Logan-Hocking County exceeds fund quota in cross war drive
Sherman Sebold announced that Logan Hocking County has surpassed its Cross War Fund quota by 1626.53 with 7800 plus raised. Logan City contributions total 7392.85 and schools rural districts 2033.68. Murray City School area led by Joe Stone contributed 364.68 amid local economic changes.
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Logan
Hocking County
Sherman Sebold
Logan City
Forest FE
Sebold
Murray City
Stone
Zenith Snyder
Kate Anders
James Wolfe
Grace Thomas
Harry Jonas
Earl Keck
Samantha Mitchell
Dan Mohney
Esther Lanning
Blanche Brooker
Gertrude Felton
Mary Thomson
Mabel LeFever
A. Z. Penrose
Lula Nutter
Guy Darby, Jr
Mildred Lanning
William Johnston
Samuel Gompf Burial At Oak Grove
Last rites for Samuel Gompf aged 74 will be held at 2 30 p m Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church. The retired news stand operator died Monday afternoon at Lancaster City Hospital after a stroke and burial will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Dorothy Lane Seifert of Spartansburg South Carolina brother Fred of Petersburg Indiana half sister Mrs Rudolph Rempel Columbus and four half brothers Robert Adolph Chris Logan and Fran of Cleveland. The body remains at Leonard Funeral Home pending services.
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Logan
Trinity Lutheran Church
Samuel Gompf
Lancaster City Hospital
Lynn Rittman
Oak Grove
Dorothy Lane Seifert
Spartansburg
S. C
Fred
Petersburg
Ind
Deputy Sheriff Arrests Soldier as Deserter
Tommy L. Johnson age 24 of New Plymouth Rural Route was arrested Tuesday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Frank Larimer and jailed awaiting military police from Fort Hayes. He is charged with desertion from Fort Ord California where he left his post March 8 after induction December 10 1941. He said he planned to marry soon if not apprehended and was taken into custody at his fiances home in Coonville.
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Logan
Tommy L. Johnson
New Plymouth
Frank Larimer
Ft. Hayes
Ft. Ord
California
Tie
Coonville
Hocking Farmers Told How To Curb Black Market
Hocking County USDA War Board Chairman Paul H Shaw outlined rules for farmers to curb black market livestock operations. Farmers must keep records, verify dealers hold permits, obtain slaughter permits if butchering for sale, and continue raising livestock. Applies to cattle hogs calves sheep and lambs with permits stamped on meat.
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Shaw
Usda War Board
AAA
Armstrong Building
Logan
Ohio
United States
Logan Brief Social Notes
Logan social items report club meetings, hostesses, and upcoming events. Members of the Junia Club gathered at Mrs. Wellman’s home with guests including Miss Eleanor Durr and Mrs. Anthony Toerner. Various church and social groups announce meetings, programs, and installations across Columbus and Union Furnace school teachers visiting Toledo.
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Eleanor Durr
G. R. Robinson
M.S. Pond
Anthony Toerner
Emma McLain
Logan Senior High to host varsity players vs faculty team
Logan Senior High School hosts the Tournament of Varsity Players showcase Friday at 8 p m in the senior high gym. Parry's five includes Buchanan Goss Pollock Weiland Blick Gaston and Hughes. The faculty squad features Schulters Mackey Eberst Chilcote Allen Hankison Ellinger and Haas. A 10 and 20 cent admission covers both games with a 7 pm preliminary between East and Central grade schools.
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Logan
Johnny Parry
Schulters
Mackey
Eberst
Chilcote
Allen
Hankison
Ellinger
Haas
Parry
Buchanan
Goss
Pollock
Weiland
Blick
Gaston
Hughes
Central
House Fails To Vote On Draining Bill
Hocking County Board of Commissioners shows little interest in a LOGAN measure to end a 5 per day fee for drainage ditch inspections. No ditches exist locally and northern Ohio counties pushed the bill. it did not reach a vote in the House Tuesday.
