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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 03, 1942

Page

9

Aide 0T 1937 Doo Has Haul Here

A cryptic OCR snippet from 1937 mentions a haul in Doo and a person named Aide or aide. The readable text is fragmentary with no clear event, location, or identification of involved parties beyond scattered words.

Nellis Smith Resigns as Logan City Deputy Sheriff

Logan city officials announced a June 8 exam for a new patrolman eligibility list after the resignation of Harrison Eggpee. Nellis Smith, provisional deputy, submitted his resignation and will serve until a new appointee is chosen from the eligibility list.

Logan Roy Loomis Nellis Smith Litherland Lst Loomis

Adult Commercial Classes Suspended

Logan Fred Collins reports county instructors have suspended adult commercial classes following three years of discussion. The first aid classes will continue as usual, Collins states.

Logan Fred Collins Collins

Two Hacking Court Cases Dismissed In State Prosecution

The State's cases against Pearl E. Taylor for fraud and R. R. Kemper for horse theft were dismissed. The actions originated in Magistrate Frank J. Clair's court after each defendant filed complaints against the other.

Pearl E. Taylor R. R. Kemper Frank &J. Clair

Ask Financial Support For Municipal Pool

Logan superintendent G E Carr asks tennis court users this year to help maintain facilities by using the municipal pool. Since courts are free, users should help pay upkeep via regular pool admission. Several damages in the courts will be repaired as materials arrive.

Funeral services for William Barthlow held at United Brethren

Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the United Brethren Church for William Barthlow age 58 who died Sunday at his home on East Front Street. Rev. E. B. White conducted the service. Burial followed in Oak Grove Cemetery.

Service Call for Negroes Announced in Logan Area

Selective Service officials announced the third call for Negroes in Hocking County after receiving the request from state headquarters. The exact quota was not disclosed, but the contingent is planned to depart Logan between June 15 and 30.

Logan Selective Service Hocking County State

Hocking County Selective Service Board Meets

Logan registrants were interviewed and classified by the Hocking County Selective Service Board at the courthouse headquarters Monday night. Most interviewees traced to the February registration.

Logan Hocking County

Kimberly Personal Mention

Local notes list visits and movements among Kimberly residents and nearby towns. Names include Coty Barnett and Rosa Brown, Amos Mallon, Bill Wicks, Bob Kennedy, Johnny Davis, and Frank Dowler with Isaac Chappelear. Edward Call stationed in Honolulu. Charles Graham hospitalized at Fort Bragg. community funeral for a former Kimberly resident Dick Daugherty.

Amos Mallon Nelsonville Bill Wicks Bob Kennedy Athens Johnny Davis Steubenville Frank Dowler Isaac Chappelear Greens Run Edward Call Sanford Call Honolulu T. H. William Davis Columbus William Davis Junior Powell Logan Dick Daugherty Taylor Station Kimberly Floyd Brown Charles Graham Army Fort Bragg N. C Gaye Sharpe Fannye King John Glenn Leonard Breeze Martha Barr Sabina George Griffin Cecil Reynolds Dayton

May licenses issued for marriages in Hocking County

Logan reports twenty two licenses issued in May in Hocking County with Charlene Huffman as deputy. Officials anticipate another rise this month as in past years.

Memorial Day visits brighten Nelsonville area families

Relatives and friends from Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton, and other towns spent Memorial Day weekend visiting Nelsonville and Floodwood households. Numerous pairs of parents and children, cousins, and in laws traveled to see kin, with locals moving between homes and hosts hosting guests.

Logan F O E to Install New Officers in Logan

Logan Aerie 2168 F O E will install officers for 1942 43 in regular session Thursday night at the lodge hall. Bert Smathers will lead the ceremonies with C Emmett Blosser announcing officers including Lewis Canty as Worthy President and Dale Primmer retiring president. State Outside Guard R William Watson of Zanesville will be the leading speaker at the district meeting and initiation to follow Friday night.

LOGAN Logan Aerie F.O.E Bert Smathers Murray City Aerie C. Emmett Blosser Lewis Canty Joe Green Wayne Whitcraft Vernon Anderson John Donnelly Co Nihiser Uecker Joe Rowley David Bee Carl Bell Dale Primmer R. William Watson Zanesville

Alumni Dance Plans Being Arranged for Logan School

The annual Logan School alumni dance is organized by Marjorie Brandt Mrs. John Green and Joe Gabriel with Mrs R R Lanning vice president in charge of arrangements. An orchestra will be selected soon after the meeting.

