Enthusiastic Crowd Hears Messiah in Logan High Auditorium
Handel's Messiah was performed Sunday afternoon in the Logan High School auditorium by over 100 local musicians under Miss Minnie Louise Bowen. Soloists included Walter Prather and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Poston, with accompanists Mrs. Walter Prather and Miss Ruth Ann Norris.
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Christ
Logan High School
Logan
Walter Prather
Ruth Ann Norris
Ralph Poston
J. G. Cole
Nelsonville man John G Snowden dies at 80 in sister’s home
John G Snowden 80, longtime telegraph operator and coal company manager, died Sunday at the residence of his sister Mrs Ellen Ervin 894 Walnut St Nelsonville He had lived with her 20 years and was active in Masonic orders and local clubs He leaves a twin sister Mary Beagle Columbus another sister Sadie Nixon Columbus and a brother Will Snowden Nelsonville Funeral arrangements pending at Stout funeral home.
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Nelsonville
John G. Snowden
Ellen Ervin
Walnut St
Snowden
George
Cap) Snowden
Buchtel
Ellen Thompson Snowden
Middleport
England
John Snowden
Ilinois
Athens County
Hocking Valley Railroad
Marion
Ohio
New Pittsburgh Coal Co
Hocking
Manhattan
Floodwood
New York Coal Co
Columbus
Railroad Ymca
Philadorian Lodge
Haybrow Council
R & SM
St. Bernard Chapter
RAM
Athens Commandery No. 15
Knights Templar
Scioto
Scottish Rite
Mystic Shrine
Shrine
Eastern Star
White Shrine
Athens
Mary Beagle
Cincinnati
Ervin
Sadie Nixon
Will T. Snowden
Stout Funeral Home
Mrs. Lulu Chesher Dies at Home in Nelsonville
Mrs. Lulu Chesher 70 widow of Charles Chesher died at her Nelsonville Route home after long illness. Survived by daughters Ruth Boyd Columbus and Catherine Moon Haydenville. sons Frank Chesher Madera California and Eugene at home. sisters Chloe Ellis Nelsonville Route 2 and Retta Bagley Nelsonville. brothers W. B. Evans and Cliff Evans Nelsonville Route 2. six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Body to Stout Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Nelsonville
Lulu Chesher
Charles Chesher
Cliff Evans
Stout Funeral Home
Two Cars Damaged In Collision At Ner rick s Corner
Nelsonville police report two cars wrecked Sunday evening at Ner Rick s Corner. No injuries. Charles Erskine Fitzwater of Williamson driving east on Jefferson St attempted to turn to Poplar St thinking it continued US Route 33. His car hit a machine driven by Charles F Gastin of Haydenville at Watkins St intersection.
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Nelsonville
Nerrick’s Corner
Charles Erskine Fitzwater
Williamson
W.va
Jefferson St
Poplar St
Watkins St
Charles Frederick Gastin
Haydenville
Fitzwater
Elks Charity Ball Draws Large Nelsonville Crowd
A large crowd attended the Elks lodge Charity Ball on Hocking Street Saturday night with dancing from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Arby Armbrust and his orchestra provided music. Proceeds support lodge charitable activities during the Christmas season. Visitation Night at Nelsonville lodge Tuesday will feature guests from New Lexington lodge.
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Nelsonville
Lodge of Elks
Hocking St
Arby Armbrust
Nelsonville Lodge
Carlos Ogg
New Lexington Lodge
Buchtel PTA to Meet with Santa at High School Gym
The Buchtel PTA will meet tonight at seven o clock in the high school gym. A Christmas program has been arranged and Santa Claus will be present.
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Buchtel
Buchtel Pta
Santa Claus
Nelsonville
PTA
Glenn Thomas
Retired Miner Frank Pope Popelich Dies in Ohio
Nelsonville Ohio Frank Pope Popelich 76 died Sunday morning at his Murray City home A retired coal miner he came to the United States from Hungary years ago His wife Mary preceded him in death Survived by a daughter and two sons all in Hungary Funeral services set for Tuesday at St Philips Neri Church Rev Father Angelo Gallaring officiating Burial at Greenlawn Friends may call Stout Funeral Home any time
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Nelsonville
Frank Popelich
Murray City
Popelich
Hungary
Mary
St. Philips Neri
Angelo Gallaring
Greenlawn
Stout
Murray City Girl 21 Dies in Ohio Home Visit
Mrs. Carol Maxine Cook 21 of Murray City died early Monday at her parents’ home in Glouster where she was visiting. She had been in failing health. Survived by husband, two children Robert and Nancy, four sisters and two brothers. Funeral Wednesday at 1 p.m. Murray City Pilgrim Holiness Church. Burial Greenlawn.