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LOGAN
Hocking County Board of Commissioners
Ohio
House of Representatives
Revival in Progress at Pilgrim Holiness Church
Revival meetings underway at Union Furnace in the Pilgrim Holiness Church. Evangelist Rev Helen W Tatmann of Circleville leads nightly at 7 30 with music by the Dickerson sisters of New Plymouth. Local pastor is Rev Ray Pidcock.
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Union Furnace
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Helen W. Tatmann
Circleville
Dickerson Sisters
New Plymouth
Ray Pidcock
Recreation Hall Approved For War Plant In Point Pleasant
The Public Building Administration approved a $65,000 recreation hall site for war workers at Point Pleasant West Virginia. The southeast corner of Jackson Avenue and Lettar Road on a 150 by 250 foot lot will serve the nearby West Virginia Ordnance Works and housing project. Final plans for an 88 by 118 foot hall with lounge kitchen snack bar and stage were completed and bids are to be advertised in about 10 days.
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Washington
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Public Building Administration
Federal Works Agency
Federal Public Housing Authority
Jackson Ave
Letart Road
FPHA
West Virginia Ordnance Works
War Production Board
Public Buildings Administration
Up and Down Main Street by Cleo Montgomery
A fragmented local column noting Mrs. Curtis Cole’s move from Columbus to Newark care of Mrs. Jack Buntz, a shiny car at John Shorr’s home, club replacements at Get Togethers, and staff changes. It mentions several residents in military training at Great Lakes Miami Fort Hayes Navy Pier and Salt Lake City, with a light local tone.
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Cleo Montgomery
Sam Cole
Curtis Cole
Columbus
Newark
Jack Buntz
State Road
John Shorr
John
Point Pleasant
Lucille Wright
Elizabeth Rempel
Mary Bowen
Arthur Miller
Tide Huston
Belle Hyson
Emma Floyd
Rempel
the Messenger
Logan Republican
Fred Hull
Great Lakes
Dean Collison
Air Corp
Miami
Fla
Billie Snyder
Fitz Moriarity
Fort Hayes
Eddie Hamilton
Navy Pier
Chicago
Charley Shaffer
Panama
Boggs Bright
Curtis Wright
Cleon Tucker
Verle Collison
Salt Lake City
Martha Magle
Army Depot
Sam
Wheat Theft Reveals Boy's Real Age
Logan area report details how Raymond Johnson Gore was found to be 15 after being charged in a wheat theft case. He had registered for selective service as 18. Sheriff Floyd Duffy arrested him along with three other youths for the barn theft near Gore. Johnson pled innocent and was held on $1,000 bond. arraignment canceled due to minority.
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Logan
Selective Service Board
Raymond Johnson
Gore
Johnson
Floyd Duffy
Lewis Price
Frank St. Clair
Ohio case transcript on Raymel Wine plea and bond
Magistrate Frank St Clair filed Tuesday in the Court of Common Pleas a transcript in the State of Ohio versus Raymel Wine. Wine, 20, of McArthur Route 2, pleaded innocent to a charge of pointing a firearm and was held to the grand jury on a bond of 300 dollars.
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Logan
Frank St. Clair
State of Ohio
Raymel Wine
McArthur Rt. 2
Court of Common Pleas
Logan Kiwanis Club Hosts Tuesday Motion Pictures
Logan Kiwanis Club showed motion pictures at its regular Tuesday night meeting held at the White House. Paul Bennington chaired the arrangements committee.
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Logan Kiwanis Club
LOGAN
Logan Kiwanis Cub
White House
Paul Bennington
Three Logan Men Ask Immediate Induction
Logan and Hocking County registrants Talmadge Alford Logan William Rufus Hutchinson Logan Rural Route Harold Eugene Woltz Rockbridge volunteered for immediate military duty after screening. They will join a future inductee contingent.
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LOGAN
Hocking County
One Group to Manage Defense Unifies Local Civilian Coordination
Logan Hocking County moves to a single civilian defense council for city and county activities. The board includes Harry Shaw as chairman of public safety and coordinator for air raid wardens across Logan Union Furnace Rockbridge Haydenville Mt. Pleasant and Ewing. A county blackout drill is planned next month by state CD headquarters.
