Hocking Valley Railroad Service Starts Sunday
The Hocking Valley Scenic Railroad opens Sunday as part of Parade of the Hills Festival with an 11 a.m. tentative departure from the Route 33 Route 691 terminal. Congressman Clarence E. Miller may attend. Trains run weekends and holidays, 10:30 a.m. departures, about 1 hour 45 minutes between trips. Fare is 2.50 for adults, half fare for children under 12, kids ride free. Unofficial runs occur Saturdays. A wheel came off the track during a recent test but caused no serious damage.
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Nelsonville
Hocking Valley
Clarence E. Miller
Goodman
Longstretch
Logan Board Hires Clerk Treasurer
Marilyn Jo Wittekind of 625 E Second St was hired as clerk treasurer of the Logan City School District Board of Education at a special Wednesday evening meeting in the superintendent office.
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Logan
Marilyn Jo Wittekind
E. Second St
Logan City School District
Tri County Lunch Price Policy Set
Tri County Vocational High School in Nelsonville announces free or reduced price lunch eligibility for 1972 73 term. Applications may be filed anytime. two day notice of acceptance or denial. Additional factors include illness, emergency expenses, or unemployment.
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Nelsonville
Tri-County Vocational High School
Earl E. Parkins
Tri- County Vocational School
Ohio
Hocking Valley Job Claims On Increase
Unemployment claims rise in the Hocking Valley with 335 claims for the week ending Aug 12. Logan reports 34 initial and 127 continued claims while Athens records 28 initial and 146 continued. Job openings include a carpenter helper licensed practical nurse nurse aide and several waitresses.
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Logan
Hocking Valley
Harold Zimmerman
Employment Service Bureau
Athens
Democrats To Consider Fall Campaign Plans
Cecil Hartley president of the Morgan County Jefferson Jackson Club says the next meeting will review plans for the fall campaign. The session aims to rally support for Sen. George McGovern and other Democratic candidates. Attendees urged. 7:30 p.m. Aug. 25. Welfare Building rear, 65 W. Union Ave., McConnelsville.
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Mcconnellville
Cecil Hartley
Morgan County
Jefferson Jackson Club
Hartley
George McGovern
W. Union Ave
McConnelsville
Graham Student At Bliss College
Graham Ray Graham of The Plains joins Bliss College in Columbus at 131 E State St to study accounting starting September 11. He previously engaged with DeMolay and the Athens County Wranglers, son of Francis Graham and Mrs. Cleo Graham. Ohio warns not to stop at wrecks on divided highways or if aid is present.
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Columbus
Louis Ray Graham
Bliss College
E. State St
Graham
DeMolay
Athens County Wranglers
Francis Graham
the Plains
Cleo Graham
Ohio Highway Safety
Pete O'Grady
Wellston Police Cite Teen In Reckless Driving Case
Wellston police investigated two accidents this week. Waugh O'Dell Rose, 25, Hamden, stopped in an alley as Mark Smith, 7, rode a bicycle and struck the car leaving a skinned toe. Lorene G Johnson, 20, Wellston, was cited for reckless operation after a Johnson car collided with Kenneth A Peterson, 18, Wellston, with no injuries.
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Wellston
Waugh O'Dell Rose
Hamden
Ohio Avenue
Railroad Avenue
Mark Smith
Young Smith
Lorene G. Johnson
Wisconsin Avenue
Kenneth A. Peterson
Johnson
Peterson
Miss Johnson
Logans’ Geiger Brothers B and E Investigated
A breaking and entering at Geiger Brothers on Ohio Avenue in Logan was reported to the Hocking County Sheriff’s Department. A typewriter valued at 75 dollars was taken Tuesday around 10 p.m. Entry was gained by breaking a front window and entering from inside. investigation continues.
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Logan
Geiger Brothers
Ohio Avenue
Hocking County Sheriff's Department
Bob King
Sheriff's Department
Woman jailed after Logan DUI arrest
Logan City police cited Betty M. McKison aged 50 of Logan Route 4 for driving while under the influence. She was arrested at 2 51 a.m. at the intersection of W Second and Market Streets and jailed pending an appearance before Mayor M B Haney.
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Logan
Betty M. McKison
W. Second
Market Streets
M. B. Haney
Pairings of Young Adults Named in Local Notices
A list shows multiple court or community pairing notices with ages and hometowns including Athens The Plains Nelsonville Buchtel and Millfield Route 1 among others. It references couples or pairs with ages ranging from 16 to 24 across several Ohio towns and ends with a line about a killer whale potentially swallowing up to 24 seals in a single meal.
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Samuel A. Eblen, Jr
Athens
Cathy A. Shumway
the Plains
Russell L. Horn
Akron
Linda C. Schultz
Nelsonville
John Thomas Dodd
Pamela Sue Thomas
Buchtel
Roger Thomas Geise
Delphos
Linda Mae McVey
Robert Handley
Susan K. Hann
Murray Honigstock
Amy Paochi Lae
Mohammad Radzi Hamzah
Zainah Etty Ibrahim
Wellston Thing Reported Near Fairgrounds
Police received a mysterious 8:05 PM call describing a seven foot tall shining thing jumping from weeds and urging an immediate trip to the fairgrounds. No identification or location was given and no further reports followed. The article also notes the New York Department of Commerce processed 25 900 letters in 1971 seeking Empire State information.
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Wellston
Fairgrounds
New York State Department of Commerce
Empire State
Pond easement ends road blockage in Hocking County
Hocking County commissioners accept an easement around a pond on Sam Karr Road permitting a 30 foot wide right of way. The Frash family retains title to land under the pond abandoned by the board after the easement. Other items include Logan jail prisoner housing not renewed and ongoing complaints about unoccupied Oroville houses and lack of action from fire marshal officials. Brady Waugh made further complaints to the board.
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Logan
Sam Karr
Perry
Hocking County
William E
Edith Frash
Frashes
Christopher E. Veidt
Oroville
State Fire Marshal’s Office
Brady Waugh
Power Outage Planned on Vine Street and Beacon Hill
Ohio Power Co. warns utilities on Vine Street from East Street to Zanesville Avenue and Beacon Hill Addition from 9 to 10 a.m. Friday for service work to remove overhanging brush near a utility tower in West Logan.
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Logan
Ohio Power Co
Vine Street
East Street
Zanesville Avenue
Beacon Hill
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Glouster Boy Scout Troop
West Virginia
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American Legion
Phil Faires
Bruce Christman
Steven Lewis
Randy Trace
Jody Parks
Richard Walker
John
Hocking Valley Railroad
Logan Board
Don Young
Tom Grey
Dan G. Long
Farmers and Merchant’s Bank
Long
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Dean Ludwig
Ernest McCune
Harold Whitmore
Deborah Turner
Marilyn Specht
Steven Martin
Athens County
Killer Whale
Wellston ‘Thing
Pond
West Logan
Court House
Leonard Myers
Lost Hollow
Singer Company
Logan Home Furnishings CO
West Main St
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