Commencement At Oakwood High School 34 Students Graduate
The annual commencement was held in the high school auditorium on Friday evening May 21 with 34 students receiving certificates of special merit. Miss Patricia Shaw and Miss Lois Swisher were salutatorians and Joseph Benedict was valedictorian. Speaker William L. Manahan state representative spoke on Powers That Be. The school band directed by Rodney Hearing performed the prelude and class processional. Next on the calendar is the Alumni Association banquet and dance on Saturday the 29th at 6:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Weiland
Zanesville
Andrew Perini, Jr
Columbus
Alfred Plant
Glouster
Patricia Shaw
Lois Swisher
Joseph Benedict
William L. Manahan
Rodney Hearing
Alumni Association
Weekend visits fill Oreville area households
Mr and Mrs Robert Nixon and family hosted and hosted guests from Dayton and nearby towns while multiple couples from Logan Gore St Clairsville and Haydenville visited local residents. Mrs Clarence Harkless from New Straitsville joined Mrs Ed Friel and Mrs Inez Rittgers in social visits under MethodistChurch supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oreville
Robert Nixon
Bobby
Shirley
Dayton
Hence Nixon
Chester Stewart
Mervin Wilson
Logan
Hollie Trador
Dickie
Sheila
Gore
John Owings
Creig Owings
Don Ritgers
James Eads
Toledo
John Ritgers
Haydenville
Wayne Grove
Gerald Siniff
Paul Wingrove
Ed Rittgers
H. M. Rittgers
Clarence Harkless
New Straitsville
Ed Friel
Inez Rittgers
Mothers Day Observed at Christian Church in New Marshfield
The New Marshfield community reports Mothers Day events at the Christian Church with flowers given to Mrs. Lottie Shaffer Mrs. Alice Wigal Mrs. Donna Saylor and Mrs. Kenneth Elliott. Eastern Star held its annual inspection May 11 with Mrs. Mayme Ascraft deputy grand matron as inspector. Mrs. Wendell Bridge recovering after surgery at Sheltering Arms Hospital. John Andrews funeral noted with Vilas Bridge relatives present from Gassaway and Glouster. Father and son banquet at the high school May 15 concludes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Marshfield
Christian Church
Lottie Shaffer
Alice Wigal
Donna Saylor
Kenneth Elliott
Order
Eastern Star
Mayme Ascraft
Wendell Bridge
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Dowler Ridge
Dena Whitlatch
Kenneth
Racine
J. A. Bridge
Gassaway
W.va
Vilas Bridge
Murray City
William L. Bridge
John Andrews
Glouster
Hospital Surgery Alters Staffing Roster
Clarys Hunter, a telephone operator, underwent major surgery at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Mrs. Freda Kennard replaced her at work as the 116th unit’s service notices were prepared by the Eastern Stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarys Hunter
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Freda Kennard
Logan High marks 1948 graduates in crisis era address
Miami University history chair Dr. William E. Smith warned Logan High seniors that they face the greatest crisis in world history as global conflict intensifies. He urged faith in God and country, while noting perils from hidden weapons and isolationism’s past. Valedictorian Lawrence Schaad led the class with diplomas and honors to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
William E. Smith
Department of History
Miami University
Logan High School
Earl Elberfeld
Logan Board of Education
Howard E. Kirk
Kirk
Lawrence Joseph Schaad
Westinghouse
Schaad
Harvard University
Dr. Smith
Atlantic
Pacific
Japan
Hitler
Grace Shonk
C. F. Shonk
Lawrence Schaad
Joseph W. Schaad
West Hunter
Marion Board Fills Vacancies In School Staff
Marion Local School District hires two teachers as replacements. Mary Hoover, formerly with Sugar Grove and South Bloomingville, to teach third and fourth grades. Jean Staples of Kent, Ohio named instructor for fifth and sixth grades. Staples to graduate cum laude from Ohio University June 6. Board members listed include Harold Daubenmier, Carl Myers, Donald Ruff, John Mathias, Jesse Daubenmier, and C. H. Carpenter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Marion
Samuel H. Dillon
Mary Hoover
Sugar Grove
Carbon Hill
South Bloomingville
Jean Staples
Kent
Ohio
Ohio University
Board of Education
Harold Daubenmier
Carl Myers
Donald Ruff
John Mathias
Jesse Daubenmier
