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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1977

Page

8

Athens Municipal Court Docket Highlights Fines and Felonies

A detailed list shows multiple defendants across Athens and surrounding counties facing fines, bonds, and jail time. Notable entries include traffic violations, marijuana possession, disorderly conduct, contempt of court, theft, and drunken driving with varied penalties and restitution orders.

Charles P Fields Nelsonville Sheriff Michael R Wilson Carriage Hill Edward Strausbaugh Glouster Thomas Fincher Wanda Mains

Southeast Ohio Forecast Sees Rain Likely Tonight and Saturday

The Ohio forecast notes scattered rain and thundershowers across Southeast Ohio tonight and Saturday with a 70 percent chance of precipitation. Highs near 80, lows around 70, and a general chance of showers Sunday through Tuesday.Weather data from Ohio University and Mrs. C L Colmer. Northern areas may dry briefly later today. Field operations report wet soils and slow drying periods ahead for crops.

Ohio University Geography Department C. L. Colmer U.S Ohio

Cleaner Pound Ordered by Meigs County Officials

At the regular Meigs County Commissioners meeting Keith Wood dog warden was urged to keep the pound cleaner and avoid confining dogs during the county fair week. The board accepted a $2,757.68 bid from Pomeroy Cement Block Co. for 40 feet of six inch pipe. scrap steel bid from James Bailey was $20. The matter was tabled pending State examiner approval.

Pomeroy Meigs Keith Wood Pomeroy Cement Block Co James Bailey

Hospital Notes Births and Admitted Patients List

A series of hospital notes records births and admissions. Names include Mr and Mrs Charles Matheny of Chauncey with a son, Mr and Mrs Paul Fraley with a daughter, Mr and Mrs John Jeffries of Wellston with a son, and numerous patients from Athens and surrounding towns such as JoAnn Rose Jacqueline Robinette Richard Phillips Vinnie Roberts Glouster Julia Johnson Donna Jones Albany Thomas Riley Chauncey Sandra Graton The Plains Frances Bullock Jacksonville Mrs Darrell Wykle Logar Michael Mansfield and many others.

Charles Matheny Chauncey Paul Fraley McArthur John Jeffries Wellston Orville Stover Harold Todd Mary Parsons William Mickle Susan Lawrence Leanne Llewellyn Athens JoAnn Rose Jacqueline Robinette Nelsonville Richard Phillips Vinnie Roberts Glouster Julia Johnson Donna Jones Albany Thomas Riley Sandra Grafton the Plains Frances Bullock Jacksonville Darrell Wykle Logar

Pleasant Valley Admitted Names From Pomeroy and Other Towns

A list of residents from Pleasant Valley and nearby towns including Pomeroy, Gallipolis, Wellston, and Long Bottom is named in admission notes. Individuals named include Mrs Robert Fisher Shanon Craig Mrs Richard Richmond and son, Mrs Douglas Beam and daughter Gordon Hanley Mary McCoy Willis Gibbs Randall Neal David Garns Patricia Hill Marvin Burt Ethel Hassler Edith Woolard Hollie Starcher Paul Fraley Hazel Congo Hazel Philips Debra Grady Jerry Jacks Jr Kathryn Eblin Glen nie Little Kay Frecker James Sellers Minnie Johnson Virgil Yarbough Janett Slavern Lori Brownie Catherin Roach Carol Coleman Linda Tennant.

Robert Fisher Shanon Craig Richard Richmond Douglas Beam Gordon Hanley Mary McCoy Willis Gibbs Randall Neal David Garns Patricia Hill Marvin Burt Ethel Hassler Edith Woolard Hollie Starcher All of Jerry Jacks Jr Kathryn Eblin Glennie Little Kay Frecker James Sellers Minnie Johnson Virgil Yarbough Janett Slavern Lori Brownie Catherin Roach Carol Coleman Linda Tennant

Mount St. Mary Admits and Dismissals List

Mount St. Mary admitted Miss Ethel Zarley from Glouster and Richard Hogg from Point Pleasant New W Va. Also admitted Mrs Mary France Mrs Mary Klinebriel and Mrs Emma Conner from Nelsonville. Dismissed were Russell Cunningham Gilbert Cavanaugh Thomas Largent Jeff Diehl Mark Alvis and Mrs Olive Loper.

