Holiday Weekend Quiet in Logan and Hocking County
Logan and Hocking County saw a quiet Christmas weekend with one traffic accident and three arrests reported. An incident involved Bruce R. Thompson, 17, of New Straitsville, cited for failure to yield after colliding with Leslie Belle Snider, 34, of Logan. Churches held Christmas services as schools resumed after the holiday break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Hocking County
Athens State Hospital
W. Hunter St
Bruce R. Thompson
New Straitsville
Leslie Belle Snider
Thompson
Woman Reports Injury After Being Hit By Auto
Stella Wycuff, 47, of Dorr Run, told Nelsonville authorities she was struck by a car driven by Willard E. Smith, 41, on W Columbus Street. She was treated at Mount St Mary Hospital for a back injury and released. Smith, who was double parked, stopped to check on her and was not cited after recounting the incident.
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Nelsonville
W. Columbus St
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nick Sanborn
Stella Wycuff
Dorr
City Hall
Willard E. Smith
Walnut St
Wycuff
Robinette Hardware
Smith
Sanborn
West Side Pupils Present Christmas Program at West Elementary
Fifth and sixth grade choirs opened the school Christmas program as a capacity audience enjoyed carols. The show featured songs, dances, an operetta The Shoemaker and the Elves, Nativity themes, a trumpet prelude, and a Christmas playlet, directed by Minnie L. Bowen and Martha Kruger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
West Elementary School
Robert Kinney
Oscar Blum
Charles Redick
Margaret Rush
Martha Steele
Richard Buntz
Warren Johnson
Lena Mack
Mary Connor
Minnie L. Bowen
Martha Kruger
New Voting Places Listed for Nelsonville Precincts
Voters in Nelsonville's second and third precincts of the fourth ward will use new polling sites for the Wednesday special election on renewing the half mill recreation levy. Second precinct polls at Gilbert Courtney's garage Walnut and Harper Streets. Third precinct polls at the Golden Opportunities Store Chestnut and Fourth.
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Nelsonville
Fourth Ward
Gilbert Courtney
Walnut
Harper Sts
Golden Opportunities
Chestnut and
Fourth
Ruby Evans
Poplar
Second Sts
Dixon
Fourth St
Marriage License Logan-Robert G. Ash and Linda Lou Taylor
Logan Ash 20 a plumber and Linda Taylor 21 a glass worker both of Rockbridge Route 2 filed a marriage license in Rockbridge.
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Logan
Robert G. Ash
Rockbridge
Linda Lou Taylor
Ex Straitsville Resident George Jewitt Dies at 83
Services set for Wednesday at Kenmore near Akron for George Jewitt 83 lifelong New Straitsville resident and retired coal miner who died Saturday night in Citizens Hospital Akron. Survived by widow Lottie, daughter Maude Martin, six sons nine daughters, twenty three grandchildren and thirty nine great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Straitsville
Kenmore
Akron
George Jewitt
Citizens Hospital
Prentice
Jewitt
Lottie Jewitt
Joe Nihisers Hosts To Logan FB Council
Mr and Mrs Joe Nihiser hosted the December Lake Logan Farm Bureau Council meeting. Ten members attended a potluck with guests including Porter Heigle Merle Beery Betty Nihiser and others. Marion Beery led Keeping America Strong after a Christmas devotional by Mrs Russell Beery. Social hour featured a gift exchange. next meeting hosts were Mr and Mrs Albert Hildebrandt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus Kerr
Albert Hildebrandt
Leaves Hospital After Police Locate Patient
A patient who wandered from Athens State Hospital Sunday was brought back Monday afternoon by police near the Logan Clay Products Co. George W. Mooney, 45, of Logan Route 1, had left to spend Christmas with his family and was the focus of a wide search on Christmas Eve. He was returned to the hospital by attendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Athens State Hospital
Logan Clay Products Co
George W. Mooney
Route 1
Mooney
Athens
Mount St. Mary Hospital Births and Admissions
Birth announcements list new daughters and sons for multiple families in Nelsonville Logan Glouster and surrounding areas. Admissions include Lena Campbell Corning Route 1, Baby Lawrence Weaver McArthur and many others in Athens Nelsonville Millfield and Rendville.
