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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1965
Page
5
Lake Logan is being enlarged from 300 to 600 feet with a beach expansion and a new concrete boat ramp. Work started last Friday using three trucks a bulldozer and a front end loader. The parking lot will grow from 100 to 400 cars.
Murray City Mrs Earnest Neal and others from Barbert on Millersburg Zanesville and Zanesville return home after spending the weekend with their mother Mrs Sylvia Sweaty Lantz visited Mr and Mrs William Wright Mrs Donald Loper returns to Norfolk Virginia after illness of her father Quinton Quinn
The Ohio Oil and Gas Association scout report lists three wells recently completed in Hocking County and an abandonment of another. Petrol Servicing and Stewart Oil report gas and oil from their leases while Dusty Drilling abandons one well but reports success on another. Murray City Legion Auxiliary held a regular meeting with a Thanksgiving dinner for sixteen and a donation to Chillicothe Veterans for Christmas.
Samuel A Diley age 19 son of Mr and Mrs Franklin Diley of Logan Route 4 has enlisted in the Air Force and is undergoing six weeks of basic training at Lackland AFB San Antonio Texas He is a 1964 Logan High School graduate and will pursue Mechanical Career Field with further technical training after basic completion
Logan Hocking County Commissioners met with Burgess and Niple official Everett Balk and others to explore federal aid options for a West Logan sewer project. Discussions covered Appalachia Act Federal Housing Act and Economic Public Works Act with potential 50 to 80 percent aid and noted talks are exploratory pending alignment with city plans.
Evangelist Billy Graham told a Houston crowd that immorality is increasing on college campuses and a new campus code could become a national morality standard. He cited many students viewing pre marital sex as natural and beneficial for growth. Queen Mother Elizabeth has influenza and canceled engagements for the week.
Twenty five people attended the Logan and Hocking County Community Chest annual meeting at the Ohio Power community room. Executive Director Keller announced total receipts and pledges of 25179.62, 106.46 percent of the 23650 goal, with divisions listing large sums from Industry and Goodyear plant contributions among others.
William Dodds 20 of Glouster Route 3 remains jailed in Hocking County on criminal assault charges filed after a 19 year old Nelsonville girl accused him. County Judge Vaughn Collins set bail at 500 dollars after Dodds pleaded innocent. The incident reportedly occurred late Saturday night in Hocking County.
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