Nelsonville cancels two street contracts and starts new bids
The Nelsonville city council voted to cancel two street projects previously awarded in March and April, with a combined bid tally around 16 800 dollars. New bid advertisements will be issued, and council also named James Patton to the First Ward seat and elected John Brooks president pro tem.
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Nelsonville
Board of Control
James Patton
First Ward
C. W. Monks
John Brooks
Patton
First Ward Post. Council Also Referred To the Utility Committee
Bessemer
City Board of Control
Paul Galvin
Raymond Smith
Highway Maintenance Co
Athens
F. H. Brewer Co
Lancaster
Fort
E. Franklin Sts
Jefferson
E. Franklin
Washington
Control Board
Fenton Construction Co
Ashland
Ohio
Council
Fenton
James F. Shumaker
The
Utilities Committee
Clifford Brown
Corporation
Sylvania
Hospital Hosts National Week Open House With Tours
Nelsonville Mount St. Mary Hospital acknowledges a 200 gift from the Community Garden Club to landscaping. A bronze plaque is placed by the main entrance. During National Hospital Week the Sisters of St. Francis host daily open houses from 1 30 to 3 30 with demonstrations in Inva Lift laboratory kitchen and laundry X ray maternity and other areas led by Sisters Clarence Mary John Esther Celene William and Gabriel. Hospitals in the area join with tours and demonstrations showcasing patient care progress.
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Nelsonville
Community Garden Club
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Clarence
Mary John
William
Gabriel
Road E O Slated in Logan by Jaycees for Teens
Logan Jaycees sponsor a Road-E-O to find the communitys most skilled teenage driver. Jay Cole president says the event promotes safe driving and winner advances to a statewide contest. The program includes parking tests traffic in the area laws knowledge and other safety phases. Ineligible if a traffic violation occurred in the prior six months. Jaycees also selling rear bumper reflectors and will mark white Xs at accident sites to show reckless driving and display wrecked cars.
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LOGAN
Logan Jaycees
Jay Cole
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Eight Hocking Area OU Students Honored
Eight Hocking County students were honored for high scholastic achievements at the annual honors and awards day at Ohio University. The students with averages of 3.0 or better include Shirley Ruth Buntz Logan Ronald Arthur Brandon Logan Doris Marie Huston Logan Betty Ann Van Buskirk Logan Yvonne Thompson Logan Route 1 Oleta Nolene Koch Rockbridge Edward Hamer Murray City Ronna Lucille Vollmer Haydenville.
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Logan
Hocking County
Ohio University
Shirley Ruth Buntz
Ronald Arthur Brandon
Doris Marie Huston
Betty Ann van Buskirk
Yvonne Thompson
Oleta Nolene Koch
Rockbridge
Edward Hamer
Murray City
Ronna Lucille Vollmer
Haydenville
Eight Seniors to Graduate at Benton High
Commencement for Benton Scenic High School in South Bloomingville will be held at 8 p m with eight graduates. Rev Charles L Harrison Boys Industrial School chaplain will give the sermon. Diplomas will be presented by Samuel H Dillon Hocking County Superintendent.
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Edith Irene Garrett
Nora Alice Warehime
Helen Marie Dishennett
Catherine Lenora Lehman
Charlies E. Ebert
Leonard L. Lattimer
Exams Given To 10 Men Pre-induction Nevada
Pre induction physical examinations were taken at Fort Hayes Columbus yesterday by 10 area men. Names include Richard Eugene Hartman Logan leader Carl Richard Hardy Carbon Hill assistant leader Robert James Pickett Logan Route 2 David Jacob Getz Sugar Grove Route 1 Ralph Hoyt McCloud Creole Route 1 William Lee Kistler Lancaster Glen Edward Proctor Gore Charles Lee Grove Bremen Route 1 Glenroy Snyder Murray City Heroes Lawrence Campbell Carbon Kro
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Logan
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Richard Eugene Hartman
Carl Richard Hardy
Carbon Hill
Robert James Pickett
David Jacob Getz
Sugar Grove
Ralph Hoyt McCloud
Creole
William Lee Kistler
Lancaster
Glen Edward Proctor
Gore
Charles Lee Grove
Bremen
Glenroy Snyder
Murray City
Lawrence Campbell
Carbon
Meeting on Schools Slated in Nelsonville As Chenevey Resigns
Nelsonville notes a meeting of the Taxpayers League and Board of Education to discuss grade school renovations after a bond issue for two new buildings failed. James Chenevey resigns as head football coach after four years and plans to move East. Doris White also resigns as high school math teacher. Lucille Long Hoffee returns to Harrison County system.
