer. Stanley W. Baker seeks a second term as council president with no opposition. Council at large features William Miller and Keith Shultz. Second Ward has Chase L. Wonn opposed by Walter Jurgensmier. First Ward incumbent Gilbert Leffler unopposed. Third Ward George 8 Moore facing no challenger. Fourth Ward Russell Howe unopposed.
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Dallas Kinser
Fred Murray
Ward Chase
Josephine Hansel
Margaret Knapp
Lavon Goodlve
Stanley W. Baker
Logan Eleven Prepares for Season's Play
Logan High School opens football preparations tonight under Coach Tommy Bender. McArthur provides the season opener, after a 26 to 6 lead in a practice game. Captain Bob McBride may call signals punt and pass while Bill Bryan is expected to carry the ball this year after blocking previously.
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Logan
Tommy Bender
McArthur
Bob McBride
Bill Bryan
Local angler nets seven fish at Buckeye Lake
O. D. Johnson of this city stopped at Buckeye Lake during a Newark visit and caught seven fish. Five bluegills and two catfish filled the stringer in a brief fishing stop.
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Logan
Newark
O. D. Johnson
Buckeye Lake
Disabled Veterans to Meet at Courthouse Tuesday Night
Logan Disabled Veterans Unit plans a regular meeting at the courthouse at 7 30 o clock Tuesday evening led by Commander Sam Buchanan. A September 21 session at the American Legion Hall will host state officers of the order.
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Logan
Sam Buchanan
American Legion Hall
Order
Logan Visit Of WWI Veteran Harry Mack
Harry Mack spent the weekend in Logan with his family after reporting to Wright Field Dayton as a machinist. He is pleased with his new work aligning with his prewar duties. His family will stay in Logan for the time being.
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Logan
Harry Mack
Wright Field
Dayton
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