Cc H. L. Smith Named Auditor By Hocking County Board
Logan Ohio November report states Harry L Smith of Logan has been appointed auditor of Hocking County to fill the vacancy from the death of Kenneth R Fitzgerald. Effective Monday December 17 he will assume duties. Smith, lifelong resident, has worked in Logan retail grocery and furniture businesses and served as Clerk of the Logan City Board of Education. Since 1935 he has been with The Logan Manufacturing Company.
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Logan
Hocking County
Harry L Smith
Kenneth R. Fitzgerald
Smith
Audhor
Logan Cilt Board of Education
Logan Manufacturing Company
Messiah Given Sunday by Logan Choirs at high school
One hundred five voices from Logan church choirs and Logan High School Glee Club presented Handels Messiah Sunday afternoon in the high school auditorium. With Mrs Walter Prather and Miss Ruth Ann Norris at the pianos the tenor solos were sung by Walter Prather and Rev Clinton Swengel. Ralph Poston sang two base solos and Miss Madge Wright and Miss Pauline Mowery sang soprano solos. The audience stood for the Hallelujah Chorus as a climax. Pauline Mowery led the performance under Miss Minnie Louise Bowens direction who hopes to make Messiah an annual event.
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Logan
Logan High School Gleen Club
Walter Prather
Ruth Ann Norris
Clinton Swengel
Ralph Poston
Madge Wright
Pauline Mowery
Minnie Louise Bowen
Bowen
Hocking Vets To Serve on Relief Group
Judge Rhea Pett Bangert named five former Hocking County service members to the Soldiers Relief Commission created by the Hildebrandt Bill in effect October 16. Sworn in Saturday were Roger Friend WWI Arthur Miller Spanish American War veteran. carryovers Paul Fox WWII Damon Pontius Laurelville Joseph Stone Murray City WWII. The panel will appoint a service officer to counsel on veterans benefits and handle relief applications, funded by county money.
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Murray City
Holiday Party Held by Jolly Twelve Club
Logan guests gathered Thursday at Mrs Charles Green’s Gallagher Avenue home for the Jolly Twelve Club holiday party. Gay candies, chrysanthemums, and Christmas lights set the scene. Mrs Green served a two course dinner and a gift exchange at two o’clock, with remembrances sent to absent member Mrs Carl Spannow. Attendees included Mrs Fred Moorehead, Miss Ada Parker of Parkersburg, Miss Clara Martin, Miss Helen Kirkendale of Nelsonville, and Carlton Hull residents Mrs Frank Hawk, Mrs John Don ley, Mrs Ben Bailey, Mrs Zoa Blosser, Mrs Clifford Hawk, plus Logan residents Mrs Stella Smith and Mrs Pearl Leaman.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Clara Martin
Helen Kirkendale
Nelsonville
Frank Hawk
John Donley
Ben Bailey
Zoa Blosser
Clifford Hawk
Carlton Hull
Logan
Stella Smith
Pearl Leaman
Plan Rites for John E. Lohr
Logan resident John E. Lohr 87 a veteran barber died at home on Gallagher Ave after a period of illness wife Sarah survives two sons John of Trinway and Mark of Logan two step sons Grover Lehman Toledo and Geo Lehman Logan ten grandchildren and ten great grandchildren Body at Woodard Funeral Chapel services Tuesday at 12:06 p.m. Reverend A N Grueser United Brethren Church officiating burial in Oak Grove Cemetery
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Logan
John E. Lohr
Gallagher Ave
Lohr
Alx
Sarah
John
Trinway
Mark
Gro
Jver Lehman
Toledo
Geo. Leh
Woodard Funeral Chapel
A. N.grueser
United Brethren Church
Oak Grove Cemetery
Married in Columbus as Cara A Brown weds A R Hummel
Logan Miss Cara A Brown and Mr A R Hummel united in marriage Thanksgiving evening at Avondale United Brethren Church in Columbus. Rev Delbert S Mills officiated. Attendants included Basil Britt and sister-in-law Mrs Harold Brown. After a short trip the couple will reside with Mrs James Brown in Railroad St. Logan. CheriVf's Sale in Partition notices list multiple parcels in Athens County with detailed lot boundaries and appointment of Dorcas A. Johnson as administratrix, sale to occur December 27 at 1 p.m. at the courthouse in Athens Ohio. Sheriff George Bateman to oversee the auction with terms cash.
