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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1968

Page

5

Child Welfare Board Adds Six New Cases

Logan Ohio report shows 125 cases under Hocking County Child Welfare Board in April, six new cases opened with no closures. Details: 45 boarding, 21 adoptive, 20 with relatives, 18 with parents under supervision, 10 elsewhere, two in free homes, six in institutions, two unknown, one in a work and wage home. Expenses $2,848.55. March had 119 cases and $3,070.09. Forty one crippled children cases, one closed.

LOGAN Hocking County Child Welfare Board Eleanore Horwell Horwell

Hospital aide's appeal heard in Franklin County court

Logan Mrs Nora King former Hocking Valley Community Hospital employee appealed discharge to Franklin County Common Pleas Court after the State Personnel Board of Review upheld it on December 7 1967 Prosecuting Attorney Forrest Moore argued for the hospital and King was represented by John Brown of Columbus The decision will be announced later Also listed Hocking License Albert Lee Martin 25 Logan laborer and Pamela Jo Wilson 17 Logan student

Hocking Bar Donates $50 To Teenagers

The Hocking County Bar Association gave TRAP members $50 at a United Methodist Church meeting in Logan. Ted McFadden led a brief session, then the group toured the county building behind the courthouse, chosen for a teenage recreation center, with plans to paint and redecorate. The Rotary Club will fund paint and teens will apply it. A cleaning session with TRAP is set for Saturday at 10 a.m. The group discussed using fish net to cover an exposed beam.

Logan TRAP United Methodist Church Hocking County Bar Association Ted McFadden Rotary Club

Case Worker Begins Duties This Week in Logan

Mrs. Jane K Hutchison started Monday as a case worker for the Hocking County Welfare Department replacing Peggy Shafer who resigned and moved to Columbus. Hutchison daughter of Robert Holloway, Logan Route 3, and Ohio State graduate recently married Ronald Hutchison on April 12. They are staying with Ronald's parents on Fourth Street.

Logan Jane K. Hutchison Hocking County

Racine FBLA Prom Reignites Senior Celebration

Racine FBLA sponsored the first prom in years at Southern Local High School honoring all seniors. A 6:30 to 7:30 banquet preceded a 7:30 program with poems and histories read by seniors Gena Mathews Peggy Hubbard Lenora Bass Connie Arnott, followed by dancing until 10.

Racine FBLA Southern Gena Mathews Peggy Hubbard Lenora Bass Connie Arnott Jim Harden Vinas Lee

Logan Girls in Festival at Ohio Folk Music Fest

Two Logan High School students, Candy Stimson and Susie Smith, will attend the Ohio Folk Music Festival at Wilmington College Friday to Sunday. They will perform in a Sunday concert at 2 p.m. Open to the public. Candy is a senior and Susie a junior. their vocal music supervisor is Minnie Louise Bowen.

Logan Logan High School Wilmington College Candy Stimson Ross Stivson Susie Smith Robert Smith Candy Susie Minnie Louise Bowen

Hocking County Welfare reports April food stamp use

Mrs. Margaret Webb announces April figures for the Hocking County Welfare Department Food Stamp program. Eighty non public assistance families totaling 320 people used food stamps, while 147 public assistance families with 351 people participated. Total stamps issued amounted to 13,489 dollars with 8,118.25 dollars paid and a 5,370.75 dollar bonus received. The April numbers show one more non public assistance family and a drop of 34 public assistance families from March.

LOGAN Hocking County Welfare Department Margaret Webb Hocking County Department of Welfare

Logan Girl Ranks High As Speller

In the Columbus Citizen Journal Spelling Bee at Ohio State University Student Center 79 Central Ohio students competed. Eighth grader Vickie Pavlik from Logan Junior High was eighth runner up missing the word cessation. Steve Sweeney of St Cecelia School Columbus won and will represent Central Ohio at the National Spelling Bee in Washington.

Logan Columbus Citizen Journal Ohio State University Central Ohio Vickie Pavlik Harry Pavlik Logan Junior High School Mth Steve Sweeney St. Cecelia School Columbus Washington

Bride-Elect Gretchen Ott Showered in Logan Home

Mrs. George Shaw hosted a bridal shower and luncheon at 11 Tree Top Lane Saturday in honor of Miss Gretchen Ott, bride-elect of Roswell Hall of Boston Mass. Attending were Ott and her mother, plus numerous Logan area guests and extended relatives. two invitees could not attend.

Logan George Shaw Ll Tree Top Lane Gretchen Ott Roswell Hall Boston Mass Miss Ott Walter Ott Terry Greenman Russ Young Fritz Hull John Hildabolt George Crow Minnie Bowen James St. Clair Ralph Poston Harry Shaw Joshua Matheny Thomas Brannock Susan Cruise Marianne Jurkowitz Columbus Ray Beach Greenville Maine B. G. Greenman Margaret Greenman Gates Mills Edmund Lange Dean Dollison

960 Vehicle Titles Issued in Hocking County in April

Logan Ohio April activity at the Hocking County Vehicle Title Office shows 138 new vehicle titles and 499 used titles processed totaling 960 titles. Receipts reached 2048.50 with 1535.50 kept by the county and 513.00 remitted to the state, per Miss Thelma Keyes.

Logan Hocking County Thelma Keyes

Case Settled in Logan A Sales Tax Judgement

Logan A sales tax judgment against Charles E. Collins of Murray City by the State of Ohio Department of Taxation has been settled and canceled after payment of court costs by the defendant.

Logan Charles E. Collins Murray City State of

Local residents named in partial notice

James Ruflick Dennis Blythe and Odis Patterson of Logan along with Mrs Russell Hoagland McAr- are listed in a fragment of a public notice with unreadable remaining details.

James Ruflick Dennis Blythe Odis Patterson All of Logan Mrs Russell Hoagland McAr

Community Hospital Discharges Wray and Thompson

Community Hospital discharged Mrs. William Wray and Robert Thompson after treatment, with doctors noting satisfactory recovery and plans for follow up care as needed.

William Wray Robert Thompson

Haven Homemakers Hold White Elephant Sale In Home

New Haven region Haven Homemakers Demonstration Club met at Mrs William Grinsted s home for a white elephant sale with door prize won by Mrs Gloria Roush and prizes going to Mrs Gloria Roush and Mrs Ivy Capehart Cherokee Home Demonstration Club met at Gene Balls Restaurant Point Pleasant Nelsonville Torrential parade John J Gilligan for Senate caravan toured Nelsonville with about 40 cars Democrats from Nelsonville and area joined the motorcade escorted by a city police cruiser A Democratic election eve rally followed at the Elks dining room

Haven Homemakers Demonstration Club Willam Grinstead Gloria Roush Ivy Capehart Cherokee Home Demonstration Club Gene Ball Point Pleasant Nelsonville John J. Gilligan Senate Elks Dining Room

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