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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1968
Page
8
Logan and surrounding areas report a county court session where one man forfeited a $50 bond for no operator license, excessive speed and other violations led to 16 fines, and 23 more forfeited bonds over Saturday and Monday mornings.
A Nelsonville family dinner honored Marine Lance Cpl. Jay Brooks at 127 E Columbus St Friday. Brooks returned home Thursday after a year in Vietnam with the Marine Corps, joined by relatives including John and Patricia Speakman, the Hoodletts, and Brooks family members from Lancaster.
Logan AAUW branch schedules a Thursday meeting at Mrs. William Keynes home 295 Midland Place at 7 15 p m with a board session then a program at 8 00 p m The Rev L William Countryman will discuss Man Myth and Art noting Claude Levi Strauss and Mircea Eliade The program precedes a brief business meeting Annual dues are due by October 31 Mrs Luther Brimner serves on the Division Membership Committee for Southeast Regional
Fred Weber II spoke to Kiwanis on carrier training objectives. John H. Huffman reported on the district convention in Cincinnati. National Newspaper Week runs October 6 to 12, with National Newspaperboy Day on October 12. The Messenger will participate. Weber outlined a promotional kit and carrier training methods.
The Nelsonville Home Extension Group meets Wednesday from 1 to 3 PM with Mrs. Howard Plummer Route 2. The Golden Rule Class at First United Methodist Church meets Thursday at 7 30 PM with Mrs. Frances Stage 727 Walnut St. The Cosmopolitan Club holds an anniversary dinner Friday at 6 PM at Mrs. Marie Weiss 116 Canal St. Valley Lodge Knights of Pythias meets Wednesday at 7 30 PM in the Pythian Hall.
The Holzer Hospital notices list multiple newborns from families including Tillis Mullins Baker Morton Ewington and more. Admissions include Mr and Mrs James Hammonds Stover Manley Wilbur Ferris Herman Straight Hennessey Vanmeter Wray Wolfe Young Spencer Ferry Duncan Neal Hudson Laferty Shoemaker Loudermilk Ware Brown Byas Caudill Cragg Hammon Hendricks Johnson McClelland McPeak Meadows Mora Morrow Phillips Sammons Sheets Smith Straight Walker and other patients and relatives.
Jack Gilbert of the William Saxbe Headquarters in Columbus will be guest speaker at the Ohio University Young Republicans Club meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m in room 127 Bentley Hall. The meeting will discuss the campaign and its organization. The club works with the Athens County Republican Executive Committee and Young Republicans on last three weeks of the campaign. A door to door canvas is planned Oct 12 from 1 to 4 p m with townspeople providing transportation and students distributing literature. The group will aid county officials in a county wide telephone canvass Oct 16 and a mail canvass of all registered voters in the County.
The Red Cross fell short of its 270 pint quota on Monday with 124 pints collected of 135. Supervisors hope Tuesday's final tally boosts total donations at the Church of the Good Shepherd. Donors include Merle Hawk Glen McDaniel Kathrine McDaniel and others. In Logan, divorces granted: Ernest Michel from Clara Michel and Charles W Kleinschmidt from Betty J Kleinschmidt.
Hocking Conservancy District named Rumac Incorp and the Ohio Department of Mental Hygiene as defendants in Common Pleas Court seeking land for Athens flood control. District values Rumac land at 12800 while the mental hygiene land is valued at 10092. Plaintiffs are R. V. Oakley Robert Mathews and Ralph Poston. Since Sept. 28 the district has filed 31 land appropriation suits for the Hocking River project.
Nelsonville Glenford Dugan Post 229 reports 26 members signed for 1969 and urges all Legionnaires to obtain their 1969 cards by November 11. The Gifts for Yanks Who Gave fund supports Christmas gifts for Ohio hospital veterans, reaching 9,300 veterans last year across 17 state hospitals the Ohio Soldiers Home and five VA facilities.
At Nelsonville a Crippled Children's Clinic examined 103 children in the Southeast Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital auditorium. Sponsored by Athens County Health Department with Columbus specialists. Attending were Dr. Joseph Leach, Dr. Frank Humberger, Charles Rosenquist, David Altmair, Grace Roberts, and others from Ohio Elks Association.
Messenger Book Review finds Bush Baby a bore despite eccentric hero Miles Yeoman and spy intrigue. The plot centers on a professor framed by authorities, a frozen corpse, a Bush Baby instrument, and a mission behind Yugoslavia's Iron Curtain, ending with a tepid romance and a cooling verdict on the tale.
List of patients and dismissals at Mount St. Mary Hospital includes Mrs. Alice Smith Nelsonville Route 2 Joseph Dewhurst Nelsonville Mrs Helen McDonald Glouster Route 1 Mrs Rosemary Sherritt Haydenville John Smathers Millfield Route 1 Mrs Ordis Wolfe Nelsonville and dismissals of Mrs Edgar Hampton and son Mrs Carol Wright Miss Sandra Gwilym Mrs Lena Campbell Mrs Grace Dyker Mrs Ruah Dean Master Russell Geiger.
A local hospital lists community members including Mrs. Frank Hampp of Zaleski, Laurence Martin, Miss Nancy Bower, Master Phillip Six, Miss Linda Moorehead, Stanley Bailey, Miss Shelley Frakes, and Mrs. Hiram F. Tripp. The notice records names connected to the Hocking Valley Community Hospital.
Dolly Pickett Pomeroy Shirley Lambert Middleport Glenna Yarbrough Rutland Harry Yarbrough Rutland Naomi Autherson Long Bottom Osa Boggess Syracuse Harry Yarbrough Rutland William Leo Searls Middleport
Pleasant Valley Hospital notes list multiple patients and guardians including Mrs. David Koblentz Pome roy Mrs. Robert King Pome roy Mrs. Price Russell Point Pleasant Mrs. Sidney Durst Portland Tammy Bunion Ronald Burchfield Mrs. Charles Keen an Mrs. William Patterson and daughter Mrs. Cleo Smith and twins Meigs General Charles Eblin Pomeroy
Nelsonville Parents of Troop 67 Scouts meet at First Christian Church Fort Street at 7 o'clock tonight. Nelsonville York City Board of Education session postponed to October 14 at 6 30 p.m. per board clerk Mrs Harold Smith.
Boy Scout Troop 67 hosts a 6 p.m. dinner and Court of Honor at the First Christian Church in Nelsonville. The potluck dinner features slide pictures of a Philmont camping trip shown by District Scout Commissioner Keith Butt, who led the Kootaga Council delegation to Philmont in July.
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