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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1956
Page
5
Logan school board heard a study by Dr. Gilford Crowell recommending expansion and modernization funded by a $900,000 bond issue. Plans include converting facilities, adding classrooms and lunchrooms, and updating Central Elementary facilities to address aging infrastructure.
About 135 attendees including members and guests joined the Hocking County Grangers for their annual picnic and prince and princess crowning at Laurelville Park on a July Thursday. The event featured plays, readings, sacred songs, guitar and vocal numbers, and group singing. James Davis and Miss Lucy Cordell won the prince and princess roles. alternates were Keith Skinner and Nancy Howard.
Green Township trustees secured approval from the Board of Taxation to transfer 1800 dollars, a move filed in Common Pleas Court. The action authorizes moving funds for Lake Logan projects as Nebraska leads other states in output.
Harley H Clark 75 formerly of Hocking County died Sunday at his Columbus home. Survived by brothers Russell D Samuel R and Walter Clark of rer his wife Fdna Ervin and Marguerite Swick of Columbus and 14 grandchildren seven great grandchildren. Services at Woodard Funeral Home with burial in Scotts Creek Cemetery.
New York critic Charles Mercer notes that many TV shows and entertainers fade quickly while a core group persists. He cites Patti Page Dinah Shore Julius La Rosa Arthur Godfrey Disneyland The $64,000 Question Dragnet Ford Theatre and Lucy as enduring names through 1958 and 1956, with newcomers like Perry Como and Phil Silvers rising. He predicts continued presence of several longtime stars in coming years.
A 16 year old, a 17 year old boy, and two 17 year old girls were brought before Judge Rhea Bangert Brown after a trash scattering incident at Rachelmacher Park. Jesse Maddix Jr. faces charges of contributing to the delinquency of minors. The group had previously been on probation for prior delinquency.
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