Fire at Union Furnace destroys two executive houses and spreads
A Monday blaze in Union Furnace destroyed one nine room executive home owned by Robert Hardman and a storage building and garage. The fire spread into nearby woods, burning about 20 acres and was controlled by Logan, the U S Forest Service and Tri-County Technical Institute helpers. The house had housed Columbus Brick and Terra Cotta Co. executives and was one of two built for the firm. the other burned a decade ago.
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Columbus Brick and Terra Cotta Co
Woodlands
Logan
U.S. Forest Service
Tri- County Technical Institute
Robert
Hardman
Forest Service
Tri-County Technical Institute
Athens District Ranger Station
Columbus
Messenger
George Lovell
Logan Boy Dies After Bicycle Accident in Logan
An eighth grade student at Logan Junior High School Scott Alan Nihiser 14 was killed when struck by a car while riding his bicycle on Route 180 six tenths mile south of Route 33 in Hocking County The driver Donald D Green 41 Chillicothe and a passenger David Green 17 were involved The incident occurred Monday at 730 p m Nihiser was pronounced dead at the scene The accident remains under investigation He was active in 4 H Junior Leadership Club track and football He is survived by his parents three brothers paternal and maternal grandparents and great grandmother Funeral services are planned at Fairview Methodist Church with burial in Fairview Cemetery.
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Logan
Logan Junior High School
Scott Alan Nihiser
State Highway Patrol
Hocking County
Donald D. Green
Chillicothe
Green Auto
David Green
Columbus
Harold Nihiser Jr
Fairview Methodist Church
Youth Fellowship
Harold Sr
Max
John
Harold Nihiser Sr
Lowell Karshner
Rockbridge
Elizabeth Edward
Laurelville
Robert Hayden
Fairview Cemetery
Heinlein
Murray City Co-Op Store Opens Soon
Murray City will welcome a new co operative grocery operated by the Tri County Community Action Group with opening set for April 20. Tuesday lighting fixtures were installed, merchandise ordered, and Monday the walk in cooler became operational. Shelving is in place and final cleaning remains before merchandise arrives.
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Murray City
Tri-County Community Action Group
Family Hurt When Auto Strikes Pole
A Fraziers Bottom family was injured when their car struck a telephone pole along Route 35 near the Herbert Henderson farm. James R. Frazier sustained a knee injury, Mrs. Virginia Frazier and son John were treated for cuts, and Frazier was cited for an expired inspection sticker.
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Point Pleasant
Fraziers
Herbert Henderson
Holzer Medical Center
James R
Virginia
Frazier
Sparks Cause Brush Blaze in Gallipolis
A brush fire near pine woods owned by John D. McKean and leased to Charles McKean in Gallipolis was extinguished Monday afternoon by the Gallipolis Volunteer Fire Department. Firemen said sparks from a burning pile started the blaze. Call received at 12 04 p.m.
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Gallipolis
John D. McKean
Charles McKean
Meigs County Land Transfers Show Multiple Property Exchanges
Archie Lee and June Lee transfer a Syracuse lot to David and Jeanne Bowen. Frank Cleland and Delores Cleland transfer a Sutton Two acre age to Franklin Wilson Jr and Eunice Wilson. Olof Peterson and Alma Peterson transfer acreage in Rutland to Jack Peterson and Joyce Peterson.
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Archie Lee
June Lee
Syracuse
David Bowen
Jeanne Bowen
Frank Cleland
Delores Cleland
Sutton Two
Franklin Wilson, Jr
Eunice Wilson
Olof Peterson
Alma Peterson
Rutland
Jack Peterson
Joyce Peterson
Hocking Cancer Unit Starts Drive in Logan
The Hocking County unit of the American Cancer Society held its annual kick-off meeting in Logan at 7 30 p m. Dr Roy Bont ragger spoke on early detection and more research for a cure. Crusade chairman Donald Griggs urged county help for local patients. A report by Mrs Betty Keller cited 107 cured patients at a Columbus assembly. Local volunteers received materials for a house to house campaign and a $5 100 variety show proceeds were noted by Ohio division rep Mrs Bert Holt. City volunteers and captains from Falls Two to Ward Township areas were listed.
