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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1977
Page
7
Ohio Bell introduces a measured service system for business lines in Murray City and Nelsonville. Starting Aug 27 and 28, measured lines include a base rate of 13.05 dollars with 80 outgoing calls, nine cents per extra call, and long distance calls excluded from the total.
Fifty-one wood chairs valued at about 1785 were reported stolen from a church between July 24 and Saturday. Lois Galent of Monday Carbon Hill Road filed the report with the Hocking County Sheriff.
Al Anon meets at 8 p m in the Church of the Good Shepherd lounge for those concerned about a drinking problem. Lodh Grange 2430 plans a fair booth program and refreshments at 8 p m. Glouster Boy Scouts meet 6 p m at the Scout Building. других events follow at various venues including VFW, Rebekah Lodge, Masonic Temple and community halls with times from 7 to 8 p m and special activities such as Eagle Court of Awards for Richard Whealey and church cleanup at Shade United Methodist Women at 10 a m.
Southeast Ohio forecast shows partly cloudy to fair conditions with highs in the mid 80s, chances of thundershowers Wednesday, and a few showers Friday or Saturday. Lake Erie winds 10 to 20 knots today, 10 to 15 tonight, water 73 degrees. Drying and harvest notes indicate good drying today, with showers possible later in the week.
Nelsonville United Methodist Youth Fellowship sponsors a Saturday auction and bake sale at the United Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Proceeds fund a 20 passenger AORTA bus for church activities and trips. Led by Mrs. Lissa Riley, the group has worked about a year on the project with Rev. Wendall Stutler noting it will aid transportation to services for those with no other means.
Thieves prowled Logan overnight entering Luigi's Pizza at 144 E Main St by prying the rear door and forcing the cash register, stealing 216 dollars. A patrolman found the break in at about 6 am and burglar tools were left behind. At East Elementary School 501 E Main St intruders breached a basement window and entered the principal's office taking a hand microphone.
Logan Selma Forsythe reports a break in at her garage on Sunday night. Freda Lappen says two antique white iron ice cream parlor chairs are missing from her back porch last seen Friday.
A string of court notices lists defendants including Robert V. Cassells Nelsonville Route 2 for unsafe vehicle with $15 fine, Pamela S Daugherty Athens for improper passing with $20, Philip A. Miller drunken driving with $150 fine and 30 day license suspension plus treatment, Michael D. Konoff Toledo drunken driving with $150 and 15 days jail plus driving suspension, Dennis E. Hammond Logan Route 3 reckless operation with Park Ranger $35, Ronald L. Huffines Tannehill Logan speeding with $15, Paul T Wilkes Haydenville speeding with $25, Robert E Boggs New Marshfield Route 1 speeding with $15, Hershel Buckner Jr Dicken Addition assault with innocent finding, Thomas Johnston 640 E Second St $1,000 bond on assault with Aug 29 hearing, Paul Smathers Nelsonville Route 1 menacing with $300 bond for Aug 31 hearing.
List of local cases including Nelsonville mayoral reference, driving while intoxicated and reckless operation charges, improper passing and starting, no operator license, disorderly conduct, criminal damaging, assault charges and dismissals with fines from 10 to 335 dollars, with restitution conditions and dropped charges. Associated names include Ralph Koker Brent Wolfe David Gambrel Steven Huddy Chester McKnight Donald Stobart William Maffin Roxie Kuhn and others across Nelsonville Lake Hope Dr Route 1 and 134 E Franklin St locations.
Firefighters battled a mobile home owned by Jessie Caldwell on Route 56 near Coonville after a gas tank exploded during a blaze. Nelsonville firefighters said the fire was out of control with no cause listed. In other news the Farmer's Home Administration will skip Athens County office hours on August 3 for an out-of-town meeting.
A list of admissions and discharges shows multiple families from Glouster Athens McArthur Nelsonville and surrounding communities. Entries include births of a son to Mr and Mrs Joe Rutter and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Arthur Hanson with others admitted or dismissed across local towns.
A memorial notice lists Veterans Memorial honorees and participants from multiple towns. The record names Eugene Young Julia Spencer Barbara Grover Lawrence Douglas Barbara Spaun Racine Juanita Chapman Martha Roush Millard Ball Harold McGrath Nellie Russell Allen Swartz and notes others including Clarence Adams Doris Holley Wayne Hubbard Wayne Powell Lillie Adams Pat Teasley William Haley Joyce Klein Betty Eynon Ann Carswell Thiry Millican Jeffrey Lewis Richard Connolly II Florence Heilman.
A list of residents from Pleasant Valley includes Mrs. David Stewart and son, Mrs. Herman Adams, Shannon Craig, Richard Seagraves, Mrs. Donald Nott and son, Mrs. Roy Meadows, John Litchfield, Eunice Hesson, Mrs. Barly Geiger, Harvey Thevmin, Mrs. Larry Myers, Mrs. Curtis Hunt, Beulah Porter, Raymond Leiving, Mrs. Janet Capehart, William Capehart, Edythe Rogers, Robert Hatfield, Mrs. Richard Richmond, Mrs. Michael Jones and daughter, Eunice Beller, Elizabeth Jeffers, Mrs. Howard Roush, Paul Bush and Mrs. Paul Grimm.
Mrs. Jane Holbert is a patient listed for surgery at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus Ohio.
Nelsonville city again received no bids for a new police cruiser. Advertisements set bid opening for Monday but area agencies did not bid. Auditor Nancy Kern says the city must re advertise after a second failed attempt. Bids previously sought a 1977 model, but dealers shifted to 1978 models.
Four ConRail freight cars derailed Monday afternoon near the tunnel at Dyesville in Meigs County. Two empty cars and two loaded with rock salt left the rails. No injuries reported. Cause unknown. second derailment in a week on ConRail’s main line through Meigs County.
Glouster residents Mrs Sybil Kurtzman and grandchildren Stacy and Michelle Parker spent ten days with Mr and Mrs Eugene Dunn and their sons at a Brookville Manor Park trailer home. The Dunns accompanied the trio home for the weekend. Stephen Phillips, visiting his grandmother Mrs Dorothy Vernon, toured the area and noted his Guam posting prior to a new assignment at Eglin Air Force Base.
Emergency crews responded Monday through Sunday to a series of traffic accidents and injuries across towns including Athens Chesterhill Cutler Mason Clifton Middleport and Rutland. Victims were transported to O'Bleness Pleasant Valley Veterans Memorial Holzer and local facilities with incidents noting ages addresses and times.
This notice collects obituaries and death notices from Albany Etna Green Point Pleasant Nelsonville Indio Cleveland Athens and nearby areas. Individuals named include Maggie B Chaney Louise Pickens Helen Sabo Kay Meeks Teresa Janie Roberts Kenneth Ferrell Peter McKinley Roberta Craft Prokop Clyde Gabriel and Clyde Gabriel with details on families clubs churches and funeral arrangements. Funeral services are planned for several in the coming days with call times and burial sites listed.
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