Logan serviceman missing in action over Nazi Germany
James Homer Redick Jr. of Logan is listed as missing in action after a Dec. 19 bombing mission over Nazi Germany where he served as tail gunner. He was 22, a Logan High School graduate and former football player who enlisted Oct. 30, 1942 after working at Logan Sun Glow plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Homer Redick, Jr
Homer Redick
Logan
Nazi Germany
War Department
Associated Press
Pearl J. Mohler
Homer Mohler
Gore
Army
Hocking County
Selective Service Board
Redick
Dorothy Skivers
Haydenville
Ft. Wayne
Ind
U. S. Army Air Corps
Logan Sun Glow Plant
Logan High School
Hocking Trustee Wins State Honor
Hocking County trustee John R. McClain earns a role on the Resolutions Committee as the Ohio State Association of Township Trustees and Clerks names January 20 to 22 for its sixteenth annual convention in Columbus. State Secretary Charles P. Baker Jr. notes an estimated 1200 attendees from across the state. County officials plan to attend the three day school for township officers convening in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Ohio State Association of Township Trustees
Columbus
Charles P. Baker, Jr
Painesville
John R. McClain
Hocking County Association
Joe R. Thomas
Hayesville
Extension workers attend Ohio State Fair Managers meeting
Logan James R. Smoot county extension agent Miss Helen Evans county home demonstration agent Will Mowery and Rev Carl L. Wilson returned Thursday night from Columbus where they attended the annual meeting of the Ohio State Fair Managers Association. They reported the Thursday night banquet was the largest ever with more than 1000 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
James R. Smoot
Helen Evans
Will Mowery
Carl L. Wilson
Columbus
Ohio State Fair Managers Association
Frederick Shively Wins War Medal
Logan couple Mr and Mrs Fred Shively receive word from their son Frederick C Shively Jr that he earned the Purple Heart in the Guadalcanal battle after a serious leg wound He has been honorably discharged and now works in Alameda California
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Logan
Fred Shively
Frederick C. Shively, Jr
Battle of
Guadalcanal
Alameda
Calif
Poultrymen Meet Friday in Marion Township School
About 35 Marion Township farmers and poultry men attended a special poultry and egg meeting in the Marion Township School building. OSU poultry specialist D D Moyer spoke on buying chicks for 1944 and later visited local farms with James R Smoot, recommending improvements as egg prices drop and feed costs rise.
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Logan
Marion Township
James R. Smoot
D. D. Moyer
Ohio State University
Moyer
Smoot
Mrs Rheinscheld Joins SPAR for Coast Guard Duty
Mrs Merritt Rheinscheld known as Nellie McKee leaves Logan for Palm Beach Florida to begin SPAR training and active Coast Guard duty. She previously worked at Curtiss Wright Columbus plant and is a Logan High School graduate. Her husband serves as a corporal in the U S Army Air Forces in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Merritt Rheinscheld
Nellie McKee
Hocking County
SPAR
Palm Beach
Fla
Coast Guard Auxiliary
Rheinscheld
Columbus
Curtiss- Wright Corp
Logan High School
Technical College
U. S. Army Air Forces
England
Coast Guard
Hold Stultz Rites
Funeral services for Mrs. Flavilla Stultz age 51 were held Saturday at 10 30 a m at Leonard Funeral Home. She died Thursday at her East Hunter Street home. Rev A N Grueser of the First United Brethren Church officiated and interment followed in Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Leonard Funeral
Flavilla Stultz
L. E. Stultz
Hunter Street
A. N. Grueser
First United Brthren Church
Oak Grove
United Brethren Church
Robert Mohler
Third Street
Logan Social Notes Highlight Local Club Activities
