The following are clippings my mother and grandmother cut out from Knox county newspapers. The exact date of most are unknown, but appear to be mainly from the mid-1940s. Whenever possible, I will include the date. I hope you find some useful information in these clippings. ***************** (Various dates in the mid-1940's) AT THE HOSPITALS Tonsillectomies: Helen Hawkins, Route 3; Mrs. Hazel Ralston, Gail Coe and Sydnea, Rita and Trulah Harmon, Fredericktown; Virginia Garber, Loudonville; John Glaros, Route 5. --------- (Various dates in the mid-1940's) Births: Mr. and Mrs. Ray Farley, Utica, daughter yesterday in Mercy hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bonar of Columbus, son, this morning at White Cross Hospital. Mrs. Bonar is the former Helen Jennings of this city. --- Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Fisher, 200 N. Gay street are the parents of a son born Tuesday in Mercy hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Willis Schonauer, Route 5, are parents of a son born today in Mercy hospital. --- Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bockoven, Sparta, son yesterday in Mercy hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Laurel Morrison, Fredericktown, son yesterday in Mount Vernon Hospital-Sanitarium. ******************** (October 12, 1945) BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Edson B. DeVore of Lake Crystal, Minn., are announcing the birth of a son, Carroll Clark, on Oct. 10, at Mankato, Minn. (NOTE: Edson was a son of Alexander and Everetta DeVore, Route 3). Mr. and Mrs. Donald Fisher of Sunbury are parents of a daughter, born today in Mercy hospital. Cpl. and Mrs. Donald W. Phillips, Fredericktown, Route 2, are parents of a daughter, Diana Jean, born Friday in Mount Vernon Hospital-Sanitarium. Pfc. and Mrs. Lester Smith, Fredericktown, are parents of a daughter born today in Mercy hospital. ******************** (Various dates in the mid-1940's) MARRIAGE LICENSES Harold Bishop, jr., 22, laborer, 103 Cedar street, and Syzanne E. Cline, 20, clerk, Newark. Harry O. Weaston, 61, sheet metal contractor, Westerville, and Grace McElhinny, 60, Mount Vernon. The Rev. Vernon C. Tyree. --- Delbert Jay Johnson, 21, Bridge Co. laborer, Gambier, and Mary Lee Norris, 18, waitress. The Rev. Reece McGoldrick. --- Harold Makos, 25, Cooper-Bessemer employee, 44 N. Sandusky, and Pauline J. Bowman, 25, dietician, 209 E. Chestnut. The Rev. Eugene F. Dunn (application). Lester D. Martin, 42, truck driver, 5 Brown, and Mary J. Thompson, 21, Shellmar employee, 8 Miami. The Rev. William T. Newsom. ******************** Danville Pastor To Marry Berea Girl Mrs. L. Walter Stull of Berea is announcing the approaching marriage of her daughter, Miss Jane, to the Rev. Glenn Lockard of Danville, the son of the Rev. and Mrs. William M. Lockard of Utica. The open church wedding will take place on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 14, at the First Methodist church in Berea at three-thirty o'clock. Miss Stull is a graduate of Baldwin-Wallace college and the Eastman School of Music. Mr. Lockard is a graduate of Asbury college and Oberlin seminary. *********************** (April 16, 1946) MARITAL MATTERS Wauneeta E. Hunter, 306 W. Pleasant street, who last Saturday filed an affidavit for a peace bond against her husband Lloyd Hunter, has now filed suit for divorce, charging neglect and cruelty. The petition, filed through Ruth Rice as next friend of the minor wife, also asks custody of a minor child and alimony. They married in 1944. L.F. Griffith is attorney. The Joseph Palmers told Judge Charles D. Hayden they planned another reconciliation and asked return of their minor child, who has been with Mrs. Palmer's mother. Palmer recently sued for divorce, then dropped the suit; Mrs. Palmer filed for divorce, and Palmer contested. ****************** (July 5, 1946) Mrs. Waddell Sues - With a previous divorce suit by her husband dropped, Eunice E. Waddell has filed a new petition in common pleas court asking a divorce from James B. Waddell for neglect and cruelty, with custody of a minor child, alimony, and an injunction restraining Waddell from disposing of three lots in Fairview addition on which she says they had started to build a home. L.F. Griffith is attorney. ***************** (April 16, 1946) Sale of Paddock Residence Asked Sale of the Sarah M. Bebout Paddock residence in Third avenue to pay debts and costs of administration is asked in a petition filed in probate by J.R. Bebout, executor. Hearing is May 20. Probate Judge William H. Clarke has allowed a $675 claim by Carl E. Mitchell, executor, against