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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 29, 1962

Page

2

Logan Council Backs Trade Club Move For Saxton Acreage Industry

Logan Ohio council endorses Logan Trade Club efforts to attract new industry to Saxton Acreage along Route 33 and supports extending industrial water and sewer lines when a firm commits to locate there. Also discusses leaf collection, street burning ordinance, and planning enforcement.

Council David Roberts Logan Logan City Logan Trade Club Saxton Route 33 Dick Donahey Schorr

Trained Technicians Begin Work in Division 106 Marietta

Eight graduates of the Ohio Highway Department technician training program started work in Division 106 at Marietta. They are Larry Bibbee Coolville Richard Gorrell Coolville Route 3 John Dutton Gordon Mays Little Hocking Route 1. Selected from 450 applicants, the group completed ten weeks of training to free highway engineers from technical detail.

Columbus Ohio Highway Department Marietta Larry Bibbee Coolville Richard Gorrell John Dutton Gordon Mays Little Hocking

Logan Calendar Social events and meetings listed

Wednesday members meet at Mrs Ralph Sheets home for a variety card club at 8 p m. Thursday duplicate club at Ohio Power Co auditorium 7 30 p m. Women of the Moose party games. Summer Bowling League picnic at Rachelmacher Park 5 45 p m. Squaw Club dinner at Harburgers 6 30 p m. Fairview WSCS picnic at Rachelmacher Park 6 30 p m. Friday ice cream social and supper at Asbury Church Route 278 5 to 9 p m. Union Furnace band concert and ice cream social 5 p m with cakes pies sandwiches beverages by Band Boosters.

Ralph Sheets Henrietta Ave Logan Ohio Power Co Women of the Moose Rachelmacher Park Harburger’s WSCS Fairview Methodist Church Asbury Church Route 278 Union Furnace School

Rotary Club Hears Demonstration on Mouth to Mouth Rescue

Logan Rotary Club met Monday night with William Dennis Logan safety director of the South Central Rural Electric Cooperative delivering a talk and demonstration on mouth to mouth resuscitation without mechanical aids using a plastic dummy with visible respiratory organs. Harley Ellinger was program chairman.

Logan Logan Rotary Club William Dennis Logan South Central Rural Electric Cooperative Dennis Harley Ellinger

Torch Home to Open for Public Inspection

An open house for the new all electric Torch home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Simmons will be Sunday from 1 to 6 p.m. Contractor is Howard Gorrell with Myra Coakley handling electrical heating and insulation in Coolville. Logan-Leroy E. Vickery was fined 10 dollars with 5 dollars suspended after pleading guilty to left of center on Route 216 Aug 25. Logan Kiwanis Club met in Blosser's Restaurant to view films of the Cleveland Browns season and training. Ted Lehman was program chairman. guests included local educators and teachers.

Ernest Simmons Torch Howard Gorrell Coolville Myra Coakley Logan Leroy E. Vickery New Straitsville Hocking County Vaughn Collins State Highway Patrol Logan Kiwanis Club Blosser Cleveland Browns Ted Lehman Dwight Diller Don Noakes LHS George Tipton Terry Courtney Ernie Hartman

Printing contract awarded for 39 400 ballots in November election

LOGAN Huls Printing Co. won the contract to print 39 400 ballots for the November elections. Huls was the sole bidder at 1061 61. The order covers 9600 ballots for each of five categories including office non partisan judicial and Blue Law issues, plus ballots for the Hocking Valley Hospital bond issue and Laurelville school levy. The board clerk announced Sept 7 absentee voting for soldiers and wives and Oct 7 for civilian and disabled ballots.

Logan—Huls Printing Co Huls Hocking Valley Hospital Laurelville Hocking County Board of Elections Roy Anthony

Rites Held for Mrs. Clara Jones 90 Logan

Mrs. Clara Jones age 90 of Logan died Saturday after a misprint left relatives unlisted. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Heinlein funeral home at 2 p.m. with Dr. R. B. Jones officiating. Survivors include brother Charles Moore of the home step-daughter Mrs. Etta Backus Nelsonville and step-son Dr. F. Clifford Jones McComb Ill and several nephews and nieces. Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery.

Logan Clara Jones Heinlein R. B. Jones Charles Moore Etta Backus Nelsonville F. Clifford Jones McComb Ill Oak Grove Cemetery

Car Pickup Crash in Logan City District Leaves Cited Driver

Police report a Tuesday crash on E Second St at 9 35 a m involving Francis X Sheehan 47 of Chillicothe who backed into a truck owned by Clarence Bryan Laurelville Route 1. The truck was shoved 50 feet onto the curb causing extensive front end damage to the car and minor damage to the truck. Sheehan was cited to Mayor s Court for reckless operation and will appear September 4 at 8 p m.

Collison Schorr South Logan Stilwell Terry Smith James Rd Court House Planning Commission E. Second St Francis X. Sheehan Chillicothe Clarence Bryan Laurelville Sheehan

WSCS meeting covers Spofford Home for Children program

August WSCS session featured a program on Ministering to Children With Special Needs by the Spofford Home for Children in Kansas City Missouri. Led by Mrs Freda Vess and Mrs Olema Drake with devotions by Mrs Florence Arkley eleven members and four guests attended a potluck lunch. Hostess was Mrs George Drake.

Drakes Spofford Methodist Home For Children Kansas City WSCS Freda Vess Olema Drake Florence Arkley George Drake

Council Meeting Highlights from Friendly Neighbors Group

Logan area notes show Ronnie Crawford speaking on safety at the August Friendly Neighbors Advisory Council gathering hosted by Mrs. Ella Nihiser. Highlights include upcoming Farm Bureau events at Logan High School on Oct. 18 and a Sheridan School women’s rally on Oct. 26.

Freda Ellinger Farm Bureau Youth Training School Ohio University Wayne Snyder Texas

Retiring Principal Is Honored With Dinner

Mary Conner, retiring West Elementary principal, was honored at a farewell dinner in Blosser's banquet room. The event, organized by staff and maintenance, marked her 40 years in teaching. Attendees included teachers Lena Mack Aileen Redick Grace Blum and others plus former teacher Ben Ross and janitor L. E. Strawn. A miniature classroom centerpiece and a bridge lamp as a gift highlighted the evening, with plans to move to a new home in Bowers Heights by August 31.

L. E. Strawn D. F. Hedges Kenneth Stuart Kinney Miss Conner Bowers Heights Dewey Conner

Hospital Notes From Hocking Valley Patients

Mrs Kenneth Stuart Logan surgery Mrs Elmer E Miller Logan Route 3 surgery Donald Wolfe Logan surgery Mrs Larry Harkins and daughter McArthur Mrs Melvin Thrapp New Straitsville surgery notes list multiple patients and procedures across Hocking Valley facilities.

Kenneth Stuart Logan Elmer E. Miller Donald Wolfe Larry Harkins McArthur Melvin Thrapp New Straitsville

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