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Nelsonville
Carol Maxine Cook
Ray Fulton
Spring St
Glouster
Murray City
Robert
Nancy
Max Fulton
Dayton
Don Fulton
Edith Pettit
Helen Bower
Cleveland
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Greenlawn
Rainbow Class Christmas Party and Election of Officers
Nelsonville Rainbow Class of the Christian Church held a Christmas party with a turkey dinner at 6 30 p m. The group elected officers for 1948 and heard a program at the home of Miss Sigrid Love. Nelle Johnson taught and Mrs Mona Bennett presided. Seventeen or nineteen members attended the event with gifts exchanged and a piano carol program.
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Nelsonville
The
Christian Church
Sigrid Love
Short St
Mona Bennett
Georgia Foughty
Bernice Johnson
Myra Millholland
Nelle Johnson
Foughty
Miss Love
Love Home
Verna Hand
Mary
Leah Fick
Marquise Morris
Catherine Figgins
Lou Allen
Christmas Party Planned by F N Club Members
Mrs James Bland decorated her Fort St home for Christmas as the F N Club prepares for its annual Christmas party Friday night. After a three course chicken dinner, prizes were awarded to Mrs Frank Anderson, Mrs Cliff Wallace and Mrs Eugene Mellinger. A gift exchange was featured and the next meeting will be hosted by Mrs Eugene Mellinger on Clinton St January 2.
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Nelsonville
James Bland
Fort St
F. N. Club
Frank Anderson
Cliff Wallace
Eugene Mellinger
Clinton St
Hocking Hospital Notes and Local Obituaries
Admitted Ralph Poling and Charles Mundy. Mrs. Frank Morris and others. Births include a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ricketts. Dismissals: Mrs. Paul Person and Mrs. James G. Knight with baby. Memorials note former Dennison mayor William M. Hill, 66, died in Columbus.
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Ralph Poling
Logan
Charles Mundy
Frank Morris
Nelsonville Rfc
Frank Ricketts
Gore
Paul Person
Murray City
James G. Knight
Nelsonville
Richard Lee Brown
Mary Wright
Mary Tucker
Charles Scholl
Pleasant
Mich
Kenneth Largent
Carbondale
Dennison
Columbus
William M. Hill
Death Claims Mrs Toerner In Florida
Mrs Ella McManigal Toerner 67 wife of Anthony Toerner a prominent local florist died Saturday at Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater Florida after a three week illness. The Logan couple wintered in Florida since October for health reasons. She was active in church social circles and helped in the Logan Greenhouse with her husband until his retirement. A Logan High School and Wooster College alumna she belonged to the Presbyterian Church Euterpean Club Governor Worthington Chapter DAR and many clubs. She was daughter of the late Mr and Mrs R D McManigal. Surviving are a brother Robert Westfield New Jersey and three stepdaughters Clinton Webb Frank Harden Logan and Byron Moorehead Columbus. The body will be returned to Logan Tuesday with funeral services to be announced by Leonard funeral home.
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Logan
Ella McManigal Toerner
Anthony Toerner
Morton Plant
Clearwater
Fla
Toerner
Florida
Logan Greenhouse
Logan High School
Wooster College
Presbyterian Church
Euterpean Club
Governor Worthington
DAR
R. D. McManigal
Robert
Westfield
N. J
Clinton Webb
Frank Harden
Byron Moorehead
Columbus
First Event In Yule Series To Be Tonight
Logan hosts the Community Christmas program kickoff tonight at 8 o clock with the West School singers from the Ohio Power building front. Public address systems will carry concerts downtown nightly through December 23 with groups including East School Waltonian Chorus Central School High School band girls choir Girl Scouts and the high school dance band on listed dates.
