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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1960

Page

12

Indian Student Speaks at Presbyterian Women's Meeting

Kishwar Mirza, an Ohio University botany master's candidate from India, spoke at the Presbyterian Church Women’s Association meeting. She described India's caste system and traditions, thanked a U S benefactor, and wore native dress while displaying crafts.

Logan Kishwar Mirza Ohio University India Women’s Association of the Presbyterian Church Miss Mirza United States Texas

Miss Patricia Lee White to Wed Vernon Napier

Logan couple announces the marriage of Patricia Lee White of New Plymouth to Vernon Napier of Hazard Kentucky. The ceremony will be June 4 at 2 30 PM at New Plymouth Methodist Church officiated by Rev James Brown. Miss White teaches at Central Elementary Logan. Napier works for Columbus Transit Company.

White New Plymouth Patricia New Plymouth Methodist Church Miss White Central Elementary School Logan Columbus Transit Company of Columbus

Notice of Appointment and Bidding Details in Athens Ohio

Notices announce administrators for estates in Athens County Ohio including Ira Wolfe Minnie Durfee and John A Martin Edith Barrows and Lillie Nicol. Also bids invited by York Local School District for water pipeline work with specs from Clark and Sheeter. June 4 1960 deadline. bids must include bond or certified check.

Helen Robinette Board of Education York Athens County Ohio Orgintendent of Buchtel Poston Clark & Sheeter, Consulting Engineers Athens Conet Ac

X Ray Unit Visit Slated to Hocking County

A mobile X ray unit visit was scheduled for Hocking County from July 19 through August 4. The planning meeting in the health department office included A Shapiro mobile X-ray supervisor and health educators, along with TB and Health Association leaders and the county health commissioner.

Hocking County Health Department Health Departments The Tuberculosis and Health Association Hocking Cunty A. Shapiro Sonya Herd Morris Stamm Ohio Department of Health Maude Hack Dorothy Krieg Hocking County TB and Health Association H. M. Boocks

American Legion Post 510 Auxiliary meets at Delphus Miller home

N Straitsville notes an American Legion Post 510 Auxiliary gathering at Delphus Miller home with Ona Dell Wilson Iva Dishon Myrtle Wallace Creta Fink Anna Mae Lanning Besse Davis Nellie Shuttleworth and Margaret Boyle present Lunch served by Mrs. Miller Visitors included Mrs. Mary Mitchell and William McNeil of Zanesville to Mrs. Susan Phoenix Marilyn Wallace of Columbus to her parents in Log an and many other visits by local residents over recent days.

New Straitsville American Legion Post 510 Delphus Miller Ona Dell Wilson Iva Dishon Myrtle Wallace Creta Fink Anna Mae Lanning Besse Davis Nellie Shuttleworth Margaret Boyle Mrs. Miller Mary Mitchell William McNeil Zanesville Susan Phoenix Marilyn Wallace Columbus Clendin Wallace Charles Lawson Isabel Lawson Nell Mitchell Clarence Mellencamp George Mitchell Canton Dan Spires Sugar Grove Robert Angle Logan

Laurel Valley 4 H Club Holds Meeting

Logan report shows the Laurel Valley 4 H Club meeting at Sue Haynes home with president Trudy Brinkman leading pledges and roll call. Sue Haynes demonstrated thread pulling and refreshments were served. Lulu Belle Morris to host next meeting June 13.

Logan Laurel Valley Sue Haynes Trudy Brinkman Lulu Belle Morris

Memorial Day Services To Be Observed In Logan

Memorial Day plans were announced by Keith L. Schultz chairing the Veterans Memorial Day committee. The ceremony includes a 9:15 a.m. parade from Market Street to Oak Grove Cemetery Soldiers Plot, then to Worthington Park for services by the Women's Relief Corps with high school bands, color guards, a National Guard firing squad, Army Reserve personnel, veterans auxiliaries, and Scout units.

LOGAN Keith L. Schultz Veterans Memorial Day Committee American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars Market St Oak Grove Cemetery Worthington Park Women’s Relief Corps National Guard Army Reserve Veterans Legion VFW

Rutland Social Notes and Band Booster Rename

Local residents from Rutland Toledo Pomeroy and Langsville visit kin and neighbors. Rutland Band Boosters vote to rename as Northwestern Local District Band Boosters and plan a rummage sale June 3 and 4. Church vacation Bible school set for June 6 through 17 in Langsville with organizers meeting.

Rutland Band Boosters Edna Russell Chester Nichols Charleston

Ralph W. Lan ning Radcliff dies in Columbus at 59

Ralph W. Lan ning Radcliff, 59, a former Wilkesville resident and Railway Express dispatcher, died at his Columbus home May 17 after years of poor health. Survived by wife Loretta Hector, son Ralph Jr, daughter Barbara Butterfield, five grandchildren, a sister and four brothers. Relatives gathered for A. B. Saunders’s 67th birthday in Thompsonville as Mrs. Alene Head visited Columbus.

Radcliff Ralph W. Lanning Wilkesville Columbus Railway Express Company Loretta Hector Ralph Jr Barbara Butterfield A. B. Saunders Thompsonville

Police Probe Burglary At Helber Motor Sales

Logan police investigated a burglary at Helber Motor Sales Co on West Hunter Street after a late Tuesday night break in. The thief forced a rear door panel and shattered a glass pane to enter the office taking automobile keys and a revolver before fleeing in a Richard Lehman owned car left at the garage for repairs. A witness saw a man running across the alley around 11 30 p m but could not describe him.

