Margaret Creek History Linked to Future Recreation Plan
The Athens County Historical Society heard two speakers about Margaret Creek watershed with 135 years of history. Plans include six earthen dams, channel work, and new recreation facilities, and the group moved to form a non profit with Gifford B. Coxsee as president.
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Margaret Creek
Athens County Historical Society
Electric Company
S. May Ave
John P. Hamill
Margate Creek
Margaret’s Creek
Samuel B. Pruden
Ohio University
Pruden
White’s Mill
Athens
The
Historical Society
Gifford B. Coxsee
Williams
C. B. Berry
Father Pettis Voices Vatican Council Tale at WSCS
In Nelsonville the First Methodist Church WSCS met in its social rooms. After a brief business meeting Lloyd Gray described the proposed Tri County Vocational School. Guest speaker Father Pettis spoke of the Vatican Council in Rome. Rev Roy Ballard gave the benediction. Circles 2 and 3 hosted a coffee hour.
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Nelsonville
WSCS
First Methodist Church
Lloyd Gray
Tri-County
Father Pettis
Rome
Roy Ballard
Nelsonville Seeks Merchant Policeman After Henshaw Death
Several local men, including Dennis Wayne Nichols and Marilyn Sue Lucas, seek the vacant Nelsonville merchant policeman post. Mayor Earl Hilleary says the contractor must meet bond and deputized officer requirements. Names listed include Mourne, James, Crum, and Hiles from nearby towns.
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Nelsonville
Everett Henshaw
Earl Hilleary
Dennis Wayne Nichols
Malta
Marilyn Sue Lucas
Athens
Charles E. Mourne
Army
Pammy James
John J. Crum
Marilyn L. Hiles
Presser
Millfield
Area 4-H Advisors Attend Food and Nutrition Meeting
Area 4-H advisors plan a March 24 training at Jackson EUB Church under the theme 4-H Nutrition in Our Space Age. The event aims to provide the latest nutrition information and equip teachers to guide foods and nutrition projects and youth health and fitness activities with speakers Mrs Pauline Hall and Mrs Glenn G McCoy.
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Jackson Eub Church
Ollie Parrish
Athens County Home Economics
Parrish
Pauline Hall
Ohio State University Extension
Glenn G. McCoy
Circleville
University Hospital
Sharb Enters Innocent Plea In DWI Case
Logan James A. Sharb 23 Haydenville is bound to the Hocking County grand jury on a $500 bond after a not guilty plea to driving while intoxicated. He also pled not guilty to a Jan 22 drunken driving charge and to a second degree manslaughter charge from a Feb 13 fatal crash on U S Route 33 South.
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Logan
James A. Sharb
Haydenville
Hocking County
Grand Jury
Sharb
Jack Moorehead
Hocking County Court
Shark
Critical Nurse Shortage Noted At New Hospital
Logan-Hocking Valley Community Hospital faces a critical nurse shortage with a need for registered and licensed nurses for day and night shifts. Administrator John Sappington says salaries and benefits are top in the area and welcomes full or part-time applicants. Interested individuals should contact the Director of Nurses at the hospital.
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New Hospital
Logan
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
John Sappington
Sappington
Recreation Assistance In Program
The Greenbelt Program, created to help villages and cities establish parks and recreation areas, will be discussed at a Monday meeting of the technical agricultural production committee in the Athens County extension office. County agent Kenneth Ackerman said letters were sent to area mayors inviting attendance.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Technical Agricultural Production Committee
Athens County Extension Office
Kenneth Ackerman
Permanent Licenses Available For Ohioans
Ohio residents aged 70 or older may apply for a permanent fishing license. An application must be completed with a 1.25 dollar fee and mailed to the chief of the wildlife division, who will issue the license by mail. Local notes include visits by several residents to Xenia and Galion for family events.
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Nelsonville
Dale Haney
District Four
Ohio
Wildlife Division
Burglary Probed At South Perry Sinclair Station
Logan Hocking County Sheriff investigates burglary at a Sinclair service station in South Perry run by George Grandstaff. Stolen items include a chewing gum machine seven cartons of cigarettes and about one dollar in change from a cash register. Entry was through a broken window in a storage room. The gum machine was found in an outside toilet, damaged. In New Marshfield Waterloo High School adds Kathy Lightfritz to the eleventh grade honor roll.
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LOGAN
Hocking County
New Marshfield
Waterloo High School
Kathy Lightfritz
School Issue To Be Tonite At Ames Bern High School
Hocking High School bond issue and tax levy will be discussed at an 8 p m PTO meeting at the Ames Bern High School. Carmen Scrubbio will narrate with a panel including E L Koehler and local board members. The board will discuss the March 22 special election. The meeting is open to the public. An architect and a state education representative are expected. Nelsonville Gospel Harmony Boys will sing at Nelsonville High School March 26 at 7 30 p m in a joint Tri Psi Sorority and Lions Club sponsorship.
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Hocking High School
Ames-Bern
Carmen Scrubbio
Ames- Bern
E. L. Koehler
State Board of Education
Nelsonville
Gospel Harmony Boys
Huntington
W. Va
Nelsonville High School
Tri Psi Sorority
Nelsonville Lions Club
Municipal Court Records Show Various Traffic Fines
The docket lists multiple defendants with charges including unsafe vehicle unsafe operation speeding left of center excess speeding and stop sign violations. Fines range from 10 to 50 dollars plus patrol or police costs and reflect infractions across several towns and ages.
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Shailer Nobel
Poplar St
Ray Victor Foss
Parkersburg
Joseph Wilbur Bowles
Albany
Walter Clayton Boudinot
Nelsonville
George Johnson
Logan
Willard F. Williams
Cédarville
Arlin Radekin
John D. Jackson
the Plains
John Wesley Harper
E. State St
John H. Hatcher
Circleville
Michael Dominic Kane
Lorain
Dentists Join Tri-County Children’s Dental Program
Thirteen dentists from Athens Perry and Hocking counties voted to participate in a tri county children’s dental care program. The project aims to provide emergency and routine care for underprivileged children age ten and under including fluoride treatments and oral hygiene instruction. An anti poverty funds application has been filed. Details of administration pending approval.
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Athens
Perry
Hocking
Tri-County
al Wagner
Ohio State
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Robert Mathews
George Bobdell
Cecil C. Helena
John F. Newcomb
Ted Schumacher
Columbus
Jack Gregg
Cleveland
Reation and Economic Development
Clark Williams
the “Association of the Mouth
Methodist
Logan Federal
NS Market St. Logen
John P. Robbins
Arnold Air Society
William D. Smith
Smith
Angel
Jan Riewerth
Vernon Alden
Charles Walden
Elynor
Burlington
NYLON
Tricot
Tnechuumis
DWI
Don Tayor
Jane
E. Washington St
Xenia
Howard Taylor
Renetta Hodgson
Fort St
Robert Upperman
Charles Hodgson
Galion
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South Perry
Gospel Sing
First National Bank
Public Square
Federal Reserve System
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James Henahan
State Dental Division
State Department of Health
Lowell Burnelle
State Dental Board
City Loan
W. Washington St
Gallipolis
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