Young Child Dies in Fire at Logan Home
Fire when kerosene can exploded near a kitchen stove destroyed the Logan house at 294 W Second St. about four pm Monday. Ten month old Robert Leslie Huffines, son of Clyde and wife Huffines, died. Firemen fought flames for nearly an hour. three explosions spread kerosene through the four room dwelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleo Montgomery Logan
Robert Leslie Huffines
Clyde Huffines
Second St
Huffines
Lancaster
Harley Jones
Jones
Main
Gallagher Sis
Hugh Hooper
Mary Bush
Murray City
Malone
Epstein
Logan Band Boosters Hold Meeting and Plans
Logan Band Boosters held their monthly meeting with potluck supper at 6 30 Monday in the band room led by new president Washington Bowers. Four motion pictures were shown by James Rutgers and Ruth Ann Norris played two piano solos. The November meeting is set for the fourth Monday at 6 30 with the usual potluck. In a separate incident a house fire killed a baby and burned the home contents. Leonard Funeral Directors will handle arrangements. Two other children, Kenneth Eugene ten and Rolland Sylvester seven, survived.
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Band Boosters of
Logan
Logan Band Boosters
George O 'Gribble
James Green
G. L. Williams
Washington 'Bowers
James Rutgers
Ruth
Ann Norris
Leonard Funeral Directors
Kenneth Eugene
Rolland Sylvester
Hocking Service Men Letters From Home Highlight War News
Local notices recount military family updates including Pvt. Floyd R. Connor’s commendation by Major Larson, and Pvt. Robert J. Sinnott finishing a V-12 program in Rochester. Dale Baumgardner heads to Great Lakes after enlistment. Sgt. Edward L. Eberst transferred to Fort Lewis with a promotion. Virgil L. Linn, in a German prison camp, writes hopeful homecoming within a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Connor
Mabelhallenger
Athens
Connor
Floyd R. Connor
Southwest
Pacific Theater
A. R. Larson
Robert J. Sinnot
Rochester
N. Y
R. B. Sinnot
Dale Baumgardner
Great Lakes
Columbus
Baumgardner
C. G. Baumgardner
Church St
Edward L. Eberst
Ed Eberst
Hill St
Camp Grant
Tfl
Fort Lewis
Wash
Pearl Linn
Third St
Virgil L. Linn
Barber Is Honored By Logan Elks
At the Elks meeting in Logan a life membership was given to James Eberst of Columbus. Brother of Ed and George Eberst of Logan, he was a longtime Logan barber and has worked at the Neil House in Columbus for 33 years. A luncheon followed with Howard Ralston and John Hammon in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
the Elks
Jon James Eberst
Columbus
George Eberst
James Eberst
Neil House
Howard Ralston
John Hammon
Local Draft Board Announces Honorable Discharges
The Logan Selective Service Board reports honorable discharges for Pvt. Marvin WN Conkle on Oct. 19 at Fort Sheridan. Also listed are Technician 4th G. Joseph Connor at Fort Sheridan on Oct. 18 and Chester Vernon Smith, Seaman 1-c V-6-S, from Newport, R. I.
Hospital Committee Reports on Cherington Hospital
Logan Citizens Hospital Committee toured Cherington Hospital and found floors one to three in excellent repair and cleanliness. Operating room equipment remains intact. many instruments rechromed since 1944. Kitchen, nurses dining room need redecorating. heating and elevator in daily use with state inspections. X ray, electrical systems excellent. pharmacy well supplied. large stock of new items including sheets, gauze, napkins. Open daily for inspection.
