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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1947
Page
8
Final results of a Logan employment survey show 1668 persons registered with the employment service over six days. Of these, 840 were unemployed, including 632 women. The findings have been sent to the company weighing a new Logan industry, with a final decision not immediately expected.
POMEROY Charles Lytle 77 of 122 Mulberry Ave died Tuesday morning after a brief illness. Funeral services set for 10 am Thursday at Ewing Funeral Home with burial at 2 pm in Oak Grove Cemetery Logan. Survived by Charles E. Lytle Jr. of the home Robert P. Lytle Chillicothe Mrs Theodore Pellage Minneapolis Minn James Kurtz Lytle Roanoke Va and four grandchildren.
Mayor W Denzil Weltner presided as Clarence Cox Hazel Cox and Opal Thomas pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in a Logan county tavern disturbance. Cox received a 10 dollar fine and costs plus a 30 day suspended jail sentence, Hazel Cox and Opal Thomas each paid 5 dollars and costs.
Three more families in Hocking County were quarantined over the weekend by Dr. H. G. Southard health commissioner for contagious diseases. Confinements include Tommy Roach 1 diphtheria Timothy Iles 9 scarlet fever and Candis Prater 2 scarlet fever and chicken pox.
Funeral services for John Proctor aged 80 who died Saturday in Grant Hospital Columbus after a broken hip were held today at 2 p m in the United Brethren Church Gore led by Rev William Bartoe Proctor a lifelong Hocking County resident is survived by nieces and nephews
A sequence of transfers recorded in Hocking County includes Mary Martin Patnie and Augus tus J. Patnie transferring Lot 213 in Logan to Elmer and Frieda Risch. Michael Adeline Meyers to Edna and C. K. McCarty for Lot 386 in Logan. Elvie B. and Cornelia Nutter to Robert P. and Francis P. Ashbaugh for 16 1/2 acres in the Logan school district. and multiple others including plots in Good Hope and Falls Townships, Green Township tracts, and Benton Salt Creek areas. Additional transfers involve Ada Tatman and Clifford S. Tatman both ways for 29 acres in Benton Township and 117 acres in Salt Creek, plus several smaller lots and undivided interests.
Representatives from Hocking County farm groups will attend a price outlook meeting Thursday at the YWCA building in Lancaster. The session will be led by county extension agent Harold Ruggles and include members from the extension office Farm Bureau Veterans Agriculture Training granges Production Credit Association Soil Conservation department and County Home Council.
Izaak Walton League members and guests will meet Thursday at the Lake Logan lodge for their annual roast pig Christmas party. J Richard Farmer will direct musical presentations and James Smoot chairs arrangements for the dinner meeting.
Four new trainees gained approval while all veteran farm trainers were recertified at a Veterans Agricultural Training Committee meeting in Logan. Chairman Samuel H. Dillon led discussions with members including Harold Ruggles and James Barker. Eligible veterans must hold a farm job full time and obtain a certificate from the veterans office, with 200 hours of classroom work and 100 hours on the farm each year. Five county classes operate in Laurelville, Logan, and Rockbridge with instructors Kenneth Lies, Loren Schorr, Homer Hartsough, Lee Harper and Claude Chilcote.
The county library purchased several boxes of Christmas books to aid holiday planning. Each box contains stories poems plays stunts and decorating ideas and is loaned for three days to residents of Hocking County upon postcard request.
Advertising guidelines specify line counts 3 to 6 lines with rates 39 52 60 78 99 1.32 1.65 1.98 and 0.33 1.80 2.40 3.00 3.60 per line. Ads must be received by 10 00 a m to run the same day and cash with order is required for some notices.
CINCINNATI December 16 AP Livestock prices show steady demand with limited early salable supply. Sheen cattle and hogs mixed, vealers strong, cows and bulls vary, light steer and heifer trades slow. Eggs and poultry mixed, butter and potatoes quoted with current receipts and wholesale prices.
Murray City residents and guests share weekend trips and family gatherings across Glouster Newark Columbus Dayton Nelsonville and Zanesville. Notable events include birthdays and family dinners with extended kin and friends at Dorothy Wilson's birthday party and other small gatherings.
Mrs. Emily Van Fossan, home demonstration agent, will lead a nutrition demonstration for Union Furnace women at Mrs. C F Skinner's home. A second meeting is planned Thursday at Mrs. David Wylie's Gibisonville home. Both start at 10 a.m.
Logan area hospital notes report admissions including Jane Ellen Hockman Nelsonville medical. Leroy Brooks Logan Route 4 welcomes a daughter. Carl Baker Logan a son. Fred Conner Jr Nelsonville a son. Dismissals include Mrs Ernest Hitchings Nelsonville Route 2 and Mrs Everett Griffin McCune s ville. James Horwell and daughter Logan.
Mrs Anthony Toerner, who died Saturday in Clearwater Florida, will have services Wednesday at Leonard funeral home with Rev Henry L Carr officiating. Interment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until services.
A Stockport event at Dale Muse home on December 4 celebrated Don Ald Muse turning 17 with games and refreshments for 20 schoolmates. Locals, reunions, and social visits fill the weekend as families from Reading, Crooksville, Columbus and Webb Chapter CBS share greetings and seasonal gatherings.
Theresa Riggs was granted a divorce from Lester F. Riggs on grounds of gross neglect of duty per common pleas court findings. Married in June 1913, the couple has five children all self supporting according to the plaintiff’s petition.
Notices announce Emma Noyes named Administratrix of William B. Noyes estate in Carthage Township with four months to file claims. Also Joe Erdy named Administrator of Steve Erdy estate in Dover Township and Dorothy Kircher Dent named Executrix of Charles Kircher estate all in Athens County Ohio with dates in December 1947 and probate judge Francis D White signing.
Mr and Mrs James Meredith of Murray City visit relatives in New Straitsville while Mrs Geneveve Hartman visits Columbus kin. Marshal Charles Donley was struck by a hit and run car Nov 29. James Craig of Shawnee identified as driver. Fire destroys Frank Mafford’s Old Straitsville home. cause undetermined. Dufford family uninsured, homeless with seven children.
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