Six Accidents Investigated In Logan Over Weekend
Logan deputies checked six traffic accidents over the weekend in one of the year's busiest periods. Details include a rear-end collision on N Walnut Road injuring no one, and citations for failure to maintain an assured clear distance and failure to yield the right of way.
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Logan
N. Walnut Rd
Ed Smith
Larry J. Conrad
Frank E. Bateman
Bateman
Smith
Old Geneva Rd
Judge Fines Four Drivers In Court
Hocking County Judge Vaughn Collins heard four cases. Leona J. Thompson of Glouster Route 3 was fined 15 dollars with costs and fine suspended for speeding on Route 216. Edward Flowers of Rockbridge was fined 15 dollars with costs for intoxication and disorderly conduct. William C. Young of Guysville Route 1 was fined 50 dollars with costs for operating without a license. Frank E. Bateman of Logan Route 4 was fined 15 dollars with costs and suspended for failure to maintain a safe distance on Walnut Road.
Concessions Theft At Old Mans Cave Under Investigation
Sheriff deputy Ed Smith investigated a breaking and entry at the concession stand at Old Mans Cave. The entry was made by prying the back door lock sometime between 10 p m Saturday and 8 a m Sunday. At least two of every item appeared missing per inventory though no cash was taken. Logan. Lightning Ignites Gas Leak At Maffin Residence On Claybank Rd During Thunderstorm Firefighters Responded As Pipe Service Co Shuts Gas Well For Repairs.
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Marvin Smart
Enterprise Rd
Donna Jean Brockway
Buckeye Lake
Billy E. McBride
Logan
Smart
Leonard J. Burns
Old Mans Cave
Ed Smith
Smith
Vance Griffith
William Maffin
Claybank Rd
Hap Thrush
Pipe Service Co
Mr Hunter Dies At 77 In Ohio Funeral Details
Andrew Jackson Hunter 77 of New Straitsville died 9:50 p.m. Sunday at Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus after transfer from Hocking Valley Hospital Logan. Retired Chartiers Oil Co. pumper, he leaves wife Lillie five sons Earl William Carl Chester and Charles one daughter Lillian Carlton one brother Samuel L. and one sister Belle Starkey. Funeral Wednesday 2 p.m. at Carmel Baptist Church New Straitsville with Rev Max Harvey officiating. Burial New Straitsville Cemetery. Friends may call at home.
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Logan
Andrew Jackson Hunter
New Straitsville
Riverside Methodist Hospital
Columbus
Hocking Valley Hospital
Mannington
W. Va
Newton
Elisabeth Davis Hunter
Chartiers Oil Co
Carmel Baptist Church
Lillie
Earl
Canton
William of Columbus
Carl
Gahanna
Chester
Charles
Lillian Carlton
Jamestown
N. Y
Samuel L
Smithfield
Belle Starkey
Menlo Park
N. J
Max Harvey
New Straitsville Cemetery
Hocking Valley Hospital Admits and Dismissals
Admissions list includes Seber Lehman Gore Route 1 medical Charles Boling Logan surgery Mrs Sarah Hoover Junction City Route 1 surgery. Discharges name multiple patients including Mrs James L Woods Logan Mrs Mollie Johnson Logan Mrs Nellie True Gore Route 1 and others to Riverside Methodist in Columbus. Kenneth Hartley 22 Columbus clerk bookkeeper and Christina Ann Burchfield 17 Logan Route 3 at home.
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Seber Lehman
Gore
Charles Boling
Logan
Sarah Hoover
Junction City
James L. Woods
Mollie Johnson
Nellie True
Paul McCombs
Jack Yates
Union Furnace
Leroy Mace
Andrew Hunter
New Straitsville
Riverside Methodist Hospital
Columbus
Kenneth Lowell Hartley
Christina Ann Burchfield
Mrs. England Dies Monday in Logan
Blanche B. England age 78 died at her home on Logan Route 8 at 12 48 p m Monday. She was born in Green Township Hocking County daughter of Charles A and Mary C Graham England one of the old pioneer families. She taught in Tampa Florida and held posts with Grange deputy county auditor and treasurer and city worker. Survived by brother Charles P England Groveport and sister Mrs Walter Dutton East Lansing Michigan. Funeral Wednesday 2 p m Roberts funeral home Rev Raymond Sturm officiating. Cremation with ashes interred Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call.
