Motorcycle Rider and Passenger Injured in Columbus Road Crash
A motorcycle driven by 18 year old Michael McCune collided with a car on Columbus Road after he tried to avoid a turning vehicle. McCune and his 16 year old passenger Pam Burns were hospitalized with arm leg and hand abrasions. No citations were issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael McCune
Logan
Marion J. Mickle
Nelsonville
McCune
Pam Burns
O’bleness Hospital
Athens
W. Union St
Dolen
Mason Home Destroyed By Fire
Mason on Lieving Road in West Columbia suffered a post noon and early morning fire that destroyed a one story frame house. No occupants were present during the first alarm around 7 pm and the structure burned again after 1 30 am Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
John Zimmerman
Lieving Road
West Columbia
Mason Volunteer Fire Department
Five Planes Hit in Gallia County Radio Theft at Airport
Gallia County Sheriff reports multiple aircraft at Gallia County Airport damaged and radio gear stolen. Radios damaged in a 1965 Cessna owned by E L Adkins. a Cessna 150 owned by Dennis Sheltz. a Cessna 140 owned by Terry Hamilton. Equipment valued between 6000 and 7000 dollars stolen from a joint ownership plane of Dr. Ray R. Pickens and Dr. Howard Brown. Additional damage to a 1946 Air Coupe owned by Larry Wiley. Investigations involve the sheriff’s department and Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Adkins
Dennis Sheltz
Charleston
Terry Hamilton
Gallipolis
Sheltz
Ray R. Pickens
Middleport
Howard Brown
Pomeroy
Larry Wiley
Belleville
W. Va
Gallia County
Area Death Notices From Middleport to Racine
A compilation of obituaries from Middleport to Racine notes deaths including Carl August Ebersbach in Middleport at 74, Shawn Justis infant son of Paul and Carol Barrett Justis, and James Richard Faulkner 58 in Gallipolis. Also listed are James Curtis Myers 83, Robert Harris Sr. 90, Rebecca Jennice infant, and Charles Adams 64 among others with service details and burial plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Shawn Lee Justis
Paul
Carol Barrett Justis
Beech Grove
Eddie Griffith
Paula Jean
Edgar Barrett
St. Marys
W. Va
Brenda Kay Justis
Racine
Paul Jr
Billy
Ewing Funeral
Mount St Mary Hospital Notes and Local Meetings
Admissions list includes John F West Zaleski Mrs Geraldine Barber Miss Oca Ahle and others from Glouster New Straitsville Laurelville and nearby areas. Several transfers noted to University Hospital Columbus along with staff names and street locations. Local meetings announced for York Grange Oak Grove VFW Auxiliary and Tri County district boards with times and potluck details. Fire damages Everett Neville's car on Bear Wallow Road Point Pleasant near Ten Mile. 75th alarm of the year reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. West
Zaleski
Geraldine Barber
New Marshfield
Sadie Williams
Donna Ahle
Glouster
William Chappelear
New Straitsville
Arley Howard
Nelsonville
Albert Sparks
Haydenville
Oca Ahle
Rith Guess
Laurelville
Bonnie Carter
Point Pleasant
Everett Neville
Owl Hollow Road
Bear Wallow Road
Ten Mile
Red Cross Reports Presented at Meigs Chapter Meeting
Vernon Nease outlined Bloodmobile visits to Pomeroy Elementary School on August 23 from 1 to 6 p.m. Water safety chair Bill Fetty announced summer swimming classes at the Middleport pool and a new instructor Bernadette Hennessy. Cindy Coffman becomes service to military families chair. Next meeting set for September 2 at 7 30 p.m. in Veterans Memorial Hospital cafeteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Cindy Coffman
Jeanne Braun
