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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1955
Page
5
Logan High School band members will sell candy at the stadium during the Logan Athens football game Friday night and house to house on Logan streets Saturday. Proceeds go to the Band Boosters general fund for uniforms replacements trips and instrument needs. Mra Fred Murray chairs the ways and means committee.
The Union Furnace Home Demonstration club plans a Friday meeting at Mrs. Robert Stimson's home hosted by agent Miss Ethel Bower. The event starts at 10 am and members should bring sewing machines attachments thread scrap material and bias tape.
Hemlock social notes recount Mr and Mrs H Le Cassidy and family returning to the United States after two and a half years abroad. They were greeted in Columbus by Cassidy relatives and friends from Marshfield Groveport Zanesville Lancaster and Goldwin Michigan. Local families hosted dinners visited hospitals and shared weekend gatherings across Fairfield County and nearby towns.
A Friday lineup features a dinner date show and several news and commentary programs. Highlights include The Pauline Frederick Show, Ted Steele Show, and the Ted Malome program with Sardle content.
Fragmentary hospital note section lists several individuals including Mr and Mrs Russell Mason and others with stray fragments like Strand Bre Morton and Marvin Chiuer. Missing context and readable details prevent full interpretation of events or notices.
Four Hocking County residents earned membership in exclusive clubs by donating their eighth pint of blood during the Columbus Regional Center mobile unit visit on August 31. Harold Bailey and Julia Weaver joined the Er Club, while Homer E. Cooper and John E. Strait qualified for the Two Galion Club.
Kenneth E. Simms, 26, of Lorain, pleaded guilty before a magistrate to larceny. He was held on $100 bond and returned to county jail after being brought from Cincinnati by Deputy Sheriff Joe Breeze. Simms is accused of stealing copper wire from the Natco clay mine at Haydenville in August. a warrant was issued August 9 on a complaint by Natco manager C. S. Mitney.
George Le Evener, 41, of Athens Route 1, pleaded guilty in Athens Municipal Court to driving while intoxicated. He received a mandatory three day jail sentence. Le Evener is confined as the Athens County jail undergoes reorganization with inmates transferred around the Eskimo country region.
Mrs Wesley Ogg hosted the Tourist Book Club with members and guests Tuesday evening after a 6 20 dinner at Blosser s The program at the Oze home featured a Bible study style session led by Mrs M B Haney and a Women s Society of Christian Service program with devotions and discussions on Christian giving The evening included refreshments prepared by several members and reports from district and federation events with invitations to attend District Day at OU Center Athens.
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