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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1944
Page
20
New Totals Announced By Elberfeld
Logan reports 132 Series E bond sales in one day, totaling 120592.75 dollars. Elberfeld urges more participation and asks reporters to submit all sales to the Victory center so totals can be updated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elberfeld
Victory Center
More Names Are Added To Roll of Honor
Wednesday morning one hundred ninety five more names were added to the local honor roll under supervision of William Clapp. Clapp reports 1960 names on the roll with 40 more turned in for printing making a total of 2000 Hocking County youths in service. Names printed by John Mock and carpentry by Anthony Cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
William Clapp
Mr. Clapp
Hocking County
Uncle Sam
John Mock
Anthony Cook
105 Hocking Men Leave To Take Tests
Logan reports 105 men depart Wednesday morning for physical examinations in Columbus. Ninety eight are pre Pearl Harbor fathers. Leader Karl Poling of 138 Fountain St. heads the group with assistants Rollie Vernon Featherofl from Laurelville and Eugene Franklin Six of Murray City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Columbus
Pearl Harbor
Karl Poling
Fountain St
Barber
Rollie Vernon
Featherofl
Laurelville
Eugene Franklin
Murray City
Returns From Long Stay Overseas
First Lieutenant Jane Thurness spent eighteen months in England and Iceland with the nursing unit and arrives in Logan for a brief visit at the home of Mr and Mrs Ed Jones on Mound Street. Open house will be held and over the weekend guests include Mr and Mrs Byron Wolfe of Athens Mrs Wheeler Dew and Mr Wiley Thurness father of Lieutenant Thurness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Jane Thurness
England
Iceland
Ed Jones
Mound Street
Joneses
Byron Wolfe
Athens
Wheeler Dew
Wiley Thurness
Thurness
Fransch couple sails to Florida for naval orders
Lt. and Mrs. Fransch depart with son Lt. Joe Fransch Jr. and Mrs. Fransch leaving Ithaca for Miami Naval Base where he expects sailing orders. The Fran sch family has been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Fransch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Joe Fransch
Fransch
Lewis Fransch
Miami Naval Base
Ithaca
Nes
Tourist Club Meets at Hengst Home
Mrs. Geo Hengst hosts the Tourist Club luncheon at her home for fourteen guests. Mrs. Allen Adams reviews For the Rest of His Natural Life by Marcus Clarke. Mrs. Harsh and Mrs. Cole sing Whispering Hope. The group discusses Votes for Soldiers and the Privilege of Strikes in Labor during War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Adams
Marcus Clark
Carl Harsh
J. G. Cole
Whispering Hope
Harsh
Cole
Adams
Marcus Kerr
C. O. Allen
Meade Bowen
Carlton Bright
Walter Haas
Stanton Pond
Lester Risch
John Wellman
J. W. Woodard
Robert Keynes
Logan Eagles To Send Delegation To Athens
Logan Aerie No 2168 will be represented at the Friday banquet of District 4 officers of the Fraternal Order of Eagles at the Berry Hotel in Athens. Named to attend are P W P Lewis R Canty Worthy President Joe H Green Vice President Wayne Whitcraft Secretary Carl Blosser Trustees Joe C Rowley John Henry Acker David Logan Lavon Goodlive Treasurer Carl Bell Blue Ribbon Captains Carl Price Richard Evans Wayne Grove Kenneth Blair.
