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Newspaper
Logan Daily News
Location
Logan, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1964
Page
2
Obituaries for Robert Lovett 71 of Nelsonville Rt 1 and John H. Smart 52 of Athens County outline their deaths and survivors. Lovett's services set for Saturday at Johnson Funeral Home with burial in Buchtel Cemetery. Smart's funeral Thursday at Nelsonville Pilgrim Holiness Church, Greenlawn Cemetery burial.
At 10 a.m. Friday funeral services will honor Donald Earl Yoho 33 of Dicken Addition who died Sunday. Born in Wheeling West Virginia he was the son of William and Dolly Yoho. He is survived by wife Maude Athens a son Eugene three sisters two brothers five half sisters and multiple in laws. The Rev Alden W Veach will officiate at Leonard Funeral Home with burial in Union Cemetery near Rockbridge.
Funeral services will be held at 2 30 p m Thursday at Defenbaugh Funeral Home Circleville for Robert Cook 79 of Circleville Rt 4 who died Monday in his home after a brief illness He was a farmer born October 16 1884 in Ross County son of James and Joanna Southers Cook Surviving are his wife Alda three sons William R and Ray E both of Tampa Florida and James of Reynoldsburg a stepson Ernest Byers of Stoutsville
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. in the Heinlein Funeral Home for Clarence C. Bowers 79 of 45 S Culver St who died Sunday afternoon in Hocking Valley Hospital Dr R B Wilson officiated and music was by Mrs Mabel Prather Pallbearers were Bill Lehman John Lennon Howard Rolston Wilbur Lanning Rudolph Blosser and A O Eschbacher Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery
Chester Ward, 77, of Hamden and brother of Elmer Ward of Logan Route 2, died Monday after a car crash on Rt. 104 west of Chillicothe. Authorities say he suffered a stroke or heart attack while driving, causing the vehicle to hit a utility pole. He was a retired B and O Rail Road passenger engineer. Survived by two sisters, Goldie Chrisman and Mrs. Harvey Zimmerman. Funeral by Wrightsel Home in McArthur.
The third annual Hide-A-Way Hills Day takes place this Saturday at the vacation resort. Members may invite two guest families for a cookout buffet, dancing, pony rides, exhibitions, and activities including volleyball, swimming, and fishing. The day starts at daybreak with a fishing contest and ends with a poolside dance from 8 to 11 p.m. A supervised children's area runs 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Porterville residents Lt. Dupler and his wife Deanna visit his grandparents at 385 West Main Street after a seven month Far East tour aboard the USS Oriskany. He trained at Miami University and will resume duty in July before entering two years of engineering training in Monterey.
Hocking County and its 12 townships share 28 800 from the second distribution of gasoline excise tax funds with each county getting 20 000 and each township 800. Hocking also gets 3 339 43 from state poor relief funds for April expenditures. Other area allocations include Athens 3 080 12 Perry 3 415 56 Ross 4 608 03 and Vinton 642 96. Fairfield and Pickaway totals not listed.
Logan Lions Club members and guests attended a steak cook out at the Izaak Walton Gun Club on Lake Logan to view a film on modern farming machinery. Cecil Berry chaired the Farmers Night program with a list of attendees including Bill Evans Roy Rieder Richard Bowers Ed Rutgers Raymond Harden Robert Harden Mark Bailey Doug Bailey and Phil Ashcraft. Installation of officers is planned for the next meeting on July 6.
The Rev. Willard Drefke, pastor of St. Matthew Lutheran Church, addressed Logan Kiwanis on Man and the World in Which He Lives. Program chairman was Dr. Roger Grueser. Guests included John Huffman Joe Thackery Ray Lee and Captain Henry Tempel of the Athens Kiwanis Club.
The Rev. William Hardy of England will speak at evangelistic meetings at Union Furnace EUB Church June 22 28 at 7 30 p m nightly. He is superintendent of a mission in Africa and will recount experiences in England Africa and New Orleans with special music each evening. This marks his third visit to Union Furnace.
Deadline for filing receipts and expenditures by local office seekers with the Hocking County election board is 4 p.m. Thursday. Nomination winners who fail to file lose their nomination and may be barred from future elections for defined years. Democrats listed include Stimel and Moore with small amounts. Republicans include Poston Carpenter Marcinko Hansen with larger sums.