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Logan
Blanche B. England
Green Two
Hocking County
Charles A
Mary C. Graham England
Logan High School
Bliss Business College of Columbus
Tampa
Fla
Grange
Gottman Rites Held Today
Funeral services for Emma Gottman 77 widow of Frederick W Gottman were held at Heinlein funeral home at 2 p m. Survivors include son LeRoy of Xenia daughter Mrs Margaret Hilton of Alexandria Va and three grandchildren. Rev Dr R B Wilson led the service and burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Logan
Emma Gottman
Second St
Heinlein
Frederick W. Gottman
LeRoy of
Xenia
Margaret Hilton
Alexandria
R. B. Wilson
Oak Grove Cemetery
Logan Calendar Tuesday Community Meetings and Dinner
Berea Class at Union Fur nace Presbyterian Church 7 30 p m Mrs James Skin ner program leader VFW Ladies Auxiliary 7 30 p m Bring prizes for games Business and professional Women's Club dinner Brandt's Mecca Room 6 30 p m Officers in charge Bible Boosters Presbyterian Church library 7 p m Hannah Circle First Methodist Church picnic Rachelmacher Park 12 noon for members and families In case of rain meet at church
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Union Furnace Presbyterian Church
James Skinner
VFW
Brandt
Mecca Room
Presbyterian Church Library
Hannah
First Methodist Church
Rachelmacher Park
Laurelville Teen Pleads Guilty To Muffler Violation
Logan Ronnie C. Riddle, 17, of Laurelville appeared before Hocking County Juvenile Judge Rhea Bangert Brown on charges from the State Highway Patrol for operating a motor vehicle without a proper muffler. He pled guilty and was fined five dollars plus costs.
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Logan
Ronnie C. Riddle
Laurelville
Hocking County
Rhea Bangert Brown
State Highway Patrol
Water Superintendent Completes VPI Course
Drennen Goldsberry, superintendent of the city water treatment plant, completed a workshop for plant supervisors at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg. He has finished three VPI courses and was made an associate member of the Virginia Water and Sewage Operators Association.
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Drennen Goldsberry
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
VPI
Goldsberry
Virginia Water and Sewage Operators Association
Virginia
American Water Works Association
Virginia Industrial Wastes and Sewage Works
Virginia State Department of Health
Virginia Water Control Board
Bridge Construction Targets Glen Ebon Road Closure
Glen Ebon Road County Road 4 will close Thursday morning for an indefinite period while a new 155 foot steel truss bridge is installed. County commissioners awarded the contract to Ohio Bridge Corp Cambridge with a low bid of 94 660 dollars.
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Glen Ebon
Harry Dust
Ohio Bridge Corp
Cambridge
Untended Vehicle Rolls Into Auto
A parked untended auto rolled from a driveway on E State St Tuesday morning striking another parked car. The hand brake on Judith Ann Sweitzer’s vehicle was not set, police said. it struck John M. Clark’s auto on Albany Route 1.
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E. State St
Judith Ann Sweitzer
Dover
John M. Clark
Albany
Architecture Rotary Topic At Athens Club Luncheon
The Athens Rotary Club heard two speakers, Prof. Walter A. Taylor and Dean E. J. Taylor, both members. Prof. Taylor, director at Ohio University, spoke on the new Air Force Academy chapel in Colorado Springs and its modern design. Dean Taylor defended older naval architectural designs with humor, citing Annapolis.
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Athens
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Birth announced for Davis in Nelsonville and others
Mr and Mrs Jim Davis of Nelsonville welcome a son. Edward Meredith of Columbus with Mrs Mary Hallenback of Athens. Mrs L C Baker and Patti Hawkins of Athens Route 1 are noted as well as Mrs Roger Bartlett of Albany Route 1 and West. Dallas Smith of Athens is listed as the accompanying name.
