Annex Proposed for Mount St. Mary Hospital Rehabilitation Unit
Sister Euphemia at Mount St. Mary hospital announced progress toward federal funds for a two story annex to house a physical therapy rehabilitation unit. The Ohio Development Department forwarded a letter to the Economic Development Administration approving the hospital’s funding application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Euphemia
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Ohio Department of Development
Economic Development Administration
Annette
Wellston seeks EDA aid for wastewater improvements
A Wellston delegation led by Mayor James Rupert met with EDA assistant secretary Eugene Foley to discuss an application for about 2 million dollars in federal aid for wastewater system upgrades. The group also consulted with Rep. Moeller and ARCO officials and received assurance of Agriculture Department cooperation toward prompt action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellston
Economic Development Administration
Walter H. Moeller
EDA
Eugene P. Foley
James Rupert
Washington
Foley
Walter Moeller
10Th
Moeller
Appalachian Regional Commission
Ralston-Purina
John Sweeney
Department of Agriculture
Dental Supervisor Named For CAP Program in Hocking County
Ruth Hinerman of Union Furnace was chosen as supervisor of the Hocking County dental program on the recommendation of the Community Action Committee. Approved by Health Commissioner H M Boocks, she will coordinate the program to aid low income children. The position pays 350 dollars a month and begins when funds are available. Hinerman has nine years with local physicians and three years at Mount St Mary Hospital Nelsonville, plus four years as Starr Washington school board clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nate
Donald Young
CAC
Hinerman
Count Health Department
TB Hospital Employes Hold Picnic
A group of South east Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital employees rode by truck to Muskingum River Wednesday evening for a cook-out and picnic at the cottage of Mr. and Mrs. Bane Goss. They swam and boated. participants included Terry and Joyce Dane Daisy Reed Nyoka Winingman Carol Williams Beverly Blake Virgie Kreslin Margie Kirkendall andson Jack Venus Dane andson Keith Mary Margaret Gastin Loretta Mc Laughlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Southeast Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital
Muskingum River
Bane Goss
Terry
Joyce Dane
Daisy Reed
Nyoka Winingman
Carol Williams
Beverly Blake
Virgie Kreslin
Margie Kirkendall
Jack
Venus Dane
Keith
Mary Margaret Gastin
Loretta McLaughlin
Mount St Mary Hospital Notes Admits Many Local Residents
The Mount St Mary Hospital admits numerous local residents across Athens, Logan, Nelsonville, Glouster, Shawnee, Chauncey, and nearby routes. Names include Alvin D. Azbell, Ed win Ellison, Mary J. West, Eileen Beard, Mary Mourn, Harvey Grim, Robert Neel, Loretta Rutherford, Helen Rutherford, Joe Judson and son, Roger Brunton and son, Bill McCollum and daughter, Ida Keeney, Christopher Ford, Judy Tewksbury, Mary Weaver, Cheryl Woodgeard, Albert Hildebrandt, John Clowes, Laura Hummel, Elmer Traugh, Frank Halliday, Charles Pendergrass, Orville Ackison, Rosetta McManaway, Baby Sandra K. Andrews, Margaret Krannitz, Margaret McCaskey, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin D. Azbell
Logan
Edwin Ellison
Mary J. West
Athens
Eileen Beard
Glouster
Mary Mourn
Nelsonville
Harvey Grim
Buchtel
Robert Neel
Murray City
Loretta Rutherford
Carbon Hill
Helen Rutherford
Joe Judson
Malta
Roger Brunton
Bill McCollum
Ida Keeney
Deanville
Christopher Ford
Judy Tewksbury
Albany
Mary Weaver
Cheryl Woodgeard
New Plymouth
Albert Hildebrandt
John Clowes
Laura Hummel
Elmer Traugh
Frank Halliday
Charles Pendergrass
Chauncey
Orville Ackison
Rosetta McManaway
Sandra K. Andrews
Margaret Krannitz
Margaret McCaskey
Jacksonville
Flares Explain Strange Lights Over Nelsonville
Nelsonville residents reported glowing lights Sunday and Tuesday, initially feared as UFOs. Officials attributed them to flares fired by Air Force personnel during training maneuvers at the Dorr Run Survival Training camp north west of the city, where ROTC cadets are receiving instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Air Force
