Fashion Van Sets Styles For West Virginia Miners
In Holden West Virginia women in Pocahontas Valley towns wear up to date outfits from a vanborne fashion service serving over 4000 families. The mobile shop offers dresses suits lingerie hosiery and home accessories with a tailor and dressmaker accompanying the van for alterations and made to order looks. Men receive custom made suits measured on site and produced in fashion centers like New York or Cincinnati to fit their broad shoulders and narrow hips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA
Holden
W. Va
Pocahontas Valley
West Virginia
New York
Cincinnati
Christmas Party Night in Esther Class at Christian Church
The Esther Class annual Christmas party featured white candles chrysanthemums and a star of Bethlehem. Mrs. R. D. Graham presented a program on "Star Have Seen a Star" with carols led by Mrs. C. E. Heft and Beverly Davis singing. Mrs. Graham closed with prayer as devotional readings by Mrs. J. A. Wharton followed. A donation was taken for the Cleveland Children's Home. Guests included Mrs. Earl Landis Mrs. Margaret Sheldon Mrs. William Austin Mrs. Clarence Heft Miss Ida Allison and Miss Mary Jeffers. Refreshments were served in the church dining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther
Christian Church
Sve
R. D. Graham
Jed
C. E. Heft
William Austin
Beverly Davis
Graham
J. A. Wharton
Cleveland Childrens’ Home
Christian Churches
Earl Landis
Margaret Sheldon
Clarence Heft
Ida Allison
Mary Jeffers
Nan
New Officers For WEA Review Installed At Meeting
At a WEA Review meeting at WUA Montes night officers were elected and installed. President Mrs Ethel Woogerd, vice president Mrs Ruth Baughman, recording secretary and treasurer Mrs Edith Junod, financial secretary Mrs Frieda Willack, chaplain Mrs Flora Murphy, lady of ceremony and press correspondent Mrs Marie Leonard, captain Mrs Anna Stauffer. Installing officer Mrs Willock. Business session led by President Mrs H F Cokenougher planned a Christmas party and officers club potluck dinner with gift exchange on December 18. Ruth Baughman chairs refreshment committee. Members then enjoyed a potluck supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Woogerd
Ruth Baughman
Edith Junod
Frieda Willack
Flora Murphy
Marie Leonard
Anna Stauffer
Willock
H. F. Cokenougher
Club Meets At Chauncey Home
Mrs Elizabeth Harvey of Chauncey hosted the Past Chief s Club gathering Friday with seventeen attendees including members and guests. Mrs Matie Pritchard presided gifts from a decorated white Christmas tree plus prizes and door prizes awarded to several members. Next meeting will be with Mrs Thelma Linscott at The Plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Harvey
Chauncey
Matie Pritchard
Lillian Sweeney
Ruth Smith
Bess Fleck
Margaret McHarg
Lenna Wood
Mary Dew
Thelma Linscott
the Plains
Wednesday Club and Society Meetings Calendar
Wednesday events include Woman's Auxiliary meeting at 7 30 p m with Mrs Wilfred J Smith 72 Elmwood Place Zeta Tau Alpha Alumnae Christmas party at B P W club rooms at 8 40 p m bring sales tax stamps and contributions for Health Center 320 Athens County Council for Childhood Education holds Christmas dessert party at Women’s Faculty Club 7 pm gift exchange and business meeting 160 Bygley Study Circle Christmas party at 7 30 p m with Mrs F C Schilling 249 E State St Rebekah Lodge initiations at C C F Hall Athens Bird Club meets at 8 p m at T M Wolfe Utah Place topic Bird Flight and Aerial Dynamics Dr H T Ger reviews Auk and Journal of Wildlife Management. bird records kept Thursday Christmas sewing day for Marizolff Sunday School Class First Methodist Church begins 9 am. potluck lunch noon. Christmas gift exchange afternoon Pro Beta Psi Alumnae Club meets 7 30 p m with Mrs Gordon Gray 17 Frandin Ave AACW meets 7 30 p m at Women’s Faculty Club International Relations Group to hear David Hecht on government of Russia. topic Russia and the Peace Faithful Few Club meets at 156 Morris Ave Thursday Parents of a Son Clyde Webster Bertha Grimes 81 Mills St announce birth of son Clyde born Nov 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Auxiliary
The
