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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 05, 1966

Page

5

Logan council names Ellinger president pro tem and Robb assigns committees

Logan Veteran councilman Lawrence Ellinger named president pro tem at the 1966 organizational meeting. Incoming President Charles Robb selects committees and highlights annexation and city finances as top council duties. Newcomers Holzapfel Dalton join the board. Albert Blick replaces Ray Campbell as clerk.

Klinger Robb Logan Lawrence Ellinger Charles W. Robb Larry Holzapfel Edward Dalton Dalton Sandy Hand Ed Nelson Merle Ellinger Rolland Schorr Jack Moorehead Moorehead Ellinger Holzapfel Albert Blick Ray Campbell Nelson L. Ellinger Hand New Progress Schorr M. Ellinger

OSU Star Tom Barrington to Speak at Logan Rally

Ohio State footballer Tom Barrington from Lima will address a Logan youth rally at 4 30 p m January 16 at First Methodist Church Invitations target area youth Barrington helped OSU in Shrine Game and is active with Campus Crusade for Christ and the National Fellowship for Christian Athletes Mel Adams and Jim Gastin will participate with Adams speaking and Gastin with music Also notes on a 50 year old rope net at the Logan fire department and local hobbyist Tom Brandt

Big Ten Logan Tom Barrington Lima First Methodist Church Barrington OSU Crusade For Christ National Fellowship For Christian Mel Adams LHS Grid Jim Gastin Adams Gastin Logan Fire Department Bob Courter

Crocodile Shoes Spark Light Hearted Meeting Exchange

A friend arrives in footwear resembling crocodile shoes and jokes about the weariness. The reply notes they don’t feel dead, with a playful bite to the feet. The exchange carries a humorous tone at the meeting.

Logan's Joe Green Showcases Rare Two Dollar Gold Piece

Logan's Joe Green demonstrated a nearly forgotten coin, a 214 two and one half dollar gold piece. The tiny gold coin, smaller than a penny, carried enough gold for an inlay and highlighted a numismatic curiosity from an earlier era.

Logan Joe Green

Budget figures advance in Logan county meeting

Logan Hocking County commissioners continued work on the 1966 budget and Howard Blum said he hoped the budget would be completed Wednesday.

Logan Hocking Howard Blum

Rev Paul Hooks Elected Leader Of Hocking Ministers Group

Logan The Rev Paul Hooks pastor of Rockbridge EUB Church was elected president of the Hocking County Ministerial Association at the 1966 organizational meeting held at Brandt's Restaurant. Outgoing president was the Rev Robert McQuillen of Logan First Presbyterian Church. Other officers named include Roy Klinger vice president Claude Angel treasurer Hugh Robinson secretary and Leonard Ferguson community representative.

LOGAN Paul Hooks Rockbridge

Logan Hocking Library Board Names 1966 Officers

Logan Hocking Library Board elected 1966 officers with Mrs. Ralph Poston as president, Grant Smith as vice president, and Sally Holmes as secretary. Howard St. Clair was hired as clerk, Jack Stephens rehired as librarian, and Mrs. Hazel Heft as assistant. Delta Kappa Gamma presented two books, Ancient History of Pareti and World Mythology by Larousse.

Ralph Poston Grant Smith Sally Holmes Howard St. Clair Jack Stephens Hazel Heft Logan — Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority Logan-Hocking Larousse

Vinton County Commissioners Make Several Appointments

The Vinton County Board of Commissioners meets to set 1966 budget work. Raymond Cottrill is re elected chairman and Glenn L Peters clerk. Custodians Cowgill Bobo and Edgar Hunter are re appointed with Richard Hagerty voting no. Roy Pierce is re appointed bee inspector at up to 500 dollars annually. Four dog warden applicants are considered. Harve Newman is approved for a fifth year, following a failed motion to appoint Frank Townsend.

