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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1966
Page
7
Numerous death notices from Corning Chesterhill and nearby towns list ages from 31 to 85 with details on birthplaces, survivors, church affiliations, and funeral arrangements. Notables include John B Sicilian of Corning, Riley Dean Wogan of Waynezburg, and Mary Iva Van Atta of Logan. Interments take place at Maplewood, Zion Cemetery, and Green Lawn among others.
Local column recounts ten day snows plaguing the Ohio River town of Pomeroy with slowed travel and no major accidents. Rural routes hindered by weather while mail delivery continues. more snow forecast. Also reports rabid calf in Harrisonville area and ongoing rabies prevention efforts.
William Jackson Toomey 47 of Athens pleaded guilty in Nelsonville Mayor's Court to driving while intoxicated. He was fined $150 and costs and sentenced to three days in the city jail.
Freda Schoonover has filed for divorce from James Schoonover in Cause No. 23853 alleging gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. The petition seeks custody and education of two minors, alimony, division of property and debts, and general relief with a hearing set after March 12 in Athens Ohio. Plaintiff’s attorney is John F. Cline, Athens.
Mrs Lalla Ropeter, 79, died Tuesday at a Malta nursing home after a week as a patient. A Northup Route 1 resident and widow of August Ropeter, she was born February 19 1887 to Stanton and Dor Jones Bostick. Survived by son George of Zanesville, a granddaughter and three great grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 10 a.m. Wheatherholt Elliott Funeral Home with Rev Don Wells officiating. Burial at Mound Hill Cemetery.
Rio Grande College appoints George E. Bush as development officer succeeding retired W Kenneth Welker. Bush a Gallipolis native and WWII and Korean War veteran will oversee fundraising campus construction alumni relations events and serve as an aide to the president. He holds a BS from West Point and attended Marietta College.
Fewer dog licenses were bought by Vinton County owners this year. By February 1 845 dog licenses and 195 kennel licenses were purchased versus 1082 dog licenses and 100 kennel licenses at the same date in 1965. A note on regional dialects mentions New Yorkers calling a bag a sack in Kansas and a poke in Alabama.
SEO Nursing League gathers at Davis Hall Holzer Hospital School of Nursing Gallipolis to hear a report on Projected Needs for Nursing Education in Ohio 7:30 p m Thursday Miss Mary Louise Wagner RN St Elizabeth Hospital School of Nursing Dayton to discuss the report Also noted a paleolithic discovery Hell Gap Guernsey Wyoming where two circular huts built by paleo Indians about 10000 years ago were uncovered after five years of excavations
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