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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1944
Page
10
Hocking Schools Collect Paper in City and County Drives
Logan residents report two planned waste paper drives led by Howard E. Kirk and Dexter with city school children aiding trucks. The drives follow earlier efforts and aim to boost paper collection across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirk
Dexter
Land Auction Notices in Athens County Ohio 73 Acres Listed
The notice promotes a sale on March 10 at 10 pm on the premises of the gasennes real estate in Athens County Ohio. It details multiple tracts with exact boundaries and areas including 73 acres, 6.26 acres, and various lots in New Rome and New England. The property is appraised at 450 dollars and to be sold for at least two thirds of that value. Administrator John Ackley administers the estate of Ell Praulding, deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Rose
Capron
George W. Rose
de Bonis Non
Cynthia Wallace
Fita
Gasennes Real Estate
Ehoe County
Athens
State of Ohio
Bod
Ohio Company
Mooten
Taenan
Ee En Tees
O. S. No
Newand, & County
Ohio
Senniy
O. L. 12
L. No. A
O. L. No
New Rome Township
New Epgest
John Ackley
Aaid County
O. l
New England
O. S
Ora OO
Ashcraft
Ell
Bpraulding
O Howland
Hawaiian Flowers Highlight Logan Social Circles
Logan residents share community news with notes from the Euterpean Club executive meeting at Mrs. Anthony Toerner’s home where officers for the year were elected. Aviation cadet John White leaves for Newport Arkansas after a 15 day furlough. Various residents visit relatives and attend gatherings at homes, churches, and schools across Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Euterpean Club
Anthony Toerner
Carl Harsh
Chieftains Are Guests Of Kiwanis
Kiwanis guests included Chieftains managers and other officials visiting for fellowship and discussion.
Sailor Dies After Fall Under Train Near La Porte
Logan staff special reports sailor Wendell Jones aged 27 died after stumbling under a train at La Porte Indiana station. A Jackson High School graduate, he worked in the Columbus state treasury office before enlisting in the U S Navy 18 months ago. He is survived by his wife Jean Hawker and his mother. Funeral arrangements pending in Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Wendell Jones
E. W. Jones
Jackson
Jack Clark
la Porte
Ind
Jackson High School
Columbus
U. S. Navy
Athens
Toledo
Jean Hawker
Lancaster
Logan Library board negotiating for new city librarian
A Logan Library Board spokesman said a tentative decision on Hallie Grimes's successor as city librarian has been reached but will not be announced yet as negotiations continue. The chosen candidate is expected to be a trained out of town librarian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Logan Library Board
Hallie Grimes
Drexel Institute
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Hortense Gibson
Frank Blasius
Hazel Barron
Robert Lee White
Services for Mrs. Etta Zimmerman
Funeral services for Mrs. Etta Zimmerman will be conducted Thursday at 2 p m at the First Methodist Church with Rev. Stanley W Wiant officiating. Burial follows in Oak Grove Cemetery. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Jacob Redick and had been a resident a short time before illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Second St
First Methodist Church
Stanley W. Wiant
Oak Grove
Jacob Redick
Missionary Society Plans All Day Meeting at Church
United Brethren Missionary Society in Logan holds an all day session on Thursday March 2 starting 10 a.m. at the church. A noon covered dish dinner follows, with Mrs. Charles Geil in charge. The meeting will welcome new members, include a memorial for the deceased, and feature officer elections during the business portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
United Brethren Missionary Society
Charles Geil
City-County Relief Issue Not Settled
City council finance committee, Hocking County Board of Commissioners, and Mayor W. Denzil Weltner met to clarify relief plans. A resolution seeks an itemized statement of city relief costs in the joint relief program before any firm action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Hocking County Board of Commissioners
W. Denzil Weltner
R. R. Loomis
Vera Blinn Society Meet At Warner Avenue Home
Mrs John Reich hosts Vera Blinn Society of the United Brethren Church on Warner Ave Thursday night. Mrs Edith Potts leads the program with officers to be elected during the business meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Reich
Vera
Sorority Plans Initiation Events This March
