Annual Red Cross Roll Call Opens in Hocking County
Logan Ohio November 13 1939 final plans completed for opening the Annual Red Cross Roll Call in Hocking County Tuesday with Rev Cecil Harding Jones in charge and Rev T C Gregory aiding in rural areas executive committees named for wards South Logan and city groups to enroll every adult over 18 in Logan and Hocking counties.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Red Cross
Hocking
Jones
Logan
Hocking County
School Bus Drivers Organize New Unit
Logan Hocking County school bus drivers organized a local unit of the state association by electing officers and an executive member. Next meeting set for Friday November 17. New officers include Fred Liff president David Wylie vice president Stanley W Huston secretary treasurer and Travis Wharton member of the executive group.
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LOGAN
Hocking County
State Association
Fred Liff
Falls Township
David Wylie
Laurel Township
Stanley W. Huston
Travis Wharton
Good Hope Township
Laurel Township Trustee Race Faces Recount Request
A defeated Laurel Township trustee candidate filed a recount request on Friday after county board certification of official results. The close precinct tally among several candidates triggers procedures. a recount demand must be filed within five days and by Wednesday if pursued.
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Logan
Laurel Township
Property Awarded To Central West Coal Co
Logan report shows Central West Coal Co acquired the Coonville Coal Co property in a common pleas court entry tied to a prior suit. Judgment exceeded 84 000 dollars earlier. property value applied to the judgment was 49 732.60 with 267.40 costs. Remaining due 34 550.73 plus a new judgment was issued.
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Logan —Central West Coal Co
Coonville Coal Co
Common Pleas Court
Jackson Fans Take Train to Logan Game Excursion
A daily train carried 575 Jackson residents to attend the Jackson Logan football game. The special was the district fans second excursion in two weeks. Crew members were Harley Gooding conductor Albert Iles engineer Wilford Struble fireman Judson Shriner and Frank Tremaine brakemen all from Logan.
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LOGAN
Jackson
Chesapeake and Ohio Docanees
Harley Gooding
Albert Iles
Wilford Struble
Judson Shriner
Frank Tremaine
Rev Cecil Jones urges US neutrality in armistice talk
At Logan Post American Legion rooms Rev. Cecil Harding Jones spoke to more than 100 Legionnaires Auxiliary members and families urging US neutrality in war, economic reform, and readiness to cooperate with world powers after the war. He called for an embargo on war material shipments to Japan and stressed ensuring democracy remains alive.
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Logan
Cecil Harding Jones
Logan Post
American Legion
G. E. Carr
Committee On
America
Japan
United States
Jones
China
Irene Conrad
District 8
Auxiliary
Homer Clapper
Lancaster Post
H. H. Sands
Bertha Oberle
Florence Huffman
Roy
Bryant van Atta
Walter Leonard
Bernard Boyle
Charles Struble
Lawrence Adcock
American Legion Committee
Clinton Webb
Logan Eleven Begins Final Week of Drill
Logan Chief tains start their final week of practice ahead of Friday’s home game against Lancaster. Players suffer colds and injuries from the Jackson contest with Lou Casto sidelined by a black eye and a nose injury. Captain Bob McBride, Bill Shaw, Peck Mowery and Dan Roberts head into final regular-season appearance alongside teammates as Lancaster edged Chillicothe 6 to 0 last Friday.
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LOGAN
Logan Chieftains
Lou Casto
Pete Brandon
Bill Bryan
Lancaster
Chillicothe
Chieftains
Bob McBride
Bill Shaw
Peck Mowery
Dan Roberts
Logan Brief Social Notes
Logan social notes recount multiple gatherings including a dinner for Mrs. Kate Bort turning 75, weddings, and visits by relatives from Columbus Akron Toledo and Columbus. Notable items include Mr John V Murphy Toledo attorney marrying at 3 pm in Columbus, plus local hospital and nursing notes and Armistice services.
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Fanny Spears
Helen Rochester
Gladys Bort
Columbus
Kate Bort
R. A. Henderson
Carl Frenier
Seth Sloan
Alfred Campbell
John McBroom
Florence Bort
Woman Loses Purse After Rock Hits Arm
Mrs. Barton Holl was walking on Main St when a pebble kicked up by John Roberts' car struck her arm causing her to drop her purse. The purse and contents were later found by Mrs. Amos Burgess and returned to the owner, including a receipt signed by Mary Adcock of the American Legion Auxiliary.
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Logan
Main St
Barton Holl
John Roberts
Injured Man Transferred From Cherrington to Dayton Veterans Hospital
Logan James Mack of Royal Oak Michigan was moved Sunday by ambulance from Cherrington Hospital to the Veterans Hospital in Dayton after a skull fracture. A World War II veteran discharged in Detroit, Mack had been working on the Rockbridge landscaping project along U S Route 33. His condition improved slightly though he remains unable to fully regain mental functions. He suffered two skull fractures.
