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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1956
Page
2
Elijah J. Tann 14 of Nelsonville arraigned in Magistrate E. E. Edgully's court on a bad check charge. Held to the grand jury under $100 bond, he is jailed pending further action. The check for six dollars was drawn on the Third National Bank of Dayton and passed at Farmers and Merchants Bank.
Logan artist’s entry earns a place in the Ohioana Yearbook exhibition Ohio Landmarks at Seen by Ohio Artistas at the Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts. The Canyon Bridge scene by Mrs Stanley E Nixon of 226 W Thunder St will be shown with 37 other black and white works.
Funeral arrangements are under way for Herbert J. Griffin 68 of 1006 Third St Logan who died Tuesday night at Doctors Hospital Columbus after illness. Native of Sand Run son of the late Allen and Ifie Griffin he was a retired coal miner. Survived by two sons Jack Griffin Logan Route 1 Dana Griffin of St Louis a daughter Mrs James De Ford Columbus Ga sister Mrs Jennie Hite Basil and nine grandchildren. Friends are being received at Leonard funeral home.
Logan civic and service organizations are invited to send representatives to a safety meeting next Wednesday at 1 30 pm in the courthouse auditorium. The session will feature a state Highway Department safety division representative and aims to establish a statewide highway safety program funded by Ohio legislature appropriations.
In Hocking County a mobile Ohio Department of Agriculture lab will screen milk from dairy farms for Bangs disease. If suspicions arise, farmers may obtain free blood tests for their herd. voluntary participation encouraged to prevent undulant fever spread to humans via raw milk or contact with infected cattle.
Logan society held a VEW anniversary dinner Tuesday at the hall with 65 attendees including members their wives and auxiliary. Ten year pins were awarded to multiple post members and mailed to others. guest speakers were Virgil Timmins and Sam Schotiner. business session elected a club council member and April meeting planned on local government.
Logan Safety Director Russell Poling arranged funding in the 1956 appropriation for a new police cruiser a 1956 Chevrolet two door sedan to be delivered in April by W and H Chevrolet Sales. The city will trade in the current cruiser for 300 dollars and adopt annual cruiser replacements to cut maintenance and keep a serviceable vehicle.
Logan Route resident IGAN-nenie Willis Legat, a high school senior, earned a scholarship from the Cin einnatic Conservatory of Music after a recent Columbia audition. Willis is a baritone in the high school choir, has competed in state vocal contests, sang with Lyric Opera Group last summer, and appeared with Broad Street Presbyterian Church choir. He also plays in the high school band and was a left halfback on the varsity football team. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Prank Price.
A description notes a warthog retreats into its burrow backward to fend off pursuing enemies with its tusks. The odd habit helps the animal control access from predators and intruders.
Twenty seven members from city and county boards of education and school executives attended a Logan High School dinner meeting of the Hocking County School Board Association. Robert Roy of the Ohio Department of Education spoke on the new school foundation program, praising local cooperation.
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