Large Number of Hocking County Youths Inducted in 1948 Draft
Logan and Hocking County youths, totaling 78 of 115 registrants, were inducted into the Army Navy Coast Guard and Marine Corps after final exams at Ft Hayes. The Army led with 71, Navy 5, Coast Guard 1, Marine 1. Twenty were rejected, four held over, five transferred to other boards. Inductees feted at a farewell dinner by the American Legion Auxiliary before deployment.
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Logan
Logan and Hocking County
Army
Navy
Coast Guards
Marine Corps
Ft. Hayes
Columbus
Hocking County
Selective Service Board
Coast Guard
American Legion Auxiliary
Ministerial Association
The
American Legion
March 31 Deadline for Tax Returns in Logan County
Logan County residents face a March 31 deadline for listing personal property for tax assessment. County Auditor Kenneth R. Fitzgerald calls current listings fair and notes stocks bonds annuities notes mortgages farm equipment grain mining equipment must be listed. Bernard Barrick assists in the county commissioners room for those seeking help.
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LOGAN
Hocking County
Kenneth R. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Bernard Barrick
Court House
Funeral Services Held For Thomas A. Spencer
Logan funeral services were conducted for Thomas A. Spencer 60 at his West Logan home then at Nelsonville Pilgrim Holliness Church. He died Monday at St. Francis Hospital Columbus after a long illness. Burial followed at Greenlawn Cemetery. Survivors include wife Grace a son Friend Spencer of Willoughby three daughters Mrs Earl Anderson Mrs Merrill Griffin and Mrs L G Hykes of Willoughby and half brother Charles Scott of Bellville.
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Merrill Griffin
L. G. Hykes
Willoughby
Charles Scott
Bellville
Ohio
Native of Hocking Dies in Columbus Funeral Services Set
Funeral services for Elizabeth Jane Pierce 78 of 92 E Tompkins St widow of Lafayette Pierce who died at home yesterday will be at 2 p m Friday in the Fei funeral ome with burial in Union Cemetery A native of Hocking County she came here 60 years ago Surviving are four sons Harry George Frank and Homer three daughters Mrs Mary McNabb Mrs Minnie Davis and Mrs Prudie Shaffer 21 grandchildren eight great grandchildren two brothers and a sister
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Columbus
Elizabeth Jane Pierce
E. Tompkins St
Lafayette Pierce
Union Cemetery
Hocking County
Harry
George
Frank
Homer
Mary McNabb
Minnie Davis
Prudie Shaffer
Rotary Club Elects New Officers in Logan
Logan Rotary Club elected Rev. Cecil H. Jones as president, Bob Keynes as vice president, and Harley Meyer as secretary treasurer at a Monday night meeting at the White House. Directors include Sherman Lyke Earl Elberfeld and James Young. James R. Smoot and Rev. Jones discussed the county victory garden program.
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LOGAN
Logan& Rotary Club
White House
Cecil H. Jones
Bob Keynes
Harley Meyer
Sherman Lyke
Earl Elberfeld
James Young
James R. Smoot
Jones
Hocking County
McCall Services Held Thursday at Logan
Funeral services for Thomas J. McCall 78 a former Logan resident were held Thursday at 1 a.m. at Leonard Funeral Home with Rev. Cecil H. Jones officiating. Burial followed in Union Cemetery Athens. He died Monday afternoon in Mercy Hospital Columbus from a heart attack while living with his daughter Mrs Ralph Heft in Columbus. Survivors include daughter Mrs Frank Ricketts and sister Mrs L W Gage both of Logan.
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LOGAN
Leonard Funeral Home
Thomas J. McCall
Mercy Hospial
Columbus
Cecil H. Jones
Union Cemetery
Athens
Fairmont Creamery Company
Ralph Heft
Frank Ricketts
L. W. Gage
Defendant Appeals Judgment in Ohio Insurance Fund Case
Logan Ohio defendant in the George Scott versus Industrial Commission of Ohio case filed a notice of appeal from the Common Pleas judgment. Judge Phil A. Henderson earlier ruled the plaintiff is entitled to participate in the State Insurance Fund.