Logan — School Marjorie Brandt John Green Joe Gabriel R. R. Lanning Alumni Association

Wrights visit son in New Orleans

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wright left Tuesday for New Orleans La to visit their son and daughter in law Sgt and Mrs Bruce Wright. Sgt Wright is stationed at the army recreation center in that city.

Logan Robert Wright New Orleans Bruce Wright Sgt Wright Army Recreation Center

Logan Rev White to Install Sunday School Officers

Reverend E B White of the United Brethren Church announced that the annual installation of Sunday School officers will take place next Sunday during the regular church services.

Logan E. B. White The United Brethren Church

Chauncey-Dover Grad Seeks Cleveland Job

Jack Ley son of Mr and Mrs John Ley from Chauncey Dover High School graduates this spring and travels to Cleveland Monday to seek employment.

Cleveland Chauncey Jack John Ley Uncey Chauncey-Dover High School

May Relief Load Lightest Since 38 In Hocking County

Jacoby, Hocking County relief director, reported May relief cases at the lightest level since 1938. Records show 4 family cases affecting 405 persons plus 34 other cases amounting to 241 individuals, totaling 646 people aided in May.

Logan Everett Jacoby Hocking County Jacoby

Bond Fined $25 for Assault and Battery

John Bond Jr was fined 25 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to assault and battery He was arraigned Monday night before Magistrate Frank St Clair in Haydenville Sheriff Floyd Duffy and Deputy Jack Waldron filed the arrest affidavit by his wife Reba and her sister Doris Vollmer

Logan John Bond, Jr Haydenville Frank St. Clair Floyd Duffy Jack Waldron Reba Doris Vollmer

Police Recover Car of Clarence Brooks in Logan

LOGAN Police recovered the automobile owned by Clarence Brooks of North Culver Street after it had been listed as stolen from a back yard. The vehicle was found near where Brooks had reported it missing during the night, according to police records.

LOGAN Clarence Brooks North Culver Street Brooks

Honor Parents at Party in Corning

Mr. and Mrs William Wemmer of Millfield hosted a two course dinner Saturday to honor their son Dr Fred Wemmer and their grandson Billy Mac. Also present were Mr and Mrs Grover Patton Dr and Mrs Woodrow Patton Mr and Mrs Charlies Sanders and children and Mrs Elizabeth Robinett.

Chauncey William Wemmer Millfield Fred Wemmer Wemmer Billy Mac Grover Patton Woodrow Patton Charlies Sanders Elizabeth Robinett

Dinner honors 35th wedding anniversary in Corning

Dr Wemmer Chauncey and Mr Charles Harper hosted a Monday dinner at their Corning home in honor of Mrs Harper’s parents Mr and Mrs H F Kittle of Giouster. The couple celebrated 35 years of marriage as guests were seated for a six o clock meal.

Chauncey Charles Harper Ruth Anna Kittle Corning

Mullins Family Weekend Visit Spans Indiana and Kentucky

John Mullins and relatives from Chauncey visited cousins in Evaneaville Indiana and other kin in Kentucky. Mrs William Mullins of Chauncey underwent major surgery last Saturday in an Oklahoma hospital. relatives report her condition as favorable.

Chauncey John Mullins Nellie Dorothy Mullins Roy Mullins Athens Evaneaville Ind Edgar Jones Leonard Green Kentucky William Oo Ann Mullins Oklahoma James Mullins

George Bushnell Retained as Laurelville Vocational Teacher

Laurelville school board rehired George Bushnell as vocational agriculture teacher. The board also hired Charles Zeigler as principal at South Perry for the coming year, with Lowell Irick moving to a farm near Ridgeway.

Laurelville Charles Zeigler South Perry Lowell Irick Ridgeway

Brown Accepts Post With Steel Company

Harold Brown, son of Mrs. James E. Brown, will move to Middletown to work as chemist for the American Rolling Mills. He earned a bachelor of science degree in chemistry from Ohio University Sunday. His brother Glenn teaches chemistry at the University of Mississippi.

Logan Harold Brown James E. Brown Middletown American Rolling Mills Brown Ohio University Glenn University of Mississippi

Audit team arrives to review county records in Logan

Logan Bruce Wilson, a Chillicothe native, arrives Tuesday to aid biannual county records audit. He partners with Examiner A. G. Atwill and bases operations in the county board of elections office on the Court House’s second floor.