Dorr Run
Hocking Valley Hospital Notices Dismiss Several Names
Dismissed list includes Mrs. Gerald W. Stimson Nelsonville Route 2 Brian J. Miller Logan Route 4 Mrs. Larry K. Darnell Logan and others with addresses in Lancaster Rockbridge Logan and Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Gerald W. Stimson
Nelsonville
Brian J. Miller
Logan
Larry K. Darnell
Robert Blanton
Harold Sheets
Carroll
John Wharton
Lancaster
Samuel Moore
Rockbridge
Betty J. Rizer
Robert Leaman
Kindergarten Classes Slated In Nelsonville
Nelsonville Supt. L C Gray reports current kindergarten enrollment implies three class sessions for the new term. Class times are 8:35 to 10:15 a m for class one 10:20 to 12:00 noon for class two and 11 to p m for class three. Parents should contact the principal for assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
L. C. Gray
Repair Gate On Way To Reedsville
A faulty gate at Lock 20 on the Ohio River near Reedsville slows river traffic for at least six more days. Robert McKelvey reports a 140 ton spare gate is en route from Marietta to replace the collapsed gate. Only westbound boats may pass while repairs proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reedsville
Ohio River
Robert McKelvey
Marietta
Robert G. West
West
McKelvey
Lock 20
Christianity Theme At Middlport Youth Service
At Middlport Church of Christ a youth program centered on Christianity with Wendell Gerlach directing. Speakers included Narsa Frost Christine Bahr and Joy Boggs. Carol Scott organist Judy Wildermuth pianist and Debbie Grueser Kathy McElhinney performed. Acting deacons for the communion were Danny Abbott Don Nelson Craig Rawlings Mike Gerlach Jim Clatworthy Wayne Davis Jim Butcher and John Cunningham. Rick y Triplett gave the benediction. Wendell Gerlach will lead worship Sunday in Rev Donald Hicks absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Church of Christ
Wendell Gerlach
Narsa Frost
Christine Bahr
Joy Boggs
Charlotte Davidson
Martha Nicholson
Mike Gerlach
Debbie Grueser
Kathy McElhinney
Carol Scott
Judy Wildermuth
Danny Abbott
Don Nelson
Craig Rawlings
Jim Clatworthy
Wayne Davis
Jim Butcher
John Cunningham
Ricky Triplett
Donald Hicks
Columbus Man Cited After Route 33 Wreck
Logan County Ohio crash on Route 33 left of center results in citation for James W. Russell 2 Columbus for left of center. He collided with Thomas K. Crowley 27 Columbus and veered into a ditch. Meyers 21 Logan Route 1 had windshield damaged by chrome from Crowley car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Columbus
Route
State Highway Patrol
James W. Russell
Thomas K. Crowley
David John Meyers
Crowley Auto
Three Cars Involved In Point Pleasant Crash
Three cars were involved in a rear end collision Wednesday night at Viand and Fifth in Point Pleasant. Police report $600 in damage with no injuries. Drivers Clyde Salmons, 45, West Hamlin. Gillispie Howard Cox, 39, Beaver, Ohio. and Rev. Charles Frum, 42, North Main Street, Point Pleasant, were involved.
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Point Pleasant
Viand
Fifth
Clyde Salmons
West Hamlin
Gillispie
Howard Cox
Beaver
Ohio
Charles Frum
North Main St
Cox
Salmons
Area Death Notices from Various Ohio Towns
Clara Sterling 93 Logan died at Arca dia Acres Rest Home in Logan. Funeral Sunday 2 p.m. Leonard Funeral Home. Born July 28 1873 in Hocking County. Survived by brother John Sterling. Burial Fairview Cemetery. Frank Coon 75 Athens died in Sheltering Arms Hospital after five weeks illness. Survived by wife Eva two sons Harry and Charles and 12 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. Funeral Sunday 1 30 p.m. Hughes Funeral Home. Burial West Union Street Cemetery. Jacob Walter Hall 86 Malta Route 1 died 2 15 a.m. Friday at son Herbert’s home in Malta. Funeral Monday 2 p.m. Leonard Funeral Home. Buried Fairview Cemetery. Mary Mechem 80 Nelsonville died Thursday at Mount St Mary Hospital after long illness. Son Floyd and granddaughter Diane Harkins. Burial Greenlawn Cemetery. Bertha May Pinkerman 83 Westerville died Wednesday in Grant Hospital Columbus. Survived by six sons and two daughters and 28 grandchildren. Funeral Woodyard East Chapel Columbus with services later at Greasy Ridge. Signature notes of multiple local obituaries.
