Child of Logan Soldier Killed in Fall From Auto
Tragedy strikes the Truax family when two year old Stanley Ray Truax falls from the back seat on Main Street in front of Ambrose Hotel. He dies of an embolism less than two hours later at a physician office. The family recently moved from Columbus after the father’s Army induction. Funeral arrangements await the father’s return from Camp Blanding, Florida.
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Logan
Truax
Stanley Ray Truax
Main St
Ambrose
Lagan
Grassmere Ave
Columbus
Fred Mason
West Logan
Judith Ann
Carolyn Rose
Raymond McMillen
Cadiz
Leonard Funeral Home
Camp Blanding
Fla
Sergeant Guess Dies in Action
Mr and Mrs Ed Guess of 880 Second Street Logan are informed their son Sergeant Ed Guess age 24 was killed in recent battle action He was an infantryman a Logan High School graduate class of 1939 He had been overseas two years and farmed in Hocking County before his induction He is survived by his wife Anna Margaret Guess who lives in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Ed Guess
Second St
Eddie Guess
Guess
Logan High School
Hocking County
Anna Margaret Guess
California
Logan Social Notes and Local Gatherings Highlight April Club Events
Mrs. Newton Kitchen hosted the Squaw Club at North Culver Street with special guests and trophy winners including Mrs. Pearl Watkins and Mrs. Joan Lift. Army and Navy Bridge Club saw Mrs. Cyril Sherlock host and Miss Martha Ann Kinser wedding plans announced for June 9 in Columbus. Wesleyan League held choral practice and Mother's Day history reading, with attendance from several residents. Multiple Logan briefs report returns, visits, and upcoming club activities across many addresses and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mack
Sam Wells
Emma’ Lanning
Florence Pierson
Ray Garverick
Walter Huffman
Martha Ann Kinser
Dallas Kinser
Pfe
Charles J. Hatfield
A. Hatfield
North Broadway
J .Columbus
College of Medicine
Ohio State University
Logan Chamber of Commerce Officers Meet Friday
Logan officers of the New Logan Chamber of Commerce met Friday evening at the Farmers and Merchants Bank to discuss organizing plans. Topics included permanent offices location part time or full time management and committee appointments. Board members present were James Ray Smoot R R Lanning Alex Mowery Joseph Erashares and Kenneth Moore. Officers chosen previously were Phil Faine president L K Showalter vice president and Harley Meyer secretary with William Lancaster also in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Logan Chamber of Commerce
Farmers and Merchants Bank
James Ray Smoot
R. R. Lanning
Alex Mowery
Joseph Erashares
Kenneth Moore
Phil Faine
L. K. Showalter
Harley Meyer
William Lancaster
4 1 Council Members Will Meet Tuesday
LOGAN The 4-1 Council members will meet at the home of Mr and Mrs James Ray Smootues day evening May 1 at eight o'clock. Plans will be made for the officers and advisors conference this month and a premium list will be set up for the 4-H Club Fair. Advisors attending include Miss Grace Harsh Mrs Relna Derr Miss Martha Barry Rev Carl Wilson Mrs Ralph Swartz and O V Mohler.
Juvenile Injuries After Fall on Harrow Road
Logan Risch, young son of Kenneth and Mrs Rusch, was treated for injuries at a local physician after falling on a harrow near his home north of Enterprise Saturday evening. A single stitch was required for a wound to the upper lip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Robert Risch
Kenneth Rusch
Enterprise
Methodist Youth Rally Hosts District Event in Logan
About 200 attended the Ciml Heothe District Youth Rally on Saturday April 28 with Miss Willette Price of Frankfurt presiding. Dr. Harold Lancaster of King Avenue Church Columbus spoke in the afternoon, Luther Brimner led local arrangements, and church women served luncheon. The group aims to raise $1000 for the Youth Fund and announced programs for the Lancaster Camp Grounds summer camp and Senior Hi Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan — Methodist Youth Fellowship
Ciml Heothe Disttrict
Methodist Church
Willette Price
Frankfurt
Harold Lancaster
King Avenue
Columbus
Luther Brimner
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Methodist
Chillicothe
Youth Fund
Lancaster Camp
Pioneer Youth Plan Radio Broadcast
Hocking County Pioneer Youth meet Wednesday at the Extension Office to plan the year and prepare for a radio broadcast from Station WOSU on May 19. Officers and committee members attending include Dorothy Hartman Harriett Guthrie Josephine Iles Kinley Krin Margaret Berry Thelma Mowery Marion Jones and Hal Brown.
