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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1963
Page
6
At Antioch Grange No. 2629 the evening program featured poems including House Should Be A Home and The Modern Farmer. A manners skit, baking and sewing contests judged by Miss Sharon Baertsche followed. First prizes went to Mrs Dusenbery for nut bread and Mrs Meldrim for a skirt. An inspection date of August 12 was announced.
Tom Baker was rehired by the Laurelville School Board Monday night as industrial arts instructor for the coming school year. He had initially resigned to take a similar position at Wellston and was reinstated after changing his mind.
Three brush fires of undetermined origin burned a 50 to 100 yard stretch of grass along Route 664S damaging about 10 guardrail posts before firefighters extinguished them Wednesday morning. City crews tackled two near the Robert Klinger residence with a booster hose. A third blaze in Washington Township was put out by Hocking Honor Camp personnel.
Fertilized grunion eggs develop in sand and hatchers swim seaward when next tide covers the beach. India encompasses 1 259 995 square miles and Haiti’s terrain remains too steep for most habitation.
Logan residents and relatives travel during summer visits. Kenneth and Stephen Schwenke of Arlington Virginia visit grandparents on West Main Street. The Cottrill family returns home from a three week vacation visiting Kansas City Oklahoma City Dallas and San Antonio. The Carpenter family hosts a week in Houston. The Rempels return from Bushnell Florida after two weeks with relatives. Don ONeal visits Elyria. Fred Foss and family visit from Jacksonville Florida. Patrick Weed and son Bobby from Chevy Chase Maryland visit Sheriff Hartman and family. Seaman Apprentice Robert Burton spends furlough with his parents before reporting to Treasure Island California on July 16.
The Women s Society of Christian Service met at Mrs Nellie Bond s home and planned an ice cream social on July 24 on the church lawn Refreshments were served by Mrs Bond and her daughter in law Mrs Carl Bond The next meeting will be a family picnic.
Shirley Sabo of Murray City filed for divorce in Hocking County Common Pleas Court against Ernest Sabo on grounds of gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. She seeks to restore her maiden name Shirley Steinmetz. The report also notes a separate suit dismissal and a wage claim judgment in other matters.
Mrs. Oda D. Bable of Logan is admitted as is Mrs. Ray Cheeseman and Charles L. Arnold, both of Logan. Mrs. Howard Peoples of Hamden, Mrs. Charles Dixon and her son of McArthur, and Mrs. William Moseley with her daughter are discharged.
Thursday events include a Women of the Moose party games at 8 p m with prizes, a 40th anniversary celebration at Logan EUB WSWS on Maysville Road at 7 30 p m, a community picnic at 6 30 p m at the Rev Hugh es home with beverages provided, a Squaw Club gathering at Brandt's Restaurant at 6 30 p m hosted by Mrs Estella Barker, and WSCS at Webb's Chapel at 7 30 p m hosted by Mrs Wayne Timberlake.
Three wills were admitted to probate in Hocking County Probate Court. Anna J. Smith of Logan Route 9 leaves her estate to husband Frank B. Smith. Juliet Helen Seckman of Gore leaves her estate to husband Walter C. Seckman. Pearl Starner of Rockbridge Route 1 leaves his estate to wife Mae. Appraisers Chester Eveland Robert Pollum and Claude Weaver were selected for the estate of the late Benjamin D. Walton. Mrs. Robert Pax ton and daughter Diana arrive to visit J. Albert McGaw. The article notes a claim about a record warm temperature in Lugh Ferrandi Somalia.
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