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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1943

Page

3

Christmas Seals urged to aid tuberculosis fight in Hocking County

Athens Ohio December 1 page three reports County Commissioner urges Jew to buy Christmas Seals to fund tuberculosis work. Health data show draftee cases investigated 34, tuberculosis cases 43, contacts 130, skin tests 25. Schools may offer chest X-ray and skin testing upon health clinic request.

Athens Ohio Hocking County Hocking County H. Thard Hocking Tuberculosis Association

Returns From Hospital After Operations

Curtis Walter Nel lie was returned to his home from Mt. Carmel Hospital seven weeks after an operation performed there.

Curtis Walter Nellie Mt. Carmel

Attorneys Speak at Club Meet in Logan Kiwanis

Logan Kiwanis Club heard defense attorneys Druggan and Seidel discuss their legal experience at a Tuesday night meeting at the White House. They spoke about Mrs. Judy Taylor's first degree manslaughter trial over the infant's death. Plans for annual ladies night were discussed. guest Mack Sauer, a newspaperman and humorist, will speak at the next meeting.

Logan Charles Druggan John F. Seidel Judy Taylor Logan Kiwanis Club White House Druggan Seidel Columbus Howard Snook Ohio State University Theora Hix Mack Sauer

Ill in Hospital Draper News Update Near City

Logan Sherman Draper father of Mrs. Charles Pratt is seriously ill in a Newark hospital where he has been receiving treatment for several days. He is well known here.

Logan — Sherman Draper Charles Pratt Newark

Confessions Read to Jury in Manslaughter Trial

A 23 year old mother defends herself as prosecutors read three confessions about a baby born at home and buried in a shallow grave behind 239 North Walnut Street. Witnesses include Myrtle Taylor, police, sheriff, coroner, and doctors as testimony charts timelines of the infant’s burial.

Myrtle Taylor Lew Reynolds Floyd Duffy E. A. Person R. M. Smith H. M. Boocks Meyer Inlaw Duffy Pvt Clarence Buss) Taylor San Francisco Calif Murray City

Farmers Institute Makes Premium List

LOGAN A premium list for the Enterprise Farmers Institute shows vegetable corn canned goods and handwork displays for December 7 and 8. Entries must be in by 4 p m December 7 to be eligible for prizes.

LOGAN Enterprise Farmers’ Institute

Two Men Discharged From Armed Forces

Logan Hocking County selective service officials report two more men received honorable discharges. James D. Wallace of Logan was discharged from Camp Gruber Oklahoma and Melvin W. Skinner from the U S Navy at Great Lakes Naval Training Station Til. Two county men volunteered for immediate duty: Charles Leroy Smith and Victor Lee Rutter of Logan Route 2, to be included after screening.

Logan Hocking County Logan and Hocking County James D. Wallace Camp Gruber Okla Melvin W. Skinner U. S. Navy Great Lakes Naval Training Station Til Charles Leroy Smith Victor Lee Rutter

Funeral Rites Planned for Hazel Jewell

Hazel G Jewell 47 wife of Samuel Jewell died at noon Tuesday at 195 North Furnace Street after seven weeks of illness following an operation. A Hamden native, she lived in Greendale then Logan. Survivors include six sons three serving in U S Army and three daughters all at home, two sisters and three brothers. Funeral Friday at 2 p m at the residence with Oak Grove Cemetery burial.

Logan Hazel G. Jewell Samuel Jewell North Furnace Street Hamden Greendale U. S. Army Tech Donald India Jack Camp Breckinridge Dale Chanute Field Ill Samuel Rexford Bobby Wilma Rhetna Betty Della Terry Edna Woodruff Columbus Oliver Decker Dover John Ohio Harrison Tobasco Newark Oak Grove Cemetery

Logan Brief Social Notes and Marriage Announcement

Logan notes report the Logan Band Boosters November meeting at the high school with a covered dish supper and a program of piano selections by Ruth Ann Norris and trumpet solos by Dick Buntz. Also announced is the marriage of Roberta Ruth Green to Glenn Charles Harrington in Omaha.