Logan social pages record new Logan Squaw Club members Mrs. John Conkle and Mrs. Sam Wells at a meeting hosted by Mrs. Charles Mack. Prizes went to Mrs. Raymond Pierson and Mrs. Tom Phillips. Other gatherings include knitting classes, church groups, Junta Club dinner, Daughters of Dorcas Circle, Homemakers Club, and varied hostesses with a January agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Farbearn
Ray Garverick
John Liff
Charles Mohler
Service Members and Relatives On Furloughs and Family Tragedy
Private Clifford Turner of Fort Belvoir spends a furlough with his wife and mother in Logan and relatives in Grove City Pennsylvania where a major operation was performed at Doctor's Hospital in Columbus. Corporal Clifford Savely from Fort Lewis is on an eight day furlough in Union Furnace with family. Clarence Reed of Scott's Creek leaves for Rockford Illinois after his brother died in a California accident. funeral Monday. Minnie Louise Bowen to review a book at the Month Club meeting Monday night at Mrs. George Carr’s Warner Avenue home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Turner
Fort Belvoir
Virginia
Logan
Grove City
Sarah Freeman
Columbus
Doctor's Hospital
Clifford J. Savely
Union Furnace
John Savely
Cpl
Savely
Fort Lewis
Washington
Clarence Reed
Scott's Creek
Rockford
Illinois
California
Minnie Louise Bowen
George Carr
Warner Avenue
Thousands Cheer at the Athena in Technicolor Romance
A lavish MGM musical romance stars Kathryn Grayson and Gene Kelly with Mary Astor and John Boles in Thousands Cheer. Kathryn gives up a concert career to work at her father’s army camp, meeting a discontented ex circus performer who becomes a model soldier and, together, fall in love amid showstopping numbers led by Iturbi and a starry supporting cast. The production features a long USC show, numerous cameos, and a grand finale with United Nations on the March.
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M-G-M
Athena Theater
Kathryn Jones
Kathryn Grayson
Jose Iturbi
John Boles
Mary Astor
Boles
Kathryn
Gene Kelly
USC
Mickey Rooney
Judy Garland
Iturbs
Red Skelton
Donna Reed
Marilyn Maxwell
Margaret O'Brien
Frank Morgan
Dr. Gillespie
Ann Sothern
Lucille Ball
Marsha Hunt
Eleanor Powell
United Nations
Miss Grayson
Kelly
Ben Blue
Frances Rafferty
Mary Elliott
Frank Jenks
Frank Sully
Dick Simmons
Ben Lessy
Joseph Pasternak
George Sidney
Herbert Stothart
Hutchins Funeral Held in Logan for Joe L. Hutchins
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at Leonard Funeral Home for Joe L. Hutchins 67 former Logan and Haydenville resident who died Wednesday in an Athens hospital. Rev. A N Grueser officiated with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. 1 C C F Lodge of Stewart joined the rites as pallbearers Charles McBee Charles Pearce John Barrows Palmer Taylor Lewis Moore and Willard Kinney served as pallbearers.
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Logan
Leonard Funeral Home
Joe L. Hutchins
Logan and
Haydenville
Athens
A. N. Grueser
Oak Grove
1.C.C.F. Lodge
Stewart
Charles McBee
Charles Pearce
John Barrows
Palmer Taylor
Lewis Moore
Willard Kinney
Logan Soldier Honored With Purple Heart Award
Logan Rex Fisher of Logan has been awarded the Purple Heart by General Robert Beightler for bravery in the South Pacific. The grandson of Mrs. Kate Fisher, he serves as a warrant officer recently promoted to assistant to the adjutant general of his unit.
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Logan
Rex Fisher
Kate Fisher
South Pacific
Robert Beightler
Logan Roscoe Griffith Named Baggage Clerk at C O Railroad Yard
Logan Roscoe Griffith of West Logan has replaced Carl Burnside of Jackson at the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad yards as baggage clerk. The change was announced by James McNamee, the railroad agent. Burnside recently entered the Army from Jackson County.