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Joses
Harold Brown
Hummel
Lo Ran
Mins
Cherivf
State of Ohio
Athens County
Rromon Leas Court Jualon AL Molen Piaihoff
Bersige
Erst
Atheny Olio
LAACT
Rodd
Traci Benning
Ohio
Seid
Carthage
Athens
State of
Secon St. Tonnie
Dorcas
Johnson
Nelsonsille
Dana B Johnson
County
James Russell
C. Bason
Francis D White
Said
J. E. Click
John JF Parsons
Salt County
Beoinening
MHS
Brimatone Ridge Pnd
Common Pleas Court
M Shen
George Bateman
D. S
Dorothy J, Parmiter
Old
J. Rose
Logan
Benny Alcorn
Nelsonville
Gibbons Hospital
Herman Engle
Creola
George Hengst
Cleveland
Raymond Hengst
Bertha Nimon
van Wert
W. A. Daniels
Logan Sorority Party at Pritchard's Six O'Clock Nine
Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority plans their annual Christmas party at Pritchard's for six o'clock on Monday evening. Members will exchange gifts with sisters in their rooms on Main Street. Miss Mary Ann Moorehead is in charge. Notice of appointment and probate items follow from Athens County.
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Logan
Sigma Phi Gamma
Pritchard's
Ee Main
Mary Ann Moorehead
Jd Rowe
Athens
Ohio
Wesley Bean
Cathage Township
Athens County
Francis D White
IYoung To Address LHS Assembly At School Meeting
Services held for Kenneth Fitzgerald inform about a local memorial. Kenneth Fitzgerald died Friday at Gibbons Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services were conducted at Woodsrd Funeral Home with Rev Clinton Swengel officiating. Pallbearers included Harry St Clair, Cecil Blair, Ernest Price, Sterling Smith, Lester Risch and John Stoughton. Burial followed at Joax Grove Cemetery.
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Logan
Frederick Arnold iYoung
Cleveland
Aud S
Stormum
Young
Kenneth Fitzgerald
Winter
Gibbons Hospital
Woodsrd Funeral Home
Clinton Swengel
Harry St. Clair
Cecil Blair
Ernest Price
Sterling Smith
Lester Risch
John Stoughton
Joax Grove Cemetery
Rumored Deaths in Accident Proved False
LOGAN The rumor started Saturday in Logan claimed Mr and Mrs Robert Frasure of Los Angeles had been killed in an accident. The report was denied and found to be untrue.
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Logan
Robert Frasure
Nellie Feather
Los Angeles
Calif
Farm Women Xmas Party Honors Local Members
In spite of winter, 38 members of the county wide Farm Women's Organization gathered at Mrs. James Smoot's Mound Street home for an all day parity. Santa Claus gave gifts to attendees and three juvenile guests. Prizes were awarded for best wrapped packages and for Bible and nut quizzes.
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Smoot
Shaw
Ralph Swartz
Fred Graham
Russell Blum
Felon Evans
Santa Claus
George Wright l
Funeral Rites Held For William Bowers
Funeral services for William Bowers of Logan Route 1 were held Saturday at 2:00 pm at Leonard Funeral Home. The Rev Amos L Heyde of St Matthew Libr an Church officiated with music by Faith Wright, Mrs Harry Sweazy, and Carl Spence at the piano. Pallbearers were Porter Heigle, Floyd Riggs, Edward Foltz, Virgil Sater, Alva Hankison and William Mercer. Burial followed at Ewing Cemetery.
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LOGAN
William Bowers
Gibbons Hospital
Leonard Funeral Home
Amos L. Heyde
St. Matthew Liberan Church
Faith Wright
Harry Sweazy
Carl Spence
Porter Heigle
Floyd Riggs
Edward Foltz
Virgil Sater
Alva Hankison
William Mercer
Ewing Cemetery
D A R Meeting At White House Hosts And Guests
Logan Miss Hester Lee White and Miss Ruth Heft hosted the December meeting of the Governor Worthington Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution at the White House. Guests received poinsettias, a program included readings from The Other Wise Men, carols, a Christmas letter, and a coffee service with a decorated table.
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St Luke
Mary Louie Bowen
Arthur Green
Miss White
Jtead
Remington
Miss McManigal
Monks
Wilhelmine Deissle
Ella Rochester
Winifred Engle
Alice Frasch
Mary Lemon
Mars Blastus
Harry Bell
Gladys J Webb
Minlatte McCray
Emma Flesd
Abe White
L. K. Sho/Walter
Mari Thomas
John Wolfe
WL OW. Keynes
Clarence Allen
Rastus Allen
John Wellman
M Blies
Marcus Kerr
West School Plans Christmas Assembly
Logan West School pupils will present a Christmas program on Thursday December 20 at 2 PM in the school auditorium with a special presentation for the public. All grades will participate in "Santa's Surprise" and "Santa Snow, I Bound" with teachers listed including Mrs Grace Adcock Mrs Herbert Jones Miss Martha Steele Mrs Lena Mack and Miss Eleanor Durr serving as coach and stage manager.