LOGAN Logan’ Band Boosters Starling Cohagen Lavon Goodlve Edith Potts Ruth Ann Norris Dick Buntz Jean Ann Prather George Gribble Gladys Webb Robert Mohler Gribble Robert Green Omaha Nebraska Roberta Ruth Green Glenn Charles Harrington William J. Harrington Coffeyville Kansas Holy Angels Church

Brooks Shoe Company Members Dine At Sportsman Grill

Thirty members of the Brooks Shoe Company of Nelsonville held an informal dinner Monday evening at the Sportsman Grill with a humorous program arranged by several participants. Local social notes include Thanksgiving visits and holiday guests across several towns.

Brooks Shoe Company Nelsonville Sportsman Grill

Zanesville Officer Speaks to Eagles Meeting

Logan Aerie F C E announces grand treasurer William P. Wetherald of Zanesville will be the main speaker at the regular meeting Thursday night December 2. A program of entertainment is planned and a large attendance is expected.

LOGAN William P. Wetherald Zanesville Logan Aerie Lodge

Old Magazines To Be Collected For Soldiers

Logan headquarters are opened for collecting current magazines to be sent to Mrs. Ernest Mc Graner in Athens who supplies troop trains with reading material. Mrs. Elizabeth Green at 38 South Culver Street will collect them or they may be turned in at the Victory Center on West Main Street. Popular magazines not more than a year old, especially picture issues, are sought.

Logan Ernest McGraner Athens Elizabeth Green South Culver St Victory Center W. Main St

McClure speaks at Izaak Walton League dinner

Prof. McClure of Ohio University addressed the Hocking County Chapter of the Izaak Walton League at the D A Hall Monday night. About 75 members and guests attended and consumed over 100 pounds of wild game including raccoon rabbit and muskrat with corn pone potatoes gravy cream slaw and coffee. His topic was Conservation from the Stand point of the Izaak Walton League. Dinner committee members were Ed Myers Ed Eberst Sylvester Frisinger John Michel Howard Rolsten and Jesse Ansel.

Izaak Walton League Ed Myers Ed Eberst Sylvester Frisinger John Michel Howard Rolsten Jesse Ansel

Common Pleas Judge to Speak at Dinner Meeting

Logan Aglo Chatfield Vin ton County common pleas judge will be the guest speaker at a dinner meeting of the Methodist Men's Club Thursday at 6 p m. The church board will meet after dinner at 8 p m. The Women's Society held a jitney supper in the church basement Tuesday night.

LOGAN Aglo Chatfield Vinton County Common Pleas Methodist Men's Club Women’s Society of the Church

Hold Rites for Rev. W. A. Cooper

Funeral services for Rev. William A. Cooper will be held Thursday at 2 p m in the Logan Methodist Church. He died at his Sedalia home Monday night. He was father to Mrs. Walter Haas, Logan High School teacher, and Floyd Cooper, Athens teacher. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery by Mt. Pleasant funeral service. A former Melboro Methodist layman, he pastored Gibisonville and preached at New Plymouth.

Logan Logan Methodist Church William A. Cooper Sedalia Walter Haas Logan High School Floyd Cooper Athens Stanley Wiant Oak Grove Mt. Pleasant Melboro Methodist Church Cooper Gibisonville New Plymouth

Conscience is Guide Says Beer Measure Not Fixed

In England the public house practice allows a bartender to pour any quantity of beer, with no fixed legal measure, as the conscience of the establishment guides the amount served. The remark highlights variability in drink portions under English law and custom.

England

Some Donts for Pimples and Irritations

Don’t scratch and don’t squeeze pimples to prevent infection. Peterson’s Ointment offers quick relief for itching eczema and angry red blotches, improving skin. 35 cents at all druggists with money back if not delighted. Also soothes irritated tired feet and cracks between toes.

Peterson

Logan Blodgett announces birth of daughter

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Blodgett announce the birth of a daughter on November 27 at Lancaster Municipal Hospital. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Allbery of Logan Route 2 and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Blodgett Sr. of Moline, Ill.

Logan Fred Blodgett Betty Allberry Lancaster Lancaster Municipal Hospital Clyde Allberry Moline

Crippled Children Hurt As Auto Strikes Bus

Nine crippled children were injured, three seriously, when a Feilbach School bus was struck by an automobile and hurled against a utility pole. Nine other handicapped children were shaken but uninjured. The driver, Norman Donbrosky, was cited for reckless driving.

Toledo Feilbach School For Norman Donbrosky

Turkish earthquake toll reported at 2700 dead

Ankara radio reported 2700 people killed and 1800 critically injured in Saturday's Turkish earthquake.

London Ankara

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