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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1962
Page
2
City council approved specifications for electric energy to operate the water works sewage plant and ejector station. The 10 year contract sets monthly payments and an 85 percent average monthly operation standard. Bid advertising authorized with first reading on an ordinance.
Roy Shelso 55 of 736 Glenwood Dr died 9:35 p.m. Monday in University Hospital Columbus after a yearlong illness. He was born in Brooten Minnesota, lived in Logan since 1956, and retired from Carbo Rundum Co after 22 years. He belonged to Logan Methodist Church Kiwanis Club Hocking Hills Country Club and Delta Theta Phi. He is survived by wife Bessie and two sons Roy Thomas and Gerald John both of Minneapolis, his father Thomas Shelso of Sedan Minnesota, and three brothers Almond of Sedan Howard and Marvin of Minneapolis. Funeral Thursday at 10 a.m. at Leonard funeral home with burial in Minneapolis.
Marvin L. Smart, 21, of Logan, has been appointed a deputy in the Hocking County Sheriff's department after volunteering. Deputy Paul Dietzel will leave July 16 for armed forces induction. Marriage licenses issued to Gerald Arthur Wallace and Jill Yvonne McGrath, Freddie Dale Reeves and Lona Mae Peck.
Mrs. Homer Hart Hartsock Jr hosted the July gathering of the Gladys Ward Circle of the EUB Church. Eleven members and one guest attended with devotions on How Wide Is Our Witness conducted by Mrs. Hartsock, who read Psalms and a poem. The program focused on Christian citizenship and memoranda about Canada and U S birth days. The WSWS unified meeting is planned for Sept 6 as a Camp Otterbein picnic with Gore Fellowship WSWS as guests. A free literature offering is planned for the August meeting.
Community notices include the John McVey family reunion at Rising Park Lancaster with election of officers and plans for next year. Logan Rotary Club heard Jack Baumgardt on selling America with guests from Florida Ohio and Texas. Vital statistics show no births and nine deaths in Hocking County, with 20 births and eight deaths in Logan. Other items: divorce suit back alimony awarded, will probated, hospital admissions and discharges,Miss Parade interviews planned, and a Logan divorce filing for extreme cruelty seeking custody and support.
Logan relatives host visits from Michigan Ohio and Texas as guests include Duane Shipley family Victor Simiele and Blosser family with trips to nearby homes and return of Paul Fox family. Local relatives Earl Shaw and Bruce Leonard connected to Logan households during weekend gatherings.
Deputy Dietzel investigated a one car crash on Claybank Road near Dicken Addition at 9 35 p m Monday. Larry E Casto 18 Logan and Joyce Ann Stephens 15 Gore were injured but not seriously Casto had a cut lip two teeth knocked out while Stephens had a cut lip both treated by physicians no citations issued
Various local group meetings and activities listed for Wednesday and Thursday. Hocking Garden Club picnic at Old Man’s Cave 5 P M. YWCA all day event at Mrs Everett Dawley’s home. D of A Lodge installation 7 30 P M. Ladies Auxiliary FOE meeting with awards. Pomona Grange inspection and contests. Trinity Lutheran Church four L’s gathering. Truth Seekers Class Union Furnace First EUB Church 1 30 P M with program on faith.
Inventory records admitted for the estate of Caroline Cavince of Perry Township and for the estate of Harry J. Mack Sr. of Logan. Appraisers for Cavince were Frank Cave, Virgil R. Karr and Damon Pontious. Mack estate appraisers were Carl C. Harsh, Denzil Weltner and Earl Thompson. The Mack estate value was $14,674.68.
Logan Ohio two youth meetings announced by the Hocking County extension office to plan events at the county fair. The Junior Livestock Sales Committee meets Wednesday at 8 p.m. to organize the sale on Sept. 14. The Junior Fair Board meets Thursday at 8 p.m. to plan Junior Fair Night on Sept. 13 at the courthouse auditorium.
Athens residents enjoyed another pleasant day as the U S Observer C L Colmer reports a high of 83 degrees with a low of 54 and 75 degrees by 9 30 a m.
Chauncey John Kasler 74 died Wednesday morning at his home 23 Lexington Ave after an illness of two years He was an electrician and coal miner for 51 years before retirement He is survived by wife May a son Harlan of Chauncey two daughters Lovella Lester Lancaster and Eileen Bridgewater Chauncey 11 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren Also surviving are brother Sanford Easter Millfield Route 1 and two sisters Myrtle Lehman and Etta Finley Logan Arrangements by Jagers and Sons funeral home.
Ex resident Ivor Williams about 58, formerly of New Marshfield, died Monday at his El Monte California home from cancer. Survived by wife Maureen a son Danny and daughter Nancy Wyatt six grandchildren sister Flossie brother Hollis and step father Filcien Willis. Services and burial set for Thursday in El Monte. Real estate transfer Cecil Ebner Junction City to Floyd Bullock Columbus lot in Dover Township.
The 17th annual Conference on Educational Administration opened at Ohio University to explore what automation can and cannot do for schools. A public demo of machines and materials from leading firms will be shown in Baker Center ballroom Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. Dr. Samuel I. Hicks notes the exhibition slot runs with representatives present. A bank seeks foreclosure on 80 acres of Lee Township land held by Melvin J. Kuhn in Columbus, claiming $2,835 plus interest on a May 1960 note.
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