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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 03, 1944

Page

10

Dairies Limited to Three Weekly Deliveries in Logan

Dairymen serving Logan must deliver dairy products three times weekly after April 15 under an Office of Defense Transportation order. Local firms Frasure & Brown Logan Home Dairy Joe E Brown Acker & Sons and Adcock Dairy agreed with ODT officials to curb manpower tire and gasoline use while maintaining city service.

Athens Messenger Athens Seip Meneame Ee Logan Office of Defense Transportation ODT Frasure & Brown Logan Home Dairy Joe E. Brown Acker & Sons Adcock Dairy G. T. Barr Columbus Ddt Barr

Holy Week Services Announced at Logan Church

Holy Week services at First Methodist Church Logan begin 7:30 PM Tuesday through Thursday with the Woman's Society leading Monday. Rev. Stanley W. Wiant will preach Wednesday on Christ and the Cross and a candle-light silent communion Thursday. Good Friday union service at Church of the Nazarene 12:30 to 3:00 PM. Pastor's Class for new members to start Monday after school all week.

Logan First Methodist Woman's Society Stanley W. Wiant Union Church of the Nazarene

Real Estate Transfers in Hocking County This Week

Recent transfers include Minnette M. McCray et al to Ralph Morrison and Minnie Morrison for Lot 34 in Dicken Addition. John Holdren and Gladys Holdren to S. S. Ruble for two parcels totaling 1.47 acres in Starr Township. Henry Conrad deceased to James W. Conrad and Edward Conrad for two tracts totaling 178 acres in Good Hope Township. Ernest Hitching and Edna Hitching to John Meadows for 60 acres in Marion Township.

Logan Hocking County Minnette M. McCray Ralph Morrison Minnie Morrison Dicken John Holdren Gladys Holdren S. S. Ruble Starr Henry Conrad James W. Conrad Edward Conrad Good Hope Ernest Hitching Edna Hitching John Meadows Marion

Logan Man Fined by Mayor After Disorderly Arrest

Silas McCarty of Weldy Ave was arrested Saturday by city police for drunk and disorderly conduct. Appearing before Mayor Weltner on Sunday he pleaded guilty and was fined $10 plus costs.

Logan Sol Ellinger Silas McCarty Weldy Ave Weltner

Onions, Eggs, and Small Town Tales on Main Street

In a candid column, Cleo Montgomery Logan recalls shopping woes with onions at 25 cents a pound and eggs at 33 cents a dozen, notes a mystery bag theft, and shares village stories. The piece weaves wartime family updates, a Bellair connection, and Red Cross kit bag volunteers amid Easter prep.

Logan Albert Reddick

Church Leader To Be Club Speaker

LOGAN The Kiwanians plan their regular dinner at the White House Tuesday at six o clock. Kerwood Martin leads the Support of the Church committee which has invited Rev H EF Bright of Lancaster to speak. he is division superintendent of the Methodist Church for the Chillicothe District.

Logan White House Kerwood Martin H. EF. Bright Lancaster Methodist Church Chillicothe

Club Hear Talk By Congressman's Wife

Mrs. Arthur Miller hosted the Saturday Club at the White House, opening with patriotic songs and a piano performance. Members voted a poetry book trophy for the county Senior High School poetry contest and planned a library book review.

Cecil Jones Stanley Wiant America Robert Wagner Walter Brehm Washington Warren Bright Zoa Blosser Ben Ross

Fewer Tag Sales Reported in County

Logan records show 2,221 passenger car licenses issued to date per deputy registrar Charles S. Chidester. This is well below numbers seen by this time in prior years. Complete data will be released later this week.

Logan Charles S. Chidester Registrar of Motor Vehicles

Water Rent Collection Begins in Logan

City water office opened Saturday in the City Building to collect semi annual rents. Payments run two weeks to April 15 with Thursday afternoons and April 8 and 15 afternoon hours. Discounts drop to five percent for payments before April 15 due to higher plant costs.

Logan

Logan Brief Social Notes

Logan residents host a bridge gathering at the Pierce home with Atty. and Mrs. Harley Meyer J. and Mrs. Charles Eberst and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Blosser. Prizes of war savings stamps went to Mrs. Pierce and Chick Eberst. A midnight supper closed the evening as Miami University and V-12 connections noted. Additional visits included A. S. Jerry Hammon, A. S. Harold Lankford and Cpl. Waldo Durant on furlough with family greetings from the Webb family of Columbus.