Linder Preaches in Rev Heyde s Absence
Rev Amos L Heyde of St Matthews Lutheran Church is ill and confined home. His pulpit was filled by Paul Linder, a student from Tuppers Plains, on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Amos L. Heyde
St Matthews Lutheran Church
Paul Linder
Tuppers Plains
J. K. Swindler
Juanatia Richard
He-R
Swindler
Marysville
Sybil Dorst
Maud ‘Ross
Clark Miskiff
Sumner
Allie Dean
Anna, White
Hazel
Helen Hoffman
Columbus
Dana Hoffman
Mollie Shields
Mattie Sherman
Smiths Ferry
J. C. Parker
Mary Hostetter
Fairfield
Olen Hostetter
Frank Shears
Elizabeth W. Ve
Shears
H. T. Dot
Ison
Clint Sanders
Route 680
Herman Kim
Idonia Parker
Cora Roberts
Pomeroy
Mary Warner
Rndersmith
Canton
H T. Dotson
George Hamilton
E. Young
Ted Newland
Nora Keehler
Frank Cole
Parkersburg
Parsons Breaks Arm In Fall From Tree
Logan Frank Parsons of South Bloomingville Route 1 broke his left arm after falling from a tree Saturday afternoon near his home. The injury was set by a local physician Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Logan
Frank Parsons
Bloomingville
Route 1
Vinton Brief Social Notes Highlights Local Visits
Leland Terry on 38 day furlough with wife and daughter after 15 months in the Aleutians. Eddie McGhee and Eddie Amos are home on furlough. 82 year old William Kent ill living with daughter Neva Denny. Wayne and Mrs. Denney of Jackson spent Sunday with Neva Denney. Blanche Franklin moved back to a farm near Alice Ohio. Lena Mae Palsley, Vinton High School graduate, spent weekend in Lancaster with parents. Arthur Treeleven in Navy on furlough with wife and daughter Eleanor. Mrs Elza McGhee and nephew Ray Quickle held joint birthday at McGhee home. Mrs. Clem Wilcox visited Wilkesville sisters Mrs Russell Woltz and Mrs James McCormick. Vinton CGE members attended inspection at Wilkesville. Louise Woltz W M and Anna Stevers Gallipolis deputy grand matron with Edith Hutsinpiller dinner at Woltz home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Leland Terry
Aleutian Islands
Eddie McGhee
Eddie Amos
William Kent
Neva Denny
Wayne Denney
Jackson
Neva Denney
Blanche Franklin
Alice
Lena Mae Palsley
Vinton High School
Lancaster
Arthur Treeleven
Navy
Eleanor
Elza McGhee
Ray Quickle
Fred Burchfields Host Two Guests at Warner Avenue Home
In Warner Avenue a nephew and niece stay with Principal and Mrs. Fred Burchfield. Guests are BF. T. i-c and Mrs. E. G Wittenburg of Miami Florida. Radio Technician Wittenburg has two years Navy service and recently returned from Trinidad. He will report to Chicago for further training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Burchfields
Ogan
Prinncipal
Fred Burchfield
Warner Ave
Mére
BF. T. I-C
E. G Wittenburg
Miami
Fla
Wittenburg
Navy
Trinidad
Chicago
Clifton News Notes Highlights Family Visits Across Regions
Clifton residents report a flurry of visits with relatives and friends from Chillicothe Mason Columbus Cheshire and Ireland. John Miller and family stayed with Henrys and Cartwrights while Ralph Cartwright and family hosted, and Myrtle Barker’s guest list included Ray Barker from Columbus. Navy and Army servicemen Marvin and Robert Stewart spent furloughs at home after long separations. Wilma Newell and Charlotte Redmond visited, Edna Feck travelled from Chillicothe to see Alma Peck and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Marvn
Pacific
Robert
Fercy Jones Hospital
Battle Creek
Wich
Germany
Norman
Ireland
Wilma Newell
Charlotte Redmond
Columbus
C. O. Newell
B. J. Redmond
Edna Feck
Chilhcothe
Alma Peck
Funeral planned for Mrs Woodruff Tuesday
The notice outlines funeral plans for Mrs Kaylong Woodruff aged 64 of Williams who died at home. Burial is set for Oak Mung Grove Cemetery with services by Reverend C W Swengel and attendees including Mr and Mrs Robert Stewart and Mr and Mrs Clive Fowler. The obituary mentions her relatives and local connections in Beckley West Columbia and Mason areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie Oliver
Edwin
Beckley
Clive Fowler
Logan
Kaylong
May Fierce Woodruff
Williams
John Hoschar
Land St
West Columbia
Leonard Funer
Robert Stewart
C. W. Swengel
Jackie Lee
Mason
Dist Church
Mir
Andy Stewart
Oakmung Grove Cemetery