Episcopal Church
Wilfred J. Smith
Elmwood Place
Zeta Tau Alpha
B.P.W
Athens County
Bygley Study Circle
F. C. Schilling
E. State St
Rebekah Lodge
Thel. C
King Adamson
Fl. T. Ger
Auk
Journal of Wildlife Management
Marizolff
First Methodist Church
Gaoa Pro Beta Pry
Gordon Gray
Frandin Ave
AACW
AAU
Studs
David Hecht
Qohnio University
Russia
Maude Matthews
O 90 Faithful Few Club
Stanley Nida
Morris Ave
Apple Polishing Party at Alpha Gamma Delta House
An Apple Polishing party hosted by Alpha Gamma Delta at University Terrace drew Ohio University professors and spouses. Guests toured the chapter house, enjoyed fortune telling and games like Battle of the Sexes, heard songs and a monologue, and capped the afternoon with a buffet supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority
Ohio University
Alpha Gams
University Terrace
Libby Cline
Mary Ellen Overholt
Peggy Webster
City Federation Hears Two Guest Speakers at Meeting
Athens City Federation welcomed Miss Rowéna Sprout head of County Public Assistance Agencies and Atty. John W Bolin chair of the War Ration Board Food Panel. Sprout outlined welfare services for the aged blind and child welfare while Bolin linked inflation to scarcity and O P A guidance with grocers and consumers. A curfew inquiry reported ongoing interviews with the police chief and County Health Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Federation
Rowéna Sprout
Atty
John W .Bolin
Yas
Ray Barnhart
Miss Sprout
Athens’ County
Bolin
O.P.A
Athens
Breakfast Fruit Dish Emerges From Frugal Morning Experiment
A reader describes a thrift breakfast using leftover fruit from the refrigerator. Cooked prunes, home canned pears, and raisins were heated into a hot fruit dish before toast and coffee. The cook plans to add peaches and more prunes tomorrow.
Red Cross seeks volunteers to meet dressing quota this week
Red Cross Secretary Ellen Biddle urges volunteers to return regular units of surgical dressing to complete the quota. The local chapter appeals for help this week, stressing every minute counts for the shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Ellen Biddle
Comedy Drama To Be Given Dec 7 Albany High
Bolts and Nuts a comedy drama will be presented Thursday Dec 7 in the Albany High School Auditorium. The curtain rises at 730 PM for a senior high play under Helen Davis and Betty Zimmerman. Mrs Anna Rose supervises. cast includes Margaret Whiteman Beth Dailey Norma Lee McDaniel Mabel Beatty Donald Van Dyke Carl Robinson Owen McVey Charles Fridenmaker Julia Jones Billy Becklay Mary Beatty Max Staneart Roger Foreman. Ushers Dora Hawk Darsene Stanley assisted by Mite Munn Donald Gibbs Marguerite Bowen. Small admission 10 cents. Public invited.
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Albany
Audictorium
Helen Davis
Betty Zimmerman
Anna Rose
Margaret Whiteman
Beth Dailey
Norma Lee McDaniel
Mabel Beatty
Donald van Dyke
Carl Robinson
Owen
Round About Town on national hookup December 7 broadcast
Lt. Dean F. Chatlais WWI veteran and former Ohio University student will share his story on CBS from 10:36 to 10 p m. Lawrence Tibbett will sing his poem What Did You Do Today written in a North African hospital. Chatlain, an honorary East Cleveland Kiwanis member, recounts tank battle near Tunisia, wounds, and amputation. Local hospital scenes and WWI reflections accompany the broadcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CBS
New York
Dean F. Chatlain
Ohio University
Lowell Thomas
House of Representatives
Washington
Representative Wadsworth
Chatlain
Hudson
Ohio
Kiwanis Club
Chattain
East Cleveland Kiwanis Club
Wat
Dean
North Africa
Tunisia
St. Albans Naval Hospital
Long Island
Sam
Brooklyn
Noel Coward
Winchell
Coward
War Bond Quota May Be Tripled in Murray City Drive
Logan reports Murray City faces a big question not whether the county can reach its quota but whether Murray City can triple its target. Ward Township workers total over 23,000 with 19 days left. Murray City School district exceeded its 9,000 quota before the drive began and led in over all performance. Purchasers bought 7,000 in E bonds, 740 in Fs, 7,100 in Gs with 3,000 allocated from other securities.
