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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1961

Page

6

Logan County approves welfare office move and lease

Logan County commissioners leased five rooms on the second floor of the Logan Federal Savings and Loan building for the Hocking County Welfare Department. The one year term begins November 1 1961 with a 2100 yearly rent and a three year renewal option. Either party may terminate on 30 days notice. Janitor heat and air conditioning are provided. Other tenants include Soil Conservation Service and the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Committee. The Welfare Department will move from 9 E Second St to the Ruble Theater building. Minutes also corrected to note a rebuilt engine for the sheriff cruiser and approved regular bills.

Logan—County Commissioners Logan Federal Savings and Loan Association N. Market St Hocking County Welfare Department State Welfare Department Ruble Theater Logan Federal Soil Conservation Services Hocking County Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Committee Jackson Production Credit Association Dillon, Johnson and Stilwell Welfare Department Ruble E. Sec

Donahey Appointed to West Point by Moeller

Logan High School senior Tom Donahey, grandson of Vic Donahey, has been nominated to the U S Military Academy at West Point. He passed March tests at Fort Benjamin Harrison and carries a 3.6 average, earning three varsity letters in baseball and a basketball letter, while serving as Key Club president and active in Honor Society Thespians and Future Teachers of America.

Logan Tom Donahey Richard S. Donahey U. S. Military Academy West Point Walter H. Moeller Logan High School Vic Donahey Ohio United States Ft. Benjamin Harrison Ind Donahey LHS National Honor Society Thespian Society Future Teachers of America

Bensonhaver Rites Sunday

Logan resident 90 Bensonhaver died at Doctor's Hospital Columbus after surgery. Survived by wife Lulu son James R. Bensonhaver Lancaster 15 grandchildren 27 great grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. Sunday Heinlein Funeral Home burial Ewing Cemetery.

Logan William L. Bensonhaver W. Hunter Sr Doctor’s Hospital Columbus Hocking County Deitrick Lucinda Hagley Bensonhaver Union Eub Bensonhaver Gibisonville Methodist Church Lulu James R. Bensonhaver Lancaster Heinlein Funeral Home Ewing Cemetery

Rev Schottke to Speak at Buffalo Assembly

Logan Ohio reports the Rev Earl F Schottke will attend the 173rd General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in the USA in Buffalo New York. He is invited to speak May 21 at Cleveland Hall EUB Church. A Muskingum College deputation will lead services at First United Presbyterian Church in his absence.

Schottke Logan Buffalo N. Y General Assembly United Presbyterian Church Cleveland Hall Eub Muskingum College First United Presbyterian Church

Starr-Washington PTA Holds Final Meeting With Russia Trip

Logan Starr Washington PTA wrapped up the season with a Russia travel slide program presented by Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Webb. Officers for next year include Mrs. Donald Eggleston president Harold Griffith vice president Mrs. Everett Klinger secretary Mrs. Robert Carter corresponding secretary and Mrs. C. H. St Clair treasurer. Frank Masure's eighth grade again won the room-count award for the year.

PTA Donald Eggleston Harold Griffith Everett Klinger Robert Carter C. H. St. Clair Frank Masure

Local Calendar Promises Events Across Community Venues

May 12 schedule lists Hocking Valley Hospital Twig 4 at 7 30 p m at Mrs Sally Conrads home, white elephant auction and Central Music Festival at 7 30 p m in the high school auditorium. DAR meeting moves to May 19 with Maxwell PTO officer elections. Bremen High School agr teacher R M Foltz to show slides from Europe. Shawnee-New Straitsville Girls Chorus to sing. Scotts Creek Social Club meets 8 p m at the schoolhouse with fundraising. Laurel Valley Grange regular meeting at 7 30 p m and Pocahontas hall program at 7 30 p m urging attendance for Athens meeting May 20. Donations encouraged for team project.

Maxwell Pto R. M. Foltz Bremen High School Shawnee-New Straitsville High School Scotts Creek Laurel Valley Grange Pocahontas Hall Athens

Booster Drive Launches Funds for Logan High Band

Logan Band Boosters launched a fund drive to buy uniforms for the Logan High School marching band. First contributors include the Logan Business and Professional Women's Club and Harold Drake, superintendent of schools, who received a marchers sticker for a $1 gift.

