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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 03, 1967

Page

10

Area Death Notices Summary of Multiple Ohio Obituaries

Area death notices list several residents including Pomeroy Kroger manager C F Tompkins 64 who died at home after a long illness with services at Ewings Funeral Home and burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Logan. Also Mrs Lucy M Daugherty 86 of St Joseph Missouri a Morgan County native and former army nurse dies in St Joseph hospital with funeral at Fawcett Stone Chesterhill.

Pomeroy C. F. Tompkins Kroger United Methodist Church Drew Webster American Legion Pomeroy Masonic Lodge F & AM Pomeroy Chapter Royal Arch Masons Bosworth Council Royal and Select Masters Ohio Valley Commandery Knights Templar Ruth Spencer Tompkins Cynthia Ann Bayliff Cridersville Joseph Christopher Ohio Northern University Clarice Medley Hockingport Pauline Buchweitz Miami, Fla Eileen Richards Bel‘ore Lester Ewing Funeral Home Cr. Alkire Oak Grove Cemetery Logan Chesterhill Lucy M. Daugherty St. Joseph Morgan County Eli Margaret Darkhurst Daugherty Methodist Church Frank Stockport Fawcett - Stone Funeral Home Merle Platner Chesterhill Cemetery

Firemen Called, No Damage After Trash Fire

Nelsonville firemen responded to a blaze at 525 Popular Street near the Charles Stover residence. The rear garage corner caught fire from a trash fire. neighbors helped extinguish with buckets of water before firefighters arrived, leaving no damage.

Nelsonville Popular St Charles Stover

Ohio Apportionment Amendment Resolution Calls May Ballot

Amended Substitute Senate Joint Resolution No. 12 proposes to amend the Ohio Constitution to establish a new apportionment method for the House and Senate, create an Ohio Bond Commission, set district boundaries, and schedule a special election for May 1967 with procedures identical to statewide elections.

Senate State of Ohio House of Representatives Ohio Bond Commission

Tommy Lee Rutter, 4, dies in Mount St Mary Hospital

Tommy Lee Rutter, four, of Athens County died Sunday afternoon in Mount St Mary Hospital. He was the son of Robert E. and Delores Spears Rutter. He survived by his parents, three brothers Ricky Johnny and David, a sister Carolyn, and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Mayland Spears. Funeral services are Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Van Fossen Funeral Home with Rev Ernest Williams officiating. Burial will be in Hilltop Cemetery, Millfield. Funeral home visitation after 10 a.m. Tuesday.

Point Pleasant Ruth Eleanor van Cooney Oberlin Road Elyria Elyria Memorial Hospital van Cooney Mason County Walter Nellie Riley van Matre Wilbur George Eleanor) Kauff Kenneth Esther) Rhodes Oberlin Naomi Beard Loraine Lawrence Jacqueline) Adams Wilbur Jr Virginia Smith Portage Ind Bethleen Berkley Letart Howard van Matre Ridgeville Harry Lagrange Marion Middleport West Columbia EUB Church Lester Lane Foglesong Funeral Home Athens C. Emeroy Graham St. Petersburg Fla Hughes Joe B. Maffett West Union Street Robert E. and Delores Spears Rutter Ricky Johnny David Carolyn Mayland Spears van Fossen Funeral Home Ernest Williams Hilltop Cemetery Millfield

Pearl Wickline 4 Dies in Blacklick Home Return

Pearl Wickline aged 4 formerly of Racine died Sunday night at his Blacklick home. He is survived by three sons Ralph of West Palm Beach Florida Clarence of Racine Route 2 and Russell of New Matamoras two daughters Mrs Herbert Dailey of Blacklick and Mrs Irene Eaves of Sarasota Florida a sister Mrs Letitia Holman of Saginaw Michigan eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services begin at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Ewing Funeral Home with burial in Letart Falls Cemetery.

Racine Pearl Wickline Blacklick Ralph West Palm Beach Fla Clarence Russell New Matamoras Herbert Dailey Irene Eaves Sarasota Letitia Holman Saginaw Mich Ewing Funeral Home Letart Falls Cemetery

Mrs Campbell joins Avco Broadcasting in Cincinnati

Marian ne Campbell longtime head of WJEH Gal lipolis joins Avco Broadcasting as director of community affairs. President John Murphy notes she will help the group of five TV and six radio stations serve communities. Also details her NAB Ohio Federation BPWC positions and FCC testimony. Birth notice follows: William Adolph II born March 27 at Sheltering Arms Hospital to William H Theisen and Lucy Gillette Theisen. grandparents listed.

Gallipolis Marianne Campbell WJEH Avco Broadcasting Cincinnati Avco John T. Murphy Campbell WLW Radio and Television WLWC Columbus Dayton Indianapolis Texas Ohio National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs Ohio Federation BPWC FCC NAB Commission Chauncey William H. Theisen U. S. Navy Theisen Lucy Gillette Millfield William Adolph II Sheltering Arms Hospital Harold Gillette Athens William Theisen Wade Everett Oscar Simpson

Glouster Meetings Postponed to April 13

The Past Chiefs Club meeting is postponed from Thursday this week to April 13. The Taylor Ridge Ladies Aid Society will meet Thursday at 7 30 p.m. with Mrs Marena Schultz in Jacksonville.