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Lena Campbell
Corning
Baby Lawrence Weaver
McArthur
Martha J. Sheppard
Logan
Edgar J. Romine
Rendville
Lewis Poston
Athens
John Levandoski
Glouster
Millie Morris
Rockbridge
Hershel Smith
Millfield
Lawrence Kent
Walter Kaido
New Lexington
Morton Pairan
Nelsonville
William Kilkenney
Gerald Rupe
Grover Corbin
Zaleski
Everett Gould
New Marshfield
Patsy Blaney
New Straitsville
Harley Johnson
Junction City
Ruth Kinneer
Marilyn Altier
Anna Sowards
James Pritchard
James Searles
Yvonne Keith
Helen Kranyik
Martha Sheppard
Anna Auflick
Gerald Brown
Beverlee French
Lawrence Weaver
Leo Clifford
Howard Warner
Deborah Earich
George McLaughlin
Brenda Fouty
Deanville
Nora Mills
William Howard Croft
Murray City
Edgar Romine
Ledford
D. E. Wood Dies At 68 In Wilkesville Area
Dailey E Wood 68 of Ewington Route near Wilkesville died Sunday morning after a lengthy illness. He was a WWI veteran, retired farmer, and McArthur American Legion member. Survived by wife Mabel, three children, eight grandchildren, and one sister. Funeral Wednesday 2 p.m. at Wilkesville Presbyterian Church. Burial at Point Rock Cemetery. Friends may call at the family home until services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesville
Dailey E. Wood
Ewington
Alfred
Ada Cecil Wood
Meigs County
Point Rock
McArthur American Legion
Mabel
Neva McElroy
Pomeroy
Mary Elizabeth Davidson
Rockland
John A. Wood
Radcliff Route
Effie Hayes
Lincoln
Neb
Wilkesville Presbyterian Church
Point Rock Cemetery
Mrs Rosser Dies At 64 In McArthur
Mrs Madeleon Montgomery Rosser 64 a retired McArthur school teacher died unexpectedly at her home Monday evening from a heart attack. She collapsed in the kitchen and was not revived. She retired last year after a long teaching career in local schools. Born in Springfield she is survived by her husband Postmaster J Edgar Rosser a Lexington Kentucky stepson Duane two brothers and two sisters. Arrangements are with Wrightsel funeral home.
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Duane
Lexington, Ky
Boston U Student Will Be Speaker at Church Event
Miss Susan Shaw Logan of Boston University will speak after a potluck dinner at 6 p.m. in the First Presbyterian Church social rooms. She will show colored slides about her Cross roads mission work in Ghana. Deacons will supervise the service.
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Nelsonville
Susan Shaw
Logan
Boston University
First Presbyterian Church
Shaw
Ghana
Bond Forfeited in Disturbing the Peace Case
Nelsonville Ethan K. Hensley of New Plymouth had bond forfeited after being charged with disturbing the peace on a complaint by H. T. Manthey. Bond was $20 posted with local authorities.
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Nelsonville
Ethan K. Hensley
New Plymouth
H. T. Matheny
Florence E. Ucker Rites Planned in Logan
Florence E. Ucker 63 of 502 West Street dies Sunday in Lancaster-Fairfield Hospital after a long illness. Born in Marion Township she was a longtime Hocking County resident, wife of Paul Acker, mother of five, grandmother to 11, and sister to three. Funeral arrangements at Roberts Funeral Home with Requiem High Mass at St. John's Church and burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Rosary Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Schrader
el Cajon
Calif
James Schader
Lancaster
Bernadine Frasure
Logan
Joan Jordan
Columbus
Mary M. Slusher
Pleasant Hill
Catherine Acker
Lucius
Pius Schrader
Leo Schrader
Roberts Funeral Home
St. John’s Catholic Church
Charles P. Foy
Oak Grove Cemetery
Funeral
Hocking Valley Hospital Admits and Dismissals
Hospital notes list admissions for Mrs. Samuel Eby South Bloomingville Charles R. Jones Logan T O'Donnell Logan Route 3 and Ralph G. Owings Logan. Dismissal of Mrs. Viola Woods Logan. Also listed are Mrs. John Mowery Logan and William H. Mowrey Logan with Stanton Adcock Junction City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Eby
South Bloomingville
Charles R. Jones
Logan
T. J. O'Donnell
Ralph G. Owings
Viola Woods
William H. Mowrey
Stanton Adcock
Junction City
WSCS Enjoys Yale Party At Matheny's
Mrs. C. S. Matheny hosted the WSCS annual Christmas party at her home in Haydenville. The program featured Christmas music poems readings and scripture by listed members. A Christmas donation was given and gifts were exchanged followed by refreshments. Mrs. Carter will host in January.
