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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 03, 1943

Page

10

Civilians in Logan to Aid War Drive Clothing Campaign

Logan and Hocking County civilian defense agencies will join a clothing drive next week. Sponsored by the War Production Board salvage division, the effort begins Monday with city truck collections by wards. County schools oversee their own pickups. clothing of many kinds, including some damaged items, will be accepted with few exceptions.

Logan Hocking County The War Production Board Howard E. Kirk C. Wood Bowen City Salvage

Logan Attorney Carrol E Wright Rites Planned

Funeral services are set for Saturday at 2 p m at First Methodist Church for Car rol Eugene Wright 65 Logan attorney and former Hocking County prosecutor who died suddenly of a heart attack at home. Memorial services by Thean Commandery Knights Templar will be held Friday night at Woodard Funeral Home. Wright, native of Benton Township, studied at Ohio University and taught in Hocking County before establishing a 40 year law practice. He was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1903 and to the U S Supreme Court in 1932. He was a Republican and active in local organizations and Masons. Survived by wife Clara a son Harold in Washington D C and a daughter Mrs Harold Shepard.

Albert Wright Ohio University Athens Hocking County Clement V. Wright Ohio State Bar United States Supreme Court United States District Court of Ohio Masons Lodge Clara Harold Washington, D. C Harold Shepard

November Arrests Hit New Low in Logan

Logan police report November arrests at an all time low with two arrests by city patrols. One for operating a motor vehicle with insufficient brakes and another for disorderly conduct. One overtime parking citation and three minor auto accidents were recorded.

Logan Lew Reynolds Reynolds

Cooper Rites Held In Logan Church

Funeral services were held at the First Methodist Church for Rev. William A. Cooper 76 a minister for 20 years who died Monday night at his Sedalia home Rev. Stanley Wiant officiated and burial followed in Oak Grove A native of Leshoro Hocking County he served several in the county and was well known throughout the area

Logan First Methodist Church William A. Cooper Sedalia Stanley Wiant Oak Grove Leshoro Hocking County Cooper

Logan Writer in Liberty Mentions in Short Fiction

Logan is cited in Liberty Magazine in a short story "Once Is Too Often" by Eddy Orcutt. The tale includes a character who says he used to be an Elk in Logan Ohio. Local Elks deny any connection, noting Orcutt is not known in Logan or the local lodge.

Logan Liberty Magazine Eddy Orcutt Orcutt Ohio

Identity of Abandoned Child Sought in Logan

Logan A welfare worker Mrs Cora N Brown asks for help identifying a baby girl found on Hollis Bowen residence porch 310 West Angle Avenue on October 6. The infant has no name or birth date and those helping her seek information to determine her rights and origins. Anyone with details should contact the Hocking County Child Welfare Board at the Court House in Logan.

Logan Cora N. Brown Hocking County Hollis Bowen West Angle Avenue The Hocking A Child Welfare Board Court House, Logan

Logan Opens CASE Season On Tuesday

Logan High School Chieftains, built around three returning lettermen, open the 1943 44 cage season versus the McArthur Generals on the hilltop court next Tuesday night. Coach Clarence Mackey reports 25 promising candidates from an initial 54, led by Delmar Red Mowery Jack Rauch and Jimmy Hummel.

LOGAN Clarence Mackey Logan High School Chieftains McArthur Generals Mackey Delmar

Logan Seabee Arrives for 30 Day Furlough in Logan

Logan Bert Smith a gunner's mate first class of the Sea Bees arrived in Logan on Wednesday for a 30 day furlough. He recently finished a foreign assignment and will return to his base in Boston late this month.

Logan Bert Smith The Sea Bees Boston

Haydenville Man Shot Near Haydenville School

Charles C. Warren 41 of Haydenville was found wounded at his home along U S Route 33 after a gunshot incident described as a personal safety matter. He was taken to Cherrington Hospital with serious injuries to the left neck area near the ear. No witnesses reported. Warren and family had recently moved from Nelsonville. he worked at Natco division of National Fireproofing Company.

Jack Waldron Warren Duffy Cherrington Hospital Mable Haydenville U. S. Route 33 Warrens National Fireproofing Company Nelsonville

Stolen Auto Found In Chillicothe

Logan Police Chief Lew Reynolds said Rex Keller Logan owned a car stolen from Mulberry Street near Main Street at 5 30 p m Wednesday was found in Chillicothe late that night The driver Frank Fykes 15 a Lancaster Boys Industrial School escapee confessed to the theft and is held by Circleville police Keller parked near the Smoke House when a youth jumped in and fled

Logan Lew Reynolds Rex Keller Mulberry Street Main Street Chillicothe Frank Fykes Lancaster Boys’ Industrial School Circleville Reynolds Keller Mak Fle

Draft Board Official To Resign From Logan Post

Announcement reports Curtis Cole of Logan resigning from the Hocking County Selective Service Board since 1940. He and wife plan to move to Newark for defense industry work. The vacancy will be filled upon state request. local board members include Judge Phil A Henderson, Judge E L Ewing, and Walter Leonard.

