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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1943
Page
10
Neards Tir with These Rood
A fragmented OCR item mentions individuals and a ward, with unclear connections and several misspelled terms. The readable parts imply a local notice involving names tied to a ward assignment or meeting. No clear event or outcome is identifiable from the legible text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kowkle Rooke
Studer Ward
Todd Lyn
Fragmentary Names and Phrases From Local Page
Readable fragments list multiple personal names and roles in a scattered text segment. No clear event or outcome. likely a social note or draft of a roster with individuals such as Sally Jay Brooks Johnson Bruce and Norma Donna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally
Jay
Brooks
Johnson Brucemary
Vance el
Vic Pedigu
Nichols
Rose
Norma Donna
Nelle
Logan City Schools Set Final Exams Week Schedule
Annual final examinations will be held next week in Logan city schools. Examinations run Tuesday to Thursday with grade cards issued Friday. Baccalaureate is at 3 p m Sunday with Dr Ganse Little delivering the sermon. Commencement Friday night May 28 features James A Maddox as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Logan City
Ganse Little
Broad Street Presbyterian Church
Columbus
James A. Maddox
Columbus Chamber of Commerce
Columbus Board of Education
Hocking Youth Entered in State Meet at Ohio State
Harold Summel of Union Furnace will represent Hocking County in the state inter scholastic track and field meet at Ohio State University stadium May 28 29. Summel won the Class B mile in 4 47 at district Marietta, faster than the Class A winner 5 12. Stimmel coached by D O Davis has placed in every meet. Robert McDaniel took third in the 880 yards and Gerald Arnett finished seventh in the same event. all three Union Furnace athletes will compete in the state meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LOGAN
Hocking County
Ohio State University
Harold Summel
Young Stimmel
Supt
D. O. Davis
Marietta
Robert McDaniel
Union Furnace
Gerald Arnett
Hattie Dollison Dies. Rites Set In Columbus
Mrs. Hattie Dollison widow of James Dollison died Saturday at Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus of pneumonia. Graveside rites will be held Tuesday at 4 30 p m in Oak Grove Cemetery with Rev. Cecil H. Jones reading the commitment. She lived at the Normandie Hotel in Columbus. survivors include cousin Tide Houston and niece Olivia Wright in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Wakeling
Olivia Wright
New York City
Sergeant Ralph Spence in California Hospital for foot operation
Sergeant Ralph Spence of Logan is confined at Leterman General Hospital in San Francisco for surgery on a right foot bone injury from action in New Guinea last Christmas. Doctors say the wound is not serious and he hopes for a furlough soon. He has been in the Army since March 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Ralph Spence
John Spence
Letterman General Hospital
San Francisco
New Guinea
Bright divorce granted in common pleas court
John W. Bright is granted a divorce from Myrtle Bright on grounds of gross neglect of duty. Judge Phil A. Henderson signed the entry filed in the Court of Common Pleas on Monday. No children were involved in the action.
