Finnish Relief Contributions Being Received in Hocking County
Logan reports the Red Cross has an emergency war relief fund of 1 million dollars centered in Europe with most of it spent. The Hocking County Red Cross Chapter will collect donations and forward them to national headquarters. First local gifts include Charles Epstein five dollars Walter Lavey one dollar and a two dollar donor. Contributions may be given to Mr Epstein or sent to the courthouse chapter headquarters. Names will be published as receipts are sent to national headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Lavey
Mr. Epstein
War Relief Fund
Fearful Peach Orchards Face Cold Wave Damage
Logan county orchardists fear recent three week cold spell will injure peach trees. One grower said temperatures below ten degrees zero have caused damage in past winters and have occurred two or three times this season. Four years ago frost destroyed peach and cherry trees, and new plantings are still recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Native of Hocking County Dies Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha B. Hartsough 74 S Douglass Sr wife of William H Hartsough will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the H A Pletcher funeral chapel Burial will be in Green Lawn Cemetery She died Saturday midnight at her daughter’s home 851 Oak St after several days illness She was born in Gibisonville Hocking County lived in Columbus 52 years and was a member of Third Ave Methodist Church Survived also by sister Mrs Louella Shower The body will be at the funeral home until the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Martha B. Hartsough
S. Douglass Sr
William H. Hartsough
H. A. Pletcher
Green Lawn Cemetery
Hartsough
Lee M. Boda
Oak St
William H. Hartsough, Jr
Charles L. Sherwood
Gibisonville
Hocking County
Third Ave. Methodist Church
Louella Shower
Coal Truck Driver Fined in Logan After Reckless Driving Plea
Logan Waldo Carpenter of Toledo was arrested on U S Route 33 by state patrol and arraigned before Mayor Dallas Kinser. He pleaded guilty to reckless driving, resulting in a $10 fine plus costs as a trailer dropped coal along the right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Waldo Carpenter
Toledo
Dallas Kinser
Kinser
Court Places Conkrights On Probation
Alfred and Carl Conkright of Defiance and Lyman Cole of Findlay pled guilty to grand larceny in two indictments. Judge Phil Henderson placed them on two-year probation under supervision of Carl W. Weaver and B. G. Gilbert. They must return oil well property stolen from W. C. Adair in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. G. Gilbert
Findlay
Columbus
W. C. Adair
Ox Hunters To Meet February 5 In Logan County
The Logan Hocking County Fox Hunters Association will hold a meeting February 5 at the Chamber of Commerce assembly room. The group will discuss arranging a hunt to be staged February 22 and plans to observe George Washington’s birthday anniversary as a big fox hunt with a large attendance expected.
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Logan—Hocking County
Fox Hunters Association
Chamber of Commerce
George Washington
Marion Township Groups Meet Friday at School
A LOGAN A joint meeting at the Marion Township school drew many locals. Women studied Meal Planning under Ruth Stone Bennington, men discussed Improved Livestock led by James R Smoot, and Pioneer Youth Group members, supervised by Mary Piper and Leonard McKinley, enjoyed games despite bad weather.
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Logan
Marion Township
Ruth Stone Bennington
James R. Smoot
Mary Piper
Leonard McKinley
Pioneer
Two to Appear in Logan Court Over Lodge Hall Disturbance
Logan Francis Guinley of Shawnee and Don Ross of this city were cited to appear before Mayor Dallas Kinser this evening on charges of quarreling and fighting. Patrolman A F Evans took them into custody after a disturbance at a lodge hall Friday.
American Legion District 8 Enrollment Rises to 74.4 Percent
Enrollment figures for District 8 show an advance to 74.4 percent since the last report, keeping the district in tenth place ahead of District 3. A total of 1496 members were enrolled on January 18, down from 1574 the previous year, with eleven of 28 posts at or above quota. Hocking County totals 202 members with a 175 quota, while Logan stands at 132, Murray City 48, and Laurelville 22.
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Logan
American Legion
Hocking County
Murray City
Laurelville
Sew-So Club Meets At Whitcraft Home
Logan social note records the Sew-So Club gathering at Mrs Wayne Whitcraft home with Mrs Howard Blum assisting. After sewing, lunch was served by the hostesses to members Mrs Herbert Walker, Mrs Joe Peterson, Mrs Robby Walker, Mrs Lewis Rodman, Mrs Kenneth Smith, Mrs Bus Matheny, Mrs Paul Hansel, and Miss Mildred Blum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Whitcraft
Howard Blum
Herbert Walker
Joe Peterson
Robby Walker
Lewis Rodman
Kenneth Smith
Bus Matheny
Paul E. Hansel
Mildred E. Blum
Entertain at Bridge Club Dinner Honors Ladies
Members of the Mixed Bridge Club enjoyed a dinner at the P K Shop on Saturday night. The event featured a later bridge gathering at Mr and Mrs Richard Saveys on E Second Street with favors for each lady. Guests included Mr and Mrs Clarence Matheny Haydenville and other attendees listed.
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Mixed Bridge Club
Richard Savey
E. Second St
Clarence S. Matheny
Haydenville
James Barker
Co. F. Barker
Clarence Salts
Savey
Gertrude Barker
Ellsworth Higsby
Richmondale
Bridge Club Enjoys Luncheon and Reading at Two Homes
Saturday Bridge Club members met at the White House for a 1 PM luncheon hosted by Mrs Richard Lavey. Afterward they visited Miss Barker on E Second Street where Mrs Carlos Gaffin presided and Mrs Walter E Brehm read a review of O Henry’s Boys Will Be Boys prepared by Miss Florence Bort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge Club
White House
Richard Lavey
Miss Barker
E. Second St
Carlos Gaffin
Walter E Brehm
O. Henry
Florence Bort
Charles Co, Achauer
Clarence Salts
James Barker
Gertrude Barker
Happy Hostess Club entertains with bridge and lunch
Miss Phyllis Nixon hosted the Happy Hostess Club at her W Hunter Street home with bridge and Chinese checkers. Lunch followed for members Elizabeth McGonagle Racine Rochester Anna Marie Schorr Sue Rochester Dorothea Marks Frances Smith Martha Magle and guests Katie Gray Haydenville Betty Smoot and Janette Schorr. Mr and Mrs Aucher Oreville celebrated their son John s 20th birthday with a surprise party and social evening lunch. Those present included Bernice Kinnison Marie Thomas Grace Ruth Rush Connie Nixon J W Blankenship Loren Nixon Gerald Kinnison Donald Ray Clifford Donaldson Warren Hugh and Herbert Dunkle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Nixon
Happy Hostess
W. Hunter St
Elizabeth McGonagle
Racine Rochester
Anna Marie Schorr
Sue Rochester
Dorothea Marks
Frances Smith
Martha Magle
Katie Gray
Haydenville
Betty Smoot
Janette Schorr
Sons Visit Mother In Logan Hospital
Yocum brothers Trell and Ron, of New York City, visited their mother Mrs. Lulu Yocum in Cherrington Hospital over the weekend. They stayed with Dr. and Mrs. M. H. Cherrington and left Sunday for Chicago to pursue business. Trell is executive vice president of the Compton Advertising agency. his brother is advertising manager for Collier publications. Both formerly lived in Mechanicsburg where their mother resides.
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Logan
Tell Yocum
Ronald Yocum
New York City
Lulu Yocum
Cherrington Hospital
City
M. H. Cherrington
Chicago
Trell Yocum
Compton Advertising Agency
New York
Collier Publications
Mechanicsburg
Illness confines Vance Wolfe at home in Starr Township
Vance Wolfe of Nelsonville Route 2 has been ill at home for two weeks with influenza. He is reported somewhat improved. Wolfe serves as a Starr Township Trustee.
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Logan —Vance Wolfe
Nelsonville
Rt. 2
Wolfe
Starr Township
Logan Chieftains to Play Columbus Five Next Tuesday
Logan chieftains set to host Columbus West High on Tuesday in a non league clash. They also travel Friday to Athens to face the Bulldogs in a heated away game likely to be tightly contested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Columbus
Logan Chieftains
Columbus West High
Four Gallipolis homes hit by weekend heat related fires
In Gallipolis four heat related blazes damaged homes of Mrs. Jennie Angell Shaw Jake Moore Frank Bachus and Mrs. Bell Simpkins. Shaw and Moore escaped with small damage while Bachus and Simpkins left uninhabitable until repairs. Eachus and his wife were in an upstairs apartment above a Court Street barbershop when Mrs. Eachus was carried down a ladder unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Jennie Angell Shaw
Jake Moore
Frank Bachus
Bell Simpkins
Shaw
Morning Dawn Lodge To Hold Inspection
Morning Dawn Lodge F. and A. M. will be inspected Friday evening by District Deputy Carl Shaffer of Pomeroy. Refreshments will follow the lodge session, according to Master Carlos Niday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Carl Schaffer
Pomeroy
Carlos Niday
Fewer Dogs Registered in Hocking County This Year
In Hocking County more than 2100 dogs were registered before the Saturday deadline. Delinquents face a $1 penalty. Auditor Kenneth R. Fitzgerald and staff worked all day to accept late filings. Last year 2485 tags were sold, and this year’s total trails that mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking County
LOGAN
Kenneth R. Fitzgerald
Logan FFA Team Wins in District Public Speaking Contest
Logan Chief Logan Chapter Future Farmers of America excelled at the District FFA public speaking event at McArthur High School. Kenneth Iles won first place with Soil Conservation. The chapter also placed fourth in parliamentary procedure led by Neal Beery and team members. District 17 includes Hocking County and others. state contest in Columbus January 31 during Farmers Week. plans to enter potato judging at Ohio State February 1.
