Logan High School Coach Resigns amid Board Action
Logan Alson Scrivner, head football coach at Logan High School for three years, submitted his resignation to the City Board of Education. The board accepted his move with regret, along with social studies teacher Evan Jones. Contracts were renewed for several teachers and new appointments listed across elementary, junior high, and high school levels. The board also voted to reinvest 850000 from sold school bonds into 90 day U.S. Treasury bills to fund upcoming improvement projects and discussed summer work on the district plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Alson Scrivner
Logan High School
City Board of Education
Scrivner
Evan Jones
Elva Cottrill
Central School
Mildred Kinney
West School
Blanche Moorehead
Joan Byers
Nathan Davis
Richard Faulkner
Leta Jones Sayre
C. W. Snyder
Harry Westfall
Eleanor Lee
George Spackey
Ralph Walker
John Weinrich
Even Lou Winner
Sarah Evans
East School
James Gastin
Central
West
Shirley Heft
Jennie Walker
Emma Kate Mathias
B. W. Morris
East
Irene Murtha
Allene Redick
Rieta Shoemaker
Armand Houk
Marilyn Lown
Viola Hartman
Scotts Creek
J. J. Tolliver
Graham
Merl Primmer
Ball
U.S. Treasury
Wool Payment Applications Due With ASC By April 30
Logan Hocking County farmers must file wool payment applications with the county ASC by April 30 for wool sold between April 1 1956 and March 31 1957. Applications require net proceeds documents and deduction of marketing charges.
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ASC
Logan—Hocking County
County Agriculture Stabilization Conservation Committee
U.S
Logan Society Dinner Hosts Easter Theme at Brandts
Twenty two members gathered at Brandt's restaurant with Mrs. Robert Lee as hostess. Decorations featured pink snapdragons carnations and blue iris while duck figurines carried the Easter motif. Mrs. Emerson Poston reviewed The Last Switch by Ernest G Fisher and Dr. William L. Crostwait. a Crosthwait biography followed. Miss Ben Ross to host April 25 meeting.
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Brandt’s
Robert Lee
Lee Home
Warner Ave
Emerson Poston
Ernest G. Fis
Cher
William L. Crosthwait
Crosthwait
Ben Ross
Police View 2 Accidents
Two auto crashes were investigated by city police on Monday afternoon. At 12 25 p.m. at E Second and S Culver Miss Nedra Smith 41 of Logan and Hugh C Begland 75 of New Straitsville collided causing extensive front end damage to Smiths car and rear damage to Beglands. At 1 10 p.m. a White Tip Co taxicab and an auto driven by Isaac Clymer 75 of Logan collided at a south of Main and east of Spring intersection with moderate damage to both vehicles. The cab driver was Hubert L Sanders 26 of Logan.
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Logan
E. Second
S. Culver
Nedra Smith
Hugh C. Begland
New Straitsville
Main Street
Spring Street
Hubert L Sanders
J F Miller Dies at 77 Longtime Railroad Worker
James F Miller 77 of Logan died at his home after heart illness. A former signal maintenance worker for Chesapeake and Ohio Railway he had lived in Logan most of his life. Survived by wife Ramona and four sisters. Services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Heinlein Funeral Home with Rev D S Dunkle officiating. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Logan
James F. Miller
Wood St
Miller
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
New Straitsville
Frank G
Nancy Blosser Miller
Ramona Miller
Elizabeth Beglund
Nellie Ward
Margaret Butts
New Lexington
Katherine Peck
Columbus
Heinlein
D. S. Dunkle
Oak Grove Cemetery
Venus Circle Hosts Easter Parade Theme Dinner
Venus Circle of the Order of the Eastern Star met at the Masonic Temple Thursday evening with 35 members and four guests Mrs. John Wilson Mrs. Essie Gano Mrs. Kenneth Price and Mrs. Lowell Hughes present. Dinner chair Mrs. Harold Brimner led a committee of six. Tables bore forsythia and jonquil arrangements. Group singing opened the program followed by Name That Tune with Mrs. Kenneth Stuart at the piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venus Circle
The
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
John Wilson
Essie Gano
Kenneth Price
Lowell Hughes
Harold Brimner
Pauline Summers
A. L. Nash
Edward Foster
James Mack
