Brewer Co Wins County Blacktop Contract in Lancaster
F. H. Brewer Co of Lancaster won the Hocking County contract to surface 15.65 miles of county highways at 10271.12 dollars. Only competitor was Highway Maintenance Co of Athens with 10981.14 dollars. Roads include parts of Midlefork Logan Star Nickel Plate Carbon Hill Buchtel Greendale Gore and Hawk Street in Carbon Hill. Also authorized to advertise for 20000 board feet ofbridge planking. Dale Engle of Westboro Mass visited, son of a mother here, on business from Akron and heads summer theater work in New York soon.
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Logan
F. H. Brewer Co
Lancaster
Hocking County Commissioners
Highway Maintenance Co
Athens
Middlefork
Nickel Plate Road
Carbon Hill- Buchtel
Greendale - Gore
Hawk Street
Carbon Hill
Dale Engle
Westboro
Mass
Akron
Engle
Robert Daggett Playhouse
New York
Logan Kiwanis set for Chuck Wagon final prep
Dr. C F Rauch will chair the Tuesday Logan Kiwanis Club program as final plans are made for the county fair Chuck Wagon operation. The social program for Tuesday night had not been announced by Dr Rauch.
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LOGAN
Dr. C. F. Rauch
Logan& Kiwanis Club
Car and Truck Crash Injures Two in Gallipolis
A car driven by Pryor Evans Jr 17 Akron lay in a ditch half a mile south of Oak Hill on Route 233 when a truck attempted to pull it out. Elza Moore 36 Oak Hill backed into the car, injuring two people. Eugene Johnson 23 Blackfork struck the vehicles due to glare. A separate wreck on Route 35 near the Ross County line caused property damage. Authorities also cited several motorists for traffic offenses and issued fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Pryor Evans, Jr
Akron
Oak Hill
Elza Moore
Eugene Johnson
Blackfork
John
Moore
Herbert E. Zumstein
Detroit
Benjamin Wilshire
Cheylan
W. V
Ross County
Katheryn A. Lewis
Jackson
Francis Knapp
Carpenter
Arnold N. Dye
Newton
W. Va
Ohio
Dye
Richard Crihfield
Clio
Walter Johnson
South Webster
River traffic reports from Gallipolis and Kanawha district locks
Locks and river traffic are listed for Gallipolis and Kanawha district boats with arrival and departure times across multiple vessels including Penn, Lehigh, Ernestine, Solway, Semet, Atlas, Chris, Zephyr, Ohio, Aliquippa, and Inca Tadpole. The note also cites gauge readings at upper and lower gauges and a health blurb on rheumatic fever as a heart disease risk factor.
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Gallipolis
Penn
Lehigh
Ernestine
Rowe
Hoopes
Kanawha
Solway
London
Semet
Boggs
Marmet
Atlas
Winfield
Chris
Zubic
Winifred
Montgomery
Weir
Keystone
Stevenson
Advance
Martin
Jones
Zephyr
Ohio
Aliquippa
Christy
Cook
Inca-Tadpole
Sohio State
Kanawha Falls
CERTA VIN Relieves Gas Bloating Says Athens Man
An Athens resident praised CERTA VIN for easing chronic gas and abdominal bloating after meals. He credits the remedy with enabling comfortable eating and notes it contains ten herbs with vitamin B and iron. Available at Athens Pharmacy in Nelsonville and Betts Cut Rate.
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Athens
Certa-Vinathens Pharmacy
Nelsonville
Betts
Holzer Hospital Births and Admissions List
Holzer Hospital notes record births including Mrs Walter Clark a son and Mrs Donald Carruthers a daughter among others. Admissions include Mrs Robert Campbell Otis McMahon Mrs Wayne Wolfe and several residents across Gallipolis Pomeroy Jackson Wellston and Vinton. Discharges list multiple patients including Mrs Billy Houck and son and several others.
