Two Grand Jury Indictments Serve in Logan Area
Sheriff Hartman announces two more indictments served. John Wright of Murray City, 34, and Betty L. Johnson, 25, of Logan, charged with driving while intoxicated, are free on bonds of 300 and 500 dollars respectively. Five of seven true bills have been served. names of remaining two cannot be released until delivery. Arraignments held this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wright
Murray City
Betty L. Johnson
Logan
Wright
Sheriff's Department
Grand Jury
John W. Smith
Laurelville
Robert Keynes, Jr
Derral F. Bryan
Nelsonville
Smith
Orlie F. Smith
Blue Creek
Keynes
Nau Grain Co
Urbana
Bryan
Hit-Skip Driver Identified After Route 33 Crash
Logan sheriff identifies John K. Graham as the hit skip driver after a rear end collision with Dorothy B. Bittner on Route 33 near Five Mile Inn. Graham faces leaving scene charges. authorities trace plate and chrome name strip to him. Minor Calico Ridge Rd crash ends with no charges due to narrow road and limited damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Five Mile Inn
Paul Hartman
John K. Graham
Graham
Dorothy B. Bittner
Bittner
Hartman
Calico Ridge Rd
Raymond McMillen
Columbus
Winejean Hahn
Jail Meal Contract Approved by Logan Hocking County
Logan-Hocking County Commissioners approve a contract with assistant jail matron Leslie Snyder to prepare meals for prisoners at five cents per meal plus a salary. Sheriff Hartman to supply all food. Also approved is a plat for Hide-A-Way Hills Section 14 in Marion Two, totaling 17.267 acres. Bills totaling 31,581.52 include 30,716.39 for auto gas and 865.13 for county expenses. The auto-gas bill mainly covers a 19,500 bulldozer from Central Ohio Tractor Co and 3456.51 for limestone from Maxville Stone Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan — Hocking County
Paul Hartman
Leslie Snyder
Miss Snyder
Hartman
Marion
Central Ohio Tractor Co
Columbus
Maxville Stone Corp
Hocking Valley Hospital Births and Admissions
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Dillon Laurelville Route 1 welcome a son. Mr and Mrs James Stanley Columbus announce a son. Admitted include Sherman C Vance Logan Route 1 James Lee Guess Logan Route 1 Flay Lehman Logan William Warren Jackson Mrs William Helber and son Logan Mrs Guy Boals and son Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Dillon
Laurelville
James Stanley
Columbus
Sherman C. Vance
Logan
James Lee Guess
Flay Lehman
William Warren
Jackson
William Helber
Guy Boals
Rabies Vaccination Plan Approved by Vinton County
The Vinton County commissioners approved a county wide rabies vaccination day for pet dogs and cats at the county highway garage on September 28 from 10 a.m. to noon with veterinarians providing shots. They also approved a $264 monthly raise for Helen Garrison, a Vinton Welfare caseworker, and a $30 expense grant for Judge C. W. Smith to attend a SEC Common Pleas conference in McConnelsville on September 27. The board moved $1000 from workers compensation to bridge labor, noted a $27,217 federal roads grant requiring local matching, and heard Woodrow Zinn discuss the Children’s Home finances showing 14 children served with 1026 meals in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Garrison
Vinton Welfare Department
McConnelsville
C. W. Smith
State Highway Department
Vinton County
Woodrow Zinn
Childrens
Zinn
McArthur Eagles Lodge to Open New Home by Oct 1
The McArthur Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles will occupy a new $24,000 lodge at W Main and N Sugar in McArthur. Contractor James E Esaw Eberts of Hamden completes a 38 by 60 addition remodeling the former telephone exchange building. The two story wing includes a lounge bar recreation rooms lodge hall offices and public meeting spaces. The aerie has 149 members and plans an open house and a membership drive soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagles
