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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1972
Page
6
Michael Louis Warner, 23, of Lancaster, held on $60,000 bond after arrest on parole violation and charged with armed robbery, car theft, kidnapping and assault with intent to kill in the March 22 Stop N Go market robbery in Athens. Police seek Warner's partner in the Columbus area.
An Ohio University Army ROTC unit earned second place and 679 points at a First Regimental Drill Meet held at Lockbourne Air Force Base in Columbus. The Black Dragon Exhibition Drill Team of Company F Pershing Rifles, eight members led by Robert Bell, trails the University of Dayton by one point and will drill at Penn State on April 15 and at OU on April 29 for exhibitions. The Bird Arena event runs 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and is open to the public.
Public notices record two ordinances from March 24 1972 authorizing the citys Service Safety Director to advertise for bids on West State Street Park lighting and to contract with Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric for five year street lighting with specified rates and terms. The measures include emergency and payment provisions, maintenance, outages, and authority to add lights within set limits.
FT MYERS Florida Harry O Atkins 84 of 4010 Edgewood Ave died Friday at Ft Myers Lee Memorial Hospital He founded and operated the Athens Chick Hatchery before moving to Florida Surviving wife Ola two daughters and a son seven grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren Services and burial were conducted in Ft Myers Point Pleasant West Virginia Albert L Pete Neale 84 of Main Street died Monday at Cabell Huntington Hospital A retired farmer and former bank employee He was a member of Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church Services will be Thursday at 2 pm at Crow Hassell Funeral Home Burial Lone Oak Cemetery Friends may call after 4 pm Wednesday Pomeroy Mrs Bess Weed died Monday in Holzer Medical Center Gallipolis She operated A D Weed and Son Wholesale Grocery in Pomeroy Arrangements by Ewing Funeral Home Athens Verna Hixon 86 of 30 S Congress St died Monday in Galion Daughter of Imlah and Sarepta Miller Member of First United Methodist Church Athens Affiliated with Athens Chapter 175 O E S the Social Literary Club and Athens Country Club Ohio University graduate Husband Dr Peter Hixon predeceased along with infant sister and brother Earl Surviving son Edward of Galion three grandchildren and four great grandchildren Funeral Thursday at 10 30 am at Jagers and Sons Funeral Home Burial West Union Street Cemetery. funeral home after Wednesday noon
Kathryn Marie Hunter 19 months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter E Hunter of Athens Route 3 died Monday night at Children's Hospital Columbus after three months illness. Survived by two half brothers Robert and James Young and a half sister Tammy Young all Athens Route 3. paternal grandparents Dewey and Mrs. Hunter Athens Route 3. maternal grandmother Mrs Kathryn Britton Stewart Route 1. Funeral Thursday at 1 pm Hughes Funeral Home pastor Herbert C Morgan with burial at Hilltop funeral home after 3 pm.
William Henry Thuener of Syracuse died Monday at Doctors Hospital Huntington at 63. He led Syracuse as mayor for 10 years and worked at Landmark Service Station. Survivors include wife Sadie, daughter Margaret Lehew, sisters Hilda Armstrong Ella Bruestle Mildred Juzzi, and four grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 1 p.m. at Ewing Funeral Home with Rev. Forrest Donley.
Norman E Frederick 56 of Long Bottom died Monday at Holzer Medical Center Gallipolis after a long illness He worked at Betsy Ross Bakery Middleport for 20 years Survived by Goldie Biggs Frederick two sons Jerry Middleport Jack Long Bottom mother Hattie Frederick Long Bottom and two grandchildren Jacqueline Lynn Cylinda Levia Frederick Funeral Thursday 1 pm Ewing Funeral Home Rev Robert Card burial Chester Cemetery
Hearings on sewer water assessment protests in The Plains are rescheduled to May 15 in Probate Court before Judge Harold Rose. Property owners, aided by attorneys Lawrence Worstell and Charles David Frey, challenge proposed assessments for the Athens County project estimated at 2.116 million dollars to be completed in 1974.