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Lowell Speakman
Ray
Donald Carruthers
Gallipolis
John W. Bradbury
Robert Campbell
Clayton Keesee
Vinton
Otis Preston McMahon
Scottown
Ohio
Wayne Wolfe
Pomeroy
Robert Rider
Wellston
John I. Beaver
Ellis Hunt
Haskell Saunders
Gallipo
Billy Houck
Gerald Cameron
Jerry Howell
Bernice Lambert
Harry Roush
William Claar
Joseph Wipple
Ninettie Copher
Patricia McMillin
Joseph Morgan
William French
Arthur Crow
Sharon Vance
Elmie Burnheimer
Dean Crist
Eva Kratz
Glenn Lanier
Kenneth Stuart
Jack Rose
Kenneth Hartley
L. W Getty
John Cowan
Bethel Coleman
Barbara Watkins
Ora Clark
Paul Kruger
Atomic Bomb Effect Traced Discussion in Columbus
Dr Jacob Weinberger radiologist of Holzer Hospital attended a Columbus meeting of the Central Ohio Radiological Society. The program focused on medical aspects of atomic energy and the role of outlying physicians in treating atomic attack victims. Radiologists were seen as in demand due to radiation hazards.
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Gallipolis
Jacob Weinberger
Holzer Hospital
Columbus
Central Ohio Radiological Society
Kentucky Sheriff Demands Two Juveniles From Jail
Johnson County Sheriff Daniel Boone Trimble asks for two youths from Whitesville held on charges of aiding a moonshiner and breaking and entering. Sheriff George Ehman confirms the boys are in the county jail in Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Daniel Boone Trimble
Paintsville
Johnson County
George Ehman
Whitesville
Driver Forfeits Bond After Collision in Gallipolis
Knute Bjorklund 46 of Chicago crashed a red light and collided with Clyde D. Russell Thurman and passengers Clarence Saunders Bidwell and Everett Ecker Gallipolis. Bjorklund forfeited a $25 bond after the 8 10 a m Sunday crash at Third and Pine. No injuries were reported.
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Gallipolis
Knute Bjorklund
Chicago
Clyde D. Russell
Thurman
Clarence Saunders
Bidwell
Everett Ecker
Third and
Pine
Workers vote to strike at Sunny Hill Coal Co
At Sunny Hill Coal Co in New Lexington 300 employes voted to strike over staggered hours. The Sunny Hill strip mine is noted as the largest operation of its kind in the area.
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Sunny Hill Coal Co
Sunny Hill
Ohio
George Bunnell
Six Mile
Corning
Clarence Rutter
Shirley
Birkley
Mich
Mary Milhan
Trimble
David L. Patterson
Terry
Wyandotte
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Browning
Crooksville
Rose Farm
Denvertown
Foraker Drilling Company
Crooksville Oil and Gas
McLaney-Rose Farm
C. P. Robinson
DUV District 7 Convenes in Gallipolis at Farmers Hotel
The Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War plan the 28th annual District 7 convention at the Farmers Hotel Gallipolis starting Thursday at 9 a.m. District president Mrs Addie Smeltzer will preside. Attending tents include Athens Pomeroy Jackson Marietta Portsmouth and Gallipolis. Local tent president Anna Simmerman chairs. The afternoon session follows a luncheon with a welcome by William H Jones municipal judge.
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Gallipolis
Daughters of Union Veterans of the
Farmer's Hotel
Addie Smeltzer
Elizabeth Campbell
Mansfield
Ohio
Mary Tolbert
Circleville
Mary Miller
Mary Dickens
Laura Fiester
Vida Carpenter
Blanche Mills
Concil
Winona Cook
Marie Werner
Flossie Smith
Beryl Overly
Margaret Tanner
Bess Fleck
Blanche Dean
Jennie Howell
Ada Root
Mabel Wolf
Minnie Neutzling
Cora Hall
Josephine Pierce
Linson H. Stebbins
William H. Jones
Anna Simmerman
Hospital Administrator Heads to Washington Meet
Galliapolis Wayne B. Foster Holzer Hospital administrator travels by plane from Charleston to Washington D C to attend the national convention of the American Hospital Association. He plans to speak on a small hospitals forum Tuesday morning and return Wednesday evening.