Ralph Reffett
Wade Fox
The
Aerie
W. Main St
Official Word on Logan Grant for Road Work
Logan officials announce a third of five federal grants under the Accelerated Public Works Program totaling 33 000 dollars toward a 66 000 dollar project to grade drain and pave James Road Arlington Avenue and Norwood Avenue south of Front Street in East Logan. The city awaits council action to hire an engineer and start final plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LOGAN
Service
Richard Donahey
James Rd
Arlington Ave
Norwood Ave
Front St
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Vine St
Walnut St
West Logan
East Logan
C&o
Pottery and
Maple Sts
Donahey
Will of longtime councilman Bright probated in Ohio
The will of former City Councilman Samuel H. Bright was admitted to probate. He leaves his estate to his wife Jennie subject to debts and taxes, dated May 10, 1930. Probate Court appointed Jennie Bright executrix and named John J. Hoy Dean Collison and Jacob A. Keller as appraisers. daughter Hilda Bright Neiman of Shaker Heights is named. Bright died Sept. 9 at Grant Hospital Columbus aged 80 after nearly 30 years on the council and was seeking re election this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Samuel H. Bright
Bright
Jennie
Maple St
Rhea Bangert Brown
John J. Hoy
Dean Collison
Jacob A. Keller
Hilda Bright Neiman
Shaker Heights
Cleveland
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Squirrel Hunter Pays For Privilege
Logan district report of a squirrel hunt on land owned by Elizabeth Kessler in Marion Township led to the arrest of John D. Keller 22 by Hocking game warden Marvin Nungester for hunting without written permission. In absentia verdict by Acting County Judge Richard Gerken fined Keller $10 and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Columbus
John D. Keller
Hocking
Marvin Nungester
Elizabeth Kessler
Marion
Vandals Strike Nelsonville Sewer Plant
In Nelsonville the sewerage disposal plant suffered vandalism late Wednesday. Floodlights were shot out or cracked, likely by youths with pellet guns. Most lights must be replaced, said Superintendent Harry Westfall as police investigated the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Harry Westfall
Shawnee Area Deaths and Obituary Notices
Notices from Shawnee and nearby towns report the deaths of Margaret Kreitz 81 of Hemlock Pauline Sines 54 of Point Pleasant Rose Vanderford 90 of McArthur. Kreitz burial at Shawnee Cemetery with services by Rev Edward Sadler. Sines funeral by Rev Harold Knoll. Vanderford funeral at Wrightsel with burial Oak Grove Cemetery Zaleski. Surviving relatives listed for each obituary.
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Shawnee
Margaret Kreitz
Warren Rest Home
Hemlock
John
Jane Mason Rowe
Henry Kreitz
Kreitz
Methodist Church
Rebekah Lodge
Pythian
Mary Hettich
Corning
Ethel Imler
Marjorie Brunton
Harry Carney
Anna Bush
Blanche Felger
Belle Vernon
Humphrey Funeral Home
Funeral
Edward Sadler
Shawnee Cemetery
Point Pleasant
Pauline Sines
N. Main St
Chapman and Wilcoxen
Harold S. Knoll
Clarence
Alma Louise Whitt Marcum
Cecil Lines
Tom Creighton
Garden Grove
Calif
Ferrell Summer
Ashboro
N. C
Robert C. Brown
Chesapeake
W. M. Birchfield
Portsmouth
Ohio
Kirkland Memorial Gardens
Last rites for Wade Morrison in Letart Route 2
Obituary notices list Wade Morrison 58 of Letart Route 2 died Thursday at Pleas ant Valley Hospital after two years of illness. Funeral Sunday 2 p.m. at Peniel EUB Church with burial in Chase Cemetery. Crow funeral home. Nelsonville and surrounding notices follow for Alva R. Cullison, William Edgar Hartung, Beatrice Earnhart, and Jennie Hostetter with ages, locations, and service details.