William Bryan
Kenneth Stuart
Union Furnace Band Boosters Meet in School Gym
Union Furnace Band Boosters will hold a meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Union Furnace school gymnasium. Members are asked to bring sandwiches and cookies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Furnace
Union Furnace School
Logan YWCA Attends District Meet Displays Planned
Five Logan YWCA members attended a district meeting at the Columbus YWCA with speakers including Mrs. Boyd I Miller from Indianapolis vice president of the national YWCA Robert Norstrom Ohio State University College of Law assistant dean and Miss Jayne Derbyshire of Ohio Wesleyan at Delaware. Governor O Neill proclaims April 21 28 as YWCA Week and a display of YWCA meeting articles will be shown in the Huls building window. Members urged to bring handwork to Hull Printing Co office Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan Ywca
Columbus Ywca
Boyd I. Miller
Indianapolis
Ind
National Ywca
Robert Norstrom
College of Law
Ohio State University
Jayne Derbyshire
Ohio Wesleyan
Delaware
Warren Paisley
Arlie Brimner
William Rheinscheid
Logan
Cecil Kunkle
Mt. Pleasant
Earl Kitchen
C. William O'Neill
YWCA
Huls
Hull Printing Co
Gas Co Girl Explains Uses
Logan Rotary Club heard Miss Margaret Magruder of Ohio Fuel Gas Co outline natural gas applications in industry. She described its use as fuel and heating tool, in metal treatment, cereals production, and as a raw material for new products including clothing. Mrs. Gerald Bair introduced her. guests included Kenneth Bright and others.
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Logan
Name's the Same Doctor Death Notice Causes Confusion
Dr Henry M Scheer insists reports of his death are false after notices about another physician named Henry Scheer circulated. He says his family received over 50 condolence messages and worry grows that patients will stop calling. Friends attended the other doctor’s funeral and some acquaintances offered sympathy to Scheer’s wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry M. Scheer
Henry Scheer
Scheer Scheer
Three Cases Dismissed In Common Pleas Court
A Warren v Central States Construction Co suit in Common Pleas Court was dismissed with prejudice for lack of prosecution. Also dismissed by agreement was Mary Reig v Industrial Commission of Ohio without record. A divorce suit Goldie McMurray v Brooks McMurray of Akron was dismissed without record with costs charged against the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
W. W. Warren
Central States Construction Co
Common Pleas Court
Mary Reig
The
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Goldie McMurray
Brooks McMurray
Akron
Scarlet Fever Cases Reported in Counts
Two cases of scarlet fever were reported Monday to the City County Health Department. A 3 year old Logan Route 3 man and a six year old Logan girl are affected. Health nurses are supervising and visiting the homes.
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Logan
Divorce suit filed for Roxie Walters in Common Pleas
Roxie Walters sues for divorce from Harry Walters in Common Pleas Court alleging extreme cruelty. She also seeks temporary and permanent alimony and restoration to her former name Roxie Blair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Roxie Ll. Walters
Common Pleas
Harry Walters
Roxie L. Blair
Summer-Weight Shoes Both Stylish Sturdy
Lightweight summer shoes rise in popularity with American practicality and continental styling. Slip-ons and varied textures offer dress and casual wear, with bold color options and a new Thermo Hat cooling headgear gaining notice.
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Dick Kleiner
NEW York
NEA
New Haven Social Notes Highlight PTA Activities and Local Visits
Dr. Bateman of Lakin Hospital will speak to the New Haven PTA on April 18. A bake sale is planned for April 27 and a charity showing of War and Peace on April 24–25 will yield PTA income. Landscaping and garden efforts continue at Grade School grounds and Memorial Park under local teachers and clubs. Diverse residents and visitors, including Mrs. Paul Henderson, Mrs. Donald Roush, and Mrs. Philip Wolper, attend club events and social gatherings across New Haven and nearby towns.
