Eight foster grandmothers prep families at Perry County home
New Lexington’s Perry County Children's Home welcomes eight foster grandmothers after 40 hours of orientation. They will mentor two grandchildren each for 20 hours weekly, earning 1.60 dollars per hour plus meals. Participants and organizers from Ohio University, Children's Services, and local libraries held craft, storytelling, and guidance sessions as they begin the program.
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New Lexington
Perry County
Children’s Services Office
Albert
Cecilia Lathouse
Crooksville
Audrey Klingler
Junction City
Opal Elkins
Dora Lines
Mary McGrath
Christina Winter
Shawnee
District Officers Elected in Hocking Soil and Water District
Logan The Hocking Soil and Water Conservation District elected 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 director. Stahr to serve as delegate to the Ohio Federation of Soil Districts meeting in Columbus January 16 18. State Senator Harry Armstrong and Representative Claire Ball Jr plan to attend the legislators breakfast during the annual meeting.
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LOGAN
Hocking Soil and Water Conservation District
Herschel Bensonhaver
Carl Risch
Charles Mathias
Vernie Stahr
Ed Hankison
Ohio Federation of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Columbus
Harry Armstrong
Claire Ball Jr
Bensonhaver
Risch
Mathias
Stahr
Hankison
Jim Rush
Division of Soil and Water Districts
Bill Nedderman
Richard Mowrey
SCS
Louise Smith
Nelsonville flood control plan advances with pumps and dike
City officials and Athens County leaders joined Army Corps engineers to survey Nelsonville and Logan flood projects. The plan includes a 6000 foot earthen dike, two large flood pumps at Watkins and Fulton, and a Hocking River channel change. Congress funding is required.
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Nelsonville
Donald W. Bumgardner
Army Corps of Engineers
Logan
Athens County
John Law
James Edwards
Helen Baker
Gerald Hann
Hocking Conservancy District
Robert Hollenbaugh
Bruce Rogers
Glen Tharp
Hope Woodson
Carl Young
Watkins Street
Fulton Street
Flood Control Project Outlined For Logan Area
Nearly 40 residents from Logan and Hocking County gathered in Logan for a luncheon to hear preliminary plans for the Logan segment of the Hocking River flood control project. Army Corps engineers stressed plans remain tentative, but local officials voiced strong support for the long‑needed effort.
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Logan
Hocking County
Hocking River
Army Corps of Engineers
627 Titles Issued In Hocking County December
A report by Hocking County clerk Thelma Keyes shows 627 vehicle titles issued in December broken down into 183 resale 127 used retail 182 used casual 109 new 6 conversions 15 voids and 5 replacements. Mortgage filings totaled 293 with 258 canceled and receipts allocated between county and state.
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Logan
Thelma Keyes
Hocking County
Doanville Trailer Burns in Doanville Fire
Firefighters responded to two alarms on Wednesday. A mobile home at Doanville owned by Mrs. Emily Warren burned due to a faulty fuel oil furnace and was declared a total loss. a small dog died. Later, at Neiman Auto Parts, a trash container fire caused by arson damaged paper and boxes but not the buildings.
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Nelsonville
Doanville
Emily Warren
Orval Warren
Neiman Auto Parts
Watkins
Jefferson Street
Family Life Topic of Meeting at Nelsonville Group
Twelve members attended the Nelsonville Home Extension Group meeting at Mrs. Evelyn Burt’s home. Ruth Devol, Athens County home economics agent, spoke on Family Life and the book Getting Along With Your Grown Up Children. She traced needs from physical to self realization and closed with A Little Parable For Mothers.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Home Extension Group
Evelyn Burt
Burt
Ruth Devol
Athens County Home Economics
Girl Hit by Taxi In Nelsonville Injures Seven-Year-Old
Jackie Vollmer age seven, a Nelsonville-York Elementary student, was struck by a taxi while crossing E Washington Street after alighting from a school bus. She was taken to Mount St. Mary Hospital with leg and head pains. The taxi, owned by Don's Cab and driven by John Patton, was traveling west at about 25 mph. Patton was cited for passing a school bus and must appear in Mayor's Court. The girl is granddaughter of Mrs. Margaret Green.
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Nelsonville
Jackie Vollmer
Nelsonville-York
E. Washington Street
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Don’s Cab
John F. Patton
Washington Street
Washington St
Patton
Margaret Green
Elizabeth St
Bake Sale Scheduled In Glouster Town Event
Glouster Community Center sponsors a bake sale at 10 a.m. Saturday on 80 High Street. Homemade vegetable soup by the quart will be sold. Advance orders taken by Ann Xander Verna Malpas or Lucy Young. center line 767-3829. Proceeds fund rent and utilities.
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Glouster
Glouster Community Center
High Street
Ann Xander
Verna Malpas
Lucy Young
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Betty Cheney
Susan Barrick
Mary Haten
Ira Henning
Jim Rickey
Marilynne Snook
Irene Weaver
John R. Allen
Harold Braley
Roger McCauley
Martha Fields
Corning
Gladys Groff
John Harlan
Mildred Flora
Frankfort
Kentucky
Carpenter’s
S. Court
Athens
Ohio
U.S. Congress
Hocking
Denise McClelland
Glen McClelland
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Ill
San Diego
Calif
Samuel Gompers
San Francisco
Bowman’'S Dept. Store
Chauncey, Ohio
Burns
Goldberg
High ST. Glouster
Belk
Aoe
North Court Street
Jre
S. Court ST
Varsity Town
Palm Beach
Bank Americard
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