the William F. Mitchell estate, and has also confirmed sale of a Union township tract from the estate of Lena S. Mitchell, widow for $4,000. A Buckeye lake property has been transferred from the estate of Dr. Frank C. Anderson to his widow, Ethyl R. Anderson. ****************** DEATHS Truex Memorial There will be a memorial service at the Waterford Church of Christ Sunday, July 22, at 11 a.m. for Everett Charles Truex, who lost his life May 31, 1945, on Okinawa. The family has requested that there be no flowers. ------- Frank R. Loyd Frank R. Loyd, 80, Pittsburgh avenue resident and restaurant operator and former Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. cutter, died at 4:45 a.m. today in White Cross hospital, Columbus, following a month's illness. Mr. Loyd, who came to this city from Utica six years ago, is survived by his widow, Ida R. Loyd; two sons, Sheridan and Murray, both of this city; two daughters, Mrs. Eleanor Davis of Newark and Mrs. Lucille Lake of Cuyahoga Falls; a sister, Mrs. Mary Hanley of New Orleans, and eight grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in the Miller and O'Bryan funeral parlors. Burial will be in Mount View cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral parlors after 12 noon, Thursday. ------- Cary F. Farmer Cary F. Farmer, 54, died in Mercy hospital Tuesday at 2 p.m. His death was caused by a heart attack. He was born in Licking county Jan. 10, 1891, and was united in marriage with Myrtle Lee in May, 1911. He was an employee of Cooper-Bessemer Corp for 30 years, and an active member and trustee of the Eagles lodge. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. I.N. Farmer of St. Louisville; his wife; eight children, James and Vernon of Mount Vernon, Donald, with the Navy, and Lowell, at home, Mrs. Park Ridgeway and Miss Emogene of Newark, Mrs. Beulah Hoadley of Old Hickory, Tenn., and Mrs. James D. Steele of Mount Vernon; seven grandchildren; two brothers, Lester of Utica and Robert of Newark; and two sisters, Mrs. Roy Elben of Columbus, and Mrs. Gail Popham of Utica. The body will be at the home at 920 W. High street until Friday, when it will be removed to the Householder funeral home in Newark, where funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Burial will be in Barnes cemetery near Newark. --------- Mary Elizabeth McLees Mrs. Mary Elizabeth McLees, 86, died Wednesday at her home in Utica. Widow of Robert McLees, she is survived by six children, Don C. of near Utica, Roy W. McLees and Mrs. Beatrice Jorgenson of Akron, Mrs. Eva Haskins of Columbus, Emer of Des Moines, Iowa, and Marie McLees at home. --------- Michael Vaughn Long Michael Vaughn Long, day old son of Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Long of Marion, died Wednesady at the Marion hospital. Mrs. Long is the former Margaret Smith of N. Catherine street. He is also survived by his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. G.R. Smith of this city. Burial was in Marion today. ******************** Dr. Wayne A. Yoakam Dr. Wayne Addison Yoakam, 51, of Detroit, died at 10:20 p.m. yesterday in the Mount Vernon Hospital-Sanitarium. Death was due to burns received 17 weeks ago in a fire. A native of Homer, Dr. Yoakam had spent most of his time in Detroit and had only recently returned to Homer for a rest period. He received his B.S. degree in 1916 from Dennison university and his M.D. degree in 1920 from Harvard medical school. Since 1925 Dr. Yoakm had conducted private practice in obstetrics and gynecology at Detroit. For 14 years he was associated with the Henry Ford hospital and Herman Kiefer hospital. He was an instructor in obstetrics at Wayne university medical school, Detroit, from 1925 to 1934. A member of the national board of medical examiners in 1921 he held state licenses in Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan and Ohio. He was a member of the American Medical association, Michigan State Medical society, Wayne County Medical society and Detroit Obstetrical and Gynecological society. He is survived by his wife, Myrtle; father, Elmer L. Yoakam of Homer; six brothers, C.A. Yoakam of Oklahoma City, Okla., C.E. Yoakam of San Antonio, Texas, H.H. Yoakam of Santon, Texas, C.J. Yoakam of Cleveland, R.A. Yoakam of Toledo and C.C. Yoakam of Homer. The funeral will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Shaw funeral home in Mount Vernon, the Rev. F.B. Chapman officiating. Burial will be in Homer cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after noon Sunday. ***************** Mr. and Mrs. A.B. DeVore, James DeVore and son James, jr., and daughters, Phyllis