Logan Council Debates New Water Plant and Rates
Logan city council discusses a proposed new water works plant to reduce debt, raise rates, and install an electrification unit and storage reservoir. Engineer Bull cites cost estimates of 250000 for curbstone work, 210000 for a 2 million gallon reservoir, and 40000 for electrification. Daily use is 500000 gallons. new setup promises fire protection, lower insurance, and future industrial appeal.
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Logan
Frank Mantor
Council
Max Stacy
MsArthur
Chillicothe
Bull
Stacy
John C. Owens
Logan Clay Products Co
Bullin
Owens
Ohio
Sam Bright
Bright
Main St
Mulberry
Spring Streets
Midland Place
Hunter St
Midland
Johnson
N. Mulberry St
Mary Allgood
Richards
Bowen St
N. Culver St
Phillips
Meldrim
Hocking County Birth Totals Rise in July
Logan births lead a July rise in Hocking County with 28 total births, 22 in Logan and six in the county outside the city, vs 13 in June. Sixteen deaths occurred, seven in Logan and nine elsewhere. Births include 16 girls and 13 boys, with named parents in Logan and the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
County Health Department
Logan City
Hocking County
Berman H. Kneece
Donald V. Hamilton
Samuel N. Rogers
Gordon E. Swackhammer
Lloyd B. Carean
Owen V. McNichols
Robert L. Edwards
Floyd Peerry
Plummer Carr
Warren G. Henry
John J. Cox
Glenneth C. Frye
John W. Mowery
Jesse G. Kline
James
Increase Noted In Sales Tax Stamps Report
County Lovent Ralph Moorehead reports week ending Aug 11 sales tax stamps worth 477.77 and week ending Aug 12 at 3 305.65. The comparison with 1950 shows stamps sold higher in 1951, with totals evolving from 517.35 in 1950 to 134 987.09 in 1951, a large difference.
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Ralph Moorehead
Suit Filed in Logan Court for $107 and Costs
Dr J Ward Doering of Logan sues Nelle S King for 107 dollars plus interest from Jan 1 1951 and costs for services rendered to the defendant and her family in the Court of Common Pleas.
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Logan
Court of Common Pleas
Logan Woman to Attend Ohio Real Estate Board Convention
Miss Olive Neibling of Logan will attend the 42nd annual convention of the Ohio Association of Real Estate Board at Cedar Point Breakers Hotel on August 20 21 and 22.
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Logan
Olive Neibling
The
Ohio Association of Real Estate Board
Cedar Point
Breakers Hotel
Cub Scouts Picnic Tour At Local Plant
Cub Scouts met at Mr and Mrs Kenneth Bright Walnut Street for a yard picnic supper Monday night. Scouts included Charles Blosser Eddie Hockman Steve Bright Mickie Frazier Chris Myers La Brown Jon Webb Jimmiek. Afterward families and Karen Morley Bright joined for a plant tour at General Electric led by H B Greenman.
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H. B. Greenman
Parts Reported Taken From Two Automobiles
Logan City police report thefts from two automobiles in a garage behind 445 Warner Ave. The vehicles, one owned by Elomar Lee and the other by the National Supply Co., had unlocked garages. From the Lee car a carburetor air breather was stolen and gasoline lines were cut. From the second car a distributor, spark plug wires, a carburetor nut, the generator and belt, and the coil were taken.