Bright Sues for Divorce From Myrtle Bright
John W. Bright files for divorce from Myrtle L. Bright in the Court of Common Pleas. They were married December 30, 1941 and have no children.
Patrolman Arrest Man For Passing Stop Sign
Casal Mason of Logan Route 2 pleaded guilty to failing to stop at a highway intersection. He was fined $5 and costs after arraignment before Mayor Denzil Weltner, cited by state highway patrolmen.
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Logan
Casal Mason
Denzil Weltner
Meyer Birth Announcement for Cincinnati Girl
Logan Jr. and Mrs Emil J Meyer of Cincinnati announce the birth of an eight pound daughter born March 15 at Christ s Hospital Cincinnati Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Harvey Anzle Haydenville and Mr and Mrs Paul Meyer Toledo
Local Selective Service Board Meets at Court House
The Hocking County Selective Service Board held a regular meeting in its Court House headquarters Monday night. Registrants were interviewed classified and reclassified during the session.
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Logan
Hocking County
Logan auditor flags skipping real estate appraisal
LOGAN The six year appraisal of Hocking County lands and buildings will not be made this year. County Auditor Kenneth R. Fitzgerald announced no funds were appropriated and no office appraisal could be performed with accuracy. The last appraisal occurred in 1936.
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LOGAN
Hocking County
Kenneth R. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Franklin Kerr Guild Hosts Pot Luck Meeting at Presbyterian Church
Logan brief notes that the Franklin Kerr Guild and Maude Cook Circle met in the Presbyterian Church social rooms with hostesses Mrs Paul Collison Mrs Stanton Pond Mrs John McBroom and Mrs Frank Walters. They enjoyed a pot luck supper and social evening. Mrs Charles Achauer and Mrs Kerwood Martin reviewed Rim of the Caribbean as this year's mission study text.
Dinner Honoring Camp Butner Private Lawrence Jones
Private Lawrence Jones of Camp Butner North Carolina was guest of honor at a dinner hosted by his parents Mr and Mrs John Jones. Other attendees included Mr and Mrs Harold Jones and son Johnnie Jim Jones Mr and Mrs Clarence Tucker and children of Columbus Mr and Mrs Co E Hartley and Walter Hartley Dayton Mrs Ruth Sherburne and children Lancaster Velma Devol Dorothy Lehman Lawrence Blair Mr and Mrs Harry Lehman and children Mrs Clarence Lehman and family and Mr and Mrs Charles Lehman.
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Lawrence Jones
Camp Butner
North Carolina
John Jones
Harold Jones
Johnnie
Jim Jones
Clarence Tucker
Columbus
Co. E .Hartley
Walter Hartley
Dayton
Ruth Sherburne
Lancaster
Velma Devol
Dorothy Lehman
Lawrence Blair
Marriage of Virginia Martin to Private Charles Baum in Columbus
Announcement lists Virginia Martin daughter of Mr and Mrs J C Martin Haydenville wed to Private Charles Baum son of Mr and Mrs George Baum Logan. Ceremony March 10 at Columbus read by Rev C B Clendenen. Attendants were the siblings Mrs Beatrice Hagan and Mrs Arthur Baum. Mrs Baum works at Logan Resident Engineer office. groom stationed at Fort Benning Georgia to return Sunday.
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Virginia Martin
J. C. Martin
Haydenville
Charles Baum
George Baum
Logan
C. B. Clendenen
Columbus
Beatrice Hagan
Arthur Baum
Book Club meets at Miss Sally Holmes home for review
The Book of the Month Club gathered at Miss Sally Holmes home Monday evening. Miss Mary Eyerman presented the review titled Get Thee Behind Me by Hartzell Spence and refreshments were served. The Les Amies Class plans a meeting in the church dining room Friday March 19 at 7 thirty p m. Members should bring an old hat for the auction.
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Sally Holmes
Mary Eyerman
Hartzell Spence
Les Amies
Logan Squaw Club hosts pot luck at Mrs Barbeann home
Thursday evening the Logan Squaw Club enjoyed a pot luck supper at the home of Mrs. Joe Barbeann. The informal gathering included many members and the next meeting is planned for March 25 with Mrs. Emma Lanning hosting. The Delta Theta Tau sorority meets Wednesday at eight. Other notes include visits by Mr James Sherlock and family, and local church and military furlough updates.
