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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1955

Page

17

New Birth Certificate Notification Card Issued in Logan County

Logan Hocking County Health Department rolls out a card sent to all new parents noting birth registration with the Ohio Department of Health and offering a certified copy locally. The reverse holds a permanent immunization record and guidance on vaccines and booster schedules for diphtheria tetanus and whooping cough, smallpox, and school-age immunizations. Cards will be distributed in Athens Meigs and Vinton counties under Dr H M Boocks health commissioner.

Logan Logan-Hocking County Department of Health Hocking County Ohio Department of Health Athens Meigs Vinton H. M. Boocks

Logan Social Notes Hosts and Helpers Named

Harrington Class of the First Presbyterian Church met Monday evening in Westminster House with Mrs. Dow Les presiding. Refreshments were served by hostesses Mrs. Paul Shaw, Mrs. Rudolph Sutton, Mrs. A. J. Waldr​on and Mrs. Earl F. Schottke.

Garden club speaker to address District 11 meeting

Mrs Joseph Phillips, president of Hocking Garden Club, will be guest speaker Thursday, June 9 at a District 11 Association of Garden Clubs meeting in Chester, Ohio. She will discuss flowers and their legends using a flannelgraph illustration.

Joseph Phillips Hocking Garden Club District 11 Association of Garden Clubs Chester Phillips

Annual Dinner for Venus Chapter No 76 CBS

Past Matrons and Patrons of Venus Chapter No 76 CBS will hold its annual dinner on Thursday June 9 in the Masonic dining room at 6 pm. A meeting and program follow at 7 30 pm.

Venus Chapter No. 76 CBS

Mars as War God and Early Agriculture Deity

The article notes that while Mars is known as a war god, early evidence suggests he also bore a role in agriculture. It discusses the dual aspects of Mars in ancient Roman religion and the semantic links between war and farming rites.

Mars

Shuttleworth Will Admitted to Probate

Logan notices probate of the Pearl Shuttleworth will from Murray City. Beneficiaries include Opal Jones of Athens and Gerald Robinson Charles Robinson Sr and Sally Riggs of Murray City. Sally Riggs named executrix without bond.

Logan Pearl Shuttleworth Murray City Opal Jones Athens Gerald Robinson Charles Robinson Sally Riggs

Reward Offered For Abducted Tot Ricky and Renee

ZANESVILLE The Hearny family posted a 500 dollar reward for the safe return of 9 month old Ricky Cam and his 2 year old brother Renee. Sheriff Weissert seeks the missing children and an unidentified gunman who took them from the Campbell home last week.

Zanesvill Grand Roof Ricky Cam Renee Tom Hearny David Weissert Harry Campbell

Sears Advertising Leads Retail Budget in 1954

Sears, Roebuck and Co. reports newspaper advertising as the favored medium, with a 1954 spend of $36,831,400, up 13 percent from 1953, across 1002 papers. The company’s total retail media budget reached a record $5,839,500, while retail and mail order volume hit nearly $3 billion in 1954.

Logan Sears, Roebuck and Co L. A. Riggs Logan Sears Sears Riggs The Sege

Agreement In Action Ends Trial In Hocking County

A Buckeye Pipeline Co. suit against Pan M. Gilmore Co. for 3152.80 damages from a 1953 automobile crash ended after a jury was seated in Hocking County Common Pleas Court. A settlement was reached during cross examination of Marvin Smith, with terms undisclosed. Jurors were dismissed after the conference.

J. Russell Young Wesley Ogg J. F. McGrady Sr Mary Schorr James Pearsall Don Wheeler Artie Stone Homer Carter George Crane Edward O’reilly Thomas Rush H. O. Baker

Local Visits Highlight Prattsville Page of Social Roundup

Francis West of Marion spent a weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Marion West. Mrs Francis Simms called on Mrs George Dearth. James Mace was a business visitor in McArthur. Mrs Bumly Perry and Mrs Lincoln Dearth and daughter Debby were in Wellston recently. Florence Maxwell is visiting Eddie Dearth. Ann Dearth Mae West Rita Daft Vivian Martin and Doris Pears attended a 4 H meeting in McArthur.

Prattsville Francis West Marion Marion West Francis Simms George Dearth James Mace McArthur Bumly Perry Lincoln Dearth Debby Wellston Florence Maxwell Eddie Dearth Ann Dearth Mae West Rita Daft Vivian Martin Doris Pears

Communists Make Strides in World Diplomatic Push

The West faces a shifting diplomatic front as Soviet Union seeks to define coexistence and redraw battlegrounds in Germany and Europe. Moscow presses for ground on Japan and Poland while Tito Yugoslavia and Italian politics test Western resolve and unity. The piece urges bold Western moves to counter Soviet strategy and challenge terms of coexistence.

West United States Soviet Union Moscow Germany Poland Moldavia Bukhovina Baltic States Finland Japan London Kremlin Tito Yugoslavia Italy Christian Democrats Pieta Nenni Nenni

Divorce Suit Filed In Hacking Court

Elizabeth Vanda Griff has filed a divorce suit in Common Pleas Court against Norman Vanda Griff citing gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. She seeks custody of a minor child, temporary and permanent alimony, and restraint to stop selling or mortgaging property and molestation at her Rockbridge home. Another suit by Myrtle Amos against William Amos of Logan Route 4 cites extreme cruelty as grounds for divorce.

Logan Elizabeth Vanda Griff Common Pleas Norman Vanda Griff Rockbridge Myrtle Amos William Amos

Textile shift trims 110000 jobs in New England

The movement of textile industries to the South has eliminated about 110,000 jobs in New England over four years. Yet growth in electronics and metalworking has more than offset the losses.

Students of New England

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