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Logan — City
Elomar Lee
The
National Supply Co
Warner Ave
Lee
Local Social News From The Plains Area
Mrs Earl Morris spent two days in Columbus Miss Mildred Welsh Detroit guest of Mr and Mrs Clyde Shaver Andy Kostival has returned home from Sheltering Arms Hospital after pneumonia Mr and Mrs Matt Kusan Jim my Judy and Tommy Mrs Sue Patrick and Shirley have returned to their Columbus home after visiting Mrs Ellen Kovalcik Mrs Kovalcik bedridden since a fall accompanied them home Mr and Mrs Fred Nida and son Jim and David Miller attended the Powers family reunion at Rising Park Lancaster Max O Michael son of Mr and Mrs Carl Michael and Mary Lee Hardy daughter of Mr and Mrs Luke Hardy were married Aug 10 in the Methodist parsonage by Rev Harold Mowery After a trip to Washington DC the couple will live in Athens during the remainder of Mr Michael’s furlough then he returns to France for three years with the Army Mr Alfred Whetlow of Momence Ill former local resident guest of Mr and Mrs Fred Nida Mr and Mrs Emmett McDonald Chesterhill are at the home of Mr and Mrs Herb McDonald John E Wandling Susan and David attended the Beasley Co party for employees Capt Dean Nida is at Camp Atterbury Ind for two weeks training Mrs Nida and sons Ross and Tommy visiting her parents in Huntington Ind R Kovaicik
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the Plains
Earl Morris
Columbus
Mildred Welsh
Detroit
Clyde Shaver
Andy Kostival
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Matt Kusan
Jimmy
Judy
Tommy
Sue Patrick
Shirley
Ellen Kovalcik
Fred Nida
Jim
David Miller
Power
Rising Park
Lancaster
Max O. Michael
Carl Michael
Mary Lee Hardy
Luke Hardy
Harold Mowery
Washington, D. C
Athens
Michael
France
Alfred Whetlow
Momence
Ill
Emmett McDonald
Chesterhill
Letart Falls
Betty Cadle
Missionary College
B. F. Mowery
F. S. Cadle
Mansfield
S R Kelly M. Sayre
U. S. Navy
Bainbridge
Norfolk
Lizze Sayre
St. Clair
Clifford
John Hill
Stephens
Alum Creek
W. Va
W. W. Varian
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Ralph West
Lawrence Balser
Reba McComas
Helen
Raymond Estep
Julian Hill
Yawkey
Carroll Roush
Iris
Paul
Penney
Cora Webb
George
India
Methodist Church
W. T. Saunders
Huntington
Homer Roush
Jean
Mildred
Canton
Bighorn Mountains
Yellowstone National Park
Pike’s Peak
W. E. Coyle
Stover
Cows Run
Earl Robinson
Albert Shields
Marlene
Clarence Sargent
Rickie
Ann
Wallie Stover
Noonie Hill
Sam Muncie
Tobasco
Ohio
Earl Simpson
Hanover
Bill Robinson
Kansas City
Russell Sheets
Elenore
Rosetta
J. D. Roush
Garden Club picnic and family news in Gal lipolis area
Sixteen people including Mrs Gay Mahaffey Mrs Irene Jackson and Mrs Zilda Hall attended a Garden Club picnic at a roadside park near Gal lipolis. The bulletin notes several births visits and relatives including John Edward Mahaffey and Ester Tillig caring for her sister Mrs John Mahaffey. State Legion Convention attendance and first display of the Post Flag in a state parade are mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gay Mahaffey
Irene Jackson
Zilda Hall
Garden Club
Gallipolis
John Mahaffey
John Edward
Mahaffey
Ester Tillig
Chillicothe
J. M. Jackson
Mayme Bishop
Columbus
John Bishop
Allen Bishop
John
Nelsonville
Bishop
John Wood
Alva Mahaffey
Harley Strong
Donald Penn
Gerald Spires
Asa Bai
Asa Graves
Johnny
Mr.qy
Glen Mayes Anguar
Retired Rancher Kills Bobcat With Club
MISSOULA Montana Louis Albert a retired rancher living west of here found a bobcat in his woodshed. He grabbed a club and dispatched the animal with a solid blow to the head. He kept the pelt, more than three feet long, as a trophy.
