Hocking County Voters Divided Ballots in 1949 Election
In Hocking County on Tuesday, over 11 000 ballots were cast with Roosevelt and Bricker carrying the county while the state judicial and county tickets split. New sheriff and prosecutor were elected, two new commissioners, and an independent won coroner. Incumbents in some offices were retained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Landon
Winchell L. Willkie
Willkie
Ward Township
Bricker
Charles Sawyer
Martin L. Davey
Logan
Paul M. Herbert
Cox
Edward J. Hummel
Sweeney
Neffner
Tracy
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ebright
Knisely
Thomas J. Herbert
Nye
Burton
McSweeney
Bender
Marshall
Durbin
Young
H. K. Claypool
Ray W. Davis
H. T. Phillips
Frank J. Peavy
Walter E. Brehm
General Assembly
John Ayers
Murray City
Stanley W. Baker
James L. Martin
J. M. Conkle
Frank St. Cla
Baker
Martin
St. Clair
Conkle
Harley Meyer
Hubert D. Lappen
Don W. Feather
Gilbert Leffler
Joe Farbeann
Floyd Duffy
Sheriff Farbeann
Herman F. Bratton
Belford Harburger
R. N. White
Orla Wolfe
E. A. Person
Vance Brian
Phil A. Menderson
Common Pleas
Eugene Wright
E. L. Ewing
Rhea Pettit Bangert
Ewing
Boyd
Zimmerman
Bettman
Day
MacBride
Turner
Dunlevy
Verner E. Metcalf
Court of Appeals
Logan Social Notes Highlight Club Gatherings
Mrs Newell Grooms hosted the Tourist Book club on Monday at W Main St with Mrs George Van fosen presiding and welcoming new members Mrs George Clayton Shaw Mrs William Clapp and Mrs Cecil H Jones A review of Madam Dorothea by Sigrid Undset was shared.
D. C. Bridge Club and Co-Educational Class Meet
The D. C. Bridge Club met with Mrs. J. R. Hankis Monday evening to play three tables of contract bridge with substitutes Mrs. A. T. Spears Mrs. Charles Smith and Mrs. Lawrence Hack. The next meeting will be two weeks away with Mrs. Paul as hostess. The U. B. Church Co-Educational Class met Monday evening with Mrs. Clifford Turner as host. Helen Clark, the new president, conducted the business meeting and announced her year committees.
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D. C. Bridge Club
J. R. Hankis
A. T. Spears
Charles Smith
Lawrence Hack
Paul
U. B. Church
Clifford Turner
Helen Clark
Clifford Litherland
Evans Rites Held for Miss Ann Evans
Funeral services were held this afternoon at Tyn Rhos Church Perry Township for Miss Ann Evans aged 62 who died earlier in the week at her Columbus home. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs James Evans of Centerpoint and her brother Thomas Evans lives on the home farm.
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Gallipolis
Tyn "Rhos Church
Perry
Ann Evans
Columbus
Miss Evans
James Evans
Centerpoint
Thomas Evans
Licensed to marry in Gallipolis
Marriage license issuances list buyers: Guy Ellis 22 Pomeroy and Delma Markins 21 Athens Willard Lambates 21 Lewisville Ohio Alice McGarry 21 Lewisville Ohio Clyde David Putney 21 Apple Grove and Melvina Sisson 21 Bidwell.
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Gallipolis
Guy Ellis
Pomeroy
Delma Markins
Athens
Willard Lambates
Alice McGarry
Lewisville
Ohio
Clyde David Putney
Apple Grove
Melvina Sisson
Bidwell
Nine-Year-Old Nellie Waller Leaves Hospital
Nellie Waller, once hospitalized at Holzer for infantile paralysis and later appendicitis, has been discharged to her parents home in Morgan Township after notable recovery.
