Red Cross Blood Unit To Visit Logan This Week
The Mobile Unit of the Blood Donor Service will visit Logan Junior High School on June 15 and 16 for donor registrations. A long list of local residents and workers from Logan and nearby communities are named as registered participants.
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Red Cross Blood Unit
Logan
Blood Donor Service
Ann Waugh
Boyd Wright
Irene Murtha
Eugenia Funk
Beatrice Hagan
Mary Hiles
Mary Ann Moorehead
Virginia Fickel
Berry Bachus
Clara Egard
Roy Sigler
Alva Steele
Kenneth Gordon
Neal Beery
Herbert Sheline
Wilbur Stout
Ralph Poling
Madge Klinger
Karlotta Graham
Maxine Masure
Howard Linscott
Mary E. Schaad
J. H. Schaad
Ralph Mosure
Jeanette Leonard
Lawrence Hansley
Marian Debolt
Rockbridge
Harry Swaim
J. B. Rutgers
Herschel Prevost
Clarence Reider
Harry Pollock
Floyd Matheny
James Karshner
Clarence Matheny
Stanley Norris
Jerry Mesters
Ralph Campbell
Lincoln Swaim
Bob Gastin
Howard St. Clair
Nelson Skiver
Kenneth Chaffin
Katharine Mills
Gerald Miller
Haydenville
Edith Johnson
Edith Jones
Faith Beck
Mattie Harmon
Charles Donaldson
Mae Meredith
Ivor Dawley
Dillie Starner
Margaret Callahan
Ruth Callahan
Bess Davis
Catherine Daugherty
Ann Kemper
Anna Eckhart
Vern Hinerman
Helen Potts
Mary Donahue
Margaret Sapp
Marguerite Spencer
Elizabeth Floyd
Bess Kemper
Myrtle Wallace
New Stairsville
Ivannae Winnigman
Katharine Nutter
Neva Nutter
Theda Wilkinson
Opal Devol
Clarence Stevens
Harry Poling
Carbon Hill
Railroad Man Dies Sunday At Enterprise
Charles Seymour 79 died at home in Enterprise at 6 Sunday morning. A former Bellefontaine resident and New York Central Telegraph Operator, he is survived by his wife Emma three stepdaughters Mrs Engle Enterprise Mrs Halliday Rt 4 Logan and Mrs Hillyard Westerville two stepsons Ralph Mathias Utica Walter in US Army in European theater and Julius at Fort Belvoir Va Funeral at Heinlein Funeral Home Tuesday 2 pm Rev Carl Wilson officiating burial Antioch Cemetery body at funeral home for visitation until then
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Logan
Charles Seymour
Enterprise
Seymour
Bellefontaine
New York Central Railroad
Emma
Margaret Engle
Blanche Halliday
Rt. 4
Florence Hillyard
Westerville
Ralph Mathias
Utica
Ohio
Walter
Julius
Fort Belvoir
Heinlein
Carl Wilson
Antioch Cemetery
Funeral
Mooney Speaks At W C T U Institute In Logan
Mrs Tom Connors directed the W C T U institute at Logan's Presbyterian Church on Friday with morning Scripture readings by Mrs E M Godfrey and L P Mooney delivering the morning talk on International Peace. The afternoon featured Rev Mary Wahl of the Church of God and a musical program led by Jimmy Green and Mrs Harry Reeves.
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Logan
Tom Connors
North Orchard
W.C T.U
Presbyterian Church
E. M. Godfrey
L. P. Mooney
William Loomis
Lorena Struble
Jimmy Green
Mary Wahl
Church of God
Harry Reeves
Wahl
AIR HERO RETURNS HOME SGT Jurgensmeier of Logan recounts Pacific missions
Staff Sgt. Paul Jurgensmeier arrives on leave after thirty missions in the Gilberts and Southern Pacific with the Seventh Air Force. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with five oak leaf clusters, flying twice over Wake Island and surviving a Christmas Eve mission over Truk Tarawa Nauru Ponape. He is 24, one of eight siblings, and plans to report to the west coast for reassignment in July.
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Cleo Montgomery Logan
Paul Jurgensmeier
Pacific Islands
Gilberts
Southern Pacific
Wake Island
Truk
Tarawa
Naru
Ponape
Paul
Logan
Walter
Pete) Jurgensmeier
N. Mul‘berry St
Walter Jurgensmeier
Australia
Robert
Air Force
England
Jurgensmeier
West Coast
Seventh Air Force
Logan Brief Social Notes
Olga Green married Fred Hugh at the United Brethren Church with Rev. Grueser officiating. The bride wore navy crepe and white accessories. she previously worked as a librarian and at Case Drug Company. Various local residents and guests are listed with weekend visits and family connections. Rosemary Brimner will attend Camp Ann Bailey for counselor training then proceed to Camp Molly Lauman near Portsmouth.
