York School Board Debates Fund Transfer and Consolidation Talks
York Local School Board chaired by President Edward Cagg and Executive Head Jack Hillyer faced a county court ruling hold on transferring building fund balances to the general fund. The meeting included talks on merging York and Nelsonville schools into a city district and a potential retirement fund payment option for former employees. The board also discussed insurance, bus delays, and selling unused buses while approving several bills and delaying stage equipment purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
York
Edward Cagg
Jack Hillyer
Athens County Common Pleas Cour
School General Fund
Ohio Attorney General
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Cagg
Eugene Edwards
William Forbes
Char Ic. Hook, Jr
Terry Bunting
William Friedrich
Nelsonville Board
Power Company
Columbus
Harlan Cagg
Employes Retirement System
Supreme Court
Hillyer
Athens
Stocking
Aax
Hocking County
Union Furnace
York Gymnasium
John Kennedy
Longtime Ohio Fuel Gas Engineer Lowery to Retire
Arlie C. Lowery of Laurelville, 65, will retire from Benton Compressor Station on December 1 after 80 years with Ohio Fuel Gas Co. He began as an operator in 1933 and became engineer in 1942. Born in Vinton County, he attended Hocking County schools and held roles as blacksmith and mechanic before joining the company. He is a Mason, a South Bloomingville Methodist, and a member of Ohio Fuel's Quarter Century Club. He and his wife Inez have three children Harold, Sue Unger and Wanda McNichols, all of Laurelville. His mother Etta Lowery lives on Laurelville Route 1.
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Logan
Artie C. Lowery
Laurelville
Benton
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Lowery
Ohio Fuel
Benton Station
Vinton County
Hocking County
Masonic Lodge
South Bloomingville
Mount St. Mary Hospital notes and local notices
Local hospital notes list births for Engle Gaskins Needham Shuttleworth Searles Searles Kilkenny Frasure Davis Moody Kochis Deal FE Wem mer Ellman others dismissed. Air Force Academy notes falcon mascot and Book of Falcon rie. Nelsonville charity rummage sale set at Legion War Memorial Building with donation drop-off details. Nelsonville police report a 1954 Ford pickup stolen from Tolliver residence. alert issued.
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Florence Searles
Glouster
Guildcock
Nelsonville
Blanche Malone
New Plymouth
Belva Vollmer
Haydenville
Jean Whitlatch
Verna Kilkenny
Anna Frasure Davis
New Straitsville
William E. Mungan
New Lexington
Frank Moody
James Kochis
Walden Deal
Jacksonville
Ann FE
McLean
Athens
City
Tim Tolliver
Third St
Tolliver
Thanksgiving Banquet Held By Local Church Women
Nelsonville women from the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints held an annual Thanksgiving banquet at Ethel's Tea Room. Marjorie Belville led the program, with Grace by Pastor William Anderson and songs and poems by Ruth Hinerman and Ruth Bentley. Guest speaker Mrs. D L Smith of Kirtland spoke on thankfulness.
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Nelsonville
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Ethel’s Tea Room
Marjorie Belville
Ruth Hinerman
Grace
William Anderson
Wilma Grubb
Ruth Bentley
Shirley Slater
D. L. Smith
Kirtland, O
Virginia Mingus
Viola Smith
Nelsonville and
Vicinity
Freda Bueschler
Florence Easterling
Marlene Patton
Mildred Wolfe
Jean Foughty
Grace Glab
Ethel Lewis
Myrtle Mourne
Helen Pickett
Sheila Robinette
Tillie Perry
Patricia Yeage
Athens
Shade
Logan and
Florence Collins
Betty Griffin
Helen Norris
Belle Sinnott
Zelma Philips
Kirtland
Logan Welfare Workers Attend Ohio Conference Exhibit
The 73rd Ohio Welfare Conference in Columbus November 18 20 drew Logan participants including FHA members with a Logan High School girls costume exhibit. Mrs Roy K Shelso Logan High School vocational home economics instructor and Ohio Home Economics Association textile and clothing chair displayed a bias sleeve for crutch users and a sleeve with more give. Over 1000 visitors toured the displays across the three day event.
