Shawnee Mine Festival Set With Parades Fireworks and Tours
Shawnee prepares a lively Mine Festival running through July 4 featuring a parade, bands, antique cars, Miss Mining Festival contestants Jennifer Vollmer Patsy Johnson Jeanie Bolyard Kay Luning Kathy Fanielson Betty Ellis Donna Summers, calf roping and other contests, moonshine display, a 1936 film screening, and a tour of nearby strip mined land. Proceeds fund a permanent mine museum and a safe underground ride. Visitors can park near exhibits as tours are offered by sponsors and a souvenir privilege button covers events and parking.
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Mary Williams Hatem
Main Street
Perry County
Tom Wilson
Indian Springs
Jennifer Vollmer
New Straitsville
Patsy Johnson
Shawnee
Jeanie Bolyard
Miller High School
Kay Luning
Bell Ringing Proclaimed for Fourth of July
Mayor Earl Hilleary issues a proclamation urging Nelsonville residents to join Bells of America Ringing for Freedom on July 4. Churches and other bell sites are asked to ring for four minutes starting at 2 p.m. The observance is supported by American Legion posts nationwide.
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Earl Hilleary
Nelsonville
Bells of America
American Legion
Lomax Grocery To End Business In McArthur
Lomax Brothers retail grocery in McArthur will close in July after stock runs out. The McArthur Wholesale Grocery Co. will continue. Deaths of partners James and Charles Lomax led to the retirement of the retail store, with the east side of W Main Street to be repurposed for wholesale expansion. Some retail staff will transfer to wholesale operations.
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Lomax Grocery
McArthur
Lomax Brothers
James
Charles Lomax
Francis, Pete
Hampson Lomax
Lomax
W. Main Street
Hocking Valley Hospital Admits Two Local Residents
The Nel sonville Assembly of Rainbow for Girls will hold a bake sale Friday in front of the Preston Store room Public Square. Sale starts at 10 a.m. Mrs. Charles C Stimel and Arthur F Edwards, both of Logan, were admitted to Hocking Valley Community Hospital.
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Charles C. Stimel
Arthur F. Edwards
Logan
Nelsonville
Nelsonville Assembly
Order of Rainbow For Girls
Preston
Public Square
Hocking Men Held Over High School Break-In
Logan police report a June 15 break in at Miller High School near Hemlock. Clyde James 20 of Gore Route 1 and Danny James 28 of Logan were arrested and jailed in Perry County. Entry occurred through a broken window. two adding machines and two typewriters were stolen, with both machines and one typewriter recovered.
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LOGAN
Miller High School
Hemlock
Hocking County
Clyde James
Gore Route 1
Danny L. James
Perry County
Airport Legalities Continue
Hocking County commissioners press ahead with zoning and legal steps for a potential airport despite no current funding. Meetings with Perry County officials and local property owners addressed objections while the sole runway bid was rejected. A $100,000 state grant expires Friday, with hopes for extension or alternative funding.
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Logan
Hocking County
Perry County
Mount St Mary Hospital Notes Nelsonville births and dismissals
Mount St Mary Hospital notes list births for several families including Mr and Mrs Russell Kline from Brier Nelsonville a son and Mrs Alice Thompson Corning Route 1 among others. Dismissals include Dan Grubb and daughter Master James Bailey and Bruce Stevens among others. Amos Pollock of 27 Adams Street admitted Tuesday to Lancaster Fairfield Hospital for surgery, room 124.
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Russell Klinebrier
Nelsonville
Ray Gillett
Jacksonville
Alice Thompson
Corning
Evelyn Dawley
Logan
Gerald McGee
New Lexington
Mary Kuhn
John Thompson
Martha Phiropoulos
Jeanne Brooks
Athens
Sondra Hoce
Lucille Sayre
Dan Grubb
James Bailey
Ida Blair
Edith Sheets
Shirley Newman
George Turner
Bruce Stevens
Roy McGill
Josephine Stent David Estes
Rosemary Davis
Michael McLaughlin
Amos Pollock
Adams Street
Lancaster Fairfield Hospital
Dr. Johnson Named Rotary Club Head Nelsonville leader installed as president
Nelsonville physician Dr. Roger Johnson was installed Tuesday night as president of the Nelsonville Rotary Club, succeeding Rev. Thomas Stockdale who becomes secretary. The club held its annual picnic at the Oakley farm on State Route 216.
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Nelsonville
Roger Johnson
Rotary Club
Thomas Stockdale
Oakley Farm
Mechem merchants return from New York City trip
Nelsonville report notes C Stanley Mechem and son William A Mechem of Mechem's Store have returned from a merchandising trip to New York City. They met with Resident Buying Office, the third largest buyer for small independent dry goods stores nationwide. Classes in Red Cross Lifesaving to start at city pool. 5 to 6 pm daily. Adult swim Fridays 9 to 11 pm, run by City Recreation Commission.
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Nelsonville
C. Stanley Mechem
William A. Mechem
Mechem
New York City
Red Cross
Tommy McMannis
City
Roland Mender
City Recreation Commission
Vinton Board Approves Airport Work Agreement
The Vinton County Airport near McArthur is about 60 percent complete as the board of county commissioners formalizes an agreement with Engle Construction Co. The land for the field atop Pumpkin Ridge was donated by Engle, who also provided labor and equipment. Major bid items include 27520 for runway blacktopping and 33000 for tree and stump removal, with total cost held to the state grant of 100000. The same meeting included approval to air condition the Memorial Building county school offices and reclassification of a welfare worker, among planning discussions with the Regional Development Institute.
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McArthur
Vinton County
Board of County Commissioners
W. E. Engle
Engle
Engle Construction Co
J. E. Lee
Pumpkin Ridge
Swan Township
Herbert Burson
John B. Palmer
Memorial Building
Emmett Conway
Regional Development Institute
Athens
Vinton County Planning Commission
Owen Harper
Raymond Cottrill
Sue E. Newton
Welfare Department
Caseworker II
4-H Camp Cancelled in Hocking County
The 4-H camp slated for next weekend is cancelled due to low signups. Don Young, Hocking County extension agent, states refunds will be issued after July 11 to those who call his office or mail a request.
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Logan
Don Young
Hocking County
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George Lovell Sunshine
John “‘Pedro’’ Carney
Mfpi
CABLE
Washington Street
Ohio
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Dr. Johnson
F.D.I.C
the Peoples Bank
FDIC
Vinton Board
Hoodlet
Yookouts
Betty Rose
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