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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1968
Page
3
Area death notices report multiple obituaries from Point Pleasant Kanauga Chester Gallipolis Athens Cleveland Haydenville Gallipolis and Vinton. Names include Charles Q Wilson Frank Gaul Stella Fulton Mary A Dorst Hoffman James Earl Franklin and George Walker Spencer with survivors and funeral details listed.
The 19th annual Steinmetz Reunion, started by Pete and Lizzie Steinmetz’s children, honored their aunt Rose Bolton of Newark aged 87. The event drew 113 guests with a Newark trio Don Lewis and the Moonshiners providing country and religious music.
Goldie Hill seeks divorce from Andrew Hill on extreme cruelty with hearing set after Sept 6 1968. Gary Lee Dowler petitions for divorce from Janine Dowler with hearing after Sept 3 1968. Carolyn Sikorski files for divorce custody and relief from Donald Sikorski with hearing after Aug 4 1968.
Baseball and league results from the International League and Pacific Coast League with scores for both Saturday and Sunday matchups. Key outcomes include Buffalo at Louisville 4 2 and Syracuse 6 Richmond 3 with Rochester 6 Jacksonville 3 on Sunday in the IL, plus Portland 5 0 and Denver 6 San Diego 3 in the PCL.
A New Straitsville motorcyclist James M. Love, 30, is treated for a fractured skull a, broken collarbone and concussion after a Route 93 U turn crash near Route 668. Deputies report he was showing his brother in law how to shift gears when the accident occurred.
Robert Wayne Lambert 25 of Syracuse died Sunday from electrocution at Foote Mineral Company's Gra ham Station plant in Point Pleasant. He was dead on arrival at Pleasant Valley Hospital at 10 a.m. Burial set at Letart Cemetery after services at Syracuse Nazarene Church.
In Carbon Hill the Wilkenson Service Station lost $25 in dimes and nickels after thieves ripped a screen from a door between 11 p.m. Sunday and 8:15 a.m. Monday. A separate Logan report notes Charles Waldie, 55, New Straitsville, fined $150 and costs plus three days in jail for driving while intoxicated with 30 day license suspension.
IAM and AW officials report Lockheed Georgia employees at Logan and Marietta plants voted heavily for a new three year contract. The agreement is retroactive to July 24 with wage increases, and July 27 group insurance changes take effect August 1.
New Haven Town Council met with Mayor Thomas Grinstead and six members present except Arthur Thabet. The panel discussed sewer plant work and bid opening dates for street paving on Fourth First Mill Howard Joan Capehart Layne Butler. They voted to leave the West Virginia League of Municipalities and to require town licenses for any profitable town business. Meetings set for the second and fourth Mondays at 8 p.m.
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