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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1974

Page

3

Meigs Sheriff Solving Thefts Case in Meigs County

Meigs County Sheriff Robert Hartenbach said police have information to solve a string of burglaries and recovered much stolen property. Dencil Ray Hudson of Racine is indicted for breaking and entering the Ohio Valley Christian Assembly in Bedford Two and receiving stolen goods from Virgil Stanley of Athens. Donald Taylor, arrested at a roadblock, is charged with interstate transportation of stolen merchandise. Investigations linked to burglaries at Meigs Equipment Co in Pomeroy, Francis Florist, Racine Food Market, Helen Baer’s Grocery, Pomeroy Cement Block Co, Ohio Valley Industries in Minersville, and Abbott Furniture in Middleport. Hudson held in Morgan County jail. arraignment planned.

Pomeroy Robert Hartenbach Meigs County Dencil Ray Hudson Racine Ohio Valley Christian Assembly Bedford Virgil Stanley Athens Hartenbach Donald Taylor Taylor Pomeroy-Mason Bridge Meigs Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division Treasury Department Meigs Equipment Co Francis Florist Helen Baer Syracuse Pomeroy Cement Block Co Hudson Common Pleas John Bacon

Grand and Petit Jury Drawn for Meigs County Court

Names drawn for the Meigs County Common Pleas Court January term petit jury include Reed Will Ruby Baer Robert Roberts Donald Covert Lynn Arms Bern ie Carpenter Eloise Pickett Harold E Agh Evelyn Knight Nancy Clatworthy J Hi Sisson and others from Pomeroy Middleport Racine Reedsville Longsville Long Bottom Upper Plain Rutland Syracuse. Grand jury selections list Ethel Euler Lenard Jewell Donald Uiddie Vera Hollcomb Margaret Winttner Peg Carper Clarence Story duck Hart all of Pomeroy Everett Hutton Barbara J Bolen Albany Gordon H Caldwell Portland Rose Ellen Larson Middleport R C Frecker Reedsville Allegra Will Rutland.

Reed Will Ruby Baer Robert Roberts Donald Covert Lynn Arms Bernie Carpenter Eloise Pickett Harold E. Agh Evelyn Knight Nancy Clatworthy J. Hi. Sisson Pomeroy Chester Erwin Martha Childs Beulah White Charles A. Wayne Linda Baker Middleport Chester Rose Clara J. Powell Dennis Manuel Racine Virgil B. Teaford Jidna Kouns

Veterans Memorial Hospital Notes Dismissals List

A compiled list from Veterans Memorial Hospital includes patients from Racine Pomeroy Middleport Syracuse Cheshire Long Bottom and Langsville. Names such as Brian Branham Henry Hunt Henry Phelps Florence Thornton Mary McCarty Jo Ann McLaughlin Rise Jeffers Elizabeth Yost James Mash Phillip Donovan Ernestine Winebrenner Floyd Giuald Linda Stewart Florine Ginther Earl Hunt Robert Nelson Floyd MicClelan and others are noted as residents or patients. Several individuals including James Harris James Eakins Edith Spencer Ollie Tyree are listed as dismissed.

Brian Branham Henry Hunt Henry Phelps Florence Thornton Racine Mary McCarty Jo Ann McLaughlin Fanne West Cora Salser Lula Toban Nola Bradshaw Pomeroy Rise Jeffers Elizabeth Yost James Mash Middleport Phillip Donovan Ernestine Winebrenner Syracuse Floyd Giuald Shade Linda Stewart Cheshire Florine Ginther Chester Earl Hunt Long Bottom Robert Nelson Coolville Floyd MicClelan Langsville

Christmas Show Brings Heath Church Children

Middleport Heath United Methodist Church Sunday School presented the annual Christmas program with recitations songs and the Nativity scene. Students from second third, fifth and sixth grades performed under teachers Edward Young and Bernard Fultz with multiple solos duets and tableaux. A post show refreshments and a Santa visit followed. Also news that Rev Steve Skaggs father was hospitalized with a heart attack in Kentucky.

Middleport Heath United Methodist Church Edward Young David Fisher Allen Spaulding Billy Jo Gordon David George Barbara Custer Suzannah Wise Paula Horton Brian George Stephanie Houchins Charles Davis Brent George Mary Hibbs Megan Cale Miss Houchins Miss Horton Bernard Fultz Keith Slavin Greg Hibbs Randy Murray Vern Slavin Cathy Blake Ruth Blake Steve Skaggs Middleport First Baptist Church Kentucky

Meigs County Emergency Notes and Route 681 Crash

A series of Meigs County EMS calls lists Middleport and Racine squads responding to heart attack suspicions and medical patients at various locations including Holzer and Veterans Memorial hospitals. An Ohio Highway Patrol report notes a Saturday single vehicle crash on Route 681 near Meigs County injuring driver Jan Fleming. A Meigs County Farmers meeting is set for Meigs High School Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. with refreshments.

Mary Birchfield Middleport Holzer Medical Center Nola Bradshaw Cole Veterans Memorial Hospital Martha Searls South Sixth Street Pleasant Valley Hospital Medical Racine Squad Gallipolis Ohio Highway Patrol Meigs County Jan Fleming Willoughby Pomeroy Meigs County National Farmers Organization Meigs Mason Gallia Athens Meigs High School

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