and Carolene, Mrs. John DeVore and son Robert, spent Sunday with Homer DeVore and Mr. and Mrs. Warren Sutton of Stafford. ***************** Pfc. John H. Devore is stationed at Augsburg, Germany, with the 71st division of the third army. A sister, Pfc. Eileen DeVore is at Camp Stoneman, Calif. They are the children of Mr. and Mrs. A.B. DeVore of Route 3. ****************** (Sept. 3, 1946) Inez Moreland Fatally Hurt in Collision Labor Day Weekend Toll in Ohio Grows To 21 Dead Knox county's Labor day weekend traffic toll was counted at one dead and 14 injured, three seriously, after persons were hospitalized in two head-on collisions near Centerburg within two hours Saturday afternoon. In the state, a total of 21 were counted dead over the weekend. Mrs. Inez Litzenberg Moreland, 33, wife of Lester L. Moreland of Mount Liberty, was fatally injured in the first of the two Saturday mishaps. She died about 10 hours later, at 1:45 a.m. Sunday in Mercy hospital of a basal skull fracture. Six others, five in the car with Mrs. Moreland, and Clarence E. Wheeler, 41 of Centerburg Route 2, driver of the car the state patrol said collided with the Moreland car, were removed to Mercy hospital for treatment. None were seriously injured and were released by today. Eight Hurt in Crash Eight persons were hurt in the second accident, in which occured when a car driven by Edward Moree, 59, of Fredericktown, collided with a car driven by Bernard Shaw, 31, of Delaware, in the CCC highway a half mile south of Centerburg, at 5:20 p.m Four of those hurt remained in hospitals today. The Moreland-Wheeler accident occurred at 3:15 p.m., 20 feet below the crest of a hill in the Liberty-Lock road, a mile south of Mount Liberty. Moreland, 33 was treated in the hospital for a broken left arm and cuts, while Wheeler sustained cuts and bruises on both legs and the body. Others injured, all in the Moreland car: Janice and Joanne Moreland, 13, twins, leg abrasions and arm cuts; Lois Myers, 13, of Marengo Route 1, cuts about the legs; and Caroline Humbert, 10, dauther of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Humbert of 1105 W. Chestnut street, cuts about the head and legs. The state patrol said the Wheeler car was traveling south and the Moreland car was going north. Besides her husband and two daughters, Mrs. Moreland is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Litzenberg of Mount Liberty; three brothers, Arthur Litzenberg of Green Valley and Harry and Dwight Litzenberg of Mount Liberty, and two sisters Mrs. Theodore Myers of Bloomfield and Mrs. Herbert Humbert. Funeral Wednesday The funeral will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the First Milford church with the Rev. Harry Stinson officiating. Burial will be in East View cemetery, Centerburg. Most serously injured in the Morree-Shaw crash are: Mrs. Martha Shaw, 28, wife of Bernard Shaw, who sustained a broken left hip and a possible broken left leg. Her son, Donald, 5, severe facial lacerations; Mrs. Florence Moree, 51, wife of Edward Moree, who suffered a broken left ankle, a severely bruised shoulder and a possible broken leg, and Frank Kovach, 31, of Cleveland, a hitch-hiker, who suffered a bad cut in the forehead and a slight concussion. Mrs. Shaw and her son were removed from Mercy hospital to a Delaware hospital Sunday. Mrs. Moree and Kovach are still in Mercy hospital, where their conditions were reported "good" today. Also injured and treated in Mercy hospital were: Edward Moree, cuts on forehead and nose; his son, David, 10, bruised ribs; Thomas Brown, 5, cut over right eye, and Bernard Shaw, cuts on nose and legs. Claudis Chappel, 37, of Athens, was treated in Mercy hospital Monday night for slight bruises sustained when the car he was driving hit a post in Route 3. Chappel, arrested by the state patrol on a charge of driving on the left side of the yellow line, was fined $10 and cost when arraigned before Justice Harold Bishop. John Hergatt Injured John Hergatt, Sunset club owner, is in Mansfield General hospital suffering with a compound fracture of the left arm, received Thursday when the car in which he was riding with his son, John, jr., collided with another auto in Mansfield. Young Hergatt was unhurt. Charles W. McClelland, 22, of Mount Gilead Route 3, was unhurt when the car he was driving crashed through a highway guardrail at the Cassell crossing, Route 13, at 3:35 p.m., Monday. He was cited by the state patrol on a charge of failing to keep his car under control in order to stop at a safe distance and was fined $10 and costs when arraigned before Justice Bishop. *************************