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Bateman
Lakin Hospital
New Haven
PTA
Paul Powell
Goldyve Hart
Bethel Vance
FE. P. Pickens
St. Josephs Hospital
Ray Weaver
Thelma Capehart
Oma Bumgardner
Genoa
Ill
Lawrence Roush
Capehart
Bumgarner
Ray
Ralph Weaver
Mother's Club
Seniors Stage Play A Dance With Our Miss Brooks
Twenty senior class members chosen for the play directed by Mrs. Edward C. Jackson. Don McClintock is stage manager Barbara Barr student director with Darla Moss as promoter. Cast includes Beverly Cottrill Lonne Hartley Dick Herrig Robert Jordan Charlotte Damron Shirley Casey Sally Garrett Monna Bowles Shirley Pullins Sue Keener Linda Pauley Melony Hayman Nancy Blain Richard Icard Kenny Roush Sam Sprouse Thomas Matthews Judy Jeffries Linda Hatch Clara Rollins.
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Point Pleasant
Miss Brooks
Edward C. Jackson
Don McClintock
Barbara Barr
Darla Moss
Beverly Cottrill
Lonne Hartley
Dick Herrig
Robert Jordan
Charlotte Damron
Shirley Casey
Sally Garrett
Monna Bowles
Shirley Pullins
Sue Keener
Linda Pauley
Melony Hayman
Nancy Blain
Richard Icard
Kenny Roush
Sam Sprouse
Thomas Matthews
Judy Jeffries
Linda Hatch
Clara Rollins
County Men Go to Army for Ashland Examinations
Mrs. Bess B. Moore of the Selective Service office says four draftees and one enlistee depart Tuesday for Ashland Kentucky to receive orders. Names include Bernard Eugene Hill Ray J. Morrow Robert Bennett James Ronald Rainey Earl Eugene Martin and others with additional enlistments scheduled for April 25 for examination in Ashland.
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Point Pleasant
Bess B. Moore
Selective Service Office
Ashland
Bernard Eugene Hill
Leon
Ray J. Morrow
Gallipolis Ferry
Robert Bennett
Arbuckle
James Ronald Rainey
South Side
Earl Eugene Martin
Hogsett
Butler Named City Editor of Parkersburg News
Charles Everett Butler of Point Pleasant is appointed city editor of the Parkersburg News. His editorial career includes work at the Gallipolis Tribune The Messenger and the Point Pleasant Register. The Butlers live on Charleston road and Mrs Butler teaches at Central grade school.
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Point Pleasant
Charles Everett Butler
Parkersburg News
Butler
Gallipolis Tribune
the Messenger
Point Pleasant Register
Butlers
Charleston Road
Central Grade School
City Reports Convictions by State and City Police
Cases heard by Justice of the Peace A M Goodwin in Point Pleasant included Ernest Willard Call Jr charged with hazardous driving fined 10 dollars and cost and Richard Anderson Hatfield charged with permitting an unlicensed driver to operate his car fined 10 dollars and cost. Both were arrested by state police. Robert Carr and Ellis Williams were fined 10 dollars and cost on a drunk charge and jailed for nonpayment of fine. They were arrested by city police.
