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Newspaper
Logan Daily News
Location
Logan, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1948
Page
6
Repairs on the Logan swimming pool are nearly finished under George E. Carr, superintendent of schools. A new water system and concrete work are in place. if ready, the pool may open Sunday with Diller attendant and Betty Wright girls. Memorial Day opening was delayed due to repairs.
The court records show appraised values for Lots 57-58 in Bell-Scholl Add. The partition action involves W. C. Adair against the heirs of E. E. Lewis, with commissioners Petty Bly and Ro. Land and others named.
Tommy Brown is confined at home with illness. Fred R. Kessler a former Logan resident now a real estate consultant visited Logan. Five year old Timothy Doering injured his right arm in a tricycle fall. Mrs. Lester Snider treated for steel fragment in eye from a Lancaster factory. Vance and Victor Rutter, OSU students, visited family in Logan. Freede Richey and Dale Dysart visited Newton Kitchen, confined to Hocking Valley Hospital. James Carter returns from east motor trip. directs Athens County all high school band in summer. Walter Reasoner attends Mt Vernon graduation for grandson Donald Reasoner. Frank Lanning earns BA from Southern Methodist University May 31. active in dramatics.
Gerald Baird, manager of the Ohio Fuel Gas Co. announced a change in the Rockbridge collection office from the Oliver store to the Rockbridge store operated by T. C. Wharton. All gas company customers may now pay their bills at Mr. Wharton’s store.
Police Chief Sol Ellinger urges observance of traffic signs during June, citing Ohio State Safety Council data that many crashes occur when drivers ignore the rules. He explains sign meanings from octagon stop signs to diamond caution signs and warns against soft stops and speeding.
Admissions include Mrs. Charles Lehman and Mrs. Joseph Spence of Logan for surgery and Mrs. Charles Bowen of New Straitsville for medical care. Dismissals include Mason Campbell of Logan and Mrs. Elza Miller of Nelsonville Route 1.
Pvt. Denver F. Diltz 23 of Creole Route 1 is the sole Hocking County serviceman among war dead aboard the Army Transport Lt. George W. G. fore from Manila to San Francisco. He was killed in action in New Guinea July 27 1944 after enlisting August 2 1942 and training at Fort McClellan. Survived by wife Lucille two sisters Mrs. Sam Turner Logan Route 4 and Marvene Diltz of McArthur and his father Charles F. Diltz of McArthur.
Logan and Hocking County custodians are invited to a four day session June 15 to 18 at Ohio State University. Sponsored by the Bureau of Educational Research and the Ohio Association of Public School Employees the program centers on efficiency in school plant management with topics including lighting safety health maintenance and landscaping.
Mr and Mrs George E Carr will attend a dinner meeting tonight at the Hotel Berry Athens honoring James Turner who is retiring after 18 years as superintendent of the McConnelsville schools Southeastern Ohio city and exempted village schools and their wives will attend the dinner Mr Turner succeeded Mr Carr as superintendent when the latter came to Logan shores of Mediterranean Tylon Gee vinses
The Series E Savings Bond yearly limit was raised from 5000 to 10000 for Logan and Hocking County residents. R B Perkins, chairman of the county campaign, called the increase an incentive to boost bond sales in the postwar period. He said the bonds offer a safe profitable investment with a fixed return, promising at least the original investment in 10 years.
The Southeastern Ohio Egg Auction at Nelsonville reports a 24 percent rise over last year under manager Harold Koker. Gross business should reach 1,250,000 with 1,500 cases weekly marketed. A Cambridge branch opens alongside new poultry marketing facilities. 35 people employed.
The article argues bonds will yield higher returns as the dollar gains purchasing power. It notes the Treasury Secretary and department officials are buying bonds to secure the future 10 years ahead.
A reader describes a very large bright star with ten long rays visible in the south east on consecutive nights. She believes it is remarkable and urges others to observe it, quoting a religious line about the heavens declaring glory.
The Soil Conservation Service estimates that only 62 million acres of land currently in crops are completely safe from erosion, highlighting significant risk to farmland and the need for conservation efforts.
Falls Board of Education announced new teaching assignments at a meeting last night. The list includes several educators added to current school staff.
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