Study Shows Inadequacy In W. Hocking Schools
A West Hocking Local School District report by the Ohio University Center for Educational Service and district committee finds overcrowding at Laurelville Rockbridge and South Bloomingville high schools. Gibisonville shows 85 percent capacity. peak enrollments projected for 1960 1961 1963. The report urges a centralized high school funded by a bond issue on the November ballot and details proposed facilities and curriculum gaps.
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Laurelville
Rockbridge
South Bloomingville
Gibisonville
Percenages
Benton
South Bloomingville High School
Joseph Baker
Newark
Newell Grooms Rites Planned
Logan drug store owner Newell Grooms 58 died Wednesday night after a heart attack at home and hospitalization. A Bethesda Ohio native and Bethany College graduate, he operated Logan stores 25 years and earlier ran a Corning pharmacy. Survived by wife Fayre, son Thomas, daughter June Hull of Paducah, two grandchildren and two brothers. Burial at Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may visit Roberts Funeral Home until 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
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Logan
Newell Grooms
Hocking Valley Hospital
Midland PI
Bethesda
Bethany College
Bethany
W. Va
Cincinnati School of Pharmacy
Blossers Restaurant
W. Main St
Corning
Grooms
Logan Presbyterian Church
Masonic Lodge
Roberts
Oak Grove Cemetery
Fayre Grooms
Thomas Grooms
June Hull
Paducah, Ky
Two Indictees Are Arrested in Hocking County
Two men named by a Hocking County grand jury as recipients of secret indictments were jailed for arraignment in Common Pleas Court. Charles Lively 55 of Laurelville faced charges for failing to provide for minor children. Leonard Kinnison 23 of Orrville was charged with failing to provide for a minor and abandoning a pregnant woman. Seven others named in open indictments were also set for arraignment.
Lancaster Man Held Under $1000 Bond
Harley T. Crago, 39, of Lancaster, pleaded guilty at arraignment before Magistrate E. E. Bright on a failure to provide for minor children charge filed by his former wife Hilda Schrader. He was arrested by Lancaster police, held for Hocking County Sheriff A. J. Waldron, and committed to the county jail under a $1000 bond.
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Logan
Harley T. Crago
Lancaster
E. E. Bright
Crago
Hilda Schrader
Hocking County
A. J. Waldron
Five Hocking Women Attend Vinton Class
Five Hocking County women attended a training course in McArthur on Thursday for officers and committee chairmen of the 15th district Ohio Home Demonstration Council. Present were Miss Ethel Bower, home demonstration agent, and council members Mrs. Donald Ruff president Mrs. Floyd Riggs vice president Mrs. Bessie Disbennett secretary treasurer and Mrs. Herbert Walker district secretary.
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LOGAN
Hocking County
McArthur
15Th
Ohio Home Demonstration Council
Ethel Bower
Hocking
Three Logan Men Sentenced on Disorderly Conduct
Three Logan men aged 36 43 and 57 were arraigned in the Logan mayor’s court on intoxication and disorderly conduct charges. Robert Fitzgerald Wade Gray and John Backus were fined 50 dollars plus costs and given 30 days in Hocking County jail, committed Thursday evening after arrest by city police.
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Logan
Hocking County
Roger W. Friend
Robert Fitzgerald
Wade Gray
John Backus
Hocking Valley Hospital Births Report
Mr. and Mrs. Verle Collison Bremen Route 1 welcomed a son. Mr. and Mrs. Alton Hunt Jr a son. Admitted Marion Mace Logan Route 3. Dismissed Mrs. James Harkless Logan Route 3 and infant daughter. Mrs. Gale Kline Gibisonville and infant son. Mrs. William McDaniel New Plymouth Route 1 and infant daughter.
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Verle Collison
Bremen
Alton Hunt, Jr
Marion Mace
Logan Route 3
James Harkless
Logan
Gale Kline
Gibisonville
William McDaniel
New Plymouth
Luther Youth Rally Set for Logan at St Matthew Church
Southeastern Ohio Luther League Federation holds semi annual rally in Logan Sunday with about 150 delegates hosted by St Matthew Lutheran Church Luther League. Activities include registration at 2:30 p.m. devotionals, a keynote by Rev Paul Radloff, a choral union, and a Singspiration session led by Rev Paul N Warner with dinner at the Izaak Walton League clubhouse prepared by Logan Leaguers parents. Reservations can be made by calling the church study.