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Haydenville
C. S. Matheny
WSCS
Matheny
Haskel Moore
Luther Skiver
Belva Vollmer
Robert Bowlby
Homer Carter
Leslie Higgens
Robert Lehman
Moore
Nellie Bond
Herman Lehman
Eldon Brown
Lee McQuaid
John Keplar
Nelson Skiver
John Hooper
Wilborn Lehman
Bonnie Browlby
Brenda Moore
Kalklosch dies at 38 in South Bloomingville
Francis E Kalklosch 38 of South Bloomingville died at 12 50 a m Sunday at Hocking Valley Hospital after illness. A lifelong Hocking County resident and Army World War II veteran he worked for the Ohio Division of Forestry. Survived by his mother Mrs Mary Watts Kalklosch. Friends receive at Leonard funeral home with services at 2 p m Wednesday conducted by Rev J Carl Plummer. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Logan
Francis E. Kalklosch
South Bloomingville
Hocking Valley Hospital
Hocking County
Kalklosch
Ohio Division of Forestry
Mary Watts Kalklosch
Homer Kalklosch
Logan and Nelsonville Gas Co. employees host annual Christmas party
Thirty six employees from the Logan and Nelsonville branches of the Ohio Fuel Gas Co. gathered at Blosser's Banquet Room for the annual Christmas party. Local manager Gerald Baird was guest of honor. Athens District manager Dave Young and Mrs. Young attended. A gift exchange followed dinner. Entertainment included a nature film, a comedy skit The Thing by Earl Johnson, carols, and games.
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Logan
Nelsonville
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Blosser
Gerald Baird
Dave Young
Athens
Mrs Krautter Dies In Meigs Hospital
Mrs Richard Krautter of Mason died Christmas night at Meigs General Hospital Pomeroy after a stroke suffered at home last week. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Foglesong Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Richard Krautter
Mason
Meigs General Hospital
Pomeroy
Foglesong Funeral Home
Examiners Named for Ohio Civil Service Testing
Logan High School teachers Harry Westfall and Robert Combs were named special civil service examiners by the Ohio Department of State Personnel. The school hosts one of 23 examination sites as the program integrates with vocational guidance and training to aid recruitment of clerical staff for state agencies. Westfall and Combs attended a recent examiner training workshop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Harry Westfall
Robert Combs
Ohio Department of State
Westfall
Combs
Fined Logan men arraigned after tavern altercation
Two men involved in an altercation at the Wooden Shoe Tavern on West Main Street were arraigned in mayor's court Sunday. John Holdren, 25, and Lester Bungard, 38, both of Logan, were each fined $10 and costs after police arrest.
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Logan
W. Main St
John Holdren
Lester H. Bungard
Wooden Shoe Tavern
Iey Street Two Car Crash In Nelsonville
In Nelsonville at the Jefferson and Columbus Streets corner at 12 45 p m Sunday a two car crash involved Harry Hoskinson Jr 30 of 303 Kontner Street and C Vincent Lechleidner 21 of Nelsonville Route 1 Police say Lechleidner rear ended Hoskinson as both traveled west Hoskinson slowed for a left turn and pavement skid caused Lechleidner to strike from behind No citations issued by police
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Nelsonville
Jefferson and
Columbus Sts
Harry Hoskinson, Jr
Kontner St
C. Vincent Lechleidner
Hickman fined for intoxication in Nelsonville court
Jerry Lee Hickman of Nelsonville Route 1 was fined 10 dollars and court costs after pleading guilty to a charge of intoxication in May or Earl Hilleary's court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Jerry Lee Hickman
Earl Hilleary
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Pat Boone
Buddy Hackett
Tel
K. W. Bohyer
Jefferson St
Straitsville
Joe Nihisers
Logan FB Council
Joseph Williams
Donald Davis
Claude Strawn
D. E. Wood
The
Wrightsel Funeral Home
Boston U
King Features Syndicate, Inc
E. Sheridan
Amesville
Harold Goddard
Barnett
Bradford Auction Co
Termite & Road Service
Athens Exterminating Company
Laney
Mark Clark
Albany
Ohio
Plymouth
Belvedere
Algeo Motor Sales
E. State St
Athens, Ohio
Ph. LY
Volkswagen
Dannie
Trailer Sales, Inc
G.M.C
Gail Watkins
Equi
East
Waverly Mobile Home Sales
U.S. No
South Waverly, Ohio
C. R. White
Hawk
Billy Perry Motor En
Call Landmark
Call LY
Mrs. Ucker
John Mowery, Logan
Mrs. Carter
Mr. Kalklosch
Gasco
Ford
Platt’s Rambler
Union St. LY
Linscott Motors
James Sae
W. State ST
Mercury
Montclair
Uvuwinel
Thunderbird
N. Court ST
Iey
Messenger
Maior
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