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Gallipolis
Wayne B. Foster
Holzer Hospital
Charleston
Washington, D. C
The
American Hospital Association
Mr. Foster
Victor Hugo Used Deprivation to Force Writing Rhythm
The French author reportedly endured hours without clothes as a self imposed discipline to curb impatience and maintain focus while composing.
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Victor Hugo
Social News Travelers and Guests Across States and Africa
Mrs M R Chapman and guest Miss Margaret Colbert visited Parkersburg. Mrs F A Chapman spent a week in Marietta Ohio. Charles Ginden of Atlanta visited Keith McClung Jr. Mr and Mrs Karl Duncan of Phoenix hosted by Mr and Mrs T M Johnson. James McKnight and others spent a weekend at Lancaster Virginia Carleton Ngorongoro East Africa is the worlds largest volcanic crater with fifty thousand wild animals inside a 110 square mile floor.
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M. R. Chapman
Margaret Colbert
Parkersburg
F. A. Chapman
Marietta
Ohio
Charles Ginden
Atlanta, Ga
Keith McClung, Jr
Karl Duncan
Phoenix, Ariz
T. M. Johnson
James McKnight
Lancaster, C
Virginia Carleton
Ngorongoro
East Africa
Driver Pleads Guilty to Driving While Intoxicated
Fritz Hoffner 37 of Logan was fined 10 and costs after pleading guilty to a driving while intoxicated charge. He was arrested on East Front Street and arraigned before Mayor Roger W. Friend.
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Logan
Fritz Hoffner
Hoffner
East Front St
Roger W. Friend
Legion Chief Leaves For Air Force Duty
Silas J. Hamilton, newly installed commander of Lafayette Post American Legion, departed for Fort Knox Kentucky to join the Air Force airborne unit. A World War II veteran, he previously worked at Holzer Hospital in the pharmacy department.
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Gallipolis
Silas J. Hamilton
Lafayette Post
American Legion
Fort Knox
Air Force
Hamilton
Holzer Hospital
Mrs Luchs to Speak at Logan Presbyterian Union Meeting
Mrs Fred Luchs wife of the Athens First Presbyterian pastor will be the featured speaker at the Logan Presbyterian Church Women’s Union fall meeting at 7 30 p m today Mrs Kerwood Martin president reports
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Logan
Fred Luchs
First Presbyterian Church In
Athens
Women’s Union
Logan Presbyterian Church
Kerwood Martin
Biggest Hocking County Fair Opens Wednesday
Logan reports final preparations for the annual Hocking County Fair running Wednesday to Saturday. Ward Beams World Champion Auto Daredevils perform at 8 p.m. Wednesday with 27 events scheduled. Thursday features Logan Day harness races and a horse show. Friday offers free admission for county children plus a pet show and Broadway Scandals of 1950. Saturday includes a horse pulling contest a livestock parade races and a band contest. Admission details: 50 cents general, under 12 free. grandstand 50 and 30 cents.
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G. D. Selby
Hocking County
Logan
Sheriff Warns on Stopping for School Buses
Logan sheriff A J Waldron reports numerous complaints about drivers not stopping for school buses when loading or unloading children. He warns motorists to stay at least 10 feet away from the bus in front or behind while loading or discharging passengers.
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Logan
A. J. Waldron
Weekend Free From Accidents in Hocking County
Law enforcement reports show no traffic accidents in Hocking County over the weekend ending Sunday night. Indications suggest this was the first completely accident free period in some time.
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Logan
Hocking County
Disabled American Veterans Schedule Meeting
Members of the Disabled American Veterans will meet at 7 30 p m Wednesday in the VFW hall on South Mulberry Street. Keith Schultz, commander, reports the gathering.
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Logan
Disabled American Veterans
South Mulberry St
Keith Schultz
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