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Logan Squaw Club
Joe Barbeann
George Stallsmith
Esther Wilson
Ella Mason
Bryan Waldron
George Preston
Arlie Hiles
Thomas Phillips
Raymond Phillips
Raymond Pierson
Emma Lanning
Ed Healy
Walter Huffman
Charles Mack
Charles Schorr
Gertie Harden
Ray Garverick
Delta Theta Tau Sorority
James Sherlock
Sandusky
Jimmy
Eddie Sherlock
Toledo
Sherlock
Logan
Lucius Conrad
Presbyterian Church
Merritt Rheinscheld
Chambers seeks partition writ in Perry Township suit
Myrtie L. Chambers files a suit in the Court of Common Pleas for a writ of partition of lands in Perry Township. An entry recorded Tuesday notes no hearing date yet. Chauncey area residents Mr and Mrs Charles Sweeney hosted weekend guests including Mr Charles Sweeney Jr and Miss Ethel Sweeney from Glouster.
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LOGAN
Perry Township
Myrtie L. Chambers
Court of Common Pleas
Chauncey
Charles Sweeney
Mary Helen Sweeney
Marion, O
Ethel Sweeney
Glouster
Farm Leaders Plan Mobilization of Local Farm Labor
Perry Township farm leaders met at Laurelville School to discuss mobilizing machinery and labor for the upcoming planting and harvest seasons. The meeting chaired by Forest O. Wolfe covered an exchange policy and featured speakers James Frye S H Dillon E N Turner Rev Cecil H Jones and James R Smoot outlining the mobilization plan.
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Cecil H. Jones
Presbyterian Church
Hocking County
Smoot
Social notes from Coolville and nearby towns
Coolville and Troy residents share weekend visits and gatherings. The Cody family plans a move to Frame property. Mary Catherine Valentine visits Parkersburg sister. Oscar Pierce and children visit Findlings in Alfred. others attend family dinners and birthdays. A hospital operation is reported for Shirley Gilson and funeral services held for Mrs. Elmer Cubbison in Nelsonville.
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Cooolville
Russell Cody
Athens
Anderson Bentz
Cody's
F. C. Taylor
LaVerne Fuller
Lancaster
Mary Catherine Valentine
Parkersburg
Howard Chapman
Oscar Pierce
C. E. Findling
Alfred
G. R. Walden
A. B. White
C. E. White
J. E. Meredith
I. W. Burnfield
Vera Daugherty
Marl Jackson
W. A. Bingman
R. S. Henderson
Byron Frost
Frost
Zaleski Social And Personal Highlights
Several local residents are noted with visits and family news. Eddie Webb suffered a fractured arm at school. Mrs Eula Pope and son Eugene visited relatives in Waverly. The Parsons family stayed at Hebron and visited here. Beatty Turner, 50, died at home in Albany after living in Zaleski. his son Everett died in a mine accident years ago. Funeral services were at the Town House. Other items include visits from Mary Alice Bedinghaus and Mrs. James Barnhouse. Pvt. Harley Greene on furlough. Mary Pot ter and relatives in Columbus. and Emma Andrews visiting relatives in Columbus.
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Zaleski
Eddie
Edward Webb
Eula Pope
Eugene
Waverly
Russell Parsons
Hebron
Beatty Turner
Albany
Turner
Vinton County
Edna Turner
Columbus
Everett
Here
Town House
John Bedinghaus
Mary Alice Bedinghaus
Cincinnati
James Barnhouse
Chillicothe
Harley Greene
U. S Army
Mary Greene
James McKibben
Mont Herwick
New Plymouth
Route
Howard McGranor
Wellston
William Tripp
Emma Andrews
Belle Johnson
Cox
Athens
Mary Potter
JJ. L. Cavanaugh
West Columbia Social Briefs
West Columbia notes list many local visits and family events. Families named include Van Matre Foreman Coleman Riley and Kapp with gatherings in Union Middleport Mason City Point Pleasant and Kaylong Route. A birth is reported with the Riley family in Mason City.
