Food project requires skin tests for Legion volunteers
Members of Drew Webster Post No. 39 of the American Legion were told they must have skin tests before taking part in food handling for a chicken barbecue at the Big Bend Regatta. The group will also attend the bloodmobile and donate in honor of Frank Fugate. Harold Martin was introduced as a new member and will be initiated at the April 18 meeting. Paul Casci reported the 8th District led Ohio gifts with $5,365 from Meigs County. total state gifts reached $69,423. The spring district conference is set for April 16 at Lancaster.
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Big Bend
Frank Fugate
Harold Martin
Reedsville
Paul Casci
Meigs County
Ohio
Racine
Rutland
Pomeroy
Casci
Lancaster
Coin Show Planned For Weekend in Point Pleasant
The Olean Coin Club hosts its ninth annual show at the Moose Lodge auditorium on Main Street this weekend with 15 dealers from several states. Hours 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and 12 to 6 p.m. Sunday. Exhibits include coins and paper money valued around a quarter million dollars with non-competitive displays and a grand prize drawing of a $20 gold piece.
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Point Pleasant
Ohean Coin Club
Moose Lodge
Main Street
James Phillips
Paul Wedge
John Sebo
Pomeroy
Randolph Terrace
Slack To Speak At Point Dinner In Point Pleasant
Congressman John M. Slack will headline a Meet the Candidates dinner and dance on April 15 at the Moose Club ballroom. Sponsored by the Mason County Democratic Women's Organization, the event starts at 6 30 p m and is open to the public with music for the dance.
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Point Pleasant
John M. Slack
Moose Club
Mason County Democratic Women’s Organization
Brush Fires Doused in Gallia County and Crown City
Gallipolis fire crews respond to a mid day blaze north of Gallipolis on Route 7 at George Creek Road and a grass fire at William Saunders property on Lewis Road Harrison Township. Sparks from debris burning lit a small area of about three tenths of an acre, while a cigarette sparked a grass fire near Crown City. Civil Defense and Deputy Bill Gunnell helped extinguish the Harrison Township fire before it reached structures.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Herbert Smith
George Creek Road
Lewis Road
Harrison
William Saunders
Woods
Civil Defense Unit
Bill Gunnell
Man Held in Meigs County Jail on Trepassing Charge
POMEROY Thomas Wright of Cincinnati is jailed in Meigs County on trespass and hallucinogen possession. He entered Henry Well's home on Ball Run Road near Pomeroy Tuesday evening and was later picked up by Sheriff Robert Hartenbach.
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Pomeroy
Thomas Wright
Cincinnati
Meigs County
Wright
Henry Well
Ball Run Road
Robert Hartenbach
Deacons Seek Plain Dress to Signal Lay Clergy Role
Washington AP reports American bishops guiding new deacons to resemble lay people in dress and lifestyle. They urge avoiding clerical garb to prevent being seen as a segregated class.
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Washington
Damages Reported In Two Car Crash At Route Intersections
Two car collision near Point Pleasant at Routes 2 and 62 resulted in about 600 dollars in damages. Geoffrey Moore, 67, of Point Pleasant, failed to keep the vehicle under control and was cited in Judge Robert Peoples' court. Romama Leach, 23, of Leon, had a vehicle with two passengers and no injuries reported. An unrelated note mentions male cats of a yellow or sandy color.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Goffrey Moore
Romama Leach
Leon
Moore
Robert Peoples
Leach
Children’s Workshop to Begin in Ewing Auditorium
A children's workshop in drama music and art will start Saturday in Ewing Auditorium under Ohio University's Center Program Board sponsorship. Open Sesame is led by experienced instructors for elementary students in grades two through five. The first session is free and enrollment costs $2 for the rest of the quarter. Information is distributed through local elementary schools.
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Ewing Auditorium
Ohio University
Center Program Board
Tax Fraud Charge For Consultants In Cleveland Area
Two part time tax consultants in Northeastern Ohio face tax fraud charges linked to inflating client dependent counts. Aaron Hollingsworth of Cleveland and Willy Fulton of Warren were arrested and released on bond after magistrate appearances. Each could face up to $5000 in fines and up to three years in prison if convicted.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio
Aaron Hollingsworth
Cleveland
Willy Fulton
Warren
Hollingsworth
U. S
Herbert Maher
Fulton
Ohio Bureau of Employment Services
U. S. Postal Service
Woolworths Reports Sales Rise for Four and Eight Weeks
F. W. Woolworth Co reports consolidated sales for the four weeks ending February 26 at 178.79 million dollars, up 11.4 percent from a year earlier. For the eight weeks ending February 26, sales rise 11.9 percent from 307.64 million to 344.22 million dollars.
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New York
F. W. Woolworth Co
Logan Sarah Liff 88 dies after long in Logan Ohio
Sarah Martha Liff age 88 of 288 North Street Logan died Tuesday night in Hocking Valley Community Hospital widow of John Liff who died in 1951. Born May 3 1883 in South Bloomingville she lived with Wesley Cannon family 21 years survived by three foster children and several foster relatives funeral Saturday 10 a.m. Trinity United Methodist Church burial Oak Grove Cemetery call after 2 p.m. Thursday
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Logan
Sarah Martha Liff
North St
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
John Liff
South Bloomingville
John
Mary Kemper Hamilton
Wesley Cannon
Margaret) Cannon
Martha) Spicer
Kenova
W. Va
Harold
Mary) Little
Reed City
Mich
Trinity United Methodist Church
Pocahontas Lodge
Cuyahoga Falls
Myron Leslie Parker
Lavern Lane
Akron
St. Thomas Hospital
Athens
William and
Ada Moore Parker
Portage Trail
Nelsonville
Margaret Pond Miller
Jackson St
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Athens County
Barney and
Maude Pond
Nelsonville High School
Ohio University
First United Methodist Church
Russell
Phoenix
Ariz
Leah Fi
Emergency Training To Begin In Vinton County
McArthur reports emergency medical units to be manned in Vinton County with a 60 hour training course led by Ralph Scott from Londonderry. State funds cover 80 percent of the cost as sessions run at Wrightsel Funeral Home. Dan Lloyd notes vehicle applications for seven counties pending finalization. Vinton County starts the first training program, officials say.
