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Newspaper
Logan Daily News
Location
Logan, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1949
Page
2
Hocking County farmers report serious drought effects with two weeks without rain. The dry spell has damaged strawberry and cornfields with some replanting needed. Clover and hay are affected though haying progresses. gardens show stress, while city plots rely on sprinkling.
Police chief Rudolph F. Wurstner aged 67 resigns effective July 11. He has served as Dayton's top lawman since June 17, 1925, with no reason given for the departure.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Ball vacation at their Upper Sandusky home. Mrs. Foltz enters Lancaster Municipal Hospital for surgery. Mrs. Ennis recuperates from a broken wrist. Miss Ann Bowen arrives for summer vacation. Mrs. Millis undergoes surgery in Columbus. Mrs. McClain returns home after visiting family. Charles Achauer returns from Wooster College for summer vacation. Hoopes family to visit relatives in Columbus area. Riley Johnson to celebrate 80th birthday in Tucson. Mrs. Gardner returns from Columbus visit. Margaret Brian undergoes major surgery in Columbus. Good family in New York visiting Lt. Robbins at Mitchel Field. Good and Robbins sisters. Struble families relocate to Athens. Schultz family returns from Iowa visit. McNamees visit Columbus and Pontifical College Josephinum student earns Latin merit honor.
Funeral services for Elliott McIntosh 75 who died after a long illness will be held at 2 PM Thursday at Leonard Funeral Home with Rev A N Grueser officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery.
The bow and arrow trace their origins to the Old Stone Age, marking an early leap in human tool use and hunting strategy. This development reflects significant advances in human technology and planning.
Fifty children are enrolled in the daily vacation Bible school at the Church of the Nazarene on North Orchard Street. The program began Monday with Rev. Ira E. Miller announcing the opening. Bible instruction and handicraft projects are planned. boys are building seats for the new basement addition as part of the ongoing church expansion. Teachers include Mrs. Ada White, Mrs. Bessie Gaines, Mrs. Helena Kitchen, and Mrs. Ruth Shaw.
Lela Miller leads girls handicraft instruction and Rev. Miller directs boys classes under the school system with Mrs. Betty Maness serving as superintendent.
The Tar Hollow annual women's camp announced by Mrs. Emily Van Fossan runs from August 1 to 3 with crafts study and recreation. Registration opens at 10 30 A M on August 1 and all women of Hocking County may attend. Applications to be announced later.
In the June issue of The Ohio Conservation Bulletin Jim Wells Logan associate state forester argues that sound management of remaining woodlands is key to wildlife conservation. He notes fire as a major Southeast issue and warns against turning farm woods into pasture, stressing improved woodlot practices will yield more and better timber.
Auditor Harry Smith announced that 134 cigaret licenses have been issued to date in Hocking County. He noted sales are ahead of the 1948 pace, with 124 permits sold by June 8 that year, and predicted 1949 totals may exceed last year’s 147. The annual license fee is 25 dollars, with prior permit holders paying full price if they missed the May 22 deadline. new licensees pay the fee reduced by seven cents per day from May 22.
A total of 21 new automobiles have been purchased in Hocking County thus far in June, per the certificate of title office. This total far surpasses the sales in the same period last month and trails only the postwar peak of 68 autos and trucks sold in March.
The Soldiers Relief Commission office in the courthouse will be closed all day Saturday. John Buchanan said today that he and deputy Vaughn Collins and A. D. Ledford will attend sessions of the Ohio Soldiers Relief Commission Association meeting in Columbus.
Advice promotes Lavoptik as a quick remedy for inflamed sore burning itching and granulated eyelids with claims of immediate soothing. Urges readers to bathe eyes after driving exposure to dust wind and overuse and to buy Lavoptik at all drug stores citing 30 years of success and thousands praising it.
County Courts report Anna Mae Woolever has filed for divorce from Daniel Woolover and was granted expense money rather than temporary alimony as previously stated. Probate records show marriage licenses issued for Dale B. Martin and Ellen Ruth Dennis both of Haydenville and Wilbur W. Lanning Jr. and Judith Ann Buntz both of Logan.
The Father General in Rome appoints the Very Rev. Joseph M. Egan S J of Loyola University to lead the Jesuits Chicago province which also governs faculties at John Carroll University in Cleveland and Xavier University in Cincinnati.
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