4-H Club Enrollment in Hocking County Tops 1947
Nearly 650 boys and girls enrolled in 4-H club work this summer in Hocking County, a 10 percent rise from 1947. The count includes 43 clubs with 52 adult leaders, led by Grace Harsh in her 21st year. Seven new clubs formed, while five disbanded for lack of adult advisors.
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Hocking County
Harold Ruggles
Emily Vanan
County Home
Grace Harsh
Gore
O. V. Mohler
Enterprise Hilltoppers
Jim Jones
Harold Nihiser, Jr
Gibisonville
Scott Huffines
Son St. Clair
Poe Oannee
Tion
Auto Truck Collision on Gallagher Avenue
Police said a Rail way Express Co. truck driven by Richard Weis backed into a parked car driven by Chan Kistler on Gallagher Avenue Friday noon. No injuries reported and damage was minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallagher Avenue
Railway Express Co
Richard Weis
Chan Kistler
Buckeye Girls State selects Colette Judy from Logan
Colette Judy daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Judy of 506 North Mulberry Street leaves Sunday for a week in Columbus at the second annual Buckeye Girls State representing Logan Unit 78 American Legion Auxiliary chosen by lot from four Logan High School juniors. Her twin brother Carl Judy also selected by lot represents the Legion post at Buckeye Boys State at Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware and will return Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coletta Judy
Frank Judy
North Mulberry Street
Columbus
Buckeye
Fathers Day Gifts Favor Neck Ties and More
A Logan merchants survey shows fathers will receive more gifts this year with neck ties topping the list. Watches, cigars, lighters, sport shirts and pens are also popular while Mrs. John Bruce Dodd of Spokane created the idea in 1910 leading to a nationwide Fathers Day observance by 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dad
Logan
John Bruce Dodd
Spokane
Wash
Dodd
Services Conducted For Mrs. Grover Betz
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Rece Betz wife of Grover Betz who died Tuesday night at her home near Kingston The service was at 2 PM Friday at L E Hill Funeral Home Kingston Rev Leonard Mann officiated burial was in Mt Pleasant Cemetery She was born March 12 1899 in Jackson County to Thomas and Lydia French Osler Surviving are her husband four daughters a half sister eight grandchildren and several half brothers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rece
Grover Betz
Kingston
L. E. Hill
Leonard Mann
Mt. Pleasant
Jackson County
Betz
Thomas
Lydia French Osler
Dorothy Liebe
Circleville
Lela Shewards
Dayton
Adrian McKinley
Frances Shope
Toledo
Katherine Oiler
Wellston
Harry Oiler
Jackson
Frank and
Gilbert Oiler
Carbon Hill Girl Earns Nursing Diploma
Mrs Alma McKinney of Carbon Hill received a nursing diploma from Frances Payne Bolton.
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Carbon Hill
Alma McKinney
Frances Payne Bolton
Mills Bros Circus Returns To Logan With Two Shows
Logan Daily News reports Mills Bros Circus guests of honor for two performances at the fairgrounds at 2 PM and 8 PM sponsored by Post Hocking and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The piece recounts the founder Jack Mills and the 1940 start of a growing three ring circus with top acts and a large tented show crew.
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Logan Daily News
Mills Bros. Circus
Logan
Fairgrounds
Post Hocking
Jack Mills
Cleveland
Jack
Jake
Paul
Harry
Western Reserve University Nursing School Commencement
At Severance Hall on June 16 the School of Nursing awarded degrees to 1100 students, bringing the year total to 1920 the highest in the school’s history. Mrs McKinney daughter of Mr and Mrs Carlton Frame plans to settle in Columbus likely at Ohio State University Hospital. Supersonic sound can kill bacteria.
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School of Nursing
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Severance Hall
Western Reserve
McKinney
Carlton Frame
Carlton Hill
Columbus
Ohio State University Hospital
Death Car Driver Fined at Circleville
Clifford Ream 22 of Adelphi was fined 25 and costs after arraignment before Mayor Thurman Wilson for driving on the wrong side of the road in a fatal collision near Laurelville. Richard Hettinger 20, also of Adelphi, died when his motorcycle collided head on with Ream's car as stunt riding was cited by state patrol. Hettinger and his brother Roy were in the car when the crash occurred at Routes 56 and 180. Burial followed at Green Summit Cemetery Adelphi.
