Two More Prisoners Escape Logan Jail by Roof Cut
Two inmates fled Hocking County Jail after midnight using a blanket rope to breach the second floor ceiling and roof. Clyde Robinson and Aldren Easterling, both in custody, remain at large as Sheriff Sol Ellinger seeks help from neighboring counties.
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Sol Ellinger
Carl Huddy
Ellinger
Joe Farbearn
Stanley Sparnow
Green Township
Alva Lutz
John Chutes
Edward Simms
Liberty
Camp Mocking civilian supervisors choose to stay on
Logan June 27 7 When civilian supervisors at Camp Mocking reported for work Monday morning they were at liberty to remain in camp during the remainder of their six months period of employment if they care to do so A tent has been assigned them for sleeping quarters and they also will be given sustenance Many of the 21 men are planning to remain in camp Ralph H Beal 2 coal miner Sand Run son of Mr and Mrs John C Beal and Hester E Smith MM shoe worker Carbon Hill daughter of Mr and Mrs Leroy Smith
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Mocking
Ralph H. Beal
Sand Run
John C. Beal
Hester E. Smith
Carbon Hill
Leroy Smith
Trial in Bealer coal case opens in Logan court
John Bealer sues Green-Schultz Coal Co and the Industrial Commission seeking compensation for injuries from a Sand Run mine accident in 1931. A jury was sworn in for the Common Pleas Court trial, with 12 jurors named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firm Lambert
Sylvia M. Dollmatsch
Karl Hartman
Oscar Rheinacheld
Rempel Patchen Logan Couple Married at Catlettsburg
Miss Martha Rempel daughter of Mr and Mrs R F Rempel Logan and William Patchen Jr were wed at the First Presbyterian Church Catlettsburg Ky Saturday Violet Rempel Columbus attended as sister and George Mason Catlettsburg served as best man An informal luncheon followed at the Mason home Both graduates of Logan High Class of 1926 Patchen works at the Cincinnati Shoe Company in Logan LOGAN June 27 Acting Police Chief Man Cook reports a quiet first week without Chief Lew Reynolds on vacation Only one daytime call involved a dog depradation No arrests made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Martha Rempel
R. F. Rempel
William Patchen
First Presbyterian Church
Catlettsburg
Violet Rempel
Columbus
George Mason
Mason
Patchen
Logan High
Cincinnati Shoe Company
Cook
Lew Reynolds
West
Branigan Returns Home From Oberlin For Summer Vacation
Durward Branigan son of Mr and Mrs James Branigan has returned to Logan for the summer. He studies at Oberlin and has a strong academic record. He is active in athletics and played on the baseball team this spring.
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Logan
Durward Branigan
James Branigan
Oberlin
Branigan
Athletica
Jobs Man Held Logan Arrest Report
James Nutter arrested Friday by Deputy Sheriff Stanley Sparnow and held for investigation after a report that he ran members of his family from his home. Paroled from Mansfield Reformatory two months ago. Parole Officer F P Martin investigated the district.
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Logan
James Nutter
Jobs
Stanley Sparnow
Nutter
Mansfield Reformatory
F. P. Martin
Weekend visits spread across towns in Ohio
William Thomas Jr. visited with his parents in Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Lunsford from Glouster were guests of the Loper family in Murray City. Helen Brooker returned from Columbus after a week there. Several couples and individuals, including the Ayers, Ralph, Baird, Devol, Simmers, Barnhill, Taylor, Vogelstein, Hill, and others, visited in various towns such as Nelsonville, Murray City, Sand Run, and Pomeroy. Ohio University student Lewis Robson of Piney Fork spent the weekend in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Lunsford
Glouster
Pat Loper
Beulah Loper
Murray
Helen Brooker
Columbus
J. A. Ayers
Nelsonville
Charles Ralph
Belle Baird
Phil Devol
Murray City
Dan Simmers
Athens
E. A. Person
Man Jolted by Bomb as Racketeers Suspected
Mansfield police investigate a bomb explosion under a porch that jolted Joseph Ryan, a reputed slot machine distributor, and damaged his home while he and his wife were unharmed. Police Chief William Lauer called it a racketeers warning.
