Remple Pond to Become a Fishing Lake by Anglers
Local anglers in Logan backed by the Hocking County Anglers Club plan to develop Rempel Pond into a 10 to 12 acre artificial lake. State Conservation Director W. H. Reinhart supported the project, with Frank Farley and Dr. Claude C. Lyon assessing site viability. Bass stocking and springs indicate adequate water supply, while trout are not available. A raccoon shipment arrived for distribution by Deputy Game Protector Edward Eberst as part of wildlife activities.
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Logan
W. H. Reinhart
Conservation Department
State
Hocking County Anglers Club
Frank Farley
Reinhart
Farley
Claude C. Lyon
Hocking County
Clear Fork
Edward Eberst
Seek 500 Members Hocking County Anglers Club May Grow to Large Numbers
Logan Ohio September 24 local anglers met to reorganize the Hocking County Anglers Club aiming for 500 members in coming weeks. William Miller was elected president Clinton Webb secretary treasurer and E Y Matheny Foster Bobo and Claude C Lyon named to the executive committee. The group plans a membership drive and backs a state controlled lake site in the county.
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Hocking County Anglers Club
Logan
William Miller
Clinton Webb
Claude C. Lyon
E. Y. Matheny
Foster Bobo
East Logan residents return from extensive eastern trip
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Hull and Dean Collison completed a two week visit to the East. They toured New England states, attended a national postmasters convention in Springfield, met President Herbert Hoover in Washington, and visited cities from Cleveland to Boston and Richmond before returning home via Route 60 through Charleston West Virginia.
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Logan
A. E. Hull
Dean Collison
New England
Springfield
Mass
Washington, D. C
Herbert Hoover
Cleveland
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Bennington
Keene
N. H
Lexington
Concord
Boston
Portsmouth
Portland
Plymouth
Providence
R. I
Hartford
Enrollments Rise at Three Hocking County High Schools
Logan September 24 Three rural county high schools report higher enrollments this year. Rockbridge rises from 64 to 83 students Gibsonville adds 15 to reach 38 Laurelville up to 87 with a small gain. Local high school also boosted by Marion Township students.
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Logan
Hocking County
J. W. Coleman
Rockbridge High
Gibisonville
Laurelville
Marion Township
County Highway Payroll Reports 287 Men Employed
Logan reports payroll data for the county highway department covering the last two weeks. 287 men were on the payroll with some receiving one or two days of work while others stayed on as regular employees. Officials expect a possible small increase in workers before bad weather halts road repair. Orla Wolfe, county surveyor, shows 6520 men employed so far this year.
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Logan
Orla Wolfe
Road Repair Report Includes Bridge Fix Turkey Run Creek Change
Logan notes from the week show bridge repair and a creek change on Turkey Run. Graveling continued on Laurel Run Road in Marion Township and on Cola Valley and Big Pine Roads.
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Logan
Turkey Run
Laurel Run
Marion Township
Cola Valley
Big Pine
Inspection at Ewing Grange meeting with large attendance
County Deputy J. O. Hamilton conducted the inspection at the Ewing Grange gathering in Logan. A large turnout included visitors from other granges, followed by a potluck supper and a program led by Anile Brimmer.
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Logan
Ewing Grange
J. O. Hamilton
Anile Brimner
Marriage License for Edwin Angel and Avanell Eberts
Edwin Angel 21 a Wellston clerk and Avanell Eberts 21 at home Logan daughter of Pearl and Arthur Eberts and Mr and Mrs Pearl Eberts were married by Rev W N Shank.
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Edwin Angel
Wellston
Arthur Angel
Avanell Eberts
Logan
Pearl Eberts
W. N. Shank
African Bushman Labagola Speaks At Scout Court
Logan Sept 24 Labagola West African bushman told his life story at the Boy Scouts of Hocking County Court of Honor held at the First Presbyterian Church. Promotions were announced for Troop 160 and merit badges awarded. Labagola described fleeing to a ship at seven, being saved in England, returning to Africa, and living in civilization for 36 years while lecturing and writing about his people.
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Logan
Court of Honor
First Presbyterian Church
Hocking County
Labagola
Supt
G. E. Carr
Scott Krause
Columbus
Africa
England
Ephriam
Morocco
Scenic Road Advance Sparks New Corridor Plan
In Logan on September 24 officials from Ross and Hocking counties along with state highway engineers inspected a proposed scenic highway. The route would start in Adelphi and run south through Hocking Vinton and Ross counties to meet US 50 at Londonderry, about three miles in Hocking County. It would open Sams Creek Valley to new scenic territory with no current paved road.
