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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 02, 1950

Page

3

Sewer Fund Gets $8000 As Emergency Measure

Logan city council in a special session transferred 8482.85 from the general fund to the sewer levy fund to cover 6064.97 due Carl Cline for the Bell Scholl sewer line project. The move is temporary until property owners cover 90 percent of costs by assessments, with about 800 collected so far. The line, 2000 feet long, will serve 150 homes amid a building boom, with 62 homes current and 12 started recently. A birth is announced: Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bright welcome a son.

Logan Roger W. Friend Carl Cline Lancaster Bell-Scholl Bell Schell Lewis Price

Petit Jurors Drawn In Lake Logan Case

Logan court selected jurors for the State of Ohio Wildlife Division versus Elza R Ringhiser et al over land appropriated for the Lake Logan project. Names include Helen Schorr Logan Barton Mohler Gore Route 1 Clark Boyd Logan Route 1 Bertha Kepler Logan Route 3 Fred L Kelley Logan Ray E Nice Union Furnace Ballard Shumate Logan Frank Emerick Gore William Meyer Rockbridge Route 1 Henry Bratton Logan W S Turner South Bloomingville James A Green Logan.

Logan State of Ohio Wildlife Division Natural Resources Department Elza R. Ringhiser Common Pleas Ringhiser Lake Logan Helen Schorr Barton J .Mohler Gore Clark Boyd Bertha Kepler Fred

Funeral Services for Benjamin Lutz Friday

Funeral services for Benjamin Lutz 75 will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in Morgan Chapel Church. The lifelong farmer died yesterday at his Rockbridge Route 1 home. Survived by wife Ella ill in Lancaster hospital, four daughters, two sisters, and three brothers. Friends may call at his son Robert’s Rockbridge Route 1 home until services.

Columbus Freda Price Eliza Snake Cora Deeds Lancaster Charles Tathias South Perry Robert Rockbridge

Kirn Speaks At GOP Rally In Bell Hall

Kirn Lan ter chairman of the Ohio Gold Standard Committee attends a Republican rally in Bell Hall with Rep. Walter E. Brehm Millersport and state senator Stanley Mechem. McKinley Republican Club and Hocking County Women's Republican Club sponsor.

Logan J. Keller Kirn Lanter Ohio Gold Sandard Committee Small Businessmen's Eee Bell Hall Walter E. Brehm Millersport Hocking County Stanley Mechem McKinley Republican Club Women's Republican Club

Logan Unemployment Drops to 214 in Local Report

Unemployment in the Logan area fell to 214 last week the lowest in weeks after a rise from 219 the prior week to 269 the week ending October 21. The Logan BUC region including Hocking County Nelsonville and York Township shows an area average of 583. Statewide jobless numbers rose slightly from 33 541 to 33 721 versus a 128 711 October average.

Logan Logan Buc Hocking County Nelsonville York Township Athens County

Ohio Doctor Describes New Cancer Pain Killing Method

Dr. Jay Jacoby of Columbus Ohio described a new method to relieve cancer pain at the 25th Annual Congress of Anesthetists. The technique injects ammonium sulfate into the spinal canal to numb pain fibers in the spinal cord.

Miami Beach Fla Jay Jacoby Columbus Ohio Ohio State University Jacoby

Judge Meyer Grants Two Divorces in Common Pleas Court

Logan resident John Martin was granted a divorce from Myrtie Martin on gross neglect of duty with custody placed in Martin. Elda Shover of McArthur was granted a divorce from Melvin Shover on gross neglect, with the plaintiff restoring her maiden name McVey after a separation agreement. marriages dated 1946 and 1926 respectively. The case was moved from Vin ton County court. Old sailors tossed coins for luck at Halfway Rock in Massachusetts Bay as they left Salem and Marblehead.

Meyer McVey Vinton County Halfway Rock Massachusetts Bay Salem Marblehead

Local WSCS Meeting in Long Bottom Celebrates Tenth Anniversary

Racine WSCS members attended a Long Bottom gathering marking the society’s 10th anniversary. The event featured a business session, vanilla order plans, and the singing of America the Beautiful. Attendees included Mrs. Neigler, Mrs. Jividen, Mrs. Tyree, and many others. November gathering set for Mrs. Mina Lewis’s home.

Racine Racine Methodist WSCS Long Bottom Helen Johnson Thereon Johnson Wayne Carpenter Belpre Carpenter Lester Covert John Elwood B. M. Tyree Youth Fellowship Portsmouth Howard Montgomery Cincinnati Annie Curtis Fowler Otis McClintock John Harriett Neigler Neigler Ing Grace Jividen Iva Wolfe Jessie Neigler Mary Jividen Sibyl Miles Edith Hayman Laura Watson Lillian Lee Maud Stewart Ina Lewis Percy Ross Corbet Cleek Mina Lewis Maggie Hayman Owen Watson

Three Men Are Ordered To State Pen

Three men indicted by the grand jury and pleading guilty on arraignment were sentenced to the Ohio Penitentiary. Judge Harley Meyer placed Clarence Anderson on probation after he pleaded guilty to cutting a bartender with intent to kill. Giffin and Hopstetter, both of Columbus, were sent to the penitentiary for failing to provide for minor children. Thornton, Rockbridge, was placed on probation for three years after a request by the prosecutor and witnesses. he was indicted for breaking and entering.

Logan Ohio Harley Meyer Clarence Anderson Near Darrell Keplar Common Pleas Anderson Fred A. Murray Meyer Edward Giffin Columbus Walter Hopstetter Charles Thornton Rockbridge

Absentee Vote Applications End Today in Logan

About 140 applications for disabled and absentee ballots have been received by the county election board. The deadline to apply is 6:30 p.m. today and ballots must be returned by 6:30 p.m. Friday. The Taft Ferguson senate race draws interest as Hocking County voters choose an engineer, auditor, commissioner, state representative and a four tenths mill levy for the library system.

Logan County Election Board Taft-Ferguson Senate Hocking County

Hocking Sends 16 To Take Physical Tests

Sixteen men left Logan for Fort Hayes Columbus to undergo pre induction physical examinations for possible military service. The local draft board clerk said twenty one more will go to Columbus Monday. Among those departing were Edgar Kelley Laurelville leader Lank Dane Jr Nelsonville assistant leader Gail Lonberger Columbus and Alfred Eckhart New

Transfer From Frankfort Kentucky Listed In Local Notes

A transfer from Frankfort Kentucky involves several individuals listed in local notices including Eugene Karr Laurelville Johnny Sorrell Murray City Richard Robinson Union Furnace Gerald Flowers Earl Inboden Logan Dallas Burgess Logan Fred Morman Logan Dar ley Smyers Rockbridge William Arbell Logan Lowell Nihiser Logan and Charles Riddlebarger.

Straitsville Ohn Norton Rockbridge Eugene Karr Laurelville Johnny Sorrell Murray City Richard Robinson Union Furnace Gerald Flowers Earl Inboden Logan Dallas Burgess Fred Morman Darley Smyers William Arbell Lowell Nihiser Charles Riddlebarger Frankfort

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