Horse Show To Feature Hocking Co Fair Tonight
Attendance on opening day was strong at the Hocking County Fair. Tonight features a horse show starting at 7 30 with Union Furnace High School Band music and a milking contest.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1941
Page
15
Attendance on opening day was strong at the Hocking County Fair. Tonight features a horse show starting at 7 30 with Union Furnace High School Band music and a milking contest.
George Schorr Dalton of 728 Third St Logan and Merrill Vance Inboden of Logan Route 4 registered July 1. Dalton enlisted in the regular army per selective service records. Inboden enlisted in the United States Marine Corps per Cincinnati reports.
A total of 24 registrants received physical examinations Wednesday evening at the courthouse as another examination session was held. Doctors Grattidge Cole Simiele Southard Blume led the exams with clerical help from Myers Couch Judy and Webb. Officials expect the passing group to push the local quota above 50 as calls intensify in October and November. Five men will report to Ft. Hayes Columbus next Tuesday for induction.
A steer belonging to Ruth Thrush of Washington township escaped at the fairgrounds Tuesday evening and was later found near the Hocking Valley Brick plant. The animal suffered a broken leg and had been one of the prize winners at the state fair this season.
Chieftains held a Wednesday scrimmage at Chieftain Field as preparation for the Bremen game. A signal drill and light workout were planned to wrap up the practice for the opener.
Mrs. David Anderson age 67 is confined to her home after a stroke suffered Monday. Her husband has been in failing health for months.
First half of September saw six new automobile sales in Hocking County, the lowest figure of 1941.
Opening meeting of Governor Worthington Chapter D.A.R. at Mrs. Paul Monks home features ritual service, new committee appointments, Constitution Day program, and upcoming October gathering. Also covers social events from Jolly Twelve Club, Junior Tourist Club, marriage notice, Book Club start, and Von Born Society at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church with newly elected officers.
John Lightfoot of Haydenville has improved after an appendicitis operation on Saturday. James Pierce of Nelsonville was dismissed from Cherrington Hospital on Wednesday after an operation a few days earlier. The item notes that more than a ton of pennies are needed to make 3000 dollars.
John Rolston 24 formerly of Hocking County was killed in a hunting accident near Lancaster Tuesday. Funeral services set for 2:30 Friday at Union Church Falls Township with burial in Union Cemetery. Lincol Ayers, a close friend and hunting companion, fired the fatal shot. He leaves a widow and brothers and sisters including Mrs John R Kelch Logan Wayne and Dwight Logan Oscar Mt Vernon and Mary Kathryn Lancaster. Burial in Union Cemetery.
Local Athens resident Bert Cole reports severe back and leg pains and tiredness, claiming TON JON No. 3 improves sleep and energy after a hard day. The ad touts TON JON as a trio of medicines made from herbs that target stomach liver bowels and kidneys for all ages.
A Logan professional hunter was resting at a woodland station while his companion walked a nearby round. On return the friend found him deeply asleep and had to fire a shotgun to rouse him from the sleep near a den tree.
Logan Union Furnace High School held elections naming Yvonne Kennard as president for the junior class. Frank Thompson became vice president Betty Gordon secretary treasurer Gerald Arnett is the news reporter and Ralph Walker serves as class sponsor from the faculty.
A settlement was reached in the Elza Taylor versus Industrial Commission of Ohio suit over a share of the compensation fund. The case was dismissed from the docket on Wednesday.
Mrs George Blum of near Enterprise was taken to Lancaster Hospital Wednesday for treatment after an extended illness.
Hocking County election officials will print ballots for the November 4 election. About 11,335 township ballots and a similar county one will be issued, with city, village, and precinct-specific tickets including city, town ship non partisan, school board, levy, and centralization issue ballots.
Walter Kinney new director has the Chieftain Band rehearsing a novelty feature for the Bremen Logan game Friday. Fanfare will be introduced by Kinney and his band between halves in the first appearance of the year. The band will march before the game and sit in front of the stadium.
Mary L. Holden files for divorce from Henry E. Holden in Cleveland alleging neglect and requests custody of a minor child along with the divorce decree.
Logan High School senior class held a vote to break a tie and elected Tracy Conrad as treasurer. The student corps now includes Paul Stimson as president, Dick Brown as vice president, and Ray Lohr as secretary.
Logan report notes the Rev. Henry Stoody of Marietta visiting his father John L. Stoody joined a squirrel hunt in Logan and harvested three squirrels on the first day.
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