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Hocking County
The
American Cancer Society
Logan Federal Community Room
Roy Bontragger
Betty Keller
Charles Gilbert
Columbus
Bert Holt
Ohio
Ben Brandon
Floyd Riggs
Washington
Anne Conrad
Falls Two
West Logan
Bertye Donaldson
Falls
Cathy Conrad
Brad Williams
Dicken
Irene McKinley
Patty Tolliver
Dickin
Retha
Fines and Bonds Forfeited in Hocking County Court
Judge James Stilwell levied three fines and declared four bonds forfeited in Hocking County Court. Logan resident Jerry L. Brown was fined 50 dollars plus costs for public intoxication after a prior driving while intoxicated charge was reduced. Timothy J. Tafoya paid 10 dollars and costs for speeding with the fine suspended. Dennis R. Savage fined 5 dollars and costs for operating an unsafe vehicle. Bonds forfeited included Harold D. Hurlburt, Joseph F. Buccellato, Patricio P. Etcheberry, and Reed L. Jeffers with penalties ranging from 23.50 to 24 dollars for speeding.
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Logan
James Stilwell
Hocking
Jerry L. Brown
Timothy J. Tafoya
Gahanna
Dennis R. Savage
Buchtel
Harold D. Hurlburt
Lancaster
Joseph F. Buccellato
West Allis
Wis
Patricio P. Etcheberry
Lexington
Reed L. Jeffers
Albany
Wellston Man Killed In 2 Car Wreck
A 23 year old Wellston Route 1 man Gene R. Davis was killed and his 3 year old daughter Glenna injured in a two car crash at Route 327 and the Appalachian Highway. Davis turned into the path of a westbound pickup driven by John Evans 43 of Oak Hill. Davis died at Holzer Medical Center in Gallipolis at 9 p.m. Evans and a passenger Jeff Evans were not hurt.
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Wellston
Gallipolis
Evans
Jeff Evans
Four Treated At Holzer After Falls
Four people were admitted to Holzer Medical Center after falls this week. Pamela Woolsey seven weeks old suffered a skull fracture rolling from a bed. Sandra Logan nine sustained possible nasal and head injuries after falling from a truck. Curt Coffey fifty three fractured right hip in a truck fall. Stella Wilcox eighty eight fractured left hip after stumbling at a daughter’s home.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Medical Center
Pamela N. Woolsey
James W. Woolsey
Sandra May Logan
William Logan
Oak Hill
Jackson
Thurman
Curt Coffey
Immunization Clinic Sets Friday Shots in Logan
Logan Hocking County Health Department announces Friday immunizations at the health clinic. 24 measles rubella shots were given and 39 measles shots, with DPT CT and smallpox vaccines scheduled 1:30 to 3:30. Parents urged to complete immunizations before school starts in September.
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Logan
Logan-Hocking County
Republican write in candidate Davis files for council job
Eugene B. Davis filed Monday with the Hacking Board of Elections as a Republican write in candidate for council at large in Logan. He joins George F. Dunnigan Jr. and Sheldon S. Johnson Jr. and replaces Thomas West who was disqualified. Davis is a Prudential salesman, 29 years in the field, and has lived in Logan 24 years with wife Virgene at 840 Walhending Ave. He cites concern for public funds and better service as motivation for entering politics.
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Logan
Immanuel United Methodist Church
Wide Case Variety Faces Hocking Jury Wednesday
Hocking County Grand Jury to convene at 9 a.m. Wednesday with at least 15 cases. Included are vehicular homicide, two break ins, two frauds, assault with a dangerous weapon, two concealed weapon charges, and six non support or related counts. Defendants include Phillip H. Zaks and Charles Ellis among others, with bonds posted except Roy Joy jailed for failure to post.