McArthur Vinton County Board of Commissioners Glenn L. Peters Raymond Cottrill Hamden Peters Cowgill Bobo Court House Edgar Hunter Memorial Building Richard Hagerty Roy Pierce Richland Twp Harve Newman Dewey Harper Frank Townsend John A. Dixon Sr Hagerty Townsend Newman Hamden-Allensville

Abele Plans Run for GOP House Seat

Former congressman Homer E. Pete Abele announces his bid for the Republican nomination in Ohio’s Tenth District. He has filed petitions as he seeks to reclaim a seat once held before losing to Walter H. Moeller. Clarence Miller, ex mayor of Lancaster, is a rival in the GOP primary.

McArthur Homer E Pete) Abele Tenth Abele Walter H. Moeller Lancaster Clarence Miller Lancaster

Rio Grande College Receives $50,000 Grant

Rio Grande College received an unrestricted $50,000 donation from the Kettering Fund of C. F. Kettering, Inc. Day ton Ohio. The Kettering foundation began in 1927 to support scientific research and has since funded various educational projects.

Rio Grande—Rio Grande College Kettering C. F. Kettering, Inc Dayton Ohio Charles F. Kettering Foundation

Mrs Dixon Named Medical Record Librarian

Logan John Sappington announces the hiring of Mrs Robert E Donna Dixon as medical record librarian for the new general hospital opening soon. She resides at 890 Baird St Logan with her husband a Kroger produce manager and their son Bill. She has a Mount Vernon Academy degree and studied at Lake Union College plus American Association of Medical Record Librarians courses.

Logan John Sappington Hocking Valley Community Hospital Robert E Donna) Dixon General Hospital Dixon Baird St Kroger’s Athens Bill Woodrow Fenel Mount Vernon Academy Lake Union College Berrien Springs Mich American Association of Medical Record Librarians of Chicago Central Ohio Association of Medical Record Librarians Ohio Hospital Association

Dedication Services Set For Logan First Baptist Church

Dedication services are scheduled January 16 at the new Logan First Baptist Church. Robert Hall of Albany Ohio will speak at 2 p.m. Rev Leonard Ferguson says other program plans are not yet finalized. Construction began mid August and the building first used December 19.

Logan Logan First Baptist Church Robert Hall Albany Southeastern Ohio Southern Baptist Church Leonard Ferguson

Straitsville Social Notes: Weekend Visitors and Travel News

In Straitsville and nearby towns readers note visits from relatives and friends across the region. Families from Evansville Cincinnati Columbus Logan Medina Pataskala Lancaster and Buckeye Lake are mentioned with multiple households hosting guests. A British scientist Baroness Jane van Lawick Goodall has lived in Tanzania five years studying chimpanzees.

New Straitsville William Harris Evansville Ind Mae Dawley Roy Meredith Cincinnati Thurman Thompson Albuquerque N. M Earl Graham Columbus George McQuade Larry Lemon Logan Ray McManus Howard Hammack Cleveland Arthur Cheetham O. M. Trevey Ray Watson Glen Catlett Gene Pest Canal Winchester New Straitsville Ralph Cook Edna Martin Albany Neil Nelson Michigan Marvin Webb Medina Ralph Collins Susan Castornio Virgil Cook Pataskala Robert Kiefer Lancaster Robert Angle Harold Dixon Nelsonville Nellie Dixon Marian Foster Clarence Harkless Harley Kemper Jack Harold Brammer Dayton New Carlisle Bart Reinshell W. J. Davis Charles Essex Buckeye Lake Dwight Baker Jane van Lawick-Goodal Tanzania

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Civil Service Lawrence Holzapfel Buckeye Jim Taylor Shaw Max Davidson Lake Logan Tom Brandt Tom George Shaw Rev. Hooks Library Board Vinton Commission GOP Rio Joint Commission of Accrediation of Hospitals The American College of Surgeons Council On Medical Education and Hospitals of American Medical Association American Hospital Association and Association of Medical Record Librarians Hocking Valley Hospital T. J. Najm Mount St. Mary Hospital Venus Chapter No. 76 Order of the Eastern Star N. Straitsville Gladys Lines Belks DuPont LYCRA Permalift All Cotton Self Fitting Bros. Reg uPont's N. Court ST
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