Logan County Budget Troubles Consume County Commission Meeting
Logan County Commissioners organized for the year and named Harry Armstrong president as they trimmed budget requests to fit anticipated income. They reviewed the county highway budget totaling 480,669.82 with new mileage rules and eight cent first 500 mile rate. After tallying income, a $40,000 shortfall halted action awaiting Thursday’s session.
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LOGAN
Board of County Commissioners
Harry Armstrong
Logan Route 3
A. M. Bierly
George Freeman
Charles Boling
Virginia Bray
Pat Reichley
Ralph Blackston
Hocking County Beekeepers Association
Albert Seabright
Glouster WSCS Meeting Borrows Kitchen Aids
Glouster Methodist Church WSCS met in the church auditorium with nine members present. Mrs. Richard Guinther led the business meeting and devotions were by Mrs. Holly Rogers. Mrs. Ralph Hines spoke on Our Island and refreshments were served. Future meetings were announced with Jan 14 and Feb 7 dates.
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WSCS
Glouster
Glouster P T O Plans Meeting At High School
The Glouster Parent Teachers Organization invites parents and interested persons to a meeting Thursday at 8 p m in the high school building. The group, formed a year ago to foster parent teacher relations and aid schools, meets on the second Thursday each month.
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Glouster Parent Teachers Organization
Hollister PTO Votes $100 For New Purchase
At the December Hollister PTO meeting members voted to allocate 100 dollars to buy a new item.
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Hollister Pto
Nellie Jones to Entertain Past Chiefs Club at K of P Hall
Mrs. Nellie Jones will entertain the Past Chiefs Club at the K of P Hall Thursday at 7:30 p.m. The event invites members and guests to an evening program.
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Nellie Jones
Jacksonville WSCS Meeting Set for Thursday Evening
The Jacksonville WSCS will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m at the home of Mrs Lena Bratka with Mrs J Sheskey as co hostess. The program leader will be Mrs Jane Wintersteen.
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J. Sheskey
Jane Wintersteen
Bryson Family Attends Chester Hill Grave Service
Mr and Mrs Dale Downing of Columbus spent the weekend visiting Mrs Ida Mason and Mrs Marie Hambal. Local residents Mr and Mrs Al Hall and Mr and Mrs E K Bryson attended graveside services at Chester Hill for Mrs Ida King, the aunt of Mr Bryson.
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Columbus
Mrs. Downing
Ida Mason
Marie Hambal
John M. Bryson
Grove City
Robert Bryson
al Hall
E. K. Bryson
Chesterhill
Bryson
Ida King
Television prophecies and plans for 1957 network era
The piece recalls 1956 forecasts and outlines cautious 1957 TV expectations based on conversations with industry insiders. It notes quiz shows lingering appeal, Lawrence Welk's influence, a shift toward suspense in dramas, and many new situation comedies despite their high annual turnover.
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ABC
NBC
Lawrence Welk
Ray King Services Held in Logan
Services were held at 10 a m in Woodard funeral home for Ray King 49 formerly of Union Furnace who died Sunday at Athens after a long illness He is survived by his mother Millie King a brother William King and three sisters Inez Kern Verlie Rheinscheid and Cora Ross The Rev Paul A Sellers officiated with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Ray King
Union Furnace
Athens
King
Millie King
William King
Inez Kern
Verlie Rheinscheid
New Plymouth
Cora Ross
Lancaster
Paul A. Sellers
Oak Grove Cemetery
Glass Workers Local 1017 Elects Officers in Logan
Officers of Local 1017 American Flint Glass Workers Union were elected Monday night at the AFL Hall on W Main Street. Ted Tom was named president, Hubert Taulbee vice president, Dorothy Panetti corresponding secretary, and Jean Bicknell financial secretary, with Willis Helber presiding as retiring president. The union represents General Electric Logan Glass Plant employees.
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American Flint Glass Workers Union
AFL
W. Main St
Ted Tom
Hubert Taulbee
Dorothy Panetti
Jean Bicknell
Willis Helber
General Electric Logan Glass Plant
Births and admissions at Hocking Valley Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Sigler Jr. of Logan welcome a son. Admitted: Jacob H. Clemens Londonderry surgical. Mrs. Clare Merrill McArthur medical. James Harden Logan Route 3 medical. Dismissed: Cecil Lambert Union Furnace. Mike Saunders Logan Route 4. Shelby Lou Trowbridge McArthur.
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Logan
Jacob H. Clemens
Londonderry
Surgical
Clare Merrill
McArthur
James Harden
Cecil Lambert
Union Furnace
Mike Saunders
Logan Route 4
Shelby Lou Trowbridge
Court Ends Old Year Begins January Term in Logan
Entries were placed on the records of Common Pleas Court adjourning the September 1956 term and transferring all undisposed cases to the January term which opened at 9 a.m. Monday with Judge Harley Meyer on the bench.
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Common Pleas Court
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Speeding Charge Leads to Juvenile License Suspension
Logan youth Robert L. Thompson, 17, of Logan Route 1, faced a speeding charge from Route 33 near Lancaster on November 22. In Juvenile Court, Judge Rhea Bangert Brown suspended Thompson's operator's permit for 60 days.
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Robert L. Thompson
State Highway Patrol
Lancaster
Rhea Bangert Brown
Divorce Decree Grants Uncontested Divorce in Nelsonville
LOGAN Common Pleas records show Ruby Coakley granted an uncontested divorce from Robert Coakley of Nelsonville on grounds of gross neglect of duty. Plaintiff awarded custody of a minor child and the defendant ordered to pay $10 weekly support.
