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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1946
Page
26
Jack Dixon of Gore and Harley Crago of Lancaster indicted for failure to provide for minor children and jailed in Hocking County. Mary Walton and Ellen Lower, both 50, charged with first degree murder in the Maion Lowers case. arraigned before Magistate Frank St. Clair after apprehension. arraignments set before Judge Rhea Bangert.
Logan E L Elling probate judge of Hocking County was elected treasurer of the Ohio Probate Judges Association at a Deshler Walhek Hotel Columbus meeting. The four‑day conference covered juvenile delinquency the final two days. Several indicted defendants faced charges including murder robbery and assault with various names appearing in the report.
Logan Maud Cook Circle met at the Presbyterian Church Tuesday afternoon for the mission study on Africa led by counselor Mrs John Pierce Foljom. Girls prepared scrapbooks for the Junior Red Cross hospital and refreshments were served to Sorma Jean Hanna Eugenia Weinrich Betty Busk tk Leona Stock and Mary Francis Conk. They will meet again February 19 with Miss Conkle newly appointed preparer.
Mrs Ralph Hevs returns to Hardenville after a trip to Ortears where she met with friends. She plans to visit South Logan again with their family, as part of a modest reunion and local community gathering.
Logan reports the death of Miss Jane Wheeler at Sun Ridge Rest Home in Columbus on Wednesday morning. A former Columbus resident who ran Richey Millinery and Gift Shoppe after arriving in Logan in 1938, she suffered years of declining health. She was active in the Business and Professional Womens Club and attended the Presbyterian Church. Funeral services will be held at Shoedmnger Funeral Home in Columbus at 2 pm Friday.
The Pioneer Youth group at Maccabee Hall held its January meeting with group singing and a report on the O'der Rural Youth Work shop Conference in Columbus. Margie Hartman and Josephine Des spoke, and seven initiates were welcomed including Bob Mass and Jim Davis. Refreshments served by Dorothy Hartman and others, with guests present, as the group plans to meet again in February.
Logans area notes record multiple local hospital updates. Mrs Bette Brown was absent due to illness with substitute Warren Johnson. Mrs Noel White returned home after tonsillectomy. Rea Rae Darby underwent surgery in Murray City. Linda Lafferty is a patient at White Cross Hospital after manoendecomy. James Joseph Leasure born January 15 to Glenn and Dorothy Leasure. Capt Paul F Mathews convalescing at Fort Hayes Hospital from tropical fever. Minor surgeries reported for Mary Griffith and others at Gibbons Hospital.
Local Bartlett column lists residents visiting relatives and attending events including funerals, Grange, and family gatherings. Notables include Mrs Fred Beazet and Mis bseed Arnold, Mr and Mrs John Poling, Miss Callie Poling’s 16th birthday, and several Bennett, Smith, Poling, and Martin families visiting.
Members of the Four Square Class of the Methodist Church met Wednesday afternoon for their regular monthly sewing session. Three woolen dresses were completed and the group, including Mrs Fred Eastman and Mrs Marguerite Steward, planned to meet again February 3.
The Selective Service Board announced honorable discharges for local servicemen. Names include W Rey Reynolds Logan and Charles Edwin Hutchinson New Plymouth with overseas service. Albert W Holasehob Columbus. Eugene Niven Dayton. Robert Neal Williams Logan. and others. Court names Lovina A Harris as executrix of William Harps estate in Logan.
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