Logan approves asphalt resurfacing on Main and Hunter Streets
The State Highway Department awarded a contract to F. H Brewer of Lancaster to resurface parts of W Main St from Gallagher Ave to Hunter St and Hunter St from its Matin to Washington Ave intersection along US Route 23. Work to be completed by Oct 15 at a bid of 15122.45 dollars. Previously unsuccessful bids delayed the project. The asphaltic concrete mix is the same as used on Main St elsewhere in Ohio.
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Logan
State Highway Department
W. Main St
W. Hunter St
Lancaster
F. H Brewer
Gallagher Ave
Hunter St
Matin
Washington Ave
Logan City
Main St
Ohio
Stolen Articles Recovered After Arrest in Columbus
Sheriff Floyd Duffy reports two radios and an electric fan stolen from a Murray City store and a Nelsonville restaurant were recovered after Harry Grambo was arrested in Columbus. The break in occurred March 30 1945. Grambo was arraigned July 31 on breaking and entering. he pled guilty and was bound over to the grand jury under a $1,000 bond and placed in the county jail.
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Athens County
Grambo
Frank St. Clair
Jall
Birthday Celebration for Charles Mareh in Jobs
A party was hosted on August 4 at Willa Woolen's home in Jobs to honor Charles Mareh on his 79th birthday. Guests included Mr and Mrs Walter Shaw and Virginia Lee Logan, Mr and Mrs Morris Dupler and daughters Marilyn and Imogene, Betty Mitchell, Ret and Mrs Eugene Brown and son David Elmer and daughter Janet Marie Gloucester, Mrs Elmer Gears and Jovre, Willa Woolen and son Johnnie, Cpl John M Gears on 41 day Hawaii leave, and Bessie Davis's granddaughter could not attend but sent a decorative ornament.
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Jobs
Charles Mareh
Willa Woolen
Walter Shaw
Virginia Lee
Logan
Morris Dupler
Marilyn
Imogene
Forma McQuaid
Betty Mitchell
Murray City
Eugene Brown
David Elmer
Janet Marie, Glouster
Elmer Gears
Johnnie
John M Gears
Hawaii
Bessie Davis
Helen Pond Recalls Prison Experience To Rotary
Logan: During Ladies Night at the Rotary dinner Monday Helen Pond spoke about her time as a prisoner of the Japanese. Melrose Harbaugh led the evening’s arrangements.
Hocking service men and families noted in local column
Mrs. Vivian Thompson and Mrs. James Thompson left for Fort Riley to be with Pvt. James W. Thompson whose illness worsened to peritonitis after an appendectomy. Ruth Ann Boocks, from Washington DC, will stay 15 days with her father and Dr Starr Boocks. Jack Boocks home on leave from Natal Brazil. Three discharges reported for Sgt. Joseph O. Schrader from Convalescent Hospital Fort Story, and local entries for Charles Graham Moore, Ralph L. Nelson. Lt. John White and families visit. three county men listed among India Victory arrivals: Delbert Peacock, William Fider, and Edward L Infram. Deacon Fred White arrives in Logan for a few days.
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James Thompson
Fort Riley
Kansas
Red Cross
James W. Thompson
Thompson
Camp Riley
Frank Thompson
Pear Linton
Ruth Ann Boocks
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Shel
H. M. Boorks
Starr Boocks
Jack Boocks
Natal
Brazil
Joseph O. Schrader
Rom Convalescent Hospital
Fort Storey
Charles Graham Moore
W. Main St
Indiantown Gap Military Reservation
Ralph L. Nelson
Wakeman General Hospital
Camp Atterbury
Indiana
Peacock
Ingram
Fred
Deacon) White
Logan
Stansbury Funeral To Be Thursday
Rutland funeral services for Ida Stansbury widow of John Melzer Stansbury will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at an undecided Rutland location with burial in Miles Cemetery. She leaves two daughters Miss Carrie Stansbury at home and Mrs Nellie Spencer of Parkersburg and three sons Dr Frank Stansbury Howard and Chester Stansbury of Cincinnati.
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Ida Stansbury
John Melzer
Stansbury
Miles Cemetery
Carrie Stansbury
Nellie Spencer
Parkersburg
Frank Stansbury
Howard
Chester Stansbury
Cincinnati
Purchase Beauty Shop Meet This Evening
MEIGS Chapter DAW and Auxiliary will meet this evening at 8 at Legion Hall. Program led by Nellie Feathers Beauty, of the program, and ice cream served. Mrs Lillian Stieff and Mrs Thelma Boy will announce details. Feathers has moved to Columbus after 20 years in business.
