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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1960
Page
5
A preserved coroner's inquest journal from Logan Hocking County at the turn of the 20th century shows how deaths were classified with florid language and blunt facts. It links mining booms and railroads to frequent violent cases while noting occasional natural and self inflicted deaths.
Logan Police Chief Roy E. Kelch launched a police training school at Logan Junior High with class registrations and an orientation. Ohio University experts Dr. Paul D. Brandes and Dr. Paul B. Koons Jr taught psychology of speech and psychology in policing, with sessions planned for two more days. Authorities from Athens, Nelsonville, Hocking, Fairfield, and Athens sheriffs, plus Logan police and auxiliary units, were invited to attend.
Jay Cole of Hocking County has been named crew leader for the 1960 Census of Population and Housing by Census Bureau official A F Harmony. He will supervise about 20 enumerators starting April 1, with training to begin March 9 for rural leaders. Cole, a former Ambrose Hotel operator and city council member, lives with his wife Mary and five children at 360 N Market St.
Logan Fire Chief Robert Courter adds a compact monoxor to city department gear. The detector tests air in confined work areas and buildings with possible carbon monoxide fumes, aiding in rapid checks rather than precise CO2 measurement.
Logan school Board president Dr Frederick W Blume and East elementary principal James Gastin attended the 13th annual forum on visual problems in Cleveland. Speakers urged that comprehension matters more than reading speed and that slow readers are not necessarily retarded.
Mr and Mrs Wylie E Wolfe announce the birth of a son in Logan at 1 30 p m Tuesday weighing five pounds twelve and a half ounces. The newborn is reported in good condition. Also listed is the admission of Harry N Casto to Hocking Valley Hospital.
A. Keith Williams, a 1943 Logan High School graduate and Esso associate, and his wife and two children plan to move from Washington to Tunis. They will travel from New York to Paris, buy a car, drive to Geneva, then Naples and cross to Tunis after a four week stay in Switzerland.
West Hocking Board of Education approves final settlement with Dawson Evans Co for Lauvelville Elementary School overpayment. Cincinnati firm agrees to refund 1550 after initial claim of 2250. board also authorizes borrowing 3000 from Laureville Bank to pay current bills.
Two Logan youths at Miami University Oxford earn dean’s list honors for last semester. Gretchen L. Ott holds high honor status with a GPA between 3.5 and 3.99, while Patricia K. Young gains honor list with a 3.0 GPA.
Sheriff A J Waldron reports a car stolen February 6 in Enterprise belonging to Juanita Ludlow was recovered in Lancaster. The vehicle was found abandoned with stolen license plates on it. Investigation of the theft continues.
The inventory of probate court records lists ap praisers Bruce Fickel Ralph O Moorehead and Jacob A Keller as key evaluators.
Braddock, 30, formerly Newark, becomes manager of the Logan Cussins and Fearn store. He joined Cussins and Fearn in 1956 at Lancaster as a salesman then held multiple posts including Wooster assistant manager and Newark transfer before taking charge Feb 24. He and wife Pat have daughter Victoria.
A Monday night rear end collision on Logan Route 2 involved Thomas Lee North 18 Haydenville and Harry Irvin Risch 19 Logan. North vehicle sustained moderate damage. police reported the impact occurred at 9 30 p m. and listed both drivers as the involved parties.
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