Plans For Hi Hocking War Loan Drive Outlined
Logan rally drew about 300 volunteers at Ohio Power Co on East Main St as the Fourth War Loan drive opened in Hocking County with a goal of 389000. Weimer praised workers, Kennedy shared mine detector insights, and Elberfeld Young Barton outlined city plans and ward assignments for a house-to-house canvass to achieve the county and city quota.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Hi Hocking County
Logan
Ohio Power Company
East Main Street
Hocking County
Do. F
Doc) Weimer
Fourth War Loan
Central
Weimer
Floyd Kennedy
U. S. Army Engineers
Tunisia
Kennedy
Fletcher General Hospital
Cambridge
New Cruiser Added to Logan Police Fleet
Logan police placed a 1942 Plymouth into service over the weekend replacing a 1939 Ford that had logged more than 100000 miles. The vehicle was bought on the open market after city council received no bids from local auto dealers.
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Logan
Jobs Brief Notes on Potter Family Visits
JOHN POTTER JR finished boat training at the Great Lakes and is on a 12 day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs John Potter of Jobs. mr and mrs lawrence wetzel and children charles and jessie of columbus and mrs carrie wetzel spent sunday afternoon with the Potters.
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Jobs
John Potter Jr
Great Lakes
John Potter
Lawrence Wetzel
Charles
Jessie
Columbus
Carrie Wetzel
Leaders Training Meeting Planned Across County
County home demonstration agent Miss Helen Evans announced a county wide leaders training session for all project leaders and home council members to be held Wednesday at 10 30 a m in the Ohio Power Company offices East Main Street Miss Alma Garvin nutrition specialist from Ohio State University will conduct demonstrations on Meat and Protein Dishes All county townships are invited.
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Logan
Helen Evans
Ohio Power Company
East Main Street
Alma Garvin
Ohio State University
Smoot Announces Institute Week for Hocking County
County extension agent Smoot reports December 4 to 8 approved for the annual Hocking County Farm Institutes. Defiance’s William L. Manahan and Mrs. Henry Ebert of Columbus named speakers. Approval comes from J. P. Schmidt of Ohio State University.
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Logan
James R. Smoot
Hocking County
William L. Manahan
Defiance
Henry Ebert
Columbus
J. P. Schmidt
Farmers’ Institutes
Ohio State University
Meeting urged to include two representatives
The notice urges that at least two representatives attend the meeting, which will run throughout the day.
Notice to taxpayers rates of taxation in Athens County 1949
Athens County Treasurer John H. Preston gives notice of the 1948 general tax levies in mills for county and local purposes. The total county levy set at 3.20 mills applies to general funds and associated accounts. Taxes not paid by year end incur a ten percent penalty. payments accepted at the treasurer’s office or by mail.
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Athens County
John H. Preston
Generals County Fund
County Home Fund
Children's Home Fund
Indigent Soldier's Fund, Blind Fund, A. D.C
Judicial Oe
Gore Social And Personal Notes From Local Families
Gore social and personal items recount recoveries and visits. War service updates from Sicily. relatives visiting from Springfield Elyria Columbus Maxville Toledo and Toledo are listed among neighbors and friends visiting and staying with local families.
Escaped Inmate Held Awaiting Return to Athens Hospital
Logan report says an escaped inmate from the Athens State Hospital is in Hocking County Jail awaiting hospital authorities. He was captured over the weekend by Deputy Sheriffs Frank Larimer and Jack Waldron at South Bloomingville.
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Logan
Athens State Hospital
Hocking County
Frank Larimer
Jack Waldron
South Bloomingville
Former Resident Bert Stedman Dies in Pennsylvania
Logan reports the death of Bert Stedman aged 64 at his Belle Vernon home Pennsylvania He formerly lived in Sand Run and Nelsonville for many years He is survived by four sons one daughter two brothers and two sisters
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Logan
Bert Stedman
Sand Run
Belle Vernon
Nelsonville
Bond quotas set for Falls Green Salt Creek districts
Logan announces quotas for three Hocking County districts in the Fourth War Loan Drive. Falls War Bond Committee led by James R. Smoot sets a 35000 target with members including Claude Harsh and Sam Gordon. Green Township aims 10000 with Andrew Rheinscheid chairing the local panel. Salt Creek district seeks 15000 under chairman Nelson DeLong and members such as Francis A. Davis and Pearl Fetheroll.
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Logan
Hocking County
War Finance Committee
Falls War Bond Committee
James R. Smoot
Claude Harsh
Sam Gordon
Ralph Swartz
Fred Hugh
Leonard Weaver
Irvin Krinn
Everett McBroom
Kerwood Martin
Sam Risch
Will Hansel
Green Township
Andrew Rheinscheid
Murray Phillips
Mason Holloway
Samuel C. Chute
James Tucker
Ralph Drescher
Jacob Greason
Joseph Mihlbauer
Leslie Linton
Seber Lehman
George Bond
Salt Creek
Nelson DeLong
Francis A. Davis
Pearl Fetheroll
William Vancurren
Homer Strous
Luther Smith
Jay Karshner
Mahlon Stump
Millard Black
Lappen Named Chief of New OPA Food Section
Hubert D. Lappen former Hocking County prosecutor was named chief of a new OPA food section in Columbus. The section formed after abolishing the legal and investigation branch, with Willard D. Campbell heading personnel. Lappen is a Ohio University and Ohio State University Law School graduate who served 1937 to 1941 as prosecutor before joining the OPA staff in Logan.
