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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1974
Page
7
Logan City Council approved total appropriations of 1,334,102.69 for the city, up from 1,279,587.05 in 1973, with detailed allocations across General Fund, Safety Fund, Water Works, Recreation, Capital Improvements, Cemetery, and other funds. The finance committee said further study is needed before final capital improvement plans are released.
At the January SWC meeting the Board of Supervisors of the Hocking Soil and Water Conservation District reorganized and elected officers for 1974. Re-elected were Herschel Bensonhaver as chairman Carl Risch as vice chairman Charles Mathias as secretary Vernie Stahr as treasurer fiscal agent and Ed Hankison as public relations officer. Memoranda of Understanding.
McArthur volunteers faced 41 fire alarms in 1973, up from 28 in 1972, with total losses of 94,850 across townships and the village. Village alarams 14, township 27, with 16,250 in McArthur and 78,600 township losses. Patrols by districts cited multiple townships and a no-incident year for Lake Hope.
The Nelsonville Home Extension Group met Tuesday at Mrs. Lester Pribble home with 13 members and one guest Mrs. Nevin Souers. Devotions were by Mrs. Pribble and a program on flower arrangements by Mrs. Glenn Tharp and Mrs. Howard Plummer. President Mrs. Edgar Burt reported on the county wide meeting at Athens on attracting birds in Ohio.
Mount St. Mary Hospital notes list Mrs. Florence Donahue Mrs. Molly Ritchey Miss Katie Johnson George Walters John EB. Haffner all Nelsonville. Dismissed Miss Candie Warren transferred to University Hospital Columbus Roy Keplar transferred to Fairfield Hospital Lancaster Mrs. Florence Glenn.
In Glouster on Wednesday January 9 at 7 40 a m the SECEM Squad transported Marcella Cope of Jacksonville to Good Samaritan Hospital Zanesville for medical care.
After eight days of waiting the Hocking Valley Community Hospital welcomed its first baby of the year at 1 10 a m and a second child at 2 23 a m The first newborn is the daughter of Mr and Mrs James Waltz Logan and the runner up is the daughter of Mr and Mrs George Hickey Haydenville
Logan City Auditor Virginia F. Gano presented the 1973 city income tax report at the regular council meeting. The cash balance on Dec 31, 1972 stood at 2000 dollars with receipts of 360,064.38 dollars and expenditures of 14,639.77 dollars plus refunds of 2,375.07 dollars. Transfers to the General Fund totaled 221,416.70 dollars and to the Capital Improvements Fund 119,224.84 dollars, leaving a cash balance of 4,408 dollars on Dec 31, 1973.
Betty Cline was sworn in as Chauncey village clerk. Damon Bentley and Edith Cochran were sworn in as councilmen by Mayor Charles Wadley. Bentley and Charles Lowry join street water and sewer. Walter Staley and Cochran on finance recreation parks. Staley elected council president. Next meeting Monday. Jacksonville Eagles Auxiliary to host dance at Eagles Hall Saturday 9 p.m. to midnight with $1 donation and Fifth Dimension Band.
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