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Logan
Roscoe Griffith
West Logan
Carl Burnside
Jackson
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
James McNamee
Burnside
Army
Jackson County
Bland Will Direct Band In Logan
Logan Supt George E Carr said H L Bland will lead instrumental music in Logan Schools replacing Ray mond Maxwell who joined the Army. Bland teaches in Perrysville Ashland County and will split three days a week between city and Haydenville schools. He is a Des Moines College and Tri State College alum and formerly at Drake University and State Teachers College. He led a Redpath Chau tautqua troupe and published band and orchestra works. Other routine board business was discussed.
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LOGAN
George E. Carr
Logan Board of Education
H. L. Bland
Perrysville
Ashland County
Raymond Maxwell
Haydenville
Des Moines College
Tri-State College
Pennsylvania
Drake University
State Teachers College
Redpath Chautauqua
Carr
Coalgate Soldiers Meet in Pacific Area
Logan report describes Stanley Spencer a Seabee and Kenneth Thomas a Army Air Corps technician from Coalgate who met at Christmas near Lae in New Guinea after months overseas. They located each other via relatives letters and officers assistance.
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Logan
New Guinea
Stanley Spencer
The
Seabees
Kenneth Thomas
Coalgate
James McNamee
Lae
Thomas
Army Air Corps
Carr Attends State Meeting of School Officials
Logan superintendent LOGAN- G. E. Carr attended a Columbus meeting of school officials called by Kenneth Ray state director of education. The session focused on post war educational needs including rehabilitation for returned veterans with Michael J. Shortley of Washington as the principal speaker.
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Logan
G. E. Carr
Logan Schools
Columbus
Kenneth Ray
Michael J. Shortley
Washington
Jack Robinette Chosen Freshman Class President
Logan vote names Jack Robinette as president of the Freshman class with Eugenia Weinrich as vice president Tom Brown secretary and Tom Matheny treasurer. Faculty member Miss Sally Holmes to serve as class advisor.
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Logan
Jack Robinette
Howard E. Kirk
Eugenia Weinrich
Tom Brown
Tom Matheny
Sally Holmes
Hemlock Grove Garden Club Sets War Bond Pledge
Hemlock Grove Garden Club met at the home of Mrs. Clara Heines with twenty members present. led by a New Year pledge to buy or sell a War Bond during the Fourth War Bond Drive, welcomed two new members Mrs. Ray Whaley and Miss Vada Paulsen, and enjoyed an old fashioned spell down won by Mrs. Lawrence Laning Mrs. Docie Reeder and Mrs. Clara Paulsen. Dessert was served by Mrs. Heines and hostess Mrs. Ellen Killinger.
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Hemlock
Hemlock Grove
Clara Paulsen
Heines
Ellen Killinger
Logan A marriage license issued in Probate Court
Clyde Largent 25 of New Plymouth U S Army son of Thomas Largent and Kathryn Glancy 21 of Logan shoeworker daughter of Vance Glancy obtained a marriage license in Probate Court Friday.
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Logan
Clyde Largent
New Plymouth
U. S. Army
Thomas Largent
Kathryn Glancy
Vance Glancy
China at Nelsonville Majestic thrills wartime audience
Alan Ladd stars in Paramount's China with Loretta Young and William Bendix as war erupts near Shanghai. The film set before Pearl Harbor follows an oil man selling to the Japanese, with Farrow directing and Wei F. Hsueh advising on accuracy.
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Alan Ladd
Paramount
China
Nelsonville Majestic Theater
Ladd
Loretta Young
Wake Island
John Farrow
Frank Butler
Nippon
Evr
Shanghai
William Bendix
Miss Young
Bendix
Farrow
Wei F. Hsueh
Revival Opens at Local Methodist Church in Coolville
Sunday services are listed for Torch Church and Coolville and Hockingport, with revival to follow at Little Hocking for two weeks led by Rev. Evan Edwards. Includes Sunday School class gathering, war stamp totals, and local civic notes along with military furloughs and a funeral service.