Whitcraft Rites To Be Held Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs Isaac Whitcraft age 5 who died at her residence on North St Saturday morning will be conducted at United Brethren Church Tuesday afternoon at two o clock Rev A N Grueser officiating Survived by two daughters Merlin of the home and Mrs Marve Martin of Logan a son Tim Whitcraft of Columbus Grandchildren Wayne Whitcraft Richard Price of Logan Robert and Bruce Price in the service and two great grandchildren Burial will be made in Oak Hill Cemetery
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Logan
Isaac Whitcraft
North St
United Brethren Church
A. N. Grueser
Robert
Bruce Price
Oak Hill Cemetery
Harley Gooding Funeral Rites Held Wednesday
Harley Burns Gooding died Wednesday in Ohio Valley Hospital Steubenville. Funeral services were held at Midland Place with Rev Cecil H Jones officiating. Pallbearers were Dallas Kinser Clarence Blosser Floyd Duffy Joe Peterson Herbert Cook and Clifford Duffy. Burial followed in Ridgewood Cemetery Wellston by Leonard Funeral Service.
Hammon Family Visit Highlights Oxford Trip
Mr and Mrs Claude Hammon spent Sunday in Oxford visiting at Miami University where their son Apprentice Seaman Jer ry Hammon is stationed. Seaman Hammon has been advised that after a midterm leave of two weeks this month he will be escorted to university duties.
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Logan
Claude Hammon
Oxford
Miami University
Jerry Hammon
Hammon
Hocking Legion Men To Meet at Murray
Following a call by Hocking County Commander Louis M Seidenfeld of Murray City the Hocking County Council of the American Legion will meet at the Post quarters in Murray City Thursday night June 15 for the purpose of electing county officers The meeting will be at 3 oclock The posts comprising the council are Logan Post No 78 Logan Laurelville Post No 422 Laurelville and Murray Post No 420 Murray City Members of the Murray City Post will serve lunch and refreshments to visiting veterans and each post is requested to send its full quota of delegates and alternates
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Murray City
Hocking
Louis M. Seidenfeld
Hocking County
Logan High Band to Meet in Band Room Wednesday Evening
Bland announces the Logan high school band will convene in the band room at 7 30 Wednesday June 14 with the same uniforms worn on Memorial Day. Mr Bland urges all members to attend. Rex Fisher of Dayton a Warrant Officer with the 37th division in the South Pacific is home on furlough and visited his grandmother Mrs Kate Fisher of North Mulberry Street.
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Logan
H. IL
Rex Fisher
Dayton
South Pacific
Kate Fisher
N. Mulberry St
Roosevelt Signs Tax Reduction For Nightclubs
President Roosevelt signed legislation lowering the nightclub tax from 50 percent to 20 percent and extending the effective date to July. The measure also boosts the national revenue projection to 29 billion dollars.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Health Board Report From Hocking May Meeting
Logan health officials release the Hocking Board of Health report for May compiled by health commissioner H G Southard M D. It lists educational activities field nursing visits school inspections sanitation work and medical examinations including tuberculosis cases and communicable disease counts.
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Logan
Hocking Board of Health
H. G. Southard
M.D
Grange
Ohio State Nurses Convention
Federal Inspector of Jails
Legion to Sponsor Heroes Day War Bond Rally
American Legion Post 78 will sponsor American Heroes Day at Rachelmacher Park on June 14. Veterans Fred Shively Ralph Spence and Bill Robb will speak, Logan High School band will provide music, and General chairman Claude Bright will lead the event assisted by Melrose Harbaugh Wood Bowen W. W. Martin and George F E Carr.
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LOGAN
American Legion Post 78
Rachelmacher Park
Fred Shively
Ralph Spence
Bill Robb
Logan High School
the Legion
Claude Bright
Melrose Harbaugh
Wood Bowen
W. W. Martin
George F E. Carr
Straitsville Native Dies in Columbus
Joseph L. West 88 of 532 Oakwood Ave. Columbus died yesterday at home after living here 27 years, previously from New Straitsville. Survived by wife Charlotte E. West two daughters Mabel B. Davis and D. W. Johnston both of Columbus two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Friends call at Carroll Weir funeral home with services at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Burial in New Straitsville.
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Columbus
Joseph L. West
Oakwood Ave
New Straitsville
Charlotte E. West
Mabel B. Davis
D. W. Johnston
Carroll Weir
York Soldier Sent Back to Army Post
Pvt. Clarence Smith stationed at an Army camp in California was arrested by Constable Ernest Katzenbach in Nelsonville on Saturday and turned over to Army authorities at Fort Hayes after AWOL since June 1. It is the third time he has been charged with this offense. the family home is near Bessemer, York Township.