Spang Bratton Ewing Sanner in Race for Local Offices
Petitions circulating list George Spang for recorder Republican ticket Herman Bratton for recorder Democrat ticket J M Sanner for county commissioner Republican ticket and Judge Ed L Ewing for re election Probate Judge Republican ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spang
Bratton
Ewing
Sanner
Logan Social Notes and Community Events
Social notes describe sewing for the Red Cross at Mrs. Charles Eberst home with guests Mrs. Francis Roberts and Mrs. Rudolph Hankison. Club members present include Mrs. Francis Myers and others, next meeting at Mrs. Poling's home. Langman farewell party at Luckoff store before moving to Lafayette, Indiana. Ladies Aid at St Mathews Lutheran Church hosted by Mrs Koppe and Mrs Stracke with Home Missions topic. Bridge club gathered for Auction Bridge with Racine Rochester winning high. Birthdays celebrated for Virgil Emrick. ill health at Columbus home of Miss Mary Hutchinson. Vera Johnson at Camp Van Dorn. Pfc. Robert Pavlik on furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Langman
Luckoff
Lafayette
Ind
Langman’s
Logan
Jim Inboden
Leota Hutchinson
Ardella Palmer
Nellie Barker
Edna Brooks
Fred Koppe
Fred Stracke
Ladies Aid and Missionary Society
St. Mathews Lutheran Church
Koppe
Jacob Herman
Theodore Johnson
Mary Sloan
Racine Rochester
Ernest Bohn
Mary Collison
Anna Marie Shorr
Betty Rohrer
Mary Ann Morehead
Harold Frazier
Danny Saunders
Miss Shorr
Vera Johnson
Camp van Dorn
Mississippi
Pfc
Robert Pavlik
GOP Committee of Hocking County Meets
The Republican Executive Committee met at Bell Hall on Wednesday night with chairman Phil Swackhammer presiding. Ed Mundy of Marion Township was elected to replace E. D. Campbell who resigned after moving to Adelphi.
Soldier Returns To Station in East
Wayne Todd returns to his army base in Brooklyn New York after a ten day furlough at the Ambrose hotel with Mrs Anna Cole. His wife Georgianna stays in Logan for two weeks while Mrs Cole and Mrs Todd accompany him to Columbus on his way east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LOGAN
Corp
Wayne Todd
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ambrose Hotel
Anna Cole
Georgianna
Youngster Breaks Collar Bone at Sunday School Party
LOGAN Little Bobby Mock son of Mr and Mrs John Mock tripped while playing at a Sunday School party Wednesday night and broke his collar bone. The tape for a break that occurred Christmas Eve had just been removed last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Little Bobby Mock
John Mock
Draper Returns Home After Eight Weeks At Grant Hospital
Sherman Draper leaves Grant Hospital Columbus after eight weeks and returns to Logan to convalesce at his daughter Mrs. Charles Pratt's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Sherman Draper
Charles Pratt
Logan Cooksey announce birth of son
Mr and Mrs Sherman Cooksey announce the birth of a five pound son at their home on Wednesday The Cookseys have two other children Mrs Roberts III Logan Mr and Mrs Francis Roberts were in Columbus Wednesday visiting Mr Roberts mother Mrs A Y Roberts formerly of Logan who is seriously ill Retired Army Sergeant Fred Spradlin III Logan is seriously ill at his home on Logan Route 1
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Sherman Cooksey
Cookseys
Roberts III Logan
Francis Roberts
Columbus
Mr. Roberts
A. Y. Roberts
Fred Spradlin
Gore Social And Personal Gore Social And Personal
GORE The Queen Esther Circle Sunday School Class met Thursday at Kathryn McMullen’s home with Burdella Starr leading devotion and Lucille Alltop presiding. social hour followed with games and contests. prizes to Starr and Alltop. many members listed. next meeting at Charlotte Proctor’s home. additional notes include anniversary, birthdays, and visits from relatives and service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Proctor
Kathryn McMullen
Lucille Alltop
