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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1957
Page
5
Representatives from West Virginia Ohio and Virginia will meet Public Roads Bureau officials on April 10 to discuss a proposed north south interstate through West Virginia linking Canton Ohio and connecting to another route.
A round and square dance at Wilton North School Friday at 8 p.m. Raises funds for the senior class end-of-year activities. Music by the Raccoon Ramblers. Refreshments will be served.
Virginia officials outline a cross state route using U S 21 from the Ohio line to Charleston and the West Virginia Turnpike from Charleston to Princeton. A short link would connect Princeton into Virginia.
Long list of Bidwell residents visiting family and attending events. Centenary celebration at Westerman Methodist Church noted along with school news, mumps cases, and community gatherings. Multiple visits between Bidwell, Gallipolis, Cottageville, and surrounding towns.
The WSCS met with Mrs. Leota Dicken with twelve present. Plymouth Grange conferred third and fourth degrees on Rev Robert Farrow and Homer Abele. Guests included Mr and Mrs Frank Schmidt of Akron. Mrs Emma Todd and Mrs Leota Dicken attended Dwight Clark's funeral in Carbondale. The Fullers of Columbus and Tommy Geiger of Lancaster visited Mr and Mrs Charles Fuller.
Jailers fear floor beams may need reinforcement as four Heeter brothers totaling 1240 pounds occupy local jails. Joseph William Heeter 8 remains held on two assault warrants. Fred Heeter 39 faces drunk and disorderly charges. Glen Dewitt Heeter 32 charged with intoxication. Avery Oscar Heeter 39 serves a DWI sentence. All are Circleville residents.
Norway maintains four colonies: two in the Arctic, one in Antarctica, and a small Greenland Bouvet Island in the south Atlantic.
London justice Devlin rejects defense appeal to throw out murder indictment against Dr John Bodkin Adams in a murder-for-greed trial. Defense argues prosecution failed to prove the widow Edith Morrell was drugged for her estate. Prosecution medical expert concedes natural death possible.
Ohio February contracts for future construction total $119,465,000, down 26 percent from February 1956. Joseph T. Griffin of the F. W. Dodge Corporation reported the decline and provided the construction news and marketing analysis.
A partial obituary fragment references medications prescribed in the last days of life, mentioning a stroke and narcotics prescribed by Adams. The incomplete text hints at medical details without full context.
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