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Logan
Future Farmers of America
FFA
McArthur High School
Kenneth Iles
Hocking County
Columbus
Neal Beery
Waldo Blum
Joe Campbell
Walter Stone
William Goss
Ray Beery
H. D. Saxton
McArthur
Athens
Gallia
Meigs
Lawrence
Vinton
Ohio State
Kiwanis Birthday Observed by Logan Club
Logan Kiwanis mark its 25th anniversary with a Tuesday evening meeting at 6 at the White House. Educational Committee directs the program with Fred Burchfield as chairman.
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LOGAN
Kiwanis
Logan Club
White House
Fred Burchfield
Fire Quenched In Dormitory At Rio Grande
Fire caused by an overheated furnace damaged the Martin Cottage boys dormitory at Rio Grande College. Village firemen quickly extinguished the blaze aided by ample water pressure from a reservoir atop Lovers Hill feeding the hydrants.
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Gallipolis
Martin
Rio Grande College
Pupil Examinations Set to Start Next Tuesday
In Gallipolis Washington School will begin physical exams for 320 pupils in grades 3 5 and 7. Dr Howard Foster will conduct eye ear nose and throat tests for boys and girls. City Commission will bear the expense. Nurse Maurice Beaudry expects tuberculin tests in early spring.
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Gallipolis
Washington
Maurice Beaudry
Howard Foster
City Commission
Gallia Officials Appointed to State Posts
Howard D. Smiley of Addison Township and C. B. Unroe of Green Township receive state committee and executive committee appointments from the Gallia County Association of Township Trustees and Clerks as preparations begin for the state meeting in Columbus January 25 to 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Howard D. Smiley
Addison Township
Gallia County Association of Township Trustees
C. B. Unroe
Green Township
Joe R. Thomas
State Association
Columbus
Grocer Gomer Champer Hospitalized with Influenza
Gomer Champer of Wellston has been sent to the home of his mother Mrs. Henry Baker in Gallipolis and is suffering from influenza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Wellston
Gomer Champer
Henry Baker
Markets Closed as Cold Halts Tobacco Auctions
Extreme cold led to the closure of nearly all tobacco auction markets in the Gallipolis area, forcing buyers and sellers to suspend trading and operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Pleads Innocent in Theft of Overcoat
John McBride entered a not guilty plea at arraignment before Mayor Dallas Kinser on stealing R. R. Loomis overcoat. Bond set at 300 dollars. McBride jailed on an old unpaid fine. Overcoat removed from a local restaurant.
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Logan
John McBride
Dallas Kinser
R. R. Loomis
McBride
Substituting night clerk at Old Town Yards replaces Campbell
Carl Littlejohn acts as night clerk at the Old Town Yards substituting for Fred Campbell who was injured on duty several days ago and cannot return to duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell Logan
Carl Littlejohn
Fred Campbell
Old Town
Campbell
Logan couple and infant discharged to home
Mrs. George Spang junior and her infant son were taken home from Cherrington Hospital on Saturday evening with a family return from the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
George Spang, Jr
Cherringtion Hospital
State highway crew welcomes Logan George Rainer
George Rainer of this city reported for duty this morning on the state highway engineering crew in a local public works roster update.
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Logan
George Rainer
Shipment of clothing sent to Poland and Finland
Local Red Cross chapter shipped the first consignment of women’s dresses boys garments and convalescing robes for war relief in Poland and Finland. Miss Wilhelmine Deissle heads production and is directing 11 sweaters to be knit for relief. Mrs Agatha Brown and Mrs Sherman Lyke have cut many garments for distribution with Haydenville women’s cooperation promised.
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Logan
Red Cross
Poland
Finland
Wilhelmine Deissle
Red Cross Committee
Agatha Brown
Sherman Lyke
Haydenville
Presbyterians Plan Father and Son Banquet
The First Presbyterian Church Men's Club aims for a large turnout at the annual father and son banquet in Logan. Dinner at 6 pm will be followed by a talk from Dr. Harry W. Barr of Urbana. Howard Rolsten leads the women’s group in meal prep.
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Logan
First Presbyterian Church
Harry W. Barr
Urbana
Howard Rolsten
Lewis Price Ill Of Hand Infection
LOGAN Lewis Price superintendent of maintenance on the state highway is suffering from an infection of the left hand. He scratched his hand some days ago and poisoning followed. He is under the care of a physician.
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Logan—Lewis Price
Autos in Collision Near Logan No Injuries Reported
Cars driven by Homer Dupler of near Logan and John Hugh Logan collided on West Main Street Saturday morning. Hugh was backing from the curb as the Dupler car passed, with no injuries reported.
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Logan
Homer Dupler
Near Logan
John Hugh Logan
W. Main St
Hugh
Dupler
Mrs James Campbell Recovering At Home After Illness
Logan report states Mrs. James Campbell of this city is recovering at her home after several weeks of illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
James Campbell
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N. Court St
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Logan Court
Logan Hospital
Vance Wolfe
Bulldogs
Nelsonville Greyhounds
Howard Brooks
Logan Future Farmers
Rio Grande
City Loan
Cary
Fred Sanders
Court St
Lewis Price
W. Union St
Helen Worden
the Messenger
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Carpenter Maytag CO
Athens, Ohio
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