LOGAN Curtis Cole Hocking County Selective Service Board Cole Newark State Selective Service County Board of Recommendation Board Phil A. Henderson E. L. Ewing Walter Leonard Logan Clay Products Licking County Coles Lancaster

Stivison Divorce Granted on Grounds of Gross Neglect of Duty

Logan records show Herbert Stivison granted divorce from Dorothy Marie Stivison for gross neglect of duty. Married June 25 1936, no children, decree by Judge Phil A. Henderson.

With Service Men of Glouster Area

GLOUSTER M M LeFavor reports that his son Dr Dean LeFavor in the Army medical corps in North Africa is stationed in the mountains where rain and cold make conditions harsh. He works with wounded from the Italian front and helps entertain fellow service members by playing piano in concerts for the troops. Elsewhere Pvt Rolland Higgins in Italy writes about receiving Christmas boxes and cards, noting gratitude and a renewed appreciation for life in the United States.

Glouster M. M. LeFavor Dean LeFavor Army Medical Corps North Africa Kay Swart Pvt Rolland Higgins Italy United States

Building Sidewalks Despite Cold Weather

GLOUSTER The work of putting concrete sidewalks where brick sidewalks had been is continuing in spite of the colder weather. This week the sidewalk in front of the grade school building has been torn up and a new sidewalk of concrete is taking its place. It is said that this will probably be the last job attempted this winter since freezing weather is not a suitable time for laying concrete.

Glouster

Joyce Williams to Cleveland. Glouster trip to Columbus

Mrs. Charles Williams and Mrs. Theodore Williams assisted Joyce Williams to a Columbus hospital on Thursday where she has been in a cast for weeks. Doctors expect the cast removal. Mrs. Theodore Williams will proceed to Cleveland to join her husband employed there. Joyce will return to Glouster with her grandmother for an indefinite stay.

Glouster Charles Williams Theodore Williams Joyce Columbus Cleveland

Glouster Masons Honor New District Deputy Grand Master

More than 50 Masons gathered at Glouster Lodge 607 F. and A. M. to honor Fred Erwin as District Deputy Grand Master of the 17th Masonic District. Lodges from Nelsonville Athens Bartlet Cutler Trimble and others attended. Erwin praised the honor and pledged to fulfill his duties as representatives spoke. A social hour with pancakes maple syrup sausage and coffee followed.

Glouster Glouster Lodge A. M Fred Erwin Masonic Nelsonville Athens Bartlet Cutler Trimble Erwin

Glouster School Notes Recap First Graders Read Books

Glouster reports first graders ready to read library books with some students having read up to twenty five books in two years. Betty Sweeney, second grade, celebrated a Monday birthday. Gerald Stem returned after three weeks illness. Eugene Hogue missed due to knee injury. Six grade writing certificates awarded to eight students. Christmas decorations underway in grade rooms. High school sees psychological tests for all seniors and underclass. eyes tested for student body. Sophomore girls wear small bells on shoe strings. Freshmen civics class wrote essays on Why I Am Thankful. Pauline Lewis traveled to Detroit then back home. Plans for a combined Christmas party for Miss Ervin and Miss Pickard rooms.

Glouster Betty Sweeney Gerald Stem Eugene Hogue Myra Bea Anderson Ruth Buchman Margaret Grubbs Betty Robinson Sandra Rose Billy Thomas Garett de- Long Pauline Lewis Detroit Mich Miss Ervin Miss Pickard

Officers Installed At Trimble Grange Meeting

Trimble Grange installed officers with Celia Boudinot elected master and Allen Chadwell over seer. Other posts named Madeline Boudinot Roy Easter Emma Sawyer D M Sawyer Mamie Chadwell Allen Bodinot. Meeting to plan installation. York Grange to present services. Community butchering at Allen Boudinot home benefited Floyd Kidd Bart Pettit Walter Walker and Arthur Corwin. Yvonne Boudinot visited grandma Celia Boudinot. Thanksgiving guests included Mr and Mrs J C Bolin James Clinton Paul Edward. Flowers of Kansas are sunflowers.

