Educational meetings set for district officers election in Hocking County
A series of 7 30 p m sessions on the agricultural program begins Tuesday in Hocking County. Township committee officers will be elected at each site, following a Jackson district meeting that approved the plan. The program will cover the state and national agricultural outlook. Dates include Laurelville Perry Salt Creek Nov 9 Rockbridge Good Hope Nov 10 Marion Central School Marion Nov 11 South Bloomingville Benton Nov 12 Gibisonville Laurel Union Falls Green Ward Nov 12 Ilseboro Washington Union Furnace Starr Nov 15 probate court for Falls Green Ward. Subsequent county meeting will elect the county committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Hocking County
Jackson
Laurelville
Perry
Salt Creek
Rockbridge
Good Hope
Marion Central
Marion Township
South Bloomingville
Benton Township
Gibisonville
Laurel Township
Ilesboro
Washington Township
Union Furnace
Starr Township
Falls, Green
Ward Townships
Logan Reserves to Meet Buchtel in Benefit Game
Logan Reserves face Buchtel Friday in a benefit game for Jack Smith the Chieftain regular sidelined by a leg fracture at Cherry?ngton Hospital. The varsity will stay off the court per an agreement between athletic officials.
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LOGAN
Chieftain
Buchtel
Jack Smith
Cherrington Hospital
Smith
Walter Leonard
Logan Home Telephone Co
Bender
Varsity
Government apples purchase unsettles Ohio market
Government buy of surplus apples in Southern Ohio has tended to upset local prices. Government offered 60 cents per hundredweight for apples meeting specs. Local growers had sold parts of their crop at one dollar per basket, and with the government offer of about two baskets, orders have slackened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Ohio
Murray City Board Gets Three New Members After Vote Change
Athens County attached territory votes arrived at the county election board showing Dan Langley over incumbent George M. Jones for third place. Murray City board will include Frank Brown Langley and Louis Siedenfeld. Siedenfeld is brother of former board member Max Seidenfeld who left the village for health reasons.
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Logan
Murray City
Athens County
County Election Board
Dan Langley
George M. Jones
Frank Brown
Langley
Louis Siedenfeld
Louis Seidenfeld
Max Seidenfeld
Arizona
Miller in Hospital in Mt. Pleasant for high blood pressure
Logan resident James Miller is hospitalized in Mt. Pleasant Michigan undergoing treatment for high blood pressure and complications. Mrs. Miller accompanied him as they had travelled to visit relatives two weeks earlier after a period of declining health.
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Logan
James Miller
Mt. Pleasant
Mich
Mrs. Miller
Mr. Pleasant
Mr. Miller
Ohio State broadcasts nationwide farmers notice
Logan James R. Smoot, county extension agent, states OSU announces a nationwide broadcast on November 24 that will interest farmers statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
James R. Smoot
Ohio State University
Parade Plans Finalized for Armistice Event
Logan officials announce final plans for the Armistice parade tonight. Parade committee members A J Waldron Gerald W Lanning and Clinton Webb will decide the route as many groups report intent to participate. Floats are planned including ones from the American Legion and Auxiliary Unit but awards go to groups outside their ranks. A trailer section and a horse and buggy linking pioneer oxen wagons with modern cars are proposed features.
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Auxiliary
Logan Visitors See Points of Interest Here
Logan visitors stop in Logan Sunday to visit Mr. and Mrs. James Barker and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Chambers. They are joined by daughters Mary and Joan. Chambers tours the apple storage plant on W Hunter St built for the Martzolff interests and praises its ventilator and humidifier system as near perfect.
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Logan
James Barker
Harold Chambers
Coshocton
Mary
Joan
Chambers
W. Hunter St
Barker
Martzolff
Coshocton County
Dowler Oil well drags Cedar Falls toward new development
Logan based Dowler Oil Co. drills on the Enos Watts farm in Cedar Falls district reaching about 1800 feet. The well sits beside the Joe Earnhart well from last summer where oil and gas were found in the Clinton sand. Both wells are expected to spur further development in the area.
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LOGAN
Dowler Oil Co
Enos Watts
Cedar Falls
Joe Earnhart
Clinton
County road program planned for winter WPA rolls
Preparations underway to organize the county road program for the winter season to service the WPA rolls. The project is funded by a blanket road program approved in Washington providing 323000 dollars in federal money.
