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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1944
Page
10
Hocking Lafferty will lead a Friday evening program on soils and land use classifications at 7:30 in the Vocational Agriculture Rooms of Logan Junior High School. The event, endorsed by the Hocking County USDA War Board, is supervised by H D Saxton with Lafferty and county War Board members contributing. Enrollment of at least 10 is needed to continue the school under the Hocking County Soil Conservation District plan.
Logan society pages record Duplicate Bridge Club hosted by Mrs Hankison with substitutes and high scorers Mrs Jack Pierce and Mrs Ed Kemper. Questionnaires Club, Tuesday Auction Club, and Delta Kappa Gamma meet for reports, prizes, and a Christmas party plan. Local class reunion dinner, sewing group, and a long Logan Personal column note various residents visiting, moving, and returning to Logan with family updates.
West School week activities include a meeting of the newly formed Mother Singers directed by Mrs. George Carr with Miss Minnie Louise Bowen at piano. Attendees listed include Mrs. Ballard Shumate Mrs. Harry Meldrim Mrs. Hollis Mc Millin Mrs. Wayne Cummins Mrs. Roy Thomas Mrs. Lawrence Helber Mrs. Lavon Goodlive Mrs. Harold Voris Mrs. Wayne Ralston and Miss Martha Steel. New library room additions feature a yarn and floss picture donated by Mrs. Robert Tootle and Mrs. Wayne Cummins with a hand made frame by Mr. Cummins. Mrs. Harry Thomas donated fiction books for the sixth graders. Jean Leach donated an encyclopedia and several volumes of fiction.
Logan residents are urged to support the Logan Farmers Institute at Maccabbee Hall December 7 and 8. Special exhibits will feature Mrs. Henry Ebert and Mrs. William Monahan, with prizes for best corn exhibit, six cars per exhibit, and best canned goods display of five jars.
Senior class members selected six candidates for the Logan High School football prom queen. The queen will be crowned at the prom Friday December 1 in the high school auditorium with Catherine Fox Dorothy Geiger Mary Mowery Carolyn Martin Patty Walsh and Janet Struble named as finalists. Wilbur Lanning's orchestra will provide music.
D Melvin Heft resigns as treasurer of the Hocking County Chapter Red Cross and plans to move to Lancaster to make his home James L Young chapter chairman says Marty Smith will replace Heft as treasurer The Hefts moved Wednesday
Cpl Kerwood Fickle of Rosecrans California is on an eleven day furlough at his parents home Mr and Mrs Fd Fickle and will report to Camp Maxey after the break. Petty Officer Ralph Fickle left for Norfolk Virginia after visiting his mother Mrs Florence Fickle on East Hunter Street.
Groups are asked to deliver gifts to the Extension Office by Saturday December 2. Donated items include ties stationery and general supplies for patients and staff at Fletcher General Hospital.
Noblesville Indiana farmer William B Gray reports field mice chewed two new pneumatic tractor tires exposing fabric. He seeks Office of Price Administration permission to replace them at about 90 dollars each, detailing the damage and cost.
Logan monthly church night at St Matthew Lutheran Church plans a Luther League program tonight with speaker Oscar Ice of Capital University, president of the International Luther League. Guests from Lancaster and Sugar Grove will attend, refreshments to follow. Church council members from St John Lutheran Laurel Township met last night with the pastor and Mrs Heyde.
Logan totals show 426000.00 sold to date and 158047.75 yet to go. The remaining amount notes 82670522.15 as a cryptic figure amid the update.
LOGAN A group of Child Study Club members gathered at Mrs. Eber Mowery’s home on Tuesday to wrap and pack Christmas boxes for soldiers at Fletcher General Hospital in Cambridge. A surprise stork gift was given to Mrs. Ray Garverick. A salad course was served by the hostess with help from Mrs. John Buntz. Present were: Mrs. John Summers, president. Mrs. Arlie Brimner. Mrs. Carl Larimer. Mrs. Warner Lehman. Mrs. Earl Whittekind. Mrs. Buntz. Mrs. G. L. Williams and her daughter. Mrs. Robert Mohler. Mrs. Harry Shaw. Miss Viola Coakley. Mrs. Garverick. guest of honor Mrs. Mowery. and Mrs. James Rees.
Haydenville library service begins Friday December 1 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm at Haydenville school library. Adults may borrow books. the program is experimental and could be discontinued if response is weak.
Fire units were summoned at 2 40 P M Wednesday to Pritchard's Restaurant where an ice cream freezer motor burned out. Later that evening they were called to William Jarvis's North Street home for a minor fire with no damage.
The sale of War Savings Stamps at the Central School Building on Wednesday totaled 80.50. November sales reached 512.35 for the month.
Harry Eugene Courter a drill press operator and Juanita Jean Feather a clerk both of Columbus obtained a marriage license in probate court on Wednesday. Courter is the son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Courter and Feather the daughter of Mrs Donald Feather.
Mrs Hazel Kinnison of North Market Street was transported to Deetor s Hospital Columbus Wednesday evening by Leonard Ambulance Service for treatment.
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