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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1965
Page
11
Funeral services and death notices from Middleport Reedsville Glouster Nelsonville Logan Athens and Nelsonville detail service times burial locations and survivors. Margaret Sansbury Dawes Torrence Cora Oliver Coral Boudinot Merle Simmons George Edwards Harry Dye and Don Johnson are among the named deceased with church affiliations cemeteries and funeral homes listed.
James E Betts 32 of Rocky River was elected presiding chairman of the Ohio League of Young Republican Clubs at the convention of delegates in Cincinnati. He is the grandson of Mr and Mrs Frank Betts and son of the late Ralph and Philena Nelson Betts. Ralph Betts was a teacher and school executive in Ohio.
Logan Hocking County Engineer Clyde Underwood told commissioners on Thursday that the department’s activities influenced the establishment of a planning commission. The report notes the office’s role alongside other factors in forming the new body.
Pvt David W Storts son of Mr and Mrs Leonard M Kneece Laurelville Route 1 finished eight weeks of military police training at the Army Training Center Fort Gordon Ga The 21 year old soldier entered the Army in March 1965 and is a 1961 graduate of Laurelville High School He was employed by Anchor Hocking Glass Co Lancaster before entering the Army.
George S. Ashworth, 59, of Walnut Township, died suddenly at home of a heart attack. An Allied Chemical Co. engineer, he belonged to the Masonic Lodge of Patriot and the Cadmus Grange. Survived by wife Edna Privette, two daughters, a son, siblings, and six grandchildren. Funeral 10 a.m. Sunday at Miller funeral home with Masonic services Saturday evening. Burial in Medway Cemetery.
Joshua M Sowers 81 Malta Route 1 died at 3 33 am Friday Good Samaritan Hospital Zanesville Born Oct 3 1883 Zaleski son of Frank and Mary Rhodes Sowers Married Neva Brown Nov 29 1916 Retired coal miner and Holiness Church member Survived by wife two daughters Margaret Price Spencer WV Dorothy Jago Malta Route 1 six grandchildren four great grandchildren two brothers Tom and Warren Sowers Nelsonville Route 2 three sisters Hazel Niestoerkel North Port Charlotte Florida Martha Dagu Marian Nidy California Burial in Asbury at funeral home after 10 am Saturday with burial at Asbury funeral home reads like a wedding notice buried in a county report and lists several local road projects and budget figures without clear relation to the obituary information
Gale McNamee of the 21st Artillery Group stationed at Ansbach Germany visits Nelsonville with his brother Dale and other local relatives. He is completing 23 years of service in the United States Military Forces.
Hospital notes list admissions including Miss Karen L Wolfe of Murray City Mrs Bertha McDonald of McArthur Route 2 Mrs Ilia Burgess of Buchtel Jason Hanning of Nelsonville Miss Kelsey Hanning of Nelsonville Mrs Mary B Ginnan of Gloucester Miss Elizabeth Maffin of Nelsonville Route 1 Mrs Sandra Crabtree of Hemlock Mrs Judy Cozad of Logan Route 1 Mrs Frederick Meyer and son of Logan Lucille Verity of Gloucester Route 3 John Coffman of Nelsonville Miss Beverly Johnson of Nelsonville Route 1 Johnny Specht of Logan Michael Specht of Logan Mrs June Antle of Chauncey Mrs Grace Campbell of Haydenville Virgil Murray of Shawnee Mrs Frances Baker of Athens.
Logan Clay Products Co. announced a union election will be held next Tuesday after the National Labor Relations Board ordered a new vote. The 1964 ballot had 214 eligible voters with 72 in favor of the United Brick and Clay Workers and 130 against. objections were raised but dismissed, except for a pre election speech cited as interference, prompting the new election set for Aug. 10.
Logan William L. Melvin, Hocking County 4 H extension agent, says testing and vaccinating livestock for the county fair will run August 16 through 18. Dairy, beef, sheep, and swine projects will be visited by the vet and agent. testing costs are covered by the fair board. If animals aren’t penned, exhibitor pays for a possible second trip. The entire sheep flock should be penned.
Commissioners held a brief meeting Thursday with Grant Malone county anti poverty program director and Donald Benson of the Ohio University Institute for Regional Development. They discussed possible county programs and engineer Clyde Underwood offered to assist in setting up projects accompanied by staff members David Rumsey and John Plumber.
Army Sgt. Davie L. Hinerman from Union Furnace is in a field training exercise in Germany ending Aug. 16. He serves as a tank commander with Company C of the 3d Battalion 3d Armored Division near Friedberg. Hinerman entered the Army in 1960, previously stationed at Fort Knox, and attended Logan High School. His wife Eva accompanies him in Germany.
Logan resident William Frederick Mowery age 20 was cited for improper backing after backing from a private drive into a truck driven by 43 year old Herman Bernard Thrush on Route 33 north of Route 664. Mowery is to appear in Hocking County Court August 14.
Michael Molchan administrator of John L. Altman’s estate files a Probate Court petition to sell Lot 149 in Jacksonville village Athens County Ohio to pay debts. Defendants named include Loraine Linn Van Maier Altman James Altman Donald Altman and unknown heirs and administrators. Answer due by September 13 1965.
The Furnaceettes 4-H Club hosted a mother and daughter party recently. The event featured games, refreshments, and shared activities to strengthen family involvement in the club's program.
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