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Seven Apparently Die In River Crash
Coast Guard reports a collision on the Ohio River between a cabin cruiser and a barge killed seven people. The crash occurred after the cruiser veered when the tow was spotted. Survivors and missing persons from Ohio and Kentucky are being accounted for as divers resume searches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U.S. Coast Guard
Ohio River
Marvin Broman
Teen Ager Injured In Mason Mishap
A 16 year old, Steven T. Carpenter of New Haven, is in good condition after his motorcycle collided with a car on Route 2 near Chat n Chew Tavern. The 38 year old driver, Thomas D. Northup of Gallipolis Ferry, claimed brakes were applied after another car pulled out. The Sunday accidents also included a Route 33 collision between Jacob Gibbs and Joe Russell with Russell cited for losing control, and a three car crash at Salt Creek Bridge on Route 2 with no injuries. An 11:45 p.m. Route 2 crash left Richard Neal charged with failure to control. A pony was struck and killed on Route 2 four miles north of Point Pleasant by Thomas Jackson Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County Sheriff’s Office
Steven T. Carpenter
New Haven
Holzer Medical Center
Route 2
Chat ’N’ Chew Tavern
Thomas D. Northup
Gallipolis Ferry
Carpenter
Mason
Jacob L. Gibbs
Worthington
Joe H. Russell
West Columbia
Russell
Gibbs
Salt Creek Bridge
Carl W. Kinnaird
Henderson
David W. Marcum
Rutland
Raymond C. Hawk
Gallipolis
Marcum
Sheriff’s Office
Richard C. Neal
Gallipolis Motor Co
Neal
Thomas Jackson Hill
Grandpa
Okinawa
Around The Bend by Beulah Jones full of grandparenting mayhem
Beulah Jones humorously recalls unplanned grandchild visits turning homes into busy, crowded spaces. The piece riffs on sleeping grandchildren, dogs, and chaotic meals while reflecting on aging housing needs, Vietnam era worries, and the loving resilience of grandparents as youth arrive with everything they bring.
Catholics Call for Nonviolent Disobedience in Northern Ireland
Catholic leaders urged a Gandhian campaign of nonviolent civil disobedience against internment without trial in Northern Ireland. Nine of thirteen opposition MPs signed a statement calling 500000 Catholics to participate as British troops rounded up over 300 suspected IRA fighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Brian Faulkner
Irish Republican Army
Daughters Born At Hocking Valley Hospital And Local Meetings
A daughter weighing 13 pounds 5 ounces was born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nihiser of Logan and transferred to Children’s Hospital in Columbus. Several local residents are named and various meetings are scheduled: Women of the Moose meet 8 p.m. Wednesday at Moose Hall. Chit Chat Club meets 8 p.m. Tuesday at Jody Moore’s home. United Mine Workers Auxiliary meets 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Jacksonville Eagle Hall with a Labor Day basket to be prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Elizabeth M. Pierce Sheskey
Laurel Ave
Columbus
Mt. Carmel Hospital
William and
Lucy Pierce
Nelsonville High School
Holy Family Catholic Church
William Sheskey
Kay Barrett
San Antonio
Texas
Judy Parson
Atlanta
Mary Elizabeth Sheskey
Mike
Cleveland
Roland
Birdie Pierce
Ashtabula
Rolland Pierce
St. Andrew’s Catholic Church
Frank Baudo
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Buchtel
Warren Funeral Home
Maeder-Quint
Logan
Oscar Henry Godfrey
University Hospital
Greenup
Charles Godfrey
Artie Collingsworth Godfrey
Godfrey
General Hocking Brick Co
Christina Roach Godfrey
Charles A
