City Council Hears Complaints On Streets And Flooding
Logan city council in a brief session heard three groups raise issues. Residents asked W Angle Ave financing details for storm sewer curb and paving with assessments on property owners. Another group urged drainage along W Church St to ease flood conditions. a committee will investigate with action promised within a week. N Elm St residents showed city-platted width of 33 feet and city ownership dispute. a service director was directed to improve Glenwood street surface for heavy rains.
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Fred Murray
Farmers and Merchants Bank
W. Church St
Glenwood
N. Elm St
Third St
William Morgan
Four Logan youths sentenced in Izaak Walton League burglary
Three West Logan youths and a fourth from Logan were ordered to the Boys Industrial School or Juvenile Diagnostic Center after pleading in Juvenile Court to burglarizing the Izaak Walton League clubhouse Sunday night. Deputies traced loot to Lake Logan Area, finding beer cases and a rowboat used in the crime. All four had prior court appearances.
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Logan
Boys Industrial School
Juvenile Diagnostic Center
Columbus
Izaak Walton League
West Logan
Gerald Morrison
Dennis Wilkes
George Johnson
Lake Logan
Joe Campbell
Lake Logan Road
Infant Thomas Chaffin Funeral Held In Logan
Graveside services for infant Thomas Edward Chaffin were held at 10 30 a m today in Fairview Cemetery Logan with Dr R B Wilson officiating The infant died at birth Tuesday morning in Hocking Valley Hospital Survivors include parents Edward and Mrs Chaffin a brother Lawrence Edward and maternal grandfather Mrs Elizabeth Chaffin of Logan paternal grandfather Forrest Chaffin of Columbus and Mr Mrs Lawrence Hart of Logan Burial conducted by the Leonard Funeral Service
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Logan
Thomas Edward Chaffin
Edward A. Chaffin
R. B. Wilson
Hocking Valley Hospital
Lawrence Edward
Elizabeth Chaffin
Forrest Chaffin
Columbus
Lawrence Hart
Fairview Cemetery
Leonard Funeral Service
Personnel At Conclave In Nelsonville District Meet
Logan staff and 14 county officials attended a district conference at the South eastern Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital. Participants included Dr. H. M. Boocks health commissioner nurse Rosemary Switzer Marie Dupler Margaret Green Lorena Larimer from vital statistics. Welfare Department delegates Margaret Webb Jean Tschappat Mary Leach John Hammond. Darley Kitchen represented Child Welfare. The Ohio Department of Health and the Ohio Tuberculosis and Health Association sponsored the event.
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LOGAN
Nelsonville
Southeastern Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital
H. M. Boocks
Rosemary Switzer
Marie Dupler
Margaret Green
Lorena Larimer
Margaret Webb
Jean Tschappat
Mary Leach
John Hammond
Darley Kitchen
Ohio Department of Health
Ohio Tuberculosis and Health Association
Hospital Notes And Miscellaneous Local Births
Hocking Valley Hospital notes list births in Logan and Adelphi including a daughter for Mr and Mrs Clarence Burgoon and others. The entry also notes medical and surgical cases for several residents and mentions local names such as Miss Maxine Nelson and Audra Azbell.
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Clarence Burgoon
Logan
James Stump
James Collins
Adelphi
Charles A. Kirkendall
McArthur
Maxine Nelson
Edna Angle
Birthday Dinner and Church Wedding in Logan
Logan's Queen Vashti Rebekah Lodge held a Friday birthday dinner on June 21 with 17 members and 3 guests. A June 28 school of instruction for District 51 Rebekah Lodges was announced at Shawnee. Aileen Marie Mohler married Robert Edward Fuller in First Methodist Church Logan. reception followed at the bride’s home. both families attended. Francis Asbury noted as America’s first Methodist circuit rider and “Father of American Methodism.”
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Vashti Rebekah Lodge
Roy Beougher
Rebekah Lodges
Shawnee
George Crane
James Tucker
Robert Tschudy
Melvin Griffin
Mike Tscrudy
Aileen Marie Mohler
Arthur Mohler
Junction City
Robert Edward Fuller
Dorothy Edwards
New Plymouth
Floyd Fuller
Nelsonville
Stanley T. Benton
First Methodist Church
Logan
Frank Lyke
Donna Anne Tucker
Gore
Dave Williamson
New Straitsville
Mr. Full
Sun Glow Furniture Industries, Inc
Fuller
Union Furnace High School
Midwest Fabricating Co
Amanda
Niagara Falls
Canada
Francis Asbury
America
Appeals Court Reverses $15,000 Car Crash Verdict
The Fourth District Court of Appeals reversal stems from two prejudicial errors. The Swackhammer family suit against Richard Wagner arose from a bicycle collision on Route 56 near Laurelville on August 16 1953. The case is remanded for further proceedings.
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Logan
Laurelville
Fourth District Court of Appeals
Paul Swackhammer
Rollie Swackhammer
Richard Wagner
Swackhammer
Wagner
Laurel Cliff social notes feature Howell Renshaw and visitors
Mrs. Grace Howell of Pomeroy visited sister Mrs. George Renshaw Sunday. Harmon Fox and Roy Howell spent the weekend with their families. Mr. and Mrs. Hoadly Carruthers and family from Canton spent a week here. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ackley of Athens visited Mrs. Ackley's parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Schaefer. Mrs. Pearl Parker also noted.
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Laurel Cliff
Grace Howell
Pomeroy
George Renshaw
Harmon Fox
Roy Howell
Population rising sevenfold since Columbus arrival
In a 1957 report the Athens Messenger notes New York City now holds seven times the population of all North America north of Mexico at the time Columbus arrived. It adds that diamonds are found in many stream beds and were panned like gold in Borneo.
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New York City
North America
North Mexico
Columbus
Borneo
Logan County extension agent speaks at Kiwanis dinner
Logan-Hocking County's third extension agent and former Kiwanis secretary Robert Lang spoke at the club dinner Tuesday. He recalled his county agent days and mud road travels, and noted the second 4-H camp in Ohio was held at the Grotto Grounds near Logan. James Barker introduced him.
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Logan
Hocking County
Logan Kiwanis Club
Robert Lang
Belmont County
Lang
Ohio
Grotto Grounds
James Barker
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Jacob Hahn
Edward Dalton
W. Angle Ave
Francis Myers
Richard Gerken
Izaak Walton Lodge
Earth
Encyclopedia Britannica
United States
San Francisco
Raymond Anderson
Harry Freeman
Nellie Camp
Radcliff
Raymond Little
Betty Patton
Audra M. Azbell
Fairfield County
Susanna M. Lindsey
Women’s News
THE
Coca-Cola Company
Parkersburg
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Athens Messenger
Samovar
Shorty
Athens
Unio
Tot
Blue Bell
Boys’ Western Dungarees
Oklahoma
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