Mechem to Speak at Hocking County GOP Meeting
Logan Ohio February 1944 Hocking County Women Republican Club reports reaching its 175 member quota in January A Feb 28 Bell Hall meeting will feature State Sen Stanley Mechem Nelsonville as guest speaker Cash prizes will go to three members who recruited the most new members The club aims to join the national membership contest Grace Curl is president Anne Clark chairs the program committee
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Logan
Hocking County
Women's Republican Club
Bell Hall
Stanley Mechem
Nelsonville
Anne Clark
Grace Cur
Bond Sales In Hocking County Reach $574000
Logan reports total bond sales in Hocking County amount to $574000. Earl Elberfeld, chairman of the county war finance committee, notes Series E bonds are nearing $200000 and that February sales credit will count though the Fourth War Loan campaign has closed.
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LOGAN
Hocking County
Earl Elberfeld
County War Finance Committee
Elberfeld
Funeral Services Held For Mary E. McBride
Funeral services were held at 9 a m Monday at St John s Catholic church for Mary E McBride 87 who died Thursday at her home here after a long illness Rev Fr John Eyerman officiated and burial followed in Pine Hill cemetery near Buena Vista
Paul Goss Volunteers For Pre-Induction Exam
Paul Edward Goss of Logan on Rockbridge rural route has volunteered for the next pre-induction physical examination per Hocking County Selective Service Board members.
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Logan
Paul Edward Goss
Rockbridge
Hocking County
Selective Service Board
Miss Dorothy Devol Undergoes Major Surgery
Miss Dorothy Devol of Carbon Hill underwent a major operation at Cherrington Hospital Saturday. Her condition is reported as satisfactory.
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Logan
Dorothy Devol
Carbon Hill
Cherrington Hospital
Catholics Dispense With Lenten Fasting in Cleveland
Coadjutor Bishop Edward F. Hoban announces a wartime dispensation from the Lenten fast and abstinence for all Catholics in the Cleveland Diocese except Ash Wednesday and all Fridays. Similar easing is reported for the Cincinnati Archdiocese. Lighting the notice is mixed with legal and civic items from Ohio including bids for a water well at Blewart School and an annual financial report for Ames Township Athens County.
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Cleveland
Edward F. Hoban
Archdiocese of
Cincinnati
John T. McNicholas
Sec
Rome-Canaan
Local Notes and Community Updates from Buchtel
Buchtel residents report family movements and service updates. Virginia Sayre moves to Columbus for work. Eugene Lafollette joins Navy. Homer O Neill to Akron for military service. Roy Bookman and Edward Calvert completed Great Lakes boat training. several ill or traveling residents and a high school bus driver substitution are noted. An annual financial report for Canaan Township is also included with receipts and balances.
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Buchtel
Virginia Sayre
Nelma Jean
Jack
Columbus
Billy Wagner
Wilfred Sheets
Clyde Byers
Sheets
Louise Magee
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Eugene Lafollette
Pennsylvania Ave
Malachy Byron Jr
Byrons
Youngstown
Shirley Shivers
Olney Whitmore
Homer O'Neil
Happy Hollow
Akron
Roy Earl Wright
Roy Wright
Terry Duncan
George Duncan
Glouster
Murray City Personal and Social Notes
Murray City news lists local visits and travels including Major Charles T. Dugan convalescing at Fletcher Hospital Cambridge and Sgt Joseph P. Dugan in England. Residents and visitors named include Bobby Gottke, Ruth Brooker, Hubert Eckels family, Mabel Lefever, Park Cook, Barbara Mohney, Blanche E. Brooker, Joe Anderson, Harry Jonas and others in Nelsonville Carbon Hill Glouster and Cleveland. Harold Hartman’s Pacific-area service and musical reunion with John Bridge are noted among family notices.
