Salvage Work Underway After Johnson Building Fire
Salvage efforts began in the Johnson Building after a Tuesday night blaze. J C Penney removal crews worked late to clear damaged merchandise while Luckoff Store also started cleanup from flood and smoke damage. Insurance protection covers much of the property and officials expect total damage under eighty thousand dollars.
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LOGAN
Johnson
J. C. Penney Company
B. O. Nixon
Luckoff
Morris 5
John Bice Arrested for Drunken Driving in Coshocton Visit
John Bice was arrested by Sheriff Floyd Duffy on a drunken driving charge after a belligerent exchange following his arrest. He pleaded guilty at arraignment before Frank St. Clair, fined 100 dollars plus costs, and jailed for failure to pay. He came to the area from Coshocton.
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Logan John Bice
Floyd Duffy
Bice
Frank St. Clair
Coshocton
Fire Ravages Johnson Building Recalled From 26 Years Ago
Logan residents remember a past blaze at the same Johnson Building caused by defective wiring. The older fire gutted the wooden structure and drew dramatic flames, recalled as more spectacular than the present incident.
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Logan
Johnson
Oldsters
27 Men To Take Tests On June 15
Officials of the Hocking County Selective Service Board announced a list of 27 registrants who will leave about June 15 for Ft. Hayes, Columbus, to be inducted if they pass army type physicals. The exact departure date was not disclosed. Names include Charles Clifford Donaldson of Cleveland and Marvin Eugene Byers of Toledo among others from Logan and nearby towns.
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Logan
Hocking County Selective Service Board
Ft. Hayes
Columbus
State Headquarters
Charles Clifford Donaldson
Cleveland
Marvin Eugene Byers
Toledo
Albert Walter Bachus
Charles T. Sparks
Haydenville
Roy Fickel
Rt. 4
Addison Andrew Frey
Walter Paul Campbell
Bedford
George Robert Cheshier
George Joseph Brutvan
Robert Eugene Tucker
Rockbridge
Carl Henry Poling
Euclid
Edgar Merle Tatman
Laurelville
Clarence Edward Allison
Rt. 1
Charles Andrew Rauber
Rt. 3
Elmo Grant Nice
Union Furnace
William Henry Hansel
Austin Stephenson
Francis Leonard Gardner
Howard Francis Egan
Elmer E. Bierly
William Junior Bailey
Louis W. Waddel
New Brighton
John Raymond Heigle
Hillard Reed
Chillicothe
William Allen Casto
Urbana
Leonard Jackson Joyce
Nelsonville
Wayne Emet Chambers
Tonsillectomies Reported at Cherrington Hospital
Four tonsil removals were done Wednesday at Cherrington Hospital. Patients include Bonnie Jo McCollum, Rosemary Wolfe, Betty Wolfe, Gale Bruce, and K Chapman, all of Nelsonville, with parents listed for each.
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Logan
Cherrington Hospital Gardans
Bonnie Jo Um
Wilbur McCollum
Rosemary
Betty Wolfe
Wolfe
Gale Bruce
Melvin Bruce
K Chapman
West Chapman
Nelsonville
Logan Social Notes and Club Activities
Social notes from Logan detail Tuesday and Monday meetings across several groups. Mrs Thomas FE Bender hosted the Tuesday Contract Club at Spring Street with nine members and two guests. awards went to Mrs Harden and Mrs Bassett, and guest favor to Mrs Primmer. Other items report St Johns School Hall auxiliary business, First United Brethren Church class meetings, G T Bridge Club hostess Bella Hyson, and plans for potluck and picnic suppers by the Business and Professional Women's Club.
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Sam Primmer
First United Brethren Church
George Freeman
Jean Amerine
Freeman
Hyson
Bella Hyson
G. T. Bridge Club
Emma Floyd
Mayme Rochester
Lucille Wright
Business
Professional Women's Club
Kachelmacher Park
Dessie Hanna
Georgia Hansel
Cora N. Brown
Margaret Hutchinson
Robinson Rejected in Army Examination
WPA officials report Dwight D. Robinson superintendent of WPA in Hocking County was rejected by army physicians in Columbus. He will return to his duties as county WPA head and had departed with an Athens contingent of selectees. A successor will be named after his Ft Hayes examination.
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Logan
WPA
Dwight D. Robinson
Hocking County
Columbus
Robinson
Athens
Ft. Hayes
Robert Sparnon Enlists at Fort Hayes
Logan Robert Sparnon son of Mr and Mrs Carl Sparnon has enlisted in the U S Army at Ft Hayes Columbus He is a teacher at Carbon Hill High School and a Logan High School and Ohio University graduate His brother Richard also serves in the army in Texas.
