Fire Claims Life Of Man In Logan County Home
A Logan County man, Alpha L. Brown, 31, died in a house fire on Ridge Rd east of Route 328. Brown and friend Fisher, who escaped, reportedly drank together before the blaze started before 5 30 a m. Investigators say the fire began from an overheated coal stove and noted conflicting statements. Brown leaves a large family. services are set at La Grange Free Will Baptist Church with burial in the local cemetery.
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Alpha L. Brown
Residence Ridge Rd
Route 328
Brown
Fisher
Logan
Paul Hartman
Owen Yaw
Hocking County
Harold Justice
Hartman
Justice
Yaw
Lawrence County
Fred
Hazel Vermillion Brown
Logan Route 3
Jerry
Frank
Grover Brown
Ernestine Sizemore
Ironton
Ferne Ward
Huntington
W.va
Andrea Michel
Union Furnace
Sandra Brown
Tonda Brown
Leonard Funeral Home
la Grange Free Will Baptist Church
Snow, icy roads cause four Logan area accidents
Four traffic crashes occurred Saturday and Sunday in Logan and Hocking County due to snow and ice. John Owens and William Sparks collided at E Second and Culver. Owens cited for failure to heed a stop sign after his stalled car was pushed. Other incidents involved Karen Barnes and Sue Strait on Lake Logan Road, Ralph Moorhead and wife in a tree-stump collision, and Barbara Boudinot skidding into a ditch with a parking citation.
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Logan
Hocking County
E. Second
Culver Sts
John M. Owens
Wilson Ave
William T. Sparks
Haydenville
Owens
Sparks
Lake Logan Rd
Karen Kay Barnes
Sue Strait
Ed Smith
Smith
Ralph Moorhead
Ohio Ave
Dicken
Barbara Boudinot
Teen-Ager Is 66th Dog Bite Victim
Logan reports the 66th dog bite of 1961 with 16 year old John Toops bitten on the right leg by a dog owned by Hubert Taulbee. Toops, who visited the Taulbee home for a tool, was advised to seek medical care. The dog will be confined on the owner's premises for two weeks.
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Logan
James Leonard
Hocking County
Leonard
John Toops
Fred Toops
Hubert Taulbee
Gibisonville
Taulbee
Blackburn denies sale of Cable Service in Nelsonville
Blackburn Appliance owner Melvin Black says Blackburn Television Cable Service has not been sold and will not discontinue. He states an application will be made to the city for a franchise to install over streets and public ways with rate controls. He is negotiating with a major equipment maker for modern signal service improvements.
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Nelsonville
Melvin Blackburn
Blackburn Appliance
Blackburn
Woodruff Rites Held in Logan
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Jennie Woodruff 55 who died Sunday at Hocking Valley Hospital after a long illness. She lived in Logan and was the wife of Joseph Woodruff with three brothers and one sister surviving. The service was at Roberts funeral home conducted by Rev. Earl Appleman. Burial followed in Oak Grove.
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Logan
Jennie Woodruff
Hocking Valley Hospital
Joseph Woodruff
Hocking County
Henry R
Ida Hayborn Myers
West Logan
Alphonse Schorn Dies at 61 in Pomeroy
Alphonse Schorn 61 longtime Pomeroy barber died Monday night at his Mulberry Avenue home. He operated Schorn barber shop until seven years ago. survived by wife Mildred Williams Schorn four sisters and other relatives. Rosary Thursday at Ewing funeral home. services Friday Sacred Heart Church officiated by Rev. John Turel. Burial Sacred Heart Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Alphonse Schorn
Mulberry Ave
Schorn
Mildred Williams Schorn
Alma Schorn
Marie Robinson
Margaret Slack
Mildred McCullough
Charles
Katherine Schorn
Ewing Funeral Home
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
John Turel
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Logan Calendar Busy Tuesday Evening Events
Past Matrons and Past Patrons dinner at Brandt's Mecca Room at 6 30 p m. Duo Matres League meets Glenview Party House at 8 p m. Dr Mable Silver Circle at EUB Church at 1 30 p m. Gladys Ward Circle at EUB Church unit 7 30 p m. Martha Circle at Ruth and Hazel Armstrong home at 7 30 p m. Fasher Circle at Methodist Church with dessert at 1 p m.