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Murray City
Charles T. Dugan
Fletcher Hospital
Cambridge
James J. Dugan
California
Robert H. Dugan
City College
New York City
Mary Dugan
Joseph P. Dugan
England
Bobby Gottke
Columbus
Martha Huston
Williard Brown and Son
Grace Robison
Nelsonville
Ruth Brooker
Hubert Eckels
Jerry
Longstreth
Art _Eckels
George Langley
Mabel Lefever
Glouster
Park Cook
Barbara Mohney
Blanche E. Brooker
Carbon Hill
Joe Anderson
Willoughby
Harry Jonas
Betty Darby
Becky Craft
Mary Lanning
Lucille Lucas
Gloria Bunting
Dorothy Simons
Augusta Hillyer
Cincinnati
Oscar Hellyer
William Coakley
Cleveland
Lawrence Smith
Edward Shuttleworth
Clarence Hoffman
M. B. Hartman
Harold Hartman
John Bridge
John Coakley
Leonard Wilson
Pacific Area
Harold
Margaret Shuttleworth
Jennie Collins
Ruth Short
Myrtle Lanning
Delores Lanning
Nelevening
Harley Meyer Installed as Grange Master
Installation services were held at Miller Chapel Grange No. 2511 for Harley Meyer elected to replace C. W. Skinner. Wood Bowen reviewed El Culbertson's postwar problems book during lectures. Initiation services set for March 15 in first and second degrees.
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Harley Meyer
LOGAN
Miller Chapel
C. W. Skinner
Wood Bowen
el Culbertson
Venus Social Circle Holds Meeting at Masonic Hall
Logan Venus Social Circle gathered Thursday at the Masonic Hall for a brief business session followed by a round table on Washington and Lincoln led by Mrs. Keith Shultz. Refreshments, games, and contests concluded the evening with guests including Mrs. Marvin Lackey and Mrs. Frank Larimer.
Wednesday Sewing Club Hosts Luncheon Then Meets
Mrs. Harold Saxton hosted the Wednesday Sewing Club meeting with a sewing session and luncheon. Attendees included Mrs. George Carr, Mrs. Robert Morrison, Mrs. Fred Burchfield, Mrs. Harley Ellinger, Mrs. D. O. Davis, Mrs. Howard Kirk, Mrs. Fannie Spears, Mrs. James Rutgers, and Mrs. Lillian Winters. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Spears’s home in two weeks.
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Harold Saxton
Junia Club Dinner at Pritchard's with afterglow program
The Junia Club plans a Monday dinner at Pritchard's Restaurant at six o'clock. Miss Bird White will host the group at her home after the meal for the evening program.
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Junia Club
Pritchard's
Miss Bird White
Mrs Laura McCormick Fractures Pelvic Bone in Fall
Mrs Laura McCormick aged 95 fell at the country home of Mr and Mrs Otto Ties near Enterprise breaking a pelvic bone. She is the mother of Mrs Iles. Y Mr and Mrs Ted Iles and children of Canal Winchester and Mr and Mrs Clarence Struble and children of Lancaster visited Mr and Mrs Otto Ties on Sunday. Margaret Cook visited Lancaster Sunday with sister Mrs M L Burberry and family.
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Ted Iles
Canal Winchester
Clarence Struble
Lancaster
Otto Ties
Enterprise
Laura McCormick
Iles
Margaret Cook
M. L. Burberry
Replicas of Famous Diamonds On Display At Weiland Store
Logan visitors flock to West Main Street Weiland jewelry store to view replicas of famous diamonds including a blue Hope diamond replica with attached histories detailing each stone's legend.
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Logan
Weiland Jewelry Store
West Main St
Sparnon Funeral Will Be Held in Logan Tuesday
Carl O. Sparnon former Hocking County recorder and deputy county treasurer dies after long illness at his home in Logan. Funeral at First Methodist Church Tuesday at 1 30 p m burial in Carbon Hill Cemetery. Survived by wife Clara two sons Robert and Richard one daughter Margaret and father Reuben. He was a Knights of Pythias and IOOF member.