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Mansfield
Joseph Ryan
Ryan
William Lauer
Unusual Plane Lands in Gallipolis Overnight
A seven passenger Buehia Air sedan owned by H. P. Trusty of California stopped at Twin-Cities Airport Gallipolis on Monday at 1:30 pm and remained due to storms. Ensign L. W. Olson piloted the craft from Cincinnati to Washington DC with two passengers including Mrs. Trusty. The $34,000 ship features the Trusty Safety Device with automatic cabin doors and parachute-equipped seats for emergency egress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polia
Twin Cities
Cedar Street
Second Avenue
Gallipolis
Buehia Air
H. P. Trusty
California
Twin-Cities
L. W. Olson
Trusty
Cincinnati
Washington, D. C
Yager Sentenced for DWI in Gallia Court
C J Yager of Gallia was jailed and had his driving rights suspended for 1983 after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. Mayor A J Stormont imposed the sentence following his Monday arrest by Patrolman Chester Leaper and Officers James Roberts and Robert Gibbs after his car struck George Hamilton’s parked sedan.
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Alaipolm
Gaye
C. J Yager
Gallia
A J Stormont
Chester Leaper
James Roberts
Robert Gibbs
George Hamilton
Richards and Butz Attend Ohio Red Cross Sessions
Gallipolis reports Mrs. C. C. Richards executive secretary and Mrs. J. C. Butz travel to Columbus for the Ohio Red Cross Association sessions this week.
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Gallipolis
New Wide Range Wound Projection Installed at Gallipolis Theater
In Gallipolis the theater installs a new wide range wound projection this week. Installation began today as officials showcase updated equipment for audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Obituary for Mrs. Jemima Phillips of Gallipolis
Mrs. Jemima Phillips age 81 died at her home on upper Second Avenue Monday morning from infirmities of age. A native of the county she recently moved with her son Orlando from Milton West Virginia. Survived by two sons Orlando Phillips of Gallipolis and Dr D M Phillips of Huntington and a daughter Mrs W H Rayburn of Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Jemima Phillips
Upper Second Avenue
Funeral services for James Walter Banks in Gallipolis
Funeral services were held at Paint Creek Baptist Church for James Walter Banks 58 a former Columbus resident and former furniture factory worker who died of heart trouble last week at his Columbus home. His brother William Banks and sister Lillie accompanied the body. The remains were brought to Mrs. Lydia Hammond’s home on Saturday.
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Gallipolis
James Walter Banks
Columbus
Paint Creek Baptist Church
O. P. Wright
Wiliam Banks
Lillie
Lydia Hammond
City completes annual painting of mail boxes
Gallipolis reports that 25 collection boxes in the city were repainted by Tom Adams the post office custodian on Monday completing the annual project.
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Gallipolis
Tom Adams
Estate assets insufficient for partition in Scott vs Esterbrook suit
In Gallipolis on June 27, the court ordered sale of Cheshire Township property to satisfy a 2720.24 debt after assets in the John N. Scott estate were deemed insufficient for partition. J E Bing Amose Walker and David Briggs named as commissioners. Lulu Bradham granted divorce from Mack Bradham after the defendant acted as his own attorney. Planters Manufacturing Co awarded 471.18 with interest from June 4 1983 in a suit against W L Potting. Dickerson Fuel Co awarded 403.46 from Virginia E Myers on default.
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Gallipolis
Aassets
John N. Scott
Savannah Scott
Mary Esterbrook
Cheshire Township
Common Pleas Court
J. E. Bing
Amos Walker
David Briggs
Lulu Bradham
Mack Bradham
Residents head to Worlds Fair and hosting visits
Robert Thabet Kenneth Wayne Loren and Jack Amsbury depart Sunday for a week at the Worlds Fair staying with Ira and Mrs Frost. The Frost daughter is a child of Hollis Johnson and Rev and Mrs William Wood Duff. Others sail to visit Lebanon Indiana and Blanchard Iowa for three weeks with their parents. Prof Humphrey and daughter Helen of Toledo visit Mr and Mrs Fred Mille. Ellis Sidley of Chicago visits his parents Mr and Mrs W G Sidley.