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Clifford Ream
Adelphi
Laurelville
Thurman Wilson
Circleville
Richard Hettinger
Ream
Young Hettinger
Hettinger
Roy
Clayworkers Win At New Lexington Clayworkers
The Logan Clay Products team edged the New Lexington All Stars 4-3 in extra innings. Marion Strawn allowed four hits and struck out 10 for Logan, while Lybarger held Logan scoreless until the 10th. Zirbel and Krumlauf led LCP with multiple hits.
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Logan Clay Products
New Lexington All Stars
Clayworkers
Lybarger
Lex Hurler
Logan
Marion Strawn
New Lexington
Fanning
Lupereee
Ts.horrors
Zirbel
Krumlauf
Bartholomew
Local birth and hospital news from the area
Mrs Frank Brooks and Bonnie visited in Pomeroy on Friday. Virgil Edwards and wife announced a son born June 9 at the Chamberlain Clinic in McArthur. Nellie Later convalescing after surgery at Lancaster Hospital. Stephenson recovering at Grant Hospital Columbus in room 273. Guy Champ and wife welcomed a son at Hocking Valley Hospital. Harley St Clair recovering at Grant Hospital in room 467. Norma Jean Hanna visiting mother Dessie Hanna and grandparents Richard and Mrs. Brooks. Dr Charles F Patton and wife Glouster welcome son Merrill William born June 13 at Sheltering Arms Athens. Grandparents are William Patton and Merrill Ogg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Edwards
New Plymouth
Chamberlain Clinic
McArthur
Stephenson
Church Street
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Guy Champ
Nelsonville
Hocking Valley Hospital
Harley St. Clair
West
Hunter Street
Norma Jean Hanna
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
Soun Ol
Dessie Hanna
Richard Brooks
Charles F. Patton
Glouster
Merrill William
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
William F. Patton
Merrill Ogg
Banshee Navy Fighter Clears 1947 Flight Tests
The Banshee, a powerful single seat Navy fighter, capable of 600 mph and 9000 feet per minute climb, successfully passed flight tests in 1947.
Logan High School Band Directors Attend Ohio Clinic
James Horwell and Thomas Heinlein of Logan join 125 high school bandsmen and instructors at the second annual summer band clinic sponsored by Ohio University School of Music June 27. Ohio U. bandmaster Daniel L. Martino directs with guest conductors Alvin R. Edgar and Mark Hindsley directing sessions and a Sunday concert concludes the two week program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Horwell
Logan
Thomas Heinlein
Ohio University School of Music
Daniel L. Martino
Ohio U
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Missouri
Alvin R. Edgar
Iowa State College
Mark H. Hindsley
University of Illinois
Year Book Staffers Attend OU Workshop
About one hundred high school students and faculty members from Ohio University attended a workshop led by Howard Epstein Jayne Shriner and Max O. McKitrick. Sessions Monday to Wednesday focused on yearbooks school newspapers and business problems with George Starr Lasher directing newspaper and yearbook preparation. The conference began Thursday and ends Saturday with talks demonstrations and plant visits.
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Ohio Univer
Howard Epstein
Jayne Shriner
Max O. McKitrick
George Starr Lasher
Also Mentioned on This Page
Comined
Beegan
Coletta and
Carl Judy Humphrey
Theo. C. Johnson Co
E. Main St
Mills Circus
Logan Fairgrounds
U.S
New England
Atlantic
Mary PickForo
Louise
Samy McPueesee
Wigwams
Amelia Earhart
Chevrolet
W.& H. Chevrolet
Second Street
Frank Brooks
Bonnie
Elm Street
Pomeroy
Nellie
Rockbridge
Lanicaster Hospital
E. Main &J
FORD
Ogg & Beasley
West Hunter Street
Union Clothing Co
Chidester’s Metal Shop
N. Spring St
Leon
RCA Victor
Evelyn Miracle of the Belle
Tommy Dorsey
Vaughn Monroe
Love
Perry
Logan Music & Appliance CO
W. Main
Sponsored By
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Stoltz Drug
Circus
Aree
Waikiki
America
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