Nine Floats and Twelve Bands in Yale Pageant
Logan hosts the 1962 Christmas Pageant and Parade starting at 3 p.m. from the high school athletic field. Nine floats from area churches and 12 bands with 750 musicians participate, followed by a downtown parade through Logan. Pageant themes center on keeping Christ in Christmas with sacred carols and no Santa imagery.
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Logan
Santa Claus
Ray Woodgeard
LHS
Penn Union
Waterloo
Walnut Twp
Southern Local
Laurelville
McArthur
Sheridan
Union Furnace
York
Nelsonville
Antique Auto Club in Nelsonville plans Christmas dinner
At the Athens County Antique Auto Association meeting held in the Tri Psi rooms, Dick McDonald announced the club will hold its annual Christmas dinner at 7 p.m. on December 15 at Logan's Glenview Party House, with a social hour at the Goss home after. Reservations are due by December 11 to secretary Mrs. Larry Flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Athens County Antique Auto Association
Tri Psi
Nelsonville
Dick McDonald
Glenview
Paul Goss
Larry Flowers
Don Morman
Roger Morman
Kenneth Tye
George Bardain
Goss
Flowers
McDonald
Court Of Awards Held By Scout Troop 69
Boy Scout Troop 69 held a court of awards and dinner at the Presbyterian Church in Nelsonville. Eighty three Scouts along with parents, committeemen, and friends attended a cafeteria style meal. Irvin Badger gave the prayer, and Roland Pierce acted as master of ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Presbyterian Church
Irvin Badger
Roland Pierce
Joanna Evans
Mothers’ Auxiliary
Bobby Harris
Presbyterian Farm
Paul Midkiff
Bill Standish
Wayne Lewis
Kelly Adkins
Roland Mender
Barney Andrews
Andrews
Robert Wilson
Phillip Evans
Scott Mender
Eddie Midkiff
Tom Wilson
James Pierce
Max Pierce
Bruce Monks
Steve Mender
Moose Lodge Women Plan For Charity
Moose Lodge Women map holiday charity plans with a donation to the county welfare department for Christmas needy children. They organize Yuletide gifts for the Moose heart girl project and schedule a Dec 20 Christmas party with a two dollar gift exchange. The next meeting on Dec 6 will honor birthdays and anniversaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Women of the Moose
County Welfare Department
Mooseheart
Berniece Nutter
Helen Kistler
Sylvia Blake
Hazel Strawn
Doris Anderson
Emma Woltz
Reception for Harry A. Sark Draws 500 Guests in Ashville
More than 500 attended the dinner and reception for Harry A. Sark grand priest of the Grand Chapter of Ohio Royal Arch Masons at the Teas Valley School in Ashville. Logan attendees included Francis Embree and Mrs Embree, Mrs Ralph B. Moore, Mrs Harry Reeves, Mrs George W Gribble, and H H Shriner couple.
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Logan
Harry A. Sark
Grand Chapter
Ohio
Royal Arch Masons
Teas Valley School
Ashville
Francis Embree
Embree
Ralph B. Moore
Harry Reeves
George W. Gribble
H. H. Shriner
Santa Claus Arrives Friday in Logan in Parade
Santa arrives officially in Logan at 2 p.m. Friday in a parade forming at Main and Orchard. The route goes west on Main to Spring and back to the courthouse for two children lanes. The event is sponsored by the Jaycees and Logan Trade Club, with a hospital visit to Hocking Valley Hospital.
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Trinity Lutheran
St. Matthews Lutheran
St. John’s Catholic
Town of
Bethlehem
First Methodist
First Presbyterian
Church of Christ
Union Furnace
Dunkle
Logan
R. B. Perkins
Marshall
Market
Athletic Field
Hunter
Main
Orchard
Hocking County Ministerial Association
Logan Trade Club
J. Russell Young
Santa Claus
Orchard Sts
Jaycees and
Santa
Hocking Valley Hospital
Appointment Of Trustees Delayed For County Hospital
Hocking County commissioners plan a Friday meeting with Judge Harley Meyer and Judge Rhea Bangert Brown to name a six member board to supervise construction and site selection of the proposed county hospital. The trustees will oversee erection and equipping, with powers ending at opening and transfer to a nonprofit.
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LOGAN
Hocking County
Common Pleas
Harley Meyer
Rhea Bangert Brown
Meyer
Otto Shaw
Commission
Lovan Calendar and Local Birth Announcement Report
Trinity Lutheran Formation Class and Bible study meet in Logan parish venues Thursday. Venus Chapter 76 CES hosts grand installation with Marguerite Hale as installing officer. Logan couple Ralph Wyckoff Jr announce birth of Joseph Allen at Tan caster Fairfield Hospital on November 18 with Mary Ann as sister. Grandparents and great grandparents named. Dr Stanley Jeffries, grand chaplain, speaks at York Rite Masons fish fry in Masonic Temple.