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Logan
West School
Ohio Power
James Horwell
Minnie Louise Bowen
East School
Waltonian Chorus
Central School
Condemnation Settlement Reached In Logan Case
Logan jurors who were to hear the Armstrong Morris appeal against state highway condemnation were notified the suit is settled out of court. Harley Meyer, common pleas judge, said no hearing will occur and terms are undisclosed. The dispute followed the state department of highways plan to acquire property for the Logan Chillicothe road.
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Logan—Petit
Wayne Armstrong
Alice Armstrong Morris
State Department of Highways
Harley Meyer
Common Pleas
State Department
Logan-Chillicothe
Rites To Be Tuesday For John Proctor
John Proctor 80 Gore died at Grant Hospital Columbus after a broken hip. The body lies at the home of nephew Flave Proctor in Gore where friends may call until services at the EUB Church Gore Tuesday at 12 p.m.
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Logan
John Proctor
Gore
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Flave Proctor
EUB
Mason Stork Shower Honors Mrs Wilbur Stewart
Mrs Russell Fields hosted a stork shower for Mrs Wilbur Stewart at her home on a December evening. attendees included Mary Aumiller Emma Ryan Sibyl Knight Edith Gibbs Hazel Smith and many others with games and contests. several guests unable to attend were listed. The Mason Women’s Society of World Service met December 8 at the EUB church with prizes awarded to Dorothy Fink and Will a Lee and hostesses Lucille Schwartz and Deborah Lewis.
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Alma Turner
Judy
Pauline Grinstead
Lavella Ohlinger
Chloris Roush
Helen Buchannan
Maxine Arnold
Susanna
Mary Dudding
Leola Wolf
Hilda Weiss
Lorena Weiss
Lilah Zerkle
Dorothy Russell
Lillian Amrich
Clara Barton
Ellen Foglesong
Jean Lyons
Lady Sherman
Pearl Roush
R. L. Dudding
Margaret Pickens
Lucille Swackhammer
Jean Grueser
Minnie Rizer
Callie Lieving
Alice Keig
Gladys Thomas
Fred Spencer
Martha McIntosh
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Columbus
Everette Dudding
Clifton
Elizabeth Ryan
Charleston
T. J. Ryan
W. O. Harless
New Albany
Ind
Charles Yeager
Raymond Lieving
Bobby Ray Lee
Fred Tripp
Preston County
Marion Rizer
Minersville
Eber Roush
Ernestine Folden
Nancy
Howard McDaniel
Point Pleasant
Rosa Frick
Dallas Yeager
Ralph Frick
Parkersburg
Marvin Baker
Bertha Farley
W. Va
Rachel Major
E. F. Rickard
Dorothy Fink
Willa Lee
Lucille Schwartz
Deborah Lewis
Wilma McDaniel
Lottie Johnson
Edith Ingels
Ruth McIntosh
Betty Pickens
Vicy Foreman
Nan McIntosh
Bertha Knopp
Louise Cundiff
Jessie Cundiff
John Stewart
Lottie Roush
Mary Roush
Marilyn Schwartz
Vera Lewis
Jimmy Lewis
Oxendale
Clendennin
Barbara Weiss
Carpentercap Sule Sister and Brother meeting and notices
The Cap sule Sister and Brother meet at Carpenter church on Dec 20 with a program and potluck. Attendees from distant towns joined the funeral of W A Dailey including Alton Vale Morrow Arthur Woodyard James Kenney Holmes Mae Vale Columbus Alice Coleman Robert Dailey Middleport. J C Campbell Athens bought and moved to E K Carpenter farm. Clara Holmes returned to Boise Idaho. Wilbur Slater Millersport visited Delbert Turner. Turner ill. Carl Argubrite Memphis Tenn visiting D L Starcher. Downie Nelson Crooksville and Dana Nelson Albany visited Grover Swearengen Dec 6. Woodrow Wilson returned from a deer hunt near the Maryland line. Calvin Gorby New Lexington visited W E Jeffers. Lloyd Woodgerd near Pratts Fork visited S Markins. both ill. Vesta Robinson visited cousin Wilford Robinson Portsmouth Dec 9. Keziah Dye.
