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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1957
Page
7
Hocking County commissioners moved to centralize most welfare agencies into a Welfare Department. At a special meeting they prepared a resolution sent to the Ohio Department of Public Welfare for approval, proposing one director to oversee general relief aid for the disabled the blind and other programs.
A death by own action verdict was returned in the Charles L. Chad Kienzle case. Kienzle, 50, was found dead from a .22 rifle shot at 76 Gallagher Ave. Logan. Coroner Dr. Owen F. Yaw said the body was upright on a sofa and the bullet entered the left chest. He had been despondent and had returned home the day before. Survivors include a wife Edith Glass and three daughters. Services are set for Friday at 2 p.m. at Leonard Funeral Home with burial in Grandview Cemetery Bremen.
Logan Common Pleas Court records show two divorce suits dismissed without record and at plaintiff costs. Betsy Keffer of Logan sued Robert Keffer of Fairborn and Nieve Matheny by her mother Vivian E. McQuaid against John Matheny.
Logan Society notes Miss Shirley Matthews and David Young married in First Presbyterian Church Barnesville on Feb 2. Ceremony by Dr Byron Evans featured yellow and white gladioli chrysanthemums and candles. Bride the daughter of Joseph and Mrs Matthews and groom son of Wilbur and Mrs Young. Reception at family home.
The newly organized Red Cross Gray Ladies plan their first meeting Monday afternoon February 18. Chairwoman Mrs John Hildabolt announced a class in orientation led by Leland Baxter of Newark, volunteer services field representative. Meeting place will be announced. interested women may contact Mrs Hildabolt or Red Cross headquarters.
Births announced for Mr and Mrs John Freeman Rockbridge Route 2 a daughter and Mr and Mrs Hollis Carter New Plymouth a son. Admissions include Mrs Clem Schwalbaugh Laurelville surgery. Dismissals: Kenneth Blair Logan Mrs Granville Hall Creole Route 1 Charles D Fenton Logan Harry T Allen Columbus.
The Ohio selective service call for March lists area county quotas: Athens 11, Gallia 2, Hocking 3, Meigs 1, Washington 5, Vinton 1. Total draft summons dropped to 831 from 851 last month and 1033 in March a year ago.
The group met in the parish house with hostesses Mrs Paul Risch and Mrs Bernard McLain. Mrs Ted Dupler led a Bible study and Mrs William A Dennis led devotions. The third Hocking Junior Leadership Club meeting was February 7 at Linda Kay Poling's Laurelville home with 13 members. Members will serve at the March 7 Farm Bureau banquet at the Isaak Walton clubhouse.
Boy Scout Troop 238 will meet Sunday February 17 at 3 p m in the Union Furnace school gymnasium. Parents of Scouts are asked to attend and troop committee members are requested to be present, called by John Bumgardner.
Union Furnace Band Boosters will gather Thursday February 14 at 7 30 p m in the Union Furnace School gymnasium to discuss activities and support for the band program.
Mr and Mrs Sam Brown and two children of Athens dined with Rev William Brown. Betty Barber of Columbus visited her mother Mrs George Barber. Numerous Athens Nelsonville Dayton Westerville Zanesville St Clairsville and Columbus couples and children spent time with the Mace Adams Barber Williams Pollock Doolittle and related families.
Logan marks the sixtieth anniversary of the Parent-Teacher Association with a joint event by Central East and West schools on February 21 at 7 30 p m in West school auditorium. Mrs Margaret Bauman Imlay will speak as PTA members and friends attend a skit featuring parents from each school.
Roger Humphrey program chairman demonstrated a new speed film allowing photographs in ordinary light. A transparency enables quick viewing in projectors or TV cameras within three minutes of capture. He photographed Rotarians including Paul Williams of Marion, illustrating instant results.
Logan Emory C. Bainter granted divorce from Hazel Ault Bainter on gross neglect of duty. Suit was uncontested. The couple married December 27, 1939.
Probate Court records show an inventory and appraisal of Cora Walters estate valued at 3000 dollars. Appraisers John Martin M R Lewis and Floyd Keeting completed the valuation. Frank M Walters serves as administrator.
Cheryl Stimson, 14, of 231 Gallagher Ave., Logan, was located in Springfield after a two month disappearance dating from December 18. Taken into custody, she admitted her identity but gave evasive explanations for her absence. She is held at the juvenile detention center in Springfield and will likely face Juvenile Court hearings.
Logan Monument Co of Meigs County Ohio operates as a local stone and memorial supplier serving Pomeroy and surrounding areas providing monuments gravestones and related services with regional distribution and manufacturing options.
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