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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1956
Page
10
Logan City Council plans further talks on financing a new eight inch water line to serve the Carborundum Co plant and east Logan homes. Burgess and Niple will survey routes and cost estimates. a May primary two mill levy is hoped to fund expansion, with bonds unlikely without higher receipts.
Hocking County sheriff's deputies continued a burglary investigation after tools were stolen from the Ilesboro school furnace room. Entry came via broken basement door glass. Juveniles suspected. Deputies Breeze and Rheinscheid also investigated an entry at the R. B. Cones cabin on Buena Vista Ridge Road, with a barometer missing. The cabin was ransacked and the incident dated in the past three weeks.
New Straitsville events include a March Americanism and community service program at Ira Dish home. Attendees and local residents travel to Columbus for an evangelistic mission. Community notices list births hospitalizations visits and local travel.
Mr and Mrs Vernon Mayle of Canton hosted Sunday guests Mrs Adeline Tabler. Sharron Jenkins and guests returned home to Canton. Joan Laura Jackson visited George Jackson's family in Marietta. Ellen Kay Hill of Broadwell stayed a week with Harley Hill in Chesterhill. Harold Hill visited Broadwell hosts and was joined by Chesterhill guests. Arthur Flowers Dennis and Glenn Tabler from Chesterhill also Gerald Tabler of Cleveland and Dee Tabler of Columbus. Naomi Goins and daughter Jan Maria spent a weekend in Canton.
Sealed bids for a complete Village Fire Station will be received until 12 noon February 20 1944 in Albany Ohio. Plans and specifications are in the Village Clerk Edna Whiteman’s office or Clark and Sheeter Athens Ohio. Bid deposits include ten percent bond or five percent certified check. The contractor must sign within 15 days and furnish a 100 percent performance bond. failure to execute contracts forfeits bids as liquidated damages.
Four drivers were fined in area courts after arrests by the State Highway Patrol. Cecil McCoy, 22 Logan, and Richard McKenny, 19 Lakewood, were fined $20 and costs for speeding by Logan's Mayor Francis Myers. Ellison 85 LeMaster, Athens, fined $5 and costs for failing to yield. Walter E. Miller, 39 St. George, WV, fined $15 and costs for mud flaps missing.
Mr and Mrs Alva Mahaffey and Paul hosted dinner with Mrs Mahaffey s parents Mr and Mrs Matt Haas of Wellston The Haas birthday was observed Recent guests of Mr and Mrs Ray Strausbaugh included Mr and Mrs Leon Strausbaugh Verle Smith and Miss Carol Davis Other visits included families from Middleport Shade The Plains Mansfield and Crooksville Attendees at John DeVault funeral from Newark Grove City Columbus and Crooksville included the Mulhollands Hartleys and Dalessandrie plus Nora DeVault and Edith Denny.
The Messenger requests readers contribute service member addresses for the Military Mail Call column. Include full address, town, and contributor name. Addresses are free of charge. Sample entries show A-3C David E. Young and Pfc Weldon T. Rupe with unit details and APO numbers.
Mrs. Goldie Six, 50, Logan, fractured her wrist in a fall at the W Main and Spring intersection Saturday afternoon. Police took her to Hocking Valley Hospital where the fracture was reduced.
Sue H Keener runs Ravenswood information center on Washington Street aiding newcomers in housing. The Ravenswood Improvement Association sponsors the center with a housing survey on file. Engagement announced for Martha Louise Howes to John Paul McCoy of Ravenswood. A horse in Ravenswood was killed after being struck on Route 56. David Witkins from Kenyon College visiting home between terms.
A Concord party honored Jim Antle on his birthday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Antle. Verne Wolfe hosted a gathering for Mrs. Wolfe and family, with guests including Miles Wolfe of Columbus. Ladonna Antle visited Chauncey relative Betty Sayre and other Antle kin. Pvt. Jay and Don Chapman reported to Fort Dix for duty in Germany.
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