Struble Divorce Suit Alleges Cruelty and Neglect
Etta Mae Struble files for divorce from Wilford Struble alleging gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. Married November 17, 1914, they have one child aged 18. Plaintiff seeks custody of the child, support payments and permanent alimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Etta Mae Struble
Wilford Struble
Logan Spencer Addison Spencer Arrives Overseas in Navy
Logan Stanley Addison Spencer of Coalgate has arrived overseas and is stationed at a South Pacific base. His aunt Mrs James McNamee in Logan reports he serves as a machinist's mate in the U S Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Stanley Addison Spencer
Coalgate
South Pacific
James McNamee
U. S. Navy
Man Taken To Hospital After Incident
Newton Kitchen of North Culver Street was taken to St. Anthony Hospital Columbus on Monday for treatment and observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Newton Kitchen
North Culver Street
St. Anthony Hospital
Columbus
Rutland WCTU Hosts White Ribbon Memorial Service
Rutland WCTU held a White Ribbon Recruit and mother’s memorial service May 13 at the Christian Church. Four children became White Ribbon Recruits as mothers joined them in the vow. Rev. George Koch spoke on Mothers of the Bible and Eva Fleming read about Frances Willard’s mother. Florence Mutchler cited sayings of noted men on mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Rutland W.ctu
Christian Church
Women's Christian Temperance Union
George Koch
Florence Mutchler
Eva Fleming
Frances Willard
Special Courses for Dairymen Offered
Logan James R Smoot county extension agent announced Monday that special short courses for Dairy Herd Improvement Association milk testers will be offered at Ohio State University beginning May 31 and ending June 12. All Hocking County men preferably those who are draft exempt are invited to take the courses. There will be no tuition expenses except board and room necessary during the course. Each tester must furnish his own conveyance upon completing the course and embarking upon a job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
James R. Smoot
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Ohio State University
Hocking County
Poppy Sale Announced for May 29
Logan to host annual P Day sales on Saturday May 29 sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary. Emblems are crafted by disabled veterans in the starf who are paid for their work and will be sold on the streets by school girls and Legion Auxiliary members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Roy Anthony
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Auxiliary
Anthony
Logan Brief San ial Notes
The Bus iness and Professional Women's Club held its annual Mother Daughter dinner at the White House with Miss Dessie Hanna presiding and Miss Ina Ganson speaking on Juvenile Delinquency. The event included musical numbers by Madge and Faith Wright and reception committees listed, plus a Saturday Club luncheon at the White House with program notes and a Scout drive contribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny Spears
Hallie Grimes
Cora Brown
Dessie Hanna
Faith
Madge Wright
Garnet Sheets
Minette McCray
Hester Lee White
Margaret Lutz
Mary Lemon
Faith Krinn
Georgia Hansel
Charlene Huffman
Velva Brashares
Hazel Armstrong
Gertrude Bliss
Mary Ruth Krinn
Arthur Stevens
Margaret Hutchison
Mary McCray
Eleanor Carr
Wilhelmine Deissle
Stella Fox
George Carr
Stanton Pond
Mary Blasius
Emma Decker
Frank Johnson
Charlotte Strentz
Eber Mowery
Marcus Kerr
Ruth Lewis
Earl Elberfeld
Paul Cruise
White House
Arthur Miller
Eleanor Durr
America
Harry Hughes
Russell Berlin
Emma Floyd
Warren Bright
M. H. Cherrington
G. C. Hengst
Marriage Licenses Issued In Meigs County May 14 17
Meigs County Probate Court issued marriage licenses from May 14 to May 17. Names include Dennie Martin and Bernice Dunfee. Kenneth Johnson and Mary Gerspacher. plus several other couples from Huntington Middleport Dayton and Pomeroy. Military transfer noted for Pvt Robert Fitzgerald from Victorville to Lubbock Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Dennie Martin
Huntington
Bernice Dunfee
Middleport
Kenneth Johnson
Bellbrook
Mary E. Gerspacher
William K. Knopp
Dayton
Mildred Howett
Lomeroy
Frank Richey
Athens
Beryl Dowler