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Robert Thabet
Kenneth
Wayne
Loren
Jack Amsbury
Ira Frost
Atty
Hollis Johnson
William Wood Duff
Lebanon
Ind
Blanchard
Iowa
P Humphrey
Helen
Toledo
Fred K. Mille Ellis Sidley
Chicago
W. G. Sidley
Railroad men recalled to Steubenville duty
Gallipolis reports Heber Robinson an engineer and Clarence Biffle a fireman were recalled by the New York Central Railroad on Sunday to report at Steubenville. The pair had been out of work for over a year. Robinson had 27 years of service with the road.
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Gallipolis
Heber Robinson
Clarence Biffle
New York Central Railroad
Steubenville
Roth
Robinson
Legislature Faces Revenue Strain Amid Tax Shifts
Lawmakers outline how the education fund suffers from lower county tax receipts and how the state must raise more money. The general fund relies on inheritance taxes and various fees, while the cigaret tax and highway funds fund schools and roads. With beer taxation debated, a $90 million biennial total is deemed insufficient.
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General Revenue
General Revenue Fund
General Fund
House
Senate
Girl Bitten by Copperhead Recovers in Holzer Hospital
Virginia Malley seven, daughter of Cecil Halley of south Gallipolis, is recovering at Holzer Hospital after a copperhead bite to the heel Sunday night. The snake measured 28 inches. Mrs. W J Root of Middleport had a major operation at the same hospital Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Virginia Malley
Cecil Halley
South of Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
W. J. Root
Middleport
Huntington dentist named to Cabell County Board of Education
Gallipolis reports Dr. Ira Kail of Huntington, previously a dental surgeon at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics, appointed to the Cabell County Board of Education by West Virginia Governor Kump under the new unit plan. Mrs. Kail, formerly Marilla Bovie of Gallipolis, is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ira Kail
Huntington
Ohio Hospital
Cabell County
Legion Auxiliary Members Plan Surprise Birthday Bus Trip
American Legion Auxiliary members rented a bus to surprise Blanche Dugan at her home Wednesday evening. A potluck lunch followed. Margaret Strong had surgery at Holzer Hospital last Wednesday and is recovering well, as is Mrs. Harley McCumber in the same hospital. The Eastern Star inspection drew about 150 at the high school with Blanche Davis and Jewell Strong initiated. Laura McGrew of Columbus conducted the inspection. Mr and Mrs Oliver White visited daughter Alice Peters and family Sunday. W J Beckley did painting for Ronald Bobo at Ewington. Families of Emil Steffin Ray Strausbaugh Daily Woods and Sherm Sheinfield picnicked at Wellston Park Sunday. Mr and Mrs Dave Valentine of Athens were guests of Mrs Lottie Kruskamp Thursday.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Blanche Dugan
Margaret Strong
Holzer Hospital
Harley McCumber
Eastern Star Chapter
Blanche Davis
Jewell Strong
Laura McGrew
Columbus
Oliver White
Alice Peters
W. J. Beckley
Ronald Bobo
Ewington
Emil Steffin
Ray Strausbaugh
Daily Woods
Sherm Sheinfield
Wellston Park
Dave Valentine
Athens
Lottie Kruskamp
Joan Crawford Plans NYC Visit If Fairbanks Condition Worsens
Hollywood June 27 Joan Crawford the divorced actress wife of Douglas Fairbanks Jr announces she will fly to New York to be at his bedside if his pneumonia worsens.
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Hollywood
Joan Crawford
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
New York
Children’s Day Program at The Plains Church of God
Mrs Grace Goldsberry led a children's day program at The Plains Church of God to a appreciative audience. The Plains M E Church plans observance on Sunday night July 9 with Marie Aleshire in charge of the Junior Chorus Dorothy Cade training Bible School children and Fredricka Nida directing a pageant. Mrs Eunice Harvey who had surgery in Athens Sheltering Arms Hospital left hospital Saturday to recover at her mother Mrs Missouri Lowery's home in The Plains.
