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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1942
Page
10
Clergymen expect a large Logan turnout for Easter at city churches. Sunrise to evening services feature special music, baptisms, cantatas, and sermons. Dr. J Gordon Howard and other ministers lead diverse Easter programs across United Lutheran Methodist Presbyterian Episcopal and Nazarene congregations.
A wooden bridge will replace the damaged span at Raccoon Creek on Route 56 due to steel scarcity. Marietta division engineer Charles A. Ferguson announced during a Wednesday meeting that the flood prone Coonville area section will be improved, a plan developed over several years.
Confirmation and baptism take place during a service led by The Rev. Amos L. Heyde with a short sermon. Easter communion at St. John Lutheran is postponed one week. The Rev. Lynn Rumman delivers Easter sermon at Trinity Lutheran Church with a communion service beginning after Sunday School at 10 a.m. In Carbon Hill The Rev. Clyde C. Pinnell schedules Church Service at 11 a.m. with baptismal rite offered.
About 20 cases will be heard when the April term grand jury convenes April 13. Three involve second degree manslaughter charges from fatal accidents. James Boyer is charged this week, Wilbur L. Herrod faces trial for the death of Mrs. Louella Hammon on December 16, and Erroll D. Collison is charged in the death of W. E. Call on October 20, 1941.
Logan reports tax returns above last year as county auditor staffer Ernest Short notes listings closed March 31. Some belated returns have been collected and a final check will determine those who failed to list this year.
Sergeant James Huffman of Camp Grant on leave visits Mrs. Huffman and his parents in the city. He leaves Thursday evening for Carlisle Pennsylvania to begin a three month program to qualify for an officers commission after more than a year of service. He volunteered for service.
Citizens are invited to Sunday evening services at The Diamond Church led by Clyde Goss. Special children’s services will be included with vocal and accordion music.
Federal government representative failed to reach Logan on schedule to give stenographer examinations. The matter was postponed and a new date is expected to be set.
Mr and Mrs Robert Cassill and daughter Mary Ann move to Columbus where Cassill has found new employment. He previously worked in the budget department at Lanning Motor Co in this city.
Scores of potted flowers are being ordered through local greenhouses as memorials at the various city churches Sunday morning.
Logan Auxiliary firemen completed their third training session at the Engine House. They tested a life net with two sand filled bags dropped from the roof, nine jumps made, and learned truck operation. Fire Chief Roy Stallsmith led instruction as first aid training is planned next Thursday.
The Among Ourselves Club held an executive meeting at 8 p m in Logan at Mrs. C W Scheide Sr home. Officers named include Mrs W R Brandt president Mrs Will Hansel vice president Mrs Paul Collison secretary and Miss Ida Steinman treasurer. Next meeting set for April 15 at Mrs Merritt Wonn Jr home.
District WPA office at Zanesville ordered closure of the shoe and clothing repair project on E Main St. The program, operating since late 1935, employed 25 women on the second floor of the Elkis Building. County bore rent light and power costs plus part of materials. federal government funded the rest. A final checkout was made Thursday.
Receipts collected by the certificate of title office for March totaled 323.45. The county received 233.60 while the state share was 89.65. There were 231 used car certificates and three new car titles filed. Ninety nine mortgages were filed and 132 cancellations recorded.
Virginia Campbell files for divorce from James W. Campbell on neglect grounds. Married at Gore on February 13 1938 the couple has two children ages two and three. Mother seeks custody and asks for child support from the father.
Cor poral Abrams of the Lancaster station led a State Highway Patrol Auxiliary training session as meeting spokes were shared Wednesday. A paternity charge against Charles Smith of New Straitsville was filed Thursday in Magistrate Frank St. Clair's court with Ruth Craft of Murray City as complainant. A hearing was held and Smith denied guilt. he is held under $300 bond.
Logan merchant N. J. Rarick has been ill for several days and is under a physician’s care. He will likely not return to his business for at least two weeks.
Judge E L Ewing issued a marriage license Thursday to Amos L. Heyde a 56 year old minister of Logan and Iva Boring a 45 year old dietitian of Rushville.
Preston Oil Co. sinks two wells on Sunday Creek Coal Co. land in Ward Township near Logan. Report says these are the only wells in Hocking County at present. Industrial Gas Co. completes a White Cottage well shot by Harry English, yielding 507 barrels.