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Carpenter
Carpenter Church
W. A. Dailey
Alton Vale
Morrow
Arthur Woodyard
James Kenney
Holmes
Mae Vale
Columbus
Alice Coleman
Robert Dailey
Middleport
J. C. Campbell
Athens
E. K
Vesta Robinson
Wilford Robinson
Portsmouth
Keziah Dye
Frozen Strawberries Home Grown Near Washington Court House
J. Horney reports he picked the last of his 1947 strawberry crop yesterday but the berries needed thawing before the dinner table. His ever bearing plants, protected with straw in recent weeks, began producing in June.
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Washington Court House
Horney
Akron Rubber Workers Seek 17 1/2 Cent Pay Rise
Akron Rubber Workers said they would press for a 17 1/2 cent hourly pay raise from Firestone Tire and Rubber Co despite six paid holidays granted yesterday. Samuel Friedman, 72, medical practitioner and inventor of the first railroad block signal system, died Sunday.
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Akron
CIO
United Rubber Workers
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
New York
Samuel Friedman
Former Director Henry Gartner Dies at 81 in Chillicothe
Henry E. Gartner, 81, former director of the city service department, died yesterday in Chillicothe.
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Chillicothe, D
Henry E. Gartner
City Service Department
Lebanon Citizens National peak leader Carroll C Eulass dies
Carroll C. Eulass chairman of the Lebanon Citizens National Bank board died Saturday. He was a longtime figure in Lebanon finance and community affairs. The obituary notes his leadership role and local impact.
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Lebanon
Classified Advertisement Submission Rules Text
Public notice style block explains deadlines and procedures for ads in the Sun edition. It covers drop times, responses to references, errors handling, blind ads cautions, phone contacts, address use, charge ads via telephone or mail, and rates per line with minimums. It emphasizes accuracy and rights of the Messenger.
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Matl
Market Reports Cincinnati Livestock Prices Dec 15
Hogs opened higher with 180 250 lb at 26.50 and larger weights down to 24.85. Sows 23.75 to 24.00, over 500 lbs 21.50. Cattle and calves steps steady with some gains. 1050 lb steers 27.50, heifers 26.75, most beef cows 14.50 16.50. Sheep scanty, lambs up to 24.00.
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Cincinnate
Cincinnati
Egg and poultry prices and grades in Cincinnati market
Cincinnati market prices list eggs by U S A and B grades with large medium small counts, wholesale rates for poultry including heavies, leghorns, fryers, roasters, broilers, stags and young birds, butter prices per pound and butterfat premiums and regulars, and potato price range from 3.00 to 5.25 per hundredweight.
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Cincinnati
U.S
Live stock price listing with varied cattle hogs and veal ranges
The report lists prices for steers heifers cows bulls stocker cattle milk cows hogs and pigs and veal calves. Prices span good medium and common quality with per head and weight based figures across multiple categories and weights.
Training Meet Slated for Veterans Agricultural Group
A meeting of the veterans' agricultural group is announced for Monday at 7 45 p m in the office of S H Dillon county superintendent of schools Logan.
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LOGAN
Veterans’ Agricultural Group
S. H. Dillon
Arthur Walsh Dies at 51 Former Senator and Edison VP
Arthur Walsh 51 an executive vice president at Thomas A Edison Inc and former Democratic U S senator from New Jersey has died in New York City.
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Arthur Walsh
New York
Thomas A. Edison, Inc
U. S
New Jersey
Comedian and Actor Will Fyffe Dies in London
Will Fyffe 61 a noted Scottish comedian and motion picture actor died Sunday in London. He gained fame on stage and screen with long career in entertainment.
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London
Will Fyffe
Local Guests and Family News in Vinton Ledger
Mr and Mrs O M Stewart hosted Opal Columbus E I McCroskey Delmer McCroskey and Bess Huntington guests. Rev and Mrs Ray Smith also attended. Several relatives visit and recover from illnesses. Geburts: George Queen parents of a girl born Nov 25 and Pearl Wayne McClaskey welcome a third son.
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H. K. Butler
Lucille Peters
Columbus
Neva Denny
Jessie Braley
Mary Ward
B. G. Casto
Mike Mayers
Hudson
Ohio
Mayers
Anna Evans
Bob Holcomb
Beckley
W.va
D. B. Hanshaw
L. D. Jones
Kenton
Kelley Huntley
Ethel Welker
Vernon
Everett Evans
George Queen
Noy
Pearl Wayne McClaskey
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Stockport
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Richland Ave
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Athens, C
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W. A. Sparks
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the Plains
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