Vinton County to buy radios for sheriff as bridge repairs okayed
County commissioners approved bridge repairs on a damaged Salt Creek span near Allensville after a nine year old girl raised concerns. They opened bids for sheriff radios with General Electric the apparent low bidder at 4750 dollars, 3682.50 for 60 watt units, Motorola bid 4866. Officials say Jackson service is preferred for GE units. They may add one deputy and cruiser and pursue partial federal funding for expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lovell
McArthur
Vinton County
Rhonda Ankrom
Junior Ankrom
Salt Creek
Allensville
Wonderful World of Ohio
Sheriff’s Department
General Electric Co
Motorola Co
General Electric
Jackson
Motorola
Washington
D. H
Denno L. McClure
R. M. Zimmerman
Messenger
Area Death Notices Parade in several Ohio towns
Readable obituaries note deaths in Letart Nelsonville Akron Wellston Athens Buchtel Millfield and Pomeroy. Items mention Anna Klingensmith 72 dying in Pleasant Valley Hospital with services at Guiding Star Advent Christian Church Letart and burial Evergreen Cemetery. Other notices list Flossie Morman 68 in Mount St Mary Hospital with funeral Thursday in Nelsonville and burial Green Lawn. Also Ray Wemmer, Walter Vitatoe, Leland Stokes and Martha Levering among others with service times and burial details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MASON
Anna Klingensmith
Letart
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Guiding Star Advent Christian Church
Robert Goldsberry
Milton Bartram
Evergreen Cemetery
Pennsylvania
David
McKees Rocks
Pat
Harry
Foglesong Funeral Home
Nelsonville
Flossie L. Morman
William St
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Hocking County
George and
Minta Myers
Auxiliary
The
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
William
Donald
Dale
Roger
Charles
Elizabeth Brooks
Mabel Bardian
Union Furnace
Edna Parsons
Nellie Thompson
Columbus
Pearl
Korea
Johnson Funeral Home
A. E. Miller
Green Lawn Cemetery
Wellston
Walter Carl Vitatoe
Washington Twp
Bell Manor
New Carlisle
Coalton
James and
Belle Eicher Vitatoe
Clara Griffith Vitatoe
Walter Jr
Willard
Springfield
Athens
Leland L Stokes
Franklin Ave
Kimes
Thurston
Ohio
Frank and
Martha Bibler Stokes
Stokes
Ohio Wesleyan University
Logan
Ashman Co
Mac’s Thrifty
First Christian Church
Helen Huffman Stokes
Jack
Wethersfield
Oak Grove Cemetery
Buchtel
Martha Cupit Levering
John
Elizabeth Cupit
William Levering
Delores Whitlatch
Elaine Niggemeyer
Warren Funeral Home
William Folsom
Millfield
Minnie M. Antle
Monsrat Road
Rushville
Lodi Township
Athens County
Charles and
Izetta Kincade Nichols
Antle
Concord Church
Stewart
Eva) Robinette
Pompano Beach
Fla
Richard
Canton
Joe
Thornville
James
Lancaster
Glouster
Walter
Riverside
Calif
Newport Richey
Joseph
Edna
Nellie
Guy
Arthur Maxwell
Concord
Jagers and Sons
Anna Hoce
Southeast
Myrtle Tippie
J. Lloyd Evans
Nelsonville High School
J. Dolph Nelson
Frank S. Pierce
Beverton
Mich
Pierce
Flint
Christian Church
John F. Nelson
Bowling Green
Charles E. Nelson
Daytona Beach
Charles S
Mildred
Pomeroy
William M. Barrett
Langsville
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Robert
Bruce
Georgetown
Wesley
Bidwell
Carl
Mae) Nelson
Middleport
Helen Metheney
Lake City
Tenn
Bertha Williams Barrett
Ewing Funeral Home
Lawrence Sullivan
Coy Hill
Danville
False fire alarms in Athens and medical aid at Elmwood
Athens fire department reported two false alarms with calls to Bromley Hall at 10 15 a m and 603 West Union Street at 6 10 a m. A trash container fire behind Ellis Hall was extinguished at 12 50 a m Tuesday. Mrs Fannie Mumma 94 was placed on a backboard after a fall at 61 Elmwood Path and transported to O Bleness Hospital by the squad at 2 11 p m Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Earl Goodin
Bromley Hall
Union St
Ellis Hall
Fannie Mumma
Elmwood Pst
O’bleness Hospital
Tour Of Area Examines Vernacular Architecture In Ohio
Logan Rotarians viewed a slide presentation by Dr. Hubert Wilhelm on Southeastern Ohio’s landscape. He described folk architecture as functional local buildings reflecting Middle Atlantic New England and Upland South influences, comparing barns houses fences and the privy to rural life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Ohio
Hubert Wilhelm
Ohio University
Wilhelm
Dr. Wilhelm
Middle Atlantic
New England
Upland
Athens Area Democratic Women's Club Cancels May Meeting
The May meeting of the Athens Area Democratic Women's Club was cancelled today. A spokesman announced the next gathering is slated for June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Area
Democratic Women’s Club
Glouster Methodist program on name change
The WSCS of the United Methodist Church hosts a Tuesday 7 30 program to celebrate the organization name change with Jacksonville United Methodist Church ladies as guests. Refreshments will be served. The Bishopville Masonic Lodge 470 FAM holds its annual inspection Friday at 7 30 with Edward Mingus as inspecting officer. Strawberry shortcake will be served and all master masons are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WSCS
The
United Methodist Church
Jacksonville United Methodist Church
Bishopville
Public Employment Funds Extended for Southeast Ohio
The Buckeye Hills Hocking Valley Regional Development District extends the Public Employment Program financing through June 30 1974 providing 119756 to Athens Monroe Morgan Noble Perry Washington counties and Athens Nelsonville Belpre Marietta Woodsfield. Total BH HVRDD funds since 1971 reach 462000 with 90 percent salary coverage in most cases. Pomeroy Meigs County jury trial for Wednesday canceled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley
Boaters Urged to Obtain Dow Lake Permits or Remove Boats
Strouds Run State Park manager Paul Kennard warns that anyone with a boat at Dow Lake who lacks the 1973 tie up permit must get one immediately or have the boat removed. Unpermitted boats will be removed and stored at $1 per day. The County Health Department will be closed Wednesday due to Virgil Atkins death, a board member.