Logan Bruce Wilson Chillicothe A. G. Atwill County Board of Elections Court House

Chauncey Water Rent Collected by Town Clerk

Chauncey Council met at the City Building with Mayor W. D. Hines and Clerk Jack McCafferty presiding. Routine bills were paid and water rent collection planned through McCafferty at the McCafferty Store on E Main Street. Water meters began readings Tuesday and notices will be mailed by June 10 with payments due June 15. Council members were Luther Cruikshank C W Ferrer John Smart Joseph Cline Carl Shafer and William Leffler.

Chauncey Chauncey Council W. D. Hines Jack McCafferty McCafferty E. Main St Luther Cruikshank C. W. Ferrer John Smart Joseph Cline Carl Shafer William Leffler

Cut flowers keep best at near zero temperatures

A concise note states that cut flowers retain freshness when stored close to freezing, suggesting minimal temperatures around zero degrees. The guidance implies cold storage improves longevity of cut blooms.

Chauncey Lodges Plan Meetings and Social Events

Chauncey Ladies Auxiliary No. 9 to United Mine Workers meets Wednesday at 7 p m at the K of P Hall with a stork shower auction sale and a benefit party after the business agenda. Forest Rose Rebekah Lodge Chauncey will hold an important meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m at the K of P Building.

Chauncey Chauncey Ladies Auxiliary United Mine Workers K. of P. Hall Forest Rose Rebekah Lodge K. of P

Chauncey District Social and Personal Notes

Mrs Eva Ferre Benedum left Chauncey Sunday to join her husband Kenneth Benedum who is stationed at Camp San Luis Obispo California. Mrs Cora Ferrel Brooks Trendy ton Michigan has been in Chauncey visiting her mother and family High St and James Duffee Athens spent the week end in Chauncey guests of their brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Thomas Hamilton Mound St Mr and Mrs Lester Thomas and son Raymond of Langsville spent Sunday in Chauncey guests of Mr and Mrs Frank Neighbors Rev Gilbert Courtney attended the funeral of W H Worthmag at Athens Saturday.

Robert Juniper Harley Juniper Robert Hatfield, Jr Baby Columbus Charlies Martin Coate Pickett Nelsonville Nettle Pickett Sanford Call Buddy Wicks New Floodwood Rosa Brown Howard Hill Carbon Hill C. H. Keck Floyd Hook Virgil Huddy James Ossman George Ossman Cleveland Troy Fields Dorr Run William Davis Athens Inez Pidcock Sheltering Arms Hospital Chester Call Dayton Thomas Kennedy Galion Donald Elmer Rizer Charles Holcombe Evelyn Simonton Howard Simonton Tom Parry Nelsonville Rfc Carl Somers Marion Pickett Meeker Run Charles Marks Floodwood Rachel Hook Kimberly Clyde Wood Ruth Martin Cecil Monks William. Monks Rfd Chauncey Eva Ferre Benedum Kenneth Benedum Camp San Luis Obispo Calif Cora Ferrel Brooks Mound St Lester Thomas Raymond Langsville Frank Gilbert Courtney W. H. Worthmag

Chauncey Family Visit In Dayton Noted

Mrs Frankins Chauncey spent a week in Dayton with her daughter Mrs Jona Karr and infant granddaughter. Mrs Karr remains in critical condition but improved. Sunday Frank Lands, Frank Lands Jr and Lois Jean Lands visited Dayton and were joined by Mrs Sands. Lois Jean stayed a week at the Karr home.

Chauncey Frankins Dayton Jona Karr Mildred Lands Mrs. Karr Frank Lands Frank Lands, Jr Lois Jean Lands Sands Lois Jean Karr

Hospital Discharges From Cherrington Highlight Local Care

Logan-Mrs Daniel Matheny and infant daughter of Murray City were dismissed Monday from Cherrington Hospital. Norman Vorhees, badly injured when kicked by a mule, was discharged Tuesday. Mrs Walter Lane, severely burned lors arms and neck when her home burned, was released. Mrs Lou Davis of Shawnee was dismissed Tuesday. Elect Robert and William Spencer, sons of Mrs Walter Spencer of Murray City, had tonsilectomies at Cherrington Hospital.

Logan Daniel Matheny Murray City Cherrington

Logan Leonard and Bruce Price Earn Degrees in Ohio

Albert Leonard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Leonard, received his diploma Sunday at Ohio Wesleyan University graduation. Bruce Price, son of Mrs. Jennie Price, was awarded a bachelor’s degree from Ohio University Athens on the same day.

Logan Albert Leonard Walter Leonard Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware Bruce Price Jennie Price Ohio University Athens

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