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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1975

Page

7

Wellston man found in strip mine pit death under review

Joseph Mallick 53 of 217 N Illinois Ave was found at the Wellston City Park strip mine pit at 11 30 a m Sunday by his brother in law Gerald Gehring and 17 year old Mark Jenkins He had been missing since November 15 after leaving a personal note to his wife Allie Leach Mallick Police chief Max Downard said a pathologist will report foul play is being considered He was employed 32 years at Frick Gallagher Manufacturing Co and belonged to Fraternal Order of Eagles 637 He is survived by his wife two stepsons a stepdaughter five stepgrandchildren a twin brother and a sister Funeral details pending

Wellston Joseph Mallick Illinois Ave Wellston City Park Gerald Gehring Mark Jenkins Allie Leach Mallick Jackson County Jackson William Sorrell Mike Alena) Bishop Michael Mallick Nora Gehring Jenkins Funeral Home James Mullett Ridgewood Cemetery

Columbus Woman Dies in Crash

Lois B. Ferrell 59 died on arrival at Mount St. Mary Hospital after a Route 33 collision near Diamond. Her husband James C. Ferrell 61 of Columbus was driver. Neil K. Hoce 17 Athens caused the crash by losing control on wet pavement. Several injured in the open incident and multiple family survivors listed.

Columbus Nelsonville Athens County Mount St. Mary Hospital Diamond Lois B. Ferrell George and Agnes Rosser Bateman State Ferrell Hocking County Neil K. Hoce Lancaster St Athens Hoce University Hospital Mount St. Mary Neil P. Hoce Charles E. Hoce Nelsonville Hospital Marilou L. Hoce James Dennis Rosser Thomas Bateman Richard Bateman Lancaster George Bateman Jr Chauncey Raymond June) Gibson Harold Alma) Shields

Laurence Vinton Dies Board Member and Professor

Laurence V. Calvin Vinton, 72, of 514 North Market Street, died at Mount Carmel Hospital in Columbus. He was a retired associate professor in Ohio University’s industrial arts department and a member of the Vinton County Board of Education. Arrangements will be announced by James N. Blower Funeral Home.

Pomeroy Joyce Williamson Richards Lancaster Mount Carmel Medical Center Columbus Meigs County Georgia Moore Williamson Trinity Church Dale E. Richards Bradford D. Richards Kathleen Andria Richards Grove City William Racine Ethel Wheeler Veterans Memorial Hospital James M Virginia van Meter Holter Ada Bays Wheeler Ewing Funeral Home Howard Shiveley Freeland Norris Greenwood Cemetery Eastern Star Funeral McArthur Laurence V. Calvin N. Market St Mount Carmel Hospital Ohio University Vinton County

Thornton Wilder dies at 78 after heart attack in Hamden

Novelist and playwright Thornton Wilder known for Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth died in his sleep at age 78 in Hamden Connecticut. He had traveled widely and won three Pulitzers with a 50 year career including The Bridge of San Luis Rey and The Matchmaker which inspired Hello Dolly. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963.

Dorothy McGuire Wilder Hamden, Conn Thornton Wilder Our Town Isabel Bridge of San Luis Rey

Briton to Speak on Israel in Free Lecture Tonight

The Layman's Home Missionary Movement hosts a 7 30 p m talk titled Peace Assured to Israel with Rev R E Armstrong of Hyde England delivering the address in the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co meeting room on South May Avenue. The event is free with no collection. The National Medal for Literature recipient was honored at the White House in 1967 for The Eighth Day. Wilder finished his last book Theophilus North in October 1973 about a young man in 1920s Newport Rhode Island.

Israel R. E. Armstrong Hyde England Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co South May Avenue National Book Committee White House Wilder Theophilus North Seacoast Newport Thornton Niven Wilder

Vandalism at Middleport Hill Cemetery. notable obituary notes

Vandals toppled more than forty tombstones in Middleport Hill Cemetery over the weekend as police investigate. The obituary profile recalls Amos Wilder born April 17 1897 in Madison Wisconsin the son of Amos Wilder editor of a newspaper. He studied at Oberlin Princeton Yale and wrote The Cabala and The Trumpet Shall Sound. He is survived by multiple relatives including Rev Amos Niven Wilder and Katharine Dix Wilder.

Madison Wis Amos Wilder Hong Kong Shanghai Wilder China California Oberlin College Coast Guard Yale Princeton Rome Amos Niven Wilder Hollis Harvard Charlotte Brattleboro Janet Wilder Dankin Amherst, Mass Katharine Dix Wilder New Haven

Blaze Destroys House Near Carbondale on Kimberly Road

An early Sunday fire destroyed an unoccupied two story house on the Kimberly Carbondale Road owned by Clarence Mash. Waterloo Two firefighters arrived to help prevent spread to nearby trailers used by the Mash family. Richland Area Fire Department assisted with a tanker and crew. The overheating water pump suspected as the blaze origin. Firemen returned Sunday afternoon when flames rekindled in the ruins.