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Logan
Hocking County
Ross County
State Highway Department
A. W. Sherwood
M. Anderson
State Department
Frank S. Clair
Harley N. Armstrong
Charles Brown
Orla Wolfe
Ross Wagstaff
Adelphi
Hocking
Vinton
Ross Counties
Londonderry
Sams Creek
Finds New Colors Sunflower Experiment At Logan
Ross Wagstaff deputy county engineer reports new colors in his sunflower garden after summer propagation. Over several years he develops dozens of color variants with a cream shade noted. The flowers also show changes in stalks and leaves. Orlandeth Lehman showed blooms at the state fair. The experiment attracts significant attention.
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Logan
Ross Wagstaff
Orlandeth Lehman
Birth of a Son to Mr and Mrs Francis Myers
Logan born Wednesday to Mr and Mrs Francis Myers of Warner Avenue. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Edward Myers and Mrs Ag Sines of this city.
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Logan
Francis Myers
Warner Avenue
Edward Myers
Ag Sines
Logan High Holds Meeting at Field
Logan Senior High held an assembly at Athletic Field as the auditorium is unavailable. Fred B. Burchfield led the session. new faculty members Richard McCutchan Orville Farrar and James F Rutgers were introduced. McCutchan pledged a band ready for the opening football game with Gallipolis in three weeks. Coach Longley discussed a tough schedule and the need for student support. Mae Iles led cheers to close.
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Logan
Logan Senior High
Fred B. Burchfield
Richard McCutchan
Orville Farrar
James F. Rutgers
McCutchan
Gallipolis
John Longley
Longley
Logan High
Mae Iles
Miss Iles
Local Women Taken for Examinations at State Sanatorium
Mrs. Earl McDonald of New Pittsburgh and Mrs. Elmer Liff of Logan Rt. 6 were escorted to Mt. Vernon by county public health nurse Margaret Weaver for examinations at the Ohio State Sanatorium. Mrs. McDonald has prior treatment there.
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Logan
Earl McDonald
New Pittsburgh
Elmer Liff
Logan Rt
Mt. Vernon
Margaret Weaver
Ohio State
McDonald
Special Class Work at Ohio Attracts Interest and Enrollments
Ohio University offers evening and Saturday courses drawing wide interest with about 200 participants from surrounding communities within forty miles and beyond. Registration dates, class listings, locations, and instructors span Music Hall Ellis Hall Putnam Hall and various campus buildings for sessions from September 28 to October 1.
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Ohio University
Pomeroy
Middleport
Logan
Parkersburg
McConnelsville
Nelsonville
New Lexington
Lancaster
Crooksville
Rutland
Lawrence County
Ingerham
Peden
Ewing Hall
Miss Sponseller
Mueller
Dr. Whitehouse
Ellis Hall
Boetticher
Beckert
Cutler Hall
Paulsen
Gubitz
Gard
Miss Atwood
Miss Beecher
Putnam Hall
Scott
British Empire
Harris
Apgar
Houf
Engels
Benedict
Music
Jones
McLaughlin
Super Hall
Cooper
McQuiston
Smith
Sias
Music Hall
Special Music and Student Welcome Service at First Presbyterian
The First Presbyterian Church will hold Sunday Communion at 10:30 AM with special music led by new director Marianna Bing. Tonight the Student Welcome service features three talks on Religion in the Life of a Student with Ruth Stackel, Dr E A Hansen, and Rowena Kesler presenting on Westminster Fellowship, The Spirit of Fellowship, and One of Many, with additional music planned.
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First Presbyterian Church
Marianna Bing
Church Auditorium
Ruth Stackel
Westminster Fellowship
E. A. Hansen
Rufus Putnam Training School
Ohio University
Rowena Kesler
White House Hoover Ike May Stay On As Chief Ush er
Washington notes Ike Hoover the White House chief usher could retire after March 4 but unlikely. He has served 41 years at the executive mansion and witnessed numerous presidents. He recalls early days when staff feared electric lights and kept them burning all night.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Ike Hoover
Executive Mansion
East Lawn
The
Edison
Plainfield
N. J
Ike
New Jersey
Ohio University Forms New Speech Department
Ohio University establishes a new Department of Speech led by Prof. William H. Cooper with Vincent Jukes and Lorin C. Staats as associates. The dramatics and public speaking programs expand to include talking motion pictures and radio courses. An experimental theater will stage multiple one act and major productions at Alumni Memorial Auditorium and convocation each semester.
