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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1946
Page
3
Logan city firemen answered two Tuesday calls. A silent alarm cited a car radiator fire caused by overheated alcohol near the river bridge at 9:15 with $60 damage. A second general alarm involved clothing set ablaze before a fireplace at Joe Gabriel’s Logan Route 3 home with damage not yet estimated.
Logan reports patients admitted to Hocking Valley Hospital include Harry Strawn Corn ing Mrs Emma Cox McArthur. Dismissals include Mrs Gerald Courter and infant daughter and Mrs Walter Burns and infant son Terry Eugene of Logan. Frisco Johnson of Gallup NM must answer a divorce petition filed Oct 23 1944 by Phyllis Johnson in Athens County Common Pleas Case 18858. hearing set for Dec 12 1946.
Ruth S. Perrill petitions as Administratrix to adjudicate rights to Lot 724 in Hudson’s Addition Athens County Ohio. Unknown claimants urged to appear by December 1946 to contest interests and allow sale to satisfy legacies. Also includes a separate highway vacation order for State Highway 150 in Athens County with publication and filing deadlines.
Mrs Emma Lemon announces the engagement and coming marriage of her daughter Emma Jean Lemon to Francis Voris son of Mr and Mrs Walter Voris. The couple will wed February 6 at the rectory of St Johns Catholic Church in Logan.
Mr and Mrs Charles Pratt hosted a family Thanksgiving at Union Furnace Road to honor Mrs Sherman Draper of Newark whose birthday fell on November 29. Guests included Mr Draper and the Showmans Glassmeire and family from Newark along with Ironton residents.
Miss Corrine Hardgrove daughter of S M and Mrs Hardgrove Haydenville and Harold Rowland son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Rowland Jackson were married on Wednesday Nov 27 in the Christian Church Nelsonville. Rev L E Evans officiated. Attendants were Grace Chute and Clyde Linton. The bride wore a blue wool suit with black accessories and red rose corsage. After a reception at the bride’s home the couple left for a brief wedding trip. The bride, Logan High School 1944 graduate, worked at the Morris Store in Logan. Rowland, Jackson High School graduate, is with the Morris Store in London Ohio. they will live there.
Mrs Virginia Hockman hosted Delphian Club members on Tuesday at her N Mulberry Street residence. Mrs Walter Rochester spoke on William Holmes McGuffey. Afternoon refreshments followed as several members including Mrs E O Pettit Mrs E M Martin Mrs Paul Monks Miss Mayme Wellman Mrs Ed Godfrey Mrs James Barker and Mrs Charles Barker attended. Mrs A L Heyde was named hostess for the upcoming Christmas party and gift exchange.
The West PTA Mother Singers Chorus met Tuesday evening in the school auditorium for a rehearsal directed by Mrs. George Carr. Attendees included Mrs. Wayne Cummins, Mrs. Ballard Shumate, Mrs. Roy Thomas, Mrs. Bertha Oberle, Mrs. Reese Goss, Mrs. Alvene Ralston, Mrs. Harry Meldrim, Mrs. Walter Harbarger, Mrs. Clarence Phillips, Mrs. Lawrence Helber, and Mrs. Merdrim.
Thanksgiving Day gathering at Mr. and Mrs. H M Richards marked their 46th wedding anniversary as their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Howard L Richards observed their eighth anniversary. Other guests included Mrs Ella Sheppard and Gerald Richards.
Mr and Mrs Clifford Isles of Zanesville Ave returned Monday from a 10 day motor trip through southern Florida. Mrs Clarence Ford accompanied them to Tallahassee to visit sister Mrs Gordon Reel hospitalized there. Sunday dinner guests at Mr and Mrs Charles Barker included Miss Martha Frew Marion Miss Monica Rowe Athens and daughters Janice and Shirley Barker. The Barker girls attend Ohio University as students. Miss Rowe a Jamaica native is a pre med student. Mr and Mrs Phil N Faine of N Wood St attend Huntington funeral services of Mrs C A Fox, aunt of the Faines.
James L. Martin and Henry Rheinscheid, Hocking County Commissioners, travel to Columbus for a County Commissioners Convention. Auditor Harry L. Smith attends a statewide county auditors convention in Columbus today and Thursday.
Logan New reports for November list 191 used car titles and 32 new car titles plus 128 mortgages filed and 109 cancelled. Total receipts $291.85 with $200.55 to county and $91.30 to the state. Names of new car recipients include Clarence A. Brooks and others. locations span Logan and nearby towns.
Mr and Mrs James Woods of Nelsonville announce the birth of a daughter Tuesday at 620 am at Hocking Valley Hospital. The baby weighed seven pounds three ounces.
Attendance at Sunday School was 24 with a $10 donation to Arlene Spurlock for missionary work. Local residents share illness recoveries, family travel, and Thanksgiving visits among neighbors and relatives.
Veterans Farm Training Committee met at the Hocking County Extension office and approved three of five applications, bringing the total to 19 students in the training. Instructor H. H. Lafferty was assisted by Howard Nowles with support from Chairman Samuel H. Dillon County School Superintendent Wallace Gillogly James Rimelspach John Buchanan.
Authorities suggest alligators reach full size between 40 and 60 years old and can live from 100 to 200 years, reflecting long maturation and extended lifespans.
Cowie shells from a mollusk species have served as a widely used medium of exchange, exceeding in number all other forms of money devised by humans.
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