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Logan
First Methodist
Carl O. Sparnon
Hocking County
Stanley Wiant
Carbon Hill
Sparnon
Ward Township
Robert N. White
Ohio Bureau
Clara
Robert
Cpl
Richard Sparnon
U. S. Army
Italy
Margaret
Reuben
Mr. Sparnon
The
Knights of Pythias
Patriotic Washington Day Party by Logan DAR Chapter
Logan Governor Worthington Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution held their Washington Day gathering at the White House. Regent Mrs. Paul Monks welcomed guests as over eighty members pledged allegiance, recited the American Creed, and a piano trio performed. A luncheon followed with many chapter members and guests listed.
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Marcus Kerr
Clarence Allen
Minnette McCray
Mary Monks
Toerner
Monks
Underwood
Rastus Allen
G. C. Hengst
Harley Gooding
Ruth Heft
Hester Lee White
Maria Parsons
Bird White
Emma Becker
E. O. Pettit
Ben Ross
Zoa
Emerson Poston
Alice Genevieve Poston
Arch Ralston
Walter Kleinschmidt
Charlotte Strentz
Sarah
Lottridge Social Notes Bring News of Local Visits
Lottridge residents record family and neighbor visits. Eleanor Allen returned home to care for her ill mother with influenza. Carson Boggs Jr from Nashville is home briefly with his family. Naomi Archer and Naomi visited Gaston family. Rev F E Cobb of Ostrander led services at Vanderhoof Baptist Church. Carson Boggs Sr’s daughter-in-law returned home after visiting Akron where her father Stephen Pavich was ill.
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Lottridge
Eleanor Allen
Glenn Gaston
Gaston
McDaniel
Eber Russell
Athens
Leene
Sgt
Carson Boggs, Jr
Nashville
Union Furnace Social Notes Reflect Church Activities
The Truth Seekers Class of the United Brethren Church met with president Mrs. O. H. Bryan presiding. Bible questions were by Hortensia Cox and several members sang. A Young Men's Sunday School hamburgery event was hosted by Anna Sellers. Various church members and friends attended dinners, visits, and a funeral in nearby Somers et. Don White returned to the Navy after a furlough with his parents.
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Jerry Clark
Glenn Mays
Jack McGuire
Keith McVey
Dick Anderson
Bob Loomis
Darrel Anderson
Eddie Gessels
Gene Sheline
Gene McVey
Junior Bently
Sellers
Charles Clark
J. R. McGuire
Harry Smith
Waverly
C. H. Bryan
John Bickle
Ed Rohrer
Holy Trinity Church
Somerset
William McDaniel
Wayne
Bartie Reinshel
Logan
Don White
Navy
Reno White
Jerry
John Cehrs
Harold Dyer
Sons
Columbus
Stanley Clark
Walter McGee
Dan Jones
Emma Oliver
Jane
Asa Goodwin
Social Notes From Kimberly Community
Minnie Griffon visits Columbus relatives. Sam Dishong of Asbury Ridge stops by with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Howard. Thelma Donahue visits The Plains with brother Willard Adams and family. Andrew Adams reports a letter from Gilbert, first direct in a year. Isaac Six learns grandson Harry Searles, a marine, arrived overseas in Sicily and swims daily amid fine weather.
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Kimberly
Minnie Griffon
Columbus
Sam Dishong
Asbury Ridge
Charles Howard
Thelma Donahue
the Plains
Willard Adams
Andrew Adams
Gilbert
Isaac Six
Oak Grove
Harry Searles
Harry
Sicily
Britain converts trains into ambulances for European invasion
London reports that several hundred railway coaches have been converted into ambulances or modified as casualty evacuation trains as part of Britain's railway preparations for a European invasion.
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London
Railways of Britain
Dinner Honors Foster Conner Before Army Departure
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dupler of Chauncey entertained Thursday to honor Foster Conner of Nelsonville who will soon enter the Army. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Foster Conner with children Patty and Dickie, Mrs. Vinia Matheny of Buchtel, and Mr and Mrs. Ray Dupler with son Johnnie Ray of Chauncey.