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Logan
Beef Cattle Men To Meet in Logan
Beef cattle men of Hocking County plan the first Beef Dinner at Macabee Hall Logan on Wednesday evening with reservations due by Wednesday morning. Prof L P McCann of Ohio State University will discuss beef cattle in 1945 and representatives from Columbus Livestock Producers Association and Pickaway County Livestock Cooperative Association will attend. A film titled Livestock and Meat will be shown. A committee may be formed to establish a beef cattle program for the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Hocking County
Macabee
Ohio
L.P. McCann
Ohio State University
Columbus Livestock Producers Association
Pickaway
Rural-Urban Night Observed by Rotary
Logan Walter Leonard chaired a Rotary Rural-Urban Night with Dr. Olie Fink from Columbus as principal speaker. Fink, national Secretary of the Friends of the Land and former Ohio Department of Education conservation education director, outlined the three mill levy in her schools. The club drew guests including William Hahn, County Commissioner Frank St. Clair, Jack Dougherty, Claude Harsh, Paul Shaw, Rudolph Brandt, Kerwood Martin, Ray Blackstone, and others.
Good Showing by Logan Hahn Paul Hann and Nihiser at Livestock Judging
Logan Hahn and Paul Hann of Rockbridge and Lester Nihiser near Enterprise represented Hocking County at the State 4-H General Livestock Judging Contest in Columbus. With limited training the team did not place in the top five, but Hahn earned fourth place with a 252 score while the contest’s top individual scored 1281.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Nick
Paul Hann
Rockbridge
Lester Nihiser
Near Enterprise
Hocking County
Columbus
Nick Hahn
Car Damaged In Log a n Route 664 Crash
Sheriff Field Duffy and Deputy Waldron responded to a Route 664 crash two miles north of Logan. Charles Mohler of Junction City drove a car that struck an abutment and overturned. Vernon Angle and Paul Howdyshell were other occupants. no injuries reported, but the vehicle was badly damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Field Duffy
Jack Waldron
Charles Mohler
Junction City
Rt.1
Vernon Angle
Paul Howdyshell
Logan Sigma Phi Gamma War Project Report and Meetings
Sigma Phi Gamma chapters raised 471.00 for a war project covering a reception room furnished at Fletcher General Hospital for 270.00. The room bears a bronze plaque identifying Ohio's Gamma Province. Next meeting set for November 6 with planners Marjorie Price Anna Marie Shorr Mary Collinson and Gloria Summers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Sigma Phi Gammas
Anna Marie Shorr
Ohio Province
Nadene B. Macourek
Gamma Province
Fletcher General Hospital
Ashaway
Ohio
Sigma Phi Gamma Inter-National Sorority
Marjorie Price
Mary Collinson
Gloria Summers
Addison Frey
Kenneth Beery
Kenneth Adair
Don Williams
Eileen Couch
Roy Curl
Jeanie Schrader
Margaret Ann Martin
John Shaw
Harold Brown
Everett McWilliams
Hayes Pritchard
John Green
Marvin Lackey
Chester Cooley
Charles Lehman
Thomas Walsh
Two men fined after traffic obstruction plea
Logan residents John Norris Jr and Andrew Wilson were arrested by a highway patrolman for obstructing traffic on a county road near Route 33 in Green Township. They pled guilty before Mayor Denzil Weltner and were fined five dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
John Norris, Jr
Laurelville Tops National War Fund Drive Booster Story
Laurelville reports a successful National War Fund drive last Saturday with Chairmen J. Sakeolo and Warne Armstrong leading a large committee including Gay Kruger Paul Armstrong and several ladies. In Logan an apparent injury occurs as Mrs Susan Devore aged 7 falls from a rocking chair and is hospitalized in Mercy Hospital Columbus with her daughter at her side. Jesse M Sanner is appointed administrator of the estates of Edward W Sanner and Tabitha J Sanner in Hecking County probate court. In Burlington New Jersey workers uncover a live bullfrog encased in the cement foundation laid in 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Harley Meyer
