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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 06, 1944

Page

14

County budget allocates 235000 for 1944 operating costs

Athens Ohio reports the county approved estimated operating expenses of 235 235.75 for 1944 across several funds. The plan keeps most appropriations near last year with small reductions and combines relief and weights offices under one head. A new 18000 equipment fund aims to replace worn county road machinery.

Carl E. Blosser Kenneth R. Fitza Blosser Virgil Hite Gore Margaret Webb Frank Lanning Logan Court House Charles Higgins Solons Stanley Baker James L. Martin Board of Commissioners Board of Elections Court of Appeals Common Pleas Court Children’s Home Soldiers’ Relief Commission Deg and Rennel

Flight Engineer Is Visiting in Logan

Charles W. Miller a TWA flight engineer visits his parents Mr and Mrs Bell Miller in Logan He has flown 21000 miles in the past month with many overseas trips This is his first visit home in over a year His wife and child reside in Miami and did not accompany him He is a Logan High School graduate.

Logan Charles W. Miller TWA Bell Miller Miller Miami Fish Logan High School

Logan Briefs Personal Notices and Departures

Logan residents share visits and furloughs as service members depart for duties. John Allen of Union Clothing recuperates at home from influenza. Don Spencer returns to Great Lakes after nine day furlough and boot training. George Geiger heads to El Paso for Army duty. his mother died prompting leave. Corporal Clyde Bainter returns to California. Local lodge and club meetings slated with programs and supper.

Charlies Marks Ford Kistler John Allen Union Clothing Company East Second Street Don Spencer Great Lakes Training Station Chicago Jesse Spencer Spencer Naval Center Queen Vashti Rebekah Lodge Tommy Walsh Minnette McCray George Geiger U. S. Army el Paso Texas Cpl Geiger Logan Joe White Ed Franzen Clyde Bainter California 4. R. Bainter Vera Billan Jacob Keller Midland Place

Double Funeral Held for Curtis Robinette and Wife Susan

Logan reports double funeral rites at Woodard Funeral Home for Curtis G. Robinette 80 and Susan Robinette 81 who died within hours of each other at their Union Furnace home. Rev. Harry L. Smith officiated. burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Curtis was a former miner, blacksmith and filling station operator.

Logan Woodard Curtis G. Robinette Susan Union Furnace Harry L. Smith United Brethren Church Oak Grove Robinette

Poling Funeral Held in Logan

Funeral services for Fred Poling 54 painter were held Thursday at Leonard Funeral Home. He died Tuesday at his West Logan home of a heart attack. Rev. Cecil H. Jones officiated and burial followed in Oak Grove Cemetery. He is survived by a daughter June and two brothers.

Logan Leonard Funeral Home Fred Poling Painter West Logan Cecil H. Jones Oak Grove June

Logan to Again Host Class B Sectional Basketball Meet

Logan High School will host the Class B sectional basketball tournament this year with Fred Burchfield again in charge. The 1944 event marks the eighth held in Logan since 1935, with Waverly hosting the other sectional. Planned dates are likely March 3-4 and March 10-11, featuring fourteen teams including rural squads from Athens Gallia Perry Meigs and Vinton counties and exempted villages Chauncey Middleport Glouster Crooksville and Pomeroy. The Pomeroy team enters Class B for the first time amid enrollment declines at the school.

Logan Fred B. Burchfield H. R. Townsend Burchfield Waverly Athens Gallia Perry Hocking Meigs Vinton Chauncey Middleport Glouster Crooksville Pomeroy

School Directory Issued in Hocking County Schools

Logan superintendent S H Dillon announced the issuance of the annual Hocking County school directory prepared by office staff. It lists faculty members board members bus drivers calendars committees officials and other pertinent facts along with a list of State Department of Education officials in a mimeographed directory.

Logan S. H. Dillon Hocking County Board of Education State Department of Education

Funeral Services Held For Bertha Ringhiser

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at Union United Brethren Church for Bertha Gertrude Ringhiser 61 of West Logan who died Sunday night at home. Rev. C. H. Bennington of Portsmouth conducted the rites. burial followed at Union. Mrs. Paul Cruise played piano. Pallbearers were Harley Emmons Marion Beery Boyd Blum Russell Beery Walter North and Stracke Eastman.

Logan Union United Brethren Church Bertha Gertrude Ringhiser West Logan C. H. Bennington Portsmouth Union Paul Cruise Harley Emmons Marion Beery Boyd Blum Russell Beery Walter North Stracke Eastman

Workmen's Mutual Burial Association Meets at Pocahontas Hall

Logan group holds regular business meeting at Pocahontas Hall on Wednesday night. Four spokesmen reported on routine affairs during the session.

Logan Workmen's Mutual Burial Association Pocahontas Hall Seasion 4

Social notes mark officer installation in Point Pleasant

In Point Pleasant the Woman's Society of Christian Service at Trinity Methodist installed officers for the new year in a social room ceremony led by Rev. W A Gregg. Officers include Vera Fadeley president and Mary Hellems vice president among others with a hostess committee and refreshments afterward. Local clubs and residents are noted with social gatherings and hospital, travel, and visiting updates.

Point Pleasant Woman's Society of Christian Service Trinity Methodist Social J. B. Couch Mary Hellems Chester A. Roush Jehova W. A. Gregg Vera Fadeley H. H. Puliem P. E. Fleming John Giles Bessie Johnson Mary Jo Blackburn Young Women's and Kathleen Jiiden Florence Alexander Status of Women R. L. Price C. C. Spencer William Fadeley C. Blount Albert Savers Flora Myers A. H. Perkins Fannie Fry C. W. Reynolds G. B. Woodard Howard Garland Charles Wilson Estelle Eppie Shifler Ben Franklin H. H. Pullem Will War Mothers Emergency Aid Club Mason County Bill Higgins WMEAC Daily Register Maude Mallette

Ward Rural Board of Education names new officers

At a Monday night meeting in Carbon Hill Guy Kinnear was named president Raymond Martin was elected vice president and Helen Hawk was chosen clerk Dwight Stacy a new board member attended his initial session.

Admission and dismissal at Cherington Hospital

Admissions include Miss Mary Forbes Nelsonville and Mrs Blanche Hartman Gore with infant son. Mrs Russell Inman and infant son were dismissed from the hospital.

Logan Cherrington Hospital Mary Forbes Nelsonville Blanche Hartman Gore Russell Inman

Home On Furlough For Technical Sergeant Evans

Technical Sergeant Harry Popeye Evans spends a 20 day furlough visiting his father Dick Evans and wife in Pittsburgh.

Harry Popeye) Evans Dick Evans Pittsburgh

Return From Flora Mrs Hog Health Improves

Families in Point Pleasant are reported to be returning from Florida to Ohio tilting toward resettling. Mrs Hogg's health is improving as expected and the family is anxious to return home. A gathering is planned for Tuesday at 7:30 PM at the court house with several local contributors listed.

Point Pleasant Camden Hog Florida Lauderdale Ohio Joh Mary Zerkle Liam Braird James 1 Rea Lily Morning Pf Emmett Fowler Dury

Starrett Rites Planned at Deerfield Presbyterian Church

Funeral services for Mrs. Cornelia Jane Starrett, 87, will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Deerfield Presbyterian Church in Deerfield Morgan County.

Starrett Deerfield

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