Jan. 1 Is Special To Logan Pair
Logan couple William Woodard and Amanda Jane Lytle mark their 73rd wedding anniversary on January 1. Both natives of Hocking County, they lived at 618 East Front Street and have seven children, 17 grandchildren, 50 great grandchildren, and 17 great great grandchildren. Their long life includes farming, church work, and pastoring at Gibisonville Church. Surviving children include Alta Vergoon Eura Keck Earl Woodard and Mrs Earl Kitchen. Two daughters are deceased. No observance planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire Devore
Bloomingville
Conkle’s Hollow
Hocking County
Woodard
Gibisonville
Ohio
Alta Vergoon
Eura Keck
Harold Heigle
Logan
Earl Woodard
Lancaster
Earl Kitchen
E. Main St
Bert Long
Olen Lama
Indian Communists Sabotaging Government Food Plan in Calcutta Area
In eastern India the Communist movement seeks to block a government plan for direct rice purchases from farmers and rationing to ease shortages. Farmers are urged to withhold stock amid rising prices. Calcutta markets show 50 cents per kilogram while ration shops offer 15 cents. West Bengal officials tour 37 000 villages to promote selling to the state.
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Calcutta
India
West Bengal
Hospital Nears Opening as Equipment Arrives
Logan Valley community hospital gains progress toward opening as Administrator John Sappington announces equipment shipments begin this week. He and his secretary return to the new building after a week at a temporary home office due to boiler inspections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
John Sappington
Sappington
School Board Probes 66 Budget Cuts in Logan
Logan city school board schedules a special session at Brandt's Restaurant to review further reductions in the 1966 budget. The plan originally rested on 21.4 mills, fell to 15.4 after voter rejections, and about 50 cuts were made December 20 with roughly $16,000 still needing reduction.
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Logan
Logan City
Brandt
Logan Marine Visits Family Over Holiday
Cpl. Daniel Tim Saunders a Logan Marine visits his parents Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Stimson at 451 Henrietta Ave during the holiday. Saunders, a 1963 Logan High graduate, has served 17 months in the Marine Corps including the last eight in Viet Nam.
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Logan Marine
Logan
Marine
Cpl
Daniel
Tim) Saunders
Mrs
Wayne Stimson
Henrietta Ave
Saunders
Logan High
Marine Corps
Viet Nam
Firing Of Blank Pistol Draws Fine
Logan two youths from Rockbridge Route 1 were fined ten dollars and costs and given one day in Hocking County jail after a Friday blank pistol shooting on Route 33. Walter Louis Sharon Jr and John Frederick Smith, both 19, unlawfully discharged a firearm on a public highway. They fired at Lewis H Brown, a Logan police lieutenant, prompting a two mile chase before arrest.
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Logan
Rockbridge
Route 33
Lewis H. Brown
Smith
Brown
Sheriff's Department
Sharon
Training Project Wins Approval for Ironton
Labor Secretary H Willard Wirtz announced approval of an on the job training project for carpenter apprentices in Ironton Ohio Under the Manpower Development and Training Act about 20 unemployed workers will receive 26 weeks of training through Tri State Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship Committee Federal funds totaling 15186 will reimburse training costs and about 94 percent of graduates are hired by participating employers.
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Washington
Ironton
Ohio
H. Willard Wirtz
Carpenters’ Joint Apprenticeship Committee
Wirtz
Eral
Committee
Christmas Day Guests Share Morristown And Area Visits
Mrs. Andrew McKinney of Morristown hosted Christmas guests including Mr. and Mrs. George Adkins of Lancaster and several others from Letart Morristown and Thornville. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Antle of Concord entertained Thursday with visits from Joseph Antle family of Thornville and Richard Antle of Massillon. Lewis Antle of Trimble joined his relatives Sunday at the Concord home.
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Andrew McKinney
Morristown
George Adkins
Lancaster
H. S. Severign
Elaine McKinney
Garnet Aten
Letart
W. H. Strausbaugh
Joe Antle
Concord
Joseph Antle
Thornville
Richard Ant
2 Men Held On Parole Violations
Two Hocking County men Kenneth E. Hedges and John Chapman were jailed by Pennsylvania State Police for parole violations after a Christmas Day accident in Washington Pennsylvania. Both had recent releases from Ohio facilities and were linked to prior crashes in West Virginia.
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Logan
Hocking County
Pennsylvania
Washington
Kenneth E. Hedges
Ohio Reformatory
Mansfield
John Chapman
Wheeling
Elm Grove
W. Va
Ohio
Funeral for Walter Scruggs Draws 1000 in Franklin
In Franklin North Carolina a thousand people packed the largest church for the funeral of Thomas Walter Scruggs 18 a popular Negro athlete who helped desegregate schools He died Christmas Eve in a head on crash with his brother His funeral followed an effort to move services to a larger church to accommodate mourners including Piedmont College leaders and the 1964 65 Franklin High School basketball team with white and Negro pallbearers.
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Franklin
N. C
Thomas Walter Scruggs
W. Thomas Lane
Walter Scruggs
Dr. Lane
Scruggs
North Carolina
Tom Raby
Piedmont College
Demorest
Franklin High School
James E. Walter
O'Neal] Cave
Piedmont
Raby
Christmas Traffic Toll Sets New Peak Record
Traffic accidents killed 720 people over a three day Christmas weekend, the highest toll for any holiday period. The National Safety Council called it a national disaster, topping the 706 fatality mark set during a 102 hour four day Christmas weekend nine years earlier.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Welcome Home Dear Abby Tribute From Phoenix Family
A World War II veteran recalls a heartfelt New Years Day welcome for his family. He notes his son, a Lt in the Congolese Army, was killed in action on April 8 1965 after a six year absence. The letter expresses quiet grief and honor as they await closure.
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Abby
Richard 3
Guilfoyle SR
Phoenix, Ariz
Tri-County CAP seeks 28000 grant for planning
The Tri County Community Action Program committee in Athens Hocking and Perry counties filed a grant application about ten days ago to fund a regional CAP office and early planning. Congressman Moeller will attend a December 30 meeting at the Athens County welfare office to discuss local participation.
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Logan
Tri-County Community Action Program Committee
Athens County Welfare Department
Walter Moeller
Martin L. Sharrett
Hocking Cap
Tri-County Cap
Sharrett
Don Benson
The
Institute For Regional Development
Chicago Office of Economic Opportunity
Athens
Hocking
Perry
Ohio
Jackson-Vinton
Don G. Young
Robert I. Shackford
Chicago
Shackford
Hocking Committee
Blood donors receive pins in 1965 Hocking County tally
Seven donors earned commemorative pins after the 1965 Hocking County blood program results were tabulated. Honorees include Christopher Crothers with seven gallons, William P. Guess with six, and several others at two or one gallon levels. McArthur Supply Co. to close for inventory from January 1 to January 4.
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William Woodard
E. Front St
Bee
Chauncey Percomale
Vinton
J. E. Morrison
Jim
Gallipolis
Emma Morrison
Nellie Cullums, McArthur
Dear Abby
Schine
Athena
the Messenger
Milton Hyman
Ker
George Wolfe, Jr
McArthur
McArthur Supply Co
Esas
Sohio
Martha
Wat HL
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Federal Power Commission
Vpollt
Ohio Hilectric Companies
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
Dayton Power and Light Company
Marietta Electric Company
Ohio Edison Company
Ohio Power Company
Toledo Edison Company
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