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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1944
Page
10
Logan City Council, in a special session Monday night, raised salaries at the waterworks. Chief engineer Charles Dalton saw his pay jump from 175 to 190 dollars per month, while the two assistant engineers rose from 155 to 170 dollars.
The Gore VU. B. Church will hold a special program for men in service next Sunday April 23. Preparations are under way for a large attendance and anticipated participation from many servicemen.
Logan residents recall a Monday night of Win or Lose contract at M H Cherrington home with four substitutes and seven players. Mrs Kemper and Mrs Lehman win high honors as Mrs Connors to entertain next. Also Franklin Kerr Guild met at Presbyterian church with devotionals, mission study, and social hour. several locals and visitors noted in attendance as duties and travel plans were reported.
Lancaster Logan and Glouster Luckoff branches sold to a New York City syndicate. The Logan store joins Mutual Stores Inc. D. D. Budd remains manager until Sam Scharff takes over, moving to Logan with his family.
Eddie Leach, longtime custodian at Central School and fireman at the school heating plant, resigned to accept a provisional appointment as assistant engineer at the city water works. He will fill the post left by Guy Diltz, who resigned April 2, and the school vacancy remains unfilled.
Robert R. Cooley 49, a Co and O Railroad engineer, died Sunday of a heart attack. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 1 30 p.m. at Spears funeral home in Columbus. He was brother of Logan city councilmen Jess Cooley. He is survived by his wife Virginia, two daughters Jane Watters and Dorothy Cooley, five brothers, a sister, and a grandchild. Mrs Scharff will assist in the Logan store.
Logan area hospital notes report Gerald Blosser admitted for surgery at Cherrington Hospital. Virginia Coakley dismissed after surgery to return home in Nelsonville. Ed and wife announce birth of Wanda Mae Saturday noon. Eddie Hankison recovered from emergency appendectomy at Grant Hospital and returned home. L R Hankison discharged from bedrest. Clyde and Susie McDaniels announce birth of Catherine Janet eight pounds three ounces at Cherrington Hospital Monday morning. grandparents listed.
Mrs Edgar Walker of New Straitsville visited her parents Mr and Mrs Alva Daugherty and sister Mrs Ruth Ross of Columbus over the week end Ruth Ross and her daughter Mary Jane went to Columbus to stay The first all metal plane built in 1922 carried two 300 horsepower engines built at 25 West Lincoln St Columbus
Logan Hocking County Selective Service Board says Robert William Blair of Nelsonville Route 1 registered Monday and will take his preinduction exam. Carl M. Wahl received a medical discharge from the Army after a long illness at Atlanta General Hospital. Mrs. Wahl remains at a defense plant job, and Wahl will stay with Mrs. Herman Bratton at 260 Wood Street while in town. Wahl was inducted February 20, 1942.
Miss Ruth Bryan home economics teacher at Logan Junior High returns to duties in Wilmington after about two months recuperating from a major surgical operation. She had been absent since mid fall.
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