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LOGAN
Washington
Logan Legionnaires Attend Armistice Meet
American Legion members Auxiliary members and families attended the Armistice Sunday meeting at the hall at 6 15 p m with about 100 in attendance A pot luck dinner followed by a social hour Some members attended church services The auxiliary officers supervised serving dinner.
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Logan — American Legion
Radio listings and a visit note from Wyandotte
Radio highlights across WLW CBS NBC networks show programs like Burns and Allen Fibber McGee and Molly and Horace Heidt. A Logan note reports Mr and Mrs Tom Crutcher and daughters Eileen and Marie from Wyandotte Mich visiting relatives in Logan with Mr and Mrs Wood and Mr and Mrs Mack.
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WLW
Burns and Allen
Fibber McGee and Molly
Tommy Dorsey
CBS
Horace Heidt
Radio Theater
Wayne King
Glen Gray
NBC
Richard Crooks
Chicago Opera Company
Logan
Tom Crutcher
Eileen
Marie
Wyandotte, Mich
William Wood
Harry Mack
Wood
Crutcher
Smythe Wood I Married in California Sept. 30
Gallipolis friends report the marriage of George Edward Wood son of Mr and Mrs Frank Wood of Gallia County to Miss Olive Smyth daughter of Mr and Mrs Lindsey Reeves Smyth of Oakland California. The ceremony took place September 30. Wood is OSU graduate and is taking a course at the State University of California before returning to Ohio State University.
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Gallipolis
George Edward Wood
Frank Wood
Gallia County
Olive Smyth
Lindsey Reeves Smyth
Oakland
Calif
Wood
Ohio State University
State University of California
OSU
Thurman Bride Ella Mae Matthews Weds William D Keels
Mrs. Bessie Matthews of Thurman announces the marriage of her daughter Ella Mae to William D Keels son of Mr and Mrs Charles Keels of Blackfork Ohio. The ceremony took place September 30.
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Bessie Matthews
Thurman
Ella Mae
William D. Keels
Charles Keels
Blackfork
Ohio
Thursday Club Hosts Review of A Japanese Lady in Europe
Mrs. R. M. Switzer hosted the Thursday Club with Mrs. H. W. Cherrington giving a review of the travel story A Japanese Lady in Europe. Following the program, dinner was served. A guest, Mrs. G. W. Haney of Athens, attended.
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R. M. Switzer
H. W. Cherrington
Europe
G. W. Haney
Athens
Dinner Honors Rev Leake and Mrs Leake at St Peter’s
Over fifty attendees gathered at St Peter’s Episcopal Parish House Wednesday for a dinner honoring Rev and Mrs Robert Leake. At the close, a small covered wagon filled with canned goods was presented to the couple.
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Robert Leake
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Skilled Labor Assigned For WPA Pool Project
Skilled labor will be assigned to the swimming pool project at the start of the next work period, Monday Nov. 15. Until then unskilled laborers continue excavation and the first task for the new crew will be pouring concrete footers.
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LOGAN
WPA
Cattle Milk Funded Meals At New Mexico Junior College
Portales New Mexico junior college students offset costs by bringing cows to campus and marketing their milk. The college runs a student operated farm to feed its herd and purchases much of the milk for campus dining facilities.
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Portales
N. M
New Mexico Junior College
Gallia Farmers Plan New Federal Program SHERIFFS SALE IN PARTITION
Public notice for a partition sale in Athens County Ohio outlines real estate in Lodi and Athens Townships. Parcels include multiple tracts totaling about 187 acres with appraised value around 2200 dollars and sales conducted by Sheriff Charles W Baylees under Common Pleas Court order.