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Logan
Clara Sterling
Lincoln Ave
Arcadia Acres Rest Home
Leonard Funeral Home
Miss Sterling
Hocking County
Edward
Nancy Lee Sterling
John Sterling
Christian Church
Fairview
Roy Klingler
Athens
Frank Coon
Townsend Pl
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Perry County
George
Sarah Coon
the Plains
Clara
Eva
Harry Coon
Charles Coon
Geraldine Graves
Hughes Funeral Home
Harold Holmes
West Union St
Jacob Walter Hall
Malta
Herbert
Leonard
Earl Edwards
Jackson County
W. Va
Enterprise
Phillip
Louise Branning Hall
Enterprise Eub Church
Hall
Maria
John
Ernest
Levi
Columbus
Eva Rockhold
Leva Wilson
Grove City
Nellie Thomas
Lettie Miller
Eunice Baker
Largo
Fla
Fairview Cemetery
Nelsonville
Mary Mechem
Fort St
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Caldwell
Walter Mechem
Mechem
Floyd
Diane Harkins
Elizabeth Fuller
Blake
Warren Funeral Home
J. Lloyd Evans
William Mechem
Greenlawn Cemetery
Bertha May Pinkerman
Rodebaugh Rd
Westerville
Grant Hospital
Albany
Emory
Salt Lake City
Utah
Shirl
Raymond E
Alfred D
Noah E
San Francisco
Russell
Cincinnati
Carrie McCathran
Marjorie Williams
Jarvey Massie
North Hampton
Ohio
Woodyard East Chapel
Livingston Ave
Willard L. Cozad
Greasy Ridge
New Pupils Registration Scheduled at Elementary School
Nelonville area announces new pupil registration for kindergarten through sixth grade for the 1966 67 term. Enrollment occurs August 15 to 26 at the principal’s office, with hours 8 30 to 11 30 a m and 12 30 to 4 p m. Birth certificate and immunization record required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Robert Penrod
Four Injured In Route 93 Crash Near Logan
A car driven by Linda C Karns left Route 93 south of Logan and overturned into a culvert injuring four people. Passengers Carolyn Karns 22 Nellie Pierce 36 Connie Pierce 21 all from Radcliff were treated at Hocking Valley Community Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Linda C. Karns
Creola
Carolyn Sue Karns
Nellie Pierce
Radcliff
Connie Pierce
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Elks Plan Dance in Nelsonville Saturday Night
Nelsonville Lodge No 543 BPOE will host a dance Saturday from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. All Elks are invited. Admission is $1 per person. A local group will provide music for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Nelsonville Lodge No. 543
BPOE
Elks
Anti Poverty Seminar Set For Saturday
Representatives of the state county and local governments meet with officers of the Community Action Committee for Athens Hocking and Perry Counties in Nelsonville for an Anti Poverty Seminar at the Ellis Building on Hocking Street. Samuel C. Sharp director of the Community Services Office Institute of Regional Development Athens will be principal speaker. Registration begins at 8 30 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Community Action Committee
Athens
Hocking
Perry
Ellis Building
Hocking St
Samuel C. Sharp
Institute of Regional Development
Williamson Boy Wins Grand Champion Title
Williamson County fair results highlight grand champion Ayrshire won by Danny Williamson of South Side with grand Holstein owned by Danny Rayburn of Point Pleasant and reserve by Judy Rayburn. Jersey division grand and reserve awarded to Aaron Weaver. Showmanship topped by Billy Baker with Beverly Yeager second and Aaron Weaver third. Other classes list numerous Jersey, Hereford and Ayrshire winners with 4 H horse show and beef cattle champions among names and farms in Ripley, Letart, and Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Danny Williamson
South Side
Ayrshire
Mason County Fair
Danny Rayburn
Judy Rayburn
Aaron Weaver
Jersey
Billy Baker
Beverly Yeager
Tommy Cullen
Hereford
Sidney Barker
Joyce Berkley
Eddie Carson
Terry Bumgarner
Donald Roush
Eddie Stewart
James Dunn
Billie Baker
Mary Jean Williamson
Maxine Weaver
Dale Machir
Georgianna Sommer
Ralph Mayes
Roy Mayes
Judy Lieving
Timmy Roush
Chester Roush
Curtis Roush
Tommy Roush
Keren Jones
Brenda Roush
Bob Hussell
Joe Smithson
Karen Froendt
Denise Shifler
Debbie McConihay
Bruce Hussell
Bobbie Roush
Sharon Hussell
Jim Hoffman
Daryl Hoffman
Allen Hart
Vickie MacConihay
Delmar Pursley
Ripley
Butler Hereford Farms
C. E. Kessell
Butler Farms
Roush Hereford Farms
C. E. Kessel
Pine Valley Farm
New Milton
Keith Cook
Roger Daugherty
Bill Smith
Bryan Stover
Ashton
Cathy Sayre
Elmer Stone
Lester Lee
John Lee
Bob Hassell
Debra Hunt
Leon
Lester See
John See
50 Acre Vinton Tract Viewed For Hatchery
McArthur area may host a Ralston Purina turkey hatchery on a 50 acre industrial tract north of McArthur. Engineers assess flood risk and final decision expected this week. Owners offered site at nominal fee. wellfield and sewer line plans advance with local water board and Elk Fork creek vicinity.
