Thefts Involving 1400 Reported In Gallia County
Two thefts were reported to Sheriff George Ehman involving about 1400 in property. Items stolen include pumps and gear from Miller Bros quarry and 175 42 inch gauge steel ties from the Athens Coal Co mine. Also noted were car wheels stolen from Herdman mine and several arrests on related charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
George Ehman
Lewis Miller
Miller Bros
Carl Wollborn
Rodney-Bidwell Road
Wood
International
Charles N Stimel
Logan
Athens Coal Co
Cheshire
Driver Fined After Mishap
Logan junior J Nixon aged 32 of Logan Route 4 was fined 100 dollars and costs in Mayor Roger Friends court after a drunken driving arrest. Police say he collided at 8 30 p m with parked car owned by John J Hoy 24 of New Straitsville on Mulberry Street causing rear fender damage to both vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Junior J. Nixon
Roger Friend
John J. Hoy
New Straitsville
Nixon
Mulberry St
Hoy
Upper River
Roger D. Coleman
Charleston
Alvin K. Walters
Kananga
Herbert Smith
Gallipolis
Smith
Coleman
Landford Merrill
Wellston
Ross Taylor
Cheshire
Marshall F. McClure, Jr
Pittsburgh
George A. Hodge
Ironton
Joseph Hal Burger
Bidwell
Carl H. Platter
Edna M. Carson
Middleport
Edwin Dunn
Oak Hill
Jackson
Condition Is Critical In Gallipolis And Other Brief Items
A 16 year old, Gene Webb, wounded by a .22, underwent a rare arterial operation at Holzer Hospital and remained critically ill but showing slight improvement. A Cincinnati robbery case involved a thief who claimed a six month life expectancy while stealing about $300 from a market owner. A public notice case in Athens County seeks publication service for Nell Duke regarding property interests and partition. the court schedules an answer by April 1, 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gene Webb
Jackson Route 4
Holzer Hospital
Court OF Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohto Wilda Heatherly Champlin
Nel Duke
Nell Duke
State of
Ohio
Common Pleas Court
Wilda Heatherly Hemelin
Hattiesburg
Mississippi
Wilda Heatherly Champlin
Towit
Township of
Waterloo
County of
Athens
Ohio Company
S. F. Beverage
Mary R. Young
Marie R. Young
Nellke
Winteran M. Scott
Cis D. White
John M. Scott
Car Leaving Side Road Blamed in Weekend Crash
Bud N Price, 58, Gallipolis Route 1, was cited for failing to yield at a stop sign after a side road exit collided with James F Jacobs, 67, Vin ton Route 2, injuring passenger Parle Cheney, 62, who sustained a head bruise. Several other accidents and weekend arrests for alcohol and traffic violations were reported by the State Highway Patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Bud N. Price
Bulaville
James F. Jacobs
Vinton
Parle Cheney
Jacobs
Price
Cheshire
Kelson S. Phillips
Rutland
William W. Bolin
Middleport
Bolin
Thirty Hocking men await preinduction tests at Fort Hayes
Thirty Hocking County men were scheduled to leave Logan to take preinduction physicals at Fort Hayes in Columbus. The March draft call from the Selective Service Headquarters lists four registrants, aged 20 at induction unless volunteering or delinquent. Earlier this month 21 men were inducted, including one in the Marines and 20 in the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Hocking County
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Selective Service
Armed Forces
Marines
Army
River Traffic at Gallipolis Locks Reports Several Movements
Gallipolis locks see multiple boats moving both up and down the Ohio river with times ranging from 11:30 a.m. to 10:40 p.m. Upper gauge at 17.7 feet and lower at 20.5 feet with 35 feet at the rollers and Kanawha Falls rising to 4.68 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ferdinand
Mister Hanes
Leila
X. Hatfield
Alcott
Monongahela
Solway
London
Ernestine
Keeley
Kenna
Marmet
F. W. Banta
Winfield
Laughlin
Creighton
Patriot
Sturges
Reliance
Weir
Keystone
J. Zubic
Stevenson
Indiana
Jefferson
Tampico