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Logan
Southeastern Ohio Luther League Federation
Luther League of St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Church
Izaak Walton League
Myrna Derr
Eleanor Winters
June Kornmiller
Barbara Vore
Dolores Bester
Martha Elberfeld
Carol Nangle
Charles Eaton III
Judy Blum
James St. Clair
Paul Freddie Warner
Heine Meyer
Teddy Byrd
William Blosser
Kenneth Fitzgerald
Edward Keim
Glenford
Paul Radloff
Thornville
John Seim
Somerset
Richard Bennett
New Lexington
Federation
Walton
Logan Leaguers
Howard Bluir
Charles Eaton, Jr
Frank Dennis
St. Matthew League
Paul N. Warner
Southeastern Ohio Lutheran Pastors’ Conference
Church Event Listings Across Logan Churches
Local church notices list service times themes and activities for First Methodist Unity Lutheran Church of Nazarene First Evangelical United Brethren Salt Creek Valley Pilgrim Holiness Jehovahs Witnesses St Matthew Lutheran and several nearby circuits with Sunday school sermons and midweek gatherings. Highlights include sermons on Dont Build a Fire Our Forgiving Lord Gods Design for New Men Personal Salvation and In Sunshine and Shadow plus weekly youth and choir activities.
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First Methodist
Ruth Circle
Marion Allen
LUTH
Missouri Synod
Church OF the Nazarene -Sunday School
H. C. de. Nyps
Hi-Ny
Youth Fellowship
Bu Day Hearch Council
Salt Creek Valley
N. H. Knorr
Watchtower
God
Rice Meeting
ST. Matthew Lutheran
Logan Family Social Notes Get-Together
A family gathering was held for one year old John ny Devore hosted by his parents Mr and Mrs Albert Devore. Attending were Mr and Mrs Don Wildermuth Mrs John Devore Ralph Starcher Chester Devore Belle Devore Mr and Mrs Paul Howdyshell and daughter Paula and Mary Lou Glick.
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Johnny Devore
Albert Devore
Don Wildermuth
John Devore
Ralph Starcher
Chester Devore
Belle Devore
Paul Howdyshell
Paula
Mary Lou Glick
Local Social Guests Visit From Columbus Dayton and Princeton
Mr and Mrs Carl Gore and Homer Griffin of Columbus along with Mrs Dick McPeek of Dayton spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Harley Griffin. Mrs Bertha Nimon visited relatives in Princeton and Hinton West Virginia returning home. The Riddlebarger reunion at Hawks Nest West Virginia drew Mr and Mrs T C Riddlebarger Mr and Mrs Wilbur Riddiebarger Mr and Mrs Roy Crothers and Mr and Mrs Carl Riddiebar ger of Columbus. Mrs H H Downs and Miss Mildred Fey of Cleveland visit H E Kirk household.
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Carl Gore
Homer Griffin
Columbus
Dick McPeek
Dayton
Harley Griffin
Melvin Griffin
Bertha Nimon
H. L. Spotts
Ed Stafford
Princeton
W. Va
Clyde Dillon
Bob Hogan
Hinton
Inventory filed for estate of Eliphalet S. Eggleston
Probate Court records reveal an inventory and appraisal of Starr resident Eliphalet S. Eggleston's estate. Assets totalled $996.52, detailing the probate assets and their assessed values.
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LOGAN
Eliphalet S. Eggleston
Starr
Extension Agent To Attend Conclave
Logan Charlies Ingraham Hocking County extension agent will attend the annual convention of the National County Agents Association in Philadelphia Pa next week. Notables address include Ezra Benson secretary of agriculture and Milton Eisenhower brother of the President.
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Logan
Charlies Ingraham
Hocking County
Philadelphia
National County Agents Association
Ezra Benson
Milton Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Fossil slab found on John Gross farm near Logan
On Route 664 two miles north of Logan, a fossil slab was uncovered in shale sandwiched between two rock pieces. The slab contains hundreds of tiny fossilized shellfish preserved in historic clay, suggesting Hocking County was once covered by a sea. The largest fossil is about three-quarters of an inch.
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Logan
Hocking County
John Gross
Goss
Harpers Run
Dental Unit Ends Stay in Four-County Health Swing
A mobile dental unit from the Ohio Department of Health completed nearly a four week visit to Hocking County visiting all sections and the county fair. It examined children's teeth in three age groups and finished at Union Furnace schools before moving to Vinton County for similar exams. The unit will continue to Meigs and then Athens County.
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Logan— Mobile
Ohio Department of Health
Hocking County
Union Furnace
Vinton County
Meigs County
Athens County
County Commissioners Pay Bills From Multiple Funds
Hocking County commissioners met in the Courthouse and ordered payment of bills totaling 8027.49. Auto gas fund paid 4136.40, general fund 501.33, relief fund 2224.89, and county home fund 1164.87. The board also visited the county home.
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Logan
Hocking County
Logans Home and Athens Home Tel Co merger approved
Logan shareholders unanimous approval to merge Logan Home Telephone Co and Athens Home Telephone Co to form the Commonwealth Telephone Co of Ohio. The deal hinges on PUCO approval with an effective date likely November 1 if cleared. The new entity will hold about 2.5 million dollars in assets serving nearly 12 000 subscribers across 13 exchanges. Barton A Hall presided and is slated to become Commonwealth president.
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LOGAN
Logan Home Telephone Co
Athens Home Telephone Co
Logan Company
Logan Clay Products Co
Commonwealth Telephone Co
Ohio
Public Utilities Commission of
Hio
PUCO
Barton A. Hall
Commonwealth
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