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Trinity Lutheran
First Methodist Church
CES
Masonic Temple
Marguerite Hale
Grand Chapter of
Ohio
Logan
Ralph Wyckoff
S. Orchard Sr
Joseph Allen
Tancaster Fairfield Hospital
Mary Ann
Ray Hart
Sam McCormick
Charles F. Schorr
William Kuhn
Grant Chaptain
Stanley Jeffries
Lancaster
Grand Lodge of Ohio
York Rite Masons
Welfare program scrutiny sparks call for action in Nelsonville
Nelsonville correspondent Wilbur Mender reports on citizen calls for tighter oversight as Athens County Common Pleas Court investigates a public welfare program. He urges residents to act, noting taxpayers fund government and must demand accountability.
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Wilbur Mender
Nelsonville
Charles Wolfe
Lick Run
Columbus
Charlie
United States
Washington
Common Pleas Court
Athens County
Police Civil Service Exam Reminder for City Patrolmen
Police Chief Max Valkinburg reminds young men in Nelsonville and nearby areas of the civil service exam for city patrolmen. The 7:30 p.m. Monday test at City Building requires inquiries to Safety Director Gerald Bentley, a $1 application fee, and a physical exam report. Applications must reach the Civil Service Commission secretary by Saturday.
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Nelsonville
Max Valkinburg
Civil Service
Gerald Bentley
Civil Service Commission
Local births and dismissals listed for Athens and surrounding areas
A list shows multiple births including a son for Clyde Shingler and a son for Robert Williams in Glouster and Hamden, with admissions of Deborah Carpenter and Mary Jane Ayers in Athens and Murray City. Dismissals include families in Athens Crooksville Corning Nelsonville and New Lexington with names and routes. James R King Jr named to Citizens Bank of Logan board. he is a Geiger Bros Plumbing partner, 1945 OSU graduate, lives in Logan with wife and five children.
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Logan
James R. King, Jr
Citizens Bank of
King
Geiger Bros
Logan High School
Ohio State University
Rotary program highlights self help medical training
Nel sonville Rotarians heard Dr H M Brocks County Health Director outline a Civil Defense self help medical care training program. A portable kit with projector screen and materials was demonstrated. The 12 two hour classes prepare civilians to stay in fall out shelter areas and handle basic health care from birth to disposal of the dead with volunteer instructors trained across counties.
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Nelsonville
Rotarians
Civil Defense
H. M. Brocks
Ethel’s Tea Room
Boocks
Thanksgiving Lodge dinner noted with 44 guests
Rebeshi Logan-A reported 44 attendees at the Queen Vashti Rebekah Lodge annual Thanksgiving dinner. Levi Palmer gave the invocation. several members aided in preparation and serving. The group elected officers at the business session and welcomed back Mildred Schnitz and Miss Riste after out-of-state visits.
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Mildred Schnitz
Miss Riste
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Stanley’ Shoe Store
Sharff
Sharif
Miss and Mrs
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Lee
Dallas
Tex
Detroit
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Moose Lodge
Mingo Lodee
Mingo Lodge
F&am
Rolland Bright
Ray Hughes
Carl E. Blosser
Grand Marshall
Julius A. Mathias
Donald Taylor
Wesley A. Cannon
Willard E. Lyke
Ralph G. Moore
Fred W. Good
Willis Helber
Lewis Price
Tyler
James H. Stewart
Boys of
All
Stoltz Public Square
Nel
Rexal Drug Store
Inville
Credit Thrift
Lovan
Rieth
Ralph Wreckoffs
Lady Brooke
Hilleary Shoe Hospital
Mount ST Mapy
Otes
Clyde Shingler
Robert Williams
Glouster
Orville Taborn
Hamden
Deborah Carpenter
Mary Jane Ayers
Murray City
George Christensen
Thomas McCaig
Crooksville
Donald Chute
New Lexington
Marjorie Glass
Corning
Frank Smith
Trimble
Robert Woodrum
Albany
Foster Connor
Zora Walker
Archie Harris
Stella Abram
Ward Phillips
Rebeshi
Lndge
Mercaret. Kistler
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Blake
Kistler
Indiana
Walter E. Howe
Robert Howe
Chillicothe
Lao
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MA & PA Kettle
Donald O'Connor
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