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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1951
Page
3
Nelsonville notices the Glenford Dugan Post 229 American Legion to install new officers at 7:45 p.m. at the Legion Home. Veterans not yet affiliated may apply for 1952 membership cards. 1951 members in good standing need not apply until October. A steel mill pulpit lets the roller in charge control the rolling mill.
Tickets for the Hocking County Soil Conservation Air Tour to be held in Logan on August 2 are on sale. Buyers can obtain them from the Isaac Walton Committee and soil conservation supervisors. The event showcases conservation progress with aerial views of contour farming, farm ponds, woodland management, and tree planting programs. Local clubs and organizations support the tour with entertainment, publicity, and demonstrations by 4-H and Future Farmers of America groups.
Logan reports a July 25 deadline for veterans to start GI Bill education and training to continue later. Veterans in summer break or re-entering the military may continue training, says A. R. Miller, Logan veterans service officer.
Laurelville Village Council halts further funds to locate underground water after two failed attempts threaten the sanitary water system. Mayor McClelland sent a letter to Simons engineering of Van Wert asking the firm to locate the water. A representative may visit Laurelville, possibly not until August 7 when the council next meets.
LOGAN The Girl Scouts of Troop 3 completed a cooking school run by Miss Anna Bale and funded by Ohio Power Company. Sessions on July 10, 12 and 17 produced scrapbooks with recipes, best scrapbook prizes went to Joan Fritz and Susie Palmer, and a final diploma ceremony included Eleanor Winters, Karolyn Steele, Joyce Marstiller, Joan Fritz, Virginia Ko man, Mary Helrigle, Judy Turner, Patty Miller, Virginia Shaw, Roberta Leonard, Susie Palmer, Rita Kay Owen and Shirley Pratt at a tea with mothers invited.
Kyger social notes report funeral services for James Rose age 76 at Poplar Ridge Church with Rev. L A Donally officiating. Pallbearers listed and many relatives and friends from New York Findlay Marion Kermit Akron Bidwell Logan Milford Center Rio Grande College Meigs General Hospital are noted among attendees and visitors. Additional local updates include residents visiting relatives and job moves.
Logan Wallace Gillogly a soil conservation planner announces plowing matches in Hocking County last year drew strong interest. The southeastern Ohio event will be at the Harry Arnold farm near Jacksontown on Route 40 with contour and level land plowing. Morning elimination runs, afternoon finals, and state match August 8-9 in Morgan County are planned.
Logan city and Hocking County share in a total of 14400 dollars in gasoline excise tax receipts. County auditors report a 10000 dollar county share and 4400 dollars for townships at 400 dollars each. State totals show municipalities 2011819, counties 880000, and townships 534000 with cities receiving per vehicle registrations.
Fifteen members attended the VFW Auxiliary meeting on July 18 in Nelsonville. Two new members, Mrs. Jeanette Barber and Mrs. Sadie Simonton, were initiated. The blood procurement program was outlined and prospective donors signed cards. The Bloodmobile will visit Nelsonville on Monday July 30 for a drive. A potluck lunch was served.
Dean A Meyers of Columbus spent the end of the week here and accompanied home Mrs Meyers and two children Eddie Joe and Lillian who have spent the past two weeks with Mrs Meyers mother Mrs Mabel Barnecut Mrs Anna Cohn of Baltimore Md arrived Saturday to visit Mrs C H Ruble
Mr and Mrs Wilford Sheets New Plymouth Route 2 welcome a son. Beverly Mourne Nelsonville Route 1 Robert Sands Murray City Paul Canaday Nelsonville Raymond Burke New Straits ville Ralph McClain Athens Route 5 Mrs William Currens Murray City Mrs Myrtle Wallace Buchtel dismissed William McDaniel Millfield Mrs Frank Anderson Nelsonville Mrs Joseph Mersaros Murray City and son Mrs Charles Hitchings Nelson William Bateman Murray City Mrs Jack Alley Logan and daughter Mrs Minnie Hupp Trimble Mrs Mabel Powell Nelsonville Mrs C W Schoonover Dayton and son Mrs Pearl Grace Nelsonville Mrs Vesta Chesher Nelsonville Route 2 Mrs Blanche Koons Trimble Allan Bishop Nelsonville George Fearns Murray City
Valley Lodge 169 Knights of Pythias will meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m in Nelsonville. Chancellor Commander Joe North states officers will be installed, following the semi annual election held recently.
The Christian Youth Fellowship of the Christian Church will conduct a paper drive Tuesday starting at 9:30 a.m. Residents are asked to place papers and magazines on their porches for collection.
Nelsonville reports its worst electrical storm of the season overnight. Ed Williams of Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. states line crews worked from midnight to morning, restoring service after all electric supply failed for about one and a half to two hours. Two 2300-volt lines in District 19 and East End were deenergized. crews to Bishopville were dispatched for possible minor trouble.
Harold Hartman of Dayton pleaded guilty in Mayor Earl Hilleary’s court to leaving the scene of an accident in a local parking lot. He was fined 50 dollars plus costs for backing from the lot and damaging a parked car. Police noted three similar incidents in four weeks in the same area. Charles Kimes of Nelsonville Route 2 and John Fellem, local, also faced guilty pleas and fines in the same period. Hartman had prior incidents in the area.
Police report details a Saturday collision on Canal Street at Fulton Street. Vehicle driver Lewis Ambrose Wooley of Logan Route 2 turned left into an oncoming car driven by David Johnson of Nelsonville Route 1. Wooley suffered minor facial bruises. Roger Williams is noted as a Providence founder who arrived in America in 1631 aboard the Lyon of Bristol.
Mother Clarissa of Heythuizen Netherlands and Mother Gonzaga of Stella Niagara N Y visit Mount St. Mary Hospital with Sisters of St Francis. They meet Columbus staff, tour convents and schools, then stay overnight at St. Aloysius Academy New Lexington.
Eight Murray City establishments join in a Queen contest tied to the Parade of the Hills festival and homecoming in Nelsonville set for September 9 to 15. Ballots will be distributed at Art Slater's Grocery Person Service Store Ayers Drug Store Sky Jack Service Station Murphy Bros Grocery Smart's Store Kroger Store and Simon's Garage.
An Air Force pilot forced to land circled Ravenna Nebraska and diverted to the baseball field after noticing a well lit park. Spectators rushed from the stands, guiding the landing by car headlights while the plane touched down safely on a makeshift runway.
Mr and Mrs L A Davis of Nelsonville announce their son Lt David Davis US Army has arrived at his new assignment in Berlin after a year of duty including time in Aschaffenburg Germany.
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