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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1943
Page
16
The column lists brief obituaries and announcements with names and dates. It notes acknowledgments for cash gifts and card offerings in lieu of longer messages.
Logan Ohio merchants and city leaders prepare for a second vote on adopting Eastern War Time. A 3-3 split delayed action previously. a simple majority will approve EWT aligning Logan with Athens Nelsonville and nearby communities. Businesses debate schedules as rail and bus services adapt.
Logan Civilian Defense Firemen will hold their regular bi monthly meeting Thursday at 7 p m at the American Legion Hall per Fire Chief Roy Stallsmith. A program is planned and first aid practice is scheduled for the session with roads and communications systems operating on EWT. Most Main street merchants favor the war effort and a delegation will probably attend the meeting Tuesday night in their own interests.
Haydenville resident Craven Nihiser pleaded guilty to assault and battery after being charged by his wife. He received a $10 fine plus costs and a 10 day jail sentence in Hocking County Jail. The arraignment occurred Tuesday night before Magistrate Frank St. Clair. Deputy Sheriff Jack Waldron arrested Nihiser.
Logan Public Library circulated 9045 volumes in February per librarian Hallie Grimes. City residents borrowed 2296 books plus 941 juvenile volumes, schools 2240 volumes, Junior High 692, Senior High 1688, deposits 1188. Reading tables drew 343 attendees. 82 new books added. 78 new borrowers registered. Periodicals topped reading interest with biographies second.
Mary Ellen Watson of Jefferson wed Bruce Phelps Price in Battle Creek Michigan Congregational Church on February 26. Watson works in Ashtabula Carlisle-Allen. Price, Ohio University graduate, serves in the U S Army stationed at Percy Jones Hospital Battle Creek. Both plan to reunite in spring.
Ohio State line coach Ernie Godfrey was guest speaker at the Logan Kiwanis annual banquet for Logan High School Chieftain basketball players. Gordon Appleby and Lou Groza joined him. remarks praised athletics shaping cadets for army life and discipline.
Walter E. Stuart, former Hocking County school teacher and Rockbridge native, received a lieutenant junior grade commission. He will train at Dartmouth College for two months, then at Princeton University, before active duty. He previously taught at Rockbridge, Carbon Hill, and Gibsonville Schools and served as athletic director and football coach at Newark Central Junior High School.
A stork shower was held Friday evening at Mrs. Sam Hixon's home for Mrs. Warren Dunkle. Out-of-town guests joined locals for games and lunch as Mr. Dunkle serves with the armed forces in Africa.
Funeral services were held in Toledo Wednesday for D. G. Fuzzy Stallsmith 57 a former Logan resident who died of a heart attack at his home He was a railroad foreman in the Chesapeake and Ohio shops and a member of Mingo Lodge F and A M He and his wife Mary moved to Toledo in 1930.
The Logan Workmen's Mutual Burial Association held its regular meeting at its headquarters with a large turnout of members in attendance.
The Logan office of The Messenger moves to 51 East Main Street in the former Logan Republican building. Call 336 for news or subscriptions or use the letter slot. Subscriptions should call before 5 30 p m EST if papers are missed. news must arrive by 9 p m to print next day.
Funeral services for William H. Weate 20 ship's cook second class son of Mr and Mrs John J Weate Sr will be held at 2 p m Friday in Mc Kendre Methodist Church with burial in Union Cemetery A brother John J Weate Jr and two sisters Mrs Oscar Cline Logan and Mrs Roy Jones Jr Columbus survive He was killed when the mine sweeper on which he served capsized off the Oregon coast two weeks ago
Funeral services for Mrs. Rachel Augusta Kittsmiller will be held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Leonard Funeral Home. The 71 year old Logan resident died Wednesday morning on Depot Street. Rev. A. N. Grueser will officiate and burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Survivors include son John with the U S Army at Foster Field Texas and two daughters Florence Kittsmiller and Mrs. Margaret Knapp of Logan, plus two grandsons.
Logan Senior High School hosted a special assembly with James Waite a St. John's Michigan school supplies salesman and former British Army five year veteran under General Allenby in the Far East He spoke on army life in the Far East highlighting its global wartime importance and has addressed many students about his experiences in the last war.
Logan Hocking County farmers are advised that Clarence Fealty, a supervisor for the Emergency Crop and Feed Loan association, will be at the county extension office Tuesday March 8 between 9 30 and 10 30 A M Eastern War Time. He will discuss loans with applicants at this time.
A Logan court order signed by Judge Phil A Henderson directs jurors for the April term be drawn by the county jury commissioners on March 20 at 11 am. The Court of Common Pleas filed the entry Wednesday afternoon. Thirty five names will be drawn by Jury Commissioners Nelson Delong and Dan Langley. Fifteen are for grand jury service and twenty for petit jury service.
Officers of the Logan chapter announce a Navy WAVES representative will discuss the women’s auxiliary at the next regular meeting. The session is Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the club headquarters.
Police report states two Logan vehicles sustained minor damage in a nighttime crash on Market Street. Lowe Imboden, driving east on North Street, turned onto Market Street and struck George Ford, who was northbound on Market Street. Patrolman Ray Zanner investigated the incident.
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