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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1950
Page
8
The Ohio Power Co office hosted a county 4-H club baking session supervised by Mrs. Emily Van Jossen. Home demonstration agent Miss Ruth Sonner led lessons for 16 girls on biscuits and muffins followed by cake baking and pie making with ten members present on Wednesday.
Hocking County common pleas court processed four divorce rulings and docketed five criminal cases. Divorces for Dorothy Johnson, Helen Andrews, and Ralph Conrad were dismissed. Elizabeth Nichols was granted a divorce from George Nichols with child support and expense payments set and visitation rights defined. Criminal dockets include George Nichols assault, Weldon H. McGrath and George Reynolds criminal assault, Samuel Souders non support, and Leo C. Lanning unlawful motor vehicle operation. The timber cases involve Robert and Frank Warren against multiple defendants with injunction and damages sought, with Forrest Weinrich leading for plaintiffs and Fred Murray and Phil Henderson for defendants.
Local church listings summarize Sunday schedules for First Evangelical United Brethren First Methodist St Pauls Episcopal St Matthew Lutheran St John Lutheran Gore EUE Circuit Oroville Otterbein with service times Sunday school and special events noted including homecoming and baskets.
Members of Battery A 455th Field Artillery met at police headquarters to discuss summer training at Fort Knox Kentucky from Sunday to September 3. Planned attendees include Dr Fred Blume Paul D Keck John Buchanan James Heinlein Orval Yates Robert Khan Glendon Smith all Army Reserve members.
The Christian Youth Fellowship met Aug. 14 at Mrs. Jack McQuaid’s home for a potluck lunch. An Aug. 28 gathering at Mrs. Pat Rutherford’s residence was announced with members present including Lola Ann Guess Nancy Spence Barbara Hawk Sherry Evans Donna Devol Myrna Hawk Ann Matheny Betty Lou Guess Jeannie Christian Carolyn Devol and Mrs. McQuaid.
The Vinton Town ship Garden Club met at Daphne McLaughlin's home with eight members present. Officials elected include Marie Price as president Deva Jeffers as vice president Lizzie Wells as secretary and Maye Cottrill as treasurer. A report on the McArthur Flower Show and an invitation from the Wilkesville Club to their Aug show were noted. A shower for Mrs J B Palmer was held and a buffet luncheon served.
Samuel Clinton Grant 74 of Parkersburg and Constance Groveno 70 of Barnhill Murray City obtained a marriage license. The filing notes ages and hometowns with no further conditions listed.
One hundred forty people attend the 4 H Clubs Style Show at Antioch Grange Hall with 46 contestants. Winners include Lethia Hugh in cotton dress and Janet Risch in school dress. Ohio State Fair selections feature Eleanor Wingett and Arlene Walker.
Military services were conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. for Charles Conway a World War I veteran who died at Dayton Veterans Hospital. The service followed at Greenlawn Cemetery Nelsonville with Rev. A N Grueser officiating. Music was provided by Mrs Ruth Phillips and Mrs N M Brown with Carl Spence on piano. Pallbearers were J B Waldron Sol Ellinger M J Backus James Courtney Harold Ewart and Sylvester Freisinger.
The Rev. A. V. Malloy of Hamden conducted a funeral service at Woodard funeral home for Miss Margaret Eben Dollison who died Monday in Hamden. Mrs. Walter Prather played piano. nephews and nieces from Pleasantville attended, including Mr. and Mrs. Don Brooke and Mrs. Paul McCleery.
Final services for Clara Eastman-Lowrie were held at Heinlein funeral home Wednesday with Rev. A N Grueser and Mrs Edgar Hillyer and Carl Spencer providing music. Pallbearers included Lavon Goodlive John Goodlive Vern Bowen Edward Gray Richard Hammerly Stanley Collins Maurice Cleveland and Robert Edgar. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
Gallipolis locks logged a list of vessels with times, noting upriver and downriver movements including the William Penn Ernestine Boggs Fern Talbot Dauntless and others. Gauge readings show upper 18.2 feet and lower 10.2 feet, with Kanawha Falls at 2.34 feet.