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Logan
Howard E. Kirk
Hocking County
Harry Shaw
D. O. Davis
Ray Snyder
Stanley Baker
Fred Jurgensmier
Denzil Weltner
Shaw
Union Furnace
Rockbridge
Haydenville
Mt. Pleasant
Ewing
State CD
Tarlton Pastor Holding Meetings at Millfield
Rev. D. W. Snyder and Mrs. Snyder from Tarlton conduct a weeklong revival at East Millfield Mission Church with preaching and special music. Services start nightly at 7:30 and the public is invited. Mrs. Jacob Waldeck is pastor of the Mission Church.
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Chauncey
D. W. Snyder
Women’s Church Club Sets All Day Session
The Woman’s Christian Service Society of the Mc Dougal arch will hold an all day meeting Thursday at Mrs. Adaline Easler’s home. Members are asked to contribute April Fool packages and bring lunch. All women of the church are invited. Also on Sunday April 4 the Sunday School will be reorganized and plans made for the Easter program.
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Priscilla
Methodst Church
J. S. Cherrington
Columbus
Ohio State Medical Association
Homer Redick
Third Street
Vera
Grace Wood
Hildreth Willis
Union Furnace
Toledo
Chauncey — Woman's Christian Service Society
the McDougal Arch
Adaline Easler
McDougal
Straitsville Personal and Social Notes
Straitsville residents share family visits and illnesses. Guests include Frank Collins family from Junction City and Walter Collins family from Canton. Local events note church services, military family mentions, scarlet fever recovery, a Red Cross fundraiser, and a funeral for Joan Davis.
Letter Tells Parents Son Safe After Air Incident
A letter from the co pilot of a bomber explains Sgt. Charles Starcher bail out over enemy territory in the Mediterranean in mid February. He landed uninjured behind enemy lines and is believed captured. Charles and his friend group were from Logan and the parents were relieved from the prior telegram reporting missing in action.
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Logan
Ralph Starcher
Tomber
Charles Starcher
Mediterranean
Starcher
Logan A marriage License Issued by Probate Court
A marriage license was issued Tuesday by the Probate Court to James Emmitt McManes 58 a carpenter and Clare Beebe Keeney 59 of Nelsonville Route 3 a housewife.
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Logan
James Emmitt McManes
Carpenter
Clare Beebe Keeney
Nelsonville
Apple Grove Social Notes
Edward Lee Hayman is recovering from illness. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Shank and families and Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Shank and families were Sunday guests of their mother Mrs. M. V. Shank. A.C.S. George Hayman visited Springfield for Army training with Ruby Hayman Doris Hayman Ada Lee Hannum and Laura Johnson. Gladys Hayman and Delores Wolfe accompanied to Columbus. Aviation Cadet Robert E. Shank completed basic pilot training at Randolph Field Texas and is now at Ellington Field for advanced training. W.S.C.S. met at Mrs. Bertha Robinsons home with ten members. devotions led by Mae Hayman and president Ellen Sayre conducted the business.
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Apple Grove
Edward Lee Hayman
E. C. Shank
W. E. Shank
M. V. Shank
Ruby Hayman
Doris Hayman
Ada Lee Hannum
Mr. Alto
Laura Johnson
Racine
A.C.S
George Hayman
Springfield
Gladys Hayman
Delores Wolfe
Columbus
Early Roush
Orville Shields
Herb Sayre
Robert E. Shank
Randolph Field
Texas
Ellington Field
W.s.cs
Bertha Robinson
Mae Hayman
Ellen Sayre
Mrs Homer Redick Seriously Ill After Stroke
Mrs Homer Redick is reported seriously ill at her Third Street home after a stroke several days ago. She is under care of a physician.
Millfield Bridge Club Holds Meeting
Miss Louise Nagle hosted a Millfield Bridge Club meeting at her home with two tables in play. Mrs. Florence Howard won high score and Mrs. Christine Brown finished second. The next gathering will be at Christine Brown’s High Street Chauncey home.
