Logan High School announces scholarship leaders
Logan High School in a Friday assembly marking Thomas Jefferson’s 200th birthday named the top scholars from the general scholarship test. Keith Williams led with 225 points, Tom Campbell 224, Harriet Kerr 215, Charles Rauch 206, John Lehman 189, Arlene Carr 187. Campbell Williams and Kerr earned state honorable mention. C Wood Bowen delivered the Jefferson address.
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LOGAN
Logan High School
Thomas Jefferson
Fred B. Burchfield
Kieth Williams
Tom Campbell
Harriet Kerr
Charles Rauch
John Lehman
Arlene Carr
Campbell
Williams
Miss Kerr
C. Wood Bowen
Jefferson
Logan Hocking to hold first dimout in county
Detailed instructions issued to residents and businesses for the Logan and Hocking County dimout set for 9 to 9 30 p m Thursday April 22. Harry W Shaw county coordinator urges cooperation in preparation for a forthcoming state wide blackout and the planning group promises further announcements.
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Logan
Hocking County
Harry W. Shaw
Protection Services Division
Civilian Defense
State Office of Civilian Defense
Aimout
Shaw
Logan-Hocking County
Civilian Defense Council
Army Seeks Civilians for Engineer Corps Service
The Army invites trained construction specialists to volunteer for service with engineer troop units. Targeting 9,000 specialists monthly, the program covers carpenters, operators, welders, draftsmen, and many trades. Qualified applicants from 18 to 34, with exceptions to 45, will be interviewed and sent to Engineer Training Centers for potential commissions.
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Army
Corps of Engineers
Engineer Corps
Eugene Reybold
Army Engineers
Army Engineer
Fifth Service Command
Selective Service Board
Fort Belvoir
Ft. Leonard Wood
Jefferson Barracks
Camp Claiholm
Engineer Officer Candidate School
U. S
United States
M. H. Stickler
U. 5 S
Camp Conley
Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Hocking Rises Under Steady Week End Rains
Steady week end rains have swollen the Hocking River and tributaries but flood stage has not been reached except in low bottomlands. All roads remain open and communications are sound across the county.
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Logan
Hocking
Logan Social Notes Highlights Local Club Activities
Logan area clubs and church groups report a busy period with Girl Scout meetings at the Methodist Church and a Presbyterian society program. Events include Bridge at Mrs. Owen Yaw’s home, Red Cross sewing by the Thursday Club, and upcoming Girl Scout Troop 2 gathering to finalize Faghags and scenic stickers.
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Methodist Church
George Carr
Council For Girl Scouts
Hocking County Scenic Regions
Saturday Club Luncheon at the White House Hosts and Guests
Fourteen members gathered around a decorated White House table for a one o'clock Saturday Club luncheon hosted by Miss Mester Lee White. President Miss Eleanor Derr opened the meeting with reports on club activities and notes from the state federation conference.
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White House
Mester Lee White
Eleanor Derr
Minnie Moore
Federated Women’s Clubs
Deshler-Wallick
Columbus
New England
Russell Berlin
Wilhelmine Deishle
Bartelle Hamilton
Florence, Bort
Alice Genevieve Poston
Screen Exams Planned for 52 Men Wednesday
Hocking County Selective Service Board said 52 Logan and Hocking County registrants will undergo screening physical examinations Wednesday night. The group includes many married men, according to board members.
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Logan
Hocking County
High School Commerce Pupils Gain City Office Training
Logan students in the Cooperative Work Plan at Logan High School continue practical training in city offices under Miss Monica Acker. Since February, participants have served at the county extension office, relief office, public library, Farm Security Administration, Ohio State Employment Office, Logan Junior High, and the Hocking County Selective Service Board, listing names of students involved.