Judge Phil Henderson will hear the Ward Township teachers tenure cases April 20. Adrian Turner Adrian Blosser and Sylvia Thorne sued the Ward Rural Board of Education after not receiving contracts for the current school year. The suits have waited on Ohio Supreme Court action on the new tenure law.
At end of March Hocking County lists 104 family cases involving 482 persons and 32 single cases on relief rolls, per Relief Director Everett Jacoby. Beginning of month counted 102 cases and 469 persons with 30 single cases on the rolls.
Robert Sauders age 14 of West Street had his LOGAN A bicycle stolen on March 27. Emerson Graham of Green Township found the bike along Route 33 and turned it over to Sheriff Floyd Duffy. The stolen bike was returned to its owner.
Glouster Methodist Church and Church of Christ announce sunrise services at 6 a.m. on Easter. Methodist events include youth led service, WSCS, 9:30 Sunday school, baptism, new members, and no evening service. Church of Christ holds Bible School at 9, sunrise service at 6, morning sermon on Gods Perfect Picture of the Resurrection, evening sermon on Paradies, youth activities, and leadership training class at 7:30 p.m.
Mrs. Annette Yocum, 73, of Oakdale, died likely Tuesday night from a heart attack, found by caregiver Clara Williams. She leaves ten children and was buried Saturday at Glouster Cemetery after services at the Glouster Church of Christ led by C. B. Tigner.
A Logan motorist loses a wheel and tire on Route 75 south of Logan on Wednesday. Police Chief Lew Reynolds has information on where the equipment can be recovered.
Condition of Mrs Roy Funk near Logan following a major operation at Grant Hospital Tuesday is favorable. Mr Funk and daughter Helen returned to Logan Thursday. Miss Funk a Capital University student will spend the Easter vacation at home.
William Robey and N. Culver Sr. responded to the Victory Garden Campaign by planting peas lettuce onions and radishes that have now come through the ground in their plots.
There will be preaching at the Trimble Church of Christ on the west side Sunday morning by Lester Finley of Somerset. Bible study starts at 9 15 and preaching at 10 15 followed by the Lord s Supper. Bible class will be held again Sunday evening at 7 30.
Private Frank Sikorski of Fort Warren Wyoming won a service talent contest held Sunday March 22 against four companies. He earned a place on the Cheyenne radio program the next evening and met actress Ann Sheridan. He will sing for the Red Cross and invites friends from Glouster to write him at Fort Warren Bar racks 512.
Hollister United Brethren Church schedules special Easter services with a candlelight communion. Sunday School goal is 181 students and $125 in offerings. A choir from First Baptist Glouster will present a program. Follow up goals cover Dorcas 15 Men 12 Brown Boys 12 Brotherhood 10 Ruth 20 Builders 12 Loyal Women 25 Senorita 10 Every Ready 26 Sunbeams 20 Helping Hands 12. Rev. H O Davis urges this be the biggest Easter Sunday yet.
Troop 72 of Glouster Boy Scouts will run a paper and magazine drive Saturday starting at 10 AM. The route covers Hollister district No 6 and Walnut Hill if time allows. The event was postponed earlier due to bad weather.
A meeting of WPA workers and relief clients will be held in Glouster at the mayor's office Sunday at 2 pm. Chester Sanborn, president of the All American Organization, urges all connected with the two groups to attend and especially those who received No 403 clips.
Grangers to hold regular meeting at Trimble Grange Hall 1830 on Saturday. A National Employment Service speaker will present. Master Roy Easler urges all members to attend. A potluck lunch will follow.
Rev Mary Wahl of the First Church of God Logan will present The Triumphant Christ on Easter morning at 10 30. An Easter pantomime of the Cross featuring Zita Campbell is scheduled for 7 p.m. The revival services start Sunday evening with Colum bus evangelist J B Diggins and Rev Wahl assisting. Sunday School begins 9 15 Cradle Roll certificates issued at study end Diggins will speak at the unity meeting Sunday at 2 p m in East School Auditorium.
Matt Cunningham and Frank Buhla shaded Jim McCarty and H. L. Kittrell by four pins to stay alive in the first round of the Men's Handicap Doubles Tournament at B. & M. Alleys. Two more matches remain Sunday to complete the round.
GLOUSTER Clarence Gatchel is reported ill at his home in this city suffering from pneumonia. The condition is described as serious but not life threatening, with relatives at his bedside.
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