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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1954
Page
6
The 1954 Hecking County Fair opened with gates at 6 pm under warm, cloudy skies. Ben Sutton and Norma Jean Paubenminer were named king and queen by ballots from season-ticket holders, with nominations from local clubs.
Logan Band Boosters plan to sponsor the annual Christmas pageant with John Hunsaker as chairman. The group also organizes membership and tag day drives. The next meeting is set for Monday Oct 25 with a pot luck supper in the senior high cafeteria. The event featured a king and queen crowning from last year’s winners, 18 candidates, and a full schedule of judging and performances across Friday and Saturday including horse events, 4 H and FFA displays, parades, and music by local high school bands.
Logan native William H. Knapp, long time manager at Carpenter Hardware in Logan, has accepted the post of supervisor of instrumental music in Amsterdam schools Jefferson County. He will begin Monday and plans to remain city councilman while continuing his teaching career. Knapp previously taught instrumental music at Bucyrus and is a graduate of Logan High School with baccalaureate and master’s degrees from Ohio University.
Marcus Cohen former Logan merchant retired for years died last Friday in Columbus at his residence. He leaves wife Anna Cohen daughter Mrs. Freda Farber Columbus and a grandson. Services were held Monday at Snider Memorial Chapel with Rabbi Jerome Folkman officiating. Burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery Columbus.
Dr and Mrs John E Rauch announce the birth of a son Tuesday morning at Doctors Hospital Columbus. Grandparents are Dr and Mrs C F Rauch and Mrs Eber Mowery. Great grandparents include Logan and Mrs Harry Shaw and Logan John A Rauch Lancaster. Chapter To Back Brownies Sigma Phi Gemma sorority met East Main St to sponsor Brownie Troop 15 with several members attending.
The End of the Trail creation credited to James E Fraser who was just seventeen years old at the time. The statue, a landmark of native figures and pioneer imagery, helped crystallize Fraser’s early artistic reputation and sparked broader attention to his work.
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