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Nelsonville
Clarence Smith
California
Ernest Katzenbach
Fort Hayes
Smith
Bessemer
York Township
Cutler Class Holds Picnic At Centenary Church
The Friendly Circle Class held its annual picnic at the church basement. Plans include a July program by Mrs. J. V. Leyda and hospitality for fathers day with a Centenary Church service at 10 a.m. The article lists extended family visits and military service developments involving members and relatives across Athens Marietta Columbus and Wil l i amstown.
Allied Airmen Dominate France Front in Sunday Battle
Allied airpower and ground support pressed the Normandy beachhead as RAF heavies pounded rail bottlenecks behind the German lines. Medium and fighter-bombers disrupted Von Rundstedt's concentrations while American and Allied forces advanced near Cherbourg, Ste. Mere Eglise, and Caen with airfield strikes and infantry offensives.
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RAF Heavies
von Rundstedt
Bay of the Seine
Shaef
Carentan
Cherbourg
Ste. Mere Eglise
Cherbourg Road
Lisbon
St. Lo
Normandy
Erwin Rommel
Marshal von Rundstedt
Valognes
Montebourg
82Nd Airborne
Bradley
Bayeux
Caen
France
Point Pleasant Personal News From Ohio Visits and Births
Local society notes recount visits by Mr. and Mrs. Russell Newton and relatives in Ohio, others at the Point Clinic in Princeton and the Naval Air Station in Norfolk. A birth is recorded at the Point Clinic and several residents travel to Huntington Fort Wayne and Columbus for family events and sales.
Nelsonville Airman Missing in Action Over Germany
Staff Sgt. Dana B. Johnson age 21, radio operator with an Army Air Force bomber squadron, is missing in action over Germany since May 28. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Johnson of Nelsonville, who moved there from Carbon Hill a year ago after growing up in Carbon Hill and graduating in 1940.
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Nelsonville
Dana B. Johnson
Frank Johnson
Myers St
Army Air Force
Germany
War Department
Johnson
Carbon Hill
Air Corps
Hocking County
Ralph Johnson
Hamilton
Navy School
Purdue University
Phillip Lama Dies Sunday In Lancaster Home
Phillip Eras Lama 84 died Sunday at his son Basil Lama’s home 1300 Graylock St Lancaster where he lived the last 13 years. He leaves wife Ada son Basil two grandchildren and a late son Bernard. Funeral Tuesday at 10 30 a m at the Lancaster residence with Rev A C Young then to Greenlawn Cemetery Nelsonville for burial with a brief service at the graveside.
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Nelsonville
Phillip Erasmus
Ras) Lama
Basil
Graylock St
Lancaster
Ada
Bernard
J. M. Lama
A. C. Young
Greenlawn Cemetery
Greenlawn
Dorr Run Men Fined In Mayor's Court
Nelsonville report says Andrew Birchfield and Harry Greem of Dorr Run pleaded guilty to quarreling and fighting in Mayor Miles Howe's court and were fined 10 dollars plus costs each. John W. Matheny of Deanville was fined 5 dollars and costs for intoxication after pleading guilty.
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Nelsonville
Andrew Birchfield
Harry Greem
Dorr Run
Miles Howe
John W. Matheny
Deanville
Charles Kinney Becomes City Pool Lifeguard
Charles Kinney has secured the position as lifeguard at the city swimming pool and began duties Sunday.
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Nelsonvnille
Charles Kinney
Rocksprings News Notes
Mr and Mrs Elmer Bailey Mrs Elada Hartung and Mr and Mrs Ed Humphrey and son Eugene attended the funeral of Sam Christy at Mt Herman Shared Thursday of last week Sergeant Jerrold Hartung who has been stationed since his enlistment in the air corps in July at various fields in Texas is enjoying a 15 day furlough at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs John Hartung Mr and Mrs Richard Hartung Marietta arrived Monday for a visit with his parents Mr and Mrs John Hartung and brother Sgt Jerrold Hartung Richard has just finished his basic training at the Great Lakes naval training station Mr and Mrs Wilbur Young and daughter of Racine were recent visitors at the home of his grandmother Mrs Kate Weyersmiller Mrs Mark Grueser has learned that since her husband’s return to Camp Maxie Texas that he has been promoted to technician fourth grade Mrs Anna Reuter Athens Road visited Tuesday of last week with her sister Mrs Kate Weyersmiller
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Jerrold FE. Hartung
Air Corps
Texas
John Hartung
Richard Hartung
Marietta
Sgt
Jerrold Hartung
Richard
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Wilbur Young
Racine
Kate Weyersmiller
Mark W. Grueser
Camp Maxie
Anna Reuter
Athens Road
Marriage Announcement for Dorothy Jane Nelsonville Bride