Logan Logan High School Logan Business and Professional Women’s Club Harold Drake Drake Marching Chiefs Main St

Mrs. Gladys Clark Huston Dies of Heart Attack

Mrs. Gladys Clark Huston 59 died suddenly at home 168 Furnace St after two heart attacks Thursday. Fire department treated her with oxygen. she is survived by daughter Margie Chute two grandchildren and sisters Helen Clark and Margaret Mackey. Friends visit after 2 p.m. Saturday. service 2 p.m. Monday at Heinlein funeral home. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery.

Logan Gladys Clark Huston Furnace St Huston Starr Two Nathan and Etna James Clark First EUB Church Margie Chute Helen Clark Margaret Mackey Heinlein Oak Grove Cemetery

Ruth Heft Bible Boosters Convene in May Meeting

Mrs Anthony J Toerner led the Ruth Heft Bible Boosters during their May gathering in the Presbyterian Church library. Guests included Susie Forsythe Connie Adair and Mrs Donald Newton. members present were Letha Iles Bitsy Rochester Kate Stump Karen Schmidt Christy Smith Kathy Whitcraft Trudy Pierson Cathy Smith Cindy Sommers Susie Tschudy Becky Klinebriel Peggy Davis Susie Grantham and Virginia Seymour.

Alumni Banquet Set for Union Furnace and Islesboro

Logan annual reunion of the Union Furnace and Islesboro Alumni Association will be held May 20 at Union Furnace High School. A banquet at 6 30 p m and a dance in the auditorium will follow. Reservations for the banquet must be sent to the alumni association at Union Furnace by May 15.

Logan Union Furnace Islesboro Union Furnace High School

New Hepatitis Case Reported in Logan County

A 10 year old boy from Nelsonville Route 1 is ill with infectious hepatitis, the 15th case of the year reported to the Logan Hocking County Health Department. Onset date May 6 noted by the attending physician.

Logan Logan-Hocking County Nelsonville

White Elephant Auction Planned by Twig 4 Auxiliary

A white elephant auction is planned for tonight's Twig 4 meeting of the Women’s Auxiliary to Hocking Valley Hospital. Mrs. Sally Conrad will host the meeting at her home at 7 30.

Logan Twig 4 Hocking Valley Hospital Sally Conrad

Money Case Appeal Is Presented in Ohio Court

Mona Geneva Dunkle of Tiltonsville appeals a $2000 money judgment against Standard Accident Life and Accident Insurance Co. The verdict in Common Pleas Court followed a July 1959 fatal accident on Jack Run Road. The Fourth District Court of Appeals heard the case in Logan with Judges Collier and Brown on the bench.

Logan Hocking County Jack Run James Collier Ironton William B. Brown Chillicothe William Radcliff Circleville Ohio Supreme Court Thomas Herbert

Will records in Logan and West Logan probate lists

Logan probate court admits the will of Washington Bowers Sr with Florence as executrix and estate valued at about 93 700. James Swabb of West Logan also has a probate showing his wife Sheila as sole legatee and executrix. Inventory filed for May J Dillon estate lists appraisers Frank Stewart Walter Shull and Joe Hartman with Homer Dillon as administrator.

Logan Washington Bowers Sr Hocking County May J. Dillon Frank Stewart Walter Shull Joe Hartman Homer Dillon

Wolf Pen weekend visitors list from Kentucky and West Virginia

Weekend and Sunday visitors to families in Louisa Letart Harrisonville Milton Pomeroy and surrounding towns include Mr and Mrs Frank Sarver John Allen J R Murphy Harley Johnson Lincoln Russell and others. Ohio State University student Everett Ray Johnson visited his parents in Columbus Ohio.

Wolf Pen Frank Sarver John Allen Louisa Howard Thoma J. R. Murphy Logan Murphy Harley Johnson Everett Ray Johnson Ohio State University Joseph Johnson Ray Russell Tena Rae Milton Clinton Gilkey Harrisonville Guy Russell Terry Lynn Pomeroy Franklin Russell Middleport Harold Gillogly Vicki Lincoln Russell Arville Elam Barrett W. Va Jack Elam Nancy Hatfield Jan Ann Smith Laurence Scarberry Letart Dorsey Johnson Kenneth Comer David William Johnson Elya Elya Lee Johnson Elya Johnson Charley Smith Jan William Eichinger Syracuse

Contrasts In Music Club Topic At Euterpean Meeting

Mrs. J Richard Farmer hosted the Euterpean Club at her N Walnut Street home for 22 members and one guest Mrs Ray C Ellis of Dark Harbor Maine. The closing program featured Mrs Harley Meyer presenting Early Art Song Contrasted with Modern Art Song and club vocalists including Mrs Harold Drake Mrs Farmer Mrs Lavon Goodlive and Mrs William Dennis. A dessert social followed with Mrs Ralph Poston and Mrs Goodlive presiding at coffee.