Trimble Trimble Grange Celia Boudinot Allen Chadwell Roy Easter Madeline Boudinot Emma Sawyer D. M. Sawyer Mamie Chadwell Allen Boudinot Grange York Grange Floyd Kidd Bart Pettit Walter Walker Arthur Corwin Ira Corwin Lancaster Art Corwin Yvonne Marie Boudinot J. C. Bolin James Clinton Paul Edward Mattie Bean Albany B.J. Lewis

Services in Glouster Churches Weekly Schedule and Flags

The Methodist Church lists Sunday School at 9 30 led by Earl Johnston, Morning Worship at 10 30 with Rev A G Winkle, and Evening Worship at 7 with the sermon An Ancient Promise. Church officials meet Tuesday at 7. The Church of Christ follows Bible School 9 with Delmar Gladden, morning service 10, sermon What Christ means by a Good Man, evening service 7 with God Saves a Nation Through a Selfish Preacher. Women to dedicate their Christian Flag at Bible School.

C. B. Tigner Church of Christ Is Bible School Delmar ‘Gladden

Timber Wolf Trapped in Scenic Area by Hocking Man

Ed Eberst reported that a timber wolf first seen in Hocking County in years was trapped by Sherman Burgoon on his Conkle Hollow farm along Big Pine Creek. The wolf, about 5 feet 8 inches and 80 to 85 pounds, drowned while attempting to cross the creek with the trap and anchor, a rare southern straying from Canada.

Hocking Logan Ed Eberst Hocking County Sherman Burgoon Conkle Hollow Burgoon Big Pine Creek Canada

Glouster Social Notes Highlight Zalupski Family

Lieutenant Helen Zalupski, stationed at Camp Phillips Kansas, visits Redtown parents as she trains as an Army nurse. She describes joint nurse soldier training and anticipates overseas duty. Sophia Zalupski also trains for overseas duty as an Army nurse.

Glouster Helen Zalupski Camp Phillips Kansas Redtown Miss Zalupski Zalupski Sophia

Logan Pupils Buy Jeep in Stamp Sales

Logan Senior High School students have sold or purchased war bonds and stamps totaling 1245 dollars to fund an army jeep, aiming for a second jeep in the current contest. Principal Fred B. Burchfield notes the deadline is December 7, 1943, Pearl Harbor anniversary, and the school may receive a treasury citation for meeting the goal.

Logan Fred_ B. Burchfield Logan Senior High School Pearl Harbor Burchfield Treasury

Binford Family Weekend Return Highlights Detroit Trip

Mr. J. R. Binford came home yesterday after a week in Detroit and Grand Rapids with his daughters Mrs. C. J. Branham Emma Binford and Mrs. C. R. Ewell Etta Binford. Mrs Dorothy Saulters employed at Curtiss Wright plant in Columbus spent the weekend with her family in the city.

J. R. Binford Detroit Grand Rapids C. J. Branham Emma Binford C. R. Ewell Etta Binford Dorothy Saulters Curtiss-Wright Columbus

Kiwanis Meets At Hotel Gordon

The Glouster Kiwanis Club held a 6:30 dinner meeting at Hotel Gordon Tuesday evening. Marcella Jonas led Kiwanis songs, with George W. Rose presiding in president Ben Goldberg’s absence. Members spent the hour after dinner in informal discussion of next year’s Kiwanis activities.

Glouster Glouster Kiwanis Club Hotel Gordon Marcella Jonas Ben Goldberg George W. Rose

Title Office Reports November Activity in Hocking County

The Hocking County certificate of title office recorded receipts of 147.60 for November with 103.30 going to the county and 44.30 to the state. The report by Miss Thelma Keyes shows 115 used car titles filed, 50 mortgages filed, 52 cancellations, and no new car titles registered.

Logan Hocking County Thelma Keyes

Thanksgiving Gatherings Across Sugar Grove and Murray City

A jumble of names and relations shows multiple families hosting Thanksgiving in Sugar Grove and Murray City. Guests include Logan-Rey, Mrs Brown and son David, Mr and Mrs Gears and daughter Joyce, Mrs William Wootas and son Johnnie, Eva Garner, Walter Sha’s daughter Virginia Lee, Mrs Morris Dupler, Noma Marilyn, and Grace Dupler. The Duplers reported their son is stationed in Laredo, Texas. Mrs Muriel Gears visited Grace Dupler, and Willa Wooten was a visitor in Murray City.

Logan—Rey Brown David Sugar Grove Gears Joyce Ch March William Wootas Johnnie Eva Garner Walter Sha Virginia Lee Morris Dupler Noma Marilyn Murray City Larado Texas Air Corps Muriel Gears Grace Dupler Willa Wooten Ness

Trucks Collide on Main Street in Logan Report Says

Police chief Reynolds reports a collision on Main Street Logan involving Earl Hood Carl ile and Marlewood trucks traveling west. Minor damage noted with only one flight described as affected in the incident investigation.

Logan Earl Hood Carlile Marlewood Reynolds

Hunsackers Welcome Daughter At Cherrin Hospital

Mr and Mrs J Hunsacker of 186 South Walnut are parents of a daughter born Thursday morning at Cherrin Hospital.

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