Sigma Phi Gamma sorority held a regular meeting led by Miss Anna Marie Schorr reporting last week’s pledge services for Gloria Summers Mary Ann Moorehead and LaVerna Wittekind. They scheduled rough initiation for March 6 and formal initiation for March 13 with a committee of Mrs Hayes Pritchard Miss Annalea Waltz Mrs Tommy Walsh and Mrs John Shaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LOGAN
Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority
Anna Marie Schorr
Gloria Summers
Mary Ann Moorehead
LaVerna Wittekind
Hayes Pritchard
Annalea Waltz
Tommy Walsh
John Shaw
Miss Summers
Miss Moorehead
Wittekind
Harold Brown
Shaw
Pritchard
Marvin Lackey
Charles Lehman
John Green
Walsh
Miss Schorr
Dorothy Conkle
Margee Price
Pauline Mowery
Annalea Woltz
Resigns Position in Principals Association
Logan High School principal Fred B. Burchfield resigns as secretary of the Ohio High School Principals Association activities section. He is succeeded by H. W. Rogge, who has served since formation. Burchfield says he resigns due to added duties as association president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Fred B. Burchfield
Ohio High School Principals’ Association
H. W. Rogge
Bryan
O. Burchfield
Principals’ Association
Illness Grounds Hocking County Court Officials
Clerk and deputy Thelma Keyes and Mildred Blum of Hocking County were ill Tuesday afternoon and unable to report for duties in the Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Thelma Keyes
Hocking County
Mildred Blum
Victory Food Rally Opens With Alma Garvin Speaker
A Victory food rally will feature Alma Garvin from Ohio State University as guest speaker. The program includes a display of food exhibits. Planning meeting is set for Monday night at Mrs Heinlein's home with Mrs Porter Heinlein and Miss Helen Evans involved.
23 Take Tests From Hocking
The leader of the group was Les ter Calvin Derr of Spring St. One bus transported the contingent to the examining center. Officials will report how many were accepted to the Selective Service Board later. Those chosen will be guests of honor at a dinner by the American Legion Auxiliary before active duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Calvin Derr
Spring St
County Selective Service Board
American Legion Auxiliary
Youth Dies Sunday After Long Illness
LOGAN services for John Mamek 20 died Sunday night at a relative’s home in Columbus. Funeral at Woodard Funeral Home 2:30 p.m. Wednesday with burial in Scotts Creek Cemetery. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Mamek. survived by a sister. Rev. G F Hanover of Ville will conduct rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LOGAN
John Mamek
Columbus
Woodard Funeral Home
Scotts Creek
William
Bill) Mamek
G. F
Walburn Sues for Divorce on Grounds of Gross Neglect
Joe Walburn of 167 Gallagher Ave files suit for divorce from Norris K. Walburn in the Court of Common Pleas. Married in Toledo on March 11 1943 with no children. Plaintiff seeks the household furniture except listed items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Joe Walburn
Gallagher Ave
Norris K. Walburn
Court of Common Pleas
Toledo
Local Sailor Home On Leave From Carrier Patrol
Machinist Mate 2 c John Rectenwaldt arrived home Monday night for a five day leave with his parents Mr and Mrs Leo Rectenwaldt West St. He has spent the last two months aboard an aircraft carrier in enemy waters and will return to Boston Friday night to rejoin his ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John White
Robert N. White
Newport
Arkansas
Rex Keller
Carbon Hill
Carl Pickerel
Charles Bell
Harry Bell
der Fausey
Columbus
Gibsonburg
Fausey
Bell
Will Leyshon
North Walnut Street
Hamblin
East Second St
John Mecum
Jacksonville
Logan
Mecum
Keller
Clarence Krumlauf
Warner Avenue
Michael Krumlauf
Lancaster
Dorothy
Ohio University
Betty Heine
Grant Hospital
James Reedy
E. Second St
Robert J. Sinnott
Rochester
New York
R. B. Sinnott
Mulberry St
R. N. Wellman
Camp Flora
Miss
John Wellman
Anne Wellman
Tom Price
Presbyterian Guild
Anthony Toerner
Clarence Heine
Jack Jones
John Rectenwaldt
Leo Rectenwaldt
West St
Boston
Two Face Delinquency Charges This Week
Arraigned before Probate Judge E. L. Ewings in Probate Court two individuals face delinquency charges this week. They were taken into custody Tuesday morning by Deputy Sheriff Jack Waldron upon a complaint filed by Charles Hicks, husband of the woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Ewings
Jack Waldron
Charles Hicks
Speakers Named for Church Conference in Hocking County
Interdenominational church conference in Hocking County lists Rev. Robert A. Byler of Maple Grove Methodist Columbus Rev. R. E. Dronsfield of Oakland Park Presbyterian Columbus and Rev. Archie Seywinsen of Cities at Chet Church Columbus as speakers.
