JFK Memorial Dinner Draws 250 In Logan
Logan reports the first John F. Kennedy Memorial dinner by the Logan Democratic Club drew about 250 attendees at $5 a plate in the Ohio National Guard Armory. Wayne L. Hays, U.S. Representative, spoke on Kennedy and Nixon, called Chicago demonstrations communist inspired, and a program featured local officials, candidates, choirs, and a benediction. The event included a lengthy guest list of county and state figures and a full dinner committee roster.
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Logan
John F. Kennedy
Democratic Club
Ohio National Guard
Wayne L. Hays
Belmont County
Richard Nixon
Chicago
Hays
al Ganoey
C. P. Berry
Stanley Dunkle
Trinity United Methodist Church
Cindy Blum
Forrest Moore
Hocking County
Ganoey
John Ayers
Harry Crewson
Pete O’grady
Ganocy
Leonard Ferguson
Logan First Baptist Church
Donna Leach
Lawrence Holzapfel
Cecil P. Berry
Lawrence Ellinger
Betty Lou Berry
Ray Zachariah
Edna Anthony
Rolland Schorr
Fred Malone
Logan Democratic Club
Lawrence G. Ellinger
Bonnie Lindsey
Campaign Discussed By York Democrats in Nelsonville
York Township Democrat Club met in IOOF Hall to plan campaign HQs in Nelsonville and form a Teenage Democrat Club. Athens County Democrat chairman William Hoffman spoke on the county campaign and a Nelsonville rally, with updates from the state convention. County officials discussed their records, while candidates Harold Hitchens Jack Gilligan and Harry Crewson were touted. a League of Women Voters meeting was announced for Oct 28 at a nearby school.
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Nelsonville
York Township
Democrat Club
IOOF
Max Adkins
William Hoffman
Athens County
Democrat
Buchtel
Hoffman
Columbus
James Edwards
John Law
Foster Day
Membrs
Harold Hitchens
Jack Gilligan
United States
Tom Cady
Athens
Cady
Gilligan
William Saxbe
Lenore Sickles
Harry Crewson
10Th
Crewson
Clarence E. Miller
League of Women’s Voters
Tri-County
Kimberly Road
Haydenville United Methodist Church Homecoming
Haydenville United Methodist Church held its annual homecoming with Sunday School a basket dinner and an afternoon program. Special music featured the church choir a trio led by Rhea Vollmer Kathie Glenn and Letha with Mrs Roy Glenn at piano and the Harmonaires led by Irvin Huber Dale Holcomb and Orla Redd with Mrs Hubert at piano. Rev Mike Wright recently assigned to the Haydenville Webbs Chapel charge delivered the sermon. Attendees included out of town visitors from Fort Wayne Oh Defiance Oh Zanesville and Lancaster plus numerous other local residents and ministers.
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Haydenville
Haydenville United
Arnold Thomas
Doris Springer
Fort Wayne
Ind
John Thomas
Defiance
Ohio
L. E. Matheny
Zanesville
Blanche Parrish
Mount St Mary Hospital Notes
A stream of birth notices lists families from Nelsonville New Straitsville Chauncey Athens and surrounding areas. Names include Mr and Mrs William Maffin Richard Lanning Ronald Crabtree Willy and others with daughters and sons noted for Mount St Mary Hospital.
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Mount St. Mary Hospital
William Maffin
Nelsonville
Richard Lanning
New Straitsville
Ronald Crabtree
Finances Curtail Services in Nelsonville
Nelsonville city services were cut back across departments after the council finance committee reported unpaid bills. Safety Director Dale Wharton said expenditures should halt, police were told to limit to a single cruiser, and only one man remained in the street department as the city trims operations.
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Nelsonville
Dale Wharton
Council
Valkinburg
Wharton
Dispatcher Appointed To Police Radio Duties In Logan
Mrs. Kay Snyder, 23, of 144 S Culver St, is named day time radio dispatcher for the Logan police. Appointed by Police Chief Roy Kelch and approved by the city council, she will work six eight hour days weekly at a starting salary of 180 dollars a month. Night dispatcher is Chris Anderson. She is the daughter of Mrs. Jane Hemsworth and the late Merlin Hemsworth, a Logan High School graduate from the class of 1963, living with her mother and mother of three children Mark 6 Troy 3 and Melissa 17 months.
