Logan Legion Auxiliary Observes Child Welfare Program
The Logan American Legion Auxiliary held its annual child welfare program at the post rooms Monday evening with a potluck dinner at 6:30. Mrs. Irma Powers led the program joined by Dr. L H Starr Brocks on nutrition and Miss Margaret Lutz on child placement, with other speakers including Walter M Haas Clinton Webb and Roy Van Atta.
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Logan
American Legion Auxiliary
Post Rooms
Logan Post
Irma Powers
Joe Rowley
John McBroom
L. H. Starr Brocks
Margaret Lutz
Walter M. Haas
Buckeye
Clinton Webb
Otto Sharpe
McArthur
Sharpe
Senior Boys To Be Guests Of Kiwanis Logan
Logan High School senior class members will attend the Kiwanis Club Vocation Guidance program with Samuel H. Dillon chairing. Ohio University’s Dean Gamertsfelder will speak as music by Walter A. Kinney directs vocal and instrumental performances. Franklin Kerr Guild serves dinner at 6 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church social rooms.
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Logan
Logan High School
Logan Kiwanis Club
Samuel H. Dillon
Dean Gamertsfelder
Ohio University
Walter A. Kinney
Franklin Kerr Guild
First Presbyterian Church
Heine Elected President of Logan Rotary Club
Logan Rotary Club held its annual election Monday with Clarence Heine named president. Nominations were made a week earlier. Fred E. Hull was chosen vice president Harley Meyer reelected secretary treasurer and Bob King and Fred Hull named to the board. The Lancaster Rotary bowling team visited for dinner and later bowled a series with the local club at Cooks.
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Logan
Clarence Heine
Fred E. Hull
Harley Meyer
Bob King
Fred Hull
Lancaster Rotary Club
Cooks
Stoughton Brothers Enlist in Marines at Cincinnati
Privates Robert C. and David A. Stoughton of Rockbridge enlisted in the Marine Corps on April 13 and are assigned to Parris Island for training. Private Aaron Y. Adcock of Green Township reports a new address at A P O 37 New York City N Y indicating service in the American Expeditionary Forces.
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Logan
Robert C
David A. Stoughton
George H. Stoughton
Rockbridge
Marine Corps
Cincinnati
Parris Island
Aaron Y. Adcock
Green Township
A.P.O
New York City
N. Y
Weekend registration estimate exceeds two thousand
Figures from Murray City Carbon Hill and Laurelville had not been received by the selective service board by Monday evening but Logan reported over two thousand registered. Logan’s three day totals were 453 Saturday 483 Sunday and 502 Monday suggesting the final count would surpass eighteen hundred.
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LOGAN
Murray City
Carbon Hill
Laurelville
Selective Service Board
Call Witnesses for Manslaughter Trial
Witnesses were notified to report for the trial of James Boyer of McArthur on a second degree manslaughter charge. The jury trial starts tomorrow morning with some witnesses reporting Wednesday and the rest Thursday for a two day hearing.
Walter Starr Ill in Wheeling Hospital
Walter Starr of Gore is seriously ill at a Wheeling hospital after working near Steubenville. He was previously incapacitated by illness for a year. The piece also notes a record high number of conventions—over 20,000—scheduled and held in 1941 across the United States and Canada.
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Walter Starr
Wheeling
Logan
Gore
Steubenville
Starr
United States
Canada
Heart Attack Fatal to H. A. Campbell
Herbert A. Campbell 59 of Haydenville died Monday afternoon of a heart attack while riding in a State Highway Department truck near Harpers Run north of Logan. George Green and Wilbur Vermillion were present. local physician did not arrive in time. Deputy Sheriff Frank Larimer Prosecutor Harley Meyer Acting Coroner B Whitehart responded. Burial preparations set in Nelsonville. He is survived by his wife and son Charles. brother of Arlie Campbell.
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Nelsonville
Charles
Arlie Campbell
Haydenville
New Crew Placed Back on River Division
Logan reports two men recalled to service on the River Division of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Ray McDonald and Earl Shriner, previously at Walbridge, are back in Logan as part of the reassignment.
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Logan
River Division
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Ray McDonald
Earl Shriner
Walbridge
Local Residents Attend Visits and Reports of Duty
Mrs. Stanley W. Baker will leave Wednesday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Jack Baker in Haddon Heights New Jersey. She will accompany Ray Clark of Newark who heads to Camden to report for duty with RCA. Floyd Kimble of Columbus was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stevens. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hamilton of Columbus visited in Logan Sunday.
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Stanley W. Baker
Jack Baker
Haddon Heights
N. J
Ray Clark
Newark
Camden
RCA
Floyd Kimble
Columbus
Arthur Stevens
Gerald Hamilton
Logan
Local Coach John Longley Visits Logan Amid Family Illness
Former Ashland high school coach John Longley, visiting Logan Sunday evening with friends, was summoned to Nelsonville due to his father Sam Longley’s serious illness. Mount Kamet in the Himalayas stands as the highest peak climbed by man and ranks as the eighth largest in the world.
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Longley
Logan Logan
John Longley
Ashland
Logan
Nelsonville
Sam Longley
Mount
Kamet
Himalayas
Tattooed birth date helps man recall age
A man at registration forgot his birth date until he rolled up his sleeve and showed the tattooed date on his arm. The detail comes from Logan where the oldster appeared for registration.
