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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1948
Page
7
Rogers and his Rocky Mountain Boys perform tonight at Union Furnace gymnasium under the U Club sponsorship. The U Club comprises Union Furnace High School letter winners from multiple sports.
Hocking County Home Council met in the extension office to organize a year of Rural Women projects. The program includes sewing cotton dresses with three Ohio State University training sessions led by Miss Edith Berry and a half day on prepared or packed lunches by Miss Alma Garvin. Sessions will begin in late October across all communities with free lessons comparable to commercial courses.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Etta Brunston Walker wife of Lawrence Walker were conducted at Wiley Chapel A M E Church with Rev. William Spriggs and Rev. B J Hall officiating. Burial followed at Greenlawn. Family and out of town relatives attended from Columbus Detroit Canton Lancaster Zanesville Athens Gallipolis and others.
Edith Williams Nida of 521 First Ave. Gallipolis died at home from a heart attack. Born in Gallia County she was the widow of an 1893 marriage. Survived by son Dr. B. E. Nida of Marietta and daughter Mrs. J. G. Lupton of Cleveland, plus two sisters and two brothers. A DAR member and Eastern Star sister she was a past president of the Daughters of Union Veterans. Funeral services planned for Saturday.
Logan area hospital notes list numerous recent admissions including surgeries and medical cases at Hocking Valley Hospital. Birth announcements record multiple Nelsonville area families welcoming daughters and sons, with several additional Logan and surrounding locations noted among the new arrivals.
Wilma Lattimer files for divorce from Pearl Lattimer in Franklin Ohio citing extreme cruelty and neglect. She seeks custody of five minors alimony and child support and a restraining order granted by Judge Harley Meyer. The couple married April 12 1939.
LOGAN G L Doc Williams resigns after seven years as manager of the Logan City Loan office to become sales manager for Tansky Motors Inc a Dodge Plymouth dealer in Logan. The appointment is effective immediately.
Wal tonian Chorus will hold their final rehearsal at the Lake Logan Clubhouse next Tuesday evening ahead of the October 7 concert in Circleville. Dick Farmer, director, announced the plan.
Plans for an Armistice Day celebration were discussed in a Veterans of Foreign Wars meeting at Maccabee Hall. Vaughn Collins, commander, said local posts of the American Legion, Disabled American Veterans and VFW will run the event. A committee to represent the VFW includes Kenneth Eaton, Gerald Courter, Bob Struble, John Buchanan, Chester Lackey, Bill Ford and Doug Ledford.
A new paint job is under way at the Izaak Walton League lodge in Logan for the State Waltonian convention on Oct 9 10. Logan Clay Products Co employees and Hocking County chapter members are doing the work. Paul Collison urged Logan residents who can house delegates to contact him for rooms for Oct 8 and 9.
Hocking County extension agent Harold C. Ruggles will speak October 9 on the county agent program broadcast over WHKC Columbus. Ruggles topic and time will be announced. He attended a regional conference of county agents in Jackson this week.
Mrs Lloyd Nutter of Logan Route 4 is confined to her home with a bruised foot after an accident at the family farm last weekend.
Logan Kiwanis Club elected Cleon W. Tucker as president, Dr. Jack Myers as vice president, and Eber Mowery as treasurer at a Tuesday dinner meeting. The board includes Samuel H. Dillon, Dr. Richard Zay, J. Richard Farmer, Kenneth Bright, Sheldon Cox, Carl Harsh, Ralph Poston, and Dr. S. E. Erbaugh. Installation is slated for the first January dinner.
Mrs Marie Penn 41 wife of Francis L Penn died Tuesday at 7 pm at her Wilkesville area home after a long illness. Survived by husband two daughters Mrs Frances Eileen Coffrin Wilkesville and Alice Mae at home three sons Donald Clarence and Herbert Earl two brothers Kenneth of Vinton and John of Wellston. Daughter of Calvin R Reed Wellston and the late Dora Reed Funeral services Friday 2 pm at the Presbyterian Church Wilkesville burial Wilkesville Cemetery.
Nelsonville Community Garden Club schedules its annual rummage sale for Saturday at Central School building. Members asked to drop packages Friday at 181 West Columbus Street or arrange pickup with Mrs. Arley Fisk or Mrs. Delbert Patton. Charles Lyke leaves for Florida for annual vacation at 167 North Spring Street.
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