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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1957
Page
6
The Fourth District Court of Appeals in Circleville sustained the intervention to overrule a demurrer in a civil action in Common Pleas Court. Judges Roy J. Gillen James Collier and William D. Radcliff concurred.
Logan's Battery D 137th AAA Battalion of the Ohio National Guard moved to field duty at Camp Perry for a two day ASOP drill. The unit defended a simulated atomic bomb stockpile from air attack and ground infiltration using M-19 tank-line vehicles and .50 caliber half tracks. Range firing with radio controlled aerial targets continues through next week.
Three Boy Scouts from Troop 99 and four adults prepare to attend the fourth annual national Boy Scout Jamboree at Valley Forge Pennsylvania July 12 to 18. Rutter as senior patrol leader and Stewart as Jam boree Troop 16 scoutmaster lead a group in Region 4 with aid from Doering and Greenman Section 26 staff.
Logan Ralph Moorhead county treasurer announces dates to receive second half 1956 real estate taxes in Murray City on July 2 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and in Laurelville on July 3 at Salt Creek Valley Bank. Final payment deadline is July 20 with a 10 percent penalty for late payments.
Edward E Elliott age 31 a laborer from Columbus and Gladys H Jeffries age 27 a practical nurse from Murray City are named in the notice.
The eleventh Pleasant Ridge Girls meeting June 24 at Carol Bethel home with Bonnie Thompson presiding. Seven members attended. Good Grooming books were shared and Rural Arts Recreation practice held. Guests included Mrs Thompson and daughters. Next gathering July 1 at Connie Butts home. Natcoetts 4 H Club met at Beverly Campbell’s with dues and $18.64 cash on hand reported. Health pamphlets distributed and personal food charts requested. Potato chips and Kool Aid served. Union Furnace Hill Billy 4 H Club met at Micky Loomis house with garden demos by Arthur Rutter and Loomis. Business included a softball game and trip to Erickson Glass Works Bremen. meeting to be July 3 at Howard St Clair home.
Mrs. Gilbert Helber led a Marion Grange 2145 program with music and readings by Mrs. John Bownes Mrs. Walter Derr Russell Poling Mr and Mrs Gilbert He Ger Mrs Kenneth Stuart and Becky. Charles Bryant announced kitchen committee. Helen Rush named chairman with Mrs. Bryant as assistant. Third and fourth degree to class of candidates July 11. Kitchen committee served potluck for 50. Westminster Fellowship picnic at Kachelmacher Park attended by Rev Earl F Schottke and family and others.
Logan Kiwanis committee reports steady progress in collecting discard eyeglasses for the needy. They have 100 pairs and aim for 350, with receptacles placed in local businesses for donations. New Eyes for the Needy of Shortridge, N. J. handles distribution and funding for prescribed glasses.
Edmund Lange of Logan Route 1 was chosen as chairman of the Hocking County Red Cross Chapter at a Thursday noon luncheon of the board in Blossers banquet room. Neal Dillon preceded him. other officers named include Robert Bryan first vice chairman Mrs. John Hildabolt second vice chairman Frank Mantor secretary and Herschel Bensonhaver treasurer. Executive committee members are Dillon Mrs. Paul Collison Mrs. M. B. Haney L. E. Strawn and Joe Hutchins. Sixteen board members participated in the election.
Honored guests at a Sunday dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hovie Hagan Logan Route 1 included their son Eugene John William McGathey and Richard Enderle all Union Furnace High School class of 1957 graduates who have enlisted in the U S Marine Corps for two years and will leave Logan June 27 Attending the dinner were numerous relatives and friends from Haydenville Summit Station Lancaster Columbus and other nearby towns along with family members from Logan Route 1 and New Plymouth supporting the trio as they embark on military service.
Funeral rites for Chester M. Wood 24 of Nelsonville Route 2 were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Nelsonville First Methodist Church with Rev. Earl Miller officiating. Pallbearers included Ned Carter Robert Huddy Thomas Huddy James Freer Denny Campbell and Rudy Campbell. Burial followed at Greenlawn Cemetery. Wood was electrocuted last Monday at Metal Power Products Co when he contacted a 440 volt wire.
Radcliff Amic and Mrs C J Holliday of San Diego arrived for a visit with Mr and Mrs Frank Cottrill. Mr Holliday will report to Memphis after leave. Hoctor siblings from Columbus visited their mother. youngest brother Bill is very ill in a Springfield hospital. Ed Dailey and family visited Mrs Dailey’s parents. Wilton Study Club met with Mrs Dwight McLaughlin on June 21 featuring Life in the Middle Ages and a Fathers contest. Next meeting will be with Mrs John Palmer.
Logan Spencer J. Savoy was placed on probation for three years in Common Pleas Court after changing his plea from innocent to guilty. Indicted in April for issuing a $2000 worthless check to Logan Buick Co. and held since April 25, he had been at the Ohio Penitentiary and in Athens County on motor vehicle title law violations. Restitution terms to be set by the probation officer.
Logan schools start beginning band classes for grades five through eight. Armand Houk announced sessions in the high school band room with trombones at 9 a.m. trumpets 10 a.m. clarinets 11 a.m. saxophones 1 p.m. flutes 2 p.m. Drums 10 a.m. Tuesday July 2.
Sue Lax has filed for divorce from John Lax in Common Pleas Court of Carbon Hill citing gross neglect of duty. She seeks restoration of her maiden name Sue Linton and other relief. Court records show Abel A. Helber received an uncontested divorce from Jessie E. Helber on grounds of gross neglect of duty after the defendant withdrew an answer.
Residents from Lille Lake Blue Lake traveled to Columbus for the wedding of Miss Christine Van Sickle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Sickle. Bridesmaids included Maxine Grady Donna Rupe and Juanita Van Sickle. John Hanley was best man. Guests included family members from Columbus Huntington Guyandotte and W Va. Lineage noted with numerous Van Sickle relatives and accompanying families.
Logan County commissioners approved payments totaling 885.73 from the auto gas fund and 1235.25 from county funds. Welfare bills approved included 834 for administration payroll 2432.32 for general relief grants 2396 for aid for disabled cash grants 485.50 for general relief cash grants 1151 for aid for blind grants 9012 for aid for dependent children and 10 for aid for blind medical payments. Next regular meeting set for July 11.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Thompson of 51 S Depot St depart Saturday for a two week vacation tour of Mexico. Mrs Thompson is executive secretary of the Hocking County Red Cross Chapter. During her absence Miss Patty Miller will be on duty at the Red Cross office.
Wilkesville area residents share weekend visits with Columbus friends and family. Harold Cottrill relocates to a home bought from Ruth Barber Babington. Ada Long visits, Num Betz hospitalizes at Holzer, and May Duffy returns from Florida. Acadia renamed Nova Scotia in 1713, women gain voting rights in 1918.
Church listings across Logan and area note pastors and weekly events. First Presbyterian outlines worship and choir meetings. Nazarene and other denominations list Sunday schools, sermons, youth activities, and midweek prayer sessions.
Etymology notes that the term tornado comes from the Spanish tronada meaning thunderstorm. The explanation highlights the linguistic path from a weather term to a specific meteorological event.
Mrs. Lillian Crigger and her son discovered a foot-long alligator left on their Cincinnati doorstep Wednesday night. The family showed little interest in keeping the unusual pet.
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