Rebirth of Hocking Oil Industry Indicated by Recovery Efforts
In Logan County the Hocking County oil business shows potential revival through secondary recovery methods. Gas repressuring at New Straitsville and Bell and Son near Honey Fork have boosted output, with projections of gradual growth and possible future water and fracturing techniques expanding fields once thought depleted.
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Logan
Hocking Gunty
Hocking County
Gunty
Hocking
Chartiers Oil Co
Bl and Son
New Straitsville
T. W. Wheeler
Wheeler
Bell and Son
Honey Fork
Washington Township
Harry Bell
Bell
Oo Inc
Halliburton
Southwest
Texas
Pennsylvania
Notice to Contractors State of Ohio Highway Bids
State Highway Department of Ohio invites sealed bids for projects Nos 1 and 2 in Athens County. Contracts cover asphalt and concrete pavement across two sections with lengths 32 464 feet and 7 592 feet. Bid bond of 4500 dollars required. plans on file. bids due June 6 1953. The department may reject any bid.
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State OF Ohio Department OF Highways
Columbus
Ohio
Tales
State Highway Director of
Athens County
York
U. S. Ro
Dover Township
Souvne
Department of Industrial Relations
State Highway Department
Department of Highways
Lizell
Trimble Township Education Board Sealed Bid Notice
The Trimble Township Local School District invites bids by July 22 1953 noon EST for multiple projects at Trimble Elementary and Jacksonville Trimble School including heating modernization redecorating wing addition and kitchen cafe remodeling. Drawings by Camden Associates. Bid bonds 10 percent required plus 100 percent performance bond. Bids open sealed to Board of Education Athens County Ohio. The district may reject any or all bids and waive informalities.
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Board of Education
Trimble Township
Athens County
Ohio
Board Education
Trimble
Trimble Memontary
Jacksonville-Trimble
Jacks aville-Trimble
Kkitchen
D. Camden & Associates
Consultin
Colegate Road
Orietta
C. D. Camden and Associates
Egineers
John JD. Mingus
Virgil B. Swart
Miss Maria Parsons, 84, Logan Milliner, Dies
Miss Maria N. Parsons, 84, retired Logan milliner, died at 3:15 a.m. Sunday at Bailey Rest Home in New Lexington where she had resided over a year. Graveside rites were set for 3:30 p.m. in Oak Grove Cemetery with Dr. R. B. Wilson officiating and DAR memorial rites observed.
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Logan
Maria N. Parsons
Bailey Rest
New Lexington
Miss Parsons
High Moor Farm
Monmouth
Maine
FE. K
Mary Sterling Parsons
Hocking Valley
Haydenville
Ernest Parsons
Oak Grove Cemetery
R. B. Wilson
Governor Worthing
Daughters of the American Revolution
William Slisher Celebrates 79th Birthday at Murray Home
William Slisher marked his 79th birthday June 14 at his Murray home. Guests included Marshall Slisher of Mansfield, Raymond Eberhart, Roy Bailey, Sheldon Bailey and daughter Doris, William Bailey and son Gene, Earl Witchie, Bar berton, and Mrs Slisher.
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Murray City
William Slisher
Marshall Slisher
Mansfield
Raymond Eberhart
Roy Bailey
Sheldon Bailey
Doris
William Bailey
Gene
Earl Witchie
Barberton
Visits From Many Relatives Span Ohio and Beyond
A long list of visitors and return trips highlighted by Mrs. Quinton Quinn and relatives. Families from Nelsonville Logan Willoughby Columbus Pomeroy Barberton and Lakeside attended visits in Bremen Dearborn West Virginia and Ohio towns.
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Quinton Quinn
Ollie Sommers
Harry Stage
Harry Weaver
Sandra
Nelsonville
Raymond Sommers
Arizona
Eddie Poling
Bremen
Charles Shunkwiler
Gene Shunkwiler
Dearborn
Mich
Thelma Hutchins
A. C. Wooden
Little Falls
Minn
Shunkwiler
Inlaw
Donald Shunkwiler
Willoughby
Ohio
Arthur Wilson
Corning
Rodney Wilson
Logan
Lawrence Short
Frank Halliday
Orbiston
Cleveland
Albert Banik
el] Centro
Calif
Paul Banik
Nancy Ellis
Gladys
Bernice Ellis
Barberton
Ellis
Morris Dupler
Michael
Raymond Huston
Lidwina
Opal Lemberg
Joe Heavener
West Virginia
Junior Tannehill
Ronnie
Columbus
Tannehill
Dan Bucannon
Jay Huston
Pomeroy
Nora Coburn
Floyd Donley
Raymond Donley
Springfield
Edna Bailey
Edith Mahoney
Residents Visit Relatives in Redtown and Dayton
Mr and Mrs Lee Honaker of Dayton visited Redtown as guests of Mrs Honaker’s son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Rodney Strausbaugh. Carl Welling entertained guests including Stacy Vess Albert Zuliani and Alberta Jean Columbus. Further visits included Dan Smith near Ferndale and Basil Vore in Dayton. Clifford Olbers returned to Dayton after time with his parents.