Carbondale Clarence Mash Kimberly-Carbondale Waterloo Mash Richland Area Fire Department

Emergency runs report early morning incidents

Emergency runs logged including Mary Cook 83 of 28 Graham Drive with a small cut over her right eye after a fall at 12:04 a.m. on Monday treated at the scene. Karen Johnston 26 of 258 West State Street sent to O'Bleness at 11:34 p.m. Sunday due to reaction to medication. Druzilla Woodrum 66 of 135 North Congress Street to Ogleness at 6:50 a.m. Sunday due to illness.

Mary Cook Graham Drive Karen Johnston W. State St O'Bleness Druzilla Woodrum N. Congress St Ogleness

Livestock Prices Listed at Athens Auction

Prices for Wednesday's Athens Livestock Sales include feeder steers 25 to 35.25 dollars per hundredweight feeder heifers 20 to 26 dollars feeder bulls 20 to 32 dollars utility cows 20.50 to 24 dollars canner and cutter cows 15 to 20.50 dollars veals 40 to 62 dollars hogs 51.75 dollars and pigs 25 to 40.50 dollars. Racine Emergency Squad officers to be elected at 8 p.m. today in the fire house.

Athens Racine

Community club and church events listed for Athens and surrounding towns

Numerous clubs and organizations announce meetings and activities across Athens, Glouster, Meigs, and McArthur areas. Dates include Monday and Tuesday evenings with bake sales, gift exchanges, luncheons, and Christmas gatherings at Masonic Temples, churches, and schools.

Court Toll of Speeding Fines Across Several Towns

A roundup of driving related penalties lists Ben Storridge Jr 35 Chillicothe fined for DWI with 150 fine and three days jail plus 30 day license suspension Pearl Cable 71 Haydenville paid 10 for failure to yield Ronald Gillespie 29 Logan Route 4 faced 52 for excessive speed and license plate display Erina Cook 18 New Straitsville fined 28 for failing to yield half of roadway Wilford Joy 74 Carbon Hill 28 50 for failure to yield at intersection Larry Mohler 27 Logan Route 4 23 50 for failure to stop at stop sign William Levering 24 Buchtel 18 50 for speeding Albert Winchell 28 Nelsonville 23 50 for unsafe vehicle Stephen Haupt 20 Athens 28 50 for speeding Glenn Walls 52 Logan Route 4 28 50 for left of center Richard Townsend 21 578 N Market St speeding 28 50 Lee Wise 18 Eaton Jacquelyn Bauer 20 Belleville Mich and Mark Allman 22 Parkersburg W Va all speeding 24 50 Ruth Wolfson 24 Chicago Ill Edythe Kolb 40 Newark Ferrell Winkler 30 Somerville Louis Zulli III 20 Columbus Cloyce McNichols 31 South Bloomingville Nagela Finelli 23 Columbus Shirley Richeson 54 Columbus Robert Abbruzzi 24 Columbus Phyllis Webb 50 Walbridge H J Landry 31 Cleveland Heights Donald Clark 20 Hallsville Theodore Dupler 63 Logan Route 2 Jane Powhida 34 Lancaster Fred Mushkat 25 Columbus Dalton Hayes 40 Bossier City La Wayne Wertz 22 Columbus all speeding 23 50 each

Ronald Clifford Gillespie Logan Erina J. Cook New Straitsville Wilford A. Joy Carbon Hill Larry Robert Mohler William Levering Buchtel Albert Junior Winchell Nelsonville Stephen W. Haupt Athens Glenn P. Walls Richard L. Townsend Market St Lee R. Wise Eaton Jacquelyn Sue Bauer Belleville Mich Mark W. Allman Parkersburg Phyllis Webb Walbridge H J. Landry Cleveland Heights Donald Clark Hallsville Theodore W. Dupler Jane M. Powhida Lancaster Fred Mushkat Columbus Dalton W. Hayes Bossier City Wayne E. Wertz

Christmas Concert By The Concertones At First United Presbyterian

Logan hosts the Concertones fourth annual Christmas concert Sunday at 3 p.m. in the First United Presbyterian Church. Yale favorites will be sung with Britten A Hymn to the Virgin featured. Organ prelude by Mary Jo Turner precedes the program. no admission charged.

Susan Sigler Jenny Jo Hiles Sandy Grove Dorothy McKinniss Heidi Sloan David Spencer Mary Jo Turner Brian Brummond Nancy Bowen Judy Maniskas Barbara Funk Richard Turner Terry Brandt

Southeastern Ohio Weather Update for Monday December 8 1975

Light snow mixed with rain expected tonight across Southeastern Ohio with lows in the low 30s Cloudy Tuesday brings a chance of snow or rain highs in the mid 30s Chance of precipitation 60 percent tonight and 50 percent Tuesday Extend outlook through Wednesday to Friday with highs in the 40s to low 50s and lows upper 20s to 30s in the region.

Ohio Valley mid-Atlantic Midwest Ohio West Lake Shore West Central Lake Shore West Virginia

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