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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1956
Page
16
The yellow jessamine or jasmine is South Carolina’s state flower. The first Kiwanis Club was organized at Detroit Michigan on January 21, 1915.
Logan police arrested Thomas Leake 49 of Enterprise and Hubert Johnson 56 of Logan Saturday night and early Sunday on in toxication and disorderly conduct charges. They are jailed pending arraignment.
Logan Hocking County property owners will see real estate tax changes in 1957 per a schedule issued by County Treasurer Ralph Moorhead. Increases occur in several districts including Logan city and Falls Township with millage changes to fund school bonds and fire protection, while some districts show small declines. Detailed rates show numerous townships and school districts with specific mills for Benton, Falls, Oroville, Logan, Good Hope, East Hocking, Laurel, Marion, Bremen, Berne Union, Perry, Laurelville, Salt Creek, Starr, Ward, York, Murray City, Washington, Swan, and West Hocking districts.
Claude Jones of Chesterhill won the Route 33 bypass contract with a bid of 735 999.59 for a 3.583 mile project near Haydenville. The new two lane roadway will start at Poston curve and rejoin near Five Mile junction, eliminating bottlenecks and curves while providing rights of way for future four lane expansion. Daily traffic through Haydenville averages 3700 vehicles including 2820 cars and 980 trucks. a 35 mph village limit applies.
North Evangelical United Brotherhood Church two miles west of Mt Pleasant off Rt 75S hosts a Christmas program this evening at 7 30 p m followed by a gift exchange for adults and children. The public is invited.
The Tuesday Study Club held its Christmas party at Mrs. John Buntz with a potluck dinner and candlelit tables. Miss Viola Coakley presented poems and notes on Christmas seal sales, now at 25 million yearly since 1955. Births and admissions include Ollie J. Conley’s son and Edna Morgan’s surgery. several dismissals listed.
Admissions include Corwin Bigham of Columbus medical Calvin Heinlein New Plymouth Mrs Arthur Gasser Logan Mrs Aubrey Miller Junction City Route 1 medical Mrs Anna Hertenstein Chilli cothe Route 4 medical Daniel Kornmiller Logan Route Mrs Joseph H Bighouse Mc Arthur Route 2.
Gerald E. Barton, 22, and Wayne L. Wolfe, 23, both of Logan, were arraigned by Mayor Francis Myers after Barton pleaded guilty to crashing a red light and was fined 10 dollars plus costs. Barton faced nine prior tickets for minor offenses, with fines imposed. Wolfe was fined 10 dollars plus costs for the same incident.
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