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Chauncey
Louise Nagle
Millfield
Florence Howard
Christine Brown
High St
Miss Nagle
Margaret Simpkins
Virginia Nagle
Elizabeth Willis
Helen Sanders
Eleanor Sharick
Millfield Air School Cadet Home on Furlough Visit
Pvt Julius Kozma of Chauncey, in a Chico California flying school, is home on furlough visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Zig Mond Kozma at Millfield. Eleanor Kozma Bordi and two children Michael and Mollie of Columbus join as guests. The Kozma family has six sons serving.
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Chauncey
Julius .Kozma
Chico
Calif
Zigmond Kozma
Millfield
Kozmas
Eleanor Kozma Bordi
Michael
Mollie
Columbus
Kozma
Entertain Guests at Shafer Home Birthday Dinner
Chauncey Mrs Floride Grinstead and daughter Betty Lou and Elveta Freedman visited Columbus for the weekend with Mrs Grinstead's parents Mr and Mrs John Shafer. Sunday Mrs Shafer hosted a dinner honoring her daughter's birthday with a decorated cake centerpiece. Other guests included Mrs Nellie Brookins and daughter Thelma Jean of Chauncey.
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Chauncey
Floride Grinstead
Betty Lou
Elveta Freedman
Columbus
Allied Gains Continue on African Front
Allied forces press the Mareth Line and Sfax area with a dozen objectives near Guetaria Pass and Mezzouna as prisoners rise toward 13 000 since El Alamein. In Tunisia a push around Bizerta and Dijebel Be highlighted by Goums of French Morocco. On the Russian front the thaw halts big moves though Soviet forces reach trenches near Smolensk and report no essential changes.
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So Sfax
Guetaria Pass
Mezzouna
Manassy
el Alamein
Mareth Line
Bizerty
French Morocco
Dijebe
Reachi London
van Arnim
Tunsia
Red Army
Smolensk
Kharkov
Donets
Skinner Dinner Honors Two Sons Before Army Induction
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Skinner of Trimble hosted a two course chicken dinner Sunday in honor of their two sons Floyd and Ernest Skinner who are soon to leave for Army induction. Guests included D. Jackson Chauncey Mrs. Carsey Mr. and Mrs. Dean Mason Betty Bonnie Scotty Skinner of Columbus and the Skinner couple themselves.
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Chauncey
Ben Skinner
Trimble
Floyd
Ernest
Floyd Skinner
Ernest Skinner
D. Jackson
Carsey
Dean Mason
Betty
Bonnie
Scotty Skinner
Columbus
Chauncey Crabtree Daughter Undergoes Tonsillectomy
Chauncey Phyllis Crabtree daughter of Mr and Mrs Emanuel Crabtree Jr Chauncey underwent a tonsilectomy instead of an appendectomy as was stated in Mondays Messenger.
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Chauncey
Phyllis Crabtree
Emanuel Crabtree
Messenger
Draft Board To Close Early Twice Each Week
The Hocking County Selective Service Board headquarters in the Court House will close to the public Wednesday and Saturday afternoons, effective immediately. Previously open six days. the two weekly closures address backlog, in line with National Selective Service regulations. The office will stay open on Eastern War Time.
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Logan
Hocking
Kaszonyi Jr. Visits Grandparents in Millfield
Chauncey John E. Kaszonyi Jr. of Niles spent the weekend with his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. John Kaszonyi and aunt Mrs. Elizabeth Willis in Millfield.
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Chauncey
John E. Kaszonyi, Jr
Niles
John Kaszonyi
Elizabeth Willis
Millfield
Chauncey Supt Jandes and daughter visit Cincinnati amid illness
Chauncey county home superintendent A L Jandes and his daughter Betty spent Sunday in Cincinnati. Mrs Jandes remained there for several days caring for her aged father Jacob Frey who has been seriously ill.
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Cincinnati
Chauncey
A. L. Jandes
Betty
Chauncey Church Board to Meet Wednesday Night
Rev. Gilbert Courtney announces an official board and workers conference at the Church of Christ in Chauncey for Wednesday night. The meeting aims to discuss church affairs and organizational plans with parish members in attendance.
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Chauncey
Gilbert Courtney
Board and Workers Conference
Church of Christ, Chauncey
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