Feik Estate bid eyed to fund Logan library expansion
Logan Hocking County Library trustees propose selling Feik estate assets to fund a Main Street library on the Thomas Building site. The plan, supported by Leon Eichel and most trustees, prompts public comment and cites past stock issues and inflation losses as justification.
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Logan
Feik
Logan and Hocking County
Leon Eichel
Logan-Hocking County
Masonic Lodge
Chakeres
Roland Bright
Judge Brown
Penn- Central
Penn-Central
General Telephone
Thomas
Hunter and
Walnut Street
Historical Society
California
Main Street
Logan Library
Library Board of Trustees
Board of
Logan- Hocking County
Wellston CouncilReadies Library Funding and Traffic Upgrades
The Wellston City Council gave first reading to Ordinance 2096 to divert 3000 from the Federal General Revenue Sharing Fund to the public library. They also discussed traffic light upgrades and parking standards, with a plan for five lights and diagonal parking under a waiver. By 1975 all lights must meet federal standards.
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Wellston
Federal General Revenue Sharing Trust Fund
Sylvester Library
John Dupre
Ellwood Lucas
Zickafoos
Department of Transportation
Aubel, Mitchell and Burgess
Second Street
Dupre
Crabtree Charges Board Prearrangement Over New Member
Crabtree charged board members with pre arranging business at a quorumless meeting. He questioned who would be named to replace Charles Ray after his Ohio Valley Area Libraries job resignation. Attending were Mack McCarley Supt. Ralph McCormick and Clerk Betty Saltsman. Allen Griffity and Einan Plummer were absent. No date for a follow up was set.
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Wellston
Wellston Board of Education
Ralph Crabtree
Crabtree
Charles Ray
Ohio Valley Area
Mack McCarley
Ralph McCormick
Betty Saltsman
Allen Griffity
Einan Plummer
New Athens District Superintendent Speaks at Meigs Parish Meeting
The Rev. James W. McCormack newly appointed Athens District superintendent of the United Methodist Church addressed the Meigs County Council on Ministries at the Pomeroy United Methodist Church. He and his wife and four children live in Athens. The meeting drew about 45 attendees and featured reports on aging youth plans and parish ministries.
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Messenger
Beulah Jones
Pomeroy
James W. McCormack
Athens
The
United Methodist Church
Right
Robert Bumgarner
County United Methodist Ministry
Mr. McCormack
Meigs County
United Methodist Church Conference
Meigs County Council
Meigs Cooperative
Hamilton
Ohio
Joseph Graham
Eleanor Thomas
Council For
Marilyn Fought
Chillicothe
United Methodist Churches
Middleport
Council On Ministries
Mason appoints Harrah Mason Chief. mobile library to come
Harrah Mason was named police chief of Mason after a mayor backed recommendation and council approval. James Krebs was named patrolman as 24 hour protection is planned. A mobile library begins Aug 1 on the old clinic lot next to Shoppers Mart, open 12 hours weekly, funded by regional library group and Mason Recreation Committee. An open session with Rep. Clarence Miller aide is set for Hocking County Commissioners Wednesday 9 to 11 a.m.
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Harrah
Ira Atkinson
Roy Harless
James Krebs
Mason
Shoppers Mart
West Virginia Library Association of
Huntington
Nancy Knotts
Point Pleasant
Judy Rule
Ewrin Erwin
Mason Recreation Committee
Lottie Jenks
Russ Capehart
George Ray Vanmatre
Logan
Clarence E. Miller
Hocking County
Middleport Fugitive Aprehended
Danny Berry of Middleport, age about 21 or 22, was returned from Jackson County to Meigs County jail after being arrested in a stolen car. He is charged with breaking and entering the H R Firestone Store in Middleport two weeks earlier. He had been at Athens Mental Health Center for observation, escaped, and was later found in Jackson armed. The sheriff notes a separate break in at Ohio Pallet Co. Sunday night with few details.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Ohio Penitentiary
Sheriff's Department
Ohio Pallet Co
Middleport Emergency Squad Responds to Levy Incident
The Middleport Emergency Squad was summoned to the Middleport Levy on Sunday at 2 44 p m for Clara Hall age 17 of Middleport. She suffered a cut foot and was transported to Veterans Memorial Hospital for treatment.