A. S Jerry Hammon A.S Harold Lankford Miami University Oxford Claude Hammon Jerry Ohio State Harold Washington University St. Louis Miami Cpl Waldo Durant Camp Perry George Duran

Corning Social Notes Local visits and hospital trips

Corning residents report hospitalizations and visits including Mrs. Charles Woodruff moved to Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis. Emmett Levering and wife visited his mother in Crooksville. Ladies visited Mrs. John Neal in Zanesville and met Mary Alderman at McKinley Rest Home. Several others traveled to Lancaster and Zanesville for visits. Navy man Elbert Penrod returned to Boston from home leave.

Corning Charles Woodruff Holzer Hospital Gallipolis Emmett Levering Levering Crooksville John Neal Good Samaritan Hospital Zanesville Mary Brown Effie Ruffner Mae Rodgers Alice Brown Mary Alderman McKinley Rest Home Alderman Henry Luzetti Julia Kichel Grace Hoffman Lancaster Elmer Mass M. R. Rothgeb Delmer Rothgeb Cheshire T. F. Hawkins Earl Hunter Cpl Camp Swift Texas Firm Lambert Zoli Kopcho Bobby John Moore Clancey de Maro Tommy Columbus Frank Steffen Elbert Penrod Navy Renu Boston

Ohioans Elected to Izaak Walton League Board

Burt Brickner of Tiffin Ohio and B W Wright of Logan Ohio were elected to the Izaak Walton League of America board of directors last night.

Chicago Burt Brickner Tiffin B. W. Wright Logan The Izaak Walton League of America Lastight

GOP Rally Tonight At Senior High School Auditorium

Logan invites the public to a Republican rally this evening at 8 at the Senior High School Auditorium. Speakers include Lt. Gov. Paul M. Herbert and Cincinnati Mayor James G. Stewart, with Master of Ceremonies Congressman Walter Brehm. Admission is free. Mrs. A. J. Curl invites all residents interested in state affairs.

Logan Republican Women’s Club Paul M. Herbert Cincinnati James G. Stewart Walter Brehm A. J. Curl Hocking County

Good Friday Program Set in Logan at City Church

Good Friday services will be held in Logan at the Church of the Nazarene with talks by pastors from the Methodist Presbyterian and United Brethren Churches and Rev Chester Newcome. The four part program runs 12 30, 1 15, 1 50 and 2 25 with scripture solos and choir numbers.

Logan Church of the Nazarene Methodist Presbyterian United Brethren Churches the Nazarene Church Chester Newcome The Presbyterian Church Ralph Walker Janet McDonald June Gardner Stanley W. Wiant M. B. Iles Madge Wright Cecil Harding Jones

Townsend Club Set Monthly Meeting in D A Hall

Townsend Club No 3 will meet Tuesday evening at 7 30 in the D A Hall for a regular monthly rally. Music and entertainment planned. Ladies of the club will serve refreshments after. Public invited.

Logan—Townsend Club No D. of A. Hall

Carbondale News Notes Highlights Local Family Visits

Cpl. Ahlan Doolittle on 15 day furlough from Casper Wyoming enjoys a chicken dinner at Lizzie Doolittle's home. Guests include Iona Doolittle Sue Lancaster Nile Doolittle Brent New Plymouth Fern Chesser and his mother Lizzie Doolittle. Also updates on John Featherstone Willard and Gary Barber illness and local visits and hospital stays.

Carbondale Lizzie Doolittle Cpl Ahlan Doolittle Casper Wyo Iona Doolittle Delbert Nutter Sue Lancaster Nile Doolittle Brent New Plymouth Fern Chesser John Featherstone Dayton Mary Featherstone Willard Gary Barber Vivian Fierce Greens Run Porter Woodrow Blum Wisconsin Joe Landis Toledo John Landis Logan Dave Kennard Rose Teft Athens Albert Johnson Charles Stump Veterans Hospital

Dover Auto Shop Class Feted At Banquet

Chauncey Dover High School celebrated its 18 member Vocational Auto Shop class with a banquet in the home economics room. Miss Helen Simms led the dinner served by the Home Economics staff. Speakers included Mrs. Leah Featherston and Mr. Wayne Matthews. Each student received a Red Cross First Aid certificate. The group then visited the Athens Rollercade for an evening with friends.

Chauncey Chauncey-Dover High Schol Helen Simms Woodrow Ferrer Leah Featherston Wayne T. Matthews F. Theodore Paige Industrial Arts Department of Ohio, University Ferrel Red Cross American Red Cross Athens

Chauncey Mayor Officiates Local Wedding at Home

Mayor W. D. Hines of Chauncey performed the ceremony at his Converse Street home for Mrs. Vinia Mae Davis and Floyd William Phillips both of Chauncey. The witnesses were the bride’s mother Mrs. Tillie Six and Fred Duncan. The couple plan to reside in Columbus where the groom is employed.

