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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1957
Page
10
The Point Pleasant Board of Education discussed funding the coming school year with Chamber of Commerce leaders. Proposals include a $10 per year capitation tax and directing any surplus from the tax toward school improvements. Final teacher placements will be set by May 3.
Walter Beattie of Cologne district was appointed Mason County road supervisor by State Road Commissioner Patrick C. Graney. Beattie begins May 1 and owns a 119 acre farm. He has a background as a carpenter at Ravenswood Kaiser Plant and eight years as a Mason County Education Board maintenance supervisor.
Local churches list upcoming services and events across Logan County. Pastors include Dunkle Smallsteed Klingler Haynie Baker Burnworth Miller Newton. programs feature Sunday schools, worship, youth choirs, evening sermons, prayer meetings, and mother-daughter banquets. Evangelistic services set daily April 29 to May 9 at various locations.
Elias E. Bright former mayor of Logan and justice of the peace for Falls Township died at noon Thursday at Hocking Valley Hospital after a month’s illness. He operated a blacksmith shop for 60 years, later did county highway work and ran a lawn mower sharpening business. He served two terms as Logan mayor in the 1930s and was a longtime justice of the peace. He leaves wife Annie, a son John W. Bright, daughters Pauline Watkins Hazel Hoyt and Piccola Goss, a brother Charles A. Bright, 10 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Monday at Leonard funeral home with Rev. Stanley T. Benton. burial Oak Grove Cemetery.
Logan Jim Davis of Union Furnace High School Key Club and Ninth Division lieutenant governor served as master of ceremonies at the charter party for the newly formed Chillicothe High School Key Club. He is the son of Mr and Mrs P Davis of Route 1 and a senior active in 4 H club work.
Logan County commissioners authorized Clerk Harry Smith to file with the county auditor for an advance draw on 1956 real estate taxes in collection to fund current operations. Minutes show unspecified amount and approved bills totaling 515.16 from auto gas fund and 57.49 from county funds, welfare payments 2514.96 general relief 610 payroll 20 aid to blind, and no bids received for a used Galion dump bed surplus in the highway department.
A Common Pleas Court entry records the state highway department's land appropriation for Route 33 in Starr Township Hocking County. Thomas V. Stiers, owner, was served and failed to perfect an appeal, leading to the state’s entitlement to a decree. The clerk was ordered to pay Stiers 1164 dollars deposited by the department.
The Racine Volunteer Fire Department hosts the first ice cream social this Saturday at 7 p.m. on the Racine Home Bank Lawn. Proceeds fund fire department and emergency squad equipment.
Mrs. Clarence Thompson hosted the Star light Club as elections were held. New officers named are Mrs. Ernest Price president, Mrs. Frank Ricketts Sr. vice president, Mrs. Wiley Thurness secretary, and Mrs. Warner Lehman treasurer. The May meeting will mark their duties.
Mrs Neva Thompson of Johns town state trustee and Grand Aerie representative attended the Wednesday meeting as a special guest. Mrs Willis Helber the president named committee members for the Mothers Day program Mrs Glendon Smith Mrs Bert Davis and Mrs James Cottrill. Mrs Jake Roop won the mystery gift. The next meeting is May 8 at the Eagles Hall.
Hocking Garden Club members traveled to Columbus for an April meeting tour of University Gardens greenhouses and Webster Park. Arrangements were led by Marguerite Killerman and Josephine Lowrie, with several members joining the trip to enjoy spring blossoms.
Alpha Xi chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society hosted a dinner at Presbyterian Church for prospective teachers. Miss Doris Allen, chapter president, cut a birthday cake with 18 candles marking the 18th year since the society's founding.
Twelve active members and three new pledges attended the Monday meeting. Plans were set for the Spring Dance on Saturday April 27 at the Izaak Walton clubhouse. Star lighters from Lancaster will provide music. Officers to be elected at the May 6 meeting. Refreshments served by Mrs. Harold Brown and Mrs. Lawrence Helber.
Mrs Wallace Beck supervised a Monday evening Ewing Grange talent program featuring instrumental numbers vocal solos and duets. Prizes went to Miss Carol Primmer Miss Ermal Rheinscheid Miss Peggy Beck and Miss Sandra Beck with Primmer eligible for the county talent contest.
In Logan, a suit by Zelma Mc Cauley against Lester and Ellen Mae Meadows was dismissed without prejudice and without record. Floyd Angle versus Joe R. Brown and Virgil Spencer versus William and Anice Fink were also dismissed. the latter with prejudice and without record after the parties reached an amicable agreement.
A seven year old Logan Route girl in Logan Hocking County was diagnosed with chickenpox and reported on Thursday. Onset occurred Tuesday and a health nurse has conducted a home visit as part of supervision.
Logan laborer Roger Williams aged 22 and Carole E. Ashley aged 34 are listed in a Logan matter with other parties named et al. Details indicate involvement or notices pertaining to a local matter in Logan. The source presents a brief roster style labeling without additional context or dates.
The Mason County Circuit Court May term docket shows women to serve on juries for the first time in the county. Judge Oliver D. Kessel will preside with a long list of grand and petit jurors, and cases include felonies, misdemeanors, civil and chancery actions.
About 300 juniors and seniors will attend banquets at the Presbyterian and Trinity Methodist churches with speakers including Benjamin Franklin and Co H Withers. The high school prom is set for 9 to 12 at the gym with Wayne Gammon and his group. A junior prom queen will be chosen and a floor show features John Butch Heiskell as emcee and a Hawaiian dance by Bonnie Holliday.
A consolidated schedule of church services in Point Pleasant listing Catholic Sacred Heart and St. Joseph's Mason mass times, Episcopal Christ Church with communion and education, Church of Christ Henderson, First Church of God Point Pleasant, Main Street Baptist, Church of the Nazarene, EUB and Harmony Baptist, Bellemead EUB, Church of Christ in Christian Union, Seventh-Day Adventist Bible Chapel, Point Pleasant Mission, Trinity Methodist, and Presbyterian services with respective pastors, service times, and study groups.
The Hocking County Bar Association endorsed Judge Harley Meyer of Logan for appointment to the Fourth District Court of Appeals to replace the late Judge Russell McCurdy of Portsmouth. Governor O'Neill will appoint. Meyer, a Republican, has served on the Hocking County Court of Common Pleas since 1947 and is starting his second six year term.
MIDDLEPORT reports indicate a successful first community Easter egg hunt in Woodsfield modeled after the Rotary event in Middleport. Joe Young Jr. said phones rang busy with praise and the hunt is set to become an annual Rotary project locally.
Miss Nettie Koehler 70 of Pomeroy was admitted to Holzer Hospital with a fractured left hip and other injuries after a fall while washing screens in her backyard. She lives at 133 Butternut Avenue.
The Friendship Sewing Circle of Heights EUB Church will meet Friday at 7 30 p m at the home of Mrs T L Morrison 2220 Lincoln Ave
Three members from Heights EFUB Church attended the annual convention in Dunbar this week. Attendees were Mrs. Milton Lewis newly elected president Mrs Raymond Musgrave and Mrs Roy McCoy.
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