Hocking County On the Move with Development Push
Progress across Hocking County is highlighted by zoning and planning advances, new industrial sites and facilities, a Goodyear plant, Coffman Staircase Co relocation, a new county hospital project, flood control work, and expanded water management. Tourism and skilled training programs grow alongside Route 33 expansion. Notable leaders include Barton A. Hall and Otto Shawn.
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Hocking County
Hocking Resource Development Council
Council
Logan
Goodyear
Smead Manufacturing Co
National Guard Armory
Sun Glow
Coffman Stair Case Co
IRS Plans Nelsonville Compliance Survey
The U S Internal Revenue Service will conduct a compliance survey of Nelsonville business firms starting Feb 1 to assess awareness and filing of federal tax returns. Revenue officers will verify business income tax, employer Social Security, withholding, and excise returns. the survey is not an audit.
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Internal Revenue Service
Nelsonville
U. S. Internal Revenue Service
P. .L. Charles
Cincinnati
Internal Revenue
Charles
Preview of Ohio growth film shown to Nelsonville leaders
A group of 35 community leaders viewed a 30 minute film Invitation to Ohio at Fred's Steak House hosted by Ohio Bell Telephone Co. Don Delor led the dinner and introduced the film featuring Wally Cox and John Dehner produced with the Ohio Department of Development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Ohio
Fred’s
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Don Delor
New Lexington
Wally Cox
John Dehner
Ohio Bell Telephone
Ohio Department of Developement
Delor
Ohio River Valley
Great Lakes
Nelsonville Board of Trade
Fred R. Beasley
Athens County
George Banks
Athens
Library Receives Wide New Book Selection
The Nelsonville Public Library announces a large batch of new volumes ready to borrow Monday. Titles include The Explorers by Frances Parkinson Keyes The River of Diamonds by Geof frey Jenkins The Legend of the Seventh Virgin by Victoria Holt Encyclopaedia of Firearms by Harold L. Peterson Lowell Thomas Book of the High Mountains by Lowell Thomas and Landscape Planning by Better Homes and Gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Robert Towers
Howard Clowes
Frank O’rourke
Edward Mannix
Ashley Morden
Fred Bodsworth
Peter Miller
Foggy Bottom
Ellis Briggs
William Hirsch
Thomas J. Fleming
Harold L. Peterson
Lowell Thomas
Two Autos Damaged In Canal Street Collision
A 1960 convertible driven by Danna Lee Channel and a 1960 sedan owned by Gary D. Flowers collided at the Curve on Canal Street between Moffroe and Watkins. Flowers’ car, parked near Harold Dixon’s home, was pushed into Lon Adams’ garage.
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Nelsonville
Canal St
Moffroe
Watkins Sts
Danna Lee
Plains
Canal
Gary D. Flowers
Lookout St
Glouster
Flowers
Harold Dixon
Lon Adams
Nelsonville Eyes Bids for 1965 Police Cruiser
City Council authorized bidding for a 1965 police cruiser with a 1959 trade-in, bids due by noon Feb 5. Specifications include a police car chassis and heavy duty equipment. the bids commission can reject any or all bids and will award to the lowest and best proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
City Service Safety Director
Service Safety
Pi Delta Pi Plans Monday Installation
A meeting of Pi Delta Pi, a junior fraternal group sponsored by Valley Lodge No. 169, Knights of Pythias, will be held Monday night at the Pythian Hall. Initiatory work will be presented by the degree team. Sam Moscato stated that Pythian members may attend any session.
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Nelsonville
Pi Delta Pi
Valley Lodge No. _ 169
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Hall
Sam Moscato
Pythian Order
Poster Contest Sought By Valley Lodge 169 Knights
Nelsonville reports Valley Lodge 169 Knights of Pythias will announce committee appointments for the new term at the regular session. The lodge plans to sponsor the highway safety poster contest open to high school students for local and state awards as part of the national traffic safety program. Officers installed include Hollenbaugh chancellor commander Glass vice chancellor Moscato prelate and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Pythian
Valley Lodge 169
Knights of Pythias
James Hollenbaugh
Hollenbaugh
Henry Glass
Sam Moscato
Ray Howe
Leroy Bennett
Aaron Adcock
Gilbert Smith
James Patton
John Bownes
Moscato
Wilbur D. Mender
Raymond C. Patton
Harry Nill
Births and admissions listed at Mount St. Mary Hospital
The Mount St. Mary Hospital notes report births for Charles Rehart Shawnee and William Dane Nelsonville. Admissions include Flossie Morman Nelsonville Jesse Easler Trimble Mona Wychoff Oroville and several others. Dismissals list multiple patients including Alfred Spears Corning and Ruth Lehman Haydenville with some transfers to University Hospital Columbus.
