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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1968

Page

4

Columbus Man Guilty of Drunken Driving

Logan County Judge James Stilwell sentenced Clophia Harold Stires 38 of Columbus to three days in jail and a $150 fine plus costs for driving while intoxicated and left of center. His operator rights were suspended 30 days. Other arrestees faced small fines for speeding unsafe vehicle and related violations. Bond forfeitures included several defendants from multiple towns.

Logan James Stilwell Clophia Harold Stires Columbus Stires Kenneth Lee Allen Crooksville Merle E. Fetherol Ronald W. White Athens Sharon L. Welch Wilbur C. Bray Dave Gessells James L. Good Lancaster Charles J. O'Leary Cincinnati Danny Joe Ackinson Nelsonville Oliver C. Beegle Ripley W. Va Lawrence R. Smith Brookville Robert M. Pierce Coolville Dana L. Zartman George Leonard Milles Inkster Mich

Community Action Unit Hosts Oldsters Bazaar Event

The Neighborhood Center Senior Citizen Program in Logan sponsored a bazaar at the Nutter Building. Mrs. Claribel Reynolds said crafts including ceramics quilts pillows Raggedy Ann dolls and baked goods sold to supplement senior incomes. The Tri County Community Action Agency funds the program which operates three centers in Ohio offering social and economic help and transportation to groceries for pensioners and low income residents. Donations of quilting frames rug looms sewing machines and craft instructors are welcomed at 163 West Main St Logan.

Logan Nutter Neighborhood Center Tri County Community Action Agency Claribel Reynolds Tri- County Community Action Agency West Main St

Man Charged With Speeding In Nelsonville

Nelsonville police cited Nelson W. Spencer 28 of Logan Route 4 for speeding 80 mph in a 50 mph zone on Canal Street. A hearing was set for Friday at 8 30 p m in Nelsonville may court.

Nelsonville Nelson W. Spencer Logan Canal Street Nelsonville May Court

Mount St Mary Hospital Notes

A brief hospital notes item lists multiple admissions and transfers. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Herdy and others from Glouster and Nelsonville areas, with a newborn Amy Vaught noted, and transfers to Arcadia Acres Nursing Home in Ilesboro. The fragment references several local residents and caregivers in a single community health roundup.

Kenneth Hutchison Randolph Boyko Leonard Ellman May Hook Anthony Cogan James Campbell Elmer McKibben Harold Severance Warren Williams Agnes Kitchen Jeff Davis Helen Conway Dorothy Dunwoody John McGathey Arcadia Acres Nursing Home Ilesboro

Family visits over Christmas brighten Nelsonville lines

Mrs. Fredora Mason and son Ward Mason with grandsons Eddie and Dick of Bluffton Indiana visited Nelsonville on Sunday. Capt Ted Voight from George Air Force Base California visits his parents and brother Gil in Nelsonville during Christmas week.

Nelsonville Ted Voight George Air Force Base Victorville Calif Gil West Washington Street

DFER LODGE Prison News Details Inmate Counts

Inmate numbers and duties are listed in a Montana State Prison column. The MP News notes the Deer Lodge publication provides a section for inmates and their assignments.

Dfer Lodge Mont Montana State Prison Deer

Christmas Eve Services At Area Churches

In Nelsonville the Christ mas Eve Holy Communion service is set for 9 30 p m at the Church of the Epiphany on Jefferson Street with the public invited. On Christmas Day a second communion is planned at First Presbyterian at 10 30 a m led by the Rev J Lloyd Evans. Kathleen Palmer Logan, 18, of Lancaster received three years probation from Common Pleas Judge Harley Meyer for auto larceny.

Nelsonville Church of the Epiphany Jefferson Street First Presbyterian Church J. Lloyd Evans Logan Kathleen Palmer Lancaster Common Pleas Harley Meyer

Hollenbaugh Sons Visit During Yale

Mr and Mrs James Hollenbaugh Nelsonville host Christmas visitors their sons Marine Staff Sgt Robert Hollenbaugh and Willis Bill Hollenbaugh Sergeant Hollenbaugh arrived from Camp Pendleton Calif on leave and is bound for Vietnam Bill arrives in Columbus by plane for a week. Family members meeting him in Columbus include Mr and Mrs Hollenbaugh Mr and Mrs Gary Wolfe and Elaine and Mark Wolfe and Mr and Mrs Don Smith and daughter Holly. Wolfe family recently moved from Nelsonville.