C. H. Carpenter
Logan Plans Memorial Day Observance
Final plans for Memorial Day exercises in Logan are announced by Vaughn Collins. The 9 a.m. parade forms and travels to Oak Grove Cemetery with the high school band, where graves are decorated by students and uniformed veterans. The procession continues to the city square for services with local veterans groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Vaughn Collins
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Oak Grove
Logan High School
Old Cemetery
City Square
American Legion
Legion Auxiliary
Disabled American Veterans
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
New Meigs County Oil Drilling Venture Formed
Logan reports the Meigs Producing Company of Logan is incorporated with 250 common shares at par 100. Incorporators are T. W. Wheeler I. V. Risch and J. W. Walsmith. Attorney Hubert Lappen says the firm will drill for oil on leased land in Meigs County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Company
Meigs County Oil
Logan
Meigs Producing Company
T. W. Wheeler
I. V. Risch
J. W. Walsmith
Hubert Lappen
Meigs County
House approves 250000 for underground coal fire control
Rep. Walter E. Brehm of Ohio welcomed the House Appropriations Committee action approving 250000 for curbing underground fires in coal beds around New Straitsville Ohio and similar sites in Pennsylvania and Kentucky. James Boyd of the Bureau of Mines described the threat and noted state efforts were ineffective. the funding will start work and may require more to seal mines and extinguish the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Walter E. Brehm
Logan
Ohio
House Appropriations Committee
Perry County
House
New Straitsville
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
James Boyd
Bureau of Mines
Brehm
Boyd
New
Straitsville High School
New Trial Motion Denied in Ohio Workmen’s Fund Case
The Industrial Commission of Ohio denied a motion for a new trial in a suit brought by Mrs. Cora Smith. She seeks participation in the state compensation fund after her husband Herbie Smith was killed Feb 2 1946 while employed by a local firm insured by the Workmen’s Compensation Fund. The original petition claimed the death was work related and thus eligible for fund participation.
Local Social Notes Include Visits and Moves Across Towns
Mrs Estelle Werry and Mrs Betty Fry received a call from Lt Harry Joe Gress at Johnson Army Air Field near Tokyo about flood news. Several residents move or visit family across Mason formed by Holzer Hospital to Mason Clinic and trips to Letart Mt Alto and Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Leona McArdle
Eli Bush
Mt. Alto
W. Va
Nellie Russell
Mabel Llewellen
Springfield
Arnold Gibbs
Barberton
Okey van Meter
Elizabeth McIntosh
Pomeroy
Ann Jane Winters
Greenfield
Arthur Croppenbacher
Carr
Taylor Robinson
Jackson Roush
Emma Robinson
Holzer Hospital
Harry Varian
Charles Kelly
P. J. Mahoney
T. J. Ryan
Eber Roush
Freeman Roush
Philippi
Eddie Blake
Middleport
E. Mae Yagels
Emma Ryan
Social and visiting notes from New Straitsville area
Mrs Geniveve Hartman hosted a Wednesday Night bridge group May 19 with two tables in play. Attendees included Jean Williams Anna Lillico Flossie Lillico Garnet Peart Ella Ward Grace Lines and Laura Miller. Visitors came from Columbus Shawnee Corning Logan and Little Rock Arkansas to see local residents and the New Straitsville High School Band performed in Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Straitsville
Geniveve Hartman
Jean Williams
Anna Lillico
Flossie Lillico
Garnet Peart
Ella Ward
Grace Lines
Laura Miller
J. L. Lower
Columbus
Josie Stobbs
Anna Morgan
Shawnee
Nelson Morgan
Billa Webb
Corning
New Straitsville High School
Athens
Mary Pierce
Hellen Sayre
Richard
Agnes Waldie
Logan
Gert Waldie
Ford Frasure
Beverly
Lewis Holst
Little Rock
Ark
Pearl Cheetham
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Charles Graham
Rita Jo
Charles Linton
Pete Linton
St. Clairsville
the Methodist Church
J. BR. Richardson
Sao
Marion Board
Detroit
Ables & Son
Logan, Ohio
Humphreys
Main Street
Messenger
Washington Bureau
Vason
Logan Sandwich House
Pratt's
Sandwich House
Hugger
Vice
Moore
Philco Auto Radio
CARNU
Denkert
Rocket Bicycles
S. Court St
WLW
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