Everett Coleman
Belpre
Lucille Stevens
Harold Bachelor
Westerville
Doris Kintz
Martin Ginnan
Jacksonville
Virginia
Hartley
Middleport Mothers' Club Elects New Officers
New officers chosen for the coming year at the Pre- School Mothers' Club meeting held at Mrs. Earl Knight's Lincoln Street home include Mrs. Leo Kennedy as president, Mrs. Knight as vice president, and Mrs. George Skinner as secretary-treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Mothers’ Club
Earl Knight
Lincoln St
L. W. McComas
Leo Kennedy
Knight
Bible Study Course Announced by Salvation Army in Pomeroy
On May 19 at 7 30 PM the Pomeroy Salvation Army begins a Bible study class on the Book of Revelations. The public is welcome, each person urged to bring a Bible notebook and pencil Scofield edition preferred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Salvation Army
Scofield
Pomeroy Outpost
Sat
Glenna Rummell
Margaret Forner
Ruth Blakeslee
Marietta
Kenneth Sharp
Officers Elected by Middleport Band Boosters
Middleport High School hosts the final Band Booster meeting of the year. Officers chosen include President Mrs C H Wise Jr Vice President Mrs E O Tewksbury Secretary Mrs George Childs and Treasurer Mrs Willis Anthony. The alumni banquet on May 29 is planned with Mont Miller as general chairman and several co chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Band Booster Association
Paul Smart
C. H. Wise, Jr
E. O. Tewksbury
George Childs
Willis Anthony
Childs
Mont Miller
Edgar Allensworth
Oscar Roush
H. A. Rothrock
James Rickman Returns Home for Military Induction
James Rickman, a Wilberforce College student and ROTC member, has returned home to await induction into the U S Armed Forces this month after an extended visit with friends in Boston. He is an M H S graduate and the son of Mr and Mrs James Rickman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Rickman
Wilberforce College
U. S
Boston
Middleport
Rickman
M.H.S
U. S. Army
Community Notices and Travels from Parkersburg Gazette
Various local updates: Mrs. Schmoll's operation at St Josephs Hospital Parkersburg WV. son Rob ert Schmoll in U S Army Air Corps called from Macon GA. Mr Schmoll and son return home. Esta Hines runs his store in his absence. U S Navy Petty Officer Orval Ohlinger visits relatives. O T stationed in San Diego will go to Miami after 15 day leave. Miss Nella Christy and Shelby Gene Hutchins visit Guysville. Mr and Mrs Robert Sharpe host guests. Robert McMaster preparing move to Gallipolis. Carl Barsotti on furlough returns to Jacksonville FL. Heath Methodist Class 12 meets at Mrs C A Emmish home with hostesses. Mr and Mrs Fred Schroath and daughter Ann visit from Charleston. Schroath buys Lansbury farm near Langsville and plans cattle stock. Charles Kircher and Dorothy Kircher Dent visit with Vesta McCoy and Frank McCoy. William Angelo, former General Chemical employee, honored at Katydid party. Angelo leaves for New York offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. O. Schmoll
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
W. Va
Robert Schmoll
U. S. Army Air Corps
Macon
Second Ave
Orval Ohlinger
U. S. Navy
O. T
San Diego
Calif
Miami
Fla
Nella Christy
Shelby Gene Hutchins
Guysville
Robert Sharpe
Robert McMaster
Gallipolis
Citizens’ National Bank
Carl Barsotti
U. S. Marine
Jacksonville
The
Heath Methodist Church
C. A. Emmish
John Kincaid
Max Roller
Lawrence Milhoan
Bruce Lloyd
Orin Smith
Fred Schroath
Ann
Charleston
Schroath
Clifford Er
Angelo
Hot Root
S. Second Ave
New York
Company
Miss Emme McQuigg Dies in Columbus
POMEROY relatives report the death of Miss Emme McQuigg aged 83 at the Home for the Aged in Columbus Sunday. A former member of the Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter D A R she led the Children of the American Revolution as president. Surviving siblings include Mrs George Follett of Alhambra Calif and nephews and nieces in Pomeroy Columbus and Los Angeles. Funeral services were held Monday in Columbus with cremation following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Emme McQuigg
Columbus
Miss McQuigg
George
Katie McQuigg
Return
Jonathan Meigs
Daughters of the American Revolution
Children of the American Revolution
Swedenborg Church
George Follett
Alhambra
Calif
Will McQuigg
Scott McQuigg
Charles McQuigg
Los Angeles
Service Men of Meigs District Update