Logan Helber Motor Sales Co W. Hunter St Richard Lehman Gore Route 1 Acros

Karen Stump First in Senior Test at Laurelville High

Karen Stump, top graduate of Laurelville High School Class of 1960, earned district and county honors in the senior scholarship test. She placed second in the district and tenth in the state in bookkeeping at the Athens finals. Stump has been awarded a Lichter scholarship and will enroll next fall at Ohio University to pursue teaching. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Mahlon Stump of Laurelville Route 2.

Logan Karen Stump Laurelville Miss Stump Athens Lichter Ohio University Mahlon Stump

Calf Stolen and Killed on Nihiser Farm

In Hocking County, cattle rustlers took a 300 to 409 pound calf from Craven Nihiser in New Straitsville Route 1 between 2 p.m. and 5:20 p.m. The animal was killed, dragged across a plowed garden to a shed, then loaded onto an untraceable truck. Nihiser valued the calf at $100.

John Wells Nick Sanborn Nihiser

French Electric Locomotives Set World Speed Record

In 1955 two French electric locomotives shared the world speed record for rail road engines at 206 miles per hour.

Johnsons Head West for Monthlong Vacation Tour

Mr. and Mrs. Les Johnson and two daughters depart for a month visiting Disneyland Grand Canyon Yellowstone Sequoia Knotts Berry Farm and San Francisco. They will stay with friends in Long Beach San Diego and Seattle and return via Enderlin North Dakota with Mrs Frie tag hosting along the route.

Dentists Charge Lower Fees for Children Than Adults

A Health Insurance Institute survey finds three of five dentists bill children less than adults, highlighting a gap in fee structures across patient age groups.

Health Insurance Institute

Fisherman Logan Cited for Fishing Without License

Robert Francis, 22, of Lancaster, was arraigned in Hocking County Court on a charge of fishing without a license. The arrest was made by Officer Marvin.

Logan Robert Francis Lancaster Hocking Marvin

Logan Calendar Highlights May 26 27

Venus Chapter No 76 meets at Masonic Temple at 730 PM Memorial service no formals Logan Squaw Club gathers at Poca hontas hall 730 PM hosted by Mrs Ray Garverick Friday events include United Bible Class at First Methodist Church 730 PM chaired by Mrs Herman Studer

Venus CBS Masonic Temple Logan Squaw Club Pocahontas Hall Ray Garverick

Francis fined for fishing without 1960 license in Clear Fork Creek

Francis pleaded guilty to fishing without a 1960 license on Clear Fork Creek and was fined 15 dollars plus costs. Judge Vaughn Collins suspended 5 dollars of the fine. Bernard Van Duren of Logan Route 1 pled guilty to unsafe operation, fined 25 dollars plus costs. William W. McCandlish of Logan Route 3 cited May 12 on Route 33 for unsafe operation, fined 40 dollars plus costs.

Bernard van Duren Logan Route 1 van Duren William W. McCandlish Logan

Goethe Quote on Peace in Home

A reflection on happiness centered in a peaceful home. The line contrasts status with inner contentment, suggesting the simplest life brings true fulfillment regardless of rank or role.

Goethe

Local and family visits across Ohio and Arizona

Chesterhill and Barnesville residents visited relatives in several towns including Gilbert and Blanche Thom in Barnesville. Lesta Reed returned home after four months with her son in Phoenix. Families from Columbus Dayton Miamisburg Stockport Athens Killeen Texas and Waterford shared social visits and deliveries over several days.

Fred Totman Baltimore Ruby Gilchrist Patty Howard Columbus Lucile Lochary Barry Sidney Carr

Will Is Filed for Virgil W. Martin Logan

Logan clerk admits the will of Virgil W. Martin to probate in Hocking County Probate Court. The document bequeaths 500 dollars to First Presbyterian Church and leaves the remainder to Mamie Martin with an executrix named without bond.

Logan Virgil W. Martin Hocking County First Presbyterian Church Martin Mamie

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Presbyterian Heinlein-Tenny Russel Mason Mr. and Mrs. Earl Napier of Hazard, Ky James Brown John Jagers North Congress Ira Wolfe Waterloo Township Harold J. Rose Said County John Jaers Congress St Athenship Minnie Durfee Ames Township Foster B. Cornwell Cline Bldg John A. Martin Edith Barrows Second St Lains Kenneth J. Barrows Clyde Gibson West State Street Amesville Lillie Virginia Nicol Eleanor Kasler First Street Spicer L. Keirns R. D Millfield Rose Eleanor P. Jones Grosvenor Street William R. Phillips N. Straitsville Harry Winefordner Ray McMullen Carolyn Calvin Carnes Clarence Heid Matthews Robert Lloyd Anna Newman Rushville Ray Dixon Lawrence Burgess Ruth Gertrude Mills Dean Collison 4-H Rutland Helen McCrea Toledo Jesse Sweeney Mrs. Everett McKnight Pomeroy Mrs Max Edmundson Salem Center Garnet Williamson of Harold Saxton Edna May Swick Garnet Williamson Robert Canaday Jetta Kay Erlewine Shela Crisp Langsville Ray Biddle Cecil Bolin Guy Lynen Langsvile Carl Gorby Bernard Ledley Claris Longstreth Harry Williamson Naomi Chase Harrisonville Grange Robert Barton Adelphi Pt. Pleasant Alene Head Nihiser Farm Johnsons West Fisherman United Bible Class Methodist Church Herman Studer Elberfelds Wembley Chesterhill Mildred Wiley Wiley Lucy Bowman Huckleberry Hound Bermuda Polaroid
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