Circuit Court Opens With Judge Miller On Bench
Circuit Court opened here Tuesday at 9 am with Judge Lewis H. Miller presiding. Opening docket includes State versus James E. Jackson on statutory rape and several trespass and damages actions against entities including NC Railroad Co and city of Point Pleasant. Wednesday docket lists felonies and indictments including various defendants. Christmas and New Year celebrated jointly at the Costen home with guests from Pomeroy and Columbus. Tom Goetz, 12, improving after Holzer Hospital stay. Mrs. Wipple recovering from a knee injury. multiple local residents noted ill or visiting. City fire records show Logan endured 38 fires in 1950 with $12,665 total damage. March 29 blaze on West Hunter St. was most costly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Lewis H. Miller
State
James E. Jackson
Hilda Sheers
N ¥C Railroad Co
Bessie May Varian
City of
Fred Hudson
George Yester
Marvin
Cycus Lepori
W. Graben
Leon Good
Janes
Stanley Wright
Clarence Roosevelt Smith
S Tate
Clayton Byls
H. E. Costen
Park Drive
Costens
Holzer Hospital
Logan—City
West Hunter St
Weekend Auto Accident Counts Quiet in Logan
Hocking County reported one of the quietest New Year holiday periods with only two traffic accidents. A new incident occurred on Keister Ridge Road near Gibisonville involving Howard Fetherolf and Basil Good. Mrs. Fetherolf suffered facial injuries and was treated and released from Hocking Valley Hospital after the icy collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Hocking County
Keister Ridge
Gibisonville
Sheriff's Department
Howard Fetherolf
Laurelville
Basil L. Good
Chillicothe
Fetherolf
Hocking Valley Hospital
Services Set For J. E. Eads
Funeral services for James Thomas Eads of Point Pleasant Route 2 will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Eckard United Brethren Church with Rev. Donald Lockhart and Rev. F. H. Capehart officiating. Born in Mason County in 1872, he lived his life as a farmer and was a member of Eckard United Brethren Church. He was predeceased by his parents Samuel and Ellen Dice Eads and his wife Maggie Brown Eads. Surviving are his sister Mrs. Emma Lawson of 2218 Main St. and a brother Herbert Eads. Burial is planned at Lone Oak Cemetery. the family will receive friends at Mrs. Lawson’s home.
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Point Pleasant
James Thomas Eads
Eckard United Brethren Church
Donald Lockhart
F. H. Capehart
Eads
Mason County
Samuel Eads
Ellen Dice Eads
Maggie Brown Eads
Emma Lawson
Main St
Herbert Eads
Lone Oak Cemetery
Lawson
Wilson Keeps John G. Aten as Mason County Clerk
POINT PLEASANT In a statement after taking office John Anderson Wilson new county clerk said he would retain John G Aten Sr in the clerk's office. Aten who ended 30 years of service Sunday will continue in the office where he has served 42 years in various roles. Wilson a Democrat elected in November ended 42 years of Republican control of the Mason County clerk's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
John Anderson Wilson
John G. Aten
Aten
Wilson
Mason County Court
85 Per Cent Attend School on New Year’s
A formal survey across six Mason County schools shows about 85 percent of students were present on New Year’s Day. Henderson, Roosevelt, Point Pleasant High and Junior High, North Point Pleasant, and Central staffed the tally with Central reporting the most absences at about 20 percent, Roosevelt at five.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Henderson
Roosevelt
North Point Pleasant
Central
Family visitors travel across states to reunite with kin
Mr and Mrs Marcus McDaniel Bellemeade and Mrs Ernest Warner Jefferson Ave visited Mr and Mrs Marshall Long Evans W Va Mr and Mrs Herbert Sullivant Chicago Ill have returned home after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs T O Gaskins Washington Ave and other relatives Ret Frank Yester Camp Atterbury Ind is visiting his mother Mrs Bonnie Yester 25 Main St Mr and Mrs John Buxton Al
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Loy
H. A. Buxton
Leon
Homer Smith
Helen Poling
Mount Vernon Ave
E.S Rairden
Melvin Carson
P. J. Wallace
Buffalo
Dorothy Sayre
New Haven
Kathryn Beaver
Lougies Beaver
Kenneth Green
Gasglo
Ralph Noffsinger
Charleston
Pfc
Leonard Boswell
Camp Atterbury
Ind
W. G Boswell
Ray Thornton
Camp le- June
N. C
Raymond Boswell
Marcus McDaniel
Bellemeade
Ernest Warner
Jefferson Ave
Marshall Long
Evans
W. Va
Herbert Sullivant
Chicago
Ill
T. 0
Gaskins
Washington Ave
Frank Yester
Bonnie Yester
Main St
John Buxton
Six Arrested in Wire Theft at Hartford
State Police arrested six men on grand larceny charges after copper tubing was stolen from the Liverpool Salt Co. at Hartford. Suspects include Harry C. Roush Clifton Charles Franklin Van Meter West Columbia Rob ert F. Chattin Clifton Richard Taylor Van Matre Hartford Archie Kimes Jr West Columbia and Howard Curtis Stewart Mason City. All are jailed in Mason County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
D. G. Wilfong
R. C. Dilley
State Police
Liverpool Salt Co
Hartford
Harry C. Roush
Clifton
Charles Franklin van Meter
West Columbia
Robert F. Chattin
Richard Taylor van Matre
Archie Kimes, Jr
Howard Curtis Stewart
Mason City
Mason County
Engagement Is Announced for Ro beta Schmitter and John Warthman
Mr and Mrs Karl Schmitter of Poplar Street announce the engagement of their daughter Roberta to John William Warthman son of Mr and Mrs Dallas Warthman of Union Furnace The couple are both graduates Roberta from Logan High School class of 1949 and employed at Logan Clay Products Co while John Warthman a 1948 Union Furnace High School graduate works for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad in Columbus No wedding date has been set.
