Obituaries from Hocking County and surroundings
Services were held for Mrs. Irvon Moravy at Heinlein Funeral Home with burial in Mount Olive Cemetery. Also reported are deaths of Richard Hickman in Bremen and Roy Pendergrass in Chauncey with funeral details, kin, and burial sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Moravy
Mount Pleasant
Mich
Charles
Daisy) Evans
Nelsonville
James
Beulah) Carter
New Plymouth
Reita) Pennington
San Diego
Calif
Grace Horn
Laurelville
Edith Miller
Williamsport
Pearl
Lacy Ada
Bremen
Richard Henry Hickman
Barrett St
Athens County
Coffman Stair Co
Logan
James Hickman
Jennie
Ruth) Collins
Harley
New Straitsville
Harry Gosney
Garnett Monks
Willard Wright
Richard Spencer
Dorothy Wallace
Twinsburg
Snyder Funeral Home
David Woodyard
Bethel Cemetery
Multiple Obituaries and Notices From Nelsonville and Nearby Towns
Obituaries detail Thelma Hutchins 66 Nelsonville death at Miami Valley Hospital with funeral at Warren Funeral Home and burial at Smith Chapel Cemetery. Ora V. Cox 87 Hamden death in Rogers Nursing Home with services at Gaskill Funeral Home and Hamden Cemetery. Ellen Fredricka Hart 76 Ravenna died in Ravenna. services at Ewing Funeral Home with burial Beech Grove Cemetery. Anna Opa Plymale 77 Gallipolis died at home. funeral at Waugh Halley Wood. burial Mound Hill. Ernest Robert Downard 46 Wellston died at Chillicothe Veterans Hospital. WWII Silver Star veteran. services at Rogers Funeral Home. Mary Frances Roush 73 Minersville died. services at Ewing Funeral Home with Greenlawn Cemetery burial. James Morrison Whittington infant found dead at Apple Grove. arrangements by Keller Funeral Home. Carol Stanley Chauncey graduate contributed to Ode To A Critter production at Warren Wilson College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Thelma Hutchins
High St
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Warren Funeral Home
William Wells
Smith Chapel
Hocking County
Charles
Jennie Shunkwiler
First Christian Church
Valley Temple No
Pythian Sisters
Wellston
Ora V. Cox
Hamden
Rogers Nursing Home
Harvey
Anna Darby Ogier
Vinton County
John W
Gaskill Funeral Home
Paul Sellers
Hamden Cemetery
Pomeroy
Ellen Fredricka Hart
Ravenna
Jacob
Anna Leifheit Ebersbach
Meigs County
Fredericka Mize
Akron
Ann Davis
Tallmadge
Charlotte Idle
Kent
Lois Green
Placentia
Calif
Leroy
Crewell
Milton
Streetsboro
John
Richard Ebersbach
Ewing Funeral Home
Beech Grove Cemetery
Gallipolis
Anna Opa
Plymale
Jackson
Alford Halley
Mound Hill Cemetery
Ernest Robert Downard
S. Indiana Ave
Chillicothe Veterans Hospital
Myrtle Potts Downard
Marion
James Downard
Marjorie
Earl
Ft. Benning
U. S. Army
Kenneth
Washington
U. S. Marines
Leonard
Vietnam
U. S. Air Force
Jim
Ohio State University
Aaron
Michael
Cheryle
Karen
Max
Dean
Rogers Funeral Home
C. H. Rice
Soldiers Circle
Ridgewood Cemetery
Minersville
Mary Frances Roush
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Middleport
Greenlawn Cemetery
Point Pleasant
James Morrison Whittington
William Whittington
Apple Grove
Billy
Ricky
Steve
June
Keller Funeral Home
Dunbar
Chauncey
Carol Stanley
Archie Stanley
Elm St
Warren Wilson College
Swannanoa
N.C
Billy Edd Wheeler
Carol
Athens High School
Mountain Ridges Wrinkled On Mars
A Mariner 9 image from 4000 miles above Mars shows parallel ridges in a dust storm near the equator. Scientists call the feature newly faulted terrain possibly indicating recent volcanic activity and note it differs from any Earth or Moon terrain. JPL plans to raise orbit to map more of Mars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
Mariner 9
Earth
Moon
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars
Harold Masursky
U.S. Geological Service
JPL
NCR to Close Washington Court House Plant After 25 Years
NCR announces closure of its Washington Court House printing plant on January 31, putting 500 jobs at risk. The facility, built 25 years ago, faces inefficiencies from layout and climate control issues, with 185 workers on strike and 165 furloughed. NCR will negotiate with five unions to reassign as many employees as possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Court House
National Cash Register Co
United Auto Workers
NCR
Robert M. Sweeney
Systemedia
Pilot 42 Commands Phantom Bombers In Vietnam War
Lt Col John O Gorman 42 leads a squadron of F4 Phantom fighters in Da Nang. He reflects on old firefights with Hanoi Hilton prisoners, the drift of antiwar sentiment, and the belief that continued bombing pressures North Vietnam. He recalls 26 Bien Hoa refugee churches and insists on military victory as the path to freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DA Nang
Vietnam
John O’gorman
Hanoi Hilton
North Viet
O'Gorman
al Skyraider
Hanoi
Red River Valley
O’gorman
United States
Southeast Asia
North Vietnam
Bien Hoa Highway
Saigon
3 Bonds Forfeited In Pomeroy Village Court
Mayor Legar presided as multiple defendants faced fines and bonds. Calvin Mayle forfeited 25 dollars for disturbing the peace. Tom Burnside forfeited 50 dollars for assault and battery. Deborah Rice 18 of Byesville forfeited 15 dollars for running a red light. Sheila Atha 20 of Crown City fined 5 dollars and costs for failure to yield. Doug Burns of Pomeroy fined 5 dollars and costs for disturbing the peace. Robert Edmund 19 of Athens fined 10 dollars and costs for reckless operation. Gary Mitch 20 of Pomeroy fined 10 dollars and costs for operation. Effie Pickens 46 of Pomeroy fined 5 dollars and costs for following distance violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Legar
Calvin Mayle
Tom Burnside
Deborah Rice
Byesville
Sheila Atha
Crown City
Doug Burns
Robert Edmund
Athens
Gary Mitch
Effie Pickens
Jackson County names third deputy sheriff
Jackson-Richard Baisden 23 of Jackson has been named as a third deputy sheriff in the Jackson County Sheriff's Department. The appointment by Sheriff Hile Fyffe is federally financed through the Emergency Employment Act. Baisden is Vietnam veteran, married with one child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Richard Baisden
Jackson County
Holidays Close Library For New Year Observance
McARTHUR The Herbert Wescoat Memorial Library will be closed Friday and Saturday for the New Year holiday. The staff will attend a one day workshop on reference work at Circleville Public Library Jan. 6, and the board will meet Jan. 8 for an organizational session.
