Work Nears Completion Ends Weekend Traffic Surge
Completion of road improvements north of Enterprise nears finish with the west entrance broadened to reduce motor accidents. Sunday traffic was heaviest in months as travellers passed through en route to Athens Columbus and other destinations for outings. County officers reported no accidents despite high activity.
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Enterprise
Athens
Columbus
Hocking
Gas County
Ini
Worley Praises CCC Men at Rock House Camp Hocking
L T Worley commends the CCC volunteers at Camp Hocking for many contributions including a shelter house stone bridges and rock work along the park paths. He extends thanks for the improved woods and clean surroundings surrounding the area.
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Worley
Hocking
CCC
Rock House
L. T. Worley
Redick Hospital Stay Looms Two Weeks
The report notes Redick may remain hospitalized for about two weeks due to a leg infection not responding to treatment. Photographs show a chipped item and Miss Leviolet, treated in Gary Indiana, is not improving as hoped. Miss Keyes, deputy clerk, returned to duties. An Organization Class A meeting for organizing an extension logan has been called for Wednesday night in the court room. Teachers and others are involved in this effort.
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Gary
Instal
Pur
Logan
Case Dismissal In Timber Contract Involving Fau and Carpenter
The case involving Chris Fau and Sarah Carpenter was dismissed Saturday by M. Whitcraft. The court found the alleged contract dated years ago void of provisions and ruled the matter closed with no further action.
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Chris Fau
Sarah Carpenter
M. Whitcraft
Saw Makley Die in Failed Prison Break
Logan and Haydenville families visited Columbus where C F Achauer of the Ohio Penitentiary staff witnessed the fatal break for liberty. Makely died from his wounds during the disturbance on Death Row. Harley Stewart, a Hocking County prisoner, was among the guards in the charged company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Makley
Harry Pierpont
Dillinger
Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus
W. L. Bishop
Whetstone
Makley
Pierpont
John Dillinger
Indiana
Logan
W. L. Achauer
Haydenville
Charles C. Achauer
Woodrow
C. F. Achauer
Ohio Penitentiary
Liberty
Makely and
Ferpont
Achauer
Makely
Harley Stewart
Hocking County
Carl
Attendance gains at Hocking rural schools improve
Attendance in the western district of Hocking County rural schools is better this year, says Carl C. Poling, attendance officer. Fewer absences are reported, with conditions steadier than last year after previous term disputes over district and school abandonment.
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Logan
Hocking County
Carl C. Poling
Logan Sets Fly Free Date for Hocking County
Logan announces a fly free date set for October 2 in Hocking County per extension agent Harold Chambers. The notice labels this as the official target to reduce pests and protect crops.
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Logan
Hocking County
Harold Chambers
GOP Meeting Plans Delegation to Columbus
Logan Hocking County Republicans prepare to send a delegation to Columbus for the Friday opening meeting of the state campaign. Executive committee members urge a large turnout.
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Logan—Hocking County
Columbus
Bradford Church Attendance and Local Visits Highlight Week
Bradbury and King families from Terre Haute and Bradford area hosted and visited relatives this week. Isaac Lambert, ill for two weeks, died Saturday with funeral at Bradford Church led by Rev. O W Williams. Eighteen people attended Bible School at Bradford.
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Will King
Terre Haute
Ind
T. V. King
Isaac Lambert
Bradford
O. W. Williams
McArthur Church of Christ
A. L. Hysell
Worthie Johnson
Vint King
Mary
William
Columbus
Ray Russell
Val Hysell
Arthur Hendrix
John Hanning
Lonzo Carsey
Albany
W. EB. Chaffin
Zanesville
Jester Chaffin
Wheeling
Guy Martin
Fred Russell
Toledo
Alonzo Russell
Elizabeth Gloeckner
Lizzie Salisbury
Middleport
Bud Russell
Griff Russell
Cleveland
Lodge
Star Grange Booster Meeting at Grange Hall
Star Grange will hold a booster meeting this Saturday night at the Grange Hall. A play titled The Dawn of a New Day will feature the grange’s strong role in homes and community life in the 1970s.
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Star Grange
Grange
The
Spend Life-Time In County Home
In Hocking County Home two long term wards are highlighted. Lute Poling, aged ninety one, has resided there for 57 years and was once a frequent Logan visitor. Mary Gibbons, three years younger, has lived at the home longer than any other ward since becoming county ward at age 23, now 65 years.
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Logan
Hocking
Peole
Lute Poling
Mary Gibbons
Poling
Tear Gas Incident Shuts Local Pool Hall
Logan police disclosed on Monday that tear gas discharged from a small shell in a local pool hall where about a dozen men were playing. The gas caused the players and two clerks on duty to flee and temporarily trap them outside the room.
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Gan
Local residents share visits across multiple towns
Carbon Hill and surrounding areas saw numerous guests this week. Elizabeth Stacey hosted William Bryan James Miller and Lowes Dawley of Logan, while Harley Boring hosted Hedly Lowes Sr and family. Other visitors included Maude Brooks Garland Hawk and daughter Myrna in New Pittsburgh and many cross town greetings.
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Elizabeth Stacey
William Bryan
James Miller
Lowes Dawley
Logan
Harley Boring
Stanford Johns
Arthur Mitchell
Governor White to Speak at Marietta Stadium Opening
Governor George White accepted the invitation of the Marietta stadium dedicatory committee to deliver the principal address during the formal opening of the new athletic plant in Marietta on the evening of Friday October 5.
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Marietta
George White
Marietta Stadium
Waterloo High F. F. A. selects officers for year
The F. F. A. chapter at Waterloo High School met September 2 at the school building. Elected officers include Charles Hawk president Francis Young vice president Nicholas Fair treasurer Kenneth Reeder secretary Denver Andrews watchdog and recreation leader Clarence Fair news reporter.