Tellie J.) Shahan
Oscar
Roberts Funeral Home
Bruce Seymour
Oak Grove Cemetery
Point Pleasant
Paul F. Rairden
Mossman Circle
Pleasant Valley Hospital
M. T. Epling Co
Gallipolis
Mr. Rairden
Mason County
John W
Stella Knapp Rairden
Presbyterian Church
Minturn Lodge No. 19
AF & AM
Royal Arch Masons
Commandry 17
Knights Templar
Pat Wilson Shrine Club
Charleston
Clara Mae Lawson Rairden
John R. Rairden
Leon
Crow- Hassell Funeral
Middleport
Robert W. Harris Sr
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Ronceverte
W. Va
Robert
Ida Link Harris
New York Central Railroad
Masonic Lodge
Masonic Bodies
Ohio
Harris
Heath United Methodist Church
Marjorie
Alexander, Va
Robert Jr
Gordon
Eugene
Lyda Chambers Harris
Rawlings-Coats
Robert Bumgarner
Riverview
Rebecca Sue Jennice
Lewis and
Greta Dupler
Jennice
Children’s Hospital
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Warren Dupler
Albert Jennice
Glouster
Oscar Dupler
Grace Dupler
Murray City
Roy Jennice
Green Lawn Cemetery
J. Lloyd Evans
Johnson Funeral Home
Chesterhill
Nina M. Williams
Carey St
Pennsville United
Frank B
Carl M
Lillian Williams
William
Charles
Donald
James
Seymour Beswick
Gladys Hambaugh
Racel Ross
Ruth Duncan
Myra Thompson
Marie Johnson
Fawcett-Stone Funeral Home
Robert Nihiser
Women of the Moose
Moose Hall
Chit Chat Club
Jody Moore
United Mine Workers Auxiliary
Jacksonville Eagle Hall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jerry Hutchinson Logan
Nina Parks
Mary Shafer Glouster
Marta Drummond Logan
Jane Ann Decker
Columbus Road
Duane M. Koons
Willie G. Lindwood
Chandlersville
Greg Johnson
Jacksonville
Koons
Tise
Carl A. Ebersbach
Carl August Ebersbach
Jacob
Anna Leifheit Ebersbach
Ebersbach
Feeney-Bennett
American Legion
Ellen Hart
Ravenna
Roy Carter
Riverview Cemetery
Middleport Masonic Lodge No. 363
James R. Faulkner
James Richard Faulkner
Bidwell
Faulkner
James F
Janette Richards Faulkner
Katherine Fish
Washington, D. C
McCoy-Wetherholt
Harry Cole
Pine Street Cemetery
Elizabeth Sheskey
Oscar H. Godfrey
James C. Myers
James Curtis Myers
Cadmus
Myers
James W
Laura Elliott Myers
Olive Methodist Church
Anna Pearl Massie
Irvin
Globe, Ariz
Bernard
Fred
Marlyn
Richard
Urbana
Daniel
Beulah Dentzer
Greer
Ariz
Daisy Drummond
Mudsocks
Ethel Poke
Lottie Henry
Jackson
Shirley Neal
Damon Stapleton
Mound Hill Cemetery
Robert Harris Sr
Rebecca
Donald Mayes
Eighteen Mile Creek
Robert M. Lafolette
Ashland
Charles C. Adams
Charles Cleo Adams
Ewing
Charles Norris
University Hospital, Columbus
Jo Ann Lewis
Annabelle Davis
Lois Campbell
Wilbur Bryan
Denver Kennedy
Clifford Proctor
Earl Leidy
Anna Pospichel
Greta Jennice
Clarence Wolf
John West
Steve Molnar
Margaret Buck
Bonnie Oskey
York Grange No
Grange Hall
Oak Grove
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Board of Education
Tri-County
Joint Vocational High School
Vocational
Tri-County Technical Institute Board of Trustees
Red Cross
Broman
Larry Hundley
Shady Lane
Cmdr
Russell Hundley
Cmdr. Broman
American Barge Co
Evansville
Ind
Pittsburgh
D.M. McMahon
James L. Hamilton
Lawrence Redmond
Sharonville
Donna
Terry
West Chester
Mary Partin
Artie
Randy
Loveland
Gary
Wilma Hundley
Terry Partin
Highland Heights
Richmond
Lane
Kinnaird
Beulah Jones
Gram
Gramps
Vietnam
Grandma’s
Hue
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Judson Townsend
McArthur
William E. Smith
Kenneth Jones
Steven Polsey
Elsie Dailey
Norma Groves
John Chilcote and Son
Charles Stufflebean
Dale Stufflebean
Richard Edwards
James Warner
Larry Walker
Roy Butterfield
Pansy Mohler
Wallace Brown
Glouster Meetings
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