Kanawha Falls
Holzer Hospital Births and Discharges
Births list includes Mrs. Herman Halstead Point Pleasant a daughter and multiple families in Jackson Gallipolis Middleport New Haven Wellston Oak Hill McArthur Scottown. Discharges include Emma Cowden Hollis Marcum Mrs Mae McGinnis and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Halstead
Point Pleasant
William Markham
Jackson
Marvin Roush
New Haven
Francis FE. Stover, Sr
Gallipolis
William E. Norris
Wellston
Frank Hoschar
Middleport
Rowena Farley
McKinley Nichols
Scottown
Chris Williams
Eleanor Miller
Thomas Bolling
Julius Swan
Oak Hill
Robert Peters
McArthur
Charles P. Loucks
Lillie Butler
Emma Cowden
Hollis Marcum
Mae McGinnis
Lucius Kessler
Charles Ruff
L. O. Brown
Jesse Hill
Jessie Price
Minnie Claar
John Simpkins
Grass Run Community Notes And Visits
George Clench assists Ed Jordan with farm work while Louis McGuire remains confined to bed with influenza. Huntington visitors Mr and Mrs Louis McGuire host their brother and more local calls include Mr and Mrs F C Folden of Athens, Mrs Alice Davis visiting sister Mrs Bonnie Durst and Harold, and Clyde Will of Dexter. The McClures buy farms from Harry and Lewis Saxton as Thomas Jenkins of Athens M A plant surveys patrons. A Virgil forest remark closes the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Clench
Ed Jordan
Louis McGuire
Sheryl McGuire
Huntington
W. Va
McGuire
F. C. Folden
Athens
Alice Davis
Bonnie Durst
Harold
Bert Davis
Dexter
C. L. Patterson
Harry Saxton
Lewis Saxton
Thomas Jenkins
Fieldman
Athens M&a
Clyde Will
Grass Run
Carl E. McClure
Dian
McClure
Marian McClure
Ward Kennedy
Ellen Kennecesville
Flora McClure
Logan to Observe National Engineer Week Display
Logan will observe National Engineer's Week with an engineering display in the window of Ohio Power Co through February 23. The period aligns with George Washington's February 22 birthday, recognized for surveying and military engineering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Ohio Power Co
George Washington
Albert W. Seabright
Hocking County
Hocking Valley
Ohio Society of Professional Engineers
Nelsonville
Roger Friend
Seabright
Engineering
John Owens
Boyd Wright
Harold Larimer
Diamond Mine Inspected at Kirkmeyer Coal Co
A federal inspector from the U S Bureau of Mines urged better timbering and safety upgrades at the Kirkmeyer Coal Co Black Diamond mine in Buehtel. The mine, with 15 workers producing 65 tons daily, should install fire doors, move the fan to the surface, conduct preshift gas checks, and improve rock dusting in dry areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchtel
Kirkmeyer Coal Co
Buehtel
U. S. Bureau of Mines
F. FE. Hughes
Hughes
Logan Laurel Run Bridge Reopened After Repairs
The Logan Laurel Run bridge reopened to traffic after repairs since January 18. A new floor was installed and the bridge superstructure strengthened and braced by Rome Daugherty construction firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan—Laurel Run
Rome Daugherty
Hocking County Land Transfers and Easements Report
Hocking County transfers list multiple deeds including Laura Rarick to Leo Rarick for Lot 1211 in Logan and Esther Niner to G Luther Schnur for 28 acres in Benton Township. Easements granted to Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. by several landowners across Washington Salt Creek Ward and Laurel Townships. Additional transfers include Perry Township parcels, Marion Township parcels, Fairfield area rights of way, and quit claim between Charles Linn and Clarence Linn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Catherine Rarick
Leo Rarick
Logan
Lawrence
Esther Niner
G. Luther Schnur
Benton Township
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Joanna Bowen
Washington Township
Adeline
Matis Lindsey
Salt Creek Township
Edward
Naomi Stufflebean
Ward Township
Jasper
Janie Tatan
Charles
Marguerite Wend
William and
Mary Tucker
Mazie Tucker
Perry Township
Frank
Virginia Smith
