State Highway Engineers Move Into Modern Garage East of Logan
State highway engineers relocate to a new Route 75 garage east of Logan Ohio with a 60 by 100 foot parking area. The facility includes a drafting room offices for maintenance and resident engineers, a timekeepers office stock room, electric lighting, furnace heat with stoker, a 500 gallon hot water boiler and drilled well water. Some grading remains, drives will be blacktopped and trees plus landscaping to be completed.
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Logan
State Highway
Route 75
Woman Falls 40 Feet at Rock House
Mrs. West of Columbus fell about 40 feet from a cliff at Rock House while exploring with a son and daughter. Ranger Worley reported the incident and Dr. Grattidge treated her after the fall, with transfer to a Columbus hospital for internal injuries.
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Logan
Rock House
Laurelville
Walks Begin On Union Furnace Highway Project
Work started last week on the sidewalk project at Union Furnace. Maintenance and repair department employees of the state highway are conducting the program. Walks will be built on both sides of the highway from the school group through the village. The project opened Wednesday after yearlong prep.
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Logan
Union Furnace
Rock House attendance tops 3100 with season outlook
Ranger L. T. Worley reported Sunday crowd at Rock House park slightly above 3100 and ahead of last year. He predicted good weather would push the season total past 100000 as attendance elsewhere in the area also climbs.
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Logan
Rock House Park
L. T. Worley
Rock House
Logan Gartner Charged Over Unlicensed Son Driving Car
Joe Gartner was taken into custody Saturday afternoon by police who filed a charge against him for permitting his son Glenn an unlicensed driver to operate his automobile.
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Logan
Joe Gartner
Glenn
British Warm Up for Invasion of Europe
Reports claim Britain ready to invade the European continent to divert German forces from the Soviet drive. Images from the United States appear to support the prospect of a strike, possibly in Norway, as British infantry attack seacoast rocks and advance on a beach. A photo shows Norwegian King Haakon with Prince Olav and a Norse machine gun company commander in Scotland while North Ireland exercises proceed.
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Russia
Britain
America
Norway
Snon
North
Ireland
Scotland
Haakon
Prince Olav
State repairs Route 75 near Ewing with detour in place
Maintenance crew of the State Highway Department works on Route 75 south of Ewing. The job includes tar seal coating and is expected to finish by Friday barring interference. Detours are in effect as traffic is redirected to the detour.
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Logan
Ewing
State Highway Department
Greendale
Union Furnace
Lack of Calls Leaves Draft Examinations in Limbo
Logan reports no definite date for the next group examination of registrants. Plans had tentatively aimed to start August 20 but no final decision made. Only men inducted last week were called to report in August. Two late state calls announced this month did not affect the local area.
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Logan
Selective Service Office
Two Hocking Countians Assigned to Fort Bragg
Victor Nixon and Max Kinneer have been assigned to Fort Bragg North Carolina after induction with seven other Hocking Countians. Nixon is the son of Burr and Burr Nixon and the group included nine men with no replacements needed. John R. Kleinschmidt, son of Walter and Mrs. Kleinschmidt, already serves at Fort Bragg where the unit functions as an artillery camp.
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Logan
Victor Nixon
Max Kinneer
Ft. Bragg
North Carolina
Nixon
Burr Nixon
W. Hunter St
John R. Kleinschmidt
Walter Kleinschmidt
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlights Local Happenings
Miss Betty Jo Lunsford honored at a farewell dinner at Hotel Lafayette. She moves to Clarksburg with her parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Lunsford. Mrs Floyd Reese will take her clinic post. Several residents attended events in Cincinnati Columbus and Petoskey while others traveled to West Virginia and Ohio for marriages, visits, and social outings.
