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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1949
Page
16
Logan voters face a 6 30 p m deadline on April 28 for both absentee and disabled ballots for the May 3 primaries. Absentee ballots opened April 3 with no ballots cast. disabled ballots available April 18 require physician certification. Office hours extend to noon Saturdays and afternoons until deadline at the courthouse.
The Hocking County Rural Women's Group will hold Achievement Day on April 28 at the Methodist Church led by home demonstration agent Mrs. Emily Van Fossan. Miss Edith Berry OSU clothing specialist will speak on color coordination with a colorful wardrobe. Women who made cotton dresses will model them in the afternoon. Lunch at noon, tickets from committee members or extension office.
Brain examination of a red fox killed by Lester Christian on Nelsonville Route 1 confirmed rabies. Health officials reported no human contacts and cited state health laboratory tests for the diagnosis.
Logan Ruffus Reid, four year old son of Mr and Mrs Walter Reed of near South Bloomingville, is confined at home with scarlet fever under the Hocking County Health Department official notice.
An 18-year-old, James Ritchie, was shot and killed Monday night as he tried to flee police during a burglary investigation at Globe Laundry. Patrolman M H Moore said Ritchie was shot through the head after ignoring an order to halt. A 15-year-old boy and his father Jess were captured, and a third juvenile suspect was involved.
Eureka reports weekend visits among Chambers and Hally families in Cannonsburg and Mercerville. Lanthorn marks his fifty eighth wedding anniversary on April 12. Richard DeWitte from Gallipolis, a student at Ohio University, visited friends here. WSCS held its annual Faster bazaar at the Masonic Hall.
Cyril Waitman Wolfe age 25 of Lancaster Route 2 and Ruth Ann Hines age 34 of Lancaster were issued a marriage license by the Hocking County probate court.
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