Vinton County Junior Fair Opens Near McArthur
The Vinton County Junior Fair opened Thursday night in a peaceful valley along Route 3 north of McArthur. Photographers Bob Rogers and Ken Steinhoff captured scenes of the new fair grounds and its landmark, the old covered bridge, as the new fair building was dedicated. The event runs through Saturday night featuring Vinton County youth with games and old time bridge nostalgia.
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Vinton County
McArthur
Bob Rogers
Ken Steinhoff
New Officers Elected At Christian Church Meet
Nelsonville reports list 26 new members and officers elected for 1969 including Glen Tharp as chairman and Jesse White as vice chairman. Delegates named for worship finance membership world outreach property and more. The session closed with memorial rites for deceased members and Otto Ray Russell fined for intoxication.
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Christian Church
Nelsonville
First Christian Church
Dix Powell
Jesse White
Glen Tharp
Cameron Brooker
Adeline Ray
Shirley Seckinger
Mae Koker
Hay Seckinger
Lads McFadden
Howard Plummer
Bob Shinn
Harold Koker
Sigrid Love
J. L. Webb
Sandra White
Donald Shafer
Chantel Choir
Nelson
Candidates Vie For 1968 Miss Parade Queen Honors
Six new entrants join the 1968 Miss Parade of the Hills contest in Nelsonville with Christine Newsom Murray City June Lyn Harre Corning Susan Newsom The Plains Christine Bell Debbie Burgess Kathy Everett Logan. August 9 is the application deadline and photos should be billfold size.
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Nelsonville
Christine Newsom
Murray City
June Lyn Harre
Corning
Susan Newsom
the Plains
Christine Bell
Debbie Burgess
Kathy Everett
Logan
Messenger
Diana Brown
Chauncey
Marcia Chute
Sheila Ann Eggleston
Union Furnace
Nelsonville Baton Corps Wins Honors in Competition
The Lailor ettes baton and drum corps of Nelsonville, 20 members, won first in the Juvenile Corps Division and best color guard at Liberty Union High School. Director Bill Bruce leads the group sponsored by Nelsonville Lodge IOOF. Members include Brenda Davis, Susan Canter, Crystal Flowers, and others. They wear blue uniforms with white belts and red tights and were invited to the Class 4 national contest September 2 at the Ohio State Fair.
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Nelsonville
Lailorettes
National
Nelsonville Lodge
Order of Odd Fellows
Jackson Street
Bill Bruce
Walnut Street
Diil
Nelsonville- York
Liberty Union High School
Fairfield County
Brenda Davis
Susan Canter
Crystal Flowers
Mary Ellen Shinn
Donna Boston
Mary Dillon
Kathy Angle
Loree Kulakowski
Martha Rainey
Christie McDonald
Brenda Bruce
Gayla Duvall
Gloria Evans
Stephanie Been
Linda Evans
Paulette Lewis
Trissa McMannis
Rod Davis
Carl Hartman
Ohio State Fair
HAPSEC Orientation Welcomes New Center Staff
HAPSEC explained start orientation meeting at the center with director Lewis R. Mollica greeting new staff and participants. Board chair Robert Weinfurtner and Athens County superintendent spoke on the center’s history while staff outlined services and toured the three county schools.
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University
Hapsec
Ralph Grieco
Wade Roby
Lois McGuire
James Short
Dorothy Luciano
Richard Poiner
Linda Bauer
Kenneth Wulff
Bible School To Close With Evening Program
Nelsonville daily Vacation Bible School finishes after two weeks run by the First United Methodist Church. A handiwork display opens at 7 p.m. with viewable projects for parents. At 7:30 p.m. a special program and slide pictures will be shown in the church sanctuary and the public is invited.
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Nelsonville
First United Methodist Church
County To Take Over Honeyfork Road Bridge
Logan Hocking County Commissioners assume responsibility for the Beck bridge on Honeyfork Road and order repairs or replacement by the county road department. Foreman Kornmiller lists 12 urgent bridges after adding Beck. planners will report weekly on resident project requests. Sheriff Hartman cites 140 for overtime during Goodyear stoppage and warns training fund limits. Dr. Chovnick proposes mental health centers. officials plan a public meeting on August 8 with state officials.
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Logan
Hocking
Wallace Beck
Honeyfork Road
Clarence Griffith
Leo Armstrong
County Road Department
Robert Kornmiller
Beck
Kornmiller
Paul Hartman
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Sheriff’s Department
Hartman
Nelsonville teen wins grand champion baton title
Bill Bruce, 17, of Walnut Street, Nelsonville, won first place trophies July 28 in advanced military strutting and advanced twirling at Liberty Union High School in Fairfield County. He was also awarded grand champion twirler of the day by the National Baton Twirl Association.
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Nelsonville
Bill Bruce
William Bruce
Walnut Street
National Baton
Liberty Union High School
Fairfield County
Grace Locke families reunion set at Rachelmacher Park
NELSONVILLE The Grace Locke families reunion will be held Sunday at Rachelmacher Park in Logan. A basket dinner will be served at 1 p.m.
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Nelsonville
Grace- Locke
Rachelmacher Park
Logan
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Zanne Brooker
Wilbur Morman
Stephen Barber
Alma Jo Midkiff
Imogene North
Georgia Foughty
L.A. Davis
Robert Lower
Bill Hall
Ladel McFadden
Donald Shaffer
Hoy Sec
Richard Nelson
Thomas Stockdale
Hays, Kaw
Otto Ray Russell
Earl Hilleary
Marcia
Chute
Bible School
Honeyfork Road Bridge
Tri-County Vocational Institute
Harry Chovnick
Southeastern Ohio Mental Health Center
Chovnick
Howard Blum
Commission
David Mingus
Hocking County Mental Health Association
Sched
Mingus
Paul Hancock
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Cincinnati
Hood
Blum
Institute of Regional Development
Hancock Sometsuing
Hocking Valley
Huntington
Industrial Development Commission
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Debbie Barnett
McsArthur
Ernest Lee Gainer, Jr
Sylvia Bailey
New Straitsville
Andrew Mezar
Corming
Ellen Childress
Brenda Kollister
James E. Forbes
Lora Lynn Mundy
Charles Grimes
Patricia Easler
Gladys Hughes
Stella Tolliver
Wayne Keiffer
Barbara Westfall
Bruce Westfall
Pamela Westfall
William Kinlett
James Parfitt
Donald Mender Jr
Harriett Arnold
Edward Bradley
James Mathena
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