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William H. Cooper
Ohio University
Cooper
Vincent Jukes
Lorin C. Staats
Jukes
Department of
Harold Evans
Playshop
Cleveland Playhouse
Harvard
Alumni Memorial Auditorium
Bettman Rules on Employing Relatives by School Boards
Athens County prosecutor reports a Bettman opinion that board members may not vote on contracts to hire relatives as teachers or instructors. The ruling, a strict interpretation of a penal statute, allows hiring relatives in other roles only if the board member abstains. The law carries fines up to 500 dollars or six months in jail. some positions remain allowed with no participation by the related member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bolin
Athens County
Gilbert Bettman
Board of Education
Bettman
Petty Cousin Links Two Illini Tackles to Candidate
Harold Petty of Sumner Illinois is a candidate for tackle on the University of Illinois football team. He is a cousin of Otis and Ross Petty two former tackles who played on championship teams.
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Harold Petty
Sumner
University of Illinois
Otis
Ross Petty
Wisecracks and Oddities From Civil War Scrapbook
From Emory Wolfe’s Civil War era scrapbook in The Messenger weekly edition comes a collage of wry notes and curiosities. It cites quip about quartz rock, tobacco habits in East Tennessee, and Anglo U S exchanges over Sumner. It notes income figures for William B. Astor in 1861, fashion gossip from Paris, a full Hamlet style draft poem, Thorvaldsen’s First Love, a scaffold scene in Russia, and a Siberia sentence correction. The sequence closes with a 1822 Big Run wolf hunt at the headwaters in Athens County led by Pitt Putnam, where many deer perished and no wolves were netted.
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Emory Wolfe
Lower Plains
The
Messenger
East
Tennessee
England
United States
Sumner
Alabama
Sam
William B. Astor
Thorvaldsen
Russia
Siberia
Salt Lake City
Big Run
Athens County
Pitt Putnam
Ames
Bern Township
Bishop Ames
Prince of Wales Linked to Swedish Princess Rumor
The Prince of Wales, on royal business near Princess Ingrid of Sweden, spends time with his parents at Balmoral. Royal matchmakers note he may visit the Swedish court before returning to Britain, amid talk of Ingrid accepting.
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Wales
London
Prince of Wales
Ingrid
Sweden
Copenhagen
Balmoral
England
Ohio Legion Leader To Speak at Murray City
The new commander of the American Legion Department of Ohio Colonel Ralph D. Cole will speak at a joint meeting for Perry Athens and Hocking Counties in Murray City High School gym September 28 at 7 p.m. Murray Post 420 hosts with Orin W. Schmitz and Paul Tague as speakers. A street parade at 7:30 p.m. features K. T. Crossen Athens drum corps Logan Post 78 band and Bremen Post 20 band. A buffet lunch follows. invitations extended to neighboring posts.
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Murray City
American Legion
Department of Ohio
Ralph D. Cole
Perry
Athens
Hocking Counties
Murray Post No
Orin W. Schmitz
Paul Tague
Legion Quartet of
Crooksville
Drum and Bugle Corps
K. T. Crossen Post
Ohio
Logan Post
Logan
Bremen Post
Bremen
Salvation Army Seeks Clothing for Children and Shoes
Capt. Fred Reif says many families need clothing of all kinds with emphasis on children. Families from surrounding towns seek aid. 50 asked for help Saturday, 90 the prior Saturday, and 111 the one before that.
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Fred Reif
Salvation Army
Salvation Army Harvest Fete Set for September 24 26
Salvation Army to stage a Harvest Festival from September 24 to 26 with garden materials donated from surrounding territories sold at low prices to help needy families. Remaining products will be saved for winter supply.
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Salvation Army
County To Pay For New Home In Waterloo
The Athens County Commission will pay for a new six room home for Mrs. Martha French of Water's Township to relocate the Mineral Hewitt Crossing Road. The house, a story and a half on a 24 by 24 foot foundation with full basement, costs $851.21 to be built by H. H. Parish Coolville under contract. County funds also include $100 for Angels Ridge Frank White Road improvements in Lodi Township. In September 424 men worked on county road projects with total payrolls of $4,018.74, mainly grading and bridge construction.
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Martha French
Water's, Township
Athens County
Mineral Hewitt Crossing
French
H. H. Parish Coolville
Angels Ridge
Frank White
Lodi Township
J. W. Wilson
Bake Sale Tuesday by Salvation Army Ladies at Hatch's Book Store
The Salvation Army ladies plan a bake sale on Tuesday at Hatch's Book Store. That same evening the Girl Guards present a demonstration at the Salvation Army Building.
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The
Salvation Army
Hatch's
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