Nelsonville James Hollenbaugh Sheppard Street Marine Robert Hollenbaugh Willis Bill) Hollenbaugh Hollenbaugh Camp Pendleton Calif Vietnam Bill Hollenbaugh Columbus Port Columbus Gary Wolfe Elaine Mark Don Smith Holly Wolfe Mr. Wolfe The Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company

Mailbox thefts prompt recovery effort in Logan County

Sheriff Paul Hartman reports the recovery of 12 rural mail boxes off Metz Road on Saturday. He believes 10 to 12 more remain inaccessible but promises to reach them. The thefts, labeled a pure act of vandalism, date to October. Owners may collect boxes at the sheriff’s office. Names on boxes include Olen Lama Glen A Worthman H R Asberry John Weaver Grossman Funk Wonn.

Logan — Hocking County Paul Hartman Metz Road Hartman Olen Lama Glen A. Worthman H. R. Asberry John Weaver Grossman Funk Wonn

City Employee Fined and Jailed Over City Truck Use

Logan resident Gray Keith McCutchen, 22, employed by the city for a week, was found early Sunday in possession of a city truck at the Five Mill Inn along Route 33. He was fined 75 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 10 days in jail for using the truck without supervisor permission.

Logan Hocking County Gray Keith McCutchen Church St McCutchen Five Mill Inn

Birth at Hocking Valley Community Hospital

Mr and Mrs Terry Dicken of Nelsonville welcomed a daughter. Also listed are Mrs Joe Stewart William Acker Robert Blankenship Mrs Richard Mikes all of Logan Miss Beverly Edwards Rockbridge. Dismissed names include Merle Stump Jr Mrs Mary Huston Mrs John Holdren Wayne Smart Oscar Blum and others with transfers to Grant Hospital.

Terry Dicken Nelsonville Joe Stewart William Acker Robert Blankenship Richard Mikes Logan Beverly Edwards Rockbridge Merle Stump Jr Mary Huston John Holdren Wayne Smart Oscar Blum Grant Hospital Clarence H. Green Tina Landrum Paul Cruise Herbert Sheline Charles Wolfe Harriet Adair Walter Huffman Julia Brown Kathryn Terrell

Kooky diplomatic move frees Pueblo crew in Korean talks

The Pueblo crew release hinged on a false confession drafted by the United States and signed by Maj. Gen. Gilbert H. Woodward under Korean pressure. Secretary of State Dean Rusk called the procedure one of the strangest in Cold War history while officials noted the memo would be disavowed by the U.S. government and not accepted abroad.

Washington Pueblo Dean Rusk U.S Gilbert H. Woodward Rusk Woodward Kooky State Department Johnson Nixon Panmunjom United States

Theft charges dismissed in Nelsonville court

Mayor Earl Hilleary dismissed theft counts against Edward Ray Cunningham of Nelsonville for lack of evidence after a misprint stated Ruth Maffin faced charges. The alleged incident involved removal of food articles from the Maffin home.

Nelsonville Edward Ray Cunningham Ruth Maffin Earl Hilleary Cunningham Maffin

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North Korea U.S. Army 121St Ascom City Seoul South Korea Oldsters Bazaar Mount St. Mary Hospital Andrew Herdy Glouster Amy Vaught Audrey Bishop Jackson Ernest Grave Roy Richard Kimes George Brown McArthur Frank Barnhart James Cram Zaleski Jesse McKinley Lucasville Ada Wallace Buchtel Yule Visitor Hollenbaugh Sons Yale City Hocking Valley Community Hospital Nicholas Katzenbach Winthrop Brown Korea Laos James Leonard Superx Strer Copan Ohio Athens National Bank South Court Street Richland Avenue Plains Branch Plains, Ohio Bobcat Branch W. Union Street Federal Deponit Learance Corporation Plaza Branch State Street
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