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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1948
Page
3
Logan officials and state highway department agreed to split the $12,000 cost to repair Mulberry Street bridge over the Ocking River. Planned work includes new steel girders steel flooring with bituminous surface and repainting. The state will solicit bids for the project.
Waltonian Chorus members will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday for a rehearsal in the courthouse auditorium. Director J Richard Farmer said the concert is scheduled for October 7 in Circleville.
Logan reports a large Saturday crowd ending the 1948 Hocking County Fair as events wrap with fireworks. Junior fair awards go to Jimmy Strawn and Dale Laughlin for cattle showmanship. band contest honors include Logan High School Band taking first in class A and additional trophies across divisions.
The Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors of Ohio will hold an embalmers examination to license embalmers Thursday and Friday October 9th and 10th at 8:00 A M at the Deshler-Wallick Hotel in Columbus. Notice published under Section 1325-4 G C of Ohio. Co L Stout, Secretary Treasurer. The excerpt also lists names Logan Andre Gilbert Potter Auburn Mich and others visiting Deshler area.
Ohio probate court in Athens County schedules a hearing on November 17 1945 at 10 AM for a petition by Floyd and Millie Dinsmoor Albany R D 2 to adopt James Eugene Smith and change his name to James Eugene Dinsmoor alleging two years of non support. Vernon Harrison and others receive notice of the hearing as required by law. The court date appears in the probate docket signed by Judge Francis D White with deputy Neta Spaulding.
Logan motorists plead guilty to traffic violations and were fined by Mayor Roger W. Friend. Winona Powell, 31, New Marshfield Route 1, paid 100 dollars plus costs for driving while intoxicated. Francis Benedum, 25, Reedsville, paid 15 dollars plus costs for speeding 75 mph on Route 33. Max E. McKinley, 258% E. Second Street, Logan, paid 10 dollars plus costs for speeding.
At Ocking Valley Hospital in Logan recent records show a birth for Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kimble of Nelsonville a son and a dismissal for Mrs. Paul Shaw of Rockbridge Route 1.
In many natural history museums the count of specimens kept purely for research exceeds those shown to the public, highlighting the emphasis on scientific study over exhibit numbers.
Logan police report two Saturday incidents with no injuries. First collision at Orchard and Main involved Lee E. Evans and Jay Everett White causing $100 damage to each car. Second crash on S Mulberry Street involved Howard May and Marsha J. Nungeson with $25 damage to the Nungeson vehicle.
The Logan Hocking County District Library schedules the fourth annual Library Tag Sale for September 27 to October 2. Tags will be sold for 10 cents each to simplify distribution to school children. First prize, a Buckeye Ride airplane trip sponsored by Pratt Motor Sales, will allow ten Logan and Hocking County children to participate. Tags go on sale in Logan on October 2.
Probate Court reports eight marriage licenses granted this week. Couples include George Zinn Jr. and Virginia Lou Burchfield. Carl Hook and Ruth Powell. Lorenzo Thress and Norma Shaw. Denzel Rhymer and Arietta Canon. Grover Browning Jr. and Mary Pontious. Dean Hood and Erma Moore. Jack Thress and Novella Haybron. Kenley Krinn and Virginia Butterfield. The records reflect names ages and local routes.
Thousands of sufferers praise NORITO for rapid relief from rheumatic pains including rheumatism neuralgia neuritis and sciatica. The ad promises trustworthy results and a money-back guarantee if the first three doses fail to relieve the worst pain.
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