Myer Harold Drake Farmer Lavon Goodlve Drake William Dennis Goodlive Ralph Poston

Mrs. Gretchen Shorr Dies at 60 in Logan

Gretchen Shorr 60 of 48 Hill Street Logan died at 7 04 am Thursday after a long illness. Survived by husband John four daughters and 13 grandchildren, with brothers Don Paul Marion Howard and two sisters. Requiem High Mass Monday 9 am at St John church, burial Oak Grove Cemetery, rosary Sunday 730 pm at Roberts funeral home.

Logan Gretchen Shorr Hill St Scio Adelma Johnson Solon Bernard Solon Pomeroy John Paul Fox Harold Frazier Ernest Hughes Columbus John Warner Atlanta, Ga Don Solon Paul Solon Cleveland Marion Solon Euclid Howard Solon Dundee III Bernard Masterson Charles Hurt Mesa Ariz Roberts Funeral Home St. John’s Catholic Church Charles P. Foy Oak Grove Cemetery

Local Residents and Attendances Note Weekend Visits

Airline employee Mrs. Henry Hutchinson of Nelsonville spent the weekend at home. Mrs. Thelma Ross substituting at Chauncey school while Mrs. Hildreth Burch attended a Health Workshop at Lake Hope. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Zimmerman of Albany Route 1 visited the Tom Hutchinson home Wednesday. Fred Wooten moved his family to Congreve for work. Mr. and Mrs. John Allman and children moved into the Davis property. Miss Margaret Wooten visited Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Scott and Debbie Sue returned to Columbus after a weekend with the Dale Scott home.

Thelma Ross Chauncey School Hildreth Burch Lake Hope Mrs. Edwin Zimmerman Albany Tom Hutchinson Fred Wooten Congreve John Allman Davis Margaret Wooten Columbus Ronnie Scott Debbie Sue Dale Scott

Area Church Schedule Highlights for SERS Region

A consolidated list details Sunday schools worship times and midweek prayer and Bible study across Gallipolis Rio Grande Bidwell and surrounding towns. Churches include Triedstone St Peter's First Methodist First Christian First Presbyterian Bradford Shade Valley and more with varied service times and event notes.

church schedules at Pt Pleasant area listed

A roundup of worship times for multiple churches including Methodist Baptist Episcopal and Nazarene in Pt Pleasant New Haven Hartford and Gallicopolis Ferry. Sunday schools range 9:30 to 10:45 a m with morning worship from 10:30 to 11:00 a m midweek prayer services vary 7 30 to 8 00 p m and special services on Saturdays Sundays or specific Sundays.

Trinity Methodist Church of Christ In Christian Union Main St New Haven Evangelical United Brethren Bellemeade Seventh Day Adventist Nazarene St. Peter’s Lutheran Christ Episcopal—Holy Communion Sun Warren First Church of God Presbyterian Eighth and Main St Hartford Methodist Christ Episcopal Church Westminster Methodist Gallipolis Ferry

Local church schedule highlights across Nelsonville and Carbon Hill

The notice lists weekly church times including Nelsonville Kinberly Chapel Sunday school 1 30 p m worship 7 39 p m apostolic gospel evening service 7 45 p m and Wylie Chapel AME Sabbath school 9 30 a m morning worship 11 a m with first and third Sundays. Other congregations show worship, Sunday school, and prayer times across Carbon Hill Liberty Hill Wray Junction and Murray City with routine services and midweek prayers.