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Missoula
Mont
Louis
Albert
Here
Two Directors Chosen Farm Bureau Delegates
Mason County Farm Bureau selects William Kirk and Gus Douglas as delegates to the 32nd West Virginia Farm Bureau meeting at Jackson's Mill August 27 28 and 29. Alternates are A E Sommer Artie Roush Taft Boston Ray Roush and Gerald Rood. Clyde Bonard will preside. meeting includes speakers recreation and a banquet. Mason County has about 350 members. WVFB totals 11644 members for 1951.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County Farm Bureau
West Virginia Farm Bureau
W. C. Roberts
William Kirk
Gus Douglas
Mason County
A. E. Sommer
Artie Roush
Taft Boston
Ray Roush
Gerald Rood
Roberts
Clyde Bonard Burlington
McKinney Higginbotom Engagement Set for Sept First
Pt. Pleasant announces the engagement of Marylin McKinney to Donald Higginbotom of Charleston Road. The open church wedding is planned for Sept. 1 at 6 p m at Morning Star Church with Rev. Wilbur Baxter officiating. McKinney is a Point Pleasant High School graduate and works at the local telephone office. Higginbotom, also a Point Pleasant graduate, is employed by Anchor Hocking Glass Co. in Lancaster Ohio. Mrs. Frank Martin and Mrs. Woodrow Kapp hosted the Past Noble Grands Club of the Orpah Rebekah lodge with several attendees. Lambda Chi Omega Sorority plans a Monday meeting at the Moose lodge.
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James McKinney
Jefferson Ave
Marylin McKinney
Donald Higginbotom
Robert Higginbotom
Charleston Road
Morning Star Church
Wilbur Baxter
Miss McKinney
Point Pleasant High School
Higginbotom
Anchor Hocking Glass Co
Lancaster
Ohio
Family Picnic Planned by Lambda Chi Omega Sorority
The social committee met at Mrs. Dan Nickell Jr home on Washington Ave Monday evening to plan the annual family picnic set for Sunday at 1 p.m. at Bailey s Lake. Each family will bring its own table service. Attendees included Mrs Rodney Pullins and Mrs Casby Meadows Jr.
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Lambda Chi Omega Sorority
Dan Nickell
Washington Ave
Bailey’s Lake
Tegge
Rodney Pullins
Casby Meadows, Jr
Adelphi and Circleville Marry in Laurelville Ceremony
Mary Jinks and Don Strous wed at Rev. Sam Elsen's Circleville home with attendants Mr. and Mrs. Francis Fraunfelter. Reception at Stouse's country home near Laurelville. Newlyweds plan a motor trip to Iron Lake Wisconsin and a home near Adelphi. Mrs. Strous is an Adelphi Bank employee. Strous works with his father in farming.
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Laurelville
Dean Jinks
Adelphi
Mary
Don Strous
H. A. Strous
Strous
Sam Elsen
Circleville
Francis Fraunfelter
Stouse
Iron Lake
Wis
Adelphi High School
Adelphi Bank
Judson Beougher
Larry
Dwight
Carl Mourer
Liberty Center
Elsworth Scheeler
Chillicothe
Liopd Whisler
Les Amies S. S
Mary Rose
Ruth DeLong
Jean West
Rose
Dorothy McClelland
Bernice Frey
Edna Dennison
Lucile Swackhamer
Alice Pontious
Dow West
Gertrude Kempton
Bob Bowers
Grace Dumm
Howard Egan
June Poling
Grace Beecher
Ruth Bowers
Celesta Hoy
Social Guests From South Bloomingville Gather in Logan
Listings show a sequence of visits and social calls around South Bloomingville and Logan. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. J J Johnson’s guests, Saget relatives, Norma Warehime and Helen Dis Bennett as well as multiple local households making calls, hosting, or being hosted in Logan and nearby towns.
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South Bloomingville
J. J. Johnson
Arthur Pearson
Pearl Shriner
Josie Fleming
David Watters
Howard Bayes
Edwin Notestone
Mack Shaw Jr
Boyd Shaw
Nancy
Saget
Mack Shaw
Presbyterian Church Women Meet Tonight
The women of the Presbyterian Church will meet in the church dining room at 7 30 p m today for a church group gathering.
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The
Presbyterian Church
Local residents head to Virginia Beach for vacations
East Liverpool Ohio residents Mr and Mrs Howard Vickers and Mrs Mayme Vickers plan a week away in Virginia Beach with Mr and Mrs John Elias Mrs Carroll Kennedy and others from Mason and Wellsville. Kennedy and Smith take vacations from law and telephone duties. Seaman Charles E Martin returns from the Branley Bass repair period after Korea action. James Rayburn and Sgt John Gray are patients or visiting at Holzer and Fort Belvoir respectively.
