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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1961
Page
5
Logan election scene heats up with Jaycees led torchlight parade through downtown. Participants include Logan High School band, Boy and Girl Scouts, police and sheriff staff. Contests for most offices stretch beyond, with James Stilwell sole unopposed for city solicitor.
Two men, John O. Christy and Ronald Pugh, were arraigned in Hocking County Court after a Saturday Route 33 stop. Christy faced three charges including driving left of center and DUI. bond set at 25 200 and 100. Pugh pled innocent to resisting arrest, intoxication and disorderly conduct with bonds of 50 and 25. Both jailed pending bond. Reese A. Carpenter pleaded guilty to driving with no muffler and was fined 10 plus costs. Miles Adkins and Richard L. Waters pled guilty to hunting on Denver Binkley's land and were fined 15 each.
Pythian Sisters hold rummage sale Wednesday to Saturday 1 to 5. They meet Wednesday at 7 30 pm at the K of P Hall. Past Chiefs Club meets Thursday 7 30 pm at the K of P Hall with Mrs Cassie Mc Cormick hostess. Loyal Order of Moose meets Wednesday 7 30 pm at the Moose Hall. Trimble Township Home Demonstration Club meets Thursday 1 30 pm at Mrs Louis Jewell's Walnut Hill home to discuss Holiday at Tome.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Keller of 248 Eulalia Ave. marked their 50th wedding anniversary with family at the home of their son-in-law, Rev. and Mrs. Paul Schmidt in Raymondville Texas. They wed in Logan on November 5 1911. Their daughter Mary Margaret Keller Schmidt and son D Max Keller of Toledo survive them along with seven grandchildren.
Hocking County Farm Bureau Women's Committee elected 1962 officers at a recent meeting in Logan with Mrs. Robert Thrush as chairman Mrs. Otto Iles Sr. as vice chairman Mrs Don Ruff as secretary treasurer Mrs Glen Ward as vice secretary treasurer Mrs Russell Carpenter as legislative representative and Mrs Ray Stevens as alternate Hostess was Mrs Otto Iles Sr. ten councils were represented and a devotional led by Mrs Don Ruff of Bear Run Council.
The Glouster Post Office will be closed Saturday November 11. Mail will be picked up at the drop box in front of the Post Office and dispatched at the regular times on Saturday and Sunday.
Logan county hearing reports two traffic cases. Gilbert Pancake, 56, Nelsonville Route 1, arraigned after an improper pass. found guilty and fined 15 dollars and costs. Oliver Harris, 24, Newark, pleaded no contest for driving without a license. guilty with 20 dollar fine and costs, suspended by Judge Collins. Marsh and McCollock, both 21 and 23, Barberton and Trimble, cited for stopping distance and crossing a yellow line. both pleaded guilty and were fined 10 dollars and costs.
Mrs Richard Guinther led Glouster Methodist WSCS in a discussion on the World Council of Churches and its assemblies. She announced the third annual assembly will be in New Delhi India this month. Bazaar and turkey dinner planned for December 7 in church social rooms hosted by Mrs William Stephenson and Mrs Anthony Leroy with thirteen members present.
Logan Roy Joy 21 laborer and Marilyn Ann Bownes 16 both of Logan. Gerald A Payn 22 farmer and Marilyn Ann Snyder 22 extension agent both of Logan. Oney L Russell 47 retired of Nelsonville Route 2 and Flossie L Leffler 51 at home Nelsonville Route 2.
Haydenville Methodist Church held its annual fall festival on Sunday evening. Three church choirs performed under organist Mrs. Ronald Bumgardner with readings by Rev. Haskel Moore. Mrs. Leslie Higgins introduced the program, featuring songs from the Cherub and Junior choirs and solos by Bonnie Bowlby Randy Lehman and Boyd Stover. A slide presentation by Mrs. Lester Bisch followed the music and a social hour concluded the event.
Glouster Kiwanis Club held a meeting to elect officers for 1962 with Wayne Wiley as president and William Roberts and Albert Hall as first and second vice presidents. Dan Kovach was reelected treasurer and seven directors were chosen including Robert Byers and Lawrence Colbert. Jer ry Ginnan of Corbin, Kentucky attended as a guest.
Glouster Exempted Village Schools set National Education Week for November 5 to 11 with a daily theme. Parent visitation is scheduled for Wednesday November 8. Activities include programs on November 5 7 8 9 10 11 with early dismissals and teacher parent meetings.
Mr and Mrs Donald Schultz of 152 Zanesville Ave Logan announce the birth of a son Gregory Allen born November 1 at Mount St Mary Hospital Nelsonville. Grandparents are Keith Schultz Logan Leroy Parker Columbus and great grandmother Dora Hewitt Nelsonville. Father is a member of the Logan Fire Dept.
Logan Grant G Byrnes manager of the Carborundum Co local plant spoke at the Central PTA meeting. He described English and German schooling noting early entry exams in England and six day weeks with heavy emphasis on science and mathematics in Germany. He said Germany graduates more engineers than any other country.
Reynolds Logan police chief was admitted last Friday to Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus for observation and treatment.
Tuesday activities include Ladies Bible Class at EUB Church Union Furnace 7 30 p m at Ruth Funk home program chair Janice Stewart Rockbridge Bandbonsters at school 7 p m Naomi Circle Methodist Church 7 30 p m Past Matrons and Past Patr ons dinner 6 30 p m Brandt's Mecca Room Duo Matres League husbands party Glenview 8 p m toy box drive for Hocking Valley Hospital Election day dinner Marion school 1 7 p m Marion PTO bake sale Starr Eggleston's 9 a m 9 p m Starr Methodist Church proceeds for building fund Wednesday events feature Hocking Garden Club 1 30 p m Courthouse auditorium Christmas workshop rootings pots containers Among Ourselves Club luncheon Mecca Room Brandt's 1 p m Homemakers Club Brandt's 6 30 p m cancellation numbers listed.
David Dowell seeks divorce from Ed ith M. Dowell in Common Pleas Court alleging gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. He asks for an automobile a house trailer furniture and furnishings. The couple wed January 11 1956 at New Marshfield and have no children. Carl V Brooks sues Mary Louise Brooks of Logan on grounds of gross neglect of duty. They married in Pomeroy and have five children.
Raymond L. Chambers, 23, a shoeworker, and Shirley M. Imboden, 21, a babysitter, both of Logan Route 4, obtained a marriage license as listed in the Athens Messenger record for Tuesday November 7, 1961.
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