Southern Board Approves Closure of Meigs County Schools
Southern Local Schools in Meigs County will close next Friday due to financial strains. If a 6.5 mill operating levy passes on Oct 25, schools may reopen Oct 31. if not, they stay closed through January with no teacher pay and make up days added on Saturdays.
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Racine
Meigs County
Board of Education
Southern Tornadoes
Ohio Associated Press
Adams
Franklin Walter
Syracuse
Portland
Letart Falls
Logan police gain access to future fire station site
Logan police will gain access to their rear parking area when the new fire station begins construction on East Main Street adjacent to the police headquarters. An alley between the sites was blocked, prompting the decision to open it temporarily and plan a west side access road with gravel paving to avoid parking cruisers on the street.
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Logan
East Main Street
East Main
James Thompson
Paul Goss
Thompson
Evans Hand
Fire Department
Driver injuries in Route 678 crash in Hocking County
State Highway Patrol reports that Paul Carr, 65, of Rockbridge failed to yield while turning into a private driveway on Route 678 two miles south of Route 180. His car collided with Mary Owens, 53, of South Bloomingville, causing Carr to suffer arm abrasions and a leg laceration and Owens to have facial cuts and arm and leg abrasions. Owens received no immediate treatment.
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Hocking County
State Highway Patrol
Paul Carr
Rockbridge
Mary Owens
South
Bloomingville
Carr
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Youngster Starts Fire In Mattress In Nelsonville
A youngster playing with an electric iron started a mattress fire on the west side of town. Sherry Edwards tried to extinguish it, throwing the mattress from a window. $75 damage. Fire crews also reported a smudge pot tipped over at East State Street and May Avenue. Safety issues with barbed wire on the Fulton Street track were raised by city officials.
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Nelsonville
Chessie System
Fulton Street
Meadows Apartments
Safety Service
Mabel Tigner
West Side
Athens
Sherry Edwards
Foster Place
Southeast Ohio Weather Forecast Friday September 30 1977
Southeast Ohio forecast calls for occasional rain tonight and Saturday with lows 55 to 60 and highs mid 60s. Rain chances 20 percent today, 70 percent tonight and Saturday. Regions Ohio and adjacent lake shores show variable cloudiness and showers with similar trends.
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Or University Geography Department
C. L. Colmer
U.S
Ohio
Northwest West Lake Shore
Saturday Group Activities Gather in Athens Area
Events include Overeaters Anonymous at 10 30 am at Central Avenue United Methodist Church Athens County Appalachian CB Club meeting at 8 pm Albany Grange Hall Alcoholics Anonymous at 8 30 pm Church of the Good Shepherd University Terrace and an afternoon hike and bird watching at Strouds Run State Park starting 1 30 pm at the picnic area near the beach parking lot. Sponsored by the Hocking Valley Chapter of the National Audubon Society. Open to all interested persons.
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Central Avenue United Methodist Church
Alcoholics Anonymous
Church of the Good Shepherd
University Terrace
Strouds Run State Park
Hocking Valley
The
National Audubon Society
Athens
Marguerite Appel
Rushton
Kan
Ohio University
First United Methodist Church Chapel
Miss Appel
Kansas
Chesterhill
Pauline A. Creighton
Malta
Selby General Hospital
Marietta
Barlow
James and
Edith Childers Anderson
Barlow Presbyterian Church
Waterford High School
Vincent High School
Creighton
Newton Ridge Coterie Club
Newton Ridge Grange
Avon
American Cancer Society
Heart Fund
John E. Creighton
Patrick
John
Tucson
Ariz
James
David
Stockport
Shelley Milligan
Las Cruces
N.M
Raymond Anderson
John Martin
Lodi
Stone-Matheney Funeral Home
Barlow Cemetery
Nelsonville
Marjorie H. Stalder
Franklin St
University Hospital
Columbus
Harry and
Harriett Sanders Hickman
Ohio State Health Department
First United Methodist Church
Order of Eastern Star
Queen Esther
United Methodist Women
Gilbert Stalder
Nancy
Orange
Calif
Ann) Palmatier
Corona
Jerry
Milpitas
Lowell Hickman
Canal Winchester
Christian Palmatier
Christopher Stalder
Nelsonville First United Methodist Church
Wendall
New Lexington
James A. McCune Jr
Bay St
St. Petersburg
Fla
N. Main St
St. Rose Catholic Church
New Lexington Cemetery
Chute- Wiley
Elks
McCune
Perry County
James A
Sarah Catchpole McCune
McCune Chrysler Plymouth
Piqua
McCune Realty
Catholic Charities
St. Rose
Council
BPOE
Bernice Morgan McCune
James A. McCune
Elgin Air Force Base
Patricia LaMonde
Cadillac, Mich
Saranan Lauck
St. Petersburg Beach
Mary DeLane
Students Named In City Disorder Charges
Susan Lawrence, 20, of 891 Beechwood Estates, speeding and open container with police cited. Jeffrey Textor, 20, Akron. Bruce McLeod, 20, Shade Route 1. Gerald Adams, 19, Dayton. Michael Alford, 21, 40 Columbian Ave. David McCartney, 22, Shreve. Debi Smith, 20, 71 W. Washington St. cited for open container. Douglas Shockley, 19, 20 S. College St.. James Rost, 18, West Carrollton, charged with disorderly conduct by intoxication.
