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Newspaper
Logan Daily News
Location
Logan, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1949
Page
2
The Otis Elevator crew installed a collective passenger elevator in the courthouse after funds freed in 1947 and shaft remodeling this year. The car holds about 13 passengers, runs at 100 feet per minute, and features safety doors and four cables for reliability.
Funeral services for 80 year old Mrs Myrtle Elizabeth Stacy widow of Charles Pearl Stacy were held at Heinlein Funeral Home at 2 30 P M. officiated by Dr R B Wilson. She was a member of Coes Chapel Bible Christian Church with music by Mrs R B and Mrs Edgar Hillyer and Mrs Walter Prather at the piano. Pallbearers Harley Meyer Eber Mowery Ralph Moorhead Lewis Graham Wesley Ogg and Harry Galentin. Interment in Greenlawn Cemetery Nelsonville.
Eddie Hankison age 16 son of Mrs. William Hammond of 351 North Spring Street was transported to Hocking Valley Hospital today from Marietta Hospital after a motorcycle crash in Williamstown West Virginia. He sustained a broken leg and other injuries. His companion Miss Jackie Stoffel age 14 daughter of Mrs. Gene Courtney of West Main Street suffered severe injuries and was discharged to her grandmother in Marietta.
The column lists visits by Mrs Clark Heft and others from Columbus and Athens. It notes Logan residents and guests traveling to Canada Michigan New York state and Nelsonville with trips by motor and hotel visits while reporting local hospital and meeting details including a July picnic date change for Harrington class and a brief Knights of Pythias gathering.
Logan librarian Mrs Evalan Fischer Hansel announces new arrivals at the library including You Can Always Tell a Freshman A Guide to Confident Living by Norman V Peale Klenkes Furniture Book Siam Doctor by Jacques M May Best Sport Stories 1949 Halfway to Freedom Let em Eat Cheese Cake Earl Wilson Jesse James Was My Neighbor Homer Cray Leave It to the People Quentin Reynolds The Hoover Commission Report Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell Mirror of Your Mind Gould Hunter s Horn Arnow Headaches Dr Fabricant The Man Who Made Friends with Himself Christopher Morley New Ways in Discipline Bar uch and the 1949 edition of Dykes Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia.
Young men in Hocking County can learn about naval aviation and Navy officer paths on July 11 at the Chillicothe post office. Lt. Comdr. N. F. Bockelman will conduct interviews, answer questions, and provide official guidance after touring colleges and towns across three states.
Logan merchants display refrigerators this week at the Ohio Power Co office. The Cussins and Fearn Co was unintentionally omitted from the listing in the Daily News. Cussins and Fearn is showing a model of the White House refrigerator at the display.
City council approved a resolution asking the Public Utilities Commission to deny C and O Railway permission to discontinue trains 130 and 137 between Logan and Pomeroy. A July 11 hearing in Columbus will allow protests from river division towns. The panel also set street center lines on Angle Avenue and allocated 7000 for street repairs with resurfacing planned for many Logan streets.
Verna Walls by next friend Goldie Dupler petitions for divorce from Robert Walls both minors. She cites extreme cruelty and seeks custody of a minor child plus temporary and permanent alimony and child support. A memorandum contra motion by Guy Loomis asks denial of Henry Acker’s motion to delete exhibit A.
James C. Cottrill has been granted a divorce from Mary E. Cottrill in common pleas court on grounds of gross neglect of duty. The ruling formalizes the end of their marriage.
Thelma Steele pursues divorce with the common pleas court ordering Paul Steele to cover the plaintiff's expense money in the action.
Mr and Mrs William Campbell Glouster Route 3 are parents of a six pound girl born at 9 05 P M Tuesday Admissions Mrs George Stump Carbondale Mrs Myrtie Person Murray City Mrs Robert Nutter Logan Dismissals Denver Kennard Jr Carbon dale and Fritz Blodgett New Plymouth
Lewis Price announces a bid solicitation for furnishing 22 000 gallons of bituminous material and 700 tons of No 6 aggregate for a street resurfacing project. The notice calls for competitive bids from suppliers and specifies delivery and quality requirements.
The E. M. Kemper cabin two miles north of Logan on Route 33 hosted a hamburger fry Saturday for probate and juvenile court employees and their guest. Attendees included Arch Bangert Fred Bishop Jack Kemper Roy Magle Jr Katherine Myers Ned Norma Jean McMillen Mabel Sanderson Peggy Lloyd Shaffer Rodney Jonas Jonas Morris and their spouses.
The Logan Kiwanis Club held its annual family picnic at Hocking Hills Country Club with about 80 members, families, and guests. Stanley Baker chaired the arrangements committee as games and music followed dinner on the clubhouse lawn. The piece notes a large Andean vulture as a side fact.
New York Mrs Mary J Davison refused champagne on turning 101 choosing a Tom Collins to note the occasion. Her request for a quiet celebration underscores a modest milestone as she marks a century.
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