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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1948
Page
3
The column lists multiple congregations with service times and activities. First Methodist plans morning worship and an Oct 10 resumption of evening services. Jehovahs Witnesses and various churches provide Bible studies, communion observances, youth meetings, choir rehearsals, and midweek prayer times across local buildings in Logan and surrounding towns.
Chester Baum and family visited Bremen relatives. District Flower Show attendees at Heath Methodist Church Middleport included Purley Karr Pearl Mora Miles Nelson Howard Knight Wallace Amberger Pearl Kohlentz and Joe Bailey. Visitors to Emma Riebel included Janie Young Miles Nelson Esta Kimes Freda Miller Rita Ridenour Vinnie Kibble and Floyd Ridenour. Delbert Carnahan and daughter Delores with Jean Trussell returned from Columbus. Senior class visited Parkersburg to view the Freedom Train. Laura Horton of Sebring stayed with Emma Riedel. Gordon Ridenour and Gladys Allen of Parkersburg spent a day in Delaware. Ward Hayes learned of Pearl Hayes death in Arizona.
Mayor Roger W. Friend fined two motorists after guilty pleas to traffic charges. William Harwood of Logan received a $15 fine and costs for overloading a truck after state patrol arrest on Route 75. Miss Evaline Bowen of Columbus paid $10 and costs for reckless operation following a local accident earlier this week.
Mrs. Arthur McKibben underwent an appendectomy at Hocking Valley Hospital Logan. Her husband visited. Four McKibben children stay with grandparents Rev. and Mrs. Everett McKibben. Numerous relatives and friends visit and dine with local families.
Long list of relatives from the area gather in Middleport for Miss Lou Swan's funeral. Others report attending a Portland church teachers training class and church meetings to be held in Chester. D S Yates and family visit from Cleveland. Dell Larkins and daughter hospital stay after surgery. Marvin Marks builds a concrete block grocery store on Route 248.
Logan plans for the annual joint Boy and Girl Scout drives will be discussed at a meeting of the Hocking County Boy and Girl Scout Council Monday evening in the Hull Building at 8 p.m. All council members are urged to attend. Mrs. Fred Huls will co chair the drive with Vaughn A. Collins of 397 Friesner Ave.
Logan records show a single September fire totaling 25 dollars in damage. Fire Chief Roy J. Stallsmith notes the blaze started by a cigarette igniting dry cross in a garage at 153 East 2nd Street, residence of Mrs. Jessie Barber. A 300 foot bilateral fire hose will debut at Monday’s monthly drill.
Corning and surrounding communities report visits among Wright family members including Carl Wright and wife Beatrice Campbell Wright plus relatives from New Straitsville Mansfield Dayton Barberton Logan and Columbus. Others travel to Columbus for business visits and hospital care, with Eastern Star plans and a polio survivor Tommy Gaitten listed among neighborhood news.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Osborn and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Simmons of Columbus visited Mrs. Lester Brookover. Laurel Cliff PTA met at the school to plan a Halloween party. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Stahl of Portsmouth spent a Sunday with relatives. A daughter was born Sept. 26 to Mr. and Mrs. Steven Eblin. Mrs. Pearl Parker.
An organizational meeting of the Youth Fellowship at the First Methodist Church of Logan is set for Oct 7 at 7 p.m. in the church.
The Young People's society of St. Matthew Lutheran Church will host an outdoor supper Sunday at 6 30 p m. Rev. Paul N War ner, pastor, announced the event to be held at the church.
Logan Girl Scout Troop 4 met Wednesday evening with Retha Brooks welcomed as a new member. Irene Durant led the nibble box. Lois Hagen will handle it next meeting. Ruth Blake attended as a guest alongside Irene Durant, Ann Yates, Marilyn Meyer, Marjorie Spence, Janet Sue Snyder, Katie VanSickle, Virginia Norris, Dolores West, Ruth Johnson, and Betty Emerick. Leaders Mrs. M. B. Haney and Mrs. Karl L. Schmitter attended.
Eureka reports Mr and Mrs Carl Chambers and daughter Carla and Claude and Raymond Chambers from Cannonsburg spent a weekend with Mr and Mrs John Chambers and daughter Joyce. Mrs Walter Evans hosted WSCS with seventeen present and a next meeting planned for Oct 21. Mt Zion Baptist Ladies Aid hosted nine members and guests. Anette Chambers of Teens Run visited her uncle John Chambers. J C Franklin ill aboard the steamer Leslie. Mrs Belle Fisher marked her 82nd birthday with a basket dinner hosted by Mrs Della Bodimer.
A car and a truck were heavily damaged in a Route 278 collision near Route 595. The David Davies Corp. truck from Columbus, driven by John Dale Bee, 32, of Zanesville, sideswiped a car driven by Renzo Erb, 43, of Obetz. No injuries were reported.
The Logan based Hocking County WCTU schedules a Wednesday convention at the First Presbyterian Church Logan with the first session at 10 30 am followed by a covered dish dinner at noon.
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