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Leaves
Gallipolis
Nellie Waller
Holzer Hospital
Morgan To
Eye Injury at Home Sends Child to Holzer Hospital
Eight year old Lewis Switzer Jr. is hospitalized at Holzer after a knife slipped while in his parents' home near Vin ton and pierced his left eye.
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Gallipolis
Lewis Switzer, Jr
Holzer Hospital
Vinton
Draft plans for Hocking County draft questionnaires
The Hocking County Selective Service Board and advisory group met to finalize sending questionnaires to registered men. Up to fifty forms may be mailed daily in lottery order, with a five day return window. Advisory board members include Fred Murray Forrest Weinrich and M Virgil Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Murray
Forrest Weinrich
Virgil Martin
Mrs Royer Partners Rent Home. Plans Huntington School
Mrs. John W. Mootz Jr rents her Portsmouth avenue residence to Mr. and Mrs. E G Royer and plans to enter a Huntington business school.
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Gallipolis
John W. Mootz, Jr
Portsmouth Avenue
E. G. Royer
Huntington
West Point grad promoted to major in army aviation
Captain Jack McCormick, son of T Weyland McCormick, has advanced to major in army aviation following his West Point education. The promotion highlights his continued service in the military aviation branch.
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Gallipolis
Capt
Jack McCormick
T. Weyland McCormick
Major McCormick
West Point
Aged Woman Attends Second Talking Picture at 86
Elizabeth Traugh of Nelsonville visited Mr and Mrs Archie Barnes for a movie outing. This marked the second time in her life she has seen talking pictures. She is 86 years old.
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Logan
Elizabeth Traugh
Nelsonville
Archie Barnes
Talking Pictures
Observance of NEA Week Opens in Gallia Plans Parades and Programs
Gallia schools begin National Education Week with a Sunday opening and a student parade led by the school band. A PTA program at Washington Auditorium follows a week of open houses, receptions, and teas. The theme is Education for the Common Defense with civic, financial, human, resource, liberty, and economic goals. Lafayette Post American Legion will assist with patriotic school programs.
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Gallipolis
P.T.A
Washington
E. E. Higgins
Supt. Higgins
Lafayette Post
American Legion
James Ecker Dies In Columbus
James H. Ecker a Gallipolis native aged 64 died Monday in a Columbus hospital after long invalidism. Funeral services were held in Columbus with interment at Pataskala. He is survived by his wife two sons four daughters a Gallipolis sister Mrs R P Thompson and three other sisters and brothers.
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Gallipolis
James H. Ecker
Columbus
Pataskala
Ecker
R. P. Thompson
Atkinson named youth councilor for NYA in Gallia area
Announcement reports J. William Atkinson appointed youth councilor for the NYA program serving the southeastern counties including Gallia. The move places Atkinson in a leadership role guiding youth activities and community outreach within the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
J. William Atkinson
NYA
Gallia
Edward Thompson Reported Seriously Ill After Heart Attack
Mr Edward Thompson is reported seriously ill at his North Orchard Street home following a heart attack suffered Sunday.
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Logan
Edward Thompson
North Orchard St
Air on Venus Weakens Gravity's Effect
On Venus the gravity is about 15 percent lower than Earth's, but the thin atmosphere reduces the net weight difference, so the air partly counters gravity's pull.
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Venus
Earth
Marion First To Report on Tuesday Vote
Marion 2 Precinct reported on the national ballot tabulation 17 minutes after polls closed at 6 30 PM. Sand Run followed two minutes later with county results largely in by 8 30 PM. Sand Run led the state ballot with speedy judicem tally finishing ahead of Falls 2 Precinct which cast 445 ballots, the heaviest in the county Tuesday.
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Logan
Marion 2
Falls 2
Venerable Vater Stricken in Logan
W B Ziegler aged 80 on a Logan to Gibisonville ballot trip was stricken with acute indigestion on Main Street Logan. He fell and injured himself but insisted on continuing and was taken to Gibisonville by car.