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Logan
Hacking County
Murray City
Ward
Frank Murphy
United
Murray City Ales
Logan Social Notes Highlight War Bonds Gift Push
Logan social page details a Federated Clubs meeting at Mrs. John Spence home on West Hunter Street with members attending and programs planned for January. War Bonds via Vmail discussed as Christmas gifts to service members, plus club hosts and social events at Junia and Tourist Book Club gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Spence
Bedford
Menis
Stanton Lyke
Pond
Lew Riges
A. N. Grueser
Lelia Hutchison
Carl Grandt
N. M. Brown
Hutchison
Grueser
Clarence Schempp
N. A Brown
Ladies Night at Logan Kiwanis Dinner Program
Logan Kiwanis Club held a Tuesday evening Ladies Night at the White House with carol singing led by L P Mooney and Mrs Prather at piano. Wilhelmine Deissele read verse ribbing Kiwanian prizes. Girls Glee Club of Logan High sang under Minnie Bowen with Mary Jane Lanning solo. Rev Swengle sang with Mrs Smoot assisting. Dr Gordon Hayes of Ohio State spoke on economics. Ralph Poston gave solos with Mrs Smoot closing. Planning committee included Mrs Genning ton, William Clapp, Mrs Shaw, Mrs Lew Riggs. Guests from Columbus and local attendees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glee Club
Logan High School
Minnie Louise Bowen
Mary Jane Lanning
Clinton
Swengle
Prather
Gordon Hayes
Ohio State University
Columbus
Ralph L. Poston
Smoot
Paul Genning
Ton
Hire
Wiliam Clapp
Paul, Shaw
Lew Riggs
W. W.brownfield
Jack Baker
Garnet Sheets
Alice Genevieve Poston
Bernice Black Sues for Divorce in Common Pleas
Bernice Black files for divorce from Edward Black in common pleas court on gross neglect, cites marriage in June 1928, no children, requests temporary alimony and restoration of her maiden name Bernice Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Common Pleas Court
Bernice Black
Edward Black
Bernice Smith
Installation Attendees at Logan Venus Chapter Event
Attendees at the Logan Venus Chapter installation at the New Lexington Chapter include Mrs. Connie Schultz, Mrs. Marvin Lackey, Mrs. Joe Phillips, Mrs. Darlene Wenn, Mrs. Willard Lyke, Mrs. Clarence Salts, and Mrs. Lew Reynolds on Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LOGAN
Logan Venus
New Lexington
Connie Schultz
Marvin Lackey
Joe, Phillips
Darlene Wenn
Willard Lyke
Clarence Salts
Lew Reynolds
Local draft and discharge notices from Sugar Grove and Camp Atterbury
Goss, Logan John Edward Frank lin Goss from Route 1 Sugar Grove volunteers for immediate military service. Edward Leon Hiles of 434 N Culver St has received an honorable discharge from the U S Army at Camp Atterbury Ind on Nov 30. Move notice: Mrs John H Green and son Tommie with Mr Green’s mother Elizabeth Green of Culver St move to Granville where Green has worked at Heath Refinery for the last year. new residence 320 West Elm St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
John Edward Franklin Goss
Sugar Grove
Edward Leon Hiles
N. Culiver St
U. S. Army
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Iselective Service Board
Granville Logan
John H. Green
Tommie
Green
Elizabeth Green
Culver St
Granville Thursday
Heath
West Elm Street
Logan Soldier Returns Home After Snowbound Trip
Corporal James R. Horwell arrived home Tuesday following a harrowing journey through snow and ice in Colorado. His car skidded and overturned 150 miles east of Denver, aided by a Catholic priest who helped him reach the next town. He met his six week old daughter Melissa Ann for the first time. Horwell, former Logan High School band director, is stationed at Buckley Field Colorado and will return December 10 to receive sailing orders. His parents and relatives from Wyoming, Pa, stayed in Logan to hear the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
James R. Horwell
Mountains
Colorado
Horwell
Denver
Melissa Ann