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Taylor Ridge
Lee Honaker
Dayton
Redtown
Fred Olbers
John Beckley
Basil Vore
Annie Smith
Bishopville
Joe McDonald
Miles Easler
Hattie Hoon
Carl Welling
Deadline Extended for Assistant Director of Internal Revenue
The U S Civil Service Commission extended the deadline to June 25 to fill the vacancy of assistant director of internal revenue at Columbus. Salary is 10800 dollars per year. Further information available at the post office.
Teater Family Plans Springfield Vacation Center
The Rev and Mrs Daniel K Teater with sons Danny and Timmy will leave Tuesday for a weeklong vacation near Springfield Illinois and expect to end with a trip to the West Coast.
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Glouster
Daniel K. Teater
Danny
Timmy
Springfield
West Coast
Marriage License Logan Couple Wed in Probate Court
A marriage license was issued in Probate Court on Saturday to Donald F. Mowery 23 a mechanic Logan and Betty Jean Smith 23 a dental assistant Logan.
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Logan
Donald F. Mowery
Betty Jean Smith
Estate Filed in Logan for Mrs. Sue Stone
Inventory and appraisement of the estate of Mrs. Sue Stone of Logan has been filed in Probate Court. Assets valued at 2750 dollars.
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Logan
Sue Stone
4-H Plans Boat Trip on Ohio River
Hocking County 4-H members will ride an excursion boat on the Ohio River July 9. The boat departs Middleport at 1 p.m. and docks again between 3:30 and 4 p.m. Cost is 75 cents for members and chaperones, $1 for others. Reservations due by July 1.
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Logan
Hocking County
JoAnn Bowers
Middleport
Glouster Area Residents Gather for Weekend Visits
Glouster and Columbus families visited relatives across the region. Dean Peugh and Mrs Peugh visited Mrs Orme in Jacksonville. Jimmie McCance and wife stayed with McCance and Kittle families. John Bryson and son from Columbus visited Bryson and Dyer relatives. Gardner brothers from Cincinnati and Glouster Bond met after 40 years, Bryson and Gardner once graduated together.
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Dean Peugh
Columbus
Peugh
Charles Orme
Jacksonville
Jimmie McCance
Mr. McCance
A. C. McCance
McCance
Harley Kittle
John M. Bryson
John Maurice
John Dyer
E. K. Bryson
Jean
Jane
Elbert Gardner
Cincinnati
Leslie Gardner
Glouster Route 2
M. M. Bryson
Bryson
Gardner
Glouster High School
Gardner Farm
James Brown
Hollister
Herbert Shoemaker
Chillicothe
Lancaster
Ada Grigsby
Trimble
Raymond Tucker
Alliance
L. R. Gooding
C. H Orme
Parkersburg
Farewell gathering for Plumleys at New Straitsville church
The Plumleys Honor Rev Owen Plumley and family as they move to Athens where he will serve Central Avenue Methodist Church. Guests at a 125 person event received a chenille bedspread and lamp while Rev Plumley spoke.
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New Straitsville
Owen Plumley
Plumley
Don
Delmar
Methodist Church
Plumleys
Athens
Central Avenue Methodist Church
Half Inch Rain Breaks Drouth in Glouster
A half inch of rain fell Sunday afternoon at Glouster ending a dry spell. More rain is needed to reach plant roots as temperatures fell from 96 to 72 degrees after the shower.
Union Furnace Summer Band Classes Start
Union Furnace High School announces summer band sessions led by Mary Jane McKinley with a detailed schedule from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. including beginners and advanced sections for clarinets trumpets flutes horns trombones and band rehearsal. district and state competition success noted.
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LOGAN
Union Furnace
Mary Jane McKinley
Starr Washington
Janice Angel
Bob Riggs
Janice Edgar
Jim Riggs
Union Furnace Band
Miss McKinley
Funeral Rites Held For Mrs Lillie Deal
The Rev Laster Covert and Rev Wilber Crace conducted funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Chappelear Deal at the Jacksonville Methodist Church. Mrs Mary Davis and Mrs Frances Sayre sang. Burial followed in Maplewood Cemetery.