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Logan
Hocking County
Phillip H. Zaks
Hatboro
Charlene E. Culp
Cuyahoga Falls
Charles Ellis
Columbus
Robert McDole
Terry Lee Rosser
Rockbridge
C. FE. Neubaurer
John Salsberry
William Bickett
Nelsonville
Paul Lambert
Richard D. Nixon
Paul E. Collier
Richard Stephenson
Raymond L. Chambers
Merl Pittman
William D. Henry
Roy Joy
Harry Wing
Joy
Fire hits Pomeroy Church of Christ on Main Street
Officials believe an explosion may have touched off a Tuesday 2 a.m. fire at the 42 year old Pomeroy Church of Christ on Main Street north of Crow's Steak House. Firemen contained the blaze in an hour as ceiling lights shattered and plaster fell. Damages are undetermined pending pastor Hoyt Allen's arrival. The sanctuary and basement suffered smoke damage while a baby grand piano escaped.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Church of Christ
Main Street
Crow’s Steak House
Henry Werry
Hoyt Allen
Mason Circuit Court Grand Petit Jury Set
Mason County grand jurors and petit jurors for the May term were drawn by jury commissioners. Grand jurors report May 3 to Judge James Lee Thompson. petit jurors report May 10. Names listed include district reps from Arbuckle, Clendenin, Gallipolis Ferry, Letart, New Haven, Fraziers Bottom, Point Pleasant, Robertsburg, Mason, and others, with dozens of individual jurors named.
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Mason County
Harry Layne
W. A. Barker
James Lee Thompson
Arbuckle
Rodney P. Brand
Southside
Clendenin James L. Watterson Jr
Apple Grove
William W. Kinnaird
Gallipolis Ferry
Cologne
John Little
Leon
Cooper — Dale Hoffman
Letart
Graham — Walter N. Grinstead
Lona G. Howard
New Haven
Hannan
Russell Duffer
Fraziers Bottom
Raymond Brumfield
Howard Brumley
Thelma D. Capehart
John P. Childers
Bary C. Darst
Robert C. Darst
Robert L. Deal
Vera Dodson
Leonard A. Dowell
Franklin D. Edmonds
Douglas C. Edwards
Harold L. Edwards
Betty L. Fields
Orpha L. Fields
Rosaline Finley
Irene Kelly Fisher
Phyllis Frizer
Robert A. Godsberry
Phyllis J. Haggerty
Phyllis Hargraves
Helen Harmon
Irvin Harper
Dottie J. Henderson
Frank Hendrickson
Roma A. Holley
Exie Kirk
Kermit L. Little
Emery E. McCallister
Leonard F. McCarty
Eleanor E. McComb
William McKinley
Richard H. Melrose
Joan S. Moore
Gilbert Neal
Betty A. Roberts
John F. Robinson
Jo Ann Powell Shinn
Mary F. Staub
Charles L. Stephenson
Jack” Warren Sturgeon Jr
Clyde S. Vansickle
Cline Wallace
Ernestine Whittington
Fire Calls in Logan and Area Prompt Smoke Alarms
Logan firemen answered three calls including gasoline ignition on a car carburetor on E Main Street, a grass fire in Hock Hocking subdivision, and a smoldering mattress at 165 Home Ave. Police reported an intoxication arrest in Mason County: Larry R. Riffle, 31, Akron.
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E. Main Street
Glen
Hock-Hocking
Mary Sheline
Home Ave
Henderson Man Neal Thomas Rushed After Illness in Yard
Neal Thomas 27 of Henderson was taken by ambulance to Pleasant Valley Hospital Tuesday at 9 40 a m after falling ill in a yard opposite Tiny's Supermarket. Mason County Deputy Sheriff Jack Pyles reported he was found lying in the yard and aid was summoned by local residents. Hospital attendants described his condition as fair.
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Point Pleasant
Henderson
Neal Thomas
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Tiny’s
Thomas
Mason County
Jack Pyles
Yare
First Vote Cast For Primary In Logan
Logan reports the first vote cast in the May 4 primary as a local service member filed an absentee ballot. The Board of Elections office opens to absentee voting and will stay open until election day.
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Armed Services
Fee on after hours bonds in Hocking County
Traffic offenders posting bonds for citations in Hocking County Court must pay an extra 50 cents if posted after 4 p.m. or on weekends. The sheriff's office imposes a 50 cent fee for accepting bonds when the clerk of court's office is closed.
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Logan
Hocking County
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