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Logan
Logan High School
Monica Acker
County Extension Office
County Relief Office
Public Library
Farm Security Administration Office
Ohio State Employment Office
Logan Junior High
Hocking County Selective Service Board
Dorothy Lehman
Clara Riddlebarger
Dorothy Poling
Gloria Summers
Joan Hood
Elsie Blackstone
Betty Lehman
Dorothy Jean Myers
Waveline Coss
Jean Mowery
Pauline Robinette
Jean Struble
Murray City School Banquet Honors Inter class Champions
Murray City April 19 Student Council of Murray City held a banquet honoring the inter class basketball league champions. 70 tickets were sold. President Dorothy Simon and Supt J J Stone spoke. Most council members attended except Mardell Hillyer who was ill. Pins were awarded to Simon Sabo Mowery Kinnison Koon Wolfe Bunting Banik and others. Refreshments followed with games and dancing.
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Murray City
Dorothy Simon
J. J. Stone
Mardell Hillyer
Supt. Stone
Mr. Keck
Joe Sabo
Veronia Mowery
Gene Kin
Elroy Short
Columbus
Frank Sabo
Zanesville
Harry Jonas
New Straitsville
Phyllis Jean
Charles Hughes
Harry Shuttleworth Sr
Detroit
George Archer, Sr
Mary Jo Giffen
Logan
Dwight Spencer
Elmer
U. S. Army
Camp Hood
Texas
John Withem
Harold
Jefferson Barracks
Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Withem
Lester
Navy
Corpus Cristus Texas
Downington Social Briefs
Lennie Jewell a Marine at Parris Island is home on furlough with his mother Mrs Golda Jewell and Mrs Alice Whaley. Everett Dixon and family move to a farm near Cambridge after purchasing it. Margaretta King Hebbardsville visits daughter Mrs W T Reeves. Mrs Cora Jewell visits father Arthur Howell. Glen Haning returns from a Dayton veterans hospital to his home. Margaret Whaley Athens visits her parents. Mollie Jewell fractures her wrist. Neva Howell reports Pvt Leroy Howell moved from Arkansas to a South Carolina camp. Hattie Haning makes a business trip to Pomeroy.
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Cora Jewell
Arthur Howell
Glen Haning
Dayton
Margaret Whaley
Athens
D. C. Whaley
Mollie Jewell
Neva Howell
Pvt
Leroy Howell
Arkansas
South Carolina
Hattie Haning
Pomeroy
Truck Driver Fined After Highway Crash
Logan resident William H. Lee of Pomeroy was fined and taxed costs after arraignment before Magistrate Frank St. Clair for parking a truck on a public highway with improper signaling devices. The incident stemmed from a Saturday collision on U S Route 33 near Haydenville between Lee’s truck and Rodger Campbell’s car, which was damaged. The truck is owned by Zeb Howard.
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Zeb Howard
Mrs. Ida Mathias Dies At Her Home Sunday
Mrs. Ida Shotwell Mathias widow of Porter Mathias a member of a Hocking County pioneer family died at her home 244 Mound Street after a two year illness Funeral arrangements are being completed Surviving are two sons and two daughters
Chauncey Dover High presents Down On Abbies Farm
Chauncey Dover High School junior class staged the three act comedy Down On Abbies Farm in the school auditorium for two nights last week. A partial double cast was used and the production was directed by Miss Ruth Fiske. Cast members included Naomi Savage Virgene Nye Norman Simpkins John Pierce Gene Kollister Arella Johnson Dorothy Dickerson Ruth McBride Madge Hubey Betty Jandes Olga Hunter Shirley Ryan Patty Webb Lois Legg William Searles Jack Cunningham Kenneth Russell Richard Herdman.
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Chauncey
Chauncey Dover High School
Chauncey Pupils to Demonstrate at PTA Meeting
Chauncey grade pupils from The Plains school will present a demonstration at the Plains Parent Teacher Association meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the high school auditorium.
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Chauncey
Plains
The
Plains Parent Teacher Association
Chauncey Ladies Aid to Quilt All Day Wednesday
The Chauncey Weekly quilting session of the Ladies Aid Society will be held all day Wednesday at the Chaun ce y Methodist Church.
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Chauncey
Ladies Aid Society
Chauncey Methodist Church
Contingent of 106 Men Back on 7-Day Furlough
Clerical assistants at the Hocking County Selective Service Board reported that 106 men from the Ft. Hayes group in Columbus were placed on seven day furlough after passing their Army Type physicals. The farewell ceremony is set for April 23 before they report for active duty.
