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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1963
Page
5
Firefighters answered three alarms over the weekend with two blazes at city dumps caused by trash fires and a third fire scorching 514 acres of woods and grass at N Walnut and Vine Streets. Booster lines rakes and paddles helped extinguish the flames.
Announcement from Mr and Mrs Charles W Pratt of 726 E Front St Logan states their daughter Nancy Sue Pratt will marry James R Dennis of Laurel Run son of Rev and Mrs John R Dennis of Troy. The couple plan a November 17 ceremony at Logan Maglovie Church with Rev Robert W McQuilkin officiating.
Orville D Harner of New Vienna announces the engagement of Isabelle Maye Harner to Richard S Donahey Jr son of Mr and Mrs Richard S Donahey Sr of Walnut Hills Miss Harner a New Vienna High School graduate and OSU senior in arts education is an English instructor at the Ohio Technical Institute Donahey a Logan High School graduate and OSU engineering senior is with James E Guthrie Co has U S Army RTC background The couple plan a December 22 wedding at Fairview Friends Meeting Wilmington.
Airman 8-C Ralph E. Bolin of Jacksonville is assigned to Malmstrom AFB Montana after graduating from the Air Force technical training course for warehousing specialists. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Ray Gillett of Main Street Jacksonville and a Trimble Local High School graduate.
The DeMolay Mothers Club voted to endorse the 11.5 mill operating levy for Logan city schools at a meeting held at Mrs. Washington Bowers Jr. home on N. Walnut St. The group also announced a candy bar sale by DeMolay boys in December.
Mr and Mrs Marion W Markin of Corning announce the upcoming marriage of their son Airman 3 C Glennis C Markin with the U S Air Force in Lincoln Nebraska to Miss Pasty Ann Jordan daughter of Mr and Mrs Lee Jordan of Lincoln. The ceremony will be at 2 pm November 10 at the Salvation Army Citadel in Lincoln with a Citadel reception and a 20 day Corning leave after the wedding.
Logan James A. Sheets age 18 of 320 Elm Street was fined ten dollars and costs after pleading guilty to running a stop sign at Jennison and Spring. Charles F. Edgar age 55 of 583 East Bowen Street was found not guilty on an assault and battery charge filed by Hazel Reed.
The Pris cilla Class of the Methodist Church meets at Mrs. Roy Brown home near Lake Burr Oak with co hosts Mrs. Bessie Taylor Venus Elliott and W A Craft. Enid Cox elected vice president and officers Sadie Parks Zelpha Brown Anna Echsten kamper. Get well cards planned for Dr. C A Pride Sadie Williams Tom Judson Ethel Horner. B R Angle to serve refreshments in November.
Public notice of a November 5 1963 general election in Waterloo Township Athens County Ohio to vote on a levy exceeding the ten mill limit for firefighting equipment and services. The proposal imposes up to 1 mill per dollar of valuation for five years to fund a volunteer fire company and related facilities.
Multiple village notices announce elections to approve levies in excess of ten mills for Glouster and Amesville Ohio. Proposals seek funds for current operating expenses and village projects, with rates up to five or two mills per dollar valuation and terms of five years. Notices list dates June 1968 and November 1963, with officials E. B. Young and Ray Lobo as chairs/clerks.
Notice announces a November 5 1963 general election in Glouster Village for a levy exceeding ten mills for current expenses with up to 2 mills for five years. Also Dover Township Athens County holds a similar vote for fire protection in the Chauncey Dover Joint Fire District at up to one mill for five years.
Wolfpen area news notes list numerous visits and family connections. Langsville guests include Mr and Mrs Tom Kendrick and Mr and Mrs Harley Johnson with extended family in Columbus Middletown and Radcliff. Logan police arrested Emerson E. Peters for driving while intoxicated and he will appear before Mayor Delmar Freeman tonight.
In Waterloo Township Athens County Ohio voters will decide on a tax renewal of 0.9 mill and an increase of 0.1 mill for cemetery maintenance for five years. The measure is set for the regular polling places on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1963.
A notice states that Alexander Township Athens County Ohio will seek a levy exceeding the ten mill limit for fire protection. The election is set for Tuesday November 5 1963 at regular voting places. The proposal asks a rate not exceeding one mill producing ten cents per dollar for five years.
The case J I Case Credit Corp versus V D Black offers for sale by public auction the northwest quarter of section 6 and a second tract on Cautsey Road in Locustown township Athens County Ohio on Thursday November 21 1963 at 1 30 PM at the east door of the courthouse Athens Ohio. The parcels include 160 acres more or less and a second tract with various metes and bounds totaling acres with an oil and gas lease held by Ohio Fuel Gas Company. The property was conveyed to J O Quisenberry by warranty deed in 1960 and is appraised at 3000 with no sale less than two thirds thereof. Terms cash in hand. Sheriff Harold Ek Shields and attorney Rowland Bridgewater Gray.
Logan Calendar lists Trinity Lutheran Couples Club at 7 30 p m at the parsonage with Rev and Mrs Arthur Bauer hosting and Harold Crawford and his wife as discussion leaders Ilesboro and Union Furnace Home Demonstration Clubs meet with notes of timing place and a color lesson by Sharon Daertsche Y Teens initiation at Logan High School ends with tea for members parents and YWCA guests plus a stray tip about using cigarette filter tips as ear plugs for shooting ranges.
Bidwell and nearby residents visit the Murray home social rounds. Families from Columbus Kemper Hollow and Steubenville call on Anthony Murray. A funeral service in Buffalo West Virginia unites Mrs Glassburn and relatives.
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