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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 02, 1969

Page

6

No Action Taken On Oust Petition For Hospital Trustees

Logan county commissioners postponed action on petitions demanding removal of Hocking Valley Community Hospital trustees after a hour long conference with Common Pleas Judge Harley E. Meyer and two other judges. They consider increasing trustees to eight from six and did not decide.

LOGAN Hocking Valley Community Hospital Common Pleas Harley E. Meyer Meyer Rhea Bangert Brown Hospital Juge Meyer Shull

Hocking County Drops From EDA Redevelopment List

Hocking County loses eligibility for EDA redevelopment status after an annual review. Area had benefited from grants for water sewer upgrades and a Logan Lockheed plant loan, but remains eligible for planning and technical aid. Officials note growth begins and continued cooperation will drive expansion.

Hocking Hocking County Economic Development Administration EDA United States Public Works and Economic Development Act Lockheed Logan Merril Haney Haney Ene Eau Pyudesta Podesta Logan Lockheed Appalachian Program

New McArthur Bridge Slow Getting Started

Hocking County officials learned that bridge construction to carry Old McArthur Road over Clear Fork may be delayed. Property owner contact is pending and the Ohio Highway Department has not listed the project for bids. The project followed a county decision to forego a state credit of 35000 toward a Mulberry Street bridge replacement. The old crossing was washed out in May 1968 and remains officially closed to all but light traffic.

Brodie Waugh Hugh Hooper Clyde O. Underwood Maxville Stone Co Underwood Mara Davis Cemetery Columbus Don G. Young Main Street Young Thelma Keyes Vera Curl Hocking River Enterprise Logan McArthur Clear Fork Hocking County Ernest E. Schull Ohio Highway Department George A. Mara Hocking Mulberry Street

Hocking Valley Community Hospital Names Local Notables

A community notice lists Fred Hemrick and Mrs. Sinkler Morrison of New Straitsville and Mrs. Alfred Bush of Logan among associated individuals. Several others including Jack Friess Richard Rowe Connie Angle Lloyd Cox and Rudolph Ebert are noted as dismissed from the docket.

Fred Hemrick Sinkler Morrison New Straitsville Alfred Bush Logan Jack Friess Richard Rowe Connie Angle Lloyd Cox Floyd Webb Rudolph Ebert Glenn Danielson William Loucks Rex Adams John Courtney

Four Hurt As Truck Leaves Road Near Route 56

Four persons in a pickup were injured when the vehicle left a township road half a mile south of Route 56 and struck a tree. The driver Phyllis A. Davis 21 Jessie Davis 67 John Davis 1 all of South Bloomingville and Sharon Baker 17 McArthur Route 1 were aboard. Patrolmen said the right front wheel dropped off the berm. the driver was not cited.

Logan State Highway Patrol Phyllis A. Davis Jessie Davis John Davis South Bloomingville

Hill Pasture System Demonstrated To Farm Guests

County extension agent C E Blakeslee showcased an all season pasture plan at Royal Oak Farm Five Points for nearly 100 guests. Horace Karr owner and Ron Miller herdsman explained two years of improvements since purchasing heifers in 1967 and adding bulls and replacement females. The program highlighted pure stands of fall fescue and orchard grass, rotation grazing, and advantages such as reduced labor and costs plus better animal health with stripl grazing of round bales.

C. E. Blakeslee County Pomeroy Royal Oak Farm Horace Karr Byron Miller Karr Athens Gallipolis Jim Little Animal Science H. E. Shields ASCS Carl Bilikam The Soil Conservation Service C. E. Blakeslee County Extension Recommendaagent Jim Wells Bill Smith

Child Welfare Cases Increase In Hocking County

Logan Hocking County child welfare totals for June rise to 122, three more than May. Expenditures reach 3051.52 versus 2943.28 in May. There were 37 crippled children cases in June.

Hocking Logan — Hocking County Eleanore Horwell

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