Ethel Zarley Glouster Richard Hogg Point Pleasant W Va Mary France Mary Klinebriel Emma Conner Nesonville Russell Cunningham Gilbert Cavanaugh Thomas Largent Jeff Diehl Mark Alvis Olive Loper

Hospital Patient List From Columbus University Hospital

Louis Taulbee Jr of Rockbridge and Mrs Mary Kimble of Logan join Mrs Roy Primmer Mrs Helen Smith and Thomas Yeager in University Hospital Columbus. Patient Hazel Ely of Mineral is admitted with room 531 North 5th Floor 410 W 10th St.

Louis Taulbee Jr Rockbridge Mary Kimble Logan Roy Primmer Helen Smith Thomas Yeager Hazel Ely Mineral University Hospital, Columbus 10Th St

Ohio Firms Consolidate Into Coastal States Corp

A list of varied Ohio based companies including Buckeye Fed S&L, Cardinal Fund, Celina Financial, Galveston Houston, Nationwide Corp and others shows a trend toward consolidation into a larger Coastal States Corp structure. The document references interdealer exchanges and corporate names such as Hoosier Engineering, Celina Financial and Schottenstein among many others.

Acceleration Corp. Banc Ohio Corp Beasley and Berkley Bio Eng Beverage Mang Big Drum Bob Evans Farm Buckeyelin Broughton Food Co Buckeye Fed S&l Cardinal Fund Celina Financial Columbia Nat'l. Corp Coastal States Corp. Communication Prop Compu Serv Dayton Malleable Dinner Bell Foods Farmers New World First Banc Corp Funtime Inc. Financial Ind. Corp Galveston Houston Greater Onio Corp Homewood Corp Hoover Corp Hunt. Bancshares Hoosier Engineering Jaeger Machine Co Lancaster Coton Limited Stores Liqui Box Nat'l. Mobile Concre Nationwide Corp. Nationwide R.E. Inv No. Amer

Firemen Strike Sparks Dayton Fire Loss and Debate

In Dayton, Grace Grether watched her four unit building burn as 59 hours of firemen strike left as many as 20 buildings gutted and nearly 30 homeless. The city faced budget notes while unions weighed further action and police considered possible walkouts amid pay raises and arbitration talks.

Dayton Ohio Grace Grether

Logan Woman Injured In Route 664 Crash

A Logan woman, Dorothy Hoffman 50, was injured when her car left Route 664 during heavy rain near Hocking Valley Community Hospital. She was admitted after EMS transported her. cited for no operator license. Two other vehicle incidents left John W. Wallace 33 injured on Route 33 after steering failure and Dianna Gaye Schorr 21 injured on Walnut Dowler Road after a plunge into an embankment.

Logan Hocking Valley Community Hospital Dorothy Hoffman Gallagher Ave Wallace Hocking Valley Dianna Gaye Schorr Walnut-Dowler Road Larimer Road

Meigs Man Kenneth Mays Charged With Criminal Trespass

Kenneth L Mays 19 of Reedsville entered Tuppers Plains School Thursday night to satisfy curiosity. Deputies say he pried the door and was found nearby after admitting he had not been there in over four years. No property missing. He was charged with criminal trespassing.

Pomeroy Kenneth L Mays Reedsville Tuppers Plains Meigs County Sheriff's Sheriff's Department Mays

Emergency runs in several towns report

Athens fire squad logged calls Thursday night with Clarence Riley 52 and William Mickle 82 refusing aid at O'Bleness Hospital after suspected strokes. Middleport squad sent Corbet Manley to Holzer Medical Center. Pomeroy squad treated Gladys Blessing for an incident on Mason Street.

Athens Clarence Riley W. Washington St. Apt William Mickle Fort St O'Bleness Middleport Corbet Manley Hobison Road Holzer Medical Center

Paramedic Vehicle Burglary Near Coolville Reported

A SECEMS paramedic had a purse and pager stolen from her car on Route 50E near Coolville while responding to a traffic accident. Debbie Ford reported $430 total value missing. $30 cash and a $400 pager. A separate theft involved a $100 radio from a tractor owned by Frank Goebel near Carthage Two Road 120 in Coolville Route 2.