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Mcarthur
Ralston Purina Co
Ralston Purina
Route 93
Elk Twp
McArthur Water Board
Water Board
Elk Fork Creek
Nelsonville Airman Is Promoted
Larry L. Barber, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Barber of 486 West Washington St Nelsonville, has been promoted to Airman in the United States Air Force. He is stationed at Alameda California and will travel to Jacksonville Florida August 15 to board the aircraft carrier USS Shangri La for a seven month Mediterranean cruise. Barber is a plane captain with the A Four Skyhawk and will be assigned to USF-1 care of Fleet Post Office New York NY 09501.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Ralph Barber
West Washington St
Larry
United States Air Force
Alameda
Calif
Jacksonville
Fla
Vinton Group Launches Drive for Members 1966 67
The Vinton County Development Association launched a drive to recruit new members for 1966 67 with John D. Gill as chairman and officers including W E Engle president Warren Marker vice president Beryl McGlaughlin treasurer and John B Palmer secretary. Ceil Francis Friel of Nelsonville pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in a Nelsonville mayor court hearing and was fined 175 plus costs and sentenced to three days in city jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association
W. E. Engle
McArthur
Warren Maarker
Hamden
Beryl McGlaughlin
Zaleski
John B. Palmer
Radcliff
Nelsonville
Cecil Francis Friel
Assignments Announced For Vinton County Schools
Supt. John Palmer announced new leadership in Vinton County schools. Harold V. Felton becomes assistant superintendent of secondary education at Vinton County High School in McArthur, Charles Haskins named principal, Kenneth Leach leads Allensville Elementary with Richard Hagerty as assistant superintendent, Elizabeth Lantz leads McArthur Elementary, Dorothy Scott at Swan School, Ollie Conley at Hamden, Bernice Wortman at Zaleski, and Keith Molihan at Wilton as head teachers or principals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Vinton County
Supt
John Palmer
Harold V. Felton
Charles Haskins
Allensville
Kenneth Leach
Richard Hagerty
Elizabeth Lantz
Swan School
Dorothy Scott
Hamden
Ollie Conley
Zaleski
Bernice Wortman
Wilton
Keith Molihan
Site Studies Continue By School Board
The Tri- County Joint Vocational School board met in a closed session Thursday night and interviewed site owners Burley Blair and Dale Wharton for two potential locations. The Blair farm near Kimberly and the Wharton property are under study with city officials pledging cooperation based on finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Tri- County Joint Vocational School Board
Burley Blair
Dale Wharton
Blair Farm
Kimberly
Wharton
Fearl Hilleary
Clarence Kelley
Board of City
McArthur Downtown Coaches Club Renames to Boosters
The McArthur Downtown Coaches Club votes to become the Vinton County Athletic Boosters Club. Membership opens to all county adults with a Meet the Coaches Night at Vinton County High School next Tuesday inviting parents and fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcarthur
Vinton County Athletic Boosters Club
Vinton County High School
Nelsonville man corrected on residence location
Robert K. Kirkendall formerly listed as a Nelsonville resident is now identified as living in Wheeling Newfoundland and Labrador instead of Wheeling West Virginia, per a Messenger correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Robert K. Kirkendall
Wheeling, NL
Wheeling
W. Va
Messenger
Logan Band Boosters Seek New Members
Logan Band Boosters started its annual drive with $1 memberships to fund the instrumental music program in the Logan school district. President Ron Kelch says costs rise this year and boosters must cover transportation, music, and instrument repairs previously handled by the board of education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Logan Band Boosters
Ron Kelch
Boosters
Board of Education
Kelch
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Lambert S. O'Malley
F. F. Neuenschwander
CAP
Miss Clara Sterling
Jacob Hall
Bertha Pinkerman
Williamson Boy
Letart
Vickie McConihay
John Ord
Della Jordan
Shade Route 1
Nathan Jordan
Joseph Jordan
Korea
Fort Bliss
Tex
Denver
Lee Jordan
Fort Bragg
N. C
Vinton
Nelsonville Airman
Vinton Development Group
McArthur Downtown
Logan Band
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