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Jeffrey Textor
Akron
Bruce McLeod
Shade Route 1
Gerald Adams
Dayton
Michael Alford
Columbian Ave
David McCartney
Shreve
Debi Smith
W. Washington St
Douglas Shockley
S. College St
James Rost
West Carrolton
Trip Short For Firemen
Nelsonville firemen extinguished a blaze on a B and L Motor Express truck on Canal Street behind the fire station. The Newark owned vehicle had locked brakes and emitted smoke around the wheels.
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Nelsonville
Canal Street
Wm. Brooks Shoe Co
L. Motor Express
Arthur Perone
Newark
Theft reported at Calico Ridge residence
Logan Ohio authorities investigate break in at a summer home on Calico Ridge. Jerry Knoblauch of Columbus reports entry between September 24 and 28 via a rear bathroom window. Stolen items include a heater tools food and a radio valued at 160 dollars.
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Logan
Hocking County
Calico Ridge
Jerry Knoblauch
Columbus
Appliances Stolen From Rutland Home Furnishings
Nearly $2,900 worth of appliances were stolen from Rutland Home Furnishings in The Plains on Wednesday night. Deputies discovered the theft Thursday morning. A separate theft of $50 in cash and checks occurred at Rainbow Fruit Farm in Sharpsburg Wednesday night.
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Rutland
The
Plains
Athens County
Woman Hurt In Accident On East Street
Gladys Poling, 61, of Lancaster, was injured Thursday when brakes failed on the car she rode in and it overturned on East Street. Driver Stanley R. Blackburn, 47, of 374 North Culver Street, was traveling south when the brakes failed and the vehicle ran over an embankment. Poling was treated at Hocking Valley Community Hospital and released.
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Logan
East Street
Gladys Poling
Lancaster
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Stanley R. Blackburn
N. Culver St
Blackburn
Two New Members Inducted by Downtown Kiwanis Club
The Downtown Kiwanis Club in Baker Center welcomed Jack Crooker and Randy Snider at Thursday morning’s meeting. Crooker, from Columbus, works at 7-Up Bottling Co. Snider, recently relocated from Parkersburg, is with Athens National Bank. Bob Donohoe from the Ohio Division of Wildlife gave a slide on Ohio forest wildlife and spoke about Issue 2 on the November ballot banning steel-jawed leghold traps.
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Kiwanis Club
Baker Center
Jack Crooker
E. State Sr
Randy Snider
Alan Goldsberry
Crooker
7-Up Bottling Co
Athens
Columbus
Snider
Athens National Bank
Parkersburg
Bob Donohoe
Ohio Division of Wildlife
Ohio
Suit Filed in Meigs County by Capital Savings on Mundrys
Capital Savings and Loan Co. of Pomeroy files suit in Meigs County Common Pleas Court to recover 745.15 dollars from Chester Mundry and Eben Mundry of Reedsville.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Divorce Petitions and Death Notices From Athens County
A long list of divorce petitions names many residents and nearby towns including Athens Nelsonville Glouster and Baldwin with allege damages and support claims. Death notices report Marguerite Appel and Pauline Creighton among others with service times locations and family details. Additional funeral arrangements are listed for Roach Bell Stalder McCune and others with burial and visitation details.
Pair of Parkersburg Woman and Vienna Man Named
Dr. Fred Jay Krieg aged 31 of Parkersburg and Sallie Bringhorst aged 24 of Vienna are identified in a local record.
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Fred Jay Krieg
Parkersburg
Sallie Bringhorst
Vienna
Furnace Fire Destroys Langsville Home
Langsville firefighters answered a late night alarm at 11:50 pm to find the James Crisp residence engulfed in flames. Damage was estimated at 14000 dollars and a defective furnace was suspected as the cause.
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Langsville
James Crisp
Pomeroy
Reward Offered in Missing Lancaster Man Devon Tipple
The family of Devon Tipple, Lancaster service director, offered a 1000 reward today for information locating him. Tipple vanished after leaving White Sulphur Springs West Virginia on September 14 in his private plane. Searches around White Sulphur Springs and by air have found no trace of Tipple or his aircraft.
