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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1940
Page
6
Hocking district Boy Scout Court of Honor was held Wednesday night as part of the district activities. The event recognized scouts for achievements and warrants further advancement within the program.
A meeting called for Wednesday September 25 at 4 PM at Supt G E Carrs office to organize an Adult Council Rev Cecil Harding Jones will chair and additional members will be invited.
Logan-Hocking District court of honor held at Rachelmacher Park with music by the Logan Scout Band under Charles Rauch. Troop 160 received the district flag for largest attendance as awards were presented by Scoutmaster Roy Crothers Haydenville and leaders including Howard Miller.
Eli H. Chute, a Haydenville school faculty member, becomes scoutmaster of Haydenville Troop 23, replacing Roy Crothers who becomes troop committee chairman. The troop lists 10 boys with L. M. Ingram Ralph Campbell Walter Swaim and Homer Carter as members. Troop 153 from this city, led by Waldo Durant, will visit Haydenville soon.
Samuel Blum chair of the Hocking County Election Board arranged for Marion 2 Precinct voters to use S. W. Weaver's residence as the voting place on November 5. Registrations for the selective draft on October 16 will be held there for that precinct.
Judge E L Ewing was asked by the Akron Beacon Journal to tally marriage licenses in Hocking County to determine the percentage rise during the summer. A marked increase has occurred in recent months and the year is expected to reach a county high if the trend continues through the closing months.
Junior Chamber of Commerce members elected Claude Chrisman president succeeding James H. Larson who is moving to Louisville. John Green named first vice president Evelyn Ellinger kept as secretary and George McGonagle as treasurer. McGonagle and George Shaw to arrange music for a Halloween dance.
Improvement was noted at Chieftain Field Wednesday evening as several casualties returned to the squad for practice. Coach Tom Bender remained unsatisfied with progress this week. Pete Brandon and Jake Ervin rejoined the first string for the scrimmage while Lew Casto Fred Davis and Captain Bill Bryan were still limited. A short scrimmage was held with more time spent on signal drills and fundamentals.
Grace Helen Gibson 49 native of Logan and long time Columbus resident died late Tuesday after a stroke. She was wife of William A. Gibson and a member of the auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Logan society notes cover a Monday stage coach inn shower for Mrs Walter Stiverson with gifts and games won by Miss Anna Marie Schorr and Mrs Charles Lehman. Other items include Mrs Thomas Bender hosting a Book of the Month Club meeting and the Von Born Society at St Matthews Church with calendar planning and Bible study.
Miss June Summers of Columbus wed Beckford Coon of Payette Idaho in a Tuesday morning ceremony at the Parsonage of the VU B Church Bremen Ohio Rev Merle Holcomb officiated using a single ring rite Attending was Miss Agnes O Rilley
Preliminary plans for a larger field of Adult Education were discussed at Logan High School. A eight week course is planned to begin the second week of October offering vocal and instrumental music home economics and industrial arts to the public at no charge. Further meetings will organize the program. Logan High also sent coaches Tom Bender and Fred Burchfield to the Southeast Ohio League fall meeting in Pomeroy.
Logan area unemployment claims for August declined from July while private employment rose 35.7 percent to 92 placements. Active job seekers totaled 6,369, up 23 percent, aided by defense labor registration. Benefit payments reached $53,057.31, down 15.4 percent from July, with average weekly benefits $9.07 total and $4.56 partial.
A tomato plant about ten inches tall grows on a concrete sidewalk beside the Logan Republican Building. It seems to thrive with no apparent source of nutrition.
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