Groundbreaking at First Baptist Church for classroom addition
The First Baptist Church on S Norwood Avenue held a groundbreaking after Sunday worship. Rev Leonard Ferguson turned the first dirt with the Survey and Building Committees and BGW Builders contractor Gary Bohyer. Construction to add seven classrooms begins Oct 18, expanding from nine to sixteen rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messenger
Ruth Wilkinson
Leonard Ferguson
First Earth
First Baptist Church
Logan
Mr. Ferguson
Gary Bohyer
BGW Builders, Inc
Nelsonville
Charles Redd
Charles Moore
Roger Emerick
John Light
James Ditty
Mike Cook
Jim Davis
Ernie Evans
Ingraham Smith
Lancaster Man Found Guilty and Sentenced in Mayor's Court
Lancaster resident Charles R. Swackhammer 48 was found guilty of driving while intoxicated, fined 250 dollars and costs, and sentenced to 30 days in jail with 23 days suspended by Mayor M. B. Haney. Several others were fined or had bonds forfeited for traffic and liquor related offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Lancaster
M. B. Haney
Charles R. Swackhammer
Melvin L. Estep
W. Second St
Elviree Bush
Motherwell Avenue
Kenneth L. Guess
Lewis N. Brady
Mickey Joy
South Vienna
Robert B. Green
N. Walnut St
Roger W. Mohler
Raymond C. Klinebrier
Nelsonville
Michael R. Eaton
Harold M. Casto
Milton Avenue
Raymond A. Anderson
Logan Route 1
First Meeting Set By Elementary PTO
Nelsonville Elementary PTO schedules its first meeting of the new school year for Monday at 7 30 p m in the school multi purpose room. The get acquainted gathering will introduce new teachers and officers with refreshments after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Nelsonville Elementary Pto
Cite Juvenile After Mishap In Nelsonville
Victor J. Howdyshell 16 of Logan was cited for driving left of center after a two car collision at Canal and Hocking Streets. Samuel R. Savage 27 of Buchtel operated the other vehicle. both cars sustained damage. Howdyshell will appear in county juvenile court.
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Nelsonville
Victor J. Howdyshell
Second St
Logan
Canal and
Hocking Streets
Young Howdyshell
Weston Canal
Hocking Street
Samuel R. Savage
Buchtel
Savage Auto
Howdyshell
Births at Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Mr and Mrs Bobby Post Glouster welcome a son and Mr and Mrs Harley Vincent Gore welcome a son. Mrs Raymond Moody Gore Mrs Dessie Anderson Laurelville Mrs Irvon Moravy Clarence Hartmann and Richard Kanade all of Logan. Mrs Ron Brimner and daughter Mrs Alva Cordell Master Darold Thacker and Miss Nellie Allen.
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Bobby Post
Glouster
Harley Vincent
Gore
Raymond Moody
Dessie Anderson
Laurelville
Irvon Moravy
Clarence Hartmann
Richard Kanade
Logan
Ron Brimner
Alva Cordell
Darold Thacker
Nellie Allen
Three Pay Fines In Hocking County Court
Judge James Stil levied three fines and forfeited 19 bonds in Hocking County Court on Saturday. Fines included McNichols for highway use tax, Vogel for speeding, and Schwalbach Jr for failure to yield. Several others forfeited amounts for speeding, unsafe vehicle, improper passing, and related offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
James Stilwell
Hocking
Dallas E. McNichols
Laurelville
David P. Vogel
Xenia
Herman E. Schwalbach Jr
Michael G. Cone
Athens
Coyce
McNichols
South Bloomingsville
Larry J. Malone
Nelsonville
Kenneth J. Parsons
Baltimore
Elen Mary Combs
Frank W. Stalder Jr
the Plains
Hollis Otho Huntley Jr
New Plymouth
Sharon E. Bell
Lancaster
Stephen J. Beebe
Toledo
Alma Jo Midkiff
Gail M. Weinberg
Linda S. Hess
Willowick
Rodney A. Clair
Gabe Zide
Marietta
Bruce A. Canan
Chillicothe
Nicholas P. Loparo
Beachwood
Robert Dean Gompf
Bowen St
Richard P. Uniacke
Jeffrey A. Skivers
Carbon Hill
Nomination Meeting for Odd Fellows Encampment
Nelsonville Royal Arch Encampment No. 376 will meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the Odd Fellows Temple for officer nominations. Incumbent officers include John McCombs Richard Adams Jean Dicken Wilbur Mender and Charles Blair. Grand chief patriarch to visit Oct 30. Dues payable at this time.