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Logan
Karl Schmitter
Poplar St
Roberta
John William Warthman
Dallas Warthman
Union Furnace
Miss Schmitter
Logan High School
Logan Clay Products Co
Worthman
Union Furnace High School
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Columbus
Cpl Oliver Serving With MP in Korea
Cpl William K Oliver serving with the Eighth Army in Korea attached to Military Police writes his mother Mrs Dorothy Oliver 222 Fifth St that he is serving abroad He previously served in Germany and belonged to the Point Pleasant Fire Department His two Hogsett brothers Charles and Robert also served in World War II The temperature is 15 below zero and getting colder
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Point Pleasant
William K. Oliver
Dorothy Oliver
Fifth St
Eighth Army
Korea
Cpl
Oliver
Germany
December arrests fall sharply with low total
Logan city police recorded only 11 arrests in December, a drop from earlier months when totals exceeded twice this figure. Intoxication led offenses with four cases, followed by two reckless driving incidents and one each of assault and battery speeding disorderly conduct driving while intoxicated and crashing a red light.
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Logan
Baby Girl Brown First 1951 Arrival in County
Logan reports the first baby of 1951 in Hocking County, a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. James Brown of Junction City. The eight pound four ounce newborn arrived at 3 30 am January 1 at Hocking Valley Hospital with Dr. John W. Doering as attending physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
James Brown
Junction City
Hocking County
Hocking Valley Hospital
John W. Doering
Logan Hospital
Kiwanis Club Plans Installation of Officers
Logan Kiwanis Club to install Richard Zay as president at Blosser's restaurant during the regular meeting. He succeeds retiring president Richard Farmer. Also to be installed tonight are Ralph Poston as vice president Howard Ralston as secretary and Eber Mowery as treasurer. The article notes a stray line about the bobwhite bird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Richard Zay
Logan Kiwanis Club
Service Club
Blosser's
Zay
Richard Farmer
Ralph Poston
Howard Ralston
Eber Mowery
Schultz To Continue As Commission Head
Keith Schultz of Zanesville Avenue was reelected chairman of Hocking County Commissioners at an organizational meeting in the courthouse. Joe M. Brown, Route 75 north, joined as the third member, replacing Walter Voris who did not seek re election. Jake Gleason, Route 33 east of Logan, is the other commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Keith Schultz
Zanesville Ave
Hocking County
Joe M. Brown
Brown
Walter Voris
Jake Gleason
Amphibians Need Moisture to Survive Warns Britannica
Britannica notes amphibians must stay near water as their skin requires moisture or they risk drying out and death. The caution emphasizes the vulnerability of amphibians to dry environments and the essential role of moist habitats for their survival.
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Miller
Good
J. E. Eads
Joel B. Draper
Athens
Athens County
Ohio
WWA
Ella Andrews
Glouster
John F. Newcomb
Starley F. Cephus
Sharpsburg
Rt. 1
de Bonis
Martha Cephus
Helen Ervin
John L. Sheridan
Amanda
Sheridan
John F. Neycome
First Wesleyan Methodist Church of
Court of Common Pleas
Athens Brick Company
First’ Wesleyan Methodist Church of
M. H. Hughes
Harry Leroy Frost
Co. 319
USN TC
San Diego
Califor
Mary Frost Chubb
Mary Louise Frost Chubb
Elton R. Frost
Sion Frost
Ohio Company
Baby Girl Brown
County
Kiwanis Club
Hateh
Schultz
Commission
Athens Buick CO
Athens, Ohio
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