WSCS Unit Holds September Meeting at Haydenville
Mrs. William McGathey hosted the WSCS session with a reading by Mrs. Homer Carter and a program led by Mrs. Beatrice Skiver on Youth The Churchs Hope for Change. A fundraising committee was formed and 10 members plus guest Mrs Gene Cherry attended.
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Haydenville
William McGathey
WSCS
Homer Carter
Beatrice Skiver
McGathey
Harry Swaim
Skiver
Genevieve Martin
Gene Cherry
Nellie Bond
Hocking Valley Hospital Admits and Transfers
Hocking Valley Community Hospital admitted Robert Bocock Jr Columbus Mrs Gomer Bowen McArthur Miss Louise Willard Rockbridge Route Mrs Alfred Richards Marion Biggs Harold Sheets Jr all of Logan William A Flood Arcadia Acres Rest Home lesboro David Gessells Nelsonville Miss Linda Sue Boals Haydenville. Discharged Stanley McDaniel Carol Bowl by Ross Anderson Sr Robert Bocock Jr Mrs Rhoda Smith Mrs Esther Rambo Roger Burns Samuel Jewell transferred to a hospital in Columbus.
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Robert Bocock Jr
Columbus
Gomer Bowen
McArthur
Louise Willard
Rockbridge
Alfred Richards
Marion Biggs
Harold Sheets Jr
Logan
William A. Flood
Arcadia Acres Rest Home
Lesboro
David Gessells
Nelsonville
Linda Sue Boals
Haydenville
Stanley McDaniel
Carol Bowlby
Ross Anderson Sr
Rhoda Smith
Esther Rambo
Roger Burns
Samuel Jewell
Auto Destroyed In Vinton Blaze
A car owned by Mrs. Vera Jones of McArthur Route 2 was destroyed by fire on Route 278 near the Hocking County line in Brown Lowndip Vinton County. The McArthur fire department responded and the cause was not determined.
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Mcarthur
Vera Jones
Brown ‘Lowndip
Vinton County
Hocking
Vandals Hit City and Private Property
Vandals caused extensive damage in Nelsonville over the weekend to city telemeter gauges and a reservoir, breaking locks at the meter housing and radio building and firing bullets into locks. Private property damage occurred on Jackson and Myers Streets with broken radio antennas, trampling of flower beds, damaged trees, and flat tires on a Myers Street car. Police investigate, noting past similar acts and potential youth involvement.
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Nelsonville
City
Kentner Hill
Jackson and
Myers Streets
Jackson Street
Barbara Gold
Eleanor Swart
Jackson St
George Politt
Jackson
Raymond Warehime
Myers St
Monroe
Cars Crash In Hocking County On Maysville Road
State Patrol reports a two car collision early Monday on Maysville Road in Hocking County. Ronald Lee Scott 21 of Logan Route 2 and Richard Dale Procter 28 of Gore were driving opposite directions around a curve just north of Route 33 when they collided. No citations or injuries were reported.
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Logan
Maysville Road
Hocking County
State Highway Patrol
Ronald Lee Scott
Richard Dale Procter
Gore
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York Democrats
David Hickman
Chestnut Street
Hitchens
Harry Dust
Luta Wright
Marjorie Mitchell
Haydenville Church
Walter Block
Mae Block
Lancaster
Carolyn Parrish
Baltimore
Nellie Hutchins
North Canton
G. E. Fisher
Lillian Wright
Jacksonville
Jacob Lehman
Junction City
Ronald Hansel
Kris
Mark and
Robbie
Chillicothe
Don Smart
Samuel C. Krieder
Susie Krieder
Albert Schi
Dane Osborne
Chauncey
Bunne Dishong
Charles Kemper
Lara McCaskey
Millard Guess
Carbon Hill
Isabelle Morris
Glouster
Grace Dyker
Murray City
Nancy Dyer
Crooksville
Carol Wright
Wilda Sauters
Cledath Bryndel
Dora Dutcher
Gary Everett
Jerry Wagner
Wilbur L. Klinebriel
Michael Lax
Barbara Snyder
May Huntley
Philip Mays
William Courtney
Steve Toth
Madge McFarland
William Woodson
Sandra Forbes
Charles Clemons
Frank Hampp
Alma Jo Midkiff
Jo Ann Spencer
Mary Finsterwald
Robert Fultz
Dianna Roberts
Ohio University
Continuing
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Vinton Blaze
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Medicare
Central
East Long Street
Brown Furniture
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