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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1945
Page
18
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Logan Band Boosters held a regular meeting and dinner in the high school cafeteria at 6 pm. James Gilbert directed the band with trumpet soloist Jimmie Reese and solos by Rev. C W Swengel. Readings and two films followed, with plans set for April meetings.
Luther League held a 20 year celebration at St Matthew Lutheran with Ned Myers in charge. Sue Risch offered the closing prayer and Margaret Hartman reviewed league achievements. Various dinners and visits followed, with attendees from Columbus and Cumberland, and several local members noted for family gatherings, sorority activity, and hospital visits. Local figures and students attended events, dances, and banquets across Laurelville, Gibisonville, and Athens, reflecting a busy social calendar.
Pvt. Lemont McKnight, son of Mr and Mrs Ray McKnight District 29, returned from Texas a few days earlier and narrowly escaped carbon monoxide poisoning Monday morning in a car with the engine running near the Cable Farm. He was found unconscious by Harry Matheny who drove him to City Hall before his return home and has since fully recovered. McKnight had stopped twice to fix a flat tire on route from Logan and recalls nothing after deciding to drive in on the wheel. Matheny reported heavy smoke from the exhaust and one window partly down.
Logan public schools will be closed all day Good Friday. Classes resume Monday morning on fast time. St Johns Parochial School will close Wednesday noon for a recess until Easter Monday.
Eighth annual Ameri can and Canadian Sportmen's Show to run March 31 to April 8 at the Public Auditorium Cleveland. Feature is Southern Ohio hill country exhibit sponsored by Logan Chamber of Commerce and local groups. Gunmaking by Warner Lewis showcased beside a hill country cabin scene with large color park photographs and distributed Southern Ohio publicity cards.
Logan Clifford Johnston appointed administrator of Sherman Conserver estate by Probate Judge E L Ewing. Merton Hansel appointed executor of William C Jackson estate. Ruth Taggart sues Elmo Taggart for divorce on cruelty and neglect. They wed November 9 1840 in Logan. three minor children seek mother custody and alimony. Marriage licenses issued to Clarence Dickson and Anna Belle Houdyshell. to Robert Lloyd Anders and Betty Louise O Rourke.
Mr and Mrs Charles Gang of Logan Route 3 announce the birth of an eight pound daughter, Paulina Isabel, Sunday evening. The parents recently moved to Hocking County from West Virginia.
A woman described her stomach as a gas factory after meals with bloating headaches and constipation. She now reports relief using Ere-Help, a herbal remedy containing 12 herbs, available at Betts in Nelsonville.
Barton Hall addressed the Logan Rotary Club at the White House during a Monday evening meeting. Special guests included John Collins William Mowrey and William Lancaster.
LOGAN Corwin Bigham was returned to his home on State Route 664 by the Leonard Ambulance Service Monday afternoon from the Lancaster Municipal Hospital where he was treated for a broken back from a fall from an on derrick four months ago.
Geiger attends his first meeting of the Hocking County Selective Service Board as the panel meets for routine business Monday night in the courthouse.
Haydenville Natco Fire proofing Co employee Barney Jackson was taken from his sister Berniece Hutchinson home by Warren ambulance to Mercy Hospital Columbus on Thursday for observation and treatment. His condition is improving. Room 208.
Seaman Ruth Ann Boocks left for Athens and Washington for assignment after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Byron Wolfe. S Sgt Odis Landis and family from Florida visited Newark and Logan before returning to Florida. Richard E. Sloane of Memphis arrived for a week with his parents. Millard Jones, after three years in the South Pacific, takes a 30 day Logan furlough. William J. Bozett promoted to corporal while overseas. Arthur Gasser spends 72 hour leave at week end with wife and family. guests include Andrew Gasser Sr. and Jr. of Huntingburg Indiana.
Logan Mr. James R Smoot extension agent and Miss Helen Evans home demonstration agent will attend a two day Southeastern Ohio Extension conference at the M C A in Chillicothe. Miss Minnie Price state home demonstration agent and Dr H C Rams tower from Columbus will speak. The farm labor and older youth programs will be discussed.
Nelsonville Emblem Club holds a social at the Elks home at 8 o clock with chairwoman Mrs F M Brooks and assistants Mrs Benjamin Farkendall Mrs George Townsend Mrs Leland Pierce and Mrs Offie Rider. Members should bring a dish. nominating committee report at the business session.
Nelsonville will hold a special Easter week service Wednesday at 7 pm in the Church of Christ. Miss Catherine Morris sings Holy City, Rev. L E Evans will preach an evangelistic sermon on Life Begins at the Furnace. All church services Sunday follow city time changing to Eastern War Time at midnight Saturday.
Five arraignments on traffic violation charges from the State Highway Patrol were heard in Mayor Miles Howe’s court Monday. All pleaded guilty. Three coal truckers, Harley El tion Hook Kimberly Danus Og den Shaw Lawrence E. Hankison Logan, were fined $15 and costs each for improper loading. Charles Hashman Nelsonville was fined $10 and costs for crossing a yellow center line, and Alvin Marshall Cole Millfield was fined $25 and costs for unsafe operation.
Murray City notes recall young people to direct a Holy Week service at St Pauls Episcopal Logan area, with church members and families listed as visiting and attending. Rev Norman Thurston of Lancaster to preach. parts assigned and rehearsals set for Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Frank Evans of Buchtel died Monday after a three month illness at her Springfield home. The funeral will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Buchtel Methodist Church with burial in Dew Cemetery. Survived by husband Frank Evans two sons Ervin Clarence Breezley and Pvt Andrew J Evans overseas two brothers in law and sister and ten grandchildren. A short service was held at the family home before the funeral party departed.
Rev. Amos Heyde of St. Matthew Lutheran Church will be assisted in Easter worship by his son Rev. Luther A. L. Heyde of Capitol University Columbus. The arrangement highlights a family lineage in church leadership for the holiday service.
Amesville The intermediate class of the Methodist Church met March 19 in the church dining room with four members and one writer present. Jeraldine Hamilton presided, Carol Jago gave the devotional, and after business games were enjoyed. Refreshments by Zita Moore and Janet Lanscott featured a candled Patrick’s Day theme. Guests included Mr and Mrs Tom Honaker of Columbus and relatives of Bert Kuhns. Nearby news mentions Eleanor Joy from Asbury Park visiting, Clair Parsons on 15 day leave after aviation medical training, and Laura Deeters marrying March 20. Other social notes report births, Navy enlistments, and weekend visits by local families.
Nelsonville citizens can again rent Victory garden plots at the same three sites as last year. About half the plots are spoken for and others are urged to apply promptly. The $2 per plot fee covers a 50 by 150 foot space plowed when conditions allow. Land parcels include four acres across from the freight depot, 17 across from the passenger depot, and seven acres two miles west on Route 33. All within the Baird Farm. last year about 128 gardens were tended. Allocation is first come, first served, with applications at the Mayor’s Office City Hall.
Nelsonville mayor Miles Howe appoints Roy Backus to the city board of health to succeed his late father Clarence W. Backus. Clarence had been appointed for a six year term beginning January 1.
Private Alvin Lamb of Westerville formerly of Nelsonville reports via a letter to his wife Genéva Figgins Lamb that he is a prisoner of the German government. Two Christmas cards reached home, dated December 18 and December 28, confirming his captivity after an earlier report of his being missing.
Son of Mr and Mrs Ray Lamb of Coonville Pvt Lamb born and reared in Nelsonville where he graduated from high school Wife unnamed is noted as well.
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