City Council Deliberates Waterwork Financing and Lighting
Nelsonville council tabled water meter superintendent action and approved emergency authorization for mercury vapor street lights on Ashton Avenue and North Street. The panel heard Columbia Gas rate hikes, weighed rehabilitation pay as you go, and discussed bids, zoning plans, and staffing with no Civil Service tests scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Ashton Avenue
North Street
Columbia Gas Co
Ohio
James Shumaker
Carl Young
Hilleary
Hillary
Young
Glenn Tharp
Finance Committee
Mabel Tigner
Don Kern
Judiciary Committee
John Brooks
Brooks
Nelsonville council hears water charges and street repair concerns
Nelsonville residents questioned water rate fairness for low use and urged relief for the elderly and single residents. Street conditions were raised with reports of street damage, flooded basements, and a city private street dispute. A Route 33 bypass hearing date was set for June 26 at Tri-County Vocational High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Council
Clinton Cribfield
Crihfield
Ralph Pierce
High Street
Pierce
City Street
Wilbur Mender
City Planning Commission
State Highway Department
Tri-County Vocational High School
James Shumaker
Harry Hoskinson
Kentner Street
Madison Street
Monday Creek
Route 216
City
C&O Considers Abandoning New Straitsville Branch
Chesapeake and Ohio officials urged council to record whether they favor or oppose abandoning the 18.2 mile New Straitsville Branch serving one brick factory in Perry County. In 1948 the line hauled 40 cars. the railroad seeks Interstate Commerce Commission approval to abandon. Council tabling action pending study and street committee review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
New Straitsville
Perry County
H. H. Talbert
J. O. Riddle
Lloyd B. Tobias
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nelsonville Yards
Myers Crossing
Deanville
Snow Fork Junction
Carbon Hill
Sand Run Junction
County Road Closed For Bridge Replacement
Hocking County Engineer George Mara announced Logan County Road 29 known as Clay Lick Road will close for about three days beginning June 10 to allow a bridge replacement.
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Logan — County
Clay Lick Rd
Hocking County
George Mara
Classroom Teachers Officers Are Elected 1969 70
Nel sonville York City Schools Classroom Teachers Association elected officers for the 1969 70 term after last week’s balloting. John Anderson was chosen president Mrs Anel Lupher vice president Mrs Judy Thompson secretary and Mrs Gay Sharp treasurer. Clarence Badwell Veterans Administration Hospital Dayton visited with his sister Mrs Cora Hopstetter Nelsonville during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Nelsonville-York City Schools Classroom Teachers Association
John Anderson
Anel Lupher
Judy Thompson
Gay Sharp
Clarence Badwell
Veterans Administration Hospital
Dayton
Cora Hopstetter
Grand Jury Indicts 14 For Arraignment in Hocking County
Four defendants face failure to provide charges spanning 1968 to 1969 with bonds ranging from 300 to 500 dollars. James O Rourke Terry Casto Chester Bode Jr Roy Clark and John Joy prominent among those indicted. Judge Harley Meyer will oversee arraignments in Common Pleas Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Bode, Jr
Roy Clark
John Joy
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Harley Poling
Mount St Mary Hospital Notes and Local Court Bonds
Hospital notes list admissions and dismissals at Mount St Mary with names in Glouster Logan and Nelsonville areas. The court section records numerous defendants pledging not guilty or guilty on charges including burglary theft auto theft and bad checks with bonds set mostly at $500 to $2 500 and dates from 1968 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Joy
James Acker
Bullock, Jr
Dale W. Riddle
Ralph Stilson
Floyd Hicks
William F. Bierly
Roger Durflinger
Roger Benjamin Bennett
Olin R. Spybey
Charles A. Decker
Herman and Strait Firestone
Ronald FE. Mauler
Vinton County Natonal Bank
Ronnie F. James
Hocking Valley
Bond
Clifford Koon
Curbs Repaired in Logan Road Project Progress
Logan F H Brewer Co advances curb work in the city with asphalt resurfacing planned. They finished Walnut Street Spring and North Streets and proceed on W Second Street and FE Main and W Hunter. State hot mix surfacing pending Route 33E completion.
Hocking Valley Community Hospital Names Nearby Residents
A community hospital lists local residents including Mrs Charles E Brooks Paul Edward Carrier Miss Cynthia Jamison Master Frank Jami Joseph Carpenter Daniel E Engle S T Swann Jr Mrs Donald Young Mrs Harold Woodhall Mrs Ruth Sickles David P Shaw and Mrs Willie Goss from Logan and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Brooks
Paul Edward Carrier
Cynthia Jamison
Frank Jamison
Joseph Carpenter
Logan
Daniel E. Engle
S. T. Swann Jr
Donald Young
Harold Woodhall
Ruth Sickles
David P. Shaw
Willie Goss
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fort Hilleary
Civil Service Commission
City Civil Service Commission
Kern
Barre
Logan Monument Co., Inc
Oper
Sears
Eiberteids
Sug
Gested
Utility Committee
C&o
Brick Company
Talbert
Darrel Figgins
Charles Shafer
The
Street Committee For Investigation
Bankamericaro
Alice
Wedhous
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Larry West
Glouster
Linda Bartley
Arthur Corwin
Milfield
Roger Newman
John Halliday
Mae Campbell
Elizabeth Sabo
Buchtel
John Ellis
Arlene Dishong
Florence Adams
William Robey
Joseph D. Spence
Larry Hysell
John McAllister
Judy Shuttleworth
Speca
Sale
Ashland
the Industrial Resources Company
Ashland Oil & Refining Company
Pomeroy
North
Chillicothe
Empire
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Belk
Belk's
North Court Street
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