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Logan—West School
Santa Snow
Grace Adcock
Herbert Jones
Martha Steele
Lena Mack
Eleanor Durr
Why the Pine Tree Points
Christmas party notes from Logan reveal the Cosmopolitan Club exchanging gifts at Mrs. Howard Kirk home with readings by Ruth Armstrong and piano by Mrs. Kirk. A committee led by Mrs. Ralph Walker plans aid for needy families while attendance includes many named members.
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Paul Cruise
Salts
Barker
John Clark
Eleanor Durr
Clarence Schempp
Lillian Winters
Ruth Armstrong
Lottridge Social Notes Girl Scouts Christmas Party
Logan Girl Scout Troop 3 enjoyed a Chestmas party at the Scout Rooms with a crepe paper hat contest led by Nancy White and Norma Jean Woodard in second place. Carol singing and a gift exchange followed, with refreshments served by the Blue Bird Patrol Leaders.
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Marion Allen
Charles Rauch
George van Fossen
Sally Ford
Jenny Jo Gang
Willella Mack
Alice Greathouse
Betty Buskirk
Dixie Spacky
Cuaro Clapp
Nancy White
Norma Jean Woodard
Marjorie Wells
Janet Lou Norris
Leola
Leona Mack
Jean Haas
Evelyn Lanning
Lieutenant Governor To Speak to Kiwanians
Logan Bennington and William Clapp lead the Kiwanis Club arrangements for a Tuesday meeting at the White House. Lieutenant Governor Carl A Frey of Athens is slated as guest speaker, praised as a true Kiwanian and exemplar of Kiwanian ideals. Members urged to attend.
Randolph Boring nuptials announced in Elk Run
Elk Run announces the engagement of Edgar F. Randolph of Youngstown to Iris L. Boring of Columbus formerly of Reedsville. Iris is the daughter of Toni and Mrs. Boring. The Randolphs are Olive Orange High School graduates class of 1944. Nearby social notes mention visits and parties in Pomeroy Athens and with relatives including Ralph Biggs Dorsel Biggs and Raymond Randolph. The crocodile note ends the column.
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Elk Run
Raymond Randolph
Edgar F. Randolph
Youngstown
Iris L. Boring
Columbus
Reedsville
Toni Boring
Randolph
Olive Orange High School
Llass
1944
Service Men Return as War Ends Near York District
With service men of York District returning to civilian life, several relatives arrive home after long overseas duty. Donald R. Dalton joins his brother at their parents home after two years apart. Pfc Wilbur Gathers and Pfc Cecil O. Fellem arrive home with standard Army discharges. Fellem has served in the Amphibian Engineers in the South Pacific earning the Asiatic Pacific Ribbon with four Battle Stars, the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with two Battle Stars, American Theater and Good Conduct ribbons.
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MS. Walton
Toledo
Donald R. Dalton
S-c P.O
King Dalton
Wilbur Gathers
Cecil O. Fellem
John Fellem
U.S. Army
South Pacific
Amphibian Engineers
Pfe
Fellem
Nelsonville boy fatally hurt in coasting accident
Nine year old Robert Stalling of Nelsonville was fatally injured when a sled rider was struck by a car on Chestnut Street near his home. He died at Gibbons Hospital Logan from a fractured skull. The driver, John G Johnston of Nelsonville Electric, was with Mrs Johnston. He leaves three brothers and four sisters. Funeral arrangements completed.
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Nelsonville
Robert Stalling
Goldie Stalling
Chestnut St
Gibbons Hospital
Logan
John G. Johnston
Nelsonville Electric & Manufacturing Co
Kimberly
Johnston
Oliver Stalling
Stout Funeral Home
Nelsonville Social Notes Holiday church and club gatherings
Nelsonville reports a WSCS Christmas dinner at Mrs. Parker S Sniffen home on Fayette Street with devotions by Miss Bessie Stephenson and a gift exchange. another party at Mrs H E Cramner’s home featured a nativity scene blue decor and a large gift tree. Mizpah and Retta Howe classes plan Christmas events. birth announced for Sheryl Diane Pyle at Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens with grandparents William Klinebriel Nelsonville and Mrs. William Pyle Millfield.
