City Council Approves Glenwood Addition Improvements Plan
Logan council unanimously adopts a plan to install water lines sanitary and storm sewers curb and gutters and grading and paving in the Glenwood Addition with assessments on owners over 10 years totaling about 46 854. Front foot charges range 1200 to 2100 per lot. Also okays lease of city dump to J Tolliver Route 4 for 1650 a year and contracts for Zanesville Ave resurfacing under state aid.
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Jennison Ave
Wood St
Francis Myers
Ohio Department of Highways
Black Top
Zanesville Ave
Hunter St
Logan
J. J.tolliver
Tolliver
Council
Richard Gerken
Decision On Land Due Soon For Nelsonville School
Nelsonville board of education met with Ike Vaughn, owner of a key land strip needed to start building the new elementary school. Vaughn promised a decision within days on a 40 by 150 foot stretch, enabling access for trucks to the main building site.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville City
Vaughn
Adams St
Pine Grove Drive
Chauncey’s Entrants In Queen Contest
entrants compete for a college scholarship or savings bond and a weekend trip to Washington DC as the prize. The pageant is hosted by Chauncey with contestants vying for the crown and title.
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Chauncey
Washington, D. C
Mary Ann Reed Appointed Mathematics Latin Teacher at Union Furnace HS
Starr Washington district board of education appoints Mary Ann Reed of Logan as mathematics and Latin teacher for Union Furnace High School for 1957 58, replacing Florence Ellinger who resigns to teach at Logan High. W E Taylor of New Plymouth awarded coal contract for Union Furnace and Ilesboro schools for the coming term.
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Logan
Starr- Washington
Union Furnace
Ilesboro
Mrs Effie Finnearty Returns Home After Major Surgery
Mrs Effie Finnearty leaves Grant Hospital Columbus and returns to 770 East Main Street after undergoing major surgery.
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Hospital
Logan
Effie Finnearty
E. Main St
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Judge Frees Union Men from Order
Logan residents report Judge Harley Meyer placed on Common Pleas records an order releasing specific defendants from a permanent injunction in Claude A. Jones Inc v International Union of Operating Engineers and others. The dism issal covers Frank P. Conyers and others, finding lack of participation and insufficient evidence connected to alleged violence at a Route 33 highway project scene.
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The
Route 33
Logan
Hocking Valley Hospital Notes
Mr and Mrs Donald Malone Logan welcome twin daughters. Admitted Pearl McClelland Laurelville Route 1 medical, Joseph F Kline Rockbridge medical, Homer Dillon Logan, Raymond Smith New Straitsville Route 1 medical, Adia Ricketts Adelphi medical, Leslie Reynolds McArthur surgery. Dismissed Clayton Kanade Logan. Mrs Eliza Jane Howdyshell
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Pearl McClelland
Laurelville
Joseph F. Kline
Rockbridge
Homer Dillon
Logan
Raymond Smith
New Straitsville
Adia Ricketts
Adelphi
Leslie Reynolds
McArthur
Clayton Kanade
Eliza Jane Howdyshell
Judge cites Cain and Abel as delinquency metaphor at Logan Kiwanis
Judge Rhea Bangert Brown spoke at the Logan Kiwanis Club on causes of juvenile delinquency in Hocking County. She linked problems to unstable homes and parental irresponsibility, noting many parents lack money management skills. The talk highlighted supervision as crucial, with a traveling pig project planned for New Boston in September.
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Logan
Logan Kiwanis Club
Rhea Bangert Brown
Hocking County
Brown
Cain
Anel
Gene Brown
Portsmouth
Logan Club
New Boston
Couple Returns From New York Convention
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Koon attended the national Grand Aerie Convention of Eagles in New York City July 24 to 28. They traveled by turnpike and sailed aboard the Mayflower II with a yacht trip around Manhattan, reporting a parade that lasted over three hours and tunnels passed. En route home they stopped at Spruce Creek, Pennsylvania.
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Nelsonville
Dale Koon
Grand Aerie Convention of Eagles
New York City
Eagles Lodge
New York
Manhattan Island
Holland
Lincoln
Spruce Creek
Juror Drawing Planned for September Court Term
Judge Harley Meyer placed on record the entry ordering a 30 name juror draw for September term. The first 15 drawn will serve on the grand jury and the remaining 35 on the petit jury. Drawing occurs at 10 a.m. August 24 in the clerk of courts office.
Carbondale Man Fined For Assault in Nelsonville
Eddie Ross of Carbondale was fined $10 and costs in magistrate George Schoonover’s court on an assault charge filed by Robert Thompson. Arrest was made by constable Maywood Byers.
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Nelsonville
Eddie Ross
Carbondale
George Schoonover
Robert Thompson
Maywood Byers
Two Hocking 4-Hers Win in District Meet
In Athens Monday two Hocking County 4-H entrants claimed top honors and runner up spots in district recreation rural arts and public speaking contests. John Reid of Laurelville Livestock 4-H won first in boys safety speaking and earned a trip to the Ohio 4-H Club Congress. A Laurel Stitchers group of girls won first in dramatics, Jo Ellen Brown and others in the skit also earning trips to the state congress. A Pleasant Workers Club quartet placed second in instrumental music, and a Merry Pals Club chorus second in vocal music sung “Lonesome Valley.” The 4-H style revue, judged by Emily Marks and Leora Sayre, will be at East school tonight with county winners advancing to the Ohio State Fair style revue.
