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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1950
Page
7
At about 8 15 p m Saturday two cars collided on Hunter Street. Russell Edwin Mason 19 of Logan Route 2 and Charles W Steward 31 of Route 664 were the drivers. Both vehicles were damaged and Mrs Steward a passenger suffered a sprained neck.
Graveside services for Brenda Sue Huber stillborn daughter of Mr and Mrs Gale Huber were to be held at 9 AM in Oak Grove Cemetery Lewisburg West Virginia. The Hubers formerly resided in Logan and now live in Lewisburg where Mr Huber works with Central States Construction Co.
In Nelsonville the timing of a potential referendum on selling the municipal electric light plant is debated. Officials note the 30 day petition window may have started with the original ordinance passage or the veto, and no petitions have been filed as of mid November.
Annual Thanksgiving service will be held at 7 30 p m Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church. Congregations from three other Logan churches join in the observance with Rev R C Bowman of Lancaster as guest speaker and attendees from First Methodist Evangelical United Brethren and Nazarene churches.
Twig 2 of the Mount St. Mary Hospital Guild will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the home of Miss Lillian Barber. American Legion Auxiliary plans a Christmas party at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Legion building with a potluck lunch.
A Danville home demonstration on dress designs and fabrics was hosted by Mrs. Grace Colwell with Geneva Nolan directing. Lunch was served cafeteria style after a turnout that included many local women and the guest of honor, Grace Colwell.
Mr and Mrs Earl Smathers hosted guests including Carl Smathers Hazel and Buddy of Sand Ridge and Mariea, Jer ry and Mack Smathers. Others visiting included Mrs Ethel McDaniel Mrs Ethel Mae South Charles and Susan South at radio station WATH and in New Straitsville to visit Mrs Mary Arbell. The Ladies Club met at the school house Nov 10 with attendees Helen Hart Ida Beitselchies Ollie Hillyer Susan South Evelyn Smathers Theda Ritchie Charlotte Smathers Inez Hunter Mildred Guess Missouri Shannon Delmar South and Charles visited W H South and Clifford South of Pomeroy.
In Logan on Nov 8 at the Evangelical United Brethren Church the ceremony united Miss Christina Maxine Reinshell daughter of Mr and Mrs Oscar Reinshell Union Furnace with Mr James Blackburn Leffler Jr son of Mr and Mrs Edward Leffler Nelsonville. Rev A N Grueser officiated with Mr and Mrs Leslie A Reinshell as attendants. The bride, a Union Furnace High School graduate, worked as a bookkeeper for her father. Leffler, a Union Furnace High School graduate, works with Kitchens Heating and Plumbing in Logan. He is a World War II veteran with 30 months overseas.
Birth notices list Mr and Mrs E C Rife Nelsonville a daughter Mr and Mrs John Landers Glouster a daughter Mr and Mrs Albert Winchell Nelsonville a son Admitted include Mrs Donald Wolfe Nelsonville Walter Qukoski Glouster Mrs Parker Sniffen Nelsonville Mrs Earnest Wilson New Straitsville Robert Smith Athens Mrs Simmons Vickers Union Furnace Dismissed include Mrs Earl Faires Glouster and son Mrs Charles Anderson Nelsonville and daughter Mrs Fred Vollmer Haydenville and daughter Charles McKinley Logan Mrs Grace Covert Deanville Mrs John Windle Nelsonville and son Mrs Beulah Phillips Murray City Mrs William Canale Vermilion Ohio and daughter
Funeral services for Roy Barron a well known Nelsonville resident were held this afternoon at the Warren funeral home. The Rev A H Arnott conducted the service and burial followed at New Straitsville. He was found dead at his home 71 Mill Street Friday noon.
Leroy Perry WWI veteran died Saturday in Dayton Veterans Hospital. Rites arranged for Tuesday at 2 pm at Warren Funeral Home with visits allowed. Burial planned at Green Lawn Cemetery.
Nelsonville William Paulk of Deanville pleaded guilty to driving without a license and to failing to observe a stop sign, each with $10 fines and costs. Police filed the charges. Lancaster’s Thomas Withem cited for unsafe operation with arraignment set Monday. John Linton pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined $10 and costs.
Betty Brooks, assistant state 4-H Club leader from Columbus, will be guest speaker as Logan Kiwanis Club marks 4-H Club night. Harold C. Ruggles says state organization guests will attend. Dinner at Evangelical United Brethren Church education unit.
A Gallia County driver Earl Shaver 37 Gallipolis Route 1 was fined 100 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. He was arrested on Front Street early Sunday by city police and arraigned before Mayor Roger W. Friend.
The Ebright for Governor Committee reported $68,938.87 spent in Republican Don H. Ebright’s unsuccessful bid. GOP state headquarters contributed $55,000. receipts totaled $7,035.13. Gov. Frank J. Lausche’s successful campaign cost him $3,722 with his committee at $24,507.
Police report a Saturday collision at Grosvenor and Chestnut at 3 p.m. Arthur Gallagher, northbound on Grosvenor, pulled onto Chestnut into the path of George Godenschwager, westbound, both locals.
Logan Hobart Bush 43 of Benton Harbor Michigan was found dead in his bed in the room he rented from Miss Florence Larimer 504 East Main Street. A physician said he had been treated for a heart condition. Bush arrived for a week at the Logan Linotype School run by Carl Frenier. He is survived by his wife. His body was to be taken to Benton Harbor today.
Tickets on sale for two identical performances by the Players Guild in the Logan High School Auditorium. The Tuesday and Wednesday shows feature three one act plays including Murder in Reverse Undertow and Television it is. Curtain time is 8 p.m.
Nelsonville body of Mrs. Maude Barron former resident who died in Columbus after an extended illness was taken to her sister-in-law's home for calling hours. Services are set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Christian Church with burial at Greenlawn.
Rev. W. E. Mason and daughters of Mt. Sterling will attend services November 19 to 23 at Adams Street Nazarene Church Nelsonville. Rev. J. C. Collins and family from Cincinnati will speak nightly November 23 to 26 with wife and daughters singing. Services at 7 30 each evening. Rev. T. H. Arnott is the pastor.
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