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Nelsonville
Royal Arch
Order of Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows Temple
John McCombs
Richard Adams
Jean Dicken
Wilbur Mender
Charles M. Blair
Ohio
Woman Injured In Crash In Murray City
Barbara E. Robson, 23, of Murray City, was injured when her car struck a parked vehicle on village Main Street. She was treated at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens for head and chest injuries and released. The crash involved a vehicle owned by Floyd Deeton Jr. of Murray City.
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Murray City
Barbara E. Robson
State Highway Patrol
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
Athens
Floyd Deeton Jr
Two Men Cited By Nelsonville Police
Nelsonville police cited Timothy R. Withem Murray City on permitting a minor to operate a motor vehicle. He was ordered to appear in Nelsonville Mayor s court. Dan Burchfield Nelsonville was arrested Saturday night on three counts assaulting a police officer resisting arrest and intoxication and is to appear before Mayor Earl Hilleary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Timothy R. Withem
Murray City
Dan Burchfield
Earl Hilleary
Athens County Women Attend GOP Fall Conference
Five Athens County women served as delegates to the 31st annual fall conference of the Ohio Federation of Republican Women's Organizations held at the Neil House in Columbus last week. Attendees included club president Mrs. Franklin Sheeter and Athens residents Mrs. Claire M. Ball Jr. and co chairwoman Mrs. James Hollenbaugh among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Athens County
Ohio Federation of Republican Women’s Organizations
Neil House
Columbus
Franklin Sheeter
Republican Women’s Club
Claire M. Ball Jr
Athens
James R. Hollenbaugh
James Cope
Mabel
Delegates from Nelsonville attend Athens County GOP conference
The Nelsonville delegates joined the Athens County Republican Club for a three day conference with workshops and a business meeting. They backed Rep Chalmers Wylie's school prayer amendment and attended a reception for Lt Gov John W Brown and other state officials. A banquet followed where Katharine Kennedy Brown introduced John S Andrews and Lt Gov Brown spoke on budget taxes and apportionment concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haffner
Nelsonville
Athens County Republican Club
Chalmers Wylie
John W. Brown
Ted W. Brown
Ohio Supreme Court
William O’neill
Leon
Ard
J. Stern
J. J. P. Corrigan
William Schneider
Robert M. Duncan
Robert E. Leach
Thomas Herbert
Katharine Kennedy Brown
Federation
John S. Andrews
Rep
Brown
Plan would erase Zanesville from map in city reform plan
The plan would wipe Zanesville off the map depriving its 33 045 residents of representation. Officials noted about 36 mistakes in the plan as passed while M Stanton Evans editor of the Indianapolis Star received an ovation for views on sex education busing and population control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville
Ohio
M. Stanton Evans
The
Indianapolis Star
Births at Mount St. Mary Hospital Provincial List
Mount St. Mary Hospital records a series of births including a son for Mr and Mrs Everett Williams of New Marshfield Route 1. The list also names several families from Nel sonville Glouster Logan Custer and surrounding areas and includes names Mrs Beulah Kasler Dr Ham el Zlatkind Mrs Flossie Moran Mrs Mary Bair and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Williams
New Marshfield
Beulah Kasler
Hamel Zlatkind
Flossie Morman
Mary Bair
Nelsonville
Roger Stright
Chesterhill
Charles Mayhew
Logan
Mary Johnson
Glouster
Louis Puckett McArthur
Austin Conkey
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Hocking Valley Community Hospital
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Mount St. Mary Hospital
Raymond Day
Eugene Hogue
Harold McDonald
Carrie Ross
Frank Hook
Opal Wolfe
Vernice Auflick
Marion Pickett
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