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Howard Vickers
Mayme Vickers
East Liverpool
Ohio
John Elias
Mason
W. L. Smith
English Road
Carroll Kennedy
Virginia Beach
Smith
Miles Dowling
Main St
Inlaw
Robert Plants
Lorain
W. E. Fellure
Johnnie
Sharon
Shirley Martin
Wellsville
Alfred Grange Plans Exhibit At Meigs County Fair
Alfred Grange held its regular meeting led by Worthy Master George Guthrie with a planning committee for the Grange exhibit at the Meigs County Fair. Cake fruit salad and iced tea were served to 32 members and visitors as members discussed upcoming events and a Rocksprings Grange program on Aug 24.
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Alfred
Alfred Grange
George Guthrie
Eleanor Douglas
Thelma Henderson
Rachel Guthrie
Helen Woode
Rose Douglas
Bernice Swartz
Grange
Meigs County
Rocksprings Grange
Osie Henderson
Carleton Follrod
Pomeroy
Florence Boyles
Millstone
W. Va
Harold
Gerald Swartz
Harold Henderson
Dayton
Ernest Taylor and Sons
Akron
Donna Gaul
Washington, D. C
Delbert Gaul
Sumner
Sherman Henderson
Holzer Hospital
Charles D. Woode
Clair
Hayes- Young
Halliday School
Clarence Henderson
WSCS
Alma Swartz
MYF
Norma Jean Robinson
Bailey's Lake
Opal Roberts
Moses and
Joshua
Joyce Burke
Mar Windham
Doris Taylor Mtomime
Lloyd Dillinger
Bobby Robinson
Clarence Atherton
3 One Minute Diats Eel Drop to Floor Shelter
Fragmentary notes urge taking cover during a drill or alarm. Instructions include getting under a bed or heavy object, seeking under a desk or work bench, and obeying wardens and teachers to reach assigned shelters.
Military Mail Call names of service members in The Messenger
The Messenger invites readers to submit military mail call notices with full addresses and hometowns. Included are Shanks Kenneth E., Coolville AF 13256718 80th Fighter Enter, Embr. Sydn 8th Fighter Bomb Group APO 970 San Francisco. Myers Bruce D., Long Bottom US 52139924 Btry B 21st FA Bn 5th Inf Div Indiantown Gap. Roberts James B., Athens US 52155119 Co R QMRTC Fort Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Shanks
Kenneth E
Coolville
Ftr
C-O
San Francisco
Calif
Cadle and Mowery visit Letart Falls
Local notes report Miss Betty Cadle visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Cadle with Rev B F Mowery. Other items mention U S Navy radar school student S R Kelly Sayre, Stephens and Stover reunions, hospital visits, and trips by various families in the Letart Falls area.
Wac Recruiter Serves as Honorary Mayor for Day in Point Pleasant
In Point Pleasant Pfc Florence Robbins, a Wac recruiter from South Gate California, was sworn in as honorary mayor for a day during Wac and War week. Mayor Krodel proclaimed the week and Robbins spoke at a Legion tea outlining enlistment requirements and the Wac’s recruiting goals for Mason County and West Virginia.
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Point Pleasant
B. W. Krodel
Wac
Pfc
Florence Robbins
Krodel
Charles Musgrave
Mason County
West Virginia
American Legion Auxiliary
The
Legion Hall
Pfc Robbing
T-Sgt
William Rush
Magistrate Fines Four In Point Pleasant
Two men Randall Lee Duncan and Raymond Royce Farris were fined 25 dollars plus costs after pleading guilty to reckless driving. Lincoln Rimmy pleaded guilty to intoxication and fined 10 dollars. unable to pay, he received ten days in jail. Basil Huddleston was released on bond by the mayor after pleading guilty to intoxication and fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Randall Lee Duncan
Raymond Royce Farris
Lincoln Rimmy
Basil Huddleston
Point Clinic Notes Admits and Births Reported
Hospital records show Montena Greenlee admitted for observation at Point Pleasant Route 2 and Mrs Audis Casto of Arbuckle with infant son released. Births include Mrs Arthur Goodman of Ohio Street announcing a son.
