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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1961

Page

7

Mundys Host Logan Twig Social Gatherings

Logan Auxiliary to the Hocking Valley Hospital held a Saturday evening event at 762 E Main St hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Mundy. Guests included the Ellingers Bishop Bakers Nixon Tschappai Webb Glenn Harden Schempp Leach Blosser and Mundys. Mrs Forrest Glenn invited the group to the October social at her country home.

Twig I Logan Hocking Valley Hospital Ed Mundy Main St Lawrence Ellinger Fred Bishop Roy Baker Stanley E. Nixon Phil Tschappai Margaret T. Webb Forest Glenn Frank Harden Clarence Schempp John Leach Carl Blosser Mundy Forrest Glenn

Hiram S. Thompson 80 Dies After Illness in Logan

Hiram Stanley Thompson of 262 Friesner Ave Logan died Saturday after a two year illness. He was born in Wilkesville, survived by wife Nola and son Robert S. Thompson of Columbus. A locomotive engineer for Hocking Valley and later C. and O. RRs, he retired in 1949 after nearly 50 years of service. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the First United Presbyterian Church of Logan. Funeral Tuesday with Rev. Thomas D. Foster officiating. Burial at Vinton Memorial Park.

Logan Hiram Stanley Thompson Friesner Ave Nola Robert S. Thompson Columbus William Lulu Bishop Thompson Wilkesville Old Hocking Valley Railroad C. & O. Railroad Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers First United Presbyterian Church of Thomas D. Foster Athens Vinton Memorial Park Vinton

Estates of Struble and Stephenson Filed in Probate Court

Logan inventory of the estate of the late Wilford Struble filed in Hocking County Probate Court. Appraisers named Roy L. Anthony, R. B. Perkins and A. R. Hummel. Also filed is the Glenna Stephenson estate inventory from New Straitsville Route 1 with appraisers Otto Shaw, Evan Jones and J. E. Harmon.

LOGAN Wilford Struble Hocking County Roy L. Anthony R. B. Perkins A. R. Hummel Glenna Stephenson New Straitsville Otto Shaw Evan Jones J. E. Harmon

Tuesday Study Club Sponsors Scout Group Again

The Tuesday Study Club held its first fall meeting at Mrs. Warren Palsley’s home with Mrs. Warner Lehman as president presiding. Members voted to sponsor a local Girl Scout group as Mrs. Gus Kallas led readings and refreshments were served to 12 members and a guest Mrs. Precious Simms.

Warren Palsley Warner Lehman Gus Kallas Paisley Pauline Summers Precious Simms

Local club schedules for September 26 and 28

Logan Calendar lists events across Pocahontas, Junction City and Lake Hope. VFW Ladies Auxiliary, WSCS, Episcopal Women, St Johns Lutheran Women, and parish education programs set for Tuesday. Ohio Civil Service annual dinner and Garden Study Club flower show planned for Thursday with locations and times.

VFW Pocahontas Hall Methodist Church Martha Circle John Ludlow Episcopal Women St. Paul's Church Newton J. Steady W. Hunter St St. John’s American Lutheran Church Catherine Nihiser Fila Nihiser Ed Ringhiser May Gordon Hocking-Vinton County Ohio Civil Service Junction City Eub Church

Logan Woman Hurt in Bus Auto Collision Near Tonganoxie

Edna B. Hughes of Logan Ohio was among four Trailways passengers injured when a bus and car collided on U S 23 40 south of Tonganoxie about 20 miles west of Kansas City.

Tonganokie Kane Edna B. Hughes Logan Ohio Trailways Tonganoxie Kansas City

Club Elects New Officers at September Meeting

The Among Ourselves Club met in Brandt's Mecca Room for a 1 pm luncheon. Mrs. George Wenn chaired poems from Ideals magazine. Mrs. Howard Rolston was reelected president. other officers cited were Mrs. Harry Smith vice president, Mrs. Paul L. Dollison secretary, and Mrs. Carl M. Brown treasurer. Prizes awarded to 14 members and a guest, Mrs. Arthur Dollmatsch.

Among Brandt Mecca George Wenn Ideals Howard Rolston Harry Smith Paul L. Dollison Carl M. Brown Arthur Dollmatsch

Mrr Castell Dies at 78 in Logan

Charles Castell 78 died Saturday evening at Hocking Valley Nursing Home after a month there. Born near Sugar Grove, he lived in Murray City before moving to Logan. Survived by nephews and cousins. Services held at 2 p.m. with Rev. R B Wilson officiating. Burial in Oak Grove cemetery.