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Gallipolis
Betty Jo Lunsford
Hotel Lafayette
Lunsford
Clarksburg
W. Va
Joseph Lunsford
Weston
Pt. Pleasant
Floyd Reese
L. C. Bean
Swan Creek WSCS Hosts August Meeting and Shower
Mrs Eva Clark hosted the Swan Creek WSCS August session with twenty members and guests. A program and refreshments preceded a miscellaneous shower for Mrs Carl Wood, a recent bride, who received many gifts. Attendees included Mrs Frank Gephardt Huntington, Mrs Hale Brown, Mrs Winnie Oakley Bristol Tenn, Mrs Eva Clark Columbus, Mr and Mrs Frank Frownfelter, Miss Louise Halley and Miss Janet Sue Gatewood. Next gathering set for Mrs J D Pollitt home on Wed Aug 20.
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Eva Clark
Swan Creek
WSCS
Carl Wood
Frank Gephardt
Huntington
Hale Brown
Winnie Oakley
Bristol
Tenn
Columbus
Frank Frownfelter
Louise Halley
Janet Sue Gatewood
J. D. Pollitt
Miss Susannah Lupton Hosts Picnic and Bridge Games
Miss Susannah Lupton entertained friends at a roadside park picnic supper on Friday evening followed by bridge at her parents home on First Ave. Two tables played with prizes awarded to Ruth Maddy Helen McNealey and Betty Mootz. Margaret Lloyd resumes duties at the Gallipolis Clinic after a long illness and will be on duty half days until September. Willard Swain of Springfield spent the weekend here and was accompanied home by his wife Emogene Shoemaker whose marriage occurred a week ago.
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F. O. Plymale
Harry Maddy
Frances Caldwell
Anne Hill
Cincinnati
Zoo
Arthur Gilman
Mildred
East
A. B. Sias
Athens
New England
Jack Gill
J. E. Gill
Columbus
Cambridge
John Holbrook
Ohio State University
Jean Kerr
Toledo
J. P. Keefer
Fort Knox
Ralph
Daugher
Floyd White
Lester White
Petoskey
Mich
Harry Amsbury
Northup
Jack Amsbary
Middle West
Oklahoma
Jack Amsbury
Susannah Lupton
Harry Lupton
First Ave
Ruth Maddy
Helen McNealey
Betty Mootz
Margaret Lloyd
Gallipolis Clinic
Willard Swain
Springfield
Emogene Shoemaker
Niece of Logan Couple Dies in Cincinnati
Miss Marcellus Guthrie daughter of Mrs Harley Guthrie died at her Cincinnati home Sunday after an illness. A Cincinnati public schools teacher she was a niece of Mr and Mrs Clyde Guthrie of near Logan. Services will be at Cincinnati 10 a m Tuesday and in Logan at Woodard Funeral Home 10 30 a m Wednesday with Oak Grove Cemetery burial.
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Logan
Marcellus Guthrie
Harley Guthrie
Cincinnati
Guthrie
Clyde Guthrie
Woodard Funeral Home
Oak Grove Cemetery
Burnside jailed after threats in Rockbridge
Gerald Burnside age 30 was taken into custody Sunday by Deputy Sheriff Forest Keck at Rockbridge amid resident reports of threats. He is held in jail awaiting filing of charges.
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Logan
Gerald Burnside
Forest Keck
Rockbridge
Burnside
Mingos Edge Columbus Cycle Club 5 3 at Fairground
Logan Mingos defeated Columbus Cycle Club 5 to 3 at the fairground diamond. Bill Spence pitched two hitter through six plus. Logan benefited from 12 hits led by Marshall Brown Mowery and Spence with two hits each. A wild sixth inning and timely singles gave Mingos the winning edge.
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Logan
Bill Spence
Logan Mingos
Columbus Cycle Club
Fairground Diamond
Spence
Marshall
Karshner
Mowery
Lemon
Brown
Marriage Licenses Issued to 3 Couples
Logans probate court issued three marriage licenses over the weekend. Elmer Joseph Stiverson age 26 from Rockbridge and Helen Louise Aurand age 19 of Logan. Emmett Herbst age 21 of Murray City and Eileen Love age 19 of Murray City. Harley Russel Griffin age 34 of Logan and Doris Loree Todd age 22 of Union Furnace.