Etta Mae Echart
Isabelle Emerick
Burdella Starr
Betty Belle Ravenscroft
Mona Green
Mary Margaret Terrel
Irene Hall
Clara
Dale McMullen
Ronnie
Bertha McMullen
John Thompson
Floyd Eckart
Ralph Owings
Owings
Mr. Owings
Pearl Auker
Marvin Lackey
Ernest Saulters
Kentucky
Roy Saulters
Ernest
U. S. Army
Ocean Arnette
Harold Lee
Columbus
Lillian Dunning
Nan Collins
New Marshfield
H. O. Davis
Bremen
Herman Leeonard
Marvin Conkle
Logan
Frank Beck
Clyde McMannis
Carbon Hill
Jesse McMannis
Lorain Fire Chief Reports Teen Arson Ring In City
Fire Chief John J. O Doherty said seven boys aged eight to fourteen admitted starting at least five fires in Lorain over two months, including a $20000 blaze at Hawthorne Junior High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
John J. O'Doherty
Hawthorne
Father of Five Enlists for Immediate Army Induction
Logan William Marshall McQuaide 35 of Haydenville volunteers for immediate induction. He is the father of five children aged 4 to 13 and will leave with the March contingent of inductees for examination per the Selective Service Board report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
William Marshall McQuaide
Haydenville
Armed Services
McQuaide
Selective Service Board
Eberst Promoted to Assistant Personnel Manager at Anchor Hocking
Charles Chick Eberst of Logan is advanced to assistant personnel manager for Plants 1 and 2 of Anchor Hocking Glass in Lancaster. His duties start January 15, focusing on education and training. A former Logan Junior High teacher, Eberst holds degrees from Logan High School, Ohio University, and Ohio State University. He plans to move his family to Lancaster in the spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Charles
Chick) Eberst
Anchor Hocking Glass Company
Lancaster
Eberst
Logan High
Ohio University At
Athens
Ohio State University
Logan High School
Hocking Valley
George Eberst
Midland Place
Glass Company
Blue Devils To Meet The Plains Tonight
Chauncey High gym hosts a Friday night basketball game as the Blue Devils face The Plains at 7 o clock. Local fans are urged to attend this CH AUNCEY event and support the teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Devils
Chauncey
Chauncey-Dover Blue Devils
the Plains
Chauncey High Gymnasium
Chauncey Ladies Aid Meets for Quilting Day
Chauncey Methodist Church group met Wednesday for an all day quilting session at Mrs. Mary Dew's home on Jacobs Ave. A pot luck dinner was shared at noon. The women plan to meet again for quilting next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey—Ladies Aid Society
Chauncey Methodist Church
Mary Dew
Jacobs Ave
Mrs Ernest Dowler leaves Logan for Great Lakes training wife
Mrs Ernest Dowler, now in Port Clinton, stores her household goods and plans to move to Great Lakes, Illinois, to join her husband undergoing training there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Ernest Dowler
Port Clinton
Great Lakes, Ill
Dover Miners Announce Large Bond Purchase
Chauncey Local No. 358 at Chauncey Mine No. 25 votes to buy 2300 in bonds at their regular meeting. A $25 bond will be awarded to a member attending future meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Floyd Karns
Chauncey Local No
Chauncey Mine No. 25
Chauncey Youth To Host Sunday Church Event Schedule
Chauncey The Church of Christ Parish releases Sunday plans with speakers Gilbert Courtney at Greens Run 9 30 a m Chauncey 10 30 a m Glaze Thompson at Taylor Ridge 9 50 Millfield 10 30 and Trimble 7 p m Lay members to lead worship and communion at 10 30 in Trimble Dr Edwin Brown to speak for youth gathering with Athens Christian First Methodist Presbyterian and Episcopal Church youths joining Chauncey hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Church of Christ Parish
Gilbert Courtney
Greens Run
Glaze Thompson
Taylor Ridge
Millfield
Trimble
Athens Christian
First Methodist
Presbyterian
Episcopal
Edwin Brown
