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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1951
Page
5
Letters were sent to 1951 52 Home Demonstration Council members asking them to pick among Sept 4 Sept 6 or Sept 7 for a meeting of the executive committee Ruth Spenner home demonstration agent requested post cards be sent to the extension office by Wednesday with their date preference.
Firefighters from Gallipolis fought a lower Crown City blaze Monday that destroyed Stanley Swain's barn and 115 tons of hay and fertilizer. The cause was suspected spontaneous combustion of green hay under a tarpaulin. Barn valued at 1500 with contents about 3225. firemen fought 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and stayed to prevent spread. Swain's son drew water from Shoal Creek using a gasoline truck and a 1000 gallon tank.
Logan chapter executive secretary Mrs. Mary Thompson reports only 34 volunteers in the Laurelville area, far short of the 100 needed for a successful bloodmobile visit. The unit will be at Laurvelville High School tomorrow from 11 am to 5 pm. Appointments can be made through James Fry or the center.
Gallipolis Community Theater opens with East Lynne next Thursday and Friday at the showboat style venue. Captain Billy Bryant will deliver the curtain speech and perform Harvest Moon and Swanee River in the nine act olio. The production features a full vaudeville lineup, local talent, and a community effort backed by Rotary Club and merchants.
Florence Halley suffered a head cut and was treated at Holzer Hospital after a collision between her car and another driven by Lena Belle Williams on First and Olive at 4 14 p.m. Monday. Bonny Cable of Gallipolis was the other driver. Ray E. Gibson reported a damaged left rear door on Grape Street when he found it after leaving for work Monday morning.
City workers began laying a new sewer on Third Avenue, extending from Third and State through the intersection and northwest along about 350 feet near the street center.
Canal and river traffic updates show multiple vessels recording lift and down statuses on the Gallipolis Locks and Kanawha River with gauges at 18.3 feet and 94 feet and rollers at 2.5 feet Kanawha Falls at 1.14 feet rising. Names of boats include Dolson Solvay Jefferson Houghland Bonnie Orleanian Pete J T Hatfield Chotin Key stone Marmet Harmes Mt. Vernon Cook Indiana Manitou and Criss Jr among others.
Births include Mrs. Robert Scarberry Cleveland a daughter Mrs. James Neale Wilson Jr Gallipolis and many others with listed towns. Discharges include William Hoffman and a long list of patients such as Mrs. Earl Harris Mrs. Virgil Carter and Dorothy Taylor among others.
Charles Ziegler Logan will return to gan on September 1 from Riverhead New York where he has been on the Nas sau County 4 H Camp teaching staff. The Waterloo Township Board of Trustees will receive bids by 9 30 a m September 6 1951 at the clerk office for a used motor order. the trustees reserve the right to reject any bid by order of Waterloo Township By 6 BM SIDDER.
The Hocking County Red Cross chapter offers a home nursing course starting September 4 needing nine more students. Participants must complete 12 hours of classwork and certification. classes run in six sessions of two hours each. Mrs. Arthur Mason teaches Sept 4 cohort with aid from Miss Mary Louise Paynich and Mrs. Merle Primmer oversees Sept 5 class.
Laurelville resident Master Sergeant George Pritchard is en route for a rotation furlough after landing in San Francisco with more than 2,000 Korea veterans. Pritchard entered the Army in 1948 and served about a year with the 31st Infantry Regiment of the 7th Division, including the Inchon landing.
Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 30 p m for Mrs Nannie L Kishler Junction City Route 1 in the Ebenezer Baptist Church Perry County with Reverends Wilbur Martin and J F Brown in charge Music was furnished by the Rev Russell Kauffman and Miss Amanda Wilson pianist Pall bearers were Earl Spohn Stanton Adcock Pearley Brown Charles S Poling John Bell and Harry Spohn
Gallia County commissioners on Monday approved the total and permanent disabled program budget. The four remaining months bring a period budget of 1212.50 dollars, with the annual total at 3637.50 dollars. They also advertised bids to supply 4000 bushels of coal for the county infirmary and courthouse.
Sam Hurt 27 of Rio Grande was bound over to the grand jury under a 1500 bond for assaulting a 13 year old girl. The Aug. 19 incident led to his arrest by Columbus police last week after he pleaded innocent. Deputy Gordon Fisher reported the pursuit.
Mr and Mrs Desmer Bownes of Logan welcome a daughter. Mr and Mrs Earl Blair of Logan announce a son. John Charles Jones of Columbus admitted. James Hawley of Logan dismissed. Mrs Delbert Brown of McArthur and Willard Burns of Logan also dismissed.
Mrs Don Saunders hosted Saturday guests including her brother Howard Turley and James and Mrs Smith of Nitro West Virginia. Additional visitors Sunday and Monday were Mr and Mrs Bob Bradbury of Belle Center.
Two accidents were reported by the State Highway Patrol in Gallia County. Howard Weidner, 48, Marietta, drove east on Route 233 and left the road, overturning and causing moderate damage near Route 141. On Route 160, five miles south of Hamden, Junior Gibson, 18, Ivydale Route 2, and Edith Newsom, 50, Wilkesville, sideswiped. Gibson was fined $10 and costs for driving left of center by Mayor Crow. Bobby Nichols, 20, Miller, was fined $5 and costs for no operators license by Judge Jones.
LOGAN Farm ownership loans are open to Hocking County residents for buying family farms or improving existing operations. Veterans with agriculture experience get preference, and 10 percent down or equity qualifies applicants. Loans run 40 years at four percent interest, backed by Congress funds and private lenders via Farmers Home Administration. Contact FHA at Peoples Bank New Lexington or Kenneth Wertman in the Soil Conservation District on Tuesdays 10 am to noon.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Bright and their children Steven Julia Kenny Bill and Karen returned to Logan Sunday after a week at Lake White. They were entertained at the summer cottage of Rev Warren Bright, Mr Brights brother.
Logan homecoming week drew a traveler from Alaska. Mrs Lloyd Rheinscheld of Fairbanks traveled over 4500 miles to Logan, arriving with her husband stationed there with an Army unit.
At the Southeastern Ohio EUB conference in Westerville Rev. A N Grueser of the Logan Evangelical United Brethren Church was reassigned to the Logan charge marking his tenth Logan year. Other reassignment details include Louis Matthew to Enterprise, C B Burns to Rockbridge, R E Gehres to Union Furnace, Charles Wilson to Murray City. Clyde Hinton replaces Richard Hedges in Gore charge and probationary minister Pedges enters Philo assignment.
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