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Point Pleasant
Justice of the Peace
A. M. Goodwin
Ernest Willard Call, Jr
Richard Anderson Hatfield
Cost
Robert Carr
Ellis Williams
Hartford Social Event Honors Mrs Earl Dean Knight
Mrs Foster Grinstead hosted a miscellaneous shower Friday evening at the Hartford Methodist Church social rooms honoring newlywed Mrs Earl Dean Knight. Refreshments served to a long list of guests including Mrs Esta Bumgarnes Mason Mrs Clifford Schools Point Pleasant Mrs Earl Smith Roseville Ohio Rev A A Angle Jr Mrs George McKnight and dozens more with evening wrapping up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster Grinstead
Hartford Methodist Church
Earl Dean Knight
Esta Bumgarnes
Mason
Clifford Schools
Point Pleasant
Earl Smith
Roseville
Ohio
A. A. Angle, Jr
George McKnight
William C. Gibbs
Mary Ann Klass
Elizabeth Greusser
William McKnight
John Kell
Thurl Stone
Harry Gibbs
James McKnight
Kenneth Ridenour
John King
Donald Zerkle
Mack Howard
Stanley Duncan
Oran Love
J. H Smith Jr
David Fields Jr
Rolland Gibbs
Floyd McMillin
Carl Zerkle
John Weekman
Gerald Kearns
Herbert Smith
Edward Kell
Charles Smith
Myra Gibbs
Margaret Rizer
Ray Fields
Leonard Fields
Mary Aumiller
William Kelly
Stanford Powell
Earl Fields
Arthur Wayland
Rutter Knight
Mildred Chapman
Bessie Jenkins
Mary Janet Zerk
Births and discharges noted at Point Pleasant clinic
Discharged patients include Mrs Millar Miles of Point Pleasant Mrs Glen Goodwin Monroe Ave and infant daughter and Mrs Bertha Thornton Point Pleasant. A birth recorded for Mrs Perry Jeffers Southside a daughter.
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Millar Miles
Point Pleas
Ant
Glen Goodwin
Monroe Ave
Bertha Thornton
Point Pleasant
Perry Jeffers
Southside
Kanawha Clinic Notes on McKenney Family Births
Mrs. A W McKenney of Point Pleasant reports a daughter. Mrs. Basil DeWeese and Mrs. John Caudill announce an infant son and an infant daughter respectively, with Henderson cited as the location.
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A. W. McKenney
Basil DeWeese
Point Pleasant
John Caudill
Henderson
Mayor Krodel To Seek Republican Nomination
POINT PLEASANT mayor PB W Krodel announced Monday he would seek the Republican nomination for a 13th term at the Legion Home convention Thursday at 7 30 p m He has served since May 18 1929 and sat out 1937 and 1949 Claude Cheesebrew seeks re election to city council with Krodel. Charles Musgrave undecided about a fourth term.
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Point Pleasant
PB. W. Krodel
Legion Home
Krodel
Claude Cheesebrew
Charles Musgrave
Andren D. Thabet
Howard Mill
Wayne Kincade
Frank Henson
Charles Fowler
Fritz Bonecutter
Bruce Dennis
Ronald White
Howard Yeager
Scotty Hyre
Council
Citizens
Robert Peoples
Citizen
J. S
Red) Duncan
James Woodard
Citizen Party
Point Pleasant Banquet and Local Wedding Highlights
The annual Future Farmers of America banquet at Point Pleasant High School is set for Thursday at 7 p.m. with 69 members and awards by Clifford Dunn. Miss Geneva May Gerlach wed James Richard Humphrey at Main Street Baptist Church in a 2 p.m. ceremony officiated by Rev. Kenneth W. Chandler. The couple, both Point Pleasant High School graduates, plan a Daytona Beach honeymoon.
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Future Farmers of America
Point Pleasant High School
Clifford Dunn
Main Street Baptist Church
Geneva May _ Gerlach
Carl Gerlach
Windsor Court
James Richard Humphrey
William Humphrey
Camp Conley
Kenneth W. Chandler
Humphrey Sheet Metal Co
Daytona Beach
Fla
Humphrey
Birthday Party for Brent Davis at Grandparents Home
Brent Davis celebrated his first birthday with a party at his grandparents home in Bellemeade. He enjoyed two birthday cakes a cowboy boot cake and a candle cake as family and friends attended including Kim Chapman Penni Sedley Ty Somerville Mat Waldie Greg Hill Tommy Cook and Connie Cook. Adults present were Mrs Helen Davis and Mrs Kenneth Cook from Mid-Ohio area.
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Brent Davis
Cecil Oliver
Bellemeade
Robert Davis
Kim Chapman
Penni Sedley
Ty Somerville
Mat Waldie
Point Pleasant
Greg Hill
Cheshire
Tommy
Connie Cook
Middleport
Helen Davis
Kenneth Cook
Mid
Mrs Stevens' Nephew Dies in Louisiana
Mrs Ted Stevens of Main Street has word that her nephew Earl Landrey II of New Iberia Louisiana died Sunday night. The two month old son of Mr and Mrs Henry D Landrey died after heart surgery shortly after birth. Survived by parents two brothers David and Jeffrey and sister Susan. Mr and Mrs Landrey have visited here.
