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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1950

Page

2

Judge Bangert to Lead Easter Seal Drive in Hocking County

Judge Rhea Pettit Bangert is named chair of the seventeenth annual Easter Seal campaign in Hocking County. The 1950 drive runs March 9 through Easter Sunday to raise funds for the Hocking County Society for Crippled Children and Adults which reports 85 disabled residents, 80 of them children, and aims to expand services such as glasses hearing aids and surgical help. Dr. Frederick W. Blume president notes the society aided 55 disabled individuals last year and stresses growing need for funds to serve more people in the county.

Blume Hocking County Bangert

Hocking County Fish and Game Banquet Planned

The Hocking County Fish and Game Association will hold its annual fish fry March 9 at the Izaak Walton League. About 200 pounds of Lake Erie pickerel will be ordered. The program includes wildlife films and talks on game laws, with plans to buy 15 tons of lime for the Izaak Walton League grounds. A fox drive is planned for February 25 in Haydenville with youth gun restrictions.

Izaak Walton League Lake Erie Lake Logan Haydenville Harry W. Shaw Lou Ingram John Geiger Jim Rutgers Joe Hall Dave Goldsberry

Doan's Pills Offer Kidney Relief From Backache

Older readers may suffer nagging backache and fatigue from stress, cold, or overexertion. Doan's Pills are promoted as a mild diuretic used for over 50 years to ease kidney strain and bladder irritation, claiming widespread relief.

Dean Doan

Two Logan Students Selected for World Affairs Institute

Logan High School will send Tommy Heinlein and Neil Goss as delegates to the World Affairs Institute in Cincinnati March 3 4. The two were chosen by a panel led by Howard Kirk from Logan High School with Rotary International and local sponsors backing the program to foster informed world citizens.

Logan Logan Rotary Club World Affairs Institute Cincinnati Frederick W. Blume Tommy Heinlein Porter Heinlein South Logan Neil Goss Reesess Riff Ave Logan High School Howard Kirk United Nations Association of Cincinnati Rotary International Cincinnati Foreign Association Crosley Broadcasting Association Rotary Club Netherland Plaza Hotel Citizens of

Logan Area Jobless Total Ison Decline

Logan area unemployment continued to fall for a fourth straight week, reports Homer J. Schein, manager of the Logan Bureau of Unemployment Compensation. Last week 642 people drew or applied for benefits, down from 739 the prior week, with 43 initial claims. The Logan office also serves Nelsonville and York Township in Athens County. State figures in Columbus show 169,586 jobless registered last week, down from 171,055.

Logan Logan Bureau of Homer J. Schein Schein Logan Buc Nelsonville York Township Athens County Columbus

Knife Attack Is Charged Near Logan

William Williams of near Carbon Hill pleaded innocent to assault with intent to kill after a knife attack on Walter Bittner at a saw mill in Ward Township. Bittner reportedly knocked the knife from Williams with a cant hook. deputies arrested him and he was arraigned before Magistrate S B Whitehart.

Logan William Williams Carbon Hill A. J. Waldron Williams Walter Bittner Bittner Ward Township Roy Kelch O. H. Bryan S. B. Whitehart

Fishing Tags On Sale Until March First

Logan reports that 1950 fishing licenses go on sale now and must be obtained by March 1. Weather is expected to boost early fishing activity with March and April promising a good season. A visible license is no longer required, but carries must be on the person while fishing. Licenses cost $1 plus a 10 cent fee.

Logan Hocking County General Assembly

Auto License Reservations Now Accepted

Logan auto registration officials announce reservations for special yellow Y series plates to be issued for Hocking County. Reserved plates cover H J and K series with final digits and cost ten dollars plus a twenty five cent fee. Sales begin March 1 at 185 East Main Street registration agency.

Logan Hocking County Jeanette Frazier Frazier East Main Street

Non-Support Charged Man Held to Jury

Logan Jack Dixon Gore is jailed under a $500 bond after pleading innocent to non support charges. Sheriff A J Waldron reports Dixon was arrested in Columbus by Deputy Roy Kelch on an affidavit by Opal Hiles, former wife of the defendant, and arraigned before Magistrate George Lehman.

Logan Jack Dixon Gore Hocking County A. J. Waldron Dixon Columbus Roy Kelch Opal Hiles George Lehman

Juvenile Judge Holds Hocking Man for Jury

Leroy Hedges, 30, of Laurelville Route 1, is jailed under $800 bond after pleading innocent to charges of acting in a manner tending to cause neglect. Juvenile Officer Jack Kemper reports. Hedges was arraigned before Juvenile Judge Rhea Pettit Bangert and, after requesting a jury trial, remained jailed for failing to post the bond before the grand jury.

Logan Leroy Hedges Laurelville Jack Kemper Hocking County Hedges Rhea Pettit Bangert

Akron man injured in automobile crash near home

Joseph Parish suffers severe facial and head lacerations in a crash near Akron. He is the son of Mr and Mrs John Parish and recently moved to Akron where he is employed. Other local items note community visits and health updates among area residents.

Kimberly Joseph Parish Akron Parish John Parish Dorothy Ruscoe Rainbow The Christian Church Nelsonville Ulysses Crain George Poling Navy New York John Chilcoate Harry Burchfield Dorr Run Aaron McDonald Carl Somers Clyde Woods Columbus Venus Pitts Oak Grove Frank Pickett John Beard the Plains Pilgrim Holiness Route 33 Robert Hatfield Hatfield Oscar Ball Vernice Wood William Davis Marion H. Pickett Pearl Hill Gilbert Adams Guy Dishong Hocking Valley Hospital Logan Floyd Brown

Logan Elks Lodge to mark 51st anniversary dinner

The Logan Elks Lodge at 452 hosts a 6:30 p.m. anniversary dinner today in the club rooms. A floor show and other entertainment follow, per the organizing committee.

Logan Logan Elks Lodge

Miner Undergoes Surgery After Mine Accident

Orbiston lad Jack Bookman Jr. hospitalized at White Cross Hospital Columbus for surgery after a mine accident last May. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Clayton Bookman of Orbiston and his mother accompanied him to the hospital.

Orbiston Clayton Jack) Bookman, Jr White Cross Hospital Columbus Clayton Bookman

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