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State of Ohio
Athena
Common Pleas Court
Arthur J. Josten
Thomas Mulligan
Athens
Ohio
State of
Lodi
Lodi Township No
W. P. Browning
Douglas Putnam
Hugh Meighen
William Blackwood
Athens County
Oho
Ohio Company
Eouth
George Sugar
George Leighty
Thomas Philip
Thomas Phillips
Peter Josten
Seid
Common Press Court
Athena County
Charles W. Baylees
Grosseputy
L. K. Picrce
Gallia County Agriculture Conservation Meetings Announced
County Agent R. R. Starbuck outlines 1938 program discussions and 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. meetings across Gallia County from November 9 to 18. Bonafide farmers with membership blanks may vote. county committee and township chairmen named. details include venues in Centenary Grange Hall Thivener Church Gallipolis Town ship Little Bullskin Greenfield Rio Grande Morgan Center Swan Creek Cora Mudsoce Bidwell and more.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
R. R. Starbuck
Centenary Grange Hall
Green Township
Thivener Church
Clay Township
Gallipolis Township
Little Bullskin
Harrison Township
Little Kgger Grange Hall
Addison
Cheshire
Vinton
Huntington Township
Greenfield Township
Gallia School
Raccoon Township
Vocational Agriculture
Rio Grande
Morgan Center Church
Morgan Township
Swan Creek Church
Ohio Township
Cora School
Perry Township
Mercerville School
Guyan Township
Springfield Township
Bidwell School
Mudsoce
Walnut Township
Starbuck
County Conservation Committee
Lester Hamrick
Vance Brumfield
W. E. Slagie
John R. Russell
Denver Miller
J. E. Kail
S. A. Cottrell
Clay
Frank M. Wells
D. D. MacLellan
Green
Greenfield
T. D. Dillon
Guyan
Harrison
Effef
Wartsook
Huntington
A. O. Rupe
Morgan
E. W. Day
Ohio
S. D. Wood
Perry
A. L. Evans
Raccoon
Springfield
E. E. Drummond
Walnut
Mail Carrier Dies in Wichita After 50 Years of Service
GALLIPOLIS Ohio Feb 10 1940 F E B Smith son of the late C A Smith of Cora is dead at his Wichita Kansas home where he lived 50 years He was a retired mail carrier He leaves a wife and a son Edgar and is survived by two sisters Mrs L D Watts and Miss Mary Smith both of Gallia County
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Gallipolis
B. Smith
C. A. Smith
Cora
Wichita
Kan
Edgar
L. D. Watts
Mary Smith
Gallia County
Man Held to Grand Jury on Liquor Charge
Herman King colored was arrested Saturday night by local officers on a liquor possession charge. He was held to the grand jury by Municipal Judge Stormont.
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Gallipolis
Herman King
Stormont
Four Gallia Candidates Seek Ballot Recount
Four Gallia County election candidates request a ballot recount as the Gallia County Election Board designates Wednesday for the review. Roy Elliott defeated for Addison school board, Delbert Boster and E A Angell seek reconsideration for Ohio Town ship posts, Frank L. Shaw defeated for Gallipolis City Commission, and B Albert Stauffer asks a look at Perry Township trust counts.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Gallia
Perry Township
Zanesville Teacher To Fill Gallipolis Vacancy
Following the resignation of Miss Lorene Brown at Gallipolis High School, Miss Doris Covey of Zanesville is elected to the position. Covey earned a B S from Ohio University in 1935 and joined Kappa Delta Pi and Kappa Alpha Theta. She has since taught in Zanesville.
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Gallipolis
Lorene Brown
Doris Covey
Zanesville
Miss Covey
Ohio University
Kappa Delta Pi
Kappa Alpha Beta
Bar President Honors Two Gallia Members
Gallia County Bar Association members Henry W. Cherrington and Hollis C. Johnston are named to state level committees by Walter S. Ruff of Canton, with Cherrington on Public Utility Laws and Johnston on the Membership Committee, which oversees attorney admission qualifications.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County Bar Association
Walter S. Ruff
Canton
State Association
Henry W. Cherrington
Public Utility Laws
Hollis C. Johnston
Gallipolis Attends Last Session Of Jackson Eisteddfod
Dr. C. E. Holz er of Gallipolis conducted the Jackson Eisteddfod final session Friday night. He was accompanied by Mrs Holz er and their daughters Mrs Frank L Harvey and Elizabeth Holz er. Other Gallipolis attendees included Mrs I E Myers Rev and Mrs W S Westerman Mabel Thomas Elizabeth Shough Edith Hutsinpiller.
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Gallipolis
C. E. Holzer
Jackson
Springfield Grange Elects Officers at Westerman Church
Gallia county report notes Springfield Grange will convene at Westerman Church Wednesday night for officer elections and a routine business meeting.