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Chauncey
Ray ‘Dupler
Foster Conner
Nelsonville
Patty
Dickie
Vinia Matheny
Buchtel
Ray Dupler
Johnnie Ray
Dover Teacher Aiding in War Work at Athens Shop
Chauncey Woodrow Ferrel a Chauncey auto mechanics instructor teaches aircraft sheet metal work for Ohio University. Any non inductible man may receive 125 dollars monthly plus training and salary. Women may enroll. For details call or visit the Athens Employment Office Monday Tuesday or Wednesday. Machine shop work also offered.
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Chauncey
Woodrow Ferrel
Ohio University
Athens
Banfield Heads East After Four Day Leave
Chauncey officer third class Banfield left Friday for New York after a four day leave spent with his parents Mr and Mrs James C Banfield and relatives in the Chauncey vicinity. A Chauncey High School student he worked in a Cleveland war plant at enlistment time last July. He has been at sea three months and met fellow sailor Billy Keasey of Chauncey along the way.
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Chauncey
Clifford H. Banfield
New York
James C. Banfield
Chauncey High School
Cleveland
Navy
Pal
Billy Keasey
Wilbert Clarey Home Visit From Colorado Camp
Wilbert Clarey, stationed at Camp Hale Colorado, is home on a ten day furlough to visit his father Jes Clarey and family at Chauncey. He has been at Camp Hale for several months. Clarey has two brothers in the service named John and Charles Clarey.
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Chauncey
Pfe
Wilbert Clarey
Camp Hale
Colorado
Jes Clarey
Mr. Clarey
John
Charles Clarey
Mrs. Oscar Simpson Breaks Arm in Fall
Mrs. Oscar Simpson of Millfield sustained a broken arm at the wrist from a fall on the walk at her home Friday. An X ray was taken at Dr. C. N. Sanders' office to assess the injury.
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Chauncey
Oscar Simpson
Millfield
C. N. Sanders
Mazon Council Plans Quilting Party and Pot Luck
Chauncey members of Mazon Council Degree of Pocahontas Millfield will hold a pot luck dinner and quilting party Tuesday at 6 30 p m in the Millfield lodge hall.
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Chauncey
Mazon Council
Degree of Pocahontas
Millfield
Millfield Lodge
Ladies Aid Society All Day Quilting at Chauncey Church
Chauncey Methodist Church hosts a full day quilting session by the Ladies Aid Society on Wednesday. Members should attend and bring their noon lunch.
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Ladies Aid Society
Chauncey
Chauncey Methodist Church
Millfield Needle Club Meeting Postponed
The Millfield Needle Club gathering at Mrs. Mabel Sisson’s Trimble home has been rescheduled to Wednesday night March 1 at the same location.
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Chauncey
Millfield
Needle Club
Mabel Sisson
Trimble
Sisson
Chauncey District Social and Personal Highlights
Chauncey social notes describe visits and guests including Mr. and Mrs. Garfield Grimes hosting, Olive Brookins luncheon guests with Thelma Jean Brookins and Helen Howard, and Miss Garnet Mattice visiting from Canton. William Betts of Columbus, a former Chauncey resident, returned for a visit. Gilbert Love on furlough from Camp Breckinridge visited Chauncey family members including Mrs. Marie Morgan Love.
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Eoan Oe McLaughlin
Chauncey
Garfield Grimes
Guy Brookins
Thelma Jean
Helen Howard
Rose Dickerson
Millfield
Olive Brookins
William Betts
Columbus
Thomas Oliver
Garnet Mattice
Canton
Ohio University
Isabelle Courtney
Gilbert Love
Camp Breckenridge
Marie Morgan Love
Cynthia Karns
Henry Morgan
Jacobs Ave
Loyal Women of Church of Christ Meet for Monthly Session
Chauncey Loyal Women’s Class of the Church of Christ will meet Wednesday at 1 30 p m in the home of Mrs Homer Johnson for a monthly business and social meeting Mrs Carl Shafer will conduct the meeting with Mrs William Hartley presenting the program and Mrs Rice Thomas delivering the lesson All women of the church are invited.
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Chauncey
Church of Christ
Homer Johnson
Carl Shafer
William Hartley
Rice Thomas
Church
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