Nelsonville Ordered to Stop Roof Drainage in Sanitary Sewer
The Ohio Department of Health orders Nelsonville to stop linking roof and surface water to the sanitary sewer. Council weighs hiring two inspectors to locate downspouts and redirect drains to storm or ground outlets. Citizens urged to inspect properties, with fines up to 25 dollars per violation. The issue echoes 1954 actions leading to the 1956 sewer plant start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Hilleary
Charles Shafer
Shafer
Hilleary
Logan Boosters Banquet Honors Senior Bandsmen
Logan Band Boosters hosted the annual LHS Band Banquet at Carborundum Union Hall to honor senior band members and recognize band directors and booster committees. Directors Horsky and boosters praised students and parents. awards were given for seniors juniors sophomores and freshmen plus pep dance and ensemble prizes and band officer recognitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LOGAN
Logan Band
LHS
Carborundum Union Hall
George M. Saribalas
Charles Moore
Theresa Brandt
Fred Schmidt
David Sellers
Rebecca Reynolds
Joe Murtha
Harold Smith
Dale Holshy
Jerry Hutchison
James Ditty
Richard Price
Lucy Stockham
al Horsky
Horsky
Ervin Blackston
Barbara Blum
Patty Brown
Randy Burcham
Mary Alice Chute
Judy Danison
Betsy Garke
Bruce Goldsberry
Paul Mack
Martha Murphy
Jan Price
Kathy Wallace
Cathy Anderson
Becky Bell
Gayla Beougher
Bonnie Bowlby
Debbie Devol
Howard Galvin
David Grove
Jenny Jo Hiles
Ron Holdridge
Becky Howdyshell
Leslie Johnson
Patti Johnston
Jean Ann Knox
Marie Pavlik
Bev Peppers
Kendra Price
Linda Sigler
Mary Ann Spohn
Jan Price Wins Logan Sousa Prize At Band Banquet
Logan High School honors Jan Price with the John Phillips Sousa award for outstanding achievement in instrumental music. The percussionist and marimba major has extensive band experience, private study, and a 1970 All-Ohio Youth Symphony selection, with plans to study at Ohio University. Her brother Richard Price Jr. won the Sousa award in 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
John Phillips Sousa
Logan High School
Jan Price
LHS
Miss Price
Ohio University
Mabel Prather
Jan
All-Ohio
Girls’ Glee Club
Ohio University Chamber Music Institute
School of Music
Richard Price Jr
Seniors Graduate Tonight at Nelsonville York High School
Bu ch tel commemcements services begin at 8 p m in the high school gymnasium. William Sheskey president of Commonwealth Shoe Co Hingham Massachusetts and a Buch tel native will deliver the commencement address. Diplomas go to 121 seniors presented by Richard Hubbard. Principal Robert Sheskey will present the class. the high school band plays for the processional and recessional. Nancy Christian sings Impossible Dream. Invocation and benediction by Rev Roy Ballard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sheskey
Commonwealth Shoe Co
Hingham
Mass
Buchtel
Supt
Jack Hillyer
Richard Hubbard
Board of Education
Robert Sheskey
Nancy Christian
Roy Ballard
First United Methodist Church
Nelsonville
Nelsonville Council Sets Session on Sewer Rates and Grant
A continued Nelsonville council meeting is set for Friday at 6 p.m. at the city building to vote on final sewer rate changes and a cooperative agreement with the Ohio Water Development Authority for a 30 percent grant and a 65 000 loan for sewerage disposal plant improvements. The council also discussed a draft contract with the state agency and listed several local residents among attendees and absentees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Ohio Water Development Authority
Nelsonville Alumni Set Final Plans for Banquet
Nelsonville graduates from Nelsonville High School will gather Saturday for the alumni banquet and dance. The 6:30 p.m. banquet will be at the Tri County Joint Vocational High School cafeteria with Tommy McMannis as alumni president coordinating arrangements. Miss Treva Shaw will handle seating and table appointments for the classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Nelsonville High School
Tri-County Joint Vocational High School
Tommy McMannis
Tri-County
Joint Vocational High School
Treva Shaw
Births at Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Mr and Mrs Snyder New Straitsville welcome a son. Other births listed include Lawrence Helber Logan Route 1 Mrs Sharon Darden Athens Mrs Annie P Arnold New Straitsville Mrs Harold Parkison Lester Aurand and Mrs Hester Speelman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Helber
