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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1968
Page
7
Multiple brief notices report deaths of Hugh L. Garrett in Glouster and Jasper D. Spencer in Corning along with Sylvia Wymer in Chesterhill and Alta Jean Wigal in Cheshire. Obituaries list surviving spouses, children, siblings, and funeral details including locations, times, burial sites, and calling hours. The section also notes veterans status and local church affiliations for several individuals.
Walter B. Matthews 60 of 5 Harris Dr. died unexpectedly Monday at Sheltering Arms Hospital after breathing difficulties. He and wife Opal ran the Sportsman restaurant in Athens since 1939, at two Court Street locations before moving to West Union Street. He was a Navy veteran, Presbyterian, and member of the American Legion and Elks. Survived by wife, son Captain Robert B. Matthews, daughter Debbie Matthews, two grandchildren, and brother Edward Matthews. Funeral arrangements by Hughes and Jagers. burial at West Union Street Cemetery.
Randy Stone 13 of West Columbia was injured when his bike rode onto Route 62 before colliding with a southbound car driven by John Lloyd Black 62 of Huntington. Stone received 13 facial stitches and other injuries. treated at Pleasant Valley Hospital. No charges will be filed.
In markets reported from Cincinnati cattle auction, slaughter steers and heifers moved slowly with declines of 25 to 50 cents, calves at 50 cents, and sows also lower. Steers ranged from 26.00 to 27.00 for 950 to 1,100 pound yield grades 2 to 3, with good grades from 23.00 to 25.50.
The court upheld state power to bar access to sexually explicit magazines by minors while invalidating a Dallas plan to shield children from violent or sexy films as unconstitutionally vague. The rulings test laws restricting minor access to media.
Memorial services for Dr. Richard J. Purdum 45 of 15 Avon Place will be held Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the Church of the Good Shepherd with Rev. William Black officiating. The Ohio University English professor was found dead near East Lansing Michigan and East Lansing coroner door Hoffmeyer ruled suicide by gunshot. Survivors include a sister Mrs. Carl Ganshorn of Detroit. He joined Ohio University in 1957 after degrees from Michigan State University University of Michigan and University of Illinois. He published 36 poems since 1950 and authored two books A Year and a Day and Return of the Native. Arrangements by Hughes Funeral Home.
The Racine emergency squad sent Pauline Wolfe to Veterans Memorial Hospital after a fall left her with a broken leg. Joseph Hood was admitted as a medical patient at Veterans Memorial Hospital from Minersville after a 4 p.m. call. Mrs. Diehl was taken to Holzer Hospital from Harrisonville Road Saturday afternoon. The Middleport squad responded to Chester Wigal near Kyger Creek Power Plant at 7 11 a.m. Sunday for a death due to an apparent heart attack after a prior Holzer Hospital release.
Cpl. John Adkins 24 of Bartlett Washington County was killed in action in Vietnam April 7. Foster son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. McKown, Bartlett. Enlisted 1964, in Vietnam since November 1967 with an artillery division. Survived by foster parents and two sisters Basil Boggs Stockport Route 1 and Mrs Kenneth Bowman Bartlett. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday at Fawcett Stone Funeral Home Chesterhill, burial Bartlett Cemetery. Friends Monday.
A father Dana E. Adrian aged 60 and his son Ronald L. Adrian aged 15 were injured Sunday afternoon on State Route 218 at Mercerville when the motorcycle went over an embankment into a creek. Both were admitted to Holzer Hospital with injuries including a left leg fracture and a concussion. Ernest A. Wright, 64, of Racine also admitted after slipping in a bathroom and sustaining a head injury.
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