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Newspaper
Logan Daily News
Location
Logan, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1958
Page
8
Hocking County 4-H enrollment shows 303 boys and 428 girls for 1958, down from 1957 by 58 in total members though projects rise to 731, with 200 first year members and 123 new girls. Closer look notes fewer advisers and clubs, five mixed clubs, 13 boys clubs, 20 girls clubs, and ongoing need for advisers.
Albert Seabright county engineer announced six Logan College youths will work as summer em control laborers for the county road department. Two are already employed, Nelson Mohler and Phil Harbarger, with four Ohio University students to start Monday. All must maintain passing grades and may return to college next fall.
Traffic hearings in juvenile court Friday afternoon charged three 17 year old Logan youths Ronald L. Duffey Charles E. Kreppel and Herman R. Stewart with reckless operation on May 29 the last day of school. Judge Rhea Bangert Brown ordered them not to drive for pleasure for 30 days. This was each boy’s first offense.
Laurelville man Paul Edward Phillips aged 33 pleaded guilty to assault and battery before County Judge Vaughn Collins. He received 10 days in jail and a $50 fine with $25 suspended, after his wife Arlene alleged he struck her in the face and knocked her to the floor of their home Friday night.
The bridge near Corning Street on Route 78 in Murray City is set to open at 3 p.m. today after a double culvert replacement.
Ohio price levels for No 2 red wheat No 2 yellow corn No 2 oats and No 1 soybeans are reported with small shifts around available bids. Chicago weekly hog cattle and sheep summaries show varying weights and grades with prices ranging from the low 20s to the mid 30s and mixed declines for slaughter cows and bulls.
Ward Doering Jr son of Dr and Mrs J Ward Doering of Logan will depart late this month for England to join a Catholic student tour of two months visiting many European countries including Brussels Worlds Fair and an audience with Pope Pius XII in Vatican City His parents will take him to Montreal on June 24 where he will sail for England A Campion Jesuit High School Prairie du Chien Wis graduate Ward Jr topped his class in four subjects and earned highest honors.
Union carpenters and 48 employers across nine counties in Ohio and Kentucky reach a one year contract giving 2500 workers a 12 percent raise to 3.57 dollars an hour. The retroactive deal starts June 1 and covers 16 locals represented by the Associated General Contractors of America and the Cincinnati Contractors Guild.
Attorneys for Clyde Simmons 40 of Logan file motion for new trial alleging legal errors in the Wednesday trial. Judge Harley Meyer ordered a psychiatric exam at Lima State Hospital as required by the Ohio Revised Code.
Thomas A. Enderle, 45, was fined 10 and costs in mayor's court after pleading guilty to failure to keep assured clear distance following a two car collision on West Front Street near Market Street. Melvin A. Griffin, 72, suffered minor rear bumper and tail light damage, while Enderle's car sustained right front fender and grille damage.
The State Auditor finds village mayors in Ohio earn very low pay. Average mayoral pay is under $2 per day, with extremes from $12,000 yearly in Indian Hill to $1 yearly in Gates Mills. Only 14 of 600 villages pay more than $5,090 a year.
West German President Theodor Heuss ends a state visit in Washington and leaves for a 16 day tour of the United States with stops planned across major cities and events.
Harley Ellinger Jr. undergoes nose surgery at Doctors Hospital Columbus and remains in room 223 N. Mrs. Roy N. Primmer and Kenny Behm recover from illnesses and major surgery, while Larry Klinger departs for Navy duty aboard the USS Princeton. Relatives in Logan and nearby towns receive supportive notes and greetings.
Mrs. Mary Hicks Stephenson 81 widow of Edward Stephenson died at 4:30 p.m. Friday at the home of her son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Lawrence Byrd 598 Zanesville Ave after a heart attack earlier in the afternoon Police arrived at 2 p.m. Survivors include two daughters Mrs Byrd and Mrs Ruth Angel eight grandchildren seven great grandchildren and a sister Mrs Gertrude Gorby Funeral services Monday at 2 p.m. at Pilgrim Holiness Church West Logan with Rev Earl Appleman officiating Burial at New Straitsville Cemetery conducted by Roberts Funeral Home Friends may call at the funeral home until the services.
June flowers reach peak bloom for the Hocking Garden Club second annual show in the Courthouse auditorium from 1 to 4 30 p m next Wednesday June 11. Judge will be Mrs Paul F Meade Wellston. Ten classes in Section A plus Section B entries of lilies roses delphiniums and more. Entries open to amateurs with rules on growth and display.
In common pleas court Mark and Maggie Waybright of Creola Rt. 1 sue George W. Christman of Logan for specific performance or $4,016 damages. They allege payment of full purchase price for property straddling Vinton County and Benton Township, Hocking County, but Christman has not executed a warranty deed as required.
New Lexington will host about 5,000 visitors for a memorial honoring Januarius MacGahan the Perry Countian hailed as the Liberator of Bulgaria. A wreath will be laid at his grave in the cemetery after a 1:30 p.m parade and 2 p.m program with Bulgarian Macedonian officials. a tape of the ceremony will be sent to Washington for VOA broadcast. MacGahan's reports on Turkish atrocities in 1877 helped spark international support for Bulgarian independence. His son Paul MacGahan plans to attend the ceremony.
Richard Farmer of the Ohio Retail Lumber Dealers Association chaired a dinner meeting where R S Zadnick of the Voluntary Home Mortgage Credit Program spoke on VHMCP. He stated Hocking County is eligible for mortgage financing assistance for small communities and that applications are available from local FHA and VA offices or the Building Center.
Franklin Ray Forrester a 22 year old of New Straitsville was cited by city police at 2 31 am for speeding He was traveling 45 to 50 mph on Zanesville Ave Hearing set for 8 pm today in Mayor Francis Myers court
Admissions include Willie Farmer of Hamden after an accident. Dismissals record Mrs. Guy Graham of Murray City, Mrs. Nanette Cook of Logan, and Mrs. William Conner of Logan.
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