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Middleport
Clara Hall
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Veterans Memorial Hospital Notes List of Local Names
Residents named in the hospital notes include Venessa Pettit William Graham Audria Arnold Terry Phailon Lucille Braley Philip Meinhart Cora Will from Pomeroy and others Richard Rathburn Edith Sauer Robert Bryan Hazel Mae Lynch Geneva Clark Steven LaValley Rhonda Smith Racine John Mayes New Haven Clara Grueser Minersville Jack Ginther Ancel Harris Sciotoville Benjamin Moore Bidwell Edmond Arrington Rose Roseberry Betty Brown Philip Baldwin Mammie Buchanan Joe Weyersmiller William Dilcher Terry Little Audria Arnold Venessa Pettit Marvin Darst Truenda Bragg Raymond Bragg Milton Bailey.
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Venessa Pettit
William Graham
Audria Arnold
Terry Phailon
Lucille Braley
Philip Meinhart
Cora Will
Pomeroy
Richard Rathburn
Edith Sauer
Middleport
Robert Bryan
Hazel Mae Lynch
Athens
Geneva Clark
Steven LaValley
Rhonda Smith
Racine
John Mayes
New Haven
Clara Grueser
Minersville
Jack Ginther
Chester
Ancel Harris
Sciotoville
Benjamin Moore
Bidwell
Edmond Arrington
Rose Roseberry
Betty Brown
Philip Baldwin
Mammie Buchanan
Joe Weyersmiller
William Dilcher
Terry Little
Marvin Darst
Truenda Bragg
Raymond Bragg
Milton Bailey
Mothers Club Picnic Set for Glouster Park
Jacksonville Mothers Club will meet at Glouster Park at 6 p.m. Wednesday for a family picnic. Members should bring own table service drinks a covered dish and wieners with buns.
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Jacksonville
Jacksonville Mothers Club
Glouster Park
Trimble accelerators blamed for car crash shock
William H. Cox of Trimble suffered a crash after a sticking accelerator. He received cut lips and knocked-out teeth, then filed a Messenger accident insurance claim and was paid 61.62. He praises the settlement and notes the policy details in an advertisement on page 6 offering a 10 cent weekly rate with subscription.
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Trimble
William H. Cox
Messenger Accident
Messenger Insurance
Truck Car In Collision On County Road 9 West Of Route 124
A truck driven by Charles Barrett 30 of Rutland and a car driven by Charles Jones 18 of Langsville collided Monday at 6 55 a.m. on County Road 9 west of Route 124 Meigs County Ohio Highway Patrol reported Jones was cited for failure to yield half the roadway.
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Gallipolis
Meigs County
Ohio Highway Patrol
Charles Barrett
Rutland
Charles Jones
Langsville
Jones
Death notices from Nelsonville Pomeroy and Athens area
Nelsonville fire chief Clarence Hall 59 of Buchtel died at University Hospital Columbus after a heart ailment. He served 22 years as chief, survived by brothers James Donald Arthur. wife Luella preceded in death. Pomeroy native Wallace Ebersbach 51 died in Osprey Florida after a heart attack. Athens Dr. James D. Murch Sr. 80 prominent evangelical spokesman died in Cincinnati. OU alumnus 1915, survived by sister Mrs. Edwin Higgins.
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Nelsonville
Clarence
Fat) Hall
Buchtel
University Hospital
Columbus
Deanville
Andrew and
Rhoda Hall
Earl Hilleary
Hall
Nelsonville Elks Lodge
Nelsonville Eagles Lodge
Athens
James D. Murch
Churches of Christ
Cincinnati
Ohio University
Murch
University
Olive Cameron
Edwin Higgins
Gallipolis
Standard Publishing Co
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Cincinnati Bible Seminary
Sweeney Services Glouster Arch Sweeney 55
Sweeney Arch Sweeney 55 of Glouster died Monday in Athens. Service will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Van Fossen Funeral Home with Rev Fr Folsom officiating. Burial in New Lexington Cemetery. Visitation Tuesday 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
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Glouster
Arch Sweeney
van Fossen
Fr. Folsom
New Lexington
Johnson Funeral Home
William Mechem
Green Lawn Cemetery
Thefts Vandalisms Reported In Logan County Weekend
Logan County sheriff reports vandalism and theft incidents over the weekend. 50 to 75 headstones were toppled or broken at Lesboro Cemetery. An airplane at Clay Pit Airport was broken into, with tools and gear stolen. A bowling alley cigarette and pinball machines were pried open. A sheriff cruiser was struck during an Union Road accident. A Haydenville teen was cited after his car left Mohler Road and hit a tree.