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New Marshfield
Waterloo High School
Charles Hawk
Francis Young
Nicholas Fair
Kenneth Reeder
Denver Andrews
Clarence Fair
Centerville School Board Plans New Staffing And Buildings
Centerville school officials under 96 pupils plan to hire two teachers for the year though enrollments may push for a third. State education officials and Addison board outline two new school sites near Addison and Bulnville with frames to be built by Oct. 15.
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Gallipolis
Centerville
Board of Education
Jones
Yale College
Carman
Addison
J. H. Reynolds
Death Investigation Recalls Tragedy in 29
Gallipolis reports probe into the death of Ben Call 26 of Mercerville who may have been poisoned. The piece recalls the えdeath of his father and mother five years earlier when Mrs Call was found in the doorway and Mr Call shot himself as neighbors watched. Ben Call was found unconscious in a Mercerville bungalow and died September 8 after being taken to Holzer Hospital. Coroner attributed possible alcohol poisoning but neighbors seek inquiry due to missing money from Call’s pocketbook.
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Gallipolis
Ben Call
Mercerville
Call
Ben
Wen Call
Holzer Hospital
W. Lewis Brown
Quiet Day at Gallipolis Courthouse Sees No Filings
Courthouse officials in Gallipolis reported an unusually quiet Monday with no journals entries lawsuits marriage licenses or wills recorded.
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Gallipolis
Housing shortage as Gallipolis locks drive rental demand
Due to fines of workmen at the new Gallipolis locks, vacant houses in town command high rents. Some workers cannot find housing locally and take farmhouses nearby.
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Gallipolis
Moore Brothers plan to enlarge motor company building in Gallipolis
Moore Brothers may expand their motor company by adding the Major H Ff Houck property on Third Avenue. The upper house has an alley to the business. Also transferred is the life interest of Mrs Luella J White in the Soden property on Court Street to the Baptist Church. Jake Soden devised the properties to the church with a life estate to Mrs White and Sam Soden. The vacant property is expected to be repaired and remodeled to rent satisfactorily.
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Gallipolis
Moore Brothers
Motor Company
H. Ff. Houck
Third Avenue
Luella J. White
Columbus
Soden
Court Street
Baptist Church
Jake Soden
Mrs White
Sam Soden
Bhptinte
New Steel Armoring Protects Lock Walls
Gallipolis and Winfield locks will use rolled steel plate armor to shield walls from damage by heavy barges. The design replaces castings with economical, longer sections and includes bent corner protection, reinforced ribs, and one inch thick T-sections. Lock chambers measure Winfield SA by 300 feet, Gallipolis 110 by 600, with auxiliary 110 by 380.
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Gallipolis
Winfield, W. Va
Great Kanawha
Ohio Rivers
Dravo Contracting Company
Winfield
Plan Picnic Dance At Tuppers Plains
Belpre Boy Scouts sponsor a public picnic and dance at Cozy Nook Park Tuppers Plains to fund gear for the scouts drum and bugle corps. The event is hosted by Blennerhassett Post Belpre American Legion and Drew Webster Post Pomeroy with invitation to K. T. Crossen Post Athena. Picnic begins 8 pm Thursday and dancing runs until 1 am.
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Belpre Boy Scouts
Cozy Nook Park
Tuppers Plains
Drums Corps
Blennerhassett
Belpre American Legion
Drew Webster
Pomeroy
K. T. Crossen
Athena
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Barr dies in Langeville
Louis TM M Barr three-day-old infant son of Mr and Mrs Alpha Barr of Langeville died Sunday at the Barr residence. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 4 from the residence with burial in Miles Cemetery.
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Langsville.louis
M. Barr
Alpha Barr
Langeville
Barr
Miles Cemetery
Mrs Isabelle Vanden Funeral Is Wednesday
Mrs Isabelle Van den aged 9 widow of John A Van den died Sunday night at her First Avenue home. The Vandens, part of the French Four Hundred, helped grow Gallipolis. Surviving children include Harry L and John M with others in Ohio and West Virginia. Funeral is 2 pm Wednesday at the home with burial in Mound Hill Cemetery.
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Rebekah Lodge
Marie Shultz
Velva Lowes
Logan
Virgil Emerich
Cincinnati
Leslie Evans
David
Marysville
Anna Horn
Haydenville
Bud Smith
Harlan Bailey
Lancaster
George Nutter
Louise Hughes
Columbus
Harry Hughes
Wayne Johnson
Bailey Kay
William Briley
Guy Stedman
Vaughn and Woodroe Landis
John Patton
Nelsonville
Gallipolis
Isabelle Vanden
John A. van
Den
Four Hundred
Vandenburgs
Vanden
Indiana
Presbyterian Church
Ladies Aid Society
Edgar S
Ohio River
Harry L
John M
Giant 10 Foot Tomato Plant Draws Visitors Near Guysville
Mrs Iva D Secoy tends a tomato plant that has reached ten and a half feet in her garden on the Jim Fulton Farm above Beans Filling Station one mile southeast of Guysville on Route 7. It bears Stone variety tomatoes and has attracted many visitors.
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Iva D. Secoy
Secoy
Jim Fulton
Bean
Guysville
U. S. Route
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Condins
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Jacob Herzog
Redick
Bradbury
Carbon Hill
Phil Devol
Murray City
Mary Devol
Arthur Echels
Ted Nutter
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Addison Rural District
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Third Street
State and
Locust
American Tobacco Company
Langsville
First Avenue
Vine Street
Vandens
United States
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UCR
Race Street
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