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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1943
Page
10
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Ninety four seniors will graduate from Hocking County high schools in special exercises this week and next. Murray City and Starr Washington lead with 19 diplomas each. Carbon Hill 18. Laurelville Perry 17. Read lists by school name with complete graduate rosters.
Rev. Evan D. Jones will deliver the baccalaureate sermon to the Gibisonville High School graduating class at special exercises in the high school auditorium. L. C. Staats of Ohio University will be the commencement speaker at the annual exercises held Tuesday evening May 25. Mark Wylie and Juanita Fiume, first and second honor students, will give the valedictorian and salutatorian addresses.
Three local registrants have volunteered for immediate duty with the armed forces. Paul Edward Brown of Logan, William Oliver of Haydenville, and Lynn Willard Suttle of Laurelville Route 3 have passed screening physicals and will be included in future contingents of inductees announced by the Hocking County Selective Service Board.
Sew and So's girls 4 H club elected officers at a recent meeting led by Mrs. Ruth Bennington. Carolyn Martin was chosen president with Joann Walker as vice president, Juanita Kornmilier secretary, Garnet Worthman treasurer, Filsie Featheroll and Monabelle Beougher recreation leaders, and Helen Ellinger as news reporter. An advisor will be selected soon.
The May settlement for the second quarter under the State School Foundation Program totals 42,544.26 and will be distributed to county school districts. Starr-Washington receives 7,929.85, Laurelville-Perry 5,865.62, Murray City 5,523.21, with other districts including Benton 3,177.84 and Ward 4,187.77. Checks are mailed to school clerks for the listed amounts, announced County Superintendent S. H. Dillon.
Logan City earns a certificate of honorable mention from the State Highway Department for having no fatal accidents in 1943. Mayor W. Denzil Weltner says a presentation is planned at a future dinner meeting of citizens and officials, to be made by Charles Ferguson, district engineer at Marietta Division No. 10. A special committee will be appointed to organize arrangements, with meeting details to follow.
Logan Warren Bright has been named superintendent of the First Methodist Church Sunday School for a third official time. He succeeds E N Turner who resigns after moving to Pennsylvania to join his sons in coal stripping business.
Logan Orland Mohler of New Straitsville sustained cuts and bruises when his panel truck collided with a passenger vehicle driven by R. B. Hammond of Columbus on U S Route 33 three miles east of Logan. Both vehicles were damaged. Clifford Dyer of New Straitsville, riding with Mohler, was unhurt.
Dale Engle, Logan native and Ohio University College of Fine Arts graduate, reported for active duty with the U S Army at Ft Hayes on his 22nd birthday. A member of the Enlisted Reserve Corps he was allowed to finish his degree before deployment.
Local society pages report the Von Born Society at the Gribble home with devotional by Mrs. Irvin Risch and a paper on establishing a home altar. DAR honors Lois Imboden for history excellence and notes other medalists and speakers. Victory Club held a birthday gathering hosted by Wilma Roush with games and prizes. Weekend furloughs noted for soldiers at Freeman Armory and Camp Swift. Church groups arrange meetings with speakers Miss Wilhelmine Deissle and Mr. C. Salts with host families.
Seaman Third Class Jack King, a four battle veteran of the war, visited Logan this week at the home of Mr and Mrs William Sauer. He arrived with his parents from Columbus. King was discharged from Oakland Naval Hospital California for injuries after his ship was torpedoed. He sustained a fractured leg and other wounds and will return to the hospital for further treatment later this month.
Logan and Hocking County law officers were invited to a second quarterly police conference in Ohio. Alan H Belmont of the Cincinnati FBI leads the event. The session for local officers is May 27 at 2 p.m. at the Zane Hotel in Zanesville with the theme The Safety Duties of Police in the War Effort.
Last rites were held Friday at 2 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church for Mrs. Isa belle Martin 78 wife of former Hocking County Probate Judge Frank P. Martin who died Wednesday at her home after a long illness. Rev. Cecil H. Jones officiated with interment in Oak Grove Cemetery by Leonard Funeral Service.
A 70 car ore train moved through Logan Thursday on the C. and O. line en route to Portsmouth from Toledo. It marks the first ore movement locally since last fall when Great Lakes freezes blocked shipments, with railroaders predicting many more shipments to come.
Charles Mitchell sues for divorce from Margaret Mae Mitchell in the Court of Common Pleas alleging extreme cruelty. They married December 22 1934 and have no children. American tourists spend over 3 billion dollars on vacations annually in normal times.
Glouster reports Junior High won by seventh grade with 121 points. senior high tenth grade took 101 points while eleventh and twelfth trailed. Boys Junior High and Senior High events crowned Harold Kittrell and William Figley among others with sprints, throws, and jumps. Girls Junior High and Senior High awarded multiple champions including Betty Payton and Maxine Smith in broad jumps and sprints.
The Fraternal Order of Eagles No. 468 Glouster will hold its regular monthly initiation on Sunday May 23 at 2 30 p m. Lunch will be served after the ceremony. A paid up receipt is required for admission.
Rev A G Winkle announces Church School at 9 30 a m and morning worship at 10 30 a m with sermon Old Facts and New Theories prayer meeting Wednesday at 8 p m no evening service due to Union Baccalaureate at the high school. Rev C B Tigner schedules Bible School 9 00 a m preaching 10 00 a m The Path of Wisdom sermon for graduates no evening service baccalaureate sermon at 8 00 p m in the high school auditorium.
Mrs. C. A. Mc Donald entertained the Glouster club Wednesday evening. Two tables were in play with Mrs. L. R. Heiskel high and Mrs. Herman Atlas second. A salad course followed for seven guests: Mrs. Herman Atlas, Mrs. Elizabeth Chute, Mrs. T. A. Noon, Mrs. L. R. Heiskel, Mrs. L. W. Ley, Mrs. W. W. Bryson and Miss Josephine Hedfelt.
TRIMBLE K F Engle of Zanesville will lead both morning and evening services at the Trimble West Side Church of Christ on Sunday May 23 Bible Class at 9 15 AM morning worship at 10 15 AM and evening service at 7 30 PM.
Mrs. Jack Dillon and her son Michael leave Glouster after a three week visit with Mrs. W A Craft. Mrs Craft, Billy Roberts, and Richard Eddy accompany them to Columbus, Ohio.
The daughter Nancy Lee Morrison was born Tuesday at the Morrison home in Corning to Mr and Mrs Clarence Morrison. Pvt Clarence Morrison is stationed at Camp Haan California. The couple has another daughter Carolyn Sue. Grandparents are Crate Morrison Murra City and Henry Stallings Corning.
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