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McArthur
Vinton County
Ralph Scott
Londonderry
Wrightsel Funeral Home
Dan Lloyd
Ohio Valley Health Services Foundation, Inc
OU Director To Preside At Meeting In Atlanta
Dr. E Dale Mattmiller director of Ohio University health services will preside over a special session at the American College Health Association annual meeting in Atlanta. He has chaired the emergency and disaster plans committee and represents the Ohio College Health Association on the council of delegates. Over 500 campus health services and centers will be represented by physicians nurses and health care specialists at the four day gathering.
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Atlanta
E. Dale Mattmiller
Ohio University Health Services
Wilh
American College Health Association
Mattmiller
Association
Ohio College Health Association
Huggins Home Burns in Washington Two
Logan report states the Huggins home on Griffith Road in Washington Two was destroyed by fire of undetermined origin Wednesday morning. Occupants, longtime family residents, called the Logan Fire Department which did not respond due to no contract. Hocking Honor Camp arrived at 9 20 a.m. and found the building engulfed. Some furnishings were saved.
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Logan
Guy Huggins
Griffith Road
Washington
Huggins
Logan Fire Department
Hocking
Green Two
Five Grass Fires Burn Across Area Counties
Five grass fires were reported in Athens Vinton and Hocking Counties. The worst blaze struck Waterloo Two in Athens County burning over 10 acres along Grass Run Road near Route 56. Fire crews used a plow to contain the fire. In Vinton County Brown Township burned 0.4 acres and Jackson Township 4 acres. Hocking County fires occurred in Marion Township 1.3 acres and Perry Township 0.2 acres.
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Smokey
Athens
Vinton
Hocking
Athens County
Waterloo Two
Grass Run Road
Route 56
Ohio Division of Forestry
Zaleski
Vinton County
Brown
Jackson
Hocking County
Marion
Perry
Forestry Office
Hard news on foreign drug laws and strict penalties
Tourists should heed harsher overseas drug laws with penalties like Lebanon's 3 to 5 years in a mental hospital. Arrests of Americans abroad rose 70 percent last year. More than 700 U.S. citizens are jailed for drug offenses overseas, with little recourse from friends family or the U.S. government.
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Lebanon
United States
Spain
U.S
Serrano
Madrid
Corniche
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The
American Legion
Patty Saunders
National Railroad Passenger Corp
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James M. Dailey
Albany
Karen S. Davis
Roy E. Hart
Guysville
Elaine L. Camp
Coolville
Richard Lee Ritz
Nancy Lynn Hook
James Edward Glover
Roberta Mae Bolin
Joseph Martin Rader
Barbara A. Wolfe
Shester E. Bell
Linda S. Shingler
John Kalleel
Roberta Clendenen
Nonpartisan Board of Education
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Slack
Congress
House Committee On Appropriations
Departments of State, Commerce, Justice
Federal Judiciary
Subcommittee On
Public Works
Children’s Workshop
Woolworth’s
Sarah Liff
W. R. Faulkner
Oak Grove Cemetery
Leonard Funeral Home
Sarah Romine
Sarah V. Romine
Earl
Edna Sanderson Fields
William
Barbara) Beach
Richard Romine
Wichita
Kan
George
Caroline) Blackburn
Howard Romine
Harry
West Union Street
David Holdren
Jagers and Sons Funeral Home
Carrie Nye
Arlington Nursing Home
Newark
Beechgrove Cemetery
Houston
Tex
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp
Sera
Marilyn Shippe
Logan Route 3
Gallia County
Jack Campbell
Bulavelle Road
Myron L. Parker
Margaret Miller
Mary Phipps
Mary Runyan Phipps
Boundary Ave
Edward W
Alice Ogan Runyan
Ogan Bunyan
Freemont
Maude Esmont
Barbara Litter
Mark Litter
Lelah Sedinsticker
Middleport
Lelah Sedinstricker
Lakeworth
Fla
Lady Canaday
Columbus
Alice Rawlings
Rawlings Coats
Ken Clark
Martin
Middleport Lodge F&am
U.S. Forestry Service
Forestry Service
Richland Ave
Mexico
Cor. Danubio and
Paseo de la Retorna
Colonia Cuauntemorz
Mexico City
Greece
Basilissis Sophia’s Blvd
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Nehlener Avenue
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Bonn
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Akasaka I-Chrome Minato-Ku
Tokyo
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Kingston
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Paris
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Via V. Veneto
Rome
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Grosvenor Square W
London
England
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Adderly
Nassau
Canada
Willington Street
Ottawa
Denmark
Ministry of Justice
Dag Hammarskjolds Alle
Copenhagen
TATA
Turkey
Ataturk Blvd
Ankara
Sweden
Strandeaten
Stockholm
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