Ewald
Florence Schmitter
James
Naomi Arbell
Woodrow
Elsia Butler
Marion Township
Flora and
Loy Welker
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Laurel Township
Charles R. Linn
Clarence R. Linn
Starr Township
Farmers and Merchants Bank
State of Ohio
Fred and
Geraldine D. Graham
Joe Shaw
Green Township
Joe and
Claudia Shaw
Wood
Chaney Rites Conducted
Funeral services for John W. Chaney 66 former Reedsville resident were held last Tuesday at Belpre. He died in Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital Parkersburg after residing in Belpre for three years. Surviving are his wife Edna Rollins two sisters Dorothy Perry and Maggie Osburn and a brother Charles Chaney all of Reedsville. He was preceded in death by Bonnie Chaney Hulda Chaney and daughter Iva Evelyn. Attending services were Dorothy Perry Maggie Osburn Charles Chaney H A Barnhart Arthur Davis daughter Joan Phillip Osborne D J Osborne Lewis Osborne Tom Osborne of Ravens Mrs A C Stewart and Mrs Mabel Hetzer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reedsville
Belpre
John W. Chaney
Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital
Parkersburg
Edna Rollins
Dorothy Jane Perry
Maggie Osburn
Charles Chaney
Bonnie Matlack Chaney
Hulda Brooks Chaney
Iva Evelyn
Property Transfers In Green Laurel and Gore Townships
Dorothy Harden transfers 66.68 acres in Green Township to unspecified grantee. Flossie C Reed quit claims 38.75 acres in Laurel Township to Edson M Shaw. William and Blanche Harris transfer Lot 5 in Burgessville addition to Gore to David and Goldie Burgess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Row
Dorothy Harden
Green Township
Flossie C. Reed
Edson M Shaw
Laurel Township
William and
Blanche Harris
David and
Goldie Burgess
Burgesaville
Gore
Liquor Raid Leads to Two Arrests in Gallipolis
City police and a state liquor enforcer arrested Nancy Armstrong, 78, of 644 Fifth Ave, for keeping a licensed liquor sale place. Homer Davis, 56, was charged with selling liquor in the Sunday raid. Two minor traffic accidents followed near the post office parking area with drivers Homer Russell, 68. W G Hayward Jr, 28. Claude Icenhour, 50. and George Baumgardner, 46.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Nancy Armstrong
Fifth Ave
Homer Davis
Homer Russell
City
W. G. Hayward, Jr
Claude C. Icenhour
Isabon
W. Va
George J. Baumgardner
Mason
Martins Start Westward Tour Sponsored by General Electric
Mr and Mrs Virgil Martin departed Thursday for a two week tour through the western states sponsored by General Electric Co They will travel to multiple destinations and will be away from home during this period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Virgil Martin
General Electric Co
Martins
Athens Messenger 1952 Feb 18 Monday Brief
Athens Messenger issues a small notice page dated February 18 1952. Local briefs cover community updates, events, and brief notices from Athens area organizations. reads like front-page catalog of short items and announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
Athens Messenger
No Violations in 1951 Probation Report
Logan. There were no probation violations in 1951 among persons convicted in Hocking County common pleas court, O. H. Bryan, chief probation officer, said today. Thirteen people were under the probate department in 1951. five placed on probation that year, eight from prior years. Three were released from probation during the year after serving the period and paying costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Hocking County
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Beech Hill
Edward Durst
Nathaniel McCumber
Cincinnati
Katerine Rosiello
James E. Greaser
Minersville
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Stanley E. Copeland
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Joseph F. M. Wheeler
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Ob Clarke
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