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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1959
Page
3
Geiger Bros. of Logan completes a gas boiler replacement for the Hocking County courthouse and jail. The new system, replacing the 1925 installation, will provide uniform heat, reduce smoke, and end nightly boiler tending.
Logan Church and multiple area churches list Sunday schools worship times sermons and weekly programs. Notable pastors include J Carl Plum Luther O Drefke D S Dunkle Roy Klingler and F Schottke. Activities feature scouts choirs circles youth fellowships and missionary meetings.
Two-vehicle collision on Route 7 at Cheshire injures no one but causes heavy damage. C A Duncan 16 and Cole Y Trent 45 both involved. Duncan cited for failing to yield. Also a school bus and bakery truck sideswipe on Keno Road Meigs County. Bus passenger Mary Coleman 12 injured by hot heater. One Thanksgiving crash on Route 7 near Silver Bridge. Donald Mehl charged with drunk driving. A deer crossing Route 7 near Athens Meigs line results in medium vehicle damage to Maxine Reed 20.
Morton Vatn of Oslo Norway spoke at the Gallia County 4-H junior leadership banquet in Grace Methodist Church. The Louis iana high school senior exchange student discussed schooling and church roles in Norway and the U S. New officers were elected: Charles Carter president Jack Walker VP Jeyee Evans secretary Sara Yoho treasurer Mary Walker reporter and Sandra Knotts song leader.
The November session of the VFW Auxiliary at Hocking Post No. 6430 met at Pocahontas hall with Mrs. John Backus presiding. Members voted to send a donation to the VFW National Home at Eaton Rapids.
Logan county resumes second round immunization in Hocking County schools with polio boosters at South Bloomingville at 9 a.m. and Lesboro at 1 p.m. First round at Logan High School vaccinated 31 boosters and smallpox revaccinations. 14 polio vaccinations reported. Meetings and donations noted with local officials and auxiliary leaders.
Senior Girl Scouts of Troop 4 met at Judge Rhea Ban gert Brown's home to discuss the year ahead. Members will pick up 1960 calendars Friday at 4 p.m. in the scout rooms. A planning committee will meet December 5 at 1 p.m. in the courthouse office to finalize the Christmas hospital project. December 14 at 6:30 p.m. bakes cookies for the hospital. December 21 at 7 p.m. carols and a 75 cent gift exchange. Michelle Scaparrotti named secretary treasurer.
In St Louis Lonnie Argent five and his brother Rickie four climbed a ladder to the top of a 63 foot drive in movie screen to catch pigeons nesting there. Firemen removed the pair.
Services were held at 10 a.m. Friday for Mrs Elizabeth Morgan 74 widow of Charles Morgan who died Tuesday noon at Hocking Valley Rest Home South Perry after a long illness. She was a Hallsville native daughter of William and Louisa Leasure. Survived by two sisters Mrs Ella Hertenstein Chillicothe and Mrs Anna Loeck Cleveland. Funeral by Dr. R B Wilson and burial in Hallsville Cemetery.
Charles Hamil ton Wise, 80, of Walnut St Wis dleport, admitted to Holzer Hospital with a fractured left hip after falling from a step ladder. Judy Ann Sperry, 17, Wellston Route 3, admitted after a traffic accident with facial and hand lacerations and a head injury. both listed in good condition.
Estella Walburn of Pomeroy filed a suit against Mrs. Freda Hicks of Logan in Hocking County Common Pleas Court. The case was dismissed without prejudice and without record, costs charged to the defendant, stemming from an automobile accident in Logan early last year.
Logan Berea Presbyterian Church hosted the Nov 21 ceremony for Jo Ann Willet and William Sickles Jr. Rev. Earl F. Schottke officiated the double ring vows. The couple resides in Union Furnace. she is a Belpre High School graduate and he works at Metal Powder Products Inc.
Logan James West, 27, convicted sodomist, was taken Friday to Lima State Hospital for a psychiatric examination. He was found guilty after a jury trial held the week before last, indicted by the February 1958 grand jury, and conveyed there by Deputy Sheriff John Wells. Sentencing will await the end of the examination.
Gallia County singing trio The Tiptoes Joyce Saunders Janice Saunders and Gladys Johnson will perform on the Jamboree program on WEWS TV in Cleveland Saturday at 7 p.m. The act, chosen from over 100 groups in Columbus auditions, will travel by bus Saturday morning leaving at about 6. Local girls hail from Centenary near State Route 141.
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