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James Roush
Angle
A. A. Angle
Fairmont
Joe E. Graham
Waverly
Graham
Bob Johnston
Max Wetherall
Huntington
Lawrence Leiving
Glenn Lynn
Otho Leiving
Thelma Capehart
Point Pleasant
Ted Stevens
Main Street
Earl Landrey II
New Iberia
Henry D. Landrey
David
Jeffrey
Susan
Marriage Licenses Listed for Six Local Couples
Harold E. Robinson of Beech Hill and Netty R. Mayes of Point Pleasant. Lester R. Roach of Kearns and Thelma M. Feller of Gill. George Russell McCoy 18 and Ruth Frances Legg 16 of Grimm's Landing. Charles Howard Redd of Lakin and Ruth Delores Mosley of Lakin. William Earl Nibert 22 of Hogsett and Judith Caroll Harless 16 of Jones.
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Harold E. Robinson
James
Catherine Conkle Robinson
Beech Hill
Netty R. Mayes
Forrest
Daisy Gillispie Mayes
Point Pleasant
Lester R. Roach
Ernest
Laura Kearns Roach
Thelma M. Feller
Myrtle Crawford Gill
George Russell McCoy
Robertsburg
Rayburn and
Opal Smith McCoy
Ruth Frances Legg
Violet Legg
Grimm’s Landing
Charles Howard Redd
Lakin
John D
Betty Elizabeth Hubbard Redd
Ruth Delores Mosley
Alice Franklin Mosley
William Earl Nibert
Hogsett
William
Thelma Crawford Nibert
Judith Caroll Harless
Robert
Helen McKinney Harless Jones
Gallipolis Ferry
Trinity Methodist Men Dinner Meeting
Trinity Methodist Church men hold a dinner meeting in the church social room Tuesday at 6 p.m. The event aims to discuss church activities and volunteer opportunities for the coming month.
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Point Pleasant
The
Trinity Methodist Church
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Logan School
Logan Society
J. FF. Miller
Vladimir K. Zworykin
John T. Farrar
Rockefeller Institute
New York City
Dr. Zworykin
Medical Electronics Center
RCA
Williams
Crosby Square
Jarman
Robbe
Fortune
New Haven Social Notes
Glen Smith
Wahama High School
Mary Duncan
John Morgan
Delton Sayre
Bob Muncy
Luther Smith
Don Brown
Lutheran Church
Carroll Adams
Nelson Roush
Everett Roush
Judy Fry
Suzanne Wolper
Herman Layne
Layne
A. B. Woodrum
Arnett Roush
Donald Roush
Marshall College
Sandra
Lola Roush
W. FE. Abney
Toledo
Abney's
Arthur Wehrli
Glen Lynn
F. A. Batey
Arthur Kirk
Pomeroy
Paul Turnbull
Glen Wallace
Wisconsin
Otho Lieving
Stanley Hart
Frank Arnott
Pauline McClintock
Norman Arnott
Beaver Falls
Ben Spencer
Racine
James Hunt
Letart Falls
Roy Winebrenner
Nina Howell
Guiding Star Advent Christian Church
Letart
W. Va
Robert William Worth
Hartford
Billy Ray Ward
Delbert Russell Blessing
Ronald Eugene Lyons
Robert Lee Nibert
Warren Eugene Weaver
Chester Wayne Meadows
Apple Grove
Chester O'Dell Flory
Lawrence Jackson Wray
Ashton
Dencil Ray Roush
Bobby van Crump
Roy Everett Turner
Clyde Chester Adams, Jr
Pliny
News
Kanawha Clinic
Pt. Pleasant Society
Dlieport
B. J. Chapman
Don Waldie
Carl Sibley
Paul Somerville, Jr
Benny Studer
Benedean
Eastor
C. J. Morrison
Main St
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