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Lancaster
White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Devon Tipple
Tipple
Lancaster Service
Weekend Revival at Bates United Methodist Church
The Angelaires highlight a weekend revival at Bates United Methodist Church singing Friday Saturday and Sunday. The event invites the community to join in songs and worship at the church.
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Bates United Methodist Church
Angelaires
Hospital Notes List of Names by City
A compiled list of patient and staff names from multiple Ohio towns including Athens Dundas Glouster Pomeroy Syracuse Cheshire and Nelsonville. The roster includes Keith Nagy Steve Vargo Tammy Wolfe Louise Matheny and others with many entries marked as dismissed.
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Keith Nagy
Steve Vargo
Athens
Tammy Wolfe
Dundas
Louise Matheny
William Withem
Glouster
Lonice Johnson
Dorothy Haskins
Robert Davis
Nelsonville
Emergency runs flag multiple city squad responses
Multiple EMS and fire squad runs reported. Athens and Mason squads respond to auto crashes and medicals at Veterans Memorial and Pleasant Valley. Names include Mary Mackles Paula Hysell Beth Reibel Tracey Whaley and Ed Ellison. Local addresses cited for hospital transports.
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Paula Hysell
Beth Reibel
Veterans Memorial
Lincoln Rd
Tracey Whaley
Mason
Edward Ellison
Pleasant Valley
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Worchester
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McConnelsville
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Wauseon
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Donald Hart
Santa Anna
John Adams
the Plains
Lawrence Gossett Jr
Waterford
Brian Kerns
Kingston
Nolan Brunk
Carbonhill
Rochelle Delaval
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Springfield
Frank Melton
Lu Parker
Delaware
Larry Spindler
Wayne Benes
Independence
Gene Berkhouse
Franklin
Ronald Modica
Lake Hughes
Stephen Morris
Susan Lawrence
Beechwood Estates
Nia Ees Merkup
Athens National Savings
First Banc Group OF Ohio, Inc
FDIC
Downtown
Athens County Common Pleas
Michael Conkey
Thersa Conkey
Lana McFarland
Grand Park
David R. McFarland
Harbor City
Teresa Brady
Guysville
Terry Brady
Albany
Susan Kay Snyder
Stephen D Synder
Leisa Spurlock
Coolville
David Spurlock
Tuppers Plains
Robert Eugene Martin
Millfield
Virginia Martin
Fletcher A. Gilders
Sylvia J. Gilders
Evelyn Ann Ramirez
Carriage Hill
Angel Ramirez
Linda Lou Brown
Washington St
Jimmy E. Brown
Mamie McGuire
John McGuire
Jack S. McClelland
Peggy Ann McClelland
Glenna Sokeland
Frank Sokeland
Baldwin
Elizabeth McPherson
Carl E McPherson
Jesse Furnish
Edna Furnish
Irene Engbrecks
Penni Rich
Thomas D Schaefer
Madison Ave
Florella Zarley
Terry
Kathy Zarley
Gary F. Richards
James Richards
Michael Sines
Richard Meesig
Louise Lane
Nationwide Insurance Co
Leslie R. Henderson
Appel Services
Pauline Creighton
Harvey Roach
Harvey C. Roach
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
Zelma Wilson Roach
Ethel
Betty) Riley
Jacksonville
Keith
Connie) Hartley
Trimble
Tina Hartley
Leonard
Lake Logan
Wayne
Rolland
Christina Godrey
Erma Warren
Beatrice VanDeman
Hughes Funeral Home
Taylor Ridge
James Bell
Point Pleasant
James M. Bell
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Cabell County
Rome
Iva Woodard Bell
Gospel Light House Church
Carolina Lumber Co
Olvia Fox
Johnstown
Fern Boyles
Lester Woodard
Barbersville
W. Va
Click Woodard
Gallipolis
Helen Harrington Miller
Wilcoxen
William Banks
Donald Shaffer
Lone Oak Cemetery
Marjorie Stalder
McCune Services
Meigs
O’bleness
Joe Hart
Rick Hunter
Edna Duncan
Kevin Coen
Bernice Johnson
Donna Kelzenberg
George Conde
Melvin Mullins
Cheshire
Gladys Morgan
Jon Wolverton
Grace Whaley
Michael Hubbard
Mildren Arnold
Cecelia Hart
Debrah Ridgway
Shirley Wolfe
Evetta Bechtel
Michael Williams
Tracey McKinney
Ira Blaine
James Stewart
Billy Murphy
Roger Kitchen
Jeff Campbell
Edna Potts
Carl Garrison
Roger Bryant
Athens Fire Squad
Mary Mackles
Mackinnon Hall
Pomeroy Squad
Mason Squad
NEW Haven Squad
Phillip Sporn
Lloyd Durst
Cottageville
Racine Squad
Ed Miller
Veterans Memorial, Medical
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