Lions Honored At First Annual Alexander Banquet
The Alexander Lions Club held its first anniversary banquet at Alexander High School with wives present. Lions International Director Merle Hartle and Gov. Russell Williams praised past year achievements and urged better understanding in their mission. Paul E. Metts won Lion of the Year for 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messenger
Alexander Lions Club
Alexander High School
Lions International
Merle Hartle
Lions
Russell Williams
Hartle
Alexander Lions
Union Furnace
Starr- Washington High School
Alexander Track Fund
Athens Lions Club
Byron White
Albany Lions
Cecil McGlone
Athens
Paul E. Metts
Bids Sought For Fuel Oil Boiler At Athens Schools
Athens City School Board approved advertising for bids on a fuel oil boiler to replace coal at Middle School and Chauncey Elementary due to natural gas shortages. Bids open April 2. Board also approved 1973 budget, insurance rate increases, staff appointments, and several resignations and hires as spring break approaches.
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Athens City
Chauncey
Morrison School
Blue Cross
Five Men Arraigned On Drug Charges in Athens County
Five men faced arraignment in Common Pleas Court from an Athens County grand jury indictment on drug charges. Bernie Knotts pled not guilty to the sale of hallucinogenic drugs with bond set at 15000 and a trial date of April 16. Harold Hannah of Nelsonville also pleaded innocent to two counts of the sale of drugs.
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Common Pleas
Athens County
Grand Jury
Bernie Knotts
Harold Hannah
Nelsonville
Tom Hoffner
Hayes Hall
Jeffrey Kelly
Parks Hall
Lowell Howard
Dennis Kirby
Kirby
Licensing To Resume In Nelsonville Bicycle Licenses
Nelsonville police will resume bicycle license issuance soon. Tags were issued for bicