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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 23, 1956

Page

3

Logan forgery suspects freed no charges filed

Two of four Logan area suspects held on bad check charges were released Saturday by city police after affidavits were filed by Columbus police. Howard A Campbell and Maudie Marie Campbell of Glouster Route 1 were freed with no local charges. Mary Butcher and Dewey Campbell were turned to Columbus police for payroll check forgery, alleged to have cashed at least three forged payroll checks at Kroger stores in the Columbus area.

Logan Lancaster Howard A. Campbell Maudie Marie X Campbell Columbus Mary Butcher Dewey Campbell Kroger Logan Kroger Nelsonville Kroger

Alertness of Kroger manager aids in capture of suspect

Kroger store manager William Reese helped track down Mary Butcher of Columbus in Nelsonville on Friday tied to a bad check ring costing the company about 1000 dollars. A woman associated with payroll checks was traced after Reese observed her actions and collaborated with Logan police.

Kroger William Reese Mary Butcher Columbus Nelsonville

Two Men Fined in Nelsonville Courts for Intoxication

In Nelsonville Mayor Earl Hilleary fined two men for intoxication during the weekend. Guy Fellem of Nelsonville was sent to county jail for non payment of his fine, while Charles Smith of Athens Route 1 paid his fine and was released.

Nelsonville Earl Hilleary Guy Fellem Charles Smith Athens

Nelsonville Emblem Club to Meet at Elks Hall

Nelsonville Emblem Club will meet in the Elks Hall Tuesday with a dinner and reception honoring Mary E Bartlett supreme worthy treasurer and Evelyn Salts district deputy. Reservations for the event close Friday. Mrs Irene Ram died Sunday in Nelsonville after an extended illness. she is survived by her husband three children and multiple relatives.

Nelsonville Highriestess Bernice C. Merrill Emblem Club Hocking Valley Nelsonville Emblem Club Elks Hall Logana Resereatione Bylcze Mary FE. Bartlett Supreme Worthy Evelyn Salts Irene Ram Salts Buck Hocking Valley Shrine Herbert Buley Nelsontain In- Ville Logan Masonic Temple Marie Struble

Three-Way Crash Probed In Mason City Hill Collision

A three car crash early Sunday in Mason City Hill involved James W. Conkel of Buchtel charged with driving while intoxicated after his vehicle side swiped John H. Sullivan of Nelsonville, then hit Max Bennett of Nelsonville head on. Conkel was arraigned before Mayor Earl Hilleary, fined $100 and costs, and sentenced to three days in jail.

Nelson James W. Conkel Buchtel Conkel Mason City Hill John H. Sullivan Nelsonville Sullivan Max Bennett Conkell Earl Hilleary

Two Auto Crashes Reported in Logan Area No Injuries

Sheriff reports two single car accidents Sunday with no injuries. At 4 a.m. a Nelsonville driver, Donald Spencer, 42, ran into a telephone pole at Route 33 and Pickett Road, his car suffering extensive front end damage. Spencer escaped injury but faced a damaged vehicle. A 4:45 p.m. crash three miles south of Route 33 on Route 328 involved Ralph Hampshire, 16, of Amanda Route 1, whose rain slicked car skidded and rolled, ejecting Hampshire and seven passengers. no injuries reported though left side damage occurred.

Logan Sheriff's Office A. J. Waldron Haydenville Pickett Road Donald Spencer Nelsonville Spencer Route 33 Ralph A. Hampshire Amanda Route 1 Hampshire

Logan Woman Engaged to Rich ard N Hawk in Ohio

Logan Society announces the engagement of Phyllis Jean Walter to Richard Neil Hawk son of Mrs Helen Hawk of Carbon Hill. Phyllis a Union Furnace High School graduate employed at McAfee's Grocery. Richard a Carbon Hill High School graduate employed with Sun Glow Furniture Industries. A further note reports Welcome Wagon Club dinner at Blosser's restaurant with remarks by Miss Heien rong, Miss Pond on Japan, and guests Mrs James Moir and others. a separate church property damage suit filed in Common Pleas Court by The Ohio Pipeline Construction Co and The Ohio Fuel Gas Co against the Carborundum Company seeking damages for blasting during a 1954 pipeline project.

Logan Herbert Walter New Plymouth Phyllis Jean Richard Neil Hawk Helen Hawk Carbon Hill Miss Walter Union Furnace High School McAfee’s Hawk Sun Glow Furniture Industries Manila Philippines Puerto Rico James Moir Gerald Lane Russell J. Fitzgerald Carborundum Company John Krieg Stanton Pond Jr Harry Mock Jr Methodist Hock Bless Common Pleas Ohio Pipeline Construction Co Ohio Fuel Gas Co Alvin Culbertson John Heigle Harold Heigle

Rites Set For Tuesday for Emmett Kitchen

Emmett Kitchen 61 formerly of Logan died Saturday morning in Fairfield Hospital Lancaster He was son of Albert Kitchen born in Logan lived here worked 22 years at West Side Lumber Co Lancaster World War I veteran served with 37th Infantry Division and Logan EUB Church Survived by wife Almeda three sons Ben Melvin Terry Kitchen Lancaster a daughter Bonnie Douglas Lancaster three brothers Oscar Ralph Alva Kitchen five sisters Lena Trott Mary Westbrook Ruth Harrison Clara Casley Dorothy Bell Friends receive at Rey Wise Funeral Home Lancaster burial Oak Grove Cemetery Also notes nurses Nedra Smith and Marie Dupler attended lectures at Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital on Ohio State University campus in Columbus.

LOGAN Lancaster Emmett Kitchen Lancaster Fairfield Hospital Albert Oca Strawn Kitchen West Side Lumber Co Kitchen 37Th Infantry Division Logan Eub

Iron Curtain Conditions To Be Told At Logan Kiwanis

Logan Kiwanis Club will hear Thomas S Ireland of Shaker Heights discuss conditions in Iron Curtain countries Tuesday evening. Ireland, attorney and author, recently toured Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Russia, Egypt, Turkey and Greece. His program follows dinner at 6 p.m. led by George Jurgensmier.

Logan Iron Curtain Logan Kiwanis Club Thomas S. Ireland Shaker Heights Ireland United States Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia Poland Russia Egypt Turkey Greece Princeton Boston Harvard Law School New York Cleveland St. Lawrence Waterway George Jurgensmier

Hocking County Men Attend Annual Camp at Tar Hollow

Half a dozen Hocking County men joined the annual men's camp held Saturday and Sunday at Tar Hollow State Park. Participants included Paul Carr Gibisonville Beryl Tucker Rockbridge Roscoe Harsh Logan Route 2 Paul Thrush Logan Route 3 Harold Nihiser Jr Logan and Charles Ingraham extension agent.

Logan Hocking County Tar Hollow State Park Paul Carr Gibisonville Beryl Tucker Rockwridge Roscoe Harsh Logat Paul Thrush Harold Nihiser Jr Lotan Charles Ingraham

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