Mussolini Executed Amid Escape Attempts and Final Defiance
Eyewitnesses recount Mussolini’s last words and the gunfire that ended his life as Italian tradition dictated a dishonored man be shot in the back. Graziani, captive in a hotel, confirms Mussolini and his cabinet fled Milan for Como. Among the executed named are Pagolini, Staraci, Barracu, Zerboni, Mezzaseme, and Romano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graziani
Mussolini
Milan
Como
Allessandro Pagolini
Achille Staraci
Fascist Party
Francesco Barracu
States Council of Ministers
Paolo Zerhbino
Interior
Fernando Mezzaseme
Ruggero Romano
Corning Man Receives Purple Heart for Germany Action
Francis Buty of Corning Route 1 and son of Mr. and Mrs. James Buty was awarded the Purple Heart for injuries suffered March 4 in Germany while serving with the Seventh Army. He is convalescing in an English hospital. Local 4-H leaders meet for sewing and group projects as part of upcoming activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corning
Pfcc
Francis Buty
James Buty
Route 1
Germany
Buty
Seventh Army
England
Solin
Junction City
Bertha Ferguson
Francie Belle Spence
Rita Fisher
Missionary Society of the United Brethren Church
Mabella Gray
Flora’ Briggs
Leon Keller
Steve Benedict
James Craige
Eastern Star
Logan
John Weiland
St. Francis Hospital
Corning Public School
Lily Fisher
Marion
Fred Fisher
Charles Weaver
Zanesville
Thursday Deadline For Local Clothing Drive
Logan Harry L. Smith urges all clothing be sent in by Thursday this week. Uncollected items from April 12 may go to grade schools for pickup by trucks to the sorting and packing station at Main and Spring. Over a carload has been collected, many citizens have not yet contributed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Harry L. Smith
Main
Spring Sis
Nelsonville Officer Back After Wounds and Honors
Captain Charles L B Pritchard of the 30th Infantry Division, son of local residents, has rejoined his unit after healing from shrapnel wounds. He received the Silver Star for gallantry in France on July 11 1944 and also holds the Combat Infantry Badge Purple Heart Oak Leaf Cluster and Bronze Star. His wife and daughter live with his parents in Nelsonville and his own parents here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Charles Lb
Jack) Pritchard
C. G. Pritchard
Washington St
30Th Infantry Division
Leland S. Hobbes
Pritchard
Hobbs
France
Albany
Hold Annual Banquet at Waterloo High School
NEW MARSHFIELD The annual banquet of the FHA and FFA groups of Waterloo High School was held in the high school auditorium on Wednesday evening April 18. The 122 attendees included students parents and teachers with a candlelit dinner. The program featured prayers speeches musical numbers and recognitions including remarks by principal Gordon Thompson and board president Robert Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Marshfield
F.ha
Waterloo High School
Mies E. Hoon
Lucile Lovsey
Harry Lovsey
Pisho Solo
Glow Worm
Marilyn Jones
Dale Hawk
Harry Hawk
Ruth and
Reid McBride
Gordon Thompson
FHA
Lenore Dinsmoor
Eustudiantina
Marilyn Hoon
FFA
Richard Hartley
Allen Rorick
Barbara Kennard
Robert Jackson
Board of Education
Nancy Pierce
Ray Llewellyn
Edna Goff
Mary Romine
Athens
Clark Hunter
Leo Kennard
Hazel McClain
Dora Hoak
Carbondale
Nora Frank
Dorothy Frank
Tronic Russell
Sheltering Arms Hospital
William Steinmeyer
Johnson City
Ill
June
Lena
Chicago
Henry Steinmeyer
Columbus
Hazel Steinmeyer
Parkersburg
W. Va
Frank Steinmeyer
Kiwanis Club Dinner Program Led by Lanning
Logan R. Br. Lanning, chair of the Business Standards Committee, will lead the Kiwanis Club dinner program Tuesday evening at 6 p.m. at the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
R. BR. Lanning
Business Standards Committee
Kiwanis Club
White House
Miss Sorrell II Bride of Service Man in Murray City ceremony
In Nelsonville on Sunday afternoon April 29 2 45 pm at the Methodist Church Miss Juanita Sorrell married Petty Officer 3-c John Donald Juniper US Coast Guard in a simple ring ceremony. Attended by relatives and sailors with Rev. Wm M George officiating. Guests and family from Murray City Nelsonville Toledo Columbus and other towns attended a family reception following.
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Nelsonville
Methodist Church
Juanita Sorrell
John Donald Junniper
U.S. Coast Guard
Amos Sorrell
Murray City
Harley Juniper
Rt. 1
Leonard Sorrell
Calvin Juniper
US. Navy
Wm. M. George
Juliette
Pacific
Theodore
Calvin
Pfc. Hupert Juniper
Ft. Bragg
S.C
Aul
Robert Juniper
Patty
Jerry
Dayton
Walter Harbarger
Phillip
Akron
Fred McMannus
Us.c.g
Toledo
Margaret Wilson
Marilyn
Frank Poston
Jacquelin
Joe Gompf
Margie
Gary
Esther
Helen Juniper
Rodger Valentine
Hilmer Webber
Hope McElfresh
Columbus
Charles Nelson
Charlene
the Plains
Robert Brunton
Gregory
Glouster
Betty Sheskey
Buchtel
Ruth Taggart
Doorothy Sorrell
Lester Sorrell
Steve Sorrell
Muray City
Marjorie Speer
Clarence Juniper
Marriage of Robert K. Johnson and Waveliner Marks in Nelsonville
Nelsonville social notes report the marriage of Robert K. Johnson and Waveliner Marks at the Lax home on Friday April 27 officiated by Rev. L E Evans. Mrs Thomas Lax plans a three week stay in Jacksonville Florida as a guest of her brother Carl Cobb. Clyde L Shingler, fifth grade technician, writes he is in Germany near the Rhine after a long overseas service including England and France. Mrs Earl Baker visits Columbus to see her mother and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Thomas Lax
Madison St
Robert K. Johnson
Waveliner Marks
Charles Marks
Columbus
Lax
L. E. Evans
Church of Christ
Iite
Madison
Thomas O. Lax
Jacksonsville, Fla
Carl Cobb
Clyde L
Shingler
Betty
Route 1
Germany
Luxemburg
Rhine
England
France
Earl Baker
Three Are Fined By Mayor Howe
Nelsonville report states Arthur Johnson of Buchtel and Robert Tipton of Carbon Hill were fined 35 dollars and costs each after pleading guilty to intoxication in Mayor Miles Howe’s court on Sunday. Mrs Maude Johnson of Buchtel, wife of Arthur Johnson, pled guilty to interfering with an officer and paid a 10 dollar fine plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Arthur Johnson
Buchtel
Robert Tipton
Carbon Hill
Miles Howe
Maude Johnson
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Cyril Sherlock
Army and Navy Bridge Club
N. Bfulberry St
Harold Thrish
Albert Mogg
Marion Allen
Richard Brandt
Jeff Spalsbury
Wayne Todd
Jack Jones
Allen
Wesleyan League
Charles Lehman
Kenneth Bright
Robert Redd
Ruth Hansley
Don Hilliard
Ned Gabriel
Floyd Hiles
Annalea Waltz
Bustin Cosmetology School
Virgiia Beaury
Miss Weltz
Harry Weltz
Zanesville Ave
John Smith
Clarence ,McCray
Paul Monks
Delphian Club
N. Mulberry
E. M Godfrey
Esther Circle
The
Joshua Matheny
Atlie Brimner
Joe Brooker
Pottery Street
Robert Brooker
Tom Wolfe
Jacob Wolfe
Pottery St
Nettie Barker
James Barker
North St
James Rittgers
Midland Place
Marcus Kerr
Rittgers
N. Mulberry St
Leo B. Fox
Kathie
P. A. Murtha
Murtha
Leo Fox
C. C
Lowe Brothers
PLAX
Paula Lae Sie
Lom
Cn Petes
Harrow
James H. Wilson
Citizens Bank Bldg
Mulberry St
Pioneer Youth Plan
Linder
Heyde
Kurt Dittmas
Berend
Elbe River
Dittmar
Signal Corps
NEA Radio
Clifton News Notes
Corning Man
Purple Heart
Ouifit
Jack Pritchard
Waterloo
H. S
Gtx
Howard
Athens Pharmacy
N. Court Strest
Miss Sorrell II
Nelsonville Social Notes
Florida
Howe
Lenners
Lows Brothers Floor Enamel
Eleane
WOUSE
Carpenter Howe. Co
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