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District Office of Price Administration
Columbus
Hubert D. Lappen
Hocking County
OPA
Lappen
Willard D. Campbell
Laurelville High School
Ohio University
Ohio State University Law School
Logan
Legal and Investigation Department
Hold Rites For Mrs. Orpha Bowlby
Funeral services were set for 2 p m Wednesday at Leonard Funeral Home for Mrs. Orpha Bowlby 60 wife of Samuel Bowlby who died Monday at her Logan home Burial was to take place in Webb Chapel Cemetery She had been ill for some time but the death was unexpected Survivors include seven sons Roy Melvin Virgil Earl Gore Vernon Samuel Jr and Robert and two daughters Mrs Charles Hicks and Mrs Ethel McGrady
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Leonard Funeral
Orpha Bowlby
Samuel Bowlby
Webb Chapel
Roy
Melvin
Virgil
Lancaster
Earl
Gore
Vernon
Columbus
Samuel, Jr
Hagerstown
Robert
Charles Hicks
Ethel McGrady
Groveport
James Bond
West Front Street
Ernest D. Edgar
Charles C. Bond
Ralph Henry
Earl N. Campbell
Mabel Campbell
Nelsonville
Robert Hutchison
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Washington Bowers, Jr
Washington Bowers
Lillian Brown
Mickey
A. M. Sater
Rolland Bright
United Rubber Workers’ Union
Theer
North Street
Robert Gano
Fort Custer
Michigan
Denzil Weltner
Charles Mathias
Rockbridge
Romulus
Raymond Lanning
Burlington
Walter Lackey
Roy Bowers
Anna Fox
Paul Hansel
Services Held for Columbus Attorney Druggan
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon for Charles S. Druggan a prominent Columbus attorney who died Saturday at his home after a heart attack. Druggan a widely known trial lawyer gained local prominence in his last court appearance two months ago when he won an acquittal for Judy Taylor a 23 year old soldier s wife charged with first degree manslaughter in the death of her newborn infant.
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Logan
Charles S. Druggan
Columbus
Druggan
Judy Taylor
Southern Negroes Show Mule-Training Skill on Prison Farm
At a District of Columbia state prison farm Captain G C Rush reports the rural Southern Negroes can tame stubborn mules. Five prisoners spoke softly to an unbroken mule for 15 minutes until it quieted. In successive days the herd required fewer handlers until one man could drive it.
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Columbia
D. C
G. C. Rush
Rush
Wily Fiji Scout Locates Hidden Jap Battery
A Fiji scout guiding an American reconnaissance team in the Solomons spotted a hillside tree cluster revealing a hidden Japanese mortar battery. Fire shifted to the trees, and the mortar crew fled. the Americans then picked them off as they climbed the slope.
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Suva
Fiji
Solomons
Logan Social Notes Brides and Military News Packed Logans
Announcement of Bonnie Jean McCambridge and Cpl. Harry V. Mock marriage in New Lexington with ceremony by Rev. Calvin Nichols. Post wedding reception then trip to Camp White Oregon. Several notes on D.A.R. meeting at the White House, upcoming conventions, and local social visits. Birth of Mary Jean Ross at Cherrington Hospital. Numerous furloughs and visits among local families and service members. Community clubs schedule meetings and hostesses for potluck luncheons and card clubs.
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Ruth Daugherty
Cherrington Hospital
Logan
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Jackson
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Columbus
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Nelsonville
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Davis Rites Held In Green Township
Davis 83 year old Thomas Henry Davis of Logan died Thursday at Galena. Funeral held Sunday at Eben Ezer Church Green Township with Rev. W. H. Marshall officiating. Burial in Davis family cemetery. Quartet provided music. Pallbearers were grandsons Roy Lewis Walter Thomas Atlee Davis and Phillip Woodruff.
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Ebenezer Church
Green Township
Thomas Henry Davis
Galena
Davis
W. H. Marshall
Esther Wolfe
Margaret Jones
Walter Primmer
Roy Lewis
Walter Thomas
Atlee Davis
Phillip Woodruff
New Pittsburg Briefs
Mrs Emma Martin and Fay Hashman spent the weekend with Rev and Mrs John A Wilson of Osborn and PFC Thomas A Wilson on furlough from Mississippi. Accompanying them were Mrs John Wilson and others. Mrs Ruth Wadsworth and son Gary visit two weeks. Lia Martin ill. Leonard P Wilson Navy brother word received. Harold Hartman cousin in the Pacific. Hartman is son of Mr and Mrs Ben Hartman of Murray City. Ben Hartman family returned after three weeks with Dayton relatives.
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Emma Martin
Fay Hashman
Sewing Machine Clinic Planned in Logan Township
Logan Hocking County officials announce a sewing machine clinic to be held January 21 at the Yld Township School building. James R Swil county extension agent and Helen Evans county home demonstration agent will run the demonstrations to instruct residents in cleaning and adjustment of sewing machines. Smoot and Miss Fy ans recently returned from Zanesville where they attended a three day training school. All township residents are invited to bring their machines for cleaning and adjustment. Similar clinics are planned in other communities throughout the county according to extension officials.
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Logan
Hocking County
Yld
James R. Swil
Helen Evans
Smoot
Miss Fyans
Zanesvily
Coun
Dave Thorne Re-Elected Board Head
Hocking County Board of Education elected veteran president Dave Thorne to another term at the annual organization meeting. S. H. Dillon was named clerk, C. S. Matheny vice president, with Homer Hedges and J. F. McGrady as members. meetings set for 7:30 p.m. on the first Friday each month.
Dog License Sales Lag in 1943 in Hocking County
Deputy Auditor Ralph Moorhead said dog license sales in Hocking County are far behind 1943 levels with 1,200 tags needed by January 20 to match last year’s total. After January 20 a $1 penalty will be charged to delinquent buyers. Fees remain unchanged and owners are urged to buy early to avoid last minute rush.
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Logan
Ralph Moorhead
Hocking County
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