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Point Pleasant
Wade Morrison
Letart
Peniel Eub Church
John Icenhower
Chase Cemetery
Jackson County
Morrison
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Crow Funeral Home
Nelsonville
Alva R
Ross) Cullison
Dorr Run
Cincinnati Veterans Hospital
Natco
Haydenville
William
Rebecca Cullison
Elsie
Harold
Jackson
Mich. Joseph
U.S. Air Force
Sault St. Marie
Mich
Donald
Norma Dean
Cathy
John
Pittsburgh
Joe
Kenneth Goody
Kelso
Wash
Ida Conners
Logan
Johnson Funeral Home
Eugene Whitmer
Green Lawn Cemetery
Pomeroy
William Edgar Hartung
Holzer Hospital
Laura Mae van Meter Hartung
Edgar J
Rio Grande College
Kenneth L
Albert Hartung
Enterprise
Ewing Funeral Home
Robert R. Card
Beatrice M. Earnhart
Hocking Valley Hospital
Athens
Jennie Hostetter
Ravenswood County
W.va
Parkersburg
Joseph Edgar Hostetter
Emmett Rowles
Joseph Fleming
St. Petersburg
Fla
Llewellyn Kemmerle
Hughes Funeral Home
West Union Street
Jobless claims dip in Hocking Valley as pickups vary
Unemployment claims in the Hocking Valley declined to 643 for the week ending Sept 14, down from 670. Logan totals fell to 404 while Athens totals eased to 239 in the two county area. Continued claims shifted slightly with initial claims rising in some sectors and job openings listed by the Ohio State Employment Service. Applicants should contact the Athens or Logan offices at 30 S. Spring St. for positions including Apple pickers, a waitress, camp cooks, a nurse, and a appliances salesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Hocking Valley
Homer Schein
Ohio State Employment Service
Schein
Hocking County
Athens County
Athens
OSES
S. Spring St
Boy Narrowly Escapes Injury in Canal and Hocking Crash
Richard Standish 11 rode his bicycle into the path of a car driven by Millard Patton 47 at Canal and Hocking streets Nelsonville while en route to Little League practice. He escaped serious injury, aided by football protective uniform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Richard Standish
Omar Standish
Riverside
Canal and
Hocking Sts
Canal
Millard Patton
Ogg Wholesale
Myers St
Hocking Crossing Canal
Myers
Patton
Logan County Fraternal Meetings On Friday And Sunday
Regular meetings and officer elections are listed for Laurel Valley Grange Hocking Grange and Queen Vashti Rebekah Lodge with social meals and special attendance notices. Buckeye Trail Riding Club and other groups meet with horse show prep and potlucks. Sunday hosts a Farm Bureau picnic at Green Elementary School with basket dinner and program. Marriage licenses issued to Hal Davis McQuay and Amos Eugene Riffett couples with Mary Alice Jones and Jeanette Kathleen Ray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel Valley Grange
Hocking Grange
Queen Vashti Rebekah Lodge
Les Amies
Methodist Church
Buckeye Trail Riding Club
Hocking County Farm Bureau
Green Elementary
Hal Davis McQuay
Chillicothe
U. S. Marine Corps
Mary Alice Jones
Londonderry
Amos Eugene Riffett
Jeanette Kathleen Ray
Dundas
Voting Hours Set for Absentee and Disabled Ballots
Logan County Elections Clerk Roy Anthony announced the office opens Oct 7 daily 8 30 a.m. to 4 p.m. for absentee and disabled ballot filings by mail or in person. Armed forces members and spouses may vote now for the November 5 election. no county registration is required. Eligibility requires U S citizenship 21 years old and Ohio residence for one year and 40 days in the voting precinct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Ohio
Haydenville Man Fined By Gerken
Haydenville resident William Berney was fined $10 and costs with the fine suspended after pleading guilty to assault and battery charged by his spouse Janet. Acting County Judge Richard Gerken imposed the sentence while substituting for Judge Vaughn Collins in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Haydenville
Richard Gerken
William Berney
Janet
Gerken
Vaughn Collins
Columbus
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Paul Hart
McMillen
Hahn
Moscow Marm
Upper Darby
Tamara Krassina
Tamara
College For Foreign Languages
Moscow
Moscow Circus
U.S
the Athens Messenger
McArthur
Health Department
SEC Common Pleas Judge's
McArthur Eagles Lodge
Squirrel Hunter
Jackson J. Mohler
Euclid
Thomas J. Bauer
Buchtel
Virgil McGrady
Upper
Sandusky
Harley Meyer
Gladys
Rockbridge
Athens Messenger
Union ST
Mrs
Pauline Lines
Rose Vanderford
Alva (Ross) Cullison
William Hartung
Mrs. Earnhart
Eugene
Myrtle Hewitt Reasoner
Swan Twp
Friendly Neighbors Farm Bureau Council
Wayne Snyder
Potluck
Webb Summitt Farm Bureau Advisory Council
Charles Wolfe
Rainbow Girls
Masonic Temple
Skivers
Carbon Hill
Mervin Skivers
Dale Blayn
Mount St. Mary’s Hospital
Lee Rutherford
Delphia Shivers
Fort Louisburg
Colonial Williamsburg
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