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Brandt
Mecca Room
Glenview Party House
Mable Silver Circle
Eub Church
Gladys Ward
Martha
Ruth and
Hazel Armstrong
Fasher
Methodist Church
Carr Family Holiday Visit Noted Across Parma Area
George E. Carr former Logan schools superintendent and Mrs. Carr visited relatives and friends in Parma. They saw Robert White and family on North Street and stayed with sisters and their families, William Tannehill family, Delbert Norris family, and later Eldon Carr and family in Wellston. Eldon is Mr. Carr’s son.
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George E. Carr
Parma
Logan Schools
Mount Saint Mary Hospital Admissions and Discharges noted
A list from Mount St. Mary Hospital records numerous admissions and discharges across several towns. Names include Eugene E. James Nelsonville and Ellis Murphy Trimble with others in Buchtel Glouster and Athens. A final note records blood used one unit for Miss Sharon Fiddler of Buchtel.
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Eugene E. James
Nelsonville
Ellis Murphy
Trimble
Conrad Dearing
Buchtel
Florence Stickhorn
Corning
Bertha Hanson
Athens
Donald Adams
Logan
Brian Butt
Gloustersonville
Brian Hutt
Glouster
Debra Snodgrass
John Hunter
Patricia Martin
Zaleski
Donald E. Evans
Joseph Wolf
Eleanor Davis
Ward Phillips
Dolores Storts
New Lexington
Eliza Campbell
Carl Cox
Edward Craig
New Straitsville
Ruchtel
Shirley Sanborn
Carlos McCrum
John Levandoski
Elizabeth Owrey
Sharon Fiddler
Oakdale Home Burned With Family Away
GLOUSTER A week end fire destroyed the four room Oakdale home of Mr and Mrs Charles William Drake Jr and their child while they were at a Nelsonville laundromat. Fire Chief Robert Funk said the house was a total loss. The Drakes and child are living with relatives. Neighbors and teenagers aided in saving some belongings. Firefighters suspect a defective chimney caused the blaze. The home was owned by Minnie Champlin Robinson of Pontiac Michigan.
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Glouster
Oakdale
Robert Funk
Charles William Drake Jr
Drakes
Nelsonville
Wanda Hook
Emmett Rankin
Funk
Paul McdAllister
Addison Jago
Drake
C. W. Drake Sr
Taylor Ridge
Minnie (Champlin) Robinson
Pontiac, Mich
Murray City Social Notes Update from Simple Weekend Visits
Mr and Mrs Emmett Short visited Mrs Nora Gilkey in Middleport last week. The Short home welcomed Elroy Short and family from Zanesville. Eva McClelland of Gloucester visited her father John Shelton and aunt Mrs Victoria Hale. Springfield guests included Mr and Mrs Lawrence Wooten and Steve with the Evans and Wooten families. The Sabo and Sabo relatives hosted visits from Cleveland Columbus and Nelsonville. Howard Craft continued treatment at Mount St Mary Hospital Nelsonville. More weekend visitors included Clayton Worthing Roy Billy Ray Surick Coralea Pataskala Bill Drake Cynthia Karen Drake Ollie Lopez and Peggy Smith.
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Murray City
Emmett Short
Betty Sabo
Columbus
Sabo
Ted Sabo
Randy
Guysville
Louis Sabo
Richard Duffy
Nelsonville
R. E. Kruger
John C. Penn
Johnnie
Walter Prokop
Stanley
Pamela
Cleveland
Paul Berry
Howard Craft
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Clayton Worthing
Roy
Billy
Ray Surick
Coralea
Pataskala
Bill Drake
Cynthia
Karen Drake
Glouster
Minor collision reported at junction of Washington Street and Daugherty Drive
A weekend traffic incident in Nelsonville ends without injuries or citations. Freer Escue, 41, of Winfield, and Albert G. Williams, 21, of 52 Farrow Ave., were involved when Escue stopped for a signal and Williams struck from behind at 2 50 p m Sunday. The report lists no vehicle damage.
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Nelsonville
W. Washington St
Daugherty Dr
Freer Escue
Winfield
W. Va
Daugherty
Albert G. Williams
Farrow Ave
Williams
Escue
Meeting Postponed in Nelsonville Over Auditor Illness
Illness of City Auditor Alonzo Figgins forces postponement of the council finance committee meeting from Tuesday 7 p m to the same hour Wednesday. Local officials notify residents of the change.
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Nelsonville
Alonzo Figgins
Council
Mt Pleasant WSCS Meets At Mrs Huggins Home
Wednesday January 3 the Mt Pleasant WSCS assembly meets at the home of Mrs Glenn Huggins for a potluck dinner with members gathering for fellowship and planning.