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Glouster
Laster Covert
Jacksonville Methodist Church
Wilber Crace
Jacksonville Eub Church
Lillie Chappelear Deal
Mary Davis
Frances Sayre
Maplewood Cemetery
New Logan Pastor Delivers First Sermon at Local Church
The Rev. Stanley T. Benton, appointed after the Ohio Annual Conference, preached his inaugural sermon at the First Methodist Church in Logan. He succeeds retiring pastor Dr. R. B. Wilson and comes from Pickerington, noting prior building work and a background spanning Roanoke and Chattanooga. Benton’s wife Flora Virginia and two daughters Peggy Sue and Elizabeth Ann accompany him.
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Roanoke
Radford College
Peggy Sue
Elizabeth Ann
New Methodist Pastor Preaches First Sermon at Glouster
The Rev. R. Lawrence, newly assigned Methodist minister to Glouster, preached his first sermon Sunday. He will move to the Main Street parsonage on Thursday. The Rev. John Devol began his Williamsport opening sermon this Sunday and will relocate there this week.
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Glouster
R. 5. Lawrence
Lawrence
Main St
John Devol
Williamsport
Logan-Simpson Eura Treated for Hand Laceration
Logan-Simpson Eura, 28, of Athens, was treated for a right-thumb laceration Friday evening at Hocking Valley Hospital after cutting his hand on a broken bottle, hospital officials reported.
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Logan
Simpson Eura
Athens
Hocking Valley Hospital
Women of the Moose to Meet Thursday Evening
The Women of the Moose will gather Thursday evening in the chapter room of the Moose building. Members are urged to attend as plans for upcoming events are discussed and reported.
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Glouster
Women of the Moose
Moose
Club To Meet Wednesday At Charlie's Confectionery
The Chit Chat Club will meet at Charlie's Confectionery on Wednesday at 6 30 p m. Members gather for an informal discussion and refreshments in the evening.
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Glouster
Charlie's Confectionery
Camp Superintendent To Address Kiwanis Logan Meeting
Logan Richar Anthony su perintendent of the Big Brothers Camp near Conkles Hollow will speak Tuesday at the Kiwanis Club of Logan in Blossers banquet room. The camp is run by the Big Brothers Association of Columbus for fatherless boys. Kiwanis clubs in the region sponsor camping periods for boys facing family or social problems. J. R. Farmer is program chairman.
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Logan
Richard Anthony
Big Brothers
Conkles Hollow
Kiwanis Club of
Blossers
Big Brothers Association of Columbus
Kiwanis Clubs
Central
Ohio
J. R. Farmer
West Everett Attorney Dudley W Gallagher Dies
Logan reports the death in Everett Washington of Dudley W Gallagher age 36 son of Mrs Ethelton Gallagher of Salt Lake City and the late Dudley Gallagher A University of Utah graduate he practiced law in Everett and served on the boards of a local bank hospital YMCA and country club He is survived by his wife and one son Services were held in Everett.
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Logan
Everett
Wash
Dudley W. Gallagher
Ethelton Gallagher
Salt Lake City
Dudley Gallagher
University of Utah
Gallagher
Everett Hospital
YMCA
Everett Country Club
Graveside Rites Held For Harley Thompson
Graveside services for Harley N. Thompson conducted in Maplewood Cemetery by Rev. Gilbert Courtney after his death in a Dayton hospital. Regular services were held in Dayton Sunday morning. Thompson was formerly a resident of the community.
Union Furnace Man Arrested for Drunken Disorderly Conduct
John Hanning of Union Furnace was arrested at 6 30 p m Saturday by Sheriff J B Waldron on a drunk and disorderly charge. The sheriff filed the charge and the man was scheduled for arraignment today before Magistrate S B Whitehart.
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Chartiers
Logan Milliner
Gleaners
Gertie Mills
Marion Foster
Ethel Emrich
Emma Philps
Lena Grandy
Hulda Rucker
Jolly Eight Euchre Club
Laura Miller
Jean Williams
Sue McQuaid
Genevieve Hartman Garnet Peart
Ella Ward
Mildred Thompson
Owen Wallace
Athens Hotel
Dew House
Colby
700 Union Trust Bidg
W. Va
Lillie Deal
Mr, Benton
D.W. Gallagher
West
Harley Thompson
Morey
Williamson
Peoent
G. H. Martin & Son
Richland Ave
Athens, Ohio
America
Chrysler
Imperial
Hrysler
Johnny Jones Motors
E. State St
Meigs Motor Company
North Second Street
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