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Nelsonville
Taxpayers League
City Board of Education
Citizens Committee
James Chenevey
Lucille Long Hoffee
Harrison County
Steuben
East School Choir Plans Evening Concert
Forty pupils from East School Choir will perform at 8 p.m. Thursday in the school auditorium conducted by Mrs. Winifred Engle sixth grade teacher. The girls wear white robes made by the PTA and sing unaccompanied in two and three part harmony. They will present songs including America the Beautiful and Sunrise with a mix of fourth through sixth graders in the ensemble.
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Judy Freeman
Karolyn Dufford
Karen Brown
Mary Chambers
Sharon Brooks
Judy Dixon
Karen Powell
Nancy Pratt
Arretta Miller
Kathleen Davis
Carol Evans
Pamela Matheny
Sherry Casto
Linda Clark
Bertha Jones
Tanya Burton
Marlene Schultz
Kathryn Pittman
Karen Norris
Linda Wolfe
Shirley Brooks
Ruth Lackey
Geneva Nungester
Ruth Adcock
Janet Spicer
Jane Dicken
Charlotte Munday
Jimmy Lanning
Billy Hughes
Bobby Burton
Danny Matheny
Charlies Lanning
Mickey Sigler
Tommy Reynolds
Jim Windsor
Phillip Waltz
Michael Brown
Bob Dennis
Kirk Harper
Paul Rutter
Logan County Retail Sales Surpass Last Year in Hocking County
Retail activity in Hocking County shows higher tax receipts than the prior year with last week’s total of 6756.28 dollars, up 1720.22 from 1952. Year to date May 9, 1953 receipts reach 88965.72, above 1952 by 15436.53, implying about 2965524 dollars in goods and services sold under a 3 percent tax.
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Logan
Hocking County
Ralph Moorhead
Miller and Nutter pair cited in domestic incident
Howard Wayne Miller 29 a ship ping clerk and Logan and Roxie Louise Nutter 18 were at their Gere Route 1 home in a reported domestic matter. The brief notes names and ages with location but no further details are provided.
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Howard Wayne Miller
Logan and
Roxie Louise Nutter
Gere
County Health Board Hires New Sanitarian
LOGAN Dr. H. G. Southard announces Glenn R. Hemsworth has accepted and will take the sanitarian post on June 15. He replaces Robert Byers, who resigned effective June 1 to enter private industry, following the May 4 health board meeting.
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Logan
H. G. Southard
Logan - Hocking County
Glenn R. Hemsworth
Health Board
Hemsworth
Robert Byers
Byers
Births Ahead in Logan County Outpace Deaths
Births in Hocking County outnumber deaths by 24 to 14 last month per a report by registrar Mrs. Margaret Cole Jr. In county totals six births and seven deaths. Logan shows 18 births and seven deaths. Names listed for both counties include multiple couples with locations such as Logan Route 2 and Rockbridge Route 1.
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Logan
Hocking County
Margaret Cole Jr
Eldon Fetheroff
Claude Felty
Alva Arledge
Jesse Kneece
Delbert Tatman
Leo Wheatcraft
Song
Leroy McClure
Hubert Taulbee
John Glick
Pearl Woolever
Homer Schein
Rockbridge
Donald Mays
Harold Smith
Daniel Boals
Stanley Houston
Cleveland
Max Crow
McArthur
Donald Ansel
Fletcher McDaniels
Robert Milum
Jacob Hahn
Robert Armstrong
Lawrence Davis
Paul Edwards
New Straitsville
Harold Vollmer
Springfield
Logan East Board Backs Immunization for Incoming Students
Logan East Last Hacking Board of Education approved a rule requiring all students entering district schools next fall to receive diphtheria immunization and smallpox vaccination before the new term. Parents were urged to consult family physicians or county health officials if unable to pay.
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Logan
Hacking Board of Education
Logan High Students Set for Journalism Workshop
Two Logan High School students will attend the annual high school publications workshop at Ohio University. Nancy Shaw editor of the year book Aerial and Jessie Brown the yearbook business manager will participate, per adviser John H. Clark.
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Logan
Logan High School
Ohio University
Nancy Shaw
Aerial
Jessie Brown
John H. Clark
Logan Soldier Among 2873 Veterans Returning Home
Pfc. William C. Smith of 156 West Main Street Logan was among 2873 Army veterans aboard the transport Gen. E. T. Collins expected to arrive here Monday from Korea.
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Seattle
William C. Smith
Main St
Logan
Korea
E. T. Collins
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