Chiefs Club Taylor Ridge Ladies Aid Society Marena Schultz Jacksonville

Mount St. Mary Hospital Birth Notices

A series of birth notices lists new arrivals at Mount St. Mary Hospital including daughters for Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Kieffer of Murray City and Mr. and Mrs. Randall Hampton of Logan Route 4, and sons for several families such as Mr. and Mrs. Bert Gambill of McArthur Route 2 and others across Nelsonville, Chauncey, Buchtel, Athens, and surrounding areas. The notices name multiple parents and locations, showing a broad townwide set of newborns and family entries.

Pearl Kieffer Murray City Randall Hampton Logan Bert Gambill McArthur Alma Smith Nelsonville Lee Dowler New Marshfield Maxine Davis Tammy Kelly William E. Smith Pearl Donley Glouster Lena R. Wolfe John Sheskey Buchtel William Finnearty Chauncey Osie Howard William Gaskalla Jacksonville Rita Canter Belle Smith Athens Terry K .Bunting Maggie Nahm Terry Brown Lancaster

Markets Gallipolis Prices From Ohio Valley Livestock Sale

Markets Gallipolis Prices From Ohio Valley Livestock Sale list detailed figures for hogs, cattle, veal calves, sheep and lambs. Hogs range 8-18 per hundred, cattle ends 12-28.75, veal tops 36.25, lambs tops 22 with various weights and grades. Includes light hogs, sows, boars, baby beef, milk cows, fat cows, bulls, wethers, stock ewes, and culls.

Gallipolis Ohio Valley Livestock Co

Get Pilot's License Before This Flight

Louisville church bulletin joke claims flight training leads to heaven, satirically urging people to become pilots to reach the afterlife. The light humor references aviation and religious imagery in a church setting.

Louisville

Water vapor blankets the earth across Sahara and beyond

A report notes widespread atmospheric humidity with high water vapor levels spanning far from tropical zones into arid regions including the Sahara, suggesting climate or weather pattern shifts affecting global moisture balance.

Earth Sahara

Local Docket Names Women In Social Registry

A brief society note lists Baby Brenda Oliver, Mrs. Amanda Hook, and Miss Tammy Kelly among names in the community social registry. The items indicate family or hostess circles and upcoming gatherings.

Brenda Oliver Amanda Hook Tammy Kelly

Complex state housing program expanded with revenue bonds

A proposed plan grants the commission broad powers to spend state funds and borrow for housing projects and tax relief. It envisions direct grants, federal loans, and partnerships with subdivisions to aid housing, with a fund to cover real estate taxes for aged and needy residents. Bonds and revenue bonds would be issued, exempt from taxes, backed by state excises and license taxes, subject to annual fiscal safeguards on debt levels.

General Assembly Commission General Revenue Fund Comerion Ohio Com Ohio and Commission Ao County

Vague Ohio Suffrage Phrase From 1967 Referendum

A fragment notes that if the majority of electors voting on the proposed measure held on the first Bweedey after the first Monday May 1967 adopt the same it will be in accord with the Ohio Constitution. The wording is unclear and references a historic constitutional alignment.

General Assembly State of Ohio Paha Ohio Bond Commission Senate

Ohio Secretary certifies amended joint resolution text

Ted W. Brown Secretary issues true copy of Amended Substituteto use Joint Resolution No. 22 filed above sections of the Constitution Columbus March 2, 1967.

Ted W. Brown State of Ohio Secretary of State Columbus

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Lucy Daugherty Mrs Hattie Douglas Hattie Finney Douglas the Plains Beaumont William A Maisie Finney Athens County Lois Houser Springfield Irene Thompson Rose Bertrand Riverside Calif Hugh Finney Ida Davies Jennie William Jr Hughes Funeral Home Agnes Waderker Agnes R. Waderker Marietta Memorial Hospital Calhoun County W. Va Jacob Dora Martin Catlitt George ©. Waderker Hillis Laura Reynolds Garce Jones Eula Colston Parkersburg Barnett Ridge Methodist Church Barnett Ridge Cemetery Faucett Stone Funeral Home Ruth van Cooney Graham Services Perpasuive United States Hay Secorte Treasurer of State House of Representative Supreme Court Ohio Supreme Court of Ohio Supreme Court of the United States Auditor of State Secretary 107Th General Assembly United States OF America State OF Ohio Office OF the Secretary OF State Gene Assembly Tommy Lee Rutter Mount St. Mary Hospital Mrs. Campbell National Association of Broadcasters Board Ohio Association of Broadcasters Association For Daytime Broadcasters Association Radio Code Board American Business Women’s Association Glouster Meetings Stanley Carpenter Gay Johnson Thomas Baker William Nutter Lucille Hubbard Amber Jeffers Thomas Wilson Clyde Duffy Marion Skinner Inez Courtney Sophia LaFollette Ivan Allen Charles Kemper Rodney Poling Helen Ward Tommy Rice Carolyn Warren Vern Dresher
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