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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1955
Page
8
Bay area officials discuss expanding the athletic program for junior and senior high schools. Finance questions arise on funding, equipment updates, and public support as the LHS Athletic Board meets with Superintendent Blake presiding.
The Health Department reports a scarlet fever case involving a one year old girl, investigated by a nurse who reviewed contacts and isolation procedures. Ohio State University staff will survey Logan athletic field this week, with recent board action authorizing the survey. The meeting announced basketball coaching assignments and staff for seventh through ninth grades, with Westfall advising system-wide instruction. Proposals include expanded support from schools and downtown groups, school meetings open to athletics supporters, and cheerleading oversight by Miss Evesner. A junior high football program is likely to begin in 1956 57 with coaching instruction for seventh and eighth graders. Participants included Ellinger, Blake, Davie, Bertone, Wertfal, and Allen.
RGAL candidates were reminded last Tuesday to file expense accounts with the board of elections and must submit by Friday November 18. Forms are available from clerk Mary Leach at Office of Lasse Johnson St. or from deputy clerk Dean Dolio at Hull Printing Co. Successful candidates will not be certified until accounts are filed. Logan notes Mrs. Lewis Siete of 198 N Orchard St. was taken by ambulance to Cleveland Clinic for observation and possible surgery. Betty Seymour of 638 Church St taken by ambulance to St. Anthony's Hospital, Columbus. Total US money transactions total about six billion dollars daily, with only about 10 percent in currency.
A quiet title action has been filed in Common Pleas Court by Merrill and Ruth E. Haney against Earl Perone and others to clarify ownership of property on Murberry Street in Logan. The dispute centers on the lien or tie to the Logan real estate and its title.
In Rochester and New York, veteran announcers like Ted Husing and Graham McNamee are reflected on as early influencers of sportscasting. The piece notes television’s rise, its impact on college football, and the shift from radio’s eyes to TV’s broader audience, with figures like Stern and Slater cited in discussion.
Egypt's Abdel Razak Sidky, FAO official, told delegates at the FAO 10th anniversary session that the big task is expanding consumption, not raising production. He noted many people cannot afford more food, urging a policy shift to raise living standards and purchasing power.
Jean Frazier of Columbus joined Sharon Lanier for a Sunday visit. Earl Sims of Car assisted by seeing Mr and Mrs Everett and Dr and Mrs Floyd Beman of Columbus. Haskall Rowe of Columbus visited his parents. Henry Brewer of Warrenton Kentucky visited George Brewer. Thomas Louis and host family welcomed Louis’s mother. Gilbert Boster and in law Mrs Boster visited relatives in Mercerville. Ronald Halley and Linda Kuhn spent a Sunday with Liston Hall family.
Logan Society members of the Ohio Child Conservation League met at Mrs Willis Hel box home with Mrs Harold Sommers presiding. They outlined help for a Green Township family and prepared to support Otterbein Home boys dormitory rebuilding. Grace Overton’s Living with Teeners was reviewed and gifts and refreshments were shared among members.
Mrs beth Ballard a native of Vinton County who lived in New Philadelphia about 30 years operated a photography studio in Logan. Survived by a daughter Mrs CM Kineer of New Philadelphia Route 1 two sisters Mrs Tom McDonald of Logan and Mrs Homer Lent of Nelsonville a half brother William O Hara of Nelsonville and three grandchildren funeral details to be announced at Union Hospital Dover.
In Masaka swamps of Buganda a search party followed vultures to scattered remains of two African girls aged 6 and 3 who vanished after a wedding feast two weeks earlier. Police said the discovery exposed extensive black magic practices in the district.
The Auto Workers Union says the Ohio vote rejecting supplemental layoff pay does not endanger its layoff pay plans in the auto industry. The UAW states the beginning date of benefit payments will not be delayed and notes state approvals for concurrent unemployment and layoff benefits. States including Connecticut Delaware Massachusetts Michigan and New York have ruled that such integration is permissible under current law affecting Ford and GM workers.
Bishop of Silver Street is recovering at home after a Monday automobile accident south of Lancaster. He suffered head and facial injuries from a collision when Wilma Jean Dupler, his daughter and driver, missed a detour on a new highway under construction. He was treated at Lancaster Fairfield Hospital and released.
A garbled OCR style notice reads like a list of people including Jack Clifford and Mrs E L Rogers of Mill Street. It mentions positions, teams, and claims or notices with various place names such as Corning and Stratford. The fragmentary text is inconsistent but centers on individuals connected to a local matter.
Local notes list births and marriages including new daughters for Harold Culp Lancaster Arbaugh Laurelville Route 1 and Mrs William Lecrone Bremen. Other entries include dismissals and marriages Logan area with Frank Elder Bertha McDonald and Elmer Linscott Carje Chambers.
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