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Athens
John Reid
Laurelville Livestock
Sharon Frey
Linda Kay Poling
Betty McCain
Janet Reid
The
Pleasant Workers Club
Carol Bethel
Karen Karshner
Bonnie Thompson
Sharon Steele
Merry Pals Club
Lonesome Valley
Judy Freeman
Linda Adair
Penny Wolfe
Margaret Richards
Susan Wolfe
Karen Brown
Paula Kuhn
Linda Reider
Kathy Milbauer
Ann Kallas
Sandy Gabriel
Martha Sue Voris
Ethel Bower
East School
Emily Marks
Ross County
Leora Sayre
Pickaway County
Miss Bower
Peace and Friendship Highlights From Antioch Grange Meeting
Mrs. Blanche Nihiser presented a program themed Peace and Friendship with readings from Flame of Friendship. Jessie Stahr read Beyond the Horizon and sang I Belong to the King with Blanche Nihiser at the piano. Members and guests performed readings and a play with listed participants.
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Lloyd Hansley
Grace Blum
Jessie Stahr
the King
Blanche Nihiser
John Amnah
Betty Poling
Amnah
The
Grange
William Conner
Blenden Grange
Franklin County
Hocking County
Athens State Hospital
Candy Sale Planned by Nelsonville Tri-Hi-Y
Nelsonville Tri-Hi Yers plan a candy sale Saturday at 10 a m in front of Preston's store. They will specialize in fudge and use proceeds for the World Service Find, with orders sought from businesses around the square.
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Nelsonville
Tri-Hi-Y
Preston
World Service Find
Logan men cited for license and muffler violations
State Patrol cited William T. Berry Franklin Tatman and Gerald Noble to appear in Mayor's Court Logan Berry 31 of South Bloomingville faces Aug 24 for no operator’s license Tatman 26 of South Bloomingville appears today for no muffler Noble 47 of Circleville must appear Aug 19 for operating with suspended plates
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Logan
State Patrol
William T. Berry
South Bloomingville
Franklin Tatman
S. Bloomingville
Gerald Noble
Circleville
Zaleski Forest Tour Featured for Nelsonville Rotarians
The Nelsonville Rotary Club toured Zaleski State Forest with Irvin Badger, OSU civil engineering associate professor, describing a nine week summer surveying camp begun in 1932 for CCC workers. Students map 18 acres per crew across three courses with maps handed to the state forestry service.
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Nelsonville
Zaleski
Ohio State
Ohio University
State Forestry Service
Badger
Nelsonville Athletic Association Launches 1957 58 Membership Drive
The Nelsonville Athletic Association kicks off its 1957 58 membership drive with individual tickets at $1 and commercial placards at $2. A commercial bus will transport the team to Jackson for the Sept. 27 league game against the Ironmen, with chartering approved. A Little League program for fifth and sixth graders starts Sept. 4. signups are via Ned Tolliver or The Messenger office, with parent signatures required.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Athletic Association
Clifford James
Jackson
Ironmen
Gallipolis
Ned Tolliver
Tolliver
Norwood Haynes
Barber's Filling Station
Wilson Brothers Oil Company
Northway Cabs
Mount St Mary Hospital Births Noted inNelsonville Area
Mount St. Mary Hospital reports several births and resident listings. Names include Mr and Mrs Denver Mohney Nelsonville Route 1 with a son, Mr and Mrs Frank Stufflebean Carbon Hill with a daughter, plus numerous individuals and households in Athens Nelsonville New Lexington and Jacksonville.
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Denver Mohney
Nelsonville
Frank Stufflebean
Carbon Hill
Pearl Nicholson
Athens
Elizabeth Roberts
Glouster
Elaine Lavely
Mary V. Sheppard
Lancaster
Bernard Rapp
New Lexington
Margaret Hubble
Myrtle Wright
C. H. Monks
Charles Brinkley
Jacksonville
Bernard Elman
Allen Nichols
Carbondale
Larry Nichols
Bernard Guess
Frances Smith
Nate Matheny
Winfield Lewis Returns With Children From Buffalo Trip
Winfield Lewis and his children of Chestnut Street have returned home after vacationing in Buffalo New York and visiting Niagara Falls.
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Nelsonville
Winfield Lewis
Chestnut St
Buffalo, N. Y
Niagara Falls
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Ing
Ladies Comfort Station
Pine Grove
Lorena Keirns
Linda Lee Kovaleski
Hills
Pat McCafferty
Judie Russell
Ohio River
Bistes
Vain
Logan, Ohio
Kroger
Judge Frees Union
Hocking Valley Hospital
Donald Malone, Logan
Brother Abel
Judge Bangert
Richard G Gerken
Walter North
Carbondale Man
Logan Women’s News
Chevrolet
Oldsmobile
Roger Liean Ayetie Stre Nelsonville
Patrol
State Forest
Zaleski Forest
Nelsonville High Scohol
University of Cincinnati
Navy
Seattle
Jim Bob King
Burt Deveau
Bob Parks
Detroit
Association
Mount St. Mary Hospital
J. H. Wilson
First National Bank Bldg
Nelsonville, Ohio
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