Chauncey W. D. Hines Converse St Vinia Mae Davis Floyd William Phillips Tillie Six Fred Duncan Columbus

Chauncey City Council Meets Tonight

Regular monthly Chauncey council meeting set for 7 o'clock tonight in the Mayor's office at the City building. Mrs Julia Johnson Smith of Chauncey visits her husband Robert Smith stationed at Camp Campbell Kentucky.

Chauncey Chauncey City Julia Johnson Smith Robert Smith Camp Campbell Kentucky

Broadwell News Notes Farewell Party And Local Visits

Broadwell Christian Endeavor held a farewell for Mr and Mrs Norak Matson of Westland as they move away with 29 attendees. Recitations and games followed a potluck supper. Various local residents visited friends and relatives, including Ruth Herrold McKee from Eifort, and guests at multiple homes around Belpre Amesville and Athens. Pfc Wilfred White returned from Georgia due to his sister Ruth Starling’s illness.

Frank James Frank Ellis W. B. Furr Jennie Farr Bartlett Ella Ogg Leonard Smith Dale Nutter Belpre Elmer White Stewart Pfc Wilfred White Georgia Ruth Starling John Young Virgil Hixson Charlotte Keirns Gallipolis Pearley Keirns Amesville Albert Ogg Athens

Murray City Benefit Game Set for April 3

The Murray City D of P announces a benefit game at K of P Hall on April 3 at 8 p.m. Members are urged to attend with friends and bring prizes for the event.

Murray City D of P K of P Bers

John Heffken in Hospital in India

Sergeant John Heffken is hospitalized in India with a fever. His wife Carolyn Guerra Heffken and their son Teddy visit her sister Louise Muzio and family in Millfield while awaiting further word on his condition.

Chauncey Carolyn Guerra Heffken Ted John Heffken India Heffken Teddy Louise Muzio Millfield

Friendship Class Meets Wednesday at First Church

CHAUNCEY April retrigee of the Friendship Class of the First Church of Christ will meet Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the Church Parish House. Instead of the regular business meeting, the group will clean and renovate the Parish House. Members from other classes may assist. The class president Mrs. Arthur Bennett asks attendees to bring food for a pot luck supper.

Chauncey First Church of Christ Arthur Bennett

Marshall Simpson Prisoner of Nazis

Chauncey Leonard Simpson from Truetown received a letter from his brother Millard Simpson at Fort Collins Colorado reporting their daughter Eleanor was notified by the War Department that her husband Marshall Simpson had been taken prisoner by Germans in Italy. Millard and family were former Millfield residents. Eleanor’s husband had lived in Denver and served since 1940.

Hazel Matheny Joe Phillipines Gene Greenfield Bellaire Japan Gene War Department Tokio Ohio Chauncey Leonard Simpson Truetown Millard Simpson Fort Collins Colo Eleanor Marshall Simpson Italy Millfield Eleanor Simpson Denver

Edith Ryan Brown Recovery After Mayo Clinic Surgery

Mrs Edith Ryan Brown of Columbus after major Mayo Clinic surgery in Rochester Minnesota two weeks ago reports a satisfactory recovery. Her husband Harry Brown stays at the hospital with her. She is daughter of the late Emmett and Lizzie Ryan of Beaumont. Chauncey Mrs Elizabeth Ferrer and daughter Mrs Eva Benedum visited Columbus recently, seeing Mrs Wilma McDonald and husband Glenn, former Glouster residents.

Chauncey Edith Ryan Brown Columbus Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota Harry Brown Brown Emmett and Lizzie Ryan Beaumont Elizabeth Ferrer Eva Benedum Wilma McDonald Glenn McDonald’s Glouster

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Rentine Carpenter Howe. Co Logan Man Main Street By Cleo Montgomery Maddee Braddock Maddee Betty Rochester Evans Tom Great Lakes Phoebe Effie Matheny Charley Mock Mrs. Mock Katie Walker Katie Charley Nellie Primmer Dakota Philip M. Hauser U. S. Bureau of the Census Hauser Rufe J. Hook Chattanooga Tenn Pfe Leroy Rueckert Air N. D John Daugherty Franklin Kerr D. A. Rannells Emma Westenhaver Emerson Poston Alice Genevieve Poston Brehm Durr Anna Cole Hester Lee White Bartelle Hamilton Wilhelmina Deisele Russell Berlin Howard White Florence Bort Cape Gloucester Coast Guard New Britain Sam Corning Social Notes Ralph Moorhead Presbyterian Choir A. N. Grueser Townsend Club Carbondale News Dover School Broadwell News Lowe Brothers Mellotone Zenners Floor
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