Miss Roberts Weds Sgt Lindley in Baltimore Chapel
Miss Dorothy Roberts and Sgt Arthur G Lindley exchanged marriage vows Sunday December 3 in the Lutheran Service Center chapel Baltimore Maryland The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs Dan Roberts of Logan and a Logan High School graduate 1929 The groom son of Mr and Mrs James Lindley of Galion and a 1929 Galion High School graduate They will reside at 108 South Market Street Logan and she will continue duties at Sun Glow Manufacturing Co Mansfield office
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James Lindley
Galion
Galion High School
University of Pittsburgh
Lindley
Logan
Sun Glow
S. Market St
Union Furnace Notes and Eagle Meeting Update
Union Furnace social notes report Mrs Elsie D Kimberly and Mr Homer Anthony of Columbus visiting the Anthonys, plus several out of town guests. Midnight oyster supper hosted by Mrs Anthony and Mrs Bray. Haydenville couple Willard May relocated. Logan Eagles to meet Thursday at 7 30 announced by Levis R Canty Worthy President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Furnace
Elsie D. Kimberly
Homer Anthony
Columbus
Elmer Anthony
Edivin Baulin
Orient
Leslie Courter
Harry Bray
Bray
Anthony
Willard May
Haydenville
Nelsonville
Alice Allberry
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Eagles
LOGAN
Logan Aerie of
Levis R. Canty
Worthy
Straitsville Soldier Killed in France in World War I
Mrs. Bess Davis of New Straitsville received notice from the War Department that her son David Davis aged 21 was killed in action in France on November 15. A 1920 graduate of New Straitsville High, he is the second from his class to die. He left a letter to his mother the day before the action. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Beattie and Ruth Ann Davis, and had worked in Columbus before his induction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Bess. Davis
New Straitsville
War Department
David Davis
France
Davis
New Straitsville High School
Margaret Beattie
Ruth Ann Davis
Columbus
Also Mentioned on This Page
W.E.A
Chauncey Home
Clyde Webster
Bertha Grimes
Mills St
Clyde
Bava
Alpha Gamma Delta House
W.S.C.S
Rickland Ave. Methodist Church
Pallas Club
Faculty Women's Club
Jene Hand
Bible School Workers Bible School Workers Conference
John P. Cue
Sa’ Damae Lands
Portland
John Perry JT
Frank Lands
Chainces
Perry Coe
Lands
Coes
Henry E. Bright
Raymond Welch
Norman Welch
Maureen Kay
Sharon Lee
Neil Welch
Virginia Ruth
Fairport Harbor
Eleanor Welch
Dayton
Marjorie Welch
Gaynette Welch
Jewish War Relief Society
Bluejackets
Navy
H. B. FL
Central Ave
WSCS
Circle 2
Methodist Church
Elery T. Rice
Cole
W.A.C
Methodist Parsonage
N. College St
William Bryant
Guy Archer
Stewart
Elberfeld
Virgil Martin
Roy Alligon
Fred Burthfield
Paul Bennington
William Clapp
Sue Graham
Wilbur Lanning
John Lee
Walter Prather
Charles Rauch
Clinton Swengle
George VanFossen
Arsthur Newman
Earl Elberfeld
Hocking County War Finance Committee
Logan Victory Center
Janet Struble
Otto Hes
Jennie Fobbie
R. Kelch
Roxie Cupp
A. M. Sater
Charlie Mohler
George Davis
Thifford Duffy
Charles Schempp
John Weaver
Verne Mack
Charles Hutchison
George Keleh
Charles Larimer
Otto Iles
Homer Allen
William Heinlein
J. D. Sanderson
Ella Rochester
Junia Club
Sanderson
Walter Kleinschmidt
John T. Sanderson
John Wuelkman
Junia Clule
Wellman
Mound ‘St
Jessie McManigal
Miss Bird White
Wilhelmine Deissle
Clarence Matheny
Frank Harden
Clinton Webb
Dallas Kinser
Harry Bell
John R. Fierce
Henry Dague
Judson Shriner
Frank Vannetta
Main St
Huls
E. Hunter St
Victor Nixon
Newark
B. G. Nixon
Virginie Fitzgerald
Gertrude Miller
Farm Bureau
Letha Stare
Rhea Bangert
Tuesay
Charles Shahan
Gus Kellenbarger
Motherwell Ave
Shahan
Dicken Addition
Kiwanians
Goss
Logan News
Miss Roberts
Sgt. Lindley
McKee
N. Court
Cologne
Prescription Store
Lenners
Toys
Corligan
Soft Water Dept
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