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Charles Rehart
Shawnee
William Dane
Nelsonville
Admissions
Flossie Morman
Jesse Easler
Trimble
Mona Wychoff
Oroville
Benjamin Bruce
Jo Ann Fulton
Glouster
Harland Williams
Orland Mansfield
the Plains
Wayne Speelman
Jackie Lynn Wilfong
Chesterhill
Births and dismissals at Hocking Valley Hospital
The Hocking Valley hospital reports the birth of a boy to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Strawn on Logan Route 4. Other births list Mrs. Charles Yontz of Logan, Virgil Smith of Haydenville, and Charles B. Geil of Logan. Dismissal noted for Mrs. Russell E. Weaver of Laurelville Route 1.
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Floyd Strawn
Logan
Charles Yontz
Virgil Smith
Haydenville
Charles B. Geil
Russell E. Weaver
Laurelville
Dr Bullock Added To Hospital Group
Logan Hocking County Commissioners add Dr Richard Bullock to the fact finding committee for the county's new hospital. The 21 member panel includes citizens trustees and the new building commission to study operations and management. Bills approved total 963.05 4313.39 58 1961. One man committed to Southeastern Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital. A petition to open and build a road in Logan Spring Hill was held for advisory action. Highway maps will be displayed in the courthouse lobby.
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Logan
J. W. Doering
Unt
Logan — Hocking County
Richard Bullock
Bullock
Total Coun
Southeastern Ohio
Nelsonville
Charles St
Parkway Dr
Logan Spring Hill
Community Chest Falls Short of Goal in Hocking County
In Hocking County the Community Chest has collected 22613.56 toward a 23000 goal. Contributions by division include industry 15543.66 utilities 594 mercantile 3095 house to house 1526.80 professional 540 governmental 201 city schools 715 county schools 94 and gifts 304. Cash totals 14042.44 pledges 1239.35 and payroll deductions 7331.77. An annual meeting at Ohio Power Co. offices elected officers and trustees including president Charles Fenwick and treasurer Hershel Bonsenhaver, with three-year trustees named such as Mrs John Spencer and Larry Whittaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Chest
Ohio Power Co
John Spencer
Larry Whittaker
James Heinlein
Derl Oberlin
Harold Bryan
Alvan Powers
Dennis Murray
Roy Kelch
James Dow
Don Braun
William Merchant
Robert Potter
Charles Fenwick
Max Davidson
Frank Peycke
Hershel Bensonhaver
Jurors To Resume Hearings In January Term
Logan Ohio Hocking County petit jury will reconvene Wednesday to continue hearings in the Scarberry versus Ohio Rapid Transit Co. case. Judge Harley Meyer and attorneys will meet later this month to address motions in Donahey versus the Logan Daily News. Hubert Lappen resigned as counsel for the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Hocking County
Petit Jury
Scarberry
Ohio Rapid Transit Co
Common Pleas Court
Harley Meyer
Donahey
Logan Daily News
Hubert Lappen
Lake Logan Transferred to Parks
Logan is moved from the Division of Wildlife to the Division of Parks and Recreation as the lake gains park facilities. Joseph Hutchins of Logan Route 3, age 58, becomes park manager effective January 16. he is a local farmer with prior service at the National Fire-Proofing Corp.
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Logan
Division of Wildlife
Division of Parks and Recreation
Joseph Hutchins
Hutchins
National Fire-Proofing Corp
Gas Blaze Halts Work at Vanderman Oil Well
Firefighters stopped a natural gas blaze on Route 93 South at a Vanderman Oil Co. well on the Sherman Poling property. Chief Bob Courter said the fire began from a leak in the well head and gas seepage, reported at 12 48 p m Thursday.
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Logan
Route 93
Vanderman Oil Co
Bob Courter
Sherman Poling
Bank Officers Change At First National Bank Nelsonville
In the Nelsonville annual shareholders meeting the promotion of Phillip C. Stephenson from teller to assistant cashier was announced. A 1956 Nelsonville High School graduate he studied banking at Lancaster under the American Bankers Association program and is married to Shirley Leffler with two sons Brent and Jeff. They live at 167 Lyle Ave and he belongs to the Nelsonville Lions Club.
