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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1953
Page
5
extension agent Charles Ingraham reports bumper yields for corn oats rye and wheat in Hocking County dependent on rainfall. potato crops falter with many plots failing to tuber. local mills process over 5000 bushels weekly and wheat harvest looks strong despite price drops.
Sixty eight Hocking County 4-H members start a five day session at Boss Hocking Camp Tar Hollow State Forest near Adelphi They join campers from Athens and Vinton counties to learn crafts hikes lectures and a wide recreation program Material costs for crafts like utility lamps run about 1.50 with backing from Ohio Power Co Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co and South Central Rural Electric Cooperative Co Ethel Bower will take over as Hocking County home demonstration agent on August 1 Emil Hanney leads conservation classes with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Camp counsellors are senior 4 H Club members supervised by agents from three counties
Columbus columnist Scott and Ben Hayes visit Logan to welcome entertainer Sally Flowers and entourage. They arrive at Logan west gateway around 1 pm and tour the courthouse city hall historic sites industries and scenic spots of Knox County before returning to Columbus at 3:30 pm.
Geraldine McMurray seeks divorce from John Murray in Common Pleas Court and asks for care and custody of their minor children. A separate decree grants Betty Gartin a divorce from Everett Co Gartin and restores her maiden name Betty Geil.
Mr and Mrs John Savings of Logan announce a son born Thursday. Mr and Mrs Thomas Enderle of Logan Route 3 announce a son born Thursday. Alfred Kilkenny of New Plymouth, medical, and Ronald T Moore of New Plymouth Route 1 medical admitted. Kenneth Holdren of Union Furnace, Clarence Noble of Logan, and Verona Stevens of Wellston dismissed.
More than 70 Hocking County 4 H club members advisers and guests joined an Ohio River trip by boat from Pomeroy observing the Excelsior Salt Works. Chuck Maniskas six year old son of Nick and his wife was treated for a fractured dollar bone after an injury at play.
A ten day old Logan infant, William Weaver Henderson, son of Phil A. and Mrs Henderson, born July 1 at Hocking Valley, is said to have two teeth. The father, a famed Ohio attorney and judge, is teased as the boy’s precocious progeny.
Miss Amenda Lehman of E Front Street underwent hip fracture surgery Thursday at Doctors Hospital in Columbus for a reduced fracture. She sustained the injury last Saturday in a fall at her home.
Funeral services for John W. McVey 87 lifelong Vinton County resident will be held Monday at Ebenezer Methodist Church. He died Saturday at his son-in-law and daughter Wayne Griffiths Logan Route 2 near Mount Pleasant. Survived by daughter and sister Mary Dixon of Columbus. Burial in Elk Cemetery McArthur. funeral by Henry C. Smith Funeral Service Locust Grove.
Two or three juveniles linked to automotive thefts at Hartman’s Pond near Gore and a residence break in on New Straitsville Route 1 were arraigned in Juvenile Court before Judge Rhea Pettit Bangert. The 13 year old received probation for burglary, the 14 year old, a former offender, also got probation for breaking into the house and auto glove compartments. A Dayton youth was sent to Montgomery County juvenile court to face similar charges as stolen watches and bills are returned to owners.
Walton League of America Logan Hocking County chapter to meet Thursday evening at the chapter clubhouse. Dinner at 6 30 pm with entertainment by Zeke Stone and his string band Bul Rutter and his Sun Glow crew in charge. Trap shooting available before the meeting at the club’s traps adjacent to the clubhouse. Shells available at the grounds. It notes a 1929 color television broadcast as the first public demonstration in the United States.
Logan man pleads guilty to destroying a screen door at a home on Gallagher Avenue. The defendant faced a magistrate and was fined 20 dollars plus costs, with the property damage lien paid. Probate records show Nicho las Bowers' will admitted to probate, estate valued about 5900 dollars.
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