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Stewart announce the marriage of their daughter Dorothy Jane to Albert Earl Evans PTR 3-c U S N R N C B at the family home Friday June 9 at 6 oclock The Rev B A Awe performed the ceremony witnessed by close family and friends A reception followed The bride wore a powder blue street length dress with white accessories and pink rose buds The maid of honor was Miss Wilma Easterling Best man was Max Huston The bride is a Nelsonville High School graduate class of 1942 and works at the Devis Store She will live with her parents until after the war The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs James Evans of Nelsonville stationed at Camp Parks Calif He has served overseas in the Aleutians at Adak Rislda and Attu and will soon leave for his California base The Retta Howe Class meeting at Mrs Floyd Pences Carlton Hill has been postponed to Tuesday June 13 The Business and Professional Womens Club will hold a dinner meeting Tuesday at 6 15 pm at the First Presbyterian Church A program with officer installation will follow The W C T U Flower Mission meeting is planned Tuesday at 7 30 pm hosted by Mrs Laura Spencer East Chestnut Street
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Austin Johnson
Doris Johnson
Maye
Faye Biffle
C. Blount
Huntington
Arnold Johnson
C. C. Spencer
Seventh St
Carl Lieving
Barbara Jean
Point Clinic
Lincoln Ave
Vernon Miller
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Nancy Margaret
Miller
William N. Lewis
Old Town Farms
Annette Lewis
Clifford Dunn
Fort Wayne
Herman Kearns
Chillicothe, O
T. FE. Blessing
Audry Blessing
Randall Hogsett, Jr
Hogsett
Eugene
Bobby Chapman
Henderson
W. E. Kirk
Lee Wallace
Reedsville
Edna Jane Edwards
English Court
Holzer Hospital
Fred Batey
New Haven
Purdums
Nelsonville
Willard Stewart
Dorothy Jane
Albert Earl Evans
U.S.N.R
B. A. Awe
Wilma Easterling
Max Huston
Nelsonville High School
Devis
James Evans
Camp Parks
Calif
Aleutian Islands
Adak
Rislda
Attu
California
Local Residents Visit Relatives in Ohio and Athens
Mr and Mrs C J Bartels of Parkersburg West Virginia were Sunday guests of Mrs Bartels mother Mrs Joshua Spencer with Mrs Bartels staying longer. Leighton Aumiller and wife of Columbus were Sunday guests of their parents. Mrs Sam Starkey returns from Athens where her grandmother Ann Simonton of Albany had a tonsil operation and is recovering. Dr and Mrs W H Hyde are in Chicago attending American Medical Association sessions.
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C. J. Bartels
Parkersburg
W. Va
Joshua Spencer
Bartels
Leighton Aumiller
Columbus
Sam Starkey
Athens
Ann Simonton
Albany
W. H. Hyde
Chicago
American Medical Association
Nye Funeral Will Be Held On Tuesday
George Nye age 62 and former Nelsonville resident died Saturday at his Willoughby home. The body will be brought to Stout Funeral Home for funeral services Tuesday at 2 30 PM conducted by Rev. W M George. Burial at Greenlawn. He is survived by wife, one son, three brothers and three sisters.
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Nelsonville
George Nye
Willoughby
Stout Funeral Home
W. M. George
Greenlawn
Stolen 1939 Sedan Recovered by City Police
A 1939 sedan reported stolen from Columbus on June 8 was found parked on Fayette Street in Nelsonville by city officers Friday. The owner, Franklin S Corrick of Columbus, recovered the vehicle.
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Columbus
Fayette St
F. S. Corrick
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C. L. Moore
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Kenneth Moore
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Harry Thomas
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North High Street
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Grant Hospital
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South Logan
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Hocking Legion
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Joe
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Jack Vales
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Marietta Concrete Corp
J. A. Carothers
Toledo
Det
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Russell Newton
Pete Schneider
C. R. Schneider
C. M. McCray
Princeton
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Ravenswood
Eighth St
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Magnetic Springs
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Buckeye Lake
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Eloise
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Fred Stone
Fort Bragg
N. C
Rose Ann Glass
Red Cross
Martha Lynn Rothgeb
Ruth Bell
Ohio State University
Philip Hennesy
Norfolk
Mrs
Sam Simmons
Main St
Phillip Lama
Dorr
Rocksprings News Notes
Elmer Bailey
Elada Hartung
Ed Humphrey
Sam Christy
Mt. Hermon
Denny
Fet
Frank Morgan aKl
Antadom
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Nelsonville Social Notes
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Methodist Church
Floyd Pence
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First Presbyterian Church
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Helen Chappie
Mildred Lines
Laura Spencer
East Chest
Nut St
W.C.T.U
Nye
Lenners
Floor
Betty Grable
Lucille B
Dick Vi
Reiny O'Brien
Ras
S. M. Herzig
Fred Leidy
Charles Riesner
Y. Harburg
Diller
Carole Gallagher
Barbara Male
Alan Ladd
Betty Hutton
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