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Logan
Elmer Joseph Stiverson
Rockbridge
Noah Stiverson
Helen Louise Aurand
Frank E. Aurand
Emmett Herbst
National Cash Register
Murray City
George Herbst
Eileen Love
Eustane Love
Harley Russel Griffin
Harley C. Griffin
Doris Loree Todd
Union Furnace
Clarence C. Todd
Deputy Files Charges Against Two Drivers
Prosecutor Harley Meyer prepared an alcohol related charge today against Elden Lama of Laurelville for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Lama was taken into custody Saturday on Route 180 by Deputy Sheriff Forest Keck. Also arrested on Route 180 the same evening was Samuel Woodgaard who will face reckless driving charges.
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Logan
Harley Meyer
Elden Lama
Laurelville
Forest Keck
Keck
Samuel Woodgaard
Vacationing Tom and Bailey Family Tour West
A Montana message from Timber Top says Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Tom and Ben Bailey are on a month long western tour visiting Boystown and Omaha then Salt Lake City Yellowstone and North Dakota with plans to fish at Aitkin Minnesota. Logan Gun Club held a Sunday trap shoot at the England farm near Logan with several squads competing and good scores recorded.
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Logan
Timber Top
Montana
H. O. Tom
Ben Bailey
Boystown
Nebraska
Omaha
Salt Lake City
Yellowstone National Park
North Dakota
Aitkin, Minn
England Farm
Logan social notes and local visits reported
Logan residents share updates on relocation of Logan Clayton Hoskins to Dayton with Ada Hoskins, former local government employee. American Legion team member Hoskins played shortstop in Columbus games last week. Slice of social life includes teas in Athens, picnics at Rachelmacher Park, and travels of Baker family to Kansas City where RCA representative Jack Baker and wife live in Evanston.
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Logan
Clayton Hoskins
Ada Hoskins
Dayton
Eby
Clinton Webb
Rachelmacher Park
R. R. Black
Bremen
Edward Miller
Columbus
Patty Lou
Edward Ruff
Chillicothe
Clyde M. Ruff
Eddie
Dinner guests and park picnic in Nelsonville area
Mrs. Clayton Scheide Jr entertained Sunday with Mrs. Frank Johnson and sons Frank and Alfred of Nelsonville and her uncle William Lewis of Charleroi Pa. The group picnicked at Rachelmacher Park that evening and were joined by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Huddy and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Fisher of Nelsonville.
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Clayton Scheide, Jr
Frank Johnson
Frank and
Alfred
Nelsonville
William Lewis
Ruff and Walker Families 28th Reunion Set for Lancaster
Arrangements completed for the 28th Ruff and Walker reunion to be held at the shelter house at Rising Park in Lancaster on Sunday August 17. Each family is asked to prepare a program item. Boyd Blum of near Logan is president and Miss Naomi Jones serves as secretary.
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Ruff
Walker
Shelter House
Rising Park
Lancaster
Boyd Blum
Near Logan
Naomi Jones
Lehrs Planned Vacation Through Coshocton and Cincinnati
Arthur Lehr and his wife plan a week long vacation visiting relatives in Coshocton and then Cincinnati. The trip includes time with family and a chance to see kin in Ohio and beyond, reflecting a quiet regional itinerary.
Lanning Builds Rail Fence on His Property
R. R. Lanning, a local oil company executive, has a new rail fence along Route 75 east of the city. Chestnut rails from the George Kreachbaum farm in Laurel Township were used. The fence stands six rails high and is secured with stakes.
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Logan
Hocking County
R. R. Lanning
Oil Company
Route 75
George Kreachbaum
Laurel Township
Mr. Kreachbaum
Central school heating plant and arts building progress
Work advances on the Logan project with William Loomis supervising the heating plant and industrial arts building at the central school group. The north brick wall is largely completed.
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LOGAN
Central School Group
William Loomis
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