Chauncey Man Suffers Severe Facial Injuries
Chauncey Otto Schrappe was injured at a Shell station when a tire pressure dislodged a wheel rim and struck his face. He suffered multiple facial fractures including jaw and nose, plus a deep cut and was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens accompanied by his brother Hugo Schrappe.
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Chauncey
Otto Schrappe
Shell Station
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Hugo Schrappe
Hemlock Grove Social Notes Report Rabies Rabid Dog
Nine local residents are receiving rabies treatment after a rabid dog owned by Jewell Story killed Rus sell Cullums last Monday. Local social updates list guests visiting families across Hemlock Grove including the Cullums and Midkiffs with multiple weekend and weekday visits.
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Columbus
Dorsel Smith
Frank Clark
Ziba Midkiff
June Hess
Athens
Omer Hess
George Paulsen
Rio Grande
Robert Leifheit
Burlingham
Ernest Cullums
Terry
Lena Cullums
Bert Romine
Gene
Kenneth Romine
Porter Midkiff
Olie Clark
Midway
James Clark
Wallace Midkiff
Midkiff
Drexel Hess
Cherry Ridge
Avery Logan
Mrs Florence Minister Moved to Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mrs Florence Minister of Athens and former Chauncey resident was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital Tuesday for major surgery on Wednesday after weeks of serious gallstone illness. Her daughter Mrs Dorothy Goodson lives in Chauncey.
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Chauncey
Florence
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Dorothy Goodson
Minister
Visit By John Cunningham To Chauncey Parents
Chauncey resident John Cunningham, son of Mr and Mrs Rye Cunningham of W Main Street, who attends a Naval School in Detroit Michigan, spent the weekend at his parents home in Chauncey.
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Chauncey
John Cunningham
Troit
Mich
Rye Cunningham
W. Main St
Chauncey Visitors from Amesville Stop in
Mr and Mrs Elmer Ferrer of Amesville, formerly Chauncey, visited relatives and friends on Tuesday in Chauncey.
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Chauncey
Mrs
Elmer Ferrer
Amesville
Canter Rites To Be Held In Chauncey Thursday
Pearl Canter 49 Chauncey World War I veteran was found dead at his brother William Canter's home on E Main St He worked in mining and served 23 months in WWI Funeral services set for Thursday at 1 pm in the Church of Christ Chauncey with Rev Gilbert Courtney Burial in Greenlawn Cemetery He is survived by three sisters Cynthia Tomlinson Mary McAlinden and Sarah O Rourke and four brothers Clyde Frank William and Earl He was born near Wellston and spent most of his life in Chauncey
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Chauncey
Pearl Canter
William
Elizabeth Canter
E. Main St
Church of Christ At
Gilbert Courtney
Greenlawn
Canter
Henry
Maria Canter
Wellston
Cynthia Tomlinson
Mary McAlinden
Toledo
Sarah O'Rourke
Clyde
Taylor Ridge
Frank
Earl
Leave To Make New Home in Michigan
CHAUNCEY Mrs Gresanthy Grandstaff and daughter Diana left for Lansing Michigan to join her husband Clifford Grandstaff employed there and to establish residence. Her brother Michael Keasey who lived with her left for Lafayette Louisiana to live with sister Miss Helen Keasey now in government work, leaving Chauncey.
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Chauncey
Gresanthy Grandstaff
Diana
Lansing
Mich
Clifford Grandstaff
Chauncey Birthday Party Honors Norma Cunningham
Mr. and Mrs. Rye Cunningham of Chauncey hosted a Monday night birthday gathering at their West Main Street home for their daughter Norma who turned 13. Guests included family and friends such as Cleo Cunningham Gleneta Patton and many others who helped serve ice cream and cake.
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Chauncey
Rye Cunningham
W. Main St
Norma
Finnearty Family Returns Home From Columbus Visit
Mrs John Finnearty and son returned to Millfield after visiting relatives in Columbus. She learned that her husband Pvt John Finnearty was transferred from Meridian Mississippi to Vicksburg Mississippi.
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Millfield
John Finnearty
Columbus
Pvt
Meredian
Miss
Vicksburg
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Ted Riley Jr
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Point Pleasant
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