Oldest Marshfield Resident John M Swaim Tells Family History
The 83 year old John Milton Swaim of Waterloo Township Athens County is described as the oldest New Marshfield resident. He repairs farming gear in a century old home once owned by Lafayette Hawk and built by James Mayhugh. The piece recounts Swaim’s lineage, work on mines sawmills and brick plants, and three generations living along Route 56 near Marshfield Hill with a detailed cradle of local families and landmarks.
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New Marshfield
John Milton Swaim
Waterloo Township
Athens County
Marshfield
John M. Swaim
John Swaim
Vinton County
Swaim
William
Luhrig
Athens
Hamden
Hugh Boden
Kings Switch
Warren Foster
Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio
Mineral and Luhrig
Mayhughs
Logan Board Accepts Ball School District Enrolling City Students
At a Monday meeting the Logan Board of Education approved annexing the old Ball School District. City schooling will absorb area youth under Supt G E Carr who notes 15 years of prior attendance in city schools. New assignments include clerks bus drivers principals and custodians with staffing changes at junior and senior high and East and West schools.
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Logan
Logan Board of Education
Old Ball
G. E. Carr
C. F. Rauch
Hester Lee White
Gloria Becker
Bonnile Fox
Howard Kirk
Dolores Brooks
May Ellen Pittman
J. R. Hankison
Mary Eyerman
University of Wisconsin
Dee Swisher
Lonnie Boggs
Galion High School
Robert Steinbaugh
Mineral City
Ohio State
John Mack
Irvin Stone
Sam Wells
Charles Brooker
Joe Brooker
Orla Clark
Central
Charles Bright
East
Francis Toole
West
Fannie Allen
Ethel Frazee
Ruth Edith Buntz
East School
Ruth Shaw
West School
Frieda Warner
Hudnell files divorce petition in Athens County court
Holly Hudnell Jr sues Dorothy Virginia Hudnell a minor for divorce on grounds of gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. Minor defendant resides with Evelyn Hewitt in Rocky Ridge Maryland. hearing set for on or after August 30, 1950.
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Holly Hudnell, Jr
Common Pleas Court
Athens County
Ohio
R. W. Finsterwald
Sheriff’s sale of chattel goods in Athens County
Rush Campbell sues Romesburg Brothers et al in the Court of Common Pleas Athens County Ohio. Sheriff George Bateman will auction a P H Diesel Power Shovel and related chattels at 2 PM on Monday August 28 190 at the Linscott Run junction Route 250 four miles north of Amesville. Cash in hand.
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Rush Campbell
Romesburg Brothers
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
Linscott Run
Amesville
Ames
Wnt
P & H Deisel
George Bateman
Dorothy J. Parmiter
Treasurer Reports Drop in Tax Receipts
Logan county sales tax receipts fell last week with $3394 sold, about $504 below the $3898 in the prior year. Despite weekly decline, year to date totals show gains, totaling $137,519 versus $118,101 at the same point in 1949.
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Logan
Hocking County
R. W. Moorhead
Moorhead
Veteran Dies Rites Planned in Logan Ohio
Charles Conway 57 died Monday at the Veterans Hospital Dayton after months as a patient. A World War I veteran born in Nelsonville, he lived in Logan and Columbus. Survived by two sisters Mrs Earl Roberts and Mrs Eugene Berry. a brother William preceded him. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. Roberts funeral home. burial Green Dawn Cemetery Nelsonville. Rev A N Grueser to officiate.
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Logan
Charles Conway
Veterans Hospital
Dayton
Mary Grimes Conway
Nelsonville
Church St
Columbus
Old Hocking Valley Railroad
Earl Roberts
Orchard St
Eugene Berry
William
Roberts Funeral Home
Greendawn
A. N. Grueser
EUB Church
Library service upgrades reach Hocking County and stations
The Library Board grants compensation to attendants and expands access across Murray City Jobs Carbon Hill and the Logan center. Books are placed at John Snyder Jr home Mrs John Wooten and the Devols restaurant. Eva lan Hansel librarian coordinates material delivery or orders from the Ohio State Library.
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Logan
Hocking County
Library Board
Murray City
John Snyder, Jr
Jobs
John Wooten
Carbon Hill
Philip Devol
Evalan Hansel
Hocking
Vinton Counties
Logan Center
Ohio State Library
Twin Daughters Born to Mr and Mrs Robert Brown
Twin daughters were prematurely born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brown in Doctors' Hospital Columbus. The babies are in incubators and Mrs. Brown's condition has improved from serious to a better state.
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Logan
Robert Brown
Delores Sauders
Doctors’ Hospital
Columbus
Three Drivers Assessed Fines
Logan resident Albert S. Fugitt appeared before Mayor Roger Friend after a Main Street careless driving charge. He pled guilty and paid a $10 fine plus costs. Carl H. Johnson of Lancaster was fined $10 and costs after pleading guilty to driving without a license. No operator license was issued.
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Logan
Albert S. Fugitt
Roger Friend
Main St
Carl H. Johnson
Lancaster
State Highway Patrol
Last Rites Held for Mrs Viella Fargo of Cheshire
Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Cheshire Methodist Church for Mrs Viella Fargo 95 a longtime Gallia County resident and mother of Mrs Nina Healy of Cheshire widow of John Healy former Hocking Valley railroad maintenance of way supervisor. The Healys housed Mrs Fargo during their Logan residence.
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Logan
Cheshire Methodist Church
Viella Fargo
Gallia County
Nina Healy
Cheshire
John Healy
Hocking Valley Railroad
Healys
Fargo
Local Driver Fined After Patrol Stop
Dale B. Martin of Logan appeared before Mayor Friend on Tuesday charged by the State Highway Patrol. He was fined $5 and costs.
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Dale B. Martin
Logan
Friend
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H. Harris
Richard Hallowell
Mary Hallowell
State of
John F. Newcomb
Badger Mutual Insurance Company of
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Providence
Rhode Island
BOS
Walter A. Robenson
Insurance of
Athens Heating & Insulating Co
N. Congress St
Paul Fiske
Court Street
the Security Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Athens County Fairgrounds
BIG
Erle Bridgewater
L. C. Baker
Don Bridgewater
Ward Bean
Grandstand
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