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Dow Lake
Paul Kennard
Strouds Run
Kennard
Pomeroy
Meigs County Health Department
Virgil Atkins
Alumni Banquet Moves to Trimble Elementary School Gym
Lake Burr Oak Lodge strike forces relocation of the Jacksonville Trimble Hollister Glouster Alumni Association banquet to Trimble Elementary School gym. Tickets $4.50. deadline Friday 10 a.m. at Guinther Westfall Insurance or call 767-2757. Reunions listed for 1923 1953 1958 1963 1968 Glouster High and 1948 Hollister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Lake Burr Oak Lodge
Jacksonville-Trimble- Hollister-Glouster
Trimble
Guinther- Westfall Insurance Agency
High St
Glouster High
Hollister
California
Florida
Pennsylvania
Michigan
West Virginia
Ohio
$1,230 Stolen At Legion In Wellston Break-in
Police report a break in at the American Legion building on S Pennsylvania Avenue. A window was broken to gain entry and a horseshoe used to break the safe. hosiery found in the kitchen suggests used as disguising gloves. A $5 City of Wellston check to Richard Hollingshead was taken. A second break in at Gem Bottling Co. involved pushing a door and 55 gallon barrel to secure it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellston
American Legion
S. Pennsylvania Avenue
Richard A. Hollingshead
Herman Henry
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Gem Bottling Co
11Th Street
New Choir Impresses Rotarians At Athens Inn
Athens High School Swing Choir, newly formed under Mrs. Vera Smith, entertained Rotarians at the Ohio University Inn. Rotary President Leland Randles noted the group’s evolving, collaborative style while Mrs. Smith highlighted their learning process. A month long Rotary dance contest offers steaks for winners and beans for losers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens High School
Ohio University Inn
Vera Smith
Rotary
Leland Randles
Smith
Randles
Cochran Drops Dismissal Appeal in Residency Dispute
Civil Service Chairman DeVeau says residency rules will be enforced in Jones case. Jones lives in Albany and finished second in a Civil Service test for chief last fall. Mayor Barrett supports the rule and will meet with Jones, DeVeau, and Goldsberry to resolve the conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police Department
Civil Service Commission
Ron DeVeau
Jones
Albany
Commission
Donald Barrett
Barrett
DeVeau
Phil Goldsberry
Alumni meeting at Hocking Technical College roster
Hocking Technical College's Alumni Association held a Saturday meeting at Hocking Valley Motor Lodge with nearly 200 attendees. Dr. John J. Light spoke on "Through a Rear View Mirror" and outlined present and future campus plans. Officers elected: Paul Posey president, Bill Senecal vice president, Sandra Waits secretary. board members listed. Rick Hanson won farthest-traveled prize traveling over 900 miles from Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Hocking Technical College
Hocking Valley Motor Lodge
John J. Light
Lancaster
Bill Senecal
Bowling Green
Sandra Waits
Bonnie Begley
Terry Begley
Brenda Carney
John Hicks
Bill Hill
Charlotte Lambert
Sharry Morehead
David Well
Becky West
Rick Hanson
Oklahoma City
Okla
Rick
Booster Officers Are Chosen for Glouster Band
Glouster Band Boosters elected officers at the May meeting Bill Roberts president Grace Swart vice president Mary Shaner secretary and June Humphrey treasurer The group discussed buying senior band uniforms and announced a cadet band concert for Thursday at 8 p m in the elementary school auditorium The concert will feature a tapping ceremony for cadets entering the high school band and is dedicated to Miss Clara Patterson whose estate funded the band’s finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Glouster Band
Bill Roberts
Grace Swart
Mary Shaner
June Humphrey
Clara Patterson
Arsenic Detected in Hocking River Near Lancaster
Mayor Bumgardner reports spillage of arsenic in the Hocking River below Lancaster around 4 p.m. Monday. A large fish kill was observed by health officers as state officials monitor the river and warn the city if dilution fails before the water plant intake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Hocking
Lancaster
Donald W. Bumgardner
District Health Department
Bumgardner
State Health Department
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vinton
Jack P. Harmeyer
Administration of Justice Division
Department of Economic and Community Development
Harmeyer
Wilkesville
Gallia
Meigs
Ohio River
James N. Blower
Texas
Ohio Valley Health Services Foundation
Ohio Valley Regional Development Commission
Flossie Morman
Wemmer Services
Akron
Ray Wemmer
Prentice Funeral Home
Kenmore Blvd
Wemmer
Jacksonville
Akron City Hospital
Walter Vitatoe
Leland L. Stokes
Martha
Minnie Cummins
Minnie M. Cummins
Nelson Pierce
Midland, Mich
William Barrett
Glouster Meetings
Meigs County Court
Meigs County
Howard E. Frank
Legion
Cochran
Booster
First National City
U.S
Ecui
F.D.I.C
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