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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1963
Page
8
New officers took duties at the January Westminster House meeting of the Schwenke Vail Presbyterian Group. Mrs Paul Shaw led with a hymn and guidance from a church manual as 21 members and guests gathered. The group reviewed plans on program development and funding for local and foreign missions.
The report outlines a 1963 budget plan based on pledges and personal giving, discarding a Christmas bazaar. A new study book by Jeannette Harrington and Muriel S. Webb highlights the church’s mission to aid those in need. A film about a woman returning from a mental hospital enhances the program. 1963 committees led by Mrs. Paul Collison and others were announced, with hostesses serving tea afterward. Frances Perkins noted as the first woman cabinet member.
Mrs. Doris Eads of Point Pleasant visited her mother Mrs. Etta Young and son Lester. Lawrence Coleman of Point Pleasant visited sister Sylvia Coleman. Miss Drema Stewart, Glenville College student, visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. Guy Stewart and sister Vickie. Ronald Duncan of Columbus Jimmie Bennett of Clifton and Robert Gardner of New Haven visited Leonard Roush. Lloyd Sayre, in Texas with the Air Force, spent holidays with his Hartford parents and saw Leonard Roush.
Corporal Ronald L. Greenwood 20 son of Mr and Mrs George F Greenwood Rockbridge Route 2 recently graduated from the Seventh U S Army NCO academy in Bad Talz Germany He completed four weeks of training focused on leadership and combat tactics He serves as a policeman in the Security Company U S Army Academy Trois Fontaines France entered the Army in August 1960 finished basic at Ft Knox and arrived overseas in November 1969 He is a 1960 Berne Union High School graduate Sugar Grove
Open house for the East Elementary School Parent-Teacher Association occurs Thursday from 7 to 8 p m at the school. Parents will visit classrooms with teachers as greeters and see the first semester work of pupils. A business meeting in the auditorium precedes a social hour with refreshments served by 4th grade mothers.
A series of land transfers in Hocking County including Falls Township and Logan areas. Transactions list buyers and sellers such as Stacey and Marian Beougher to Charles and Etta Frasure, Paul and Eileen Jurgensmier, and various parcels in Glenview Heights Laurel Two Green Two and Logan. The International Committee of the Red Cross is noted with 25 Swiss citizens based in Geneva.
Wednesday schedule lists Miller Chapel Grange meetings at 8 pm with cookie or sandwich bring, D of A at 7 30 pm, Goodwill Farm Bureau advisory council at Grace Harsh home, Great Books discussion at Central School on Peloponnesian War, Beauceant 202 at Masonic Temple with installation, Logan Auxiliary dinner at Branet's Mecca Room, Twig Pleasant Valley Home Demonstration 1 am at Edna Blum home, Antioch group 7 30 pm at Merle Fetheroff home, Time Management talk, and Social Circle luncheon at Brandt's Mecca Room hosted by Mrs Sally Fberst.
Logan reports 1962 total car registrations in Hocking County reached 7872, up from 6908 in 1961. Monthly totals peaked in March with 859 titles and August with 82 new titles, while February recorded the lowest month with 441 registrations.
Premier Mothers Climb OCCL hosts New Year gathering at Mrs. Joe Gompf home. Teen party plans discussed. Guests include Mrs. Gene Campbell and Mrs. Hugh Robinson. Harold Zimmerman hosts Honey Fork Farm Bureau Council. topics include water problems and Life As a Fine Art article. 1963 Washington and New York City tour set for March 31. Plus a quick Graham cracker crust ice cream dessert recipe.
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