Rebellion In GOP Faces Split Over Nixon Strategy
Nixon strategists weigh a modest rise in support against the risk that conservative discontent could widen a rift within the GOP. The party’s active organizers, seen in past California campaigns, remain a decisive force alongside national figures like Sen. Barry Goldwater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
California
Barry Goldwater
Party splits and endorsements amid 1968 GOP tensions
Stirs by Banks of Arizona and Gov Reagan of California show unity on some fronts while Goldwater counsels Ashbrook against challenges. Dump-Nixon rumors circulate in California's United Republicans, but few major figures join. Rep. Schmitz criticizes Nixon yet remains allied, signaling divisions within the GOP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldwater
Ashbrook
Reagan
United Republicans of
California
John Schmitz
Industry Government Unite On W Va Reclamation Plan
A joint industry and government effort targets the Dents Run watershed near Morgantown to clean pollution from coal mining. The two year, 2 million dollar project includes sealing abandoned mines, building water treatment, grading and seeding sites, and revegetating refuse piles with funding from federal and state sources and Consol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Va
Charleston
Dents Run
Morgantown
Consolidation Coal Co
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
West Virginia Department of Natural Resources
Consol
Rotarians Laugh At Jokes During Ladies Night
Point Pleasant Rotary Club members endured good natured kidding by a local comedian at their Wednesday meeting held at the Moose Home with 48 in attendance. The program included a Rotary sing led by Bob Eschenaur as Hazeltt A. Cochran commented on watershed cleanup plans in the Dents Run area and Consol’s coal operations. Edgar Henry outlined acid mine drainage projects funded by Consolidation Coal while noting limited sewage treatment plans for West Virginia communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Hazlett A. Cochran
Consol
Edgar Henry
State Water Resources Division
Dents Run
Monongahela River
Westover
Granville
West Virginia
Stolen Car Recovered in Gallipolis
John Dray reported his car stolen from the Federal Mogul Plant parking lot in Gallipolis. The vehicle, with keys left inside, was found on Bunce Road at 3:37 a.m. by a Bunce Road resident. The Gallia County Sheriff's Department is investigating the theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John Dray
Bunce Road
Dray
Federal Mogul Plant
Gallia County
Marshall Opens for New Students January 10
Orientation for Marshall University freshmen and transfers begins January 10 at 8 a.m. in Smith Music Hall. First time applicants must have credentials in the admissions office by Monday. Returning student registration runs January 11 to 12, with time tickets issued after 8 a.m. January 11. Late registration is January 14 and 17 with a late fee for all late registrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Marshall University
Smith Music Hall
Third Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Office of Admissions
One Car Wreck Investigated near Route 2
The Mason County Sheriff's Department investigated a one car mishap Wednesday at 6 30 p m on Route 2 eight miles east of the Route 35 intersection. The driver Murphy C Goff Jr 20 Hurricane said he lost control after the car dropped off the berm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Sheriff’s Department
Murphy C. Goff Jr
Petit Larceny Charge Filed
City police arrest 18 year old David J. Selby of Point Pleasant Route 2 on a petit larceny charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
David J. Selby
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Moravy Rites
Richard Hickman
Roy B. Pendergrass
Jacobs Ave
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Peter
Ida Pendergrass
Mildred
Pendergrass
Parmathia Lodge No. 25
F and AM
Juanita Smith
Pete
Chauncey Christian Church
Paul Johnson
Alexander Cemetery
Hebbardsville
Johnson Funeral Home
Hutchins
Ellen F. Hart
Anna QO
Ernest R. Downard
Mary F. Roush
James Whittington
Eelberfelds
Fashion Fabrics Sale
Elberfelds
Gop
Arizona
Gov
Ronald Reagan
State Natural Resources
Ira Latimer Jr
Marshall
Ene cdl
Lyshoe Store
Second Ave
Ohio
Wooerts Gatey Sane
Bankamericard
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