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Montena Greenlee
Point Pleasant
Audis Casto
Arbuckle
Arthur Goodman
Ohio St
Stover Announces Birth of Kenneth Lee in Apple Grove
Mr and Mrs Okey Stover announce the birth of a son Kenneth Lee at their home in Apple Grove Monday This is the couple's sixth child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Burr Oak Couple Married in Richmond Indiana
Pfc Charles H McFarm son of Clarence McFarm of Corning Route 1 and Louis Post daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Post of Gloucester Route 1 were wed in Richmond Indiana He serves in the Army at Pittsburgh California Mrs Ida Dew returned from Sheltering Arms Hospital to her daughter’s home Mrs Mae McDonald and granddaughter of Columbus visited Blanche Dennis of Hemlock with her mother and sister Eva Ivers and Grace Weaver Grace Weaver received a visit from Clara Snowden of Millertown and Mr and Mrs Kerby Dew spent an evening with Grace Ivers
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Burr Oak
Charles H. McFarm
Clarence McFarm
Corning
Louis Post
Richard Post
Glouster
Richmond
Ind
Pittsburgh
Calif
Ida Dew
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Seneca Ridge
Mae McDonald
Columbus
Blanche Dennis
Hemlock
Eva Ivers
Grace Weaver
Clara Snowden
Millertown
Kerby Dew
Four youths named in Grove City and Glenwood records
Marshall E Ranke, 25, Grove City Ohio and Evadeen McDade, 17, Leon. Howard Oldaker, 21, Glenwood and Belvin Wallace, 21, Glenwood. Edward W Smith, 21, Letart and Evelyn Elizabeth Durst, 21, n.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall E. Ranke
Grove City
Ohio
Evadeen McDade
Leon
Howard Oldaker
Glenwood
Belvin Wallace
Edward W. Smith
Letart
Evelyn Elizabeth Durst
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Mantor
Ward Chase
Chase
William C. Rose
Green Bentley
Jacob R. Hahn
George A. Vermillion
Filip Srann
Saly Parr Wat Reed
Jackie Coogan
Asi
Boris Karloff
Lon Chaney IN
Frankensten
Son Chaney
House OF Dracula
Cub
Farm Bureau
Frank Martin
Woodrow Kapp
C. D. Ball
Kanawha St
Noble Grands Club
Orpah Rebekah Lodge
Fannie Pratt
Columbus Blount
Hallah Eads
Flora Myers
Mary Wilson
Margaret Dashner
Moose Ome
Norma Warehime
Helen Disbennett
Benny Watters
Benneta Whitcraft
Donna Hampshire
Maxine Johnson
Betty Shaw
Juanita Kitchen
Dixie Johnson
Floyd Warehime
G. B. Briley
Samuel Culp
Shelby Daubenmire
Edson Shaw
Diana
Howard Wiseman
Carbon Hill
Diana Notestone
John Ar
Rudy
Umoztle Justice
Atlanta
James Edgar Paullin
Franklin Q. Roosevelt
Cot Defense
AIR Baid
Wong Wee
M Arms
Wm Hoe
Shetter
Fisher
Pt. Pleasant
Fisher's
Air Force
Regular Army
South Gate
Charleston
Fort Lee
Pfe Robbins
Transportion Motor Pool
South Gate High School
Compton College
California
Dana L. Robbins
Dana P. Robbins
Korea
Alma Pailey
Selective Service Board
Rush
Pfe Robbing
Sergeant Rush
Carol Ann Brown
Ennabelle Murphy
Patricia Dennis
Marjorie Waldie
John A. Carpenter
Harry E. Berkley
Helen Hickman
W. S. Waldie
D. G. Wilfong
Lee Pratt
R. F. McGuffin
Clifford Durst
Olivia Dehavilland
Montgomery Clift
Johnny Weismuller
Corres
George Morgan
Big
Grand Ole Opry
Ahery
Mark Preston Foster
Paul E. Burns
Emmett Wogan
Rapin
Daniel Ullman
MacDonald
Clifton Webb
Wilee Saha
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