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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1947
Page
3
The Arbau gh reunion will be held Sunday at the Evangelical United Brethren Church in Radcliff. Secretary Madeline Kapple announced that friends are invited to attend the gathering.
Dwight L. Diller Logan High School coach urged sportsmanship and winning within fair means to about 145 attendees of the Izaak Walton League in Logan. Starr-Washington Supt. D. O. Davis explained Ohio High School Athletic Association injury insurance plans.
The sale of 1948 driver’s licenses begins Sept 2 with deputy registrars named for Hocking County. Logan registrar Charles S. Chichester will serve Logan and Laurelville acts through N Virgil Durant. Murray City registrar Paul Person is issued location at Locust Street.
Mrs. Dora A Mock died after a long illness at Hocking Valley Hospital. Funeral services were held at Leonard funeral home with Rev A N Grueser officiating. Music was provided by Carl Spence Madge Wright and Mrs Walter Leonard. Pallbearers were John Bowland Richard Till Virgil Bowland John Bownes William Martin and Harry Nill. Graveside services followed by Pocahontas lodge members at Oak Grove Cemetery.
Carmel Baptist Church and Old Straitsville Baptist share a Sunday schedule with Church School at 9:30 a.m. Lessons focus on Plain Facts about Honesty. Evening preaching at 7:30 p.m. features Rev Bowen and topics Not Doing and Your House.
A 22 year old mother and her 14 month old daughter died when a table model radio fell or was pulled into a bathtub where they were bathing in Salt Lake City.
Sunday and weekly church services announced by ministers from First Evang elical United Brethren Jehovahs Witnesses St John Lutheran St Matthew Lutheran West Logan Pilgrim Holiness. Listings include service times study and event details for Aug 24 31 and related sessions.
Funeral services for Donna Sue Ellinger eight month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Don ald Ellinger Enterprise were held at Sponagle Lutheran Church with Rev Paul Warner officiating Music provided by local singers Pallbearers named Interment followed in church cemetery Social notes referenced on page 4
Funeral rites for 58 year old Mrs. Cressie Webb of New Straitsville were conducted at Heinlein and Son funeral home with Rev. Charles J. Bowen officiating. Music was provided by Ralph Poston and Irene Irvin. Pallbearers were William Jones, Raymond Hoy, George Wilson, Charles Brown, Albert McQuade and William E. Bell. Interment followed in New Straitsville Cemetery.
State Highway Patrol will inspect Hocking County school busses September 9 10 and 11. County Superintendent Samuel H. Dillon urged bus drivers to submit applications early and display certificates at inspection. Schedule lists Laurelville Salt Creek Falls Green Laurel Laurel Local Logan City Marion Starr Washington Murray City Carbon Hill locations and times.
Judging of 4-H projects for 256 girls in Hocking County has finished. Exhibits from clothing and nutrition projects will be shown at the Hocking County Fair September 18 to 20. Three clubs achieved 100 percent completion: Matinee Stitchers, Merry Workers, and Wi-Du-Rite Club.
LOGAN Contract for printing ballots for the Nov 4 election was awarded to Hull Printing Co during a meeting of the Hocking County Board of Elections Wednesday evening, a spokesman for the group reported.
The light plane crashed into a fence between the Ball and Risch farms southwest of here. Pilot Robert Brown and owner Lee Harper reported the engine smoked after takeoff. Estimated damage about $500. Cause unknown after dismantling and truck transport.
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