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Logan
James Mack
Royal Oak
Mich
Veterans Hospital
Dayton
Cherrington Hospital
Mack
Detroit
Rockbridge
U. S. Route 33
Trio of Automobiles Involved in Accident
A three car collision occurred at the Third and West Street intersection at 11 30 p m Saturday. Andrew Ellinger of Logan and Paul Johnson of Rockbridge drove the involved cars and C Geil’s vehicle was struck after Ellinger’s car was hit. Patrolman A F Evans investigated noting a broken fire hydrant and manhole cover with damage to the cars. No injuries were reported.
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LOGAN
Andrew Ellinger
Paul Johnson
Rockbridge
Third
West St
Ellinger
Third St
Johnson
C. Geil
A. F. Evans
Welcome to Logan Greeting by Mayor Kinser
Cards bearing an official Logan welcome from Mayor Dallas Kinser circulated on the C and O excursion train Friday evening as Jackson visitors rode toward the city. Train crew members said the greeting left a favorable impression on the visitors.
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Logan
Dallas Kinser
C. and O
Jackson
Miss Pond Delivers Japan Talk At Westminster Fellowship
Miss Helen Pond spoke at the Westminster Fellowship meeting in the First Presbyterian Church parlor, discussing Japan where she has lived for years. A large group of visitors attended as she is on furlough visiting her Lancaster parents and Logan relatives. George Amerine of E Second Street is home ill, reported slightly improved on Sunday.
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William O'Brien
Pauline Pomeroy
Columbus
Logan
Sophia Judy
Albert Seabright
H. D. Worthington
Norma Lee
Harriet Ann
Doris Jean Bishop
Clete Scholl
Rose Adcock
Frank Judy
Joe Judy
Veterans Hospital
Chillicothe
D. B. Chaffer
H. D. Arnold
Arnold
Myrtie Dunbar
Gallipolis
Homer Clapper
Harry Conrad
Lancaster
Logan Post
American Legion
G. C. Nutters
Scott Mohler
Chesterhill
James Napp
Gladys Clutton
Winifred Engle
Athens
Dale Engle
Bill Knapp
Bob Price
Ohio U
Howard Peters
London
Frank Courter
Jacob Keller
Pleasant
Mich
Clarence Blosser
Ann Shriner
Charles Keller
Keller
Harley Lewis
Rockford
Samuel Hart
Greenfield
Kent Pope
Cleveland
Floyd Copeland
Hamden
P. H. Sweeney
Charles F. Lewis
Women's Missionary Society
Presbyterian Guild
Presbyterian Church
Helen Pond
Tokyo
Japan
Westminster Fellowship
First Presbyterian Church
Miss Pond
M. S. Pond
George Amerine
Second St
Quiet Armistice Day Observed in Logan
Armistice Day was marked calmly in Logan with no parade as the American Legion Post joined the organizing committee. At 11 a.m. Harry Mack fired 11 aerial bombs before the courthouse and Taps followed. Veterans paused in silence. post rooms hosted open house and school assemblies featured Rev. Stanley W. Wiant and Supt. G. E. Carr. Courthouse and state offices closed. business places remained open.
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Logan
Logan Post
American Legion
General Committee
Harry Mack
Stanley W. Wiant
G. E. Carr
High Winds Flatten Fodder Shocks Across Hocking County
Farmers report fodder shocks blown down by a powerful wind sweeping Hocking County Friday night. In many areas shocks were scattered across fields and some fields had no shocks standing after the storm.
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Logan
Hocking County
Social Notes Highlight Bridge Gatherings and Guests
McArthur society notes describe Mrs. S. R. Cline hosting a bridge night in honor of guest Mrs. Stanley Cline of Atlanta. Delbert Johnson led as high scorer with Nellie E. Leach holding a perfect spade hand. Other attendees included Harriet Wooley, Betty Wrightsel, Sara Rutledge and Gerry Wrightsel. The column also lists various visits across towns, including Knight Montgomery with relatives in Springfield and Mrs. Stanley Cline’s return to Atlanta after a week with the Cline families.
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Chillicothe
Martha Rosser
Columbus
Cora Gorsuch
Oak Hill
Gill
Gorsuch
S. R. Cline
Harold Cline
Paris
John OD. Gill
Lawrence
T. J. Shipley
Huntington
W. Va
Injured in Fall in Zanesville Residence
Mrs. Paul Fox of Zanesville Avenue slipped on basement stairs Friday and sustained a fractured collarbone. She is under medical care.