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Nelsonville
Circle
WSCS
Methodist Church
Parker S. Sniffen
Fayette St
Santa Claus
Bessie Stephenson
St. Luke
Sniffen
Wilford Pyle
Peggy Kuinebriel
Poplar St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Sheryl Diane
William Klinebriel
Nelsonville Rt. 2
Gee
William Pyle
Millfield
Hounds and Gallia Five Clash In First League Tilt
Nelsonville Greyhounds host Gallia Academy Blue Devils in the season opener of the SEO. Both teams seek their first win as Gallia arrives with an 0–1 start after losses to Greenfield and Marietta, while Nelsonville shows signs of improvement despite early setback to Chauncey. The junior squad opens league play with the reserves at 7 and the varsity at 8.
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Dean
Nelsonville
Greyhounds of
Blue Devils
Gallia Academy
S.E.O
Gallipolis
Greyhounds
Hounds
Marietta
Chauncey
Gallia
Hold Party at Hall of Lodge
Pythian Sisters in Nelsonville held a Christmas dinner and party after a regular meeting at the K of P hall. Officers for the coming year were elected, including Cleo Whitmore as Past chief and Louise Pearce as most excellent chief. Installation set for Thursday Jan 10 with press coverage by Mrs. Flossie Crawford.
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Nelsonville
Pythian Sisters
K. of P. Hall
Cleo Whitmore
Louise Pearce
Bessie Wareheim
Tillie Culp
Teressa Leamon
Mary Lines
Clara Bateman
Mayme Wallace
Susie Wallace
Fanny Williams
Mildred France
Grand Lodge
Flossie Crawford
Nelsonville 12 Year Old Forger Active In City
Nelsonville police and county juvenile officers investigate a 12 year old colored girl whose recent forgeries include six bank checks totaling 103 dollars. Two cashed at a bank, four used for Christmas purchases at local stores. About 80 dollars of merchandise already accounted for. A local woman’s name was forged.
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Nelsonville
Don Fisk Returns For Christmas
Don Fisk, a machinist at Flood wood Fower Station of the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co, was seriously injured October 29 when he fell 35 feet from the boiler room. He has returned home to his father in law Oliver DeVol on Pleasantview Ave and is recovering satisfactorily this Christmas with family and friends expressing appreciation.
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Nelsonville
Don Fisk
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Oliver DeVol
Pleasantview Ave
Don
Bonus of Millions for Cleveland Workers
Lincoln Electric Co announced Saturday the annual bonus distribution for workers employed 45 days or more. About 1,100 employees will share 3 million dollars, with individual payments ranging from 8 to 25000 dollars, according to President J F Lincoln.
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Cleveland
Lincoln Electric Co
J. F. Lincoln
Ohio Pastors Convene in Columbus Jan 28 31
The Ohio Pastors Convention will be held in Columbus from January 28 to 31, announced by the Ohio Council of Churches. The event gathers church leaders from across the state for discussion and collaboration.
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Columbus
Ohio Pastors
Ohio Counci of
Gar
Weather report from Nelsonville shows freezing morning
The c and o Railroad varde in Nelsonville recorded zero at 6 am and minus two at 3 pm with the thermometer likely reading low. The weather observer notes it was getting colder despite the reading suggesting otherwise.
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Nelsonville
Vesper Music at M E Church in Nelsonville
Mary Alice Sisson organist and Bessie Stephenson pianist present a Christmas vesper at the M E Church Nelsonville on Sunday December 23 at 4 o'clock. Guest soloist Mr. Walter Prather of Logan draws local interest alongside the organ and piano recital. Attendees may also hear the Presbyterian Church choir’s oratorio Messina that same evening without conflict.
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Nelsonville
Mary Alice Sisson
Bessie Stephenson
M. E
Walter Fraper
Logan
Sisson
WOSU
Columbus
Miss
Christmas program at Asbury Church to be sung by Mrs Chesser
Mrs Carrol Chesser will conduct a Christmas program titled Why the Angels Sing at Asbury Church on Route 278 at 7 30 p m December 23. A children's treat will be given and the public is invited.
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Nelsonville
Carrolchesser
Asbury
To Meet Tuesday Methodist Guild Event
Mrs. Phil Ong and Mrs. L. E. Butts host the Methodist Guild at 242 Fort Street on Tuesday December 18 with a 25 cent gift exchange. Beverly Carbondale news notes Rita Williams Edith Pollock and Wilma Williams attended OES instruction and bias school on December 7.
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Nelsonville
Phil Ong
Fort St
L. E.butts
Methodist Guild
Beverly Carbondale
Rita Williams
Edith Pollock
Wilma Williams
OES
Beverly
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