Freeman named new Hocking forester succeeding Idleman
Fred W Freeman of Logan, a former assistant to Idleman, is appointed ranger of Hocking State Forest succeeding Mell Idleman who becomes ranger of Zaleski State Forest. John Cooper moves from Pike State Forest to supervisor of Hocking Parks. Idleman also moves to Zaleski, Honchell becomes Lebanon farm forester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Freeman
Hocking State Forest
Mell K. Idleman
Zaleski State Forest
John Cooper
Pike State Forests
Pike County
Hocking Parks
al Reidy
Freeman
Logan High School
Army
Pacific
Ohio University
Athens
Michigan State College
Idle Nan
Harry Freeman
Logan Route 3
Jeanne
Harbourt
Logan
Awards Available For Members Of Logan Junior Band
Logan junior band awards, late for the school year, are now available from James Horwell, the Logan band director. All junior band members are eligible for colorful sweater patches purchased by the three Logan elementary school PTAs. The next Logan High School band performance is Saturday, June 14 in Nelsonville for Flag Day ceremonies, with a 6:30 p.m. bus departure from Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
James Horwell
Horwell
Nelsonville
Long Illness Fatal to Ernie McVey
Ernie Maxwell McVey 51 of 257 West Hunter Street died at 4 45 p m Wednesday at Mount St Mary Hospital Nelsonville after a years long illness. A coal mine operator who owned a mine near Nelsonville for 14 years and ran a saw mill, he served in World War I with the Third Infantry Division and fought in the sixth Marne. He was a member of American Legion Post No 78 Logan. Surviving are his mother Mrs J S Henrietta McVey of West Hunter Street a Lancaster home for months with a daughter a sister Mrs Lelia Eskew of Lancaster and brothers Walter McVey of Logan and Carl McVey of Columbus. The body will lay in state at Heinlein Funeral Home after 7 p m today with funeral at 2 p m Saturday there Rev T R McGinnis of Lancaster officiating. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernie Maxwell McVey
West
Hunter Street
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
Vinton County
American Legion
Logan
J. S
Henrietta) McVey
West Hunter Street
Lancaster
Lelia Eskew
Walter McVey
Carl McVey
Columbus
Heinlein
T. R. McGinnis of
Oak Grove Cemetery
Logan Post Office workers face overdue wages delay
Logan post office employees are among thousands impacted by Congress delaying funds for overdue wages. About 25 local workers did not receive checks on Monday, covering the entire local staff. The $970 million compromise fund is stalled by House absenteeism as leaders seek approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan Post Office
Congress
Cleo Montgomery Renamed Head of Women Democrats
The Democrat Women's Organization of Hocking County re elected Cleo Montgomery as president at a courthouse meeting attended by thirty one. Ruth Thrush was chosen secretary replacing Ruth Easterling. Plans include a September banquet with a national Democrat leader as guest speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democrat Women’s Organization
Hocking County
Cleo Montgomery
Ruth Thrush
Ruth Easterling
County Extension Office Closed for River Cruise
The county extension office will be closed all day Friday due to the 4-H Ohio River cruise. Mr and Mrs Eugene Brown and daughter Carol Ann moved today from 107 Friesner Avenue to 260 West Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Brown
Carol Ann
Friesner Avenue
West Main Street
Eisenhower on labor farmer ties and FEPC stance
Eisenhower urged mutual prosperity for labor and farmers and called for nonpersonal political judgments on McCarthy. He supported fairness for Americans, favored state handling of FEPC, warned against federal centralization, and blamed the ruling party for China’s Communist loss while stressing responsibility without naming individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
South
China
Two Lancaster men fined for seining at Rockbridge Basin
Lancaster residents David Tucker and Clarence Bresler were fined $45 and court costs each in Magistrate S. B Whitehart's court for seining fish at Rockbridge Basin. They had 17 fish weighing about 40 pounds, turned over to the Hocking County home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
S. B Whitehart
Rockbridge Basin
David Tucker
Clarence Bresler
Marvin Nungester
Hocking County
Robert Gilkey
Vinton County
Earl Kinneer
