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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1947
Page
3
Logan officials announce ballots for disabled voters will be issued until 6 30 p m Oct 30, the absentee deadline. Special ballots prepared for the Fourth Ward name Joseph Phillips acting councilman as candidate to replace the late Russell Howe. Strips bearing Phillips name attached.
Charles J. Schempp died Monday at Hocking Valley Hospital. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Leonard Funeral Home with Rev. A N Grueser officiating. Pallbearers were Sherman Lyke H P Thomas Carl Brown Edward Godfrey Vernon Mauk and John Weaver. Interment followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
Phillips was appointed by the city council to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Hone which extended to December 31. The move replaces Hone on the regular ballot partition.
Logan Girl Scout Troop 4 met in the scout rooms Wednesday for a discussion of its Halloween party. Members worked on badges. attendees included Mrs. M. B. Haney Mrs. Carl Schmitter Marilyn Meyer Doris Huston Gloria Wallace Kathryn Van Sickle Janet Snyder Ann Yates Norma Linn Dorothy Harwood Virginia Norris Sue Ranade Dolores West Velma Durant and Shirley Hoke.
The Household Science Club met in the sewing room with 25 members. Jeanine Spence was elected president, Eleanor Know vice president, Phil Griffith secretary, and one Flood treasurer. Sarah Rockhold serves as club advisor to the home economics department extracurricular group.
Louise Weaver 69 lifelong Hocking County resident died early Wednesday in Hocking Valley Hospital after a few days as a patient. Survived by husband Clarence, funeral services set for Saturday at 9 a.m. in St Johns Church with Rev Father Schneider officiating. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the Weaver home on Logan Route 2 until services.
Logan notes show admissions for Mrs. Melvin Wolfe Union Furnace surgical John T Malone New Plymouth surgical Mrs John Judson Haydenville medical Mrs William Smith Glouster James Evans Nelsonville surgical and a dismissal for Mrs John Kramer Logan.
Jack Angle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Angle now living near Portland Oregon, and his wife traveled separately to welcome their son at Hocking Valley Hospital in New Straitsville. The infant, Jackson Van, was born just hours after the parents’ speedy arrival.
Mrs. Katherine Katie Walker 70 a former Hocking County resident died Tuesday night in Louisville Kentucky She was a native Kentuckian and widow of Samuel Walker The body will be returned to Logan Thursday for viewing at Leonard funeral home and services Friday at 2 p m in the funeral chapel Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery
Jackie Whitmore of Enterprise pleaded guilty to speeding after his car left the highway and crashed into a field Saturday night. Mayor W. Denzil Weltner fined Whitmore $15 plus costs.
Judge Harley Meyer approves Starr Township trustees petition to move 1500 dollars from the general fund to the road and bridge fund. The transfer finances road work and bridge upkeep.
Scotland’s first licensed automobile owner was seen driving with bunches of carrots in his car to calm frightened horses, a curious practice noted in local reports.
Mr and Mrs Andrew Paskell and others hosted and visited relatives in Columbus and nearby towns. Weekend visits included Donald Auguish from Cleveland and a group from Huntington Athens New Straitsville Olive Hill Ky Crooksville and Michigan. Illness noted for Kenney Simpson and Betty Simpson.
Radcliff J E Bacus Sr convalescing. J E Bacus Jr and Clarence Bacus visited him. Cecil Forrest of Columbus spent weekend with sister in law Gill Riley. Roger Cline, student, visited parents in Columbus. W W Jeffers family and others attended Fairfield County Fair in Lancaster. Willard Faulk of Columbus visited relatives. Eldon Wells taken to Holzer Hospital after car collision with his brother Laurence. Stanley Huston and Jack Emrich escaped injury when their car hit a guard rail near Benningtonville.
John Thompson suffered a partial finger injury at work in McArthur. A daughter was born Tuesday to Mr and Mrs Luther Hartsough, a son Thursday to Mr and Mrs Vance Tedrow. Mrs Bertha White and grand daughter Phillis visited from Columbus. Virginia Burns and Bernard Griffith announce their October wedding in Columbus. The couple will reside at 1359 Dennison Ave Columbus.
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