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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1957
Page
10
Logan Hocking County hosts National Home Demonstration Week with 13 local clubs led by Extension Agent Charles Ingraham. The clubs share homemaking and home economics information from the Ohio State University and the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station and invite new members.
Carborundum Co. plant in Logan will hold a May 2 election to decide if workers will join the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union AFL-CIO. NLRB supervision. voting in the plant cafeteria from 7 9 am and 4 5 pm. The plant employs about 400 workers.
Logan and Radcliff resident Stanley Marken received emergency treatment at Hocking Valley Hospital Sunday evening for an accidental gunshot wound to the neck after firing at a dog near his home. He was brought by McArthur ambulance with a police escort. Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Rheinscheid later brought blood from Mt. St. Mary Hospital to Nelsonville for treatment.
Logan police charged Howard L. Cottrill 39 of Lancaster with reckless operation. He pleaded guilty, was arraigned before Mayor Ellinger, and fined $25 plus costs after arrest at 5:30 am on W Hunter Street. Edward Balchm 53 of Logan also fined $25 plus costs for intoxication and disorderly conduct.
The Dutch ship Alkaid reported a dramatic rescue as a bull leaped into the Atlantic near the Azores. The animal swam for 90 minutes among sharks before crewmen secured a cargo net and raised him back aboard the vessel en route to Brazil.
Logan City police pursue a burglary case at the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway freight office after a Friday night break in. Entry was gained through a second floor window and desks were rifled. a lone missing item is reported a typewriter.
Logan American Legion Auxiliary donated Painting in America to the Logan Hocking District Library memorial shelf honoring the late Thomas Goslin past commander of Logan Post 78. About 175 new books have been added in two weeks, with titles by Tracy Powell Tassos Morgan and others.
Robert H. Herb Faires 76 of Hilliards, formerly Glouster, died Monday in Doctors Hospital Columbus. Survived by two brothers Charles G. Faires Glouster and John Faires Rehobeth. two daughters Mrs Arthur Coover Hilliards and Mrs Metta Apple DeLand Fla. one grandchild. Funeral Wednesday 11 a.m. Schoedinger Funeral Home Columbus. Graveside Wednesday 2 p.m. Woodlawn Cemetery Zanesville. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Tuesday.
A deer was fatally struck on Route 33 south of Haydenville after leaping over a guard rail into the path of Christo Crothers 46 Haydenville. The deer was turned over to wildlife agents.
In a bridge hand South overbid to three hearts with a minimum hand and distribution. North, holding a strong diamond and heart support, jumped to five diamonds. West doubled, and South lost one spade, one club, and two trump tricks for a 500-point penalty.
In a standard four player auction North shows a balanced hand after a pass sequence. You hold KJ876 in spades, WK2 in hearts and Q0976 in diamonds with a jack in clubs. Partner’s two hearts promises a strong hand. decide whether to bid three no trump or another action and justify. Tomorrow asks for the best reply to partner’s two hearts.
Logan The State Highways Patrol cites Leonard C. Coleman 23 Nelsonville after a Route 216 incident. He is fined $150 and costs and jailed three days for driving while intoxicated and $50 and costs for leaving the scene. Mildred Andrews 22 Buchtel is fined $10 and costs for failing to stop within the assured clear distance after rear ending Ralph Ervin 31 Logan Route 3. No injuries reported.
Logan firefighters responded to a silent alarm about 2 30 p m at Lloyd Heinlein 685 Warner Ave where his station wagon short circuited wiring. Damage was about 25 dollars confined to the wiring system.
Trucks parked in Glacier National Park require wire fences to protect tires from porcupines drawn to synthetic rubber. The issue centers on safety, wildlife damage, and park maintenance as crews consider long term deterrents.
Mrs. Arthur Covert died after a heart ailment. She leaves husband two sons Ernest Covert and Rev Lester C. Covert, daughters Eleanor Pullen and Almeda Wood, and nine grandchildren. Former Middleport resident she was active in Heath Methodist Church. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
1950 DODGE with extra good 12-foot van body. 1952 WILLYS 4-wheel drive station wagon. 1955 WILLYS 4-wheel drive jeep. 1955 INTERNATIONAL dump truck twin ponies, 4-yrs.-old, one 5x? dump bed. Mrs. Eugene Martin, Prattsville, Ohio. NELSONVILLE PHONE 580.
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