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LOGAN
Hocking County
Fred Thomas
Union Road
Ernest Adams
Laurelville
Adams
Theodore L. Hiles
Haydenville
Mohler Road
Phone Books Mailed for Pomeroy Middleport Area
General Telphone Co of Ohio distributes new telephone directories to Pomeroy and Middleport customers with an insert showing phones from candlestick to decorator styles. Residents are urged to check old directories for papers, transfer 30 stored numbers, and call if not received by July 23. Listings include Letart Falls, Portland, Racine and Rutland exchanges.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy- Middleport
Donald H. Pearch
General Telphone Co
Ohio
Pearch
Middleport
Letart Falls
Portland
Racine
Rutland
Lowery Reunion Held at Mound Builders Park
The annual Lowery Reunion took place Sunday at Mound Builders State Park in Newark. President Mike Bycofski and secretary treasurer Bernice Lowery led 83 attendees from Glouster Newark California Columbus Jacksonville Alexandria Athens and Bucyrus. Next year’s reunion is planned for Burr Oak State Park on the second Sunday in July.
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Glouster
Lowery
Mound Builders State Park
Newark
Mike Bycofski
Bernice Lowery
Boy Suffered Tongue Cut After Hallway Fall
Two year old Robert Chubb of 2082 W Washington St was taken to O Bleness Hospital by Athens emergency squad after a hallway fall at 225 W Washington St at 3 20 p m resulting in a tongue cut and minor injuries.
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Robert Chubb
W. Washington St
O'Bleness Hospital
Athens
Six Cited By Police In Pomeroy
POMEROY Six persons were cited by the Pomeroy Police for squealing tires over the weekend. Names include Charles Johnson Ronald Circle Randy Michael Karl Johnson Walter Arnold Wayne Peyton Victor Gaul and Danny Evener. Two arrests were made John Michael for driving while intoxicated and Larry Eblin for assault and battery.
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Pomeroy
Charles Johnson
Mason
Ronald Circle
New Haven
Randy Michael
Karl Johnson
Walter Arnold
Wayne Peyton
Dexter
Victor Gaul
Garden City
Mich
Danny Evener
John Michael
Middleport
Larry Eblin
Three Auto Accidents Reported In Wellston
Wellston police logged three weekend traffic accidents. On Friday 11:45 a.m. William Urwin, 72, and Virginia Urwin were injured when rear struck by Alice Salmons on Pennsylvania Ave. No citations. Later Friday George Buckley was rear ended by Thomas Fossen on Pennsylvania Ave. No injuries. Saturday two car crash on Second St. Injured drivers Burl Burke 70 and Patrick Hendershott 26 plus Minnie Wright ? , Eva Horner 69, Rebecca Salisberry 72 transported to Holzer Hospital. Burke cited for failure to yield at stop sign.
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Wellston
William Leslie Urwin
Gallipolis
Pennsylvania Ave
Alice Salmons
Rt. 1
Hamden
Urwin
Virginia Urwin
George W Buckley
Jackson
Broadway
Thomas E. Fossen
Waverly
Patrick A. Hendershott
Second St
Wisconsin Ave
Burl Burke
Ray
Hendershott
Burk
Patrick Hendershott
Minnie Wright
Eva Horner
Rebecca Salisberry
Lucasville
Holzer Hospital
Burke
Garden Club Meeting Set in Glouster
The Glouster Garden Club will meet Thursday at 6 p.m. at Mrs. Ruby Davis home Lazy Acres Bishopville. A pot luck supper will be served and members should bring their own table service. Following the meal a silent auction will be held.
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Glouster
Glouster Garden Club
Ruby Davis
Lazy Acres
Bishopville
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Pomeroy National Bank
Pomeroy Public Library
Wellston Library Fund
Milton
Harry Willard
Public Utilities Commission
Willard
Methodist
Harrah Mason Chief
John Harrah
Clarence Hall
Wallace Ebersbach
James Murch
Sweeney Services
Lowery Reunion
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