Kinberly Apostolic Gospel Wylie Chapel Carbon Hill Liberty Hill Latter Day Saints Jackson St Church of the Nazarene Bear Run Murray City Evangelical United Brethren Pilgrim Holiness Zion Ridge Christian Congregational Carbon Hill Christian

Meigs Area Area Church Schedules List

Local churches in Meigs and surrounding towns publish Sunday school and worship times. Listings cover Meigs County churches including Nazarene, Free Methodist, Pilgrim Holiness, Baptist, Presbyterian, Christ of Latter Day Saints, and other denominations with service hours, youth groups, and midweek prayer meetings.

Sunday Church Schedules and Services Across Towns

A list of church timetables includes Glouster First Baptist with morning worship and sermon, Redtown Free Methodist service times, Nazarene Church evangelistic service, Bishopville Church of Christ Bible School and services, Oakdale Church of Christ Bible School and youth activities, EUB Churches in Jacksonville with communion, Hollister and Methodist offerings in Jacksonville, and Trimble Sunday School at 9 30 a.m. The notices compile worship times, Sunday School hours, and midweek meetings across several denominations.

Ing First Methodist First Christian First Presbyterian United Presbyterian Chauncey Millfield Glouster Methodist Church Glouster Church of Christ Glouster Seventh-Day Advertist Front Summitters Redtown Free Methodist Nazarene Church Bishopville Church of Christ— Bible School Donald Easler Oakdale Church of Christ Bible School Bishopville Church of Christ— Bible School EUB Jacksonville Hollister Methodist Trimble St. Matthew Lutheran Brotherhood First United Presbyterian - Sunday Church Heinlein-Tenny Trinity Lutheran Ladies Aid Church of the Nazarene Harvey S. Galloway Church Council Youth Fellowship Myrtle le Dewey Whitewell Curt Davis

Chauncey Area Church Schedule Roundup

A list of worship times across Chauncey and nearby churches. Chauncey Church of God holds Sunday school 9:30, worship 10:30, evening 7:30 with Thursday prayer at 7:30. Parish area services include multiple 9:15 and 10:30 sessions led by J A Long, Kenneth Sedgwick, Jack Osborne.

Church of God Pilgrim Holiness Church of Christ J. A. Long Trimble Millfield Methodist Morristown Holiness Concord

Haydenville and surrounding church schedule list

Local church notices list Sunday school and worship times for Logan South Haydenville Haydenville Buchtel Murray City Union Furnace Zion and other congregations. Includes Jehovah s Witnesses route 75 Logan south weekly Bible studies prayer services choir rehearsals and special services throughout the week.

Haydenville Union Furnace Zion Union Jehovah’s Witnesses Logan South Watchtower

Also Mentioned on This Page

Commission Ond St Ray Keairns Rev. Schottke DAR Ruth Heft U. Furnace Boy Bowers’ Will Wolf By Naomi Smith Adam Nathanson Hollywood Patricia Owens Jerry Nathanson Henry Hutchinson SEO Area Church News Sers Gallipolis Assembly of God Rio Grande Bidwell Garfield Ave Third Ave Triedstone St. Peter's Episcopal Second Ave Episcopal Young Bradford Christian Endeavor Shade Valley Pastoral Unity of Christian Churches Long Bottom Tuppers Plains Orange Hemlock Grove Middleport Church of Christ Salem Center United Methodism — Church School Lydia Ebersbach Bethany Rock Springs Pomeroy Federated Evangelical and Reformed and Presbyterian Rock Springs Methodist Methodist Youth Fellowship Women’s Society of Christian Service Tupper’s Plains South Bethel First Baptist Racine Bethlehem Baptist Great Bend Middleport First Baptist Baptist Youth Fellowship Pt. Pleasant Meigs Area Middleport Church of the Nazarene Hysell Run Free Methodist Danville Pilgrim Holiness Laurel Cliff Naomi Baptist Jehovah's Witnesses Carpenter Baptist Rutland Harrisonville Presbyterian Church of Christ—Bible School Columbia Chapel Christian Bible School Rutland Church of Christ Bible School Dexter Church of Christ Forest Run Baptist Langsville Congregational School Baptist Training Union Pomeroy Church of Christ Kingsbury Church Christian Church Alfred Methodist Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Eden United Brethren In Christ Christian Science Society Middleport Church of Christ In Christian Union First United Presbyterian Heath Methodist Lottridge Eub Carleton Interdenominational Kingsbury Rd Schovl Glouster William Parham Jr St. John Lutheran
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