Grass and woods burned Monday on Barton Hall Cook Lease land off Township Road 350 in Green Two. Fire caused by heating oil tanks igniting grass. Logan Fire Department responded at 5:47 p.m. with no major damage reported. Herbert Wandling, 52, Nitro WV, held in Mason County jail for Putnam County authorities over death of a man and woman near Winfield. Kenneth B Sheets, 33, and Betsy Sheets, 31 Crown City, posted bonds of 41.80 each in Gallipolis Municipal Court on assault and battery charges.
Meigs County Sheriff reports a one car crash on Route 7 south of County Road 28 near Pomeroy. Billy Joe Humphrey age 33 of Coolville backed from a driveway at Lewis Williams home, drove into a creek and landed upside down. He complained of injury but was not treated. The vehicle caught fire but fire department was not called. The car was taken to Pomeroy Motor Co.
The Ohio University Brass and Woodwind Quintets plan a joint concert on Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Recital Hall, School of Music. Bach Wilder Dillon Diercks Hindemith Mayer works will be performed with Ernest Bastin Steven Catantropio Joseph Thayer Reginald Fink Robert Smith Kay Borkowski Adram Ganam David Lewis William Brophy Harold Robison listed as ensemble members and Al Romero assisting on percussion.
Kenneth Neville Barnett 31 Langsville Route 1 is jailed in Gallia County on a State Patrol affidavit alleging he permitted an unlicensed driver to operate a vehicle. He faces a trespass charge from an August 1971 incident on private property and will appear in Municipal Court Wednesday. Sheriff Denver Walker also jailed Howard Call Crown City Route 2 for intoxication and disorderly conduct.
Athens County reports 19,108 registered voters as of an early count for the Ohio primary on May 2. Director William Howe notes typical primaries see 50 to 60 percent turnout, with breakdowns showing Athens city 6,829 Nelsonville 2,002 and surrounding areas totaling 8,803 in the city and 8,303 in townships and York.
About 1,500 children searched the Athens County Fairgrounds for 2,500 hidden eggs Saturday. Special prizes were awarded to several winners across preschool through middle school groups. Police report Jim Harris of Middleport was arrested by Pomeroy police on assault and battery charges.
Paul F. Ploutz of Athens elected vice president of the Kootaga Area Council Boy Scouts of America. An Eagle Scout and Ohio University elementary education professor, he will help administer the 9/2 counties and serve on the executive board. He resides in Clearview Heights with his wife and six year old daughter.
Athens County voters missing the May 2 primary may apply for absentee ballots. Applications accepted at the elections office until 4 p.m. April 27, with armed forces extended to April 29. Mailed apps after deadlines not opened. Ballots prepared or mailed must arrive by May 2.
Two OHIO University students were hospitalized after separate crashes. Lars Sutton 22 of 34 N McKinley Ave suffered forehead lacerations and leg bruises when his pickup sideswiped a car driven by Charyl Yanes 22 of Albany on Route 50 east of Route 143. Sutton’s truck overturned after the impact. Robert Hecker 21 of Athens Route 2 sustained numerous cuts and scratches when his motorcycle toppled on Route 33 north of Shade as the kickstand struck the pavement. Barbara Williams 21 of Athens Apartments received a citation for failing to yield on County Road 83 after a frontal collision with Suzanne Parmiter 18 of Athens Route 4 on a sharp curve south of the Athens city line.
Athens County deputies hold a 15-year-old suspect linked to a burglary at Vaughn Gwilym's Nelsonville Route 2 home. The resident found cash, a dead tractor battery, and signs of forced entry after neighbors reported a youth seen near the house around 1 30 p.m. Monday.
Gasoline smell reported by owner Jessie R. Jans preceded a fire under the hood of a 1967 car on Harmony Road near S Canaan Road. Richland fire crews noted engine and wiring damage with an estimated 250 dollars in losses. Nearby Athens Apartments trash fire required a booster line but caused no damage.
Athens police arrested Ronald Beruta of Phillipsburg New Jersey and Benjamin Van Wye of Athens for marijuana possession. Both were jailed in lieu of $500 bond after seeking time to obtain lawyers and will be arraigned Friday.
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