Laurelville
National War Fund
J. 5
Sake Olo
Warne Armstrong
Gay Kruger
Paul Armstrong
John D. Archer
Bernard Taylor
Francis McClelland
Mass
Ruth Straus
LOGAM
Jesse M. Sanner
Edward W. Sanner
Tabitha J. Sanner
Hecking Couty
Milkweed Pod Drive Set For Hocking County
Hocking County U S D A War Board designates Thursday October 26 as the official milkweed pod collection day for armed forces needs. A truck will visit county collection centers, haul bags to the Hocking County Fort grounds for government pickup. Paul H Shaw chairs the board and may authorize payments. schools often serve as centers and may have uncollected pods brought in before Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking County
U.S.D.A. War Board
War Hemp Industries Incorporated
Milkweed Fress Division
Petoskey
Mich
Licensed To Marry Logan A
Marriage license issued for James Cecil Cottril 18 and Monahelle M Beougher 18 Logan Athens where the ceremony will be performed. James is U S Navy son of Cecil Cottrill and Monahelle is daughter of Ray Beougher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
James Cecil Cottril
U.S. Nave
Cecil Cottrill
Monahelle M. Beougher
Ray
Beougher
Athens
Fined and jailed for assault and battery case
Logan John Halliday of Glous her Rt 4 was arrested Saturday at 9 am by Sheriff Floyd Duffy and charged with assault and battery. Arraigned before Magistrate Frank St Clair he pleaded guilty, fined 25 dollars and costs, and sentenced to 80 days in the county jail where he remains incarcerated. Undergoes operation Logan Summers admitted to Doctors Hospital Columbus Sunday for a tonsillectomy Monday. He was accompanied by Mrs Summers and daughter Glenn and William Arnold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Louise Monier
Seaman William Paul Ownings
Sugar Grove
Eugene Brown
Michael Mohler
Logan Rt. 4
Ownings
New Straitsville High School
Logan
Seaman Ownings
George Ownings
McArthur
Oakland
Calif
John Halliday
Glousher
Rt. 4
Floyd Duffy
Frank St. Clair
Rudd Summers
W. Hunter St
Doctors’ Hospital
Columbus
No car like a Studebaker in wartime economy
Letters from Studebaker owners across America praise the Champion Commander and President models for reliability and low-cost maintenance during wartime. County official J Stanley Howard of Liberty Kentucky, a college teacher Audrey L Packham of Florida, and others vow not to sell, citing engine reliability and wartime savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Stanley Howard
Liberty
Kentucky
Studebaker
Audrey L. Packham
Florida
Smdebaker
America
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Athens Messenger
Hiuffines
Schine
Athena
ORIO
THUR
Paw Elpads
Constance Moore
Brad Taylor
Charley Grapewth
Jerry Colonna
Rosegta Castacne
Stanley Amdeews
Ery
Pats Whitemah
AMD
Olchestes
Lou Armefrong
HIS
Gichestra
Donald Pua Reha
Bugs Bunny
3 Bears
Cary Grant
Priscilla Lane
Barber
Logan Elks
Rotary
Ukk U
Mermaids ON Parade
Terrytune
Carmen
Uxeliary
Marie Struble
American Legion Auxilary
Legion Hall
Xenia
Jesse Frasure
Bridge Club
Rudolph, Hankison
Lew Riggs
Lawrence Hack
Judgen Shriner
Charles Achauer
Star Baler
James Barker
A. L. Heyde
Stout
Nelsonville
Bertha Kittsman
St. Matthew Lutheran Chuch
John Trowbridge
Martha Walsh
Municipal Hospital
Roberts Ambulance
Edgar Paul
Springfield
Chackeras Theaters
John Allen
Lima
D. L. Ridenour
A. L Heyde
Esther Boggs
Leo Edgecomb
Luther Heyde
Carl Kline
R. B. Hansel
John Dicken
Kent
Rose
Clara Dicken
John Kelch
Martha
C. E. Parkin
Charleston
W. Va
Harry Starr
Drs. It
M and
Tatha Starr
Ronocks T
Dorothy Smith
Cincinnati
A. K. Smith
Joe Wamsley
Enterprise
Clinton Webb
Ralph Webb
Susan Devore
John Devore
Gore
Mercy Hospital
William Flood
Burlington
N. J
Say
Mudabaker
Ordnance
Army Service
Ferces
Uncle Sam
Sobio
Sokio
Sohio
Standard Oil Company
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