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Nelsonville
First National Bank
Phillip C. Stephenson
Nelsonville High School
Stephenson
Ohio University
Lancaster
American Bankers Association
Shirley Leffler
Brent
Jeff
Lyle Ave
The
Nelsonville Lions Club
Last rites for Mrs Effie Blain in Huntington
Huntington funeral services set for Effie Blain at Beard funeral home with John Shaw officiating. Burial planned at Ridgelawn Cemetery. Former Mason County resident died Wednesday in Huntington. friends may call at the funeral home.
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Point Pleasant
Effie Blain
Huntington
Beard Funeral Home
John Shaw
Ridgelawn
Blain
Mason County
Columbus
Chalmers Coe
Columbus Congregational Church
Heinlein
Oak Grove Cemetery
Logan
Clarence Edwin Hamilton
Long Beach
Calif
West St
California
Logan Eub Church
Bertha Thompson Hamilton
Otto Hamilton
Marian Holsapple Hamilton
Eugene
Erma) Johnson
Westerville
Leonard Funeral Home
Dunkle
Corning
Julia Titko
Drakes
Rest Haven
Hungary
John
Elizabeth Szabo
United States
Is Titko
Hungarian Reformed Church
The
Ladies Aid
Sunshine Club
Peter
Jennie) Dudash
Orville
Elsie) Dart
Thomas
Irene) Paxton
Stephen Szabo
Painesville
Drakes Methodist Church
Walter Custer
Maplewood Cemetery
New Lexington
Carl W. Hermey
Mason
Thelma Hall
Gallia County
Meigs General Hospital
Blanche Knight Cundiff
Albert
Albert, Jr
Galton
Ohio
Ralph
Hatford
Irene Taylor
Canal Winchester
Ruth Zahl
Groveport
Eileen Cundiff
Fort Marion
Jack Cundiff
Billy Cundiff
Columbia
Foglesong Funeral Home
Ralph Maloney
Graham Cemetery
Carrie
Eunice
Plains Nazarene Church
Everett O. Altic
Hocking
the Plains
Hughes Funeral Home
Area Death Notices Across Region
Multiple obituaries report the deaths of Mary G Miller in Henderson and others in Logan Glouster Corning Shawnee Gallipolis Mason The Plains Colville Albany Pomeroy. Survivors include spouses children and grandchildren with funeral arrangements and calling hours noted for each case.
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Rush Creek
Hocking Conservancy
Hide-A-Way Hills
Army Engineer
Tion
Hocking River
Logan City
Logan Clay Products
Barton A. Hall
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Otto Shawn
Ohio County Commissioners Organization
Internal Revenue Code
Ohio Film
Mount ST. Mary Hospital
Hocking Valley Hospital
Dr. Bullock
Herschel Bensonhauer
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Lake Logan
Blain Services
Mary Miller
Mary G. Miller
Henderson
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Dunbar
Orville R. Miller
Charley
William
Little California
George
Pittsburgh
Margaret Saffero
Alice Denson
Clara Seidner
New Springfield
Betty Crow
Mrs. W. McBroom
Clarence Hamilton
Goldie Whitlatch Glouster
Goldie Whitlatch
Dew St
Thomas Gerald Canter
Charles William
Vera Johnson Canter
Perry County
Mount St. Mary
Vera Sue
Mary Katherine
William Franklin
John T
Oma M. Smith
Gallipolis
Oma Mae Smith
Vaught
Doc) Smith, Jr
W. Va
Staats Mill
Fred Casto
Vaught Smith
Highlawn Baptist Church
Emory Meek
Berea
Ona Smith
Ripley
Orta Lawson
Osher Staats
al Bridenbach
Amy Casto
William Wortman
Savannah
Walter Helms
Kansas City
Mrs. Thelma Hall
Vinton L. Huston
Vinton County
John and
Ruth Huston
Plains, Nazarené Church
Clifford E. Kimes
Ccolville
Clifford Ellis Kimes
Ohio River
Reedsville
Harry
Rhetha Kimes
Coolville
Kimes
C. High School
Dravo Corp
Wanda
Marie
Regina Diane
Klare
Bradley
Clayton
Carol Carroll
Mildred Yeater
Frost
Milford
Little Hocking
Eden Church
Ade
Madge S. Price
Jennie Smith
Albany
East Manor
Amesville
William Smith
Jagers and Sons Funeral Home
Pomeroy
Madge Sleeth Price
Harrisonville
Perrysburg
Wetzler
Perry’ S
Harrison Chapter
Order of Eastern Sta
Chaptl
Price
Caddie Stalder
Perrys’surg
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