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Logan— Common Pleas
Ruby Coakley
Robert Coakley
Nelsonville
Meeting Site Changed for Glouster Church Prayers
Due to bad weather the Glouster Methodist Church prayer meetings will be held in private homes. This week's meeting moves to Mrs. Venice Elliott’s home at 26 Fairlawn Ave at 7 pm on Wednesday.
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Fairlawn Ave
Speaker details Alaska in Rotary Club talk
Logan Rotary Club heard Richard J. Anderson of Battelle Memorial Institute describe Alaska as the United States largest territory. He noted it covers about a fifth of the U S area with a 1950 population of 128000 and that salmon fishing and canning dominate since gold depletion. He called Alaska a strategic North American defense point. Ford Hack introduced him. guests included Otto Shaw and Fred E Huls.
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Blossers
United States
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Battelle Memorial Institute
Columbus
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North America
Ford Hack
Otto Shaw
Fred E. Huls
Logan Social Notes Describes dessert party and reading event
Saturday Club held a dessert course at Blosser's with Mrs. Russell Berlin as hostess in the party room. The Last Stitch by Dr. W H Crossthwaite, with Ernest Fisher, was read to 12 members and guests including Mrs. Emerson Poston and many others. Next meeting set for Jan 19 with Mrs. George De Camp hosting.
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Russell Berlin
W. H. Crossthwaite
Ernest Fisher
Emerson Poston
Craig Adair
Joe Case
John Allen
Minnie Louise Bowen
Gertrude Stephenson
R. C. Work
Chauncey Society Announces Pauline Bowe and Robert J McLean Marriage
Local Chauncey couple Pauline Bowe and Robert J McLean wed at St Pauls Catholic Church with Rev Jan B Kish officiating on December 29. Pauline teaches at Chauncey Dover school. Robert works at Junction City Products. They reside in Chauncey Chester and visited friends in Chauncey during holidays.
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McLean
Chauncey Dover
Junction City Products Company
Junction City
Chauncey
Mrs W G Davis Kinship Ties Noted in Local Brief
Mrs W G Davis, her son Lowell and daughter Claudia of Man... are mentioned in a brief local notice highlighting family ties and a forthcoming event.
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Claudia
Man
Humphrey Rites Planned
Mrs. Mary S. Humphrey age 67 died at her Shawnee residence. She is survived by husband William, son Joe a Shawnee funeral director, three sisters Mrs. David Turnbull Shawnee Mrs. Perry Ervin Somerset and Mrs. Thomas Butterfield Galion. Friends may call at Humphrey Funeral Home after 6 p.m. Tuesday. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday conducted by Rev. Earl Bull with burial in Shawnee Cemetery.
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Shawnee Cemetery
Shaw Heads Logan Board
George C. Shaw named president of the Logan board of education at a 12:30 p.m. Monday meeting in the Supt. Wallace E. Blake office. He succeeds Dr. Frederick W. Blum. Dr. C. A. Gaffin elected vice president and George Blosser re employed as clerk treasurer. Lavon Goodlive named board representative to the athletic board. Meetings set for the third Monday evening each month.
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George C. Shaw
Logan Board of Education
Wallace E. Blake
Shaw
Frederick W. Blum
C. A. Gaffin
George Blosser
Lavon Goodlve
Hocking County Pomona Grange to Meet at Antioch Hall
Logan area Pomona Grange officers will convene at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Antioch Grange hall northwest of Logan to plan county wide activities for all ages. The meeting will feature the annual banquet with a program theme Better Relationship Between Producer and Consumer led by lecturer Mrs. John Amnah. Refreshments will follow with pies and sandwiches to be brought by members. officers and helpers are listed, a gift to Mrs. Jones noted, next meeting set for Jan 17.
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Hocking County
Pomona Grange
Antioch Grange
Frasure Helber Road
John Amnah
WSCS Meets in Logan Church Auditorium
The January meeting of the Women’s Society of World Service opened with a piano prelude by Mrs. Paul Goss and a talk on missionary work by Mrs. Clarence Salts. She discussed Southeast Asia missions in Burma the Philippines and Indo China and urged prayers for churches and missionaries.
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Clarence Salts
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Myron Stoltz
J. K. Rochester Woman's Relief Corps Installations
J K Rochester Woman's Relief Corps No 326 held installation ceremonies at Pocahontas hall last Thursday led by 85 year old member Mrs Sam Jones who has served 36 years and five state offices. Mrs Kirby Snyder was conductor with officers installed including Mrs Estella Barker president Mrs Douglas Sigler Sr and Miss Charlotte Blake vice president.
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Mrs Harden Returns Home From Mt Carmel Hospital
Mrs. Frank Harden is back at 49 N Culver St after eight weeks as a patient at Mt Carmel Hospital Columbus.
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N. Culver St
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Columbus
Three Men Inducted Into Military Service
Logan youths Jack L. McVey Charles E. Febes and Ronald L. McClure left Monday for Columbus where they were inducted into the armed services at Fort Hayes Representing Hocking County on January draft call they are from Union Furnace Rockbridge Route 1 and Logan respectively.
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Union Furnace
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Rockbridge
Ronald L. McClure
Chauncey-Dover Band Boosters Meet Scheduled
The Chauncey Dover Band Boosters announce a meeting for Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the band room to discuss upcoming activities and support needs.
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Chauncey - Dover Band Boosters
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