Victors and families across Meigs County report new commissions promotions and stationings. Victor L. Will of Pomeroy receives lieutenant j g in the Naval Reserve on April 29 1943 and awaits indoctrination. Other locals James F Russell and Hubert M Weatherby advance or report assignments in England North Africa and Utah while Tom Duerr joins the Merchant Marine at Sheepshead Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Victor L. Will
Edna Will
R. D
J. G
U. S. Naval Reserve
Will
John Will
Rutland St
Philip F. Will
Army Hghts
Washington, D. C
Tom Duerr
John Duerr
W. Main St
U. S. Merchant Marine
Sheepshead Bay
N. Y
Railroad Man Dies Monday Funeral for Howard Williams
Funeral services for Howard Williams aged 56 will be held Wednesday at 2 pm from Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home in Middleport. Williams died Monday evening in Athens of a heart attack after 32 years with the New York Central Railroad. He belonged to the First Baptist Church and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and had roles in the K. of P. lodge and Sunflower Minstrels. Survivors include his wife, his mother-in-law Mollie Harrington, and brothers and sisters in Charleston, West Virginia. Burial at Chesire Gravel Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Howard Williams
Athens
Rawlings-Coats
Ralph Zunder
The
Baptist Church
Williams
New York Central Railroad
First Baptist Church
Brotherhood of Railroad
K. of P. Lodge
Sunflower
Mollie Harrington
James Rogers
Charles Thomas
Harry Edmonds
F. C. Shultz
R. L. Williams
Dillon Forced To Give Up Activities
Logan Ohio county superintendent S H Dillon resigns from nearly all extra activities due to ill health. He will remain as chair of the Hocking County Red Cross chapter and continues under medical care at home. He cites physician advice as the reason for stepping back from multiple nonprofit and civic posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan Girl Scout Council
Logan Library Board
Hocking County
Hocking
First Methodist Church
Victory Garden
Boy Scout Council
Robinson Funeral Held at Pilgrim Holiness Church
Logan region mourns 71 year old Joseph E. Robinson who died Friday at home on East Street. Funeral services conducted Monday by Rev. Earl Appleman at Pilgrim Holiness Church with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery by Leonard Funeral Service. Pallbearers include Everett Burham Sherman Burgoon Charles Westenbarger Snowden Johnson Edward Angle and Rev. Miranda Casto. Music by Sherman Burgoon Rev. Casto and Joan Myers.
Logan Native William E. Collins Dies at 71
William E. Collins 71 a Logan native and former McArthur mayor died Sunday in McArthur He moved from Logan years ago to operate a garage Survivors include brother Ed and sister Mary both of Logan Funeral arrangements are being completed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
William E. Collins
McArthur
M Thomas Collins
Lon
Marthur
Mary
Draft Board Meets Logan
Members of the Hocking County Selective Service Board met at the courthouse for a regular session. Registrants were interviewed classified and reclassified during the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Hocking County
Mother Is Given Custody of Child in Flood Case
In Logan County Judge Phil A. Henderson awards custody of a minor to Melissa A. Brown, mother of the plaintiff Forest Flood formerly Forest Darnell, in the Forest Flood vs Pearl Flood case. The hearing occurred Saturday in the Court of Common Pleas. The plaintiff bears the case costs.
Transcript Filed in State of Ohio v Silas E Martin
The State of Ohio case against Silas E Martin was filed in the Court of Common Pleas by Magistrate Frank St Clair. The defendant pled innocent to a charge of non support and was released on bond of 500 dollars. The charge was filed by Margaret Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LOGAN
State of
Ohio
Silas E. Martin
Court of Common Pleas
Frank St. Clair
Margaret Martin
Dupler Rites Held for Howard Dupler
Funeral service for Howard Dupler 31 son of Mr and Mrs E B Dupler Rockbridge was held at Rockbridge United Church with burial in Fairview Cemetery. He died in Lancaster after a long illness from an injury at Haydenville survivors include his wife and two children Jerry and Joanne of Lancaster.
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