Mrs Boudinot to Be Installed Grange Master
Celia Boudinot of Millfield will be installed as master of Trimble Grange No 1850 at the regular Grange meeting. York Grange members will attend and install the officers. Due to illness the installation was postponed from last month with Ross Wright and Alton Hope as guest speakers. Attendees are asked to bring sandwiches and pie for lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inot
Millfield
Trimble
Grange
York Grange
Ross Wright
Alton Hope
Athens Grange
McGill Family Dinner Honors Soldier Leonard McGill Jr
Mr and Mrs Leo Leonard McGill hosted a Sunday dinner for their son Pfc Leonard McGill Jr at Camp Claiborne Louisiana. Attendants included relatives and friends from Mansfield Pickerington Stewart Frost Athens Frostville and Coolville with extended family members Dor is Dale Geraldine and Elma among the guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolville
Leonard McGill
Pfc
Leonard McGill Jr
Camp Claiborne
Heroll White
Barbara
Darlene
Phyllis Elaine
Ted Kilkenny
Bob
Wilma
Virginia
Columbus
Rome Barnhart
Pickerington
Freeman Teeters Jr
Richard Dean
Lena
Harold Atwood
Betty Teeters
Mansfield
George Taylor
Stewart
Max McGill
Athens
Riley McGill
Frost
McGill
Doris
Dale
Geraldine
Elma
Mrs A L Preston Leaves Chauncey for Jackson Illness
Mrs. A L Preston of Chauncey left Friday morning for Jackson Michigan to be with her sister Mrs Sylvia Blakely who is in a Jackson hospital in critical condition. Mrs Blakely is a former Chauncey resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
A. L. Preston
Fo Jackson
Mich
Sylvia Blakely
Blakely
Dover District Church Services Summary
Chauncey churches list services for Sunday February 6 with Church of Christ at 9:30 Sunday School and 10:30 communion and sermon by Gilbert Courtney. Church of God offers 9:30 Sunday School, 10:30 and 7 p.m. services, 6:15 Young People. Methodist reports 9:30 Sunday School and 10:30 morning worship. Holiness lists 10 a.m. Sunday School and 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. sermons. Seventh Day Adventist shows 9:30 service and school led by Charles Do. Nazarene at The Plains has 9:30 Sunday School and 10:45 and 7 p.m. sermons by Frank Noel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Church of Christ
Gilbert Courtney
Church of God
Howard Pennell
Clarence Way
Flo Kelzenburg
Methodist
Thomas Buckley
Charles Palmer
Holiness
Andrew McKinney
Ray Pidcock
Simpson
Seventh Day Adventist
Paday
Charles Do
Churc of Christ
Mil
Glaze Thompson
Church of Nazarene
the Plains
Carrie Channell
Frank Noel
Week End Guests Honored at Dinner Hosts
Mr and Mrs Harry Moore of Lower Plains welcomed week end visitors including their son Darrell H Moore and Mrs Moore and their children Darrell Jr Anita Carol and Gloria Wilson with Edward Wilson Dayton and Myrtle Rose O Brien Athens joining the Sunday dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Harry Moore
Lower Plains
Darrell H. Moore
Moore
Darrell, Jr
Anita Carol
Gloria Wilson
Edward
Dayton
Athens
Arthur Burchfield
Services for Baptist Charge Announced
Rev. Guss Graham of the Free Will Baptist Charge lists weekend services. Zion Church Lower Plains Sunday School at 9 30 a m Prayer service 7 p m. Wednesday prayer service and Bible study 7 p m. Zaleski Church prayer Saturday 7 p m Sunday School 2 p m preaching by Guss Graham 3 p m followed by communion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Guss Graham
Free Will Baptist Charge
Zion Church
Lower Plains
Zaleski Church
Walter Gabriel Home on furlough Visits Family
Chauncey Walter Gabriel of the Navy returns home on furlough to visit his wife Fauna Shrieve Gabriel his parents Mr and Mrs Clifford Gabriel and his grandmother Mrs Frances Gabriel all of Lower Plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Walter Gabriel
Navy
Fauna Shrieve Gabriel
Clifford Gabriel
Frances Gabriel
Lower Plains
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