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Logan
W. B. Ziegler
Gibisonville
Ziegler
Logan BPW Plans Parade Entry and District Meeting
The Logan Board of the Business and Professional Women's Club met Tuesday evening to decide marching in the Armistice Parade. Members will meet at the club rooms at 6 30 Monday evening and plan a Sunday trip to Marietta for a district meeting. The next meeting is set for Tuesday November 12 with Miss Mary Lemon chairing the program committee.
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Republican Women's Club
Hocking County
Carl Harsh
Elwood
Indiana
Willkie
Harsh
Clinton Webb
Jackson
Hannah Myers
LOGAN
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Marietta
Mary Lemon
Cause Is Dismissed in Walsmith vs Davidson et al injunction suit
Margaret Walsmith sued J. W. Davidson Charles Stephenson and George Christman for injunction filed October 15. Judge Phil Henderson of the Common Pleas Court dismissed the action on Tuesday with costs to be paid by the defendants.
CCC Enrollee Struck By Hit-Skip Driver
Millard Campbell CCC enrollee was struck and injured by a hit skp driver at Wood and Hunter Streets on Tuesday evening. He was taken by ambulance to a local physician's office for treatment.
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CCC
Logan
Millard Campbell
Wood
Hunter Streets
Tractor accident injures Logan county farmer
Claude Harsh was severely injured on his Logan area farm when a tree fell on him while he was using a tractor to grab trees. He suffered a scalp wound and a back injury.
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Logan
Logan Monday
Claude Harsh
London couple, Jackson couple welcome babies at Cherrington
Mrs. Howard Peters of London underwent a minor operation at Cherrington Hospital Tuesday. A son was born to Mr and Mrs John Thomas of Jackson Ohio at Cherrington Hospital Tuesday evening. The baby has been named John Henson.
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Logan
Howard Peters
Iola Courter
London
Cherrington Hospital
John Thomas
Jackson
Ohio
John Henson
Offices to close for Armistice Day
All offices of the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation will close on Armistice Day Monday November 11. Claimants with a Monday reporting day will report instead on Tuesday November 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Bureau of Unemployment Competition
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Athens, Oht
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S. Court Street
Junia Club
Anne White
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Margaret Higgy
Emma Becker
Topsy Turvy Club
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E. Main Street
Clarence Brooks
Myrtle Guess
Mable Blosser
Cameo Club
Margaret Redhenwald
West St
Frank Larimer
George Cheshire
Merritt Rheinscheld
Clara Graham
Evelyn Miller
Betty Kessler
Ralph Morehead
E. Hunter Sr
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Garnet James
Lawrence Griffith
George Freeman
Dorothy Wilson
Ralph Bond
Waveline Primmer
Ruth Collins
Mary Rutgers
Joe Stoughton
Logan Theater Guild
Chamber of Commerce
George Reuss
Indianapolis
Ed Myers
Kenneth Ooeffler
Ohio State University
Karl Poling
Francis Myers
Jimmie
Kathleen McGonagie
Mt. Carmel Hospital
J. R. Hatikisoff
W. E. Pearson
Chesapeake
Melrose Harbaugh
C. E. Rielhorn
Harold Shepard
Alfred Carpenter
Cleveland
State Hardware Association
Harold Nixon
Charlotte Strentz
Ruth Downey
Georgia Hansel
Ralph Heft
Patterson Field
Dayton
Brandon Brown
Sam LeFever
Lancaster
Harry Mack
Julia May Pickerell
Carl Pickerell
Pottery St
Grant Hospital
A. J. Curl
North St
George Wallace
Bruce
Marion
Ind
Ross Curl
Crooksville
Roy Dupler
Hold Evans
Hocking
Gallipolis Social Notes
Mildred Swain
Jimmy
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Vater
Court ST
Lee
Logan Hospital
Fasp
Doug
Asbio
Stan Stores
Taverm
Cream of
Kentucky
Schenley Distillers Corp
N.Y
S. Court St
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Standard Oil
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