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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1945
Page
18
Officials of Hocking County Red Cross were elected at a Wednesday meeting as reported in The Athens Messenger. The page also notes a feature on the Australian native black swan, described as graceful with somber plumage and a red beak.
Logan The executive committee of the Hocking County Chapter of the Red Cross met Wednesday night to elect officers for 1945 46. Forest Weinrich was named Chapter Chairman with Harley Meyer as Vice chairman Mrs Earl Elberfeld reelected Secretary Harry Smith reelected Treasurer Mrs Sam Primmer reelected Executive secretary Miss Margaret Lutz reelected Home Secretary Mrs Charlene Harbarger reelected and Delbert Conkle reelected janitor. A vote of thanks was given to retiring executive chairman James L Young for his leadership.
Logan principal Fred Burchfield announces a general assembly Friday afternoon at Senior High School with Miss Sarah Rockhold in charge. A style show by Home Economics seniors will be featured. Diplomas will be awarded May 24 with 62 girls and 29 boys receiving in person. seven boys will receive by proxy. May 10 and 11 host the class play Ghost Wanted. May 18 Junior-Senior Prom and May 20 Baccalaureate at the Senior High auditorium.
Lewis Price dies at home near Gore age seventy. He was a lifelong farmer and a faithful member of Fellowship United Brethren Church. Survived by two sisters Joanna Cook Murray City and Mary R. Leonard Logan, one nephew Herman Leonard Logan, two nieces Edna Leonard Lancaster and Esther Wittacre Chillicothe. Body to Leonard Funeral Home, services Friday 2 p.m. at Fellowship Church, Rev. H. O. Davis in charge. Burial in adjoining cemetery. ANNOUNCE BIRTH Logan Mr and Mrs Paul Bell announce birth of a seven and three quarter pound son at home Tuesday evening.
The Logan community page details meetings of the Co-Educational Sunday School Class at United Brethren Church with program on humor and God, prize winners, and refreshments. It also notes a Wednesday Duplicate Club with high scores, upcoming entertainments, and a horse show plan by the Logan Hiding Club for the Hocking County Fair. Personal mentions include hospital stays, moves, and upcoming concerts with local and visiting residents and guests from Columbus, Zanesville, and beyond.
Logan reports the Red Cross War Fund Drive led by Melrose-Harbaugh, with a complete ledger by city wards and districts. Harbaugh met the full quota of 11,600 on day one, earning praise. the county ranked second in Ohio and among the first thirty nationally, with a final exceedance of 3,042.47. Blood donor visits totaled 904 pints from March 1944 to March 1945, 176 volunteers contributed 750 hours, and the canteen served 1,041 meals with 394 hours by volunteers, plus 51 junior high girls giving 115 hours carrying meals and washing dishes.
Hocking County service members are highlighted with Lt Walter Jurgensmier arriving by plane in San Francisco from Australia and reaching Logan for a possible twenty one day furlough. Other relatives in service include St Paul California, St Belgium, and Camp Walters Texas. Mrs Ned Gabriel reports her husband hospitalized in Hawaii after shrapnel wounds on Iwo Jima. Local residents share war updates and property moves as the community notes ongoing military service and family changes.
Logan Ohio Izaak Walton League meeting at Camp Hocking hosts Dr Ollie Fink Columbus executive secretary of Friends of the Land a national conservation group head of Ohio education conservation department will speak with technicolor films Trees and Homes travelogue by James Fitzpatrick and a stream improvement film. Dinner is roast chicken at 6 30 with chefs John Michel and Tom Goslin. A long committee list assists Chairman Howard Kirk including G Carr James Rutgers Paul Collison Fred Burchfield and others.
Two 17 year old juveniles from Sandusky were apprehended in Logan for breaking into the home of Mrs. Nellie Spray and her brother Carl Lovett. Paper prints show the door kicked in and items including a radio clothes shirts and shoes recovered by Sheriff Floyd Duffy and Deputy Jack Waldron. The youths await arraignment before Juvenile Judge Ewing in Hocking County.
Logan Girl Scout Troop elected officers for the week Julie DeMaine president Marilyn Smoot secretary Jean Haas news reporter. The patrol will sponsor a hike later and plan Mothers Day gifts. Nibble box duties assigned to Janet Norris and Mary Conkle. Tin drive starts Friday at 10 a.m. collectors to gather salvage tin from Market Street. Carl Blosser leads, contact 79.
Lt William B Armstrong of Logan is reported to have arrived at Fletcher General Hospital Cambridge after service in the Pacific with the 37th Division. He participated in Bougainville and Guadalcanal and will receive treatment for the loss of sight in one eye. Mr and Mrs Armstrong plan visits in Cambridge Saturday and Sunday and at the former home in Smithfield.
A mobile unit from Ohio Fuel Gas Company will visit Logan Monday morning April 23 from 9 to 11:30 to assist housewives with canning issues and to check pressure canners. Supervisors Miss Betty Newton and Mr William Powers will oversee the testing kitchen. Helen Evans, chairwoman of the County Nutrition Committee, urges women to use the service.
Logan John DeVore, age unknown, died Wednesday evening at University Hospital Columbus after removal from care on Tuesday in serious condition. He is survived by one daughter and one son Willian Flood of Logan. Arrangements are with Heinlein Funeral Home and remain incomplete.
Four year old daughter of Rev Evan Jones injured Tuesday afternoon after falling on broken glass at home in Rockbridge. She received medical attention at a Logan physician’s office where multiple stitches were needed to close facial wounds.
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