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Logan
Paul Fox
Zanesville Ave
Logan Native Visits City After 60 Years
Logan native Dr. W. E. Stedem of Philadelphia, born and raised in Logan, is visiting relatives after sixty years. He studied pharmacy and built a career in Philadelphia. He is brother in law of George Fox and plans to spend time here with family during his first visit in a decade. He revisited his birthplace on W Second Street near the Frasch property.
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Logan
W. E. Stedem
Philadelphia
George Fox
W. Second St
Frasch
Plymouth Grangers Elect New Officers
Plymouth Grange of New Plymouth held a regular meeting with officer elections for the coming year. J. M. Lanner was chosen master, with Thomas Rannells as overseer and I. E. Fri lecturer among the named officers.
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Ceres
Edith Schurtz
Pomona
Nora Fri
Flora
Lottie Cremean
George Hunsacker
Orbiston Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
Orbiston residents hosted and visited relatives this weekend with guests from Columbus, Albany, Murray, and The Plains. A benefit party for the Ladies Auxiliary of W M W of A is planned at the Orbiston schoolhouse on November 14.
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Orbiston
Martin Sorrell
Harry Permick
Barberton
George Tschus
Columbus
William O’rouke
George Dixon
Thomas Dixon
George Morrison
Mary Halliday
Steve Sorrell
Adrienne
Clell Campbell
Redtown
Etta Camp
Nelsonville
Clarence Peacock
Sam Woodard
Albany
Mary Banfield
Clayton Bookman
Charles Gastin
the Plains
Mike
Bartoe
Opal Bricker
Albert Yates
Carl Yates
Gladys Day
William Dixon
Wellsburg
W. Va
Ruth Carsner
Murray
Edith Halliday
Ladies Auxiliary
Buchtel
Elizabeth Roberts
Grace Camppen
Helen Bookman
Ruth Coakey
Bobby Sorrell
Frank Kinkade
Bill
Shirley Hook
Billy
Larry Herbst
Sugar Creek
Masons Hold Services for Charles Lewis
About 50 Masons gathered at the Masonic Temple to march to East Main Street for the funeral rites of Charles F. Lewis conducted at his residence and later at 2 o'clock. Rolland Bright served as marshal and Frank Larimer and Harry L. Smith led the ceremonies. Mr. Lewis, a long time Mason since 1916, was active in local Masonic work.
Burial details of Rev Amos L Heyde at St Matthew linked church
Rev Amos L Heyde of St Matthew Lutheran Church led the duties as burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery. The service reflected the church community's mourning and respect for the pastor.
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Amos L. Heyde
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Oak Grove Cemetery
Mrs Gregory Admitted for Major Operation at Logan Hospital
Mrs Gregory wife of the Rev T C Gregory pastor of the United Brethren Church at Enterprise was admitted to Cherrington Hospital Sunday. She underwent a major operation today. Harley Chambers Union Furnace underwent a minor operation at the hospital Sunday. Mrs Elmer Mohler near Logan was admitted Saturday for treatment.
Logan Youth Temperance Council Meeting Notice
The Logan Youth Temperance Council will hold its November meeting at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening at the United Brethren Church.
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Logan
Logan Youth Temperance Council
United Brethrens Church
Thanksgiving Dance Promised by Ancient York Lodge
Gallipolis sponsors a Thanksgiving dance at Emerson Hall on the evening of November 21. Poultry prizes are offered in several classes.
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Gallipolis
Ancient York Lodge
Colored
Emerson Hall
Revered preacher Lester L. Roush speaks at Grace Methodist
In Gallipolis Rev. Lester L. Roush of Columbus preached during the morning worship at Grace Methodist Church on Sunday.
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Gallipolis
Lester L. Roush
Columbus
Grace Methodist Church
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First Ward
Fred Burchfield
H. E. Kirk
A. ©. Kelch
Charles C. Achauer
Second Ward
John Blaisus
Harley Meyer
Darley Kitchen
Wayne Whitcraft
George Clayton Shaw
Third Ward
Howard Ralston
M. B. Lles
S. H. Sebold
Fourth Ward
Jean Tschappat
South Logan
Merle Cox
Fritz’ Topper
Central West Coal Co
LO. O. F. Temple
I. R. Goldberg
Optometrist
Worstell Bidg
N. Court St
Zenner’s Dept
Logan Eleven
Paul Collison
Dollison
Verl and
Katy Jo
R. S. Rochester
Dean Dollison
Ken Lee
Manchion Curren
Precious Correll
Pauline Mosier
Akron
John V. Murphy
Toledo
Paul Stillwell
Thirteenth Ave
Murphy
Martin Luther
Kinser
Shoe Repair
W. Union St
Plymouth Grangers
Masons
Charles Lewis
Logan Hospital
Ana
Carpenter Maytag Co
Athens, Ohio
Glouster
Pomeroy
Fred C
Tre Craw Loan and Guaranty Company
Court Street
Ohio
Tom Horner
the Messenger
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