There will be 18 acts from Hocking County 4-H Clubs in Thursday's Share the Fun contest at 8 p.m. in the Logan High School auditorium. Admission is free. Dramatic acts include Bear Run Girls Helping Hands Get-To-Gether Summertime Gals Foot Hill Lassies Green Snaps Gibisonville Tigers Rockbridge Buckeyeettes Town and Country Bear Run Boys Sunshine Girls Jolly Hillbillies Hocking Wildlife. Vo cal entries from Wi-Du-Rite Loganettes Logan Lassies and Enterprise Farm ettes Laurel Valley Sons and Daughters perform. No club enters dancing. Judges are Bobbie D. Davis and Mrs. Thomas Brandt. Kenneth Mathias serves as master of ceremonies.
The Goodwill truck will be in Logan Monday for clothing and article donations. Those wishing to contribute should call Mrs. Edna Parker at 923 Third St. EV 5- 4408.
Hocking Soil and Water Conservation Supervisors approved Echo Hills Girl Scout Camp for membership in the district program. A July pasture demonstration and spring development inspection are planned. Attendees included Claude Harsh Joe Hutchins Jim Skinner Lloyd Whisler Wayne Ball and others.
William C. Tremper, 22, of Logan Route 2, was found guilty of assault and battery against his wife Twila. Mayor Jack Moorehead sentenced him to three days in jail and a $50 fine plus costs.
Police cited Gary L. Anderson, 20, of 372 Zanesville Ave., for making unnecessary noise on E Front St at 10 23 p.m. Tuesday. He will appear before Mayor Jack Moore at 7 30 p.m. Thursday.
Judge Harley Meyer orders Ronald E. Underwood of New Plymouth Route 1 to pay Margery Underwood of Fayetteville West Virginia one hundred dollars as expense money for her attorney. Her motion for temporary alimony was continued.
Clarence Allison of Logan Route 2 is named executor of the estate of the late Doris A Turner of Washington Two.
Judge Harley Meyer allows trustees Dick Morgan the Rev D B E Kinkade and James Peoples to mortgage church property on Nickel Plate Road for 15000 dollars to cover new church construction costs.
A. J. Stockmeister Co. of Jackson awarded the plumbing, heating and air conditioning contract for a new half million dollar Ohio Fuel Gas Co. operating center and garage at Sugar Grove. Bid was $149,211. Center sits 12 miles east of Crawford Compressor Station inside Sugar Grove's eastern limit. Construction underway and slated for completion next spring. Building will house district and division offices and motor transportation operations.
The Vacation Bible School at Ebenezer Baptist Church runs June 22 to July 3 at Maxville Elementary. Sessions for ages three to current tenth grade pursue the theme Making Time Count for Christ. Closing program Sunday evening June 5 at the church.
Two men were sent to jail for failing to pay fines and costs from intoxication cases. Ernest Williams, 54, of New Straitsville Rt. 1, and Earnest L. Evans, 66, of Logan Rt. 4, were arrested by city police on Ohio Avenue at 5:25 p.m. Tuesday. Evans has an unpaid fine of 23.70 dollars added to today’s expenses.
Robert L. Buck 20 of Logan Route 3 was fined ten dollars and costs by Mayor Jack Moorehead on Tuesday for failing to maintain an assured clear distance last Saturday. The fine was suspended.
The FDA would cancel certification of 19 antibiotic throat lozenges affecting about 30 products from roughly 11 manufacturers and five distributors. The rule targets antibiotics certified before May 1, 1963, removing interstate sale rights. In Saigon a Viet Cong attack on Due Hoa outpost killed 19 guerrillas and 13 government troops. 36 defenders wounded.
Sterling Hayden was fined 220 and given one year probation after pleading no contest to trespassing during a civil rights protest at a San Francisco automobile agency last March. The judge warned him to refrain from any protests while on probation.
A 12 member committee was named in Columbus to tackle Ohio congressional redistricting after the state gained a 24th seat in 1960. The legislature could not rearrange districts and the extra seat has been elected at large. The Senate also supported minting 45 million new silver dollars in an appropriations bill totaling 6.24 billion dollars for Treasury Post Office and White House offices.
London reports Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home argues Communist China should join the United Nations to help persuade Beijing to renounce force in world affairs and engage with the West diplomatically.
About 200 friends and church members attended a reception for Rev. John Lloyd Evans at the Nelsonville Presbyterian Church social rooms on Sunday afternoon. He was praised for 40 years of service to the Nelsonville Church and the Hocking Valley, with gifts from church groups and the community.
A discharge note from Margaret Sheets thanks Hocking Valley Hospital staff after a 10 day stay. She endorses a new hospital, urges community fundraising, and notes her gratitude for husband Ralph and children Sandra Edna and Scott.
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