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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1949
Page
12
The Chauncey Dover school board will meet tonight at 8 p.m. with district residents. The gathering was requested by local Union No. 358 of the United Mine Workers and a citizens committee. No reasons were disclosed by a spokesman.
Logan County teachers plan a Friday gathering at Rachelmacher Park for the annual meeting led by C A Woods president. No county schools will operate that day with registration 1 to 2 p m recreation 2 to 4 p m basket dinner 5 p m and a business session featuring George C Beery Franklin County Schools superintendent.
Mrs. Evelyn K. Goodin 63 of near Prattsville died Friday night by hanging. Coroner found death by own action with despondency as the cause. Survived by sons Carl and Jerry Goodin Grove City. Funeral Monday at Union Ridge Nazarene Church, Rev. Harry Swertz officiating. Burial at Harkins Chapel Cemetery.
Mrs Everett McWilliams presided over a Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority meeting in the sorority rooms. They discussed a bake sale at Ohio Power Saturday morning and a dance Saturday night. A social hour followed with hostesses Mrs Marion Armstrong Mrs Harold Brown Mrs Richard Brown and Mrs Paul Fickel. Members and pledges attending listed by name.
Bremen residents Mr and Mrs Carl Howdyshell hosted dinner with children Carol and Denny. Lima and Columbus visitors dropped by for gatherings at various homes. Chester Lemon hosted a sixteenth anniversary party with Clifford Smith’s birthday. Numerous relatives and friends from New Plymouth, Marion Township, Columbus, Gore, and Delaware attended.
Mrs Carl Williams shows improvement after three weeks ill at Memorial hospital and is back home. Guests include James Brown and Art Minor of Zanesville with Amanda Robinson, Frank Medley family from Lancaster, Wayne Dearth hosts Milton Gaunder, Dean Bennett, Andy Perino, and others. Fish fry at Fairview Park draws C J Kennard, Les Van Fossen, Susan Van Fossen, Tom Masterson families, plus visitors from Cleveland and Minnesota. Agnes Drake and Delmar visit Drake household. Earnest Drake and family noted.
Logan City Council discussed two petitions and two resolutions while examining the police and firemen’s pension fund after a patrolman questioned 1948 contributions. Attorney Leslie Johnson urged funding, but the fund’s late setup blocked 1948 levy certification. council may transfer from the general fund if needed. Also approved a $1000 transfer to repair the South Mulberry Street bridge catwalk, and announced traffic signs for Route 33. Frank Larimer attended as the new first ward council member.
Mr and Mrs Thom as Boyer welcomed a daughter born Sept 17 at their Main Street home. Several families and relatives from St Paul Lancaster Columbus Millersport and Hamilton visited or moved in with local residents. Attendees included Harvey Waters and Billy Waters of the U S Navy, Loretta Patton, and H J Dye with Carl Dye in Columbus.
The Knotts family moved into the Frank Strong property now owned by Wade Haley. School began in Dexter with Mr and Mrs M E Nelson as teachers. Mr and Mrs C E Stout with Alma Trainer and daughter Ada Belle attended Paul Childs funeral at Point Pleasant.
Donald Bryan, of Nelsonville Route 2, filed in common pleas court seeking a judgment against the Industrial Commission of Ohio to allow continued participation in the Workmen's Compensation Act. He says a March 3, 1945 mine accident while employed by Star-Jackson Mining Co. caused injuries and that compensation was awarded May 18, 1945, with ongoing disability and earning-capacity impairment, and that the Commission denied further compensation based on current condition not due to the 1945 injury.
Mr and Mrs Lewis Diehl hosted a family dinner with several relatives including Ivan Diehl Paul Archer and Charles Diehl. The piece records birthdays anniversaries illnesses travels and local social events across Laurel Cliff Columbus Zanesville and nearby areas.
Older Rural Youth members meet at 8 p.m. today at Francis Beery's home for a hayride per county extension officials.
In Nelsonville 1903 paving of Public Square spurred a beautification push funded by the Young Woman's Christian Temperance Union with a $1000 pledge. A home talent show at Stuart's Opera House, "A Trip to the Moon," drew a long cast list from Archibald Ficklepate to Gnomes and Immortals, reflecting a village-wide talent drive and local merchants' bill.
Logan Venus Chapter 76 CES will honor its past patrons and past matrons with a dinner at 6 30 p m on Oct 13 Tickets for members cost one dollar and must be bought by Oct 10 Reservations may be made with Mrs Charles V Struble Railroad Ave or Mrs Hershel Prevost South Logan
A Sunday picnic in Parkersburg honored Mrs Paul Blosser on her birthday with many relatives and friends in attendance. Guests included John and Fay Blosser, N W Dolan, Kenneth Trimmer and daughter Carol, Paul Blosser and Jane, plus extended visits from Worthman, Dupler, Walters, Engle, and Seymour families. Several weekend visitors from Newark Logan Cambridge Rushville and Barnesville joined the event and a birthday cake was cut for the honored guest.
Bobbie Stewart, son of Columbus Stewart, received a leg cut at school play. Mr and Mrs Ross Kapp announce a daughter. Nolan Saxon and family visited Mr and Mrs James Lee after moving away. Neal Roush and Okey Grimm were weekend guests. Edith Barnett and Helen E Roush among recent visitors.
Free booklet at local drug store introduces a nebulizer based Breath-Easy method claimed to aid asthma sufferers. History cites fourteen years of use elsewhere and money back assurance to try the treatment.
Mrs Don Davis illness on Fourth St noted. Several visitors span Cleveland Dayton Cincinnati Athens and Columbus. Shrine Day at Jackson Apple Festival draws Pratt Murray Hawkins Farley and others. A lengthy list of relatives friends and travel includes Meigs General Hospital injuries and local gatherings with families in town and at distant cities.
Local families from Bidwell Chauncey Vinton Rochester and Porter visit relatives in Ohio and West Virginia. Ivor Morehouse remains a patient at Huntington Veterans Hospital. Church Ladies Aid groups meet at homes in Bidwell and Mt Zion while housing rearrangements place Ancel McKee and his family in a Chauncey apartment.
The Valley No. 6 Coal Co incorporated in Columbus with 250 shares at 100 dollars par value. Signers listed are Davis E. McAfee, Walter H. Kennard, and Dolores Williams.
Reading housewife Mrs Mildred Zimmerman aged 27 claims an unofficial new altitude record of 26400 feet in a light plane. Her instruments were sent to Washington for official confirmation by the National Aeronautics Association.
The Plains High School band under Thomas Evans performed in Wilkesville auditorium to interest locals in forming a band. Dana King teaches Wilkesville music, and the district plans a fall festival with square dancing on October 7.
Chauncey Homecoming Committee will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. in city hall, announced secretary Mrs Kathl en Preston. The meeting focuses on planning events and coordinating activities for the homecoming celebration.
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