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Jim Davis
Nelsonville
Edward Meredith
Columbus
Mary Hallenback
Athens
L. C. Baker
Patti Hawkins
Roger Bartlett
Albany
West Baby Boy
Dallas Smith
Ohio University Names Administrative Assistant
Thomas R. Forbes Jr a Harvard MBA graduate is named administrative assistant to Dr Thomas Smith vice president for academic affairs at Ohio University Forbes earned his masters in June from Harvard and a BA from the University of Rochester He previously worked for Booz Allen Hamilton and Procter and Gamble.
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Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
Thomas R. Forbes Jr
Thomas Smith
Ohio University
Forbes
Harvard
University of Rochester
University
Booz, Allen & Hamilton
Management Consultants
Procter and Gamble Co
Three Drivers Fined In Municipal Court
Three motorists pleaded guilty in Municipal Court Tuesday to traffic citations. Ernest A. Baughman, 72, of 13 Stewart St., was fined five dollars and costs for stop sign violation. Clarence A. Fuller, 62, of Guysville, fined two dollars and costs for traveling on closed streets. Larry D. Wadley, 19, of Chauncey, fined five dollars and costs for a bad muffler cited by State Highway Patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest A. Baughman
Stewart St
Clarence A. Fuller
Guysville
Larry D. Wadley
Chauncey
Athens Improvement Projects Discussed by ABA Leaders
Athens Business Association committee heads discussed multiple community projects to boost city revenue for streets water and traffic control new hospital facilities recreation and airport development under urban renewal programs. The group outlined bylaws before the next meeting and noted 94 members with 68 new members in the campaign.
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Athens Business Association
Charles Ramseth
Ramseth
ABA
Public Information Committee
David Young
Fred H. Sands
B. T. Grover, Jr
Frank Shay
Larry Myers
Kenner Bush
C. B. Nye
Mrs. Opal Hunter Dies At 48 In Athens
Opal Hunter 48 of 64 N Shafer St Athens died Monday afternoon at Sheltering Arms Hospital after months of ill health. Born in Vinton County she lived in Athens most of her life and worked seven years at the Edwin Watts Churb Library at Ohio University. Survived by five daughters four sisters a brother and four grandchildren. Services Thursday 1 p.m. Hughes Funeral Home Rev James W Brown. Burial West Union Street Cemetery. Friends may call after Wednesday noon.
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Opal Hunter
N. Shafer St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Vinton County
Athens
Edwin Watts
Jacksonville
Linda
Jane
Levi Mason
McArthur
Helen Minton
Dorothy Ramey
Eileen Martin
Columbus
Gladys Harper
Dundas
Delbert Mason
Hughes Funeral Home
James W. Brown
West Union Street
Unclaimed items found at Athens County Fair
Several billfolds and sets of keys were left at the Athens County Fair secretary’s office when the show closed. Emory Allen reported the items were turned over to the city police department and owners may claim them at the police station.
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Fair Board
Emory Allen
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Lancaster
Clarence W. Sauders
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Hocking County Court
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Woodgeard
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Circleville
Maffin
Mr. Hunter
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Pomeroy
Mrs. England
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Logan Federal
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N. Market St
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George Drach
Dwight Rutherford
M. W. McDargh
William Rose
Parker Walker
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Athens County Farm Bureau
Athens National Bank
Athens Veterinary Hospital
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Hee & Mathews, Inc
Bridgwater Machine Co
Broughton’s Dairy
Fairmont Foods Company
General Telephone Company
D.M
William L. Roberts
Sol Rosenberg
Royal McBee Corp
Dwight H. Rutherford
D. H. Sams
Cheryl H. Seel
Insurance
R. E. Stephenson
Stout Farm Supply
E. A. Sprague Wade
Tom Towne House
Grill University Lumber Company
Wakefield Motors
Wm. Parker Walker Washburn Travel Center
Franz Woodworth
Dr. P. J. Woodworth
L. E. Yoho, Inc
Athens Retail Merchants
Altman’s
Athens Messenger
Athens Pharmacy
Beckley’s Store
Belk-Simpson Company
Carpenter's Hardware Company
Carrol’s Market
Chapman's Jewelry Store
College Book Store
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Cornwell & Company, Jewelers Fair Store
Kroger
Kyle
Lamborn
Luckoff’s
Mutual Stores Music Manor
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Robert’s Clothing
Scott's
Shannon Firestone
Stanley’s
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