Wildlife Division
J. L. Copeland
Columbus
Division of Wildlife
Housekeeper 56 Bound Over on Attempted Killing Charge
Mrs Sylvia May Storkey 56 bound to grand jury on shooting with intent to kill her employer steelworker Tom Ellis 62. Storkey pleaded innocent and jailed in default of 7500 bond. Accusation stems from quarrel over grocery bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Tom Ellis
Sylvia May Storkey
Starkey
Explosion at Perry County mine baffles investigators
State fire marshal Harry J. Callan says the March 6 blast at the Alex Wilson coal mine near Six-Mile Turn remains unexplained as officials pursue motive. Charles C. Harbaugh, a former Shawnee marshal, was indicted for unlawful possession of explosives but denies involvement, claiming he discarded the dynamite in a river. the missing charges and the blast await further inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Wilson
Perry County
Harry J. Callan
Mr. Callan
Charles C. Harbaugh
Marshall
Shawnee
Harbaugh
Straitsville
A. S. McGonagle
Hocking Valley Hospital Births and Admits
Births include a son for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rosser at 2 57 a m weighing seven pounds nine ounces. Another son born to Mr. and Mrs Clark Truax in Logan at 7 41 a m weighing seven pounds four ounces. Admissions list Harold Kettell Columbus accident Stephen Evans Logan surgery Diana Stimel Logan surgery Constance Beth Horn Haydenville medical. Dismissals include Mrs James Neville and son Logan Mrs John Smathers McArthur and Daniel Kinisin Mc Arthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Rosser
Nelsonville
Clark Truax
Logan
Harold Kettell
Columbus
Stephen Evans
Diana Stimel
Constance’ Beth Horn
Haydenville
Cootie Variety Show Delights Hospitalized Vets
Patients at Chillicothe Veterans Hospital were entertained Sunday by two Cootie Variety Shows sponsored by the Military Order of Cooties Pup Tent No 80 Logan. Hocking County talent under Miss Mary Jane McKinley directed afternoon and evening programs. More than 50 people, including Cooties and cast, visited and gifts were given in three wards after the shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe Veterans Hospital
Military Order of Cooties
Pup
Logan
Hocking County
Mary Jane McKinley
Seek Talent for Kiwanis Show at Glouster July Fourth
Southeastern Ohio amateur hillbilly talent is to audition for the Glouster Kiwanis Club Amateur Hillbilly Talent Show to be held at Glouster Stadium on July 4. A fireworks display will accompany the event to raise funds for the Kiwanis underprivileged children’s fund. Entries must be sent to Glouster Kiwanis Hillbilly Show Post Office Box 6 Glouster with a June 21 deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Glouster Kiwanis Club
Summer Jobs Open and Fewer Claims Reported
Claims for unemployment compensation at the Logan BUC office fell last week as summer job openings increased. Only 395 claimants filed, about 300 fewer than three weeks earlier, but four more than May 1951’s weekly average. Of the total, 360 had been unemployed a week or more, and 35 were newly unemployed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Two Cars Damaged in Route 33 Collision
At 10:30 a.m. Wednesday near Riff Street Route 33 two cars collided injuring no one. Marvin Hosick 41 Cambridge Ohio turned left onto Riff and struck Charles Gompf 40 Logan. Hosick was arraigned before Mayor Roger Friend for failing to yield and fined $15 plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Hosick
Cambridge
Charles Gompf
Logan
Riff Street
State Highway Patrol
Hosick
Riff
Gompf
Roger Friend
Treasurer Reports Hike In Receipts From Tax Stamps
The weekly report shows Hocking County sales tax receipts last week totaled $4,590.30, up 693.14 from the prior year. Through January 1952 the total receipts reached 90,523.02, exceeding the 1951 comparable period by 4,282.27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking County
Ralph Moorhead
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Fred Freeman
New Hocking Forester
Idleman
V. W. Martin
Torem
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Logan Monument CO
George C. Shaw
Hocking Valley Hospital
Ernie McVey
Women Democrats
Famous Brands Groceries
Logan South Mulberry Lock
Dairy Queen
W. Hunter St
Glouster
Nick
Dat
Fairmont
Paul Fox Grocery
Dial
Logan, O
Miller-Jones
Oxford
Bobby
Ric
East Main
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