Secems Coolville Debbie Ford Athens County Sheriff's Department Frank Goebel Carthage

Area death notices from Point Pleasant and Rutland

Clara Thomas Blessing 68 of 2903 Jackson Ave Point Pleasant died at Holzer Medical Center after an extended illness. Survived by husband Gordon daughter Nellie Olwine son Robert six sisters two brothers and two grandsons. Services Sunday 3 pm Wilcoxen Funeral Home burial Suncrest Cemetery. Rutland Francis Homer Rathburn 62 of 278 Ash St died at Holzer Medical Center after extended illness. Survived by three sons a daughter former wife Dorothy Rathburn seven grandchildren two brothers sister burial Nelson Cemetery. Everett H Sayre 81 of Ohio River Valley Road Point Pleasant died Thursday at Pleasant Valley Hospital after a short illness. Retired from NY Central Railroad former Mason County assessor and deputy sheriff. Survived by wife May Chattin Sayre daughter Maxine Lowe son Glen seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Services Saturday 2 pm with Rev George Houscher and Rev Herman L Hayes burial Lone Oak Cemetery. Friends may call funeral home tonight 7 to 9.

Point Pleasant Clara Thomas Blessing Jackson Ave Holzer Medical Center John R Nellie Pullin Thomas Good Shepherd United Methodist Church Gordon Nellie Olwine Grand Junction Colo Robert Mentor Ohio Ethel Wartenburg Eunice Johnson Virginia Siikas Juanita Gardner Pauline Beegle Leon Delmer Palmer Chesapeake Carl E Franklin Thomas Wilcoxen John Butterback Thomas Malcolm Suncrest Cemetery Rutland Francis Homer Rathburn Ash St Gallia County Jonas H Olive Bethel Rathburn Richard Eugene Middleport Raymond Elmont Ronald Everett Columbus Earl Rita) Casebolt Dorothy Wise Rathburn James H Cecil E Orland Almeda) Hurst Athens Fredrick Francis Forrest S Paul E Bertha Forest Alma Durst Walker Funeral Home Cecil Wise Nelson Cemetery Everett H. Sayre Ohio River Valley Road Pleasant Valley Hospital Ripley W. Va Abe Sally Harpold Sayre Mason County New York Central Railroad Brotherhood Railroad May Chattin Sayre Maxine Lowe Glen George Houscher Herman L. Hayes Lone Oak

Death of Alexander M. Ervin at 81 in Wellston

Alexander Melvin Ervin 81 of Wellston Route 3 died after a long illness at his residence. He was a Jackson County native World War I veteran painter and American Legion member survived by nieces nephews and cousins his wife Lelia M. Ervin 1972 nine brothers and two sisters. Services Sunday 2 p.m. Wellston Chapel James N Blower Funeral Home graveside Monday 2 p.m. Greenlawn Memorial Park Akron friends may call after 7 p.m. Saturday.

Wellston Alexander Melvin Ervin Jackson County William and Besta Melvin Ervin American Legion Lelia M James N. Blower Greenlawn Memorial Park Akron

Blood Drive Draws 168 Donors at Red Cross Event

Logan reports a Red Cross Bloodmobile day drawing 168 participants including 22 first time donors. 155 pints collected after 11 were rejected for health reasons and two for lab sample issues. Donor pins were awarded with notable nine gallon and several four to one gallon recognitions.

Logan Red Cross Bloodmobile Charles L. Smith James Bartow Jerry M. Connor Donald Taylor Charles Bicknell Roger Hosler Judith Lanning Joane Baker Stephen Engle Doris Conner Charles Mitchell Mark Huffman Jean Kennard Ruth Forrester Clarence Wright Anthony Moscato Conrad O. Diehm Selma Phillips

92 Alarms Answered by Wellston Unit in June

The Wellston unit of Southeast Ohio answered 92 emergency calls in June bringing the yearly total to 476. Of the 476 this year 147 were injury related and 329 were illness related.