Logan Charles Castell Hocking Valley Thomas Emma Linton Castell Sugar Grove Murray City R. B. Wilson Oak Grove Cemetery

Sugar Grove Man Held For Assault

Logan Russell L Pierce 43 Sugar Grove Route 1 pleaded in nocent to a charge of criminal assault in Hocking County Court arraignment Monday. Bound over to grand jury and jailed on 2000 bond. Pierce jailed after arrest Friday by Washington DC police and return by sheriff’s deputies. Charges filed by Pierce’s wife allege offense involving 12 year old daughter on Aug 18.

Logan Russell L. Pierce Sugar Grove Hocking Pierce Washington D. C Paul Dietzer Ed Smith

Warsaw Pact to hold exercises in October and November

Tass reports the Soviet aligned Warsaw Pact armed forces will conduct exercises in October and November, highlighting a planned military display amid Cold War tension.

Moscow Tass

Delicate Heart Operation in Northeast Ohio

Julius Babes of Painesville becomes the second resident in the region to receive a transistor powered heart stimulator. Surgeons implanted a device beneath the left rib cage to energize the heart and restore a normal rhythm. Babes, under 48 hour observation at Huron Road Hospital, is expected to move home soon. The device, developed by Dr. Paul M. Zoll, uses a battery packed in a small box connected by platinum wires to the heart muscle.

Julius Babes Painesville Ohio Babes Cleveland Huron Road Hospital Paul M. Zoll Electrodyne Co

Ucker Acquitted On Milk Charge In Hocking County

The retrial of the Ucker Bros. Dairy case in Hocking County Common Pleas Court ended with a not guilty verdict for James Ucker, operator, on a charge of misbranding and grading milk. The jury deliberated about 90 minutes after a prior hung jury.

Acker H. M. Boocks Logan-Hocking County Health Department Acker Bros Southeast District Ohio Department of Health Nelsonville Hocking County Health Board

TR Hospital Patients Jailed For Fighting

Two patients at Southeast Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital were fined ten dollars plus costs after hearings before Hocking County Judge Vaughn Collins. Elmer Mitchell and Virgil Gilkey faced intoxication and disorderly conduct charges filed by Dr. John M. Dunn following arrest by Sheriff’s deputy Ed Smith. Both were committed to the county jail for inability to pay. cases not active, per hospital staff.

Logan Southeast Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital Hocking Vaughn Collins Elmer Mitchell Virgil Gilkey John M. Dunn Hocking County Ed Smith

Court Hears Traffic Cases In Hocking County Court

Logan cases include Ben S Vaughn 52 Glouster who forfeited 29 dollar bond for overloaded truck on Route 33 filed Sept 18 by State Highway Patrol. Mark L Van Duren 57 of 106 Motherwell Ave cited for improper brakes on Route 33 Sept 17. Ross D Stimson 44 of Logan fined 10 dollars plus costs for stop sign violation Sept 22 with fines suspended.

Logan Ben S. Vaughn Glouster Hocking State Highway Patrol Mark L. van Duren Motherwell Ave Vaughn Collins Ross D. Stimson

Sleeping Fisherman Unaware He Is Object Of Search

Logan Wright of Horns Mill was the subject of a two hour search by Hocking County Sheriff Paul Hartman after a relative reported his disappearance Sunday. Wright had been fishing with a relative at Rockbridge basin earlier and was found asleep under a pine tree along Route 33 near Rockbridge at about 11 p.m.

Logan John Wright Horn’s Mill Hocking County Paul Hartman Wright Rockbridge Route 33

Lake Michigan Bed Deepens Sediment Changes Observed

Lake Michigan’s depth is decreasing as sediment accumulates at the bottom. Researchers report a rise in bottom sediment by inches per century, slowly reducing navigable depths and potentially impacting shoreline processes and ecology.

Lake Michigan

Gifts Pledged for Veterans by Buckeye Council

At Worthington meeting the Buckeye Council pledged 300 gifts for the Christmas Gift Shop at Chillicothe Veterans Administration Hospital. The shop lets veterans select free gifts for loved ones, with volunteers wrapping and mailing selections. Twelve table decorations for the veterans Christmas celebration were pledged to be assembled by Hocking County garden clubs.

Logan Buckeye Council Worthington Red Cross Veterans Administration Hospital Chillicothe Hocking County

Also Mentioned on This Page

Mundys Logan Twig H. Thompson Struble Stephenson Estates Starlight Club Oliver Blake E. Main St C. J. Hysell Club Mrr. Castell Cornelius FE. Gallagher D-N.j 87Th Ucker Boocks Lloyd Frazier Jack Cummins Sanitarian Ptl. Frazier Cummins N. Orchard Robert Campbell Foreman Marion Harper Dorothy Estep Dovie Pittman John Hillyer Nellie Bond Harold Moore Dorothy Brown Lloyd Nixon Jack North Hazel Patton Opal Lonberger TR Hospital Buick Lia
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