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Logan
Hocking County
Sheriff arrests man on non support charge
Silas Martin of Sand Run was arrested and jailed in Hocking County on a non support complaint filed by his wife Margaret Martin. He is expected to be arraigned on Monday.
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Logan
Silas Martin
Sand Run
Hocking County
Floyd Duffy
Margaret Martin
Private Returns After Furlough To Chauncey Family
Pvt. Kossuth Clifford Dowler, stationed at Camp Van Dorn Mississippi, returns from a week long furlough visiting his wife Mrs Mary Elizabeth Slisher Dowler and her parents in Chauncey. A two course chicken dinner was served at Jacobs Ave home with many Chauncey relatives present. Brother Lester Dowler from Michigan did not attend. Cards or letters are welcome via his wife or father.
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Paul Monks
Garden Club
White House
Carl Harsh
Methodist Church
Willard Lanning
Logan
van Buren
Arkansas
U.S. Army
Arnett A. Griffith
Camp Breckenridge
Kentucky
Ben Griffith
Arthur Kreysig
Columbus
Katie Walker
Hunter St
Kreysig
Logan Clay Products
Haydenville
Nateo
Chauncey
Pvt
Kossuth
Clifford Dowler
Infantry
Camp van Dorn
Miss
Mary Elizabeth Slisher Dowler
George Slisher
Eugene Dowiler
Ancil Dowler
Emmett Dowler
Eugene Dowler
Lester Dowler
Michigan
Pvt. Dowler
Funeral services for Mrs. James Blackford Tuesday
Rev. Gilbert Courtney of the Church of Christ at Chauncey will officiate at the funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Sugar Creek Church. Mrs. Blackford died Saturday in White Cross Hospital Columbus after a major surgical operation.
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Chauncey
Gilbert Courtney
Church of Christ At
James Blackford
Sugar Creek
Two Cars Damaged In Intersection Crash
In Logan on Sunday afternoon two cars collided at the De Second Streets intersection. Josephine Francis of Lo,aN drove east on Seong Street while D S Smart of Chauncey traveled south on Depot Street. Patrolman Pay Zanner cited rain slick streets as a factor. Francis car damage valued at about $200 and Smart’s at an undetermined amount.
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Smart
Depot St
Smart Uty
Club To Meet CHAUNCEY Loyal Women’s Class
CHAUNCEY Loyal Women’s Class of the Church of Christ will meet Wednesday at 1 30 p m at the home of Mrs Florence Pender grass Ellis Ave Mrs Martha Shafer class president will conduct the meeting and all women of the church are invited
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Church of Christ
Florence Pendergrass
Ellis Ave
Martha Shafer
Church
Two Navy men held after overstaying leave at Norfolk
Two U S Navy men were returned to their ships at Norfolk Virginia after overstaying leaves. They are Ho Carter and Earl Jeffery formerly from Union Furnace. They were held in the city jail pen pending the arrival of naval officers.
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Logan
U. S. Navy
Norfolk
Ho Carter
Earl Jeffery
Union Furnace
Choir to Meet Chauncey Easter Rehearsal Notice
Rehearsal of Easter music by the Church of Christ choir will be Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the church. All members of both Senior and Young Peoples Choirs are asked to be present.
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Chauncey
Church of Christ
Young Peoples
Circle Hill hostess change for Millfield Needle Club
Mrs Kathryn Mc Daniel will host the Millfield Needle Club at her Circle Hill home Tuesday night at 7 30 instead of Wednesday.
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Chauncey
Kathryn McDaniel
Circle Hill
Millfield
Needle Club
Mrs Jaret Brown Visits Chauncey Daughter
Mrs Jaret Brown of Baker Settlement spent Saturday in Chauncey with her daughter Mrs Morris Porter and family on Jacobs Avenue.
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Chauncey
Jaret Brown
Baker Settlement
Morris Porter
Jacobs Ave
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Howard White
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Otterbein Guild
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Betty Shuler
Wanda Brown
Pauline Davis
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