Wellston Southeast Ohio Emergency Medical Service

Land Use Comments Welcomed in Rural Southeast Ohio Plan

Buckeye Hills Hocking Valley Regional Development District prepares an area wide land use element titled Practices Programs and Policies of Land Use in Rural Southeastern Ohio. The district invites comments from county commissioners township associations and planning commissions with copies available at the county offices.

Ohio Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley Bh-Hvrdd General Policy Council County Commissioner's Office

Students To Aid Drive In Wellston Sunday

Wellston High School students from the Student Council will canvass the city Sunday for the American Cancer Society. A spokesman said the fund drive is late this year due to a worker shortage but is needed to meet budgetary needs.

Wellston American Cancer Society Cancer Society Jackson County Cancer Fund Jackson County Jackson Route 9 Hibert Winters

Wounded Man Walks Mile For Help

A Columbus man, Stephen R Saunders, 29, shot himself in the chest and walked about a mile to seek help Thursday afternoon. Deputies say the self-inflicted wound was for personal safety, and Saunders was taken to Hocking Valley Community Hospital for treatment.

Logan Columbus Hocking County

Girl Injured As Car Hits Wishing Well

A Buchtel girl, 15, was injured when a car driven by Marvin J. Campbell left Sylvania Avenue and struck an ornamental wishing well in a residence yard. She was treated for a scalp laceration and released. Campbell was cited for reckless operation. The other item lists Mason County Fair final day schedule with events and times.

Nelsonville Buchtel Sylvania Avenue Alice Mohney Akron Avenue Marvin J. Campbell Third St Robert Sheskey Miss Mohney Mount St. Mary Hospital Southeast Ohio Emergency Medical Service Campbell Point Pleasant Mason County West Virginia Mountaineer Jerry Reed Gates

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Britain Elizabeth II Prince Philip Prince Andrew University of Ulster Coleraine Ireland Irish Republican Army Daniel E Wells Lancaster Richard E. Scurlock Terry Bowman Barry Pittenger Glendon R. Prater Dundas Aretie Gillman Perry County Herbert Boggs Crooksville Willis G Krahenbull Zanesville Gorn Lo Begley New Straitsville Thomas Edwin Johnston Robert A Gall Bruce Ferguson Corning Maurice & Welch Court News Madonna Jean Tracy Franklin Tracy Harbors Lo Hankinson Thomas JD Hankinson New Lexington Barney Lee Baker Millfield Ginger R. Baker York Dottie Marie Cremeans Charles Alfred Cremeans Carnival Pierce Morrison Pheonix Ariz Richard B Rypma Richland Ave Bureau of Motor Vehicles Rypma Athens National Bank Paul and Kathy Hamilton Charles Edgar McDonald Ida Jean McDonald Huntington Agin Robert Higgins Janice Higgins David H_ Coleman Albany Vernice Imogene Coleman R_ Lynne Keys Howard S Keys Victor Kassicieh Esther Kassicieh Sharon Grace Klingenberg William Joe Klingenberg David and Martha Johnson Mansfield Road Barbara Smith Cincinnati Veterans Administration Hospital Elizabeth A Rowe William R Mullen Welfare Department Hocking Valley Bank Delbert King Sidney Klein Pittsburgh Sybil Miller Peoples Bank of Nelsonville Douglas and Mary Strang NOAA AP Laserphoto Northern Plains Great Lakes Gulf Coast Ohio Valley mid-Atlantic Coast O’bleness Michael Mansfield Charles Johnson Theresa Williamson Anthony Collins Elpha Carsey Max Drake Sandra McKnight Carol Dawley Dorothy Brandal Robert Letty David Bryson Raymond Manley Delores Wogan Helen Vernon David Patrick Hollie Hays Cynthia Mingus Pleasant Valley Veterans Memorial Admitted Mount St. Mary Nion THE First Banc Group OF Ohio, Inc FDIC Republican James Alloway James H. McGee Alloway McGee Dayton Polimen Order of Police Rhode Island Gladys Blessing Mason Clara Blessing Francis Rathburn Everett Sayre Alexander Ervin
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