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Logan
Ohio
Deshler Hilton Hotel
FHA
Roy K. Shelso
Logan High School
Ohio Home Economics Association
Girl Cited After Crash at Main and Mulberry
Diana Lee Adair 17 of 865 North Walnut Street was cited by city police for failing to stop within an assured clear distance. She rear ended a vehicle stopped at a traffic signal at Main and Mulberry. Minor damage reported. She will appear in Juvenile Court at a later date.
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Logan
Diana Lee Adair
Walnut St
Main and
Mulberry Sts
Two Drivers' Cases Heard In Mayor Court
In Logan, two traffic cases were heard by Mayor Delmer Freeman. Clarence Marion Kern, 53, of Gallagher Avenue, was cited for lacking Ohio license tags and Dayton records show he had lived in Ohio since May 1. He pled guilty, with a $10 fine and costs, the fine suspended. Earl T. Scott, 35, of Fourth Street, pleaded not guilty to reckless operation and was found not guilty by the mayor.
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Logan
Delmer Freeman
Clarence Marion Kern
Gallagher Ave
Ohio
Kern
Earl T. Scott
Fourth St
Freeman
Matheny Promoted in Navy from Nelsonville Family
Joseph E Matheny, fireman third class, USN, son of Mr and Mrs Bob Matheny of Nelsonville, promoted to his present rate November 1 at the Naval Construction Battalion Center Davisville Rhode Island. A Nelsonville High School graduate he joined the service in January 1963.
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Nelsonville
Joseph E Matheny
USN
Bob Matheny
St. Charles St
Naval Construction Battalion Center
Davisville
R. I
Nelsonville High School
Sheriff Reports Six Weekend Investigations in Logan
The Hocking County Sheriff’s office logged six investigations over the weekend. A deer was shot after a Logan Route 1 crash with Mrs. Ruby Ruth Vance, 40. A taxi wreck on State Route 56 near Coonville left Verna Kilkenny with possible skull fracture.
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Logan
Hocking County
Walter L. Carter
Nelsonville
Coonville
Kilkenny
Lightle Sentenced for Auto Theft Headed to Reformatory
Richard G. Lightle 23 of Newark was taken by Sheriff Paul Hartman to Mansfield Reformatory after pleading guilty to auto theft. He was sentenced November 15 by Common Pleas Judge Harley Meyer following a guilty plea. Authorities say Lightle stole three trucks, including ones in Newark and Lancaster, with the third taken from the William Azbell residence near Logan.
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Logan
Paul Hartman
Richard G. Lightle
Newark
Mansfield Reformatory
Lightle
Reformatory
Common Pleas
Harley Meyer
Lancaster
William Azbell
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John Mullins
Ned Tolliver
City Recreation Commission
Athletic Boosters Club
York Board
Marion McSherry
C. Marion E. McSherry
United States Air Force
Thelma Bateman
Madison St
Jesse Griffith
Back St
Clarence Hall
Bill Vernon
Moose Jaw
Sask
Noueer
Mount ST. Mary Hospital
Carl Engle
Jack Gaskins
David Needham
David Shuttleworth
Murray City
Charles Schrader
Howard Call
Buchtel
Jerry Hickman
Julie Beck
Rentee Sanders
Kermit Epple
Nelsonna
George Shirley
Gertrude Vasko
Shawnee
Barbara Weston
Judy Montgomery
Frank Guinster
Junction City
Howard Bobo
Chauncey
AIR Force Academy
U. S. Air Force Academy
Falconrie
George Turbeville
Academy
Falcons
Jerry Crosby
Laureville
Karen Jo Dennis
Willard John Secrist
Sylvia Marie Kraemer
Methodist
Circle No. 5
First Methodist Church
Legion War Memorial
Legion Building
Frances Stage
Ruth Patton
Pearl Williams
East State Street
Krogers
Poly Pack
Lydia
Jergens Lotion
Micrin
Florent
Matheny
Navy
Jack Clifford Rizer
Lancaster Route 4
Route 33
Rizer
James R. Oliver
N. Market St
Oliver
Sohio
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