Red Cross War Fund Campaign Progress at Logan and Hocking
Red Cross canvassing in Logan and Hocking County reports $544 raised with $6,456 still needed to reach the $7,000 quota. Co chairmen M. B. Haney Clarence Blosser and Miss Charlene Huffman note contributions from local businesses and groups including Miller Coffee Shop Webb's Meat Market and Logan Mfg Co. plus church and club donors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb's
Lewis Motor Sales
General Electric
Stroupe
East End
George Holland
Logan Transfer and Storage
Rex Holmes
J. E. Frasure
Logan Mfg. Co
King Lumber Co. Girls’ Athletic Association
Logan High School
Webbs
General Electric Shop
Stroupe’s Bakery
Logan Social Notes Record Numerous Local Club Activities
Several groups met in Logan with executive sessions, gatherings at homes on North Street and Fourth Street, and fund drives. The Tuesday Book Club elected officers, sewed for Red Cross layettes, and noted 14 members plus a former member. Junior Tourist Book Club planned a future meeting with Mrs. James Brown and contributed to the Red Cross War Fund. St Matthews Lutheran Church hosted a Von Born Society dinner supporting the Red Cross and discussed Bible inspiration. The Wednesday Afternoon Contract Club, Child Study Group, and Tuesday Bridge Club held meetings with scores and program talks. Visitors from Greensburg, Indiana joined local events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuesday Book Club
John R. Pierce
Frank Harden
Phil Tschappat
Winifred Engle
Pierce
Fred Murray
Sam Primmer
Fred Hull
Clinton Webb
W. D. Braddock
Bartelle Hamilton
Emerson Poston
Murray
Marion Abell
Red Cross
W. B. Lacock
Columbus
Claude Chrisman
North St
Marjorie Brandt
James Brown
White House
Red Cross War Fund
Frank Fribley
Fribley
Walter Prather
Frederik Blum
Hubert Lappen
Kathryn Bell
Betty Martin
Brandt
von Born Society of
St. Matthew's
William Maxwell
William Miller
Ann McKinley
Robert Smith
Greensburg
Ind
Edward Miller
Mary Masure
Dorothy Mowery
Katheryn Myers
Carl Larimer
William Kellenbarger
Larimer
John Buntz
Herman Ellis
Harry Krumlauf
Foster Bobo
Max Bunce
Paul Cruise
Ener Mowery
Warner Lehman
Earl Landis
Donald Jaynes
Merritt
Anna Wellman
S. Spring St
A. T. Spears
Robert Work
Margaret Floyd
Helen Blasius
Emma Floyd
Hocking Men Examined for Army Service
Logan reports a new round of local board examinations for registrants prior to final checks at Ft. Hayes. Local examiners screen for obvious physical defects and plan to complete tests before the next group becomes ready after February 16.
Mathias Casts First Absent Ballot in Local Bond Election
Clyde H. Mathias of Rockbridge became the first voter to cast an absent ballot in the Good Hope School district special election. The vote, tied to issuing bonds of $9,500 for sanitary facilities urged by the health department, occurs February 10 with absent ballots due by February 4. Mathias works in West Virginia and will depart there this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Clyde H. Mathias
Rockbridge
Good Hope
Mathias
West Virginia
Health Department
Fifteen Nominated for Freshman Class Offices
Freshmen class nominations selected five candidates for four offices. Those named include Bob Allen Tom Brandt Bruce Fickel Kathryn Fox Dorothy Geiger Paul Goss Fred Jacoby Dick Judy Mary Jane Lanning Delmar Mowery Ray Perkins Calvin Pollock Jean Ann Prather Tommy Roberts Janet Struble. Election will be held soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Memrs
Bob Allen
Tom Brandt
Bruce Fickel
Kathryn Fox
Dorothy Geiger
Paul Goss
Fred Jacoby
Dick Judy
Mary Jane Lanning
Delmar Mowery
Ray Perkins
Calvin Pollock
Jean Ann Prather
Tommy Roberts
Janet Struble
Ohlinger Recalled to Military Service from Logan City
Logan Willis Ohlinger returns to Ft Hayes and his Southward unit after discharge under the 28 year age limit. William F Garrett of Logan learns he will be sent back to camp in the south soon, left earlier on the age limit act. Judge and Mrs Henderson and Mr and Mrs Ayres expected home from Miami Florida by late next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Willis Ohlinger
Ft. Hayes
South
William F. Garrett
Southland
Phil Henderson
John Ayres
Murray City
Miami
Fla
Oldest County Dog Registers At 19 In Logan Area
A 19 year old dog owned by Roy Ghent near Enterprise was the county’s oldest registered dog as registrations closed in Hocking County. Auditor Kenneth R. Fitzgerald reported 2318 total registrations before the deadline.
Rock House Sees Visitors Despite Cold Weather
Ranger L. T. Worley reports 49 visitors at Rock House last Sunday and 125 in January to date, mainly for photography. Gorges are frozen but ice is less than usual due to a dry fall reducing stream flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Rock House
L. T. Worley
Victory Book Campaign Prompts Broad Local Support
In Hocking County progress is reported in the Victory Book Campaign led by Mrs. Hallie M. Grimes librarian and campaign director. About 200 books have been donated and the Tourist Book Club is coordinating Girl Scouts to help collect for those unable to reach the city library.
Begin Classes In First Aid at Logan Junior High
Red Cross First Aid course opened at Logan Junior High with 27 registered, but 48 enrolled prompting two weekly sections at 1:45. The ten week course will be in Room 22. A second class begins at 9:30 Friday under Charles R. Eberst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Red Cross
Logan Junior High School
Gertrude Bliss
Charles R. Eberst
Harold Wright to Work for OPM on Paper Allotments
Logan Harold Wright of Cincinnati son of Mr and Mrs Eugene Wright has been called to Washington to serve on a special committee. An expert in paper and pulps he is operations manager of three Champion Paper and Fiber Co plants with HQ in Cincinnati. He will help draft a pulp and paper allotment program to meet war needs at the request of OPM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Harold Wright
Cincinati
Eugene Wright
Washington
Wright
Champion Paper and Fiber Co
Cincinnati
OPM
Miss Wolfe To Enter School in Washington
Logan Miss Mary E. Wolfe, secretary in Principal Fred E. Burchfield’s office at Logan High School, will leave work Friday and depart Sunday for Washington DC to enter Adventist College. A Logan High graduate from the class of 1939 she has worked in the high school office since graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Mary E. Wolfe
Fred E. Burchfield
Logan High School
Washington, D. C
Adventist College
Wolfe
Bert Wolfe
Mid-Year Examinations Underway at Logan School
Students at Logan School face mid year exams this week as the first semester closes. The new semester will begin next Monday with classes resuming after the break.
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Logan
Preston Oil Rig at Sunday Creek Near Hemlock
Preston Oil Company started rigging a derrick on Sunday Creek land in the Hemlock area with drilling to begin once the rigging is finished. Material has been moved elsewhere awaiting a federal permit to start the derrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Preston Oil Company
Sunday Creek
Hemlock
Sayre Leaves Board to Take Columbus Meat Cutter Post
Logan Williams Sayre of the Hocking County Board of Education has accepted a Columbus meat cutter job and will report immediately. He will remain on the board until relocating permanently to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
William Sayre
Hocking County
Planning Group Meets in Logan at Courthouse
Guy Dowdy of the State Land Use department attended two planning group meetings in Logan at the courthouse on Wednesday. Officials and associates connected with the planning program were summoned for the conference in the afternoon and again in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Guy Dowdy
State Land Use Department
Logan petition seeks dismissal in Burgoon v Industrial Commission
A Wednesday filing requests dismissal of the Sherman Burgoon versus Industrial Commission case indicating the parties settled by agreement. The action follows the original filing a day earlier. In Logan, Charles Frasure of New Straitsville was discharged from Cherrington Hospital on Wednesday after several days admitted.
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LOGAN
Sherman Burgoon
Industrial Commission
Charles Frasure
New Straitsville
Cherrington Hospital
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Stanley Baker
N. Market St
Earl Roberts
Baker
Frank Brown
J. R. Hankison
Howard F. White
Edward Kemper
Rheinscheid
Lew Riggs
Leroy Conkle
Ray Garverick
James Rees
Harry Mack
Arlie Brimner
Robert Mohler
Earl Whittikind
Vito Pesano
Johnny
New Lexington
George Green
Albert Lackey
George Ford
Shirley
Jimmy Larimer
Cruise
Bridge Club
Fourth St
Hocking
Ohlinger
Dorothy Perkins
Miss Wolfe
Price
Athens
Ohio
Sayre
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