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LOGAN
Robert Sparnon
Carl Sparnon
Ft. Hayes
Columbus
Sparnon
Carbon Hill High School
Logan High School
Ohio University
Richard
Texas
Two Logan Youths Enlist in Army Air Corps
Two Hocking County youths have enlisted in the U S Army Air Corps. Both joined at Patterson Field Dayton. The enlistees are John Kenneth Donaldson Gore and Ralph Edward Dowler formerly of Logan now of New Marshfield.
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Logan
Hocking County
U. S. Army Air Corps
Selective Service
Patterson Field
Dayton
John Kenneth Donaldson
Gore
Ralph Edward Dowler
New Marshfield
Carr and Harbaugh Speak at Murray City USO Rally
Superintendent G. E. Carr and Mel Harbaugh spoke at a Murray City USO rally in the Murray City High School gym. Carr highlighted local war program contributions while Harbaugh outlined USO work for soldiers both in the U S and abroad. The event drew a large crowd and organizers listed were John Maraz chairman Franurphy and Joe Check.
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Murray City
John Maraz
Franurphy
Joe Check
May Used Car Titles Filed In county report
LOGAN Statistica shows 167 used car titles filed in May at the certificate of title office. Only three new car certificates were cancelled. Total receipts were 203.95 with 138.35 paid to the county and 65.60 to the state.
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Logan
Thelma Keyes
Mildred Blum
Hocking County Board of Health Meets for Routine Session
The Hocking County Board of Health held its regular meeting Wednesday afternoon in the office of Dr. H. G. Southard with Dr. C. F. Grattidge presiding as board president.
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Logan
Hocking County
Jacksonville Social Notes Abuzz With Weekend Guests
Jacksonville social column reports multiple visits and family ties. Mr. and Mrs. William Hallam hosted Six and Mia with Reinwalds, Elaine Reinwald, and Hallam Jr. plus Danny Buckley visiting from Columbus and Athens. Frazees, Turveys, and other local families hosted relatives and celebrated news of Ordell Frazee's Army assignment.
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Jacksonville
William Hallam
Mia
John Reinwald
Elaine
Wm Hallan Jr
Columbus
Danny Buckley
Athens
Rienwald
Raydun Frazee
Cleveland
Earl Frazee
Byrel Turvey
Eddie
Steubenville
Glouster
Edna Rawlins
Harry Sayre
Canton
County Farm Records Saved From Flames
Records of the Hocking County Agricultural Society were saved Tuesday night from a fire. Entry tags, check books and official paraphernalia were removed from the office of James Barker before flames and water reached them. A small amount of literature of little importance was spared.
Bell Twins To Work In Aircraft Plant
Logan Merl and Earl Bell, twins and Logan High School graduates, will leave Sunday for Kansas City after a five month training at the National School of Aeronautica in Kansas. They are to be given positions at the Glen Martin Aircraft Corp in Omaha Nebraska, following their training with Sun Glow Industries.
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Logan
Merl
Earl Bell
Carl Bell
Kansas City
National School of Aeronautica
Kansas
Glen Martin Aircraft Corp
Omaha
Nem
Logan High School
Sun Glow Industries
Case Dismissed in West Side Lumber Lawsuit
Plaintiffs moved to dismiss the West Side Lumber case and the entry signed by Judge Phil A. Henderson Wednesday states costs were paid by the plaintiff.
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Logan
West Side Lumber and
Ans
Phil A. Henderson
Boling Woman Discharged From Local Hospital
Mrs C H Boling of Logan Rural Route was released from Cherrington hospital Tuesday evening after a week of treatment.
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Logan
C. H. Boling
Cherrington Peee
Reed
Bombardier Logan Arrives on Brief Furlough in Logan
Former LHS football star Ramon Smith, serving as a bombardier in the Army Air Corps in Savannah, Georgia, arrived in Logan on Tuesday for a brief furlough. He is the son of Mrs. Alice Smith.
War Against Disease: The Role of Bowel Health and TONJON
An ad style notice argues that constipation weakens the body's defenses and promotes disease. It promotes TONJON as a remedy, claiming improved bowel elimination speeds recovery and strengthens health.
Brashares Files for State Legislature
Joseph F. Brashares, a Republican and veteran Enterprise merchant, filed his candidacy for state representative. A longtime civic figure, he has served two terms in the General Assembly and is widely known across the county.
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Logan
Josef F. Brashares
Brashares
General Assembly
Lydia May Julian Sues for Divorce in Common Pleas
Lydia May Julian seeks divorce from Paul Leslie Julian alleging extreme cruelty. She requests restoration of her maiden name Lydia May Lutz. They married on November 27, 1939 and have no children. Defendant resides in Lancaster.
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