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Gallipolis
Springfield Grange
Westerman Church
Mt Zion Ladies Aid to elect officers Thursday
New officers will be chosen Thursday night by members of Mt. Zion Ladies Aid at the home of Mrs. C. V. Ward in Pocahontas. John Smith, famed for his Pocahontas connection, died aboard a ship at Gravesend, England.
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Gallipolis
Mt. Zion
John Smith Fame
Gravesend
England
Divorce Suit in Gallipolis Seeks Custody of Children
Russell Sheets files for divorce from Opal Sheets alleging false infidelity accusations and threats with a pistol. He asks the court to determine custody and support for their children Naomi two and Marvin nine months.
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Gallipolis
Russell Sheets
Opal Sheets
Naomi
Marvin
Ladies Night program for Gallipolis Rotary Club
A Gallipolis Rotary Club Ladies Night is set for Tuesday in the Palm Room at the Lafayette Hotel with dinner at 6. E. E. Higgins Fred Stone and Earl Richards lead the committee. R D Pinkerman Marietta Rotary Club president will show Nice France convention films. Dr. Leo C. Bean sings with Rev L W Gishler at the piano. Billie Gunn dance academy students perform.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Rotary Club
Lafayette Hotel
E. E. Higgins
Fred Stone
Earl Richards
Favors
R. D. Pinkerman
Marietta
L. W. Gishler
Billie Gunn
Dancing Academy
Pt. Pleasant
Wilma Melrose
Alice Ann Roush
Joan Wilson
Freddie Knapp
Barbara Smith
Mary Darst
Virginia Gunn
Jackie Windsor
Jackie Tracy
Marie Martin
Jackie Casey
Cherrington Assists in Fowler Trial Opening
Attorney Henry W. Cherrington is retained by the prosecution to aid in the Fowler case, joining County Prosecutor Manning D. Webster and Special Prosecutor Crary Davis as the trial opens in Pomeroy.
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Gallipolis
Henry W. Cherrington
Fowler
Pomeroy
Manning D. Webster
Crary Davis
Car Crash Injures Mrs. Clara Wise in Pomeroy
Mrs. Clara Wise aged 60 of Pomeroy is treated at Holzer Hospital for a skull fracture after a Friday night collision in which a car driven by her son Cecil Wise struck another vehicle. She suffered a forehead cut as well.
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Gallipolis
Clara Wise
Pomeroy
Holzer Hospital
Cecil Wise
Wise
Death of Hilda Pinkerman After Brief Illness
Hilda Cromlish Pinkerman age 16 of Clipper Mill died Saturday in Huntington after a brief illness while visiting relatives in Gallia County and Chesapeake. She is survived by her husband Garrett Pinkerman, her parents Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cromlish, and siblings William, Howard, Arnold, Anna belle, Kenneth, Gertrude and Faye. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. George Sagen at Clay Chapel.
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Gallipolis
Hilda Cromlish Pinkerman
Harry Cromlish
Clipper Mill
Huntington
Garrett Pinkerman
Columbus
Chesapeake
New Carlisle
Kenneth
Gertrude
Faye Cromlish
George Sagen
Clay Chapel
Diabetic Coma Causes Sudden Death Saturday
Paul Wood 34 of Gallipolis died at Holzer Hospital Saturday morning after a 12 hour illness from diabetic coma. Son of John J. Wood and Mrs. Wood of Gage he leaves wife Helen Steger Wood, son Freddie, sister Mrs. Walter Frye, seven brothers and his parents. Funeral at First Baptist Church with Rev. George Sagen. Interment Mound Hill Cemetery. Jessie Unroe, stenographer to the County Prosecutor, is ill in Huntington hospital with arthritis.
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Gallipolis
Paul Wood
Ohio Hospital
Holzer Hospital
John J. Wood
Gage
Helen Steger Wood
Freddie
Walter Frye
Oak Hill
Aubra
Hayden
Willard
Clifford
Howard
John
Herman Wood
First Baptist Church
George Sagen
Mound Hill Cemetery
Funeral pallbearers named for John B. Miller
Pallbearers at the funeral of 96 year old John B. Miller were W. L. Graham W. W. Sigler Ira Mills Harry Mills Herbert Klicker and John Frazier.