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Chauncey
Grace Goldsberry
Plains Church of God
Plains M. E
Marie Aleshire
Dorothy Cade
the Bible School
Fredricka Nida
Chauncey Residents Attend Visits Across Cities
Kenneth Nye returns from Jackson with Albert Franz and James Ferguson then spends the weekend in Charleston with daughter Kathleen Ferguson. Mrs Flora McHarg visits Chauncey sister Rose Ferguson, while Mrs Harry Webb and daughter Delores of Athens stay with Edward and Mrs Sickles in Lower Plains. Floyd Barker and wife of Athens visit George Gabriel Jr. in Lower Plains. Margaret Tippett visits Cathrine Courtney in Nelsonville. Juanita Pendergrass visits aunt Maude Figgins in Nelsonville. Elmer Finsterwald and children from Athens visit Chauncey mother Ella England.
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Flora McHarg
Lower Plains
Rose Ferguson
Chauncey
Harry Webb
Delores
Athens
Edward Sickles
Floyd Barker
George Gabriel, Jr
Juanita Pendergrass
Maude Figgins
Nelsonville
Elmer Finsterwald
Chauncey Sunday
Ella England
Doctor Wharton Returns to Cleveland for Lakeside Internship
Dr Ralph Wharton recent Western Reserve graduate returns to Cleveland after visiting Chauncey with his brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Donald Henry He will intern at Lakeside Hospital The Henrys host the latter's parents Mr and Mrs Elmer C Wharton of Johnstown Ohio former Chauncey residents this week
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Chauncey
Ralph Wharton
Western Reserve
Cleveland
Donald Henry
Wharton
Lakeside Hospital
Henry
Elmer C. Wharton
Johnstown
Ohio
Mattress fire averted at Grimes building home
A mattress fire started by a lighted cigarette was thrown from the home of Mr and Mrs James Pencelli in Avert, Sunday night, preventing a possible disaster. The couple lives in an apartment above the Tippett grocery in the Grimes building.
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Chauncey
James Pencelli
Grimes
Tippett Grocery
Past Chiefs Meet Chauncey Club Members Thursday
Mrs. William Collins Sr. hosts Chauncey Pythian Sisters Past Chiefs Club at her Main Street home Thursday night. The gathering includes Chauncey members and other club participants in a social meeting.
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Chauncey
William Collins
Main Street
Chiefs Club
Pythian Sisters
Athens man wins fourth prize in gas refrigerator sale drive
In Campagia Athens figures in a nine week sales push across thirteen Ohio cities by gas refrigerator makers and state gas companies. L. Z. Herron of Athens won the fourth prize of 60 dollars for selling 26 units. Other top prizes went to salesmen in Chillicothe Cambridge Newark and Zanesville.
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Athens
Ohio
L. Z. Herron
Chillicothe
Cambridge
Newark
Zanesville
Question Maid in Cleveland Murder
Detectives questioned a 27 year old housemaid in the Cleveland Heights murder of Mrs. Juliet Spero. Mrs. Spero was stabbed and beaten in her second floor bedroom. her husband Benjamin Spero was in Toronto on business. The house was ransacked but only two rings and a small amount of money were taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
Juliet Spero
Cleveland Heights
Modern Farm Home On Peach Ridge Burns
Lightning struck the L. F. Junod farm at Peach Ridge destroying the eight room home of John G. Hixson and its contents. Mrs. Hixson and their son were in Athens when the bolt ignited the structure, which had electric lights and a furnace and was partially insured. Neighbors discovered the blaze after it gained headway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Hixson
Peach Ridge
Athens Considers Soft Water Plant and Sewage Plan
City officials and council members weighed a soft water plant to serve homes, noting greater sales and cistern removal but citing costs from 15000 to 50000 for sewage disposal. Planning efforts, street sidewalks, and recreation facilities were also discussed with a lease for Rowland Field reportedly near approval.
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Page Oni
Roberts
Wood
Athens
Burgess
Hopkins
Rowland Field
John Dowler
West Washington
City Board of Education
Hill East
a/ing
Harper C. Pendry
A. E
Board of Education
Aed
A Baby For You Ad Promises Blessing by Mildred Owens
An advertisement urges readers denied a baby to write Mildred Owens at 1415 Coates House, Kansas City Missouri, claiming a "simple home method" after 15 years of denial has helped others find happiness and to write now for this promised blessing.
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Mildred Owens
Coates House
Sas City
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