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Logan
Thompson Rites To Be Held Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Louisa Thompson, who died Sunday evening, will be held at 1 30 p m Thursday at the Leonard Funeral Home. The Rev. Stanley W. Wiant will be in charge and burial will follow in Wesley Chapel Cemetery in Vinton County.
Council To Meet On Utilities Contract At Water Plant
The city council will hear a report from the utilities committee on a contract for current at the water plant. Other important matters are scheduled for the meeting tonight.
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Logan
Logan Angler Nets Big Lake Erie String at Buckeye Lake
Delmas Woodgeard of this city hauled in a fine string of Lake Erie catch at Buckeye Lake, adding notable fish to a day of angling success.
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Logan
Delmas Woodgeard
Buckeye Lake
Apple Grove Social Notes
Apple Grove social notes list weekend visits from Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Fowler Huntington to Mrs. M. V. Shank and Evelyn and Kathryn Sharpnack Columbus to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Snack. Service members Pvt Robert Shank and Pvt Darrel Sayre Taft Calif home on furlough en route to flying cadet school. Sgt Oris Roush Arizona also on furlough visiting Robert Shank. Birth noted for a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. William Ritchie Huntington. Several families hosted at various homes including Proctorsville Racine Culloden Akron and Pennsylvanian travel noted.
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Apple Grove
T. C. Fowler
Huntington
W. Va
M. V. Shank
Evelyn
Kathryn Sharpnack
Columbus
Jack Snack
Robert Shank
Darrel Sayre
Taft
Calif
California
Oris Roush
Arizonia
William Ritchie
Arch Chapman
Harry Hayman
Bert O'Connor
Proctorsville
Early Roush
Robert McKelvey
Betty Beegle
Jake Gaul
Racine
Glen White
Ira Hanley
Culloden
Jonas Wolfe
Chester Durst
Akron
Wilson Slaughter
Julia Dingey
Pennsylvania
Entertaining Guests Logans Have Notable Visitors
Logan social notes list Mr and Mrs Blum hosting Mr and Mrs Landis of Carbondale and Athens relatives, with J O McCoy and family, Waldon Blum, and Matilda Hansel among attendees. Mrs William Helber of Enterprise underwent major surgery at Doctors Hospital Columbus. Earthworms noted for soil aeration and soil fertility in farming tips.
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Logan
Woodrow Blum
City
John Landis
Carbondale
J. O. McCoy
Athens
Boyd Blum
Waldo
Matilda Hansel
William Helber
Enterprise
Luther Blum
Doctors Hospital
Columbus
Blum
Herman Blum
Holl Urges People Meet War Quotas in County
LOGAN B A Holl post district commander of the American Legion urges Hocking County residents to meet assigned quotas. Speaking to Legion and Auxiliary members he says they must inform the public of the purpose and ensure clarity to reassure service members the home front supports them.
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Logan
B. A. Holl
American Legion
Hocking County
Logan Pastor Accepts Call to Columbus Church
Reverend C B Clendenen announced he will leave the Logan Nazarene church for Parsons Ave Church in Columbus, to begin May 10 and move his family by May 20. He has served six years here and 14 years in the ministry. A congregational meeting will plan for a new pastor with district superintendent Dr C A Gibson assisting.
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Logan
Church of the Nazarene
C. B. Clendenen
Parsons Ave
Columbus
Clendenen
Syracuse
Ohio
Logan Church
C. A. Gibson
Soldier Called Home By Two Deaths
Logan Illinois soldier William Smith of Scott Field is en route home after both grandmothers Lucy Smith and Louisa Thompson died Sunday. He is the son of Nellis Smith former deputy sheriff.
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Logan
William Smith
Scott Field
Illinois
Lucy Smith
Louisa Thompson
Smith
Nellis Smith
Logan Boys Transferred To Spokane Camp
Logan Paul Jurgensmier son of Mr and Mrs Walter Jurgensmier and Delbert Ellinger son of Judge and Mrs A M Ellinger of this city have been transferred to Spokane Washington Jurgensmier had been serving at Sheppard Field Texas and Ellinger at Cheyenne Wyoming George Kaiser son of Mr and Mrs Al Kaiser Logan now is serving at the Stockton Motor Base in California
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Logan
Paul Jurgensmier
Walter Jurgensmier
Delbert Ellinger
A. M. Ellinger
Spokane
Wash
Jurgensmier
Sheppard Field
Texas
Ellinger
Cheyenne
Wyo
George Kaiser
al Kaiser
Stockton Motor Base
California
Oeffler Seeks Nomination as Commissioner
Logan. Eli J. Oeffler announced on Monday his bid for the Democratic nomination for commissioner in the August primary. He gathered his petition and began circulating it. Oeffler, a former carshop employee, has been active locally for many years. He will face Anthony in the race.
Cook Seeks Second Term for Nomination
Cook aims for a second term in the upcoming nomination race, signaling a bid to extend leadership and policy direction. The move foregrounds continuity and experience as a central theme of the campaign.
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Cook
Ash Cave Attendance Declining This Year
Logan reports 500 registered visitors at Ash Cave Sunday, with monthly total not to exceed 1400. Ranger Lew Jones cites tire rationing as the cause for a drop from 1941 April levels, though Sunday attendance was the year's heaviest so far.
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Thompson
Council
Seezey
Apple Grove Social Notes
Holl
Washington Camp
NEA Telephoto
Draja Mihailovitch
Chetniks
Yugoslavia
Oeffler
Ash Cave
Zenners
Floor
Quick’s Cut Rate Drug Store
W. Union St
Tonjon
Mens
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