Nelsonville approves taxi reforms and new cab firms
In a city council session the taxicab commission was eliminated and new licensing rules were approved. Mayor Violet Hollenbaugh announced a first cab firm would begin service next Monday followed by a second firm soon after. Robert Cummings has leased the West Columbus Street building and prepared a taxi with insurance paid as he seeks to merge bus and cab operations.
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Nelsonville
Violet Hollenbaugh
Hollenbaugh
Robert Cummings
Lancaster
Northway Cab Co
West Columbus Street
Cummings
Seniors Offered Supplemental Cash
Seniors over 60 may join the Senior Friends program to assist geriatric patients. Each volunteer works 20 hours a week for 42 weeks at $2 per hour plus transportation, meeting patients at local centers in Athens and Gallia Meigs, with applications available at the Pomeroy Senior Citizens Center or in Gallipolis for Tuesday interview at 9 a.m.
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Gallia- Jackson-Meigs
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Pomeroy Senior Citizens Center
Jackson-Gallia- Meigs Community Mental Health Center
Gallipolis
Mason County Fair Friday Schedule Highlights
Friday at Mason County Fair features a President's Day lineup with gates opening at 9 am and a flag ceremony. Activities include junior and senior tractor driving, farm museum events, dog obedience demos, a rock and roll concert, 4-H dog show, wheat threshing, guinea catch, high school band concert, and livestock sales throughout the day.
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Mason
Mason County
Point Pleasant High School
Olympic Torch Runners to Visit Point Pleasant Krodel Park
Six of the 103 relay runners carrying the Montreal to Charleston torch are due to arrive at Krodel Park in Point Pleasant Friday around 5 30 p m. The route covers 954 miles from Ravenswood to Huntington and began when Jesse Owens lit the flame in Montreal. Public welcome to meet or run with the runners.
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Point Pleasant
Montreal
Charleston
Krodel Park
Jesse Owens
Ravenswood
Huntington
Cycle Crash Injuries Youth at Zanesville Track
14 year old James W. Van Fossen III was injured in a motorcycle accident during practice at a track near Zanesville. He was admitted to Bethesda Hospital where his condition was reported as improving.
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Glouster
James W. van Fossen III
Rip
James W. van Fossen II
Zanesville
van Fossen
Bethesda Hospital
Boosters Plan First Meeting for New School Year
TUPPERS PLAINS The Tuppers Plains School Boosters will meet Monday at 7 p.m. at the elementary school. Volunteers for room mother duty will be sought and carnival plans will begin for the event on Oct 2.
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Tuppers Plains
Four Point Pleasant Scouts Earn Eagle Scout Award
Four members of Troop 259 Dan Dunsmoor Charles Henson Randy Filkins and Doug Morris received the Eagle Scout Award at a ceremony in the Appalachian Power Co Auditorium More than 80 people attended including 15 Troop 259 members who helped with the program Officials present included John Hilbert Bob Matthews William Knight and Jack Cargnel The Rev Tally Hanna gave the benediction.
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Point Pleasant
Boy Scouts
Appalachian Power Co
Dan Dunsmoor
Lyle Dunsmoor
Charles Henson
Randy Filkins
Kenneth Filkins
Doug Morris
Kenneth Morris
Legion Accepts Two New Members at P39 Meeting
Drew Webster Post 39 American Legion welcomed Gordon Rayburn and Danny Spurlock as new members, both Vietnam veterans, bringing total paid membership to 184. Dusty Smith and Brian Hamilton, attendees at Boys State at Ohio University, spoke about their trip from June 19 to 27. Reunion Sunday marks the 41st Parker Reunion at Tuppers Plains School with a 12 30 p.m. basket dinner.
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Drew Webster
American Legion
Gordon Rayburn
Danny Spurlock
Dusty Smith
Brian Hamilton
Boys State
Ohio University
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Tuppers Plains
Little Miss Mason County and Little Mister Crowned
The Mason County Fair selected Miss Shelia Hopkins and Mister Hunter Vickers as the Little Miss and Little Mister Mason County. Sponsored by the Point Pleasant Junior Womans Club, with Brian Billings of WMPO as MC, thirty eight contestants were interviewed on stage and judged by locals from Gallipolis. Denise McDaniel presented flowers and a crown to the queen, while a trophy went to the king.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Shelia Hopkins
Eddie McFall
Hunter Vickers
Danny King
Denise McDaniel
Mason County debates separate jail facility design
Mason County Commissioners asked architects designing the county jail to prepare extra drawings that would place the jail in a separate building from the courthouse as part of the renovation plan.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County Commissioners
Job Claims Have Dropped in Hocking Valley Week
Logan reports 39 initial unemployment claims and 308 continued with 74 extended for the week ending July 31. Athens shows 47 initial, 437 continued and 133 extended. Total 1,038, down 75 from last week and 306 from a year ago.
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Logan
Hocking Valley
Athens
Tension in Rhodesia Highlighted at Kiwanis Meeting
Glouster Kiwanis heard Enlon Grubbs report from Mashoko Rhodesia on insurgent mining and safety concerns for missionaries. He noted white families should move to Fort Victoria by plane, while plans emerged for a wheelchair ramp project and a possible local board of trade. Districts showed Glouster at 100 percent for June activities.
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Glouster Kiwanis Club
Hotel Gordon
Enlon Grubbs
Mashoko
Rhodesia
Africa
David Grubbs
Church of Christ Missionaries
Dr. Grubbs
Christian Hospital
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Grubbs
Norm Westfall
Roger Kittle
Westfall
Board of Trade
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