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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1959

Page

8

Logan City Council Approves Engineering Contract

Logan City Council approved a standard contract for engineering services to address prior audit findings. Engineer John Owens presented samples, and the panel decided the engineer need not perform separate inspection trips since the service director can access projects anytime. The agreement requires the engineer to provide plans to the service director upon project completion.

Logan John Owens Wiliam Wallace Metalbestos Co

Modern Pin Lanes Opens At Logan

Logan adds a new 12-lane bowling facility at 1333 W Hunter St named Modern Pin Lanes. The complex features automatic pin setters, a Lazy Susan ball return, warm air for hand drying, double scoring tables, turquoise and grey seating, acoustical ceiling, spectator chairs, 50 lockers, an 80 by 140 foot interior, a stainless steel snackbar for 32, a 25 ton air conditioner, and a large parking lot. League bowling resumes Sunday. first major event is the Ohio State Individual Singles Tournament for 72 bowlers on Feb 20 with six games in Logan and six more across Lancaster Cambridge and Zanesville.

Logan Ohio W. Hunter St Thomas Recreation Center Recreation Center Fred Ed Thomas Don King Construction Co Jackson Thomas's Ohio State Lancaster Cambridge Zanesville SEC Bowling Proprietors

Mrs. Hansel's Rites To Be Held Thursday

Funeral services for Mrs. Josephine Hansel 74 of Logan will be held at 10 30 a m Thursday at Roberts funeral home with the Rev Peyton Reed officiating Burial will be in Scotts Creek Cemetery She lived in the Ohio Masonic Home in Springfield and served as Logan City Auditor from 1932 to 1940 Surviving are her daughter Martha Francis of Lancaster two sisters Blanche England Logan and Marie Dutton Lansing Mich a brother Charles P England Groveport and two grandchildren

Logan Roberts Josephine Hansel Ohio Masonic Home Springfield Peyton Reed Scotts Creek Hocking County Logan City Philip Martha Francis Lancaster Blanche England Marie Dutton Lansing, Mich Charles P. England Groveport

Melvin Named As Full Time 4-H Agent

William Melvin 24 of Ironton Route 1 will become Hocking County's first full-time 4-H agent on January 1. A 1957 Ohio State University agriculture major, he previously served as a summer 4-H agent in Jefferson County and did a six month military term. Melvin, unmarried, was approved by the Hocking County Extension Advisory Council and sent to OSU Trustees.

Logan William Melvin Ironton Hocking County Ohio State University Melvin Jefferson County Hocking County Extension Advisory Council

East Elementary Christmas program draws 400 attendees

About 400 people attended East elementary school pupils annual Christmas program in the East school auditorium. Grades one through six performed recitations and carols guided by principal James S. Gastin and fourth grade teacher Evelyn Graham. The fourth grade won the room count and refreshments followed.

East Elementary School East School Evelyn Graham James S. Gastin Star of the East Frank Ricketts, Jr East Pta

Logan Churches End Advent With Christmas Programs

Logan churches wrap Advent with multiple Christmas services. The Evangelical United Brethren youth choir performs a cantata at 7:30 p.m. today. Other churches hold midnight masses and candlelight services through Thursday and Christmas Day, with choirs, plays, and carols led by church leaders and organists.

Logan Evangelical United Brethren Church Spurgeon Metzler Roy Masure Ruth Lackey Vicki Carol Orndoff First Methodist Church St. Paul Episcopal Church First Presbyterian Church Ralph Poston Carl Harsh J. Richard Farmer St. Matthew Lutheran Church St. John’s Catholic Church Russell Montgomery Sumner Martin Church of the Nazarene Bethlehem Trinity Lutheran Church Children of the Sponaglie

Walshs Welcome Daughter at Logan Hospital

A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs James Walsh of Logan. Admissions include Mrs Ella Harbaugh and Mrs Eddie Grandy of Logan. Discharges include Mrs Lawrence Payne of Laurelville Route 2 and Harley Eugene Chambers of Logan.

James Walsh Logan Ella Harbaugh Eddie Grandy Lawrence Payne Laurelville Harley Eugene Chambers

Record Hop Planned By Scout Troop 99

Logan Boy Scout Troop 99 schedules a record hop in the high school gym Tuesday from 8 to 11 p.m. Admission is 50 cents single and 75 cents a couple. Sponsored by Ten Jamboreers aiming to raise funds for the National Scout Jamboree in Colorado Springs this July. Parents of the scouts will chaperone.

Logan Boy Scout Colorado Springs Colo

Shull to Retire After 20 Years With Ohio Fuel Gas

Logan Ohio veteran LOGAN Frank H Shull retire Jan 1 after two decades as operator at Crawford Compressor Station Ohio Fuel Gas Company Born in Hocking County he served eight months in WWI Army Air Corps Langley Field and Wright Field He is a member of the Lutheran Church has a wife six sons and one daughter all listed with scattered Ohio residences

Neal Dillon Church St Owens Lawrence Ellinger Logan Jay Cole J. W. Doering Frank Eberst Ricketts Ed Dalton Ralph Adcock Sam Bright Ellinger Richard Collison Don Russell William Morgan Howard C. Blum Rolland J. Schorr Frank H. Shull Sugar Grove Ohio Fuel Gas Company Crawford Shull Hocking County Ohio Fuel Army Air Corps Langley Field Wright Field Myton Luitheran Frederick Paul Lencaster Raymond Harold Russell Franklin Sular Grove Marybelle Sealey Delaware

Holiday Trip Planned by County Officials to Florida

Logan Patty Smith of the county treasurer's office and Dot Tie List of the county extension office will leave Christmas Day for a week long vacation in Florida. They plan to travel by automobile visiting Miami and Cypress Gardens and return to Logan on January 4.

Logan Patty Smith Dottie List Florida Miami Cyprus Gardens

Mrs. Della May Walter Dies at 82 in Logan

Mrs Della May Walter 82 widow of Curtis Walter died Monday night at Mount St Mary Hospital after being admitted an hour earlier She was native of Hocking County survived by two sons Herbert and Floyd two daughters Gladys Rein shell and Hazel White 12 grandchildren 14 great grandchildren Funeral services Thursday 2 p m at Leonard funeral home with Rev Paul Sellers officiating burial Oak Grove cemetery friends may call funeral home anytime

Logan Della May Walter Mount St. Mary Hospital Curtis Walter John and Mary Baird Coakley Hocking County Herbert New Plymouth Floyd Union Furnace Gladys Reinshell Hazel White Nelsonville Leonard Funeral Home Paul Sellers Oak Grove Cemetery

Teen preacher leads Logan Nazarene teen services

The Rev. Lanny Stone of Aurora Indiana will conduct a series of teenage directed services at the Church of the Nazarene in Logan from December 28 to January 3. Services begin at 7 30 p m. Stone is described as a teenager.

Logan Lanny Stone Aurora Inl Church of the Nazarene Stone

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