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Gallipolis
John B. Miller
St. Louis
W. L. Graham
W. W. Sigler
Ira
Harry Mills
Herbert Klicker
John Frazier
Logan Victory Ends Five Football Careers
The Logan-Circleville game Friday night marked the final high school season for five Chieftains players Captain Robert Hansley Albert Leonard Jimmy Richardson Eddie Nelson and Joe Spackey Their careers end before the Nelsonville game next week Three of the players Leonard Richardson and Nelson will continue with the basketball team this winter.
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LOGAN
Chieftain
Robert Hansley
Albert Leonard
Jimmy Richardson
Eddie Nelson
Joe Spackey
Chieftains
Nelsonville
Leonard
Richardson
Nelson
Logan Brief Social Notes
Logan Brief reports visitors from Corning Mr and Mrs Bernard McClain attended Armis tice Sunday at the American Legion Hall. Columbus guests Mr and Mrs Evan Smith and daughter stayed with Mr and Mrs George Lehman and Mr and Mrs Sam Smith. Saturday Club luncheon at the White House with honorary member Mrs John Dougherty present. Mrs C W Graham welcomed. Anna Cole led a program on Period Furniture and Antiqu es with members contributing old items.
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Bernard McClain
Corning
Logan
American Legion Hall
Evan Smith
Columbus
George Lehman
Sam Smith
Fred Murray
White House
John Dougherty
C. W. Graham
Anna Cole
Gallipolis Election Winners File Expense Accounts
Candidates from the recent Gallipolis election submit expense accounts to the Board of Elections. The piece notes momentum comparisons between a 3,500 pound car at 15 mph and a 50 pound shell at 3,000 fps as a physics aside.
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Gallipolis
Board of Elections
Mrs. Kirby Snyder Struck by Car on Church Street
Mrs. Kirby Snyder of Church Street received cuts and bruises Saturday night when struck by a car backing from the curb. Her condition is not serious and she will be confined to her home for a few days.
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Logan
Kirby Snyder
Church St
Recount Sought for Benton Township Trustee Race
Logan A W Lytle of Benton Township seeks a recount of the long term trustee race after 13 candidates produced 66 votes for Clendell Reid, 55 for Chester Eveland, and 54 for Lytle and Merton Lehman. A $10 deposit was posted and the retabulation is set for Monday November 15 at 1 pm by Hocking County Election Board chairman Samuel Blum.
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Logan
A. W. Lytle
Benton Township
Hocking County Election Board
Clendell Reid
Chester Eveland
Mr. Lytle
Merton Lehman
Samuel Blum
Election Board
Candidates Must File Expense Accounts
Logan all candidates who participated in the election last Tuesday must file an expense account with the election board on or before Friday Nov 12. Whether or not the candidate had expenses and winner or loser, under provisions of the corrupt practice act, he is required to file an expense account. Certificates of election to the winners will be issued when their expense accounts have been submitted.
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Logan
Election Board
Anthony family visit spans Cleveland to Union Furnace
Logan reports Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Anthony and family of Cleveland are visiting relatives in the area. They are staying with Roy Anthony and family and also visiting C. D. Anthony near Union Furnace.
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Logan
J. C. Anthony
Cleveland
Roy Anthony
C. D. Anthony
Union Furnace
Thurston Hosts Smith Family Guests of Brights
Logan Mr and Mrs Arthur Smith and sons Robert and Howard and Miss Elizabeth Smith visited Mr and Mrs Rolland Bright in this city Sunday.
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Logan
Arthur Smith
Robert
Howard
Elizabeth Smith
Thurston
Rolland Bright
Visit in Cleveland Hospital With Relative
Mr and Mrs Dea Dollison and Mrs Paul Dollison with daughter Katie and son Dick visited Paul Dollison in Cleveland at Marine Hospital. He underwent major surgery last week and is recovering but will miss returning home for at least two weeks. The item also notes a British census count of sixteen widowers and nine men divorced under twenty years.
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Logan
Dea Dollison
Paul Dolliso
Katie
Cleveland
Paul Dollison
Marine Hospital
Dollison
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Hilda Pinkerman
Jessie Unroe
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Hold Miller
Buddy
N. Court St
Athens, Ohio
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Benton
Cleveland Hospital
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