John T. Griffin 84 Vine Street has been drafted into the Navy reserve as a chief yeoman and is ordered to duty within a week. He will return to the administrative and cryptographic branch after a physical exam in Huntington this week. He is a former employee of the City Loan Co. in Gallipolis.
Gallipolis churches list Sunday schedules for Grace Methodist St Peter’s Episcopal First Baptist and First Presbyterian. Ministers include Rev L A Donnally Rev H H Wilbur Rev KK C Wilson Rev W H Green and Rev L H Stebbins. Morning worship and Sunday school times are shown with prayer and youth activities.
Gallia Academy High School marching band opened under new director Kimball Suiter at Memorial Field. Suiter former South Point director replaces Herbert Pepper and plans a two week testing period before final year plans. The district purchased three new alto horns to replace French horns and may add a new bell lyre. Suiter, Ohio University graduate class of 1935, is pursuing a master's degree and resides with Mr and Mrs Sutter and daughter Sandy in Hanersville.
Between 75 and 100 dairy farmers in Gallia County joined a farm tour Thursday sponsored by the county agricultural agents office. The group visited Glenn Powell and Tanner Wood farms, with Co L Blackburn giving the principal talk at Fairfield Church noon basket lunch stop. University representatives also participated.
Assisted Bill Smith the county agent on the tour were Earl Voeller Floyd De Lashmutt and Fred Keller Ross County agricultural agent.
The Stebbins family awaited 19 year old John Stebbins in Children’s Hospital after polio struck him Wednesday. Rev Linson N Stebbins and Mrs Stebbins returned from Columbus optimistic the crisis may pass in about ten days. John talks and eats while nurses care for him. swimming pool closed and family quarantined with no general alarm.
Logan residents share social news with visits and gatherings. Mrs. Ralph Blum hosted Never-Clever Club members with a TV program and a buffet after a Wednesday evening event. Guests included Mrs. Donald Myers and several others. The note also covers trips to Mechanicsburg Lan caster Niagara Falls Washington D C and a Holiness camp meeting in Springfield. Additional items mention Miss Grace Reider and family planning a Canada fishing trip, and garden club activity with S Higgins.
The Christopher Wolfe reunion is set for Sunday at Rachelmacher Park with a picnic dinner served at noon.
A string of social visits and travels is recorded as Miss Grace Nettleton and Miss Luella Griffin guest in Logan for a Wednesday. Marie Pierce from Chicago vacationing with sisters, Della Bishop family planning a Fort Wayne weekend, Max Tawney returning from Chicago fair stops in Logan Thursday. The piece notes visits by Mary McBride, Patty Campbell, and families from Crooksville Dayton Ashley and Hillsdale with various relatives and ventures.
Mr and Mrs George Davis of New Straitsville announce a daughter born Wednesday night. Admissions include Joe Gabriel Logan Route 3 for surgery and Mrs Donald Walker Logan for medical care.
Bobby Joe Bailey 14 of Bladen Route 1 was treated at Holzer Hospital after a cow kicked him. He received stitches over his right eye and was working on the Butler farm at the time of the injury.
Allen Tolbert, 18, a Fort Bragg soldier, was arrested by the State Highway Patrol while hitchhiking Thursday morning and is held in county jail on an AWOL charge. He lists Pelican Rapids Minnesota as his home.
Allipolis daily telephone calls averaged 646 in July 1950, up 22.8 percent from July last year. Long distance traffic grew 15 percent, according to local commercial manager Bill Hstle.
Births list includes Janet Ruth Humphrey Coalton and Regina Likens among admitted patients. Discharges include Betty Van Meter Thomas Walker and Deborah Drummond with several noted mothers and guardians.
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