Hocking County budget plan trims costs amid flat income
Logan Ohio The Hocking County Commissioners with auditors and department heads work on the 1977 budget to cut excess spending while income is not increasing. Leonard Myers notes no net county income rise next year but costs will rise, including 45000 for elected official salaries, 20 percent higher hospitalization insurance, and 13 percent higher PERS payments. Outgoing Commissioner Bumgardner receives a plaque from Murray City officials.
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Logan
Hocking County
Leonard Myers
Myers
John Bumgardner
Murray City
Don Swyers
Keay DeBoit
Meigs County SCS Executive Director Shields Retires
Herbert Shields, longtime executive director of the Meigs County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, retires after 43 years of service starting in 1933. David Fox named to replace him, with Shields active in church, hospital, planning, and Grange roles. County actions include funding for Council on Aging, Title X program changes, and subdivision and road matters.
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Pomeroy
Herbert
Pete) Shields
Meigs County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Shields
Department of Agriculture
Meigs County Hospital Committee
Meigs County Planning Commission
Committ Home Nursing
Eas Letart United Methodist Church
Ohio Valley Grange
Mabel
East Letart
Murray City
Swyers
Melissa Mowrey
Council On Aging
Terry Smith
Oakley Renamed To Board NELSONVILLE R Victor Oakley
Nelsonville resident Victor Oakley has been reappointed to the board of directors of the Hocking Conservancy District. He was an original director appointed in December 1963 and served as president from 1963 to 1973. Directors are appointed for five year terms by the Hocking Conservancy Court led by Judge Lowell B Howard and Judge Harley Meyer. Oakley is also chairman of the Peoples Bank board.
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Nelsonville
R. Victor Oakley
Pinegrove
Hocking
Teater F Teater Addresses Glouster Kiwanis on Education
Timothy F Teater, school psychologist for the Columbus Mississippi School system, spoke to the Glouster Kiwanis Club on Monday night. He outlined assessment methods for retardation and handicapped learners, discussed classroom placement options, and emphasized parental consent and written testing recommendations. He noted his career with Mississippi State University and programs in Greenville before returning to Starkville for further study and teaching.
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Glouster
Timothy F Teater
Columbus Mississippi
Glouster Kiwanis Club
Teater
Mississippi State University
Greenville
Miss
Mississippi State N
Starkville
Dan Teater
Cincinnati Bible Seminary
Mississippi State
Mississippi
CB Radio Club Christmas Party in Jacksonville
The Top 23 CB Radio Club held its Christmas party at the Jacksonville clubhouse with dinner and a Santa visit for children. The next regular meeting is January 8 with installation of newly elected officers and 1977 dues due by January 31. Tickets for the New Year’s Dance in Nelsonville at the VFW Post Home tonight start at 9 pm, $7 per couple, with kraut and ribs and music by The Real McCoys.
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Jacksonville
CB Radio Club
Santa
Nelsonville
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Real McCoys
Dorcas Circle Prepares Trays for Shut-ins at BH Sanborn
Dorcas Circle of the BH Sanborn Missionary Society met at Mrs. Clara Belle Riley’s home to assemble fruit candy and cookie trays for shut-ins. Trays were sent to John Slavin at University Hospital Columbus and to three Arcadia Nursing Home patients for Thanksgiving. Devotions drew from Billy Graham Angels.
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Middleport
Dorcas
BH Sanborn Missionary Society
Kathryn Metzger
Baptist
Irene Cross
Billy Graham
Angels
God's Secret Agents
Logan man cries as Vickroy guilty of murder
Robert Joseph Vickroy, 17, later 18, is found guilty of murder in the Sept. 4 stabbing death of Leroy L. Poling in Hocking County. He receives 15 years to life at the Ohio Penitentiary with 116 days credit and court costs. Accomplice Gary Lee Baker, 22, Logan, also sentenced to 15 years to life after pleading guilty to murder.
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Ruth Stump
Logan
Robert Joseph Vickroy
Leroy L. Poling
Vickroy
Harley Meyer
Ohio
Hocking County
Vickrey
Meyer
Logan Route 4
Paul Thrush
Gary Lee Baker
Poling
Robert Lilley
Baker
Wellston Police Chief dispute draws state association backing
The Wellston nine police officers receive backing from the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police in their Civil Service Commission complaint against the city. They allege the examination process for appointing Chief Dale Neal was illegal and promise court action if the commission fails to act within 30 days.
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Wellston
Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc
Columbus
Wellston Civil Service Commission
Karl O. Smith
Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police
Smith
Dale Neal
Neal
Edgar Hayburn
Jackson County
Ding
Jackson County Common Pleas Court
Watch Night Service Set at Pomeroy Church of the Nazarene
A Watch Night service will be held tonight at 9:30 PM at the Pomeroy Church of the Nazarene. Sponsored by the Meigs Area Holiness Association, the public is invited. Rev Liord D Gnamm Jr of Rutland Church of the Nazarene will deliver the message. other churches will provide special music.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Church of the Nazarene
Meigs Area
Fireworks Display Tonight Marks Bicentennial Farewell
Logan prepares a nighttime fireworks show at 7 30 p m to bid farewell to the nations Bicentennial. The display on a hill at the south end features 1776 1976 and colonial and 50 star flags, a project of the Hocking County Bicentennial Commission led by Joe Gabnel with about 24 volunteers supplying materials and labor.
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Logan
Hocking County
Joe Gabnel
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