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Coolville
Torch Methodist Church
Hockingport
T. A. Runnells
Little Hocking
Evan Edwards
Athens
Methodist Sunday School
Dorothy Goodwin
Josephine Pierce
Alden
Troy School
Racine
Troy Rarity
Belpre
Carthage-Troy Board of Education
Carson Boggs
Fred Gwen
Edgar Dixon
H. H. Chapman
Roger Clark
William Wines
Accomac
Andrew E. McCoulsky
Boise
Idaho
Strode P. Bingman
Marietta Memorial Hospital
Ireland Church
Robert Smith
Bessie
Avtt
Marietta
O. P. Bingman
Nelsonville
C. A. Bingman
Glouster
L. H. Bingman
J. A. Gibbs
E. W. Bingman
I. F. Lee
Hillsboro
Bow sher Brother Dies in Fairfield County City
Otto O Bow sher aged 63 died at his Fairfield County home on Wednesday. He was the brother of Clayton Bow sher of Laurelville and the funeral was held Saturday.
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LOGAN
Otto O. Bowsher
Clayton Bowsher
Laurelville
Fairfield County
Jumping jerboas of North Africa
North African jerboas are nocturnal rodents with large sensitive ears. They travel mostly after dark, using their keen hearing to navigate.
Hocking County Commissioners OK Bills At Routine Meeting
The Hocking County Board of Commissioners approved payment of bills and conducted regular business at a Friday meeting in the Court House. They also completed their semi monthly inspection tour of the county infirmary the previous day.
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Logan
Hocking
Water Testers Sought for Townships in Hocking County
Logan James Smity extension agent Satune appealed for water testers across four Hocking County townships. Volunteers would take monthly well depth readings for the Water Supply Board without pay, with state-provided gear. Existing testers listed include Roy Derr Stanten Marion Linton Drescher and others.
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Roy Derr
Stanten R. Marion
L. G. Linton
Drescher
Green
Homer
Washington
Dwight Stacey
Baker Rheinscheld
Dairy Experts Wil Speak in Hocking County Meeting
Logan_H., E. Denlinger of the Ohio State Gy Breeders' Association and Kellip of Ohio State University will be the guest speakers at a breeders meeting in Hocking County Thursday night at the Court House. County ext agent James R. Smoot reports a promotional session for farmers and dairymen with Guernsey breeders expected to attend. A $25 award will be offered at the Hocking County Fair to Guernsey breeders.
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Logan
E. Denlinger
Tary
Ohio State Gy Breeders’ Association
Kellip
Ohio State University
Hocking County
Court House
James R. Smoot
Mys
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Nazis
Athe
Jay - Logan High Highigh
Signal Corps
NEA
Oschersleben
USAAF
Frederick Shively
Red Cross Chapter House
Samuel Primmer
Junta Club
Walter Klein- Schmidt
Charlotte Strentz
Pritchard
Kleinschmidt
Mulberry Street
H. V. Thrush
Daughters of Dorcas Circle
Clifford Iles
Iies
Ada Keller
Sarah Poling
Ida Loomis
Harry Sweazy
Starling Cohagen
Homemakers Club
Sweazy
George VanFossen
Mabel
Louise Cohagen
Theodore Lemon
James Rutgers
Jesse Frasure
Janet Sweazy
Newell Grooms
Miles Graham
Fred Graham
Paul Cruise
Willard Lyke
D. O. Davis
van Fossen
Pearl Linton
N. M. Brown
Cora Brown
Ruby Thompson
By Hershberger
Hutchins
Bland
Pacific Area
Garden Club
Coolville and Troy
Johnny Down
Wanda McKay
Wild Bill Elliott
Nippon’s
Torpedo
Wi Bendix
Ly Loretto
Rapacious 10
Annd Sothern
Eleanor Powe
Suby
Aaniano
Vash Sands
RED
Skelton
Wwenus
Athen
Loretta
Tate
Ian Ladd
Jap Army
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