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Mt. Pleasant
Wscs
Glenn Huggins
Shawnee Mayor Is Sworn In for Sixth Term and New Council
Shawnee selects William Schuster for a sixth term as mayor after he takes the oath from Joseph Humphrey. He also administers oaths to new clerk Lester Seals and five incoming councilmen, with a sixth to be appointed to replace Lee Thompson.
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William Schuster
Joseph Humphrey
Lester Seals
William D. Griffith
Roy Browning
Richard Nicholas
Ted Forsythe
Francis King
Lee Thompson
Schuster
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Dennis Murray
New Lexington
John Shaw
Richard Hoy
Saltlick Township
Ottie Opperman
William E. Williams
Life-Savings Stolen in Laurelville Home Robbery
Three men posing as a power company inspector robbed elderly Charles and Mrs. Paxton of about $5000 last Friday. They pried a wall fixture to reach a metal box with the couple’s savings, then fled to a waiting car. Police arrested two men based on a license plate, but the victims could not identify them.
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Logan
Laurelville
Charles Paxton
Paxton
Dayton
Paul Hartman
Paxtons
Men Fined In Malicious Damage To Vehicle
Ronald Barnhart and William Denney pleaded guilty in Mayor Earl Hilleary's court to complicity in damaging Thomas Reynolds's car near Jones Tavern on Route 216. Each was fined $50 with half suspended for compensation. damage totaled about $81.
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Nelsonville
Ronald Barnhart
Worthington-Galena Rd
Worthington
Earl Hilleary
Thomas Reynolds
Strongsville
Barnhart
William Denney
Athens
Denney
Reynolds
Jones’ Tavern
Chatterbelles Hold Holiday Party in West Logan
The Chatterbelles met at Mrs. Aubrey Miller’s Parkway Drive home for a holiday party. Mrs. Rodney Thacker led contests with prize winners Mrs. Ronald Starkey Mrs. Donald Star key and Mrs. Paul Geiger. Mrs. Chester McKinley won the penny prize and a wedding anniversary gift from a mystery sister. Mrs. Clark Kienzle attended. next gathering will be at Mrs. Thacker’s home.
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Logan
Chatterbelles
Aubrey Miller
Parkway Drive
West Logan
Rodney Thacker
Ronald Starkey
Donald Starkey
Paul Geiger
Chester McKinley
Theft of auto parts probed by deputy
Logan deputy investigates theft of a radiator and radio antenna from a junk yard run by Robert Beck on Goat Run Road. Beck says other items have been stolen previously and identifying them would be nearly impossible.
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Logan
Ed Smith
Robert Beck
Goat Run Road
Beck
Smith
Fire department battles washing machine smoke in Nelsonville
Nelsonville firefighters were called to a self service laundry on West Washington Street at 3 p.m. Monday. They pulled the plug on a smoking washer motor to prevent fire damage.
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Nelsonville
W. Washington St
New Logan Mayor and Officials Take Oaths
A new Logan administration took charge after a City Hall swearing in ceremony led by Judge Harley Meyer. Mayor Delmar Freeman and council members May Price Nelson and Krieg are new. Ralph Griffin, James Stilwell, Mrs Juliet White, Sam Bright and others were sworn in as officers.
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Tion
Logan
City Hall
Harley Meyer
Delmar Freeman
Ralph Griffin
James Stilwell
Juliet White
Sam Bright
Richard Collison
Rolland Schorr
Louis May
Ernest Price
Edward Nelson
Joseph Krieg
May
Price
Nelson
Krieg
Griffin
Tansky Motors Hosts Employee Christmas Party
Employees of Tansky Motors held a Christmas party at the home of Mr and Mrs Dean Wittekind on Keynes Drive with families attending. Refreshments were served to guests including Willard Lyke John Tansky Donald Gribble Ray Grove Richard Carpenter and daughter Shirley Elizabeth Allison Gary Stuart Donald Wyckoff Harold Phillips and guests Jim White and Martha Gillogly.
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LOGAN
Tansky Motors
Dean Wittekind
Keynes Drive
Willard Lyke
John Tansky
Donald Gribble
Ray Grove
Richard Carpenter
Shirley
Elizabeth Allison
Gary Stuart
Donald Wyckoff
Harold Phillips
Jim White
Martha Gillogly
Lincoln’s Ford Theater Reopens Failed After Tragic Collapse
After Lincoln's assassination the Ford Theater remained closed by public indignation. John T. Ford sold it to the government which rebuilt it for War Department offices and storage. In 1893 floors collapsed killing 22 and injuring 68.
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Lincoln
Ford Theater
John T. Ford
War Department
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