Boards of Education To Meet This Week
Regular meeting Friday night in the office of County Superintendent S. H. Dillon in the Court House. Routine business will be considered at this session. The Green Township Board of Education will hold a similar meeting Thursday night at the school building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Dillon
Court House
Green Township Board of Education
Workmen's Mutual Burial Association to Meet Wednesday
LOGAN The Workmen's Mutual Burial Association will hold a regular meeting at 7 p m Wednesday night in the Work hall. An important business session is scheduled for this meeting according to Walter Huffman president of the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Workmen's Mutual Burial Association
Walter Huffman
Gilbert Hayes Recovers From Leg Graft Operation
Gilbert Hayes, badly injured three years ago in New York Central Railroad shops at Columbus, has undergone another operation at Mt. Carmel Hospital in Columbus. The doctors grafted bone from his sound leg to the injured limb. He is listed in room 203.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Gilbert Hayes
New York Central Railroad
Columbus
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Hayes
Mills To Be Speaker for Annual Dinner
William A. Mills of the group will speak on Post-War Planning at the annual dinner. The meal begins at 6 30 pm with a discussion to follow. Tickets are 125 per plate and on sale at Stark's Drug and the New York Clothing Store until noon Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
William A. Mills
Group Met
Mills
Pomeroy C
Stark’s Drug
New York
Virginia Lu Schaaf Missed Piano Duet Due to Illness
Virginia Lu Schaaf a Middleport High School freshman and her mother Eleanor Lansbury Schaaf were set to perform a piano duet at Heath Methodist Church Family Night. Illness disrupted the program as Virginia Lu contracted mumps, the third time she was unable to perform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Lu
Middleport High School
Eleanor Lansbury Schaaf
Heath Methodist Church
Chamber of Commerce to elect new secretary
Middleport chamber directors met to plan the March meeting where W A Mills of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce will speak. They discussed other business matters and the election of a secretary to replace Harry R Barnes who recently resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Middleport
Middleport Chamber of Commerce
W. A. Mills
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Harry R. Barnes
Mother Is Granted Custody in Ohio Habeas Corpus Case
In Meigs County Common Pleas Court Emily Garrison of Columbus was granted custody of her two daughters in habeas corpus proceedings. The ruling upholds a Franklin County court decision from divorce actions granting custody to Mrs. Garrison. The children had lived with relatives in Meigs County while Mrs. Garrison resided in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Emily Garrison
Columbus
Se Seteeertt Garrison
Frances L. Garrison
Bertha Garrison
Isaudge
Franklin County
Meigs County
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Legal Noth
Athens County
Ohlo Roe
A. Ay
Crate Wallace
Athens Messenger
Charles Baker
Washington Bowers
Delbert Norris
George Gribble
Ruth Ann Norris
Queen Vashti Rebekah Lodge
Sailor
Etta Zimmerman
Philip Faine
Sie
Aneete
Milligan College
Tenn
Meigs
Pomeroy Thurs
Frl
Gildersleeve
Peary
Lassie
Roddy McDowell
Ed Gwenn
D. Crisp
Pride of the
Bendvue
Today & Thurs
Eleanor Powell
Tommy Dorsey
Sorority
Glenn
Gom Mya
Boards of Education
Zenners
Floor
Red Cross
Rayon Crepes
United States
SheRed
Second Streets
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