Logan
Sharon Darden
Athens
Annie P. Arnold
New Straitsville
Harold Parkison
Lester Aurand
Hester Speelman
Water Tap Date Set on Nelsonville Line
Nelsonville set May 31 as the final date for all customers who signed water tap agreements on the proposed 22 mile extension. The total tap cost is 110 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville Line
Nelsonville
Chauncey-Dover Lions Plan Night and Broom Sale
Chauncey-Dover Lions Club discussed Ladies Night banquet rescheduling to June 10 for District Gov Evan Davis visit and a broom sale set for June 2. Zone chairman Joe Hanning announced a presidents and secretaries workshop June 13 at 1 30 p.m. at the Lancaster YMCA. A deer collision was reported in Pomeroy on Route 7 at 5 30 a.m. with minor injuries to a car and deer disappearance into brush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Chauncey-Dover Lions Club
Mound Street
Zone
Joe Hanning
Nelsonville
Evan Davis
Davis
Las Vegas
Nev
Hanning
Lancaster
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Robert Hartenbach
John Wyatt
Hocking County History Society Holds Picnic Plans October Trip
Logan Ohio The Hocking County Historical Society and guests held an annual picnic at Rachelmacher Park Thursday evening with about 40 attendees. A brief meeting followed dinner and tentative plans were made for a Hillsboro trip in October. Committees for the flea market bean supper and fair booth were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LOGAN
Hocking County Historical Society
Rachelmacher Park
Hillsboro
City Police Cruiser Back In Operation
NELSONVILLE the city police cruiser damaged in a recent accident at Chestnut and Second Streets has been returned to service after repairs. Another car failed to stop at an intersection and struck the cruiser. LOGAN the Hocking County Health Department issues a report on private sewage systems noting many new homes and trailers in areas without public water or sewage. The department requires a sewage permit for outside public districts and outlines site inspection, septic tank and leach bed sizes, final inspection, aerobic digestion as needed, and the need for licensed installers. Names of licensed installers are listed including Earnest A Roop, Robert G Sowers, John W Norton, Harvey Bailey Contractors, Dale Hedges, Robert Michel, James H Nihiser, Wolfe Excavating, George Reid, and Ricketts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Chestnut
Second Streets
Logan
Hocking County
Health Department
Logan-Hocking County
Earnest A. Roop
Rockbridge
Robert G. Sowers
John W. Norton
Laurelvlle
Harvey Bailey Contractors
Gore
Dale Hedges
Robert Michel
Bremen
James H. Nihiser
Wolfe Excavating
George Reid
Laurelville
Ricketts
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STATE
Wilbur Mender
Ohio Department of Health
Ohio Water Pollution Control Board
Columbus
Service Safety
James Shumaker
Homer Adams
Ralph F. Weymiller
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Weymiller
Columbus St
Logan Boosters
Andrea Allberry
T. J. Black
Kathy Bowlby
Wayne Casper
Danny Darnell
Lisa Dennis
Vicki Devol
Loretta Freeman
Carla Hart
Cindy Larimer
Susan Moore
Mary Ellen Ogle
Ted Rowe
Carla Schein
Mike Sinnott
Steve Walker
Mike Bateman
Carl Bell
Jane Bowlby
Rena Brown
Robert Chambers
Scott Cole
Jeannie Cummins
Tom Dalton
Jenny Darnell
Cheryl Dickerson
Jim Ditty
Jeff Gallagher
Nolan Glenn
Marian Hingsbergen
Debbie Horsky
Janet Johnston
Danny Leasure
Tim McDaniels
Vicki Nihiser
Connie Sigler
David Spencer
Sam Steward
Ann
Patti Brown
W. State
Ohio
Sousa Prize
Nelsonville-York City
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Amanda Hick
Carbondale
Anna Smith
Elmer
John Tucker
William Verity
Wilbur Lucas
Lorraine Radine
Dorothy Juniper
Myrtle Simpson
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
C-D Lions
the Messenger
Hocking Health Department
Tos Wee Kilbarger
Whtcraft and
Stahr
Bill E. Jeffrey
Duren Stanparo
Pure Linse
Wonder Flow
Cresote
Stimson Ave
Hardware Farm
A&p
Ashland
Ashland Petroleum Company
Division of
Ashland Oil, Inc
Gene Coleman
State Road
Chillicothe, Ohio
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