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Middleport
Meigs
D.A.W
Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Logan
Jack Myers
Clara Graham
Lillian Stieff
Nellie Feathers
Irene Pierce Dies at 94 in Logan Ohio
Irene Pierce a descendant of Haydenville pioneer families and granddaughter of Christopher Wolfe died Monday at 494 N Mulberry Logan aged 94 after a spring pneumonia illness bedfast three months She was born in Haydenville to Wilford and Elizabeth Stiers and educated in Logan schools She married C Pierce who ran a Main Street grocery store He preceded her in death 16 years ago Survived by four children Anna Van Auer Fannie Pierce Mary Pierce and Fred Pierce one sister Elizabeth Dennis Funeral by Woodard Funeral Service
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Irene Pierce
Haydenville
Christopher| Wolfe
N. Mulberry Street
Main Street
Arcade
Anna van Auer
Fannie Pierce
Ive
Ab N. J
Mary Pierce
Chicago
Fred
Columbus
Elizabeth Dennis
Kalamazoo
Mich
Woodard
Dexter News Notes Highlights Local Visits and Deaths
Dexter notes community visits and illnesses with several relatives and neighbors listed. John Hugg, brother of Earl Hugg, dies at Wellston. Otto McMarrow travels to support a ill sister. multiple residents host guests and sales occur in the area. hospital updates include Mrs. Woodrow Inboden and Chief Monte breaking a hand in an arrest.
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Garden Club Meeting
Middleport Amateur Gardeners Club met at Mrs. Bruce Lloyd’s home to hear three papers by Mrs. Claude Durgee Miss Vera Russell and Mrs. Eleanor Schaaf The session included a by laws discussion a birthday party for Susie Russell and various social notes from local residents including visitors and events in Pomeroy and Meigs County.
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Amateur Gardeners Club
Claude Durgee
Vera Russell
Eleanor Schaaf
Bruce Lloyd
Fourth Ave
Beveriages
Johnny Appleseed
Ida van Duyn
Meigs County
Robert Coats
C. P. Klein
New Pastor Named For Meigs Charge
Rev. Dale E. Heath leaves Free Methodists to attend college. Rev. Lawrence W. Fick served Laurel Cliff four Sundays and Hysell Run two Sundays. Rev. Jacobs appointed to succeed Heath, assuming pastorate duties for Meigs Charge.
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Pomeroy
Dale E. Heath
Lawrence W. Fick
Laurel Cliff
Hysell
Heath
Jacobs
Logan Briefs Social Notes and Picnic Gatherings
Logan briefs recount social events such as a Friday gathering at Hugh Little’s suburban home with relatives from Chillicothe and spouses including Cpl. Cline stationed in Alabama. Also notes the St Matthew Ladies Aid Missionary Society annual picnic at Webb Summit hosted by John Lemon with numerous attendees.
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Logan
Hugh Little
Rachelmacher Park
W. H. Steele
Orla Cline
Mildred Pennell
Dickie
Darwin Cline
Stevie
Chillicothe
Phoebie and
Effie Matheny
Jessie Little
St. Matthew
Man Arrested Here As Mental Patient
Earl Butcher aged 36 was arrested on Main Street by Logan city police after noon Sunday. He asked to be directed to the county sheriff and said he was from Cleveland seeking a place to sleep. The sheriff learned he had escaped from a mental institution and Cleveland authorities arrived Monday to take him back.
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Logan
Earl Butcher
Main Street
Logan City
Cleveland
Duffy
Reverend Cecil H Jones Resigns From Logan Church
At a board meeting the Reverend Cecil H Jones submitted his resignation to be acted on by the congregation Sunday August 22. He came to Logan in 1938 after Yale seminary and studies in Scotland. He will give a farewell sermon September 9 and begin as associate pastor in Buffalo New York. He is married to Kathryn Johnson of Logan and they have one son, Tommy.
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Board of Elders
First Presbyterian Church
Cecil Harding Jones
Jones
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Yale
Edinborough
Scotland
Alter Columber Rites Conducted on Friday
Funeral services were conducted from the Leonard Funeral Home for Walter Earl Columber who died after an extended illness. Pallbearers included Wiley Rhoads Bertram Poling Charles K. Poling Dewey Ringhiser Ben Casto and Clarence Goss. Music by Missea Faith and Madge Wright with Mrs Paul Cruise. Burial followed in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Logan
Leonard Funeral Home
Walter Earl Columber
Wiley Rhoads
Bertram Poling
Charles K. Poling
Dewey Ringhiser
Ben Casto
Clarence Goss
Missea Faith
Madge Wright
Paul Cruise
Oak Grove Cemetery
Probate Court News Logan A Marriage License Issued
Marriage license issued Monday afternoon to Ralph Elick 22 and Mary Louise Riser 16 in Logan. Ralph is an Army member, son of Lewis and Mrs Elick of Lancaster. Mary Louise is daughter of Chester and Mrs Riser, Logan. Daniel E Spielman Sr named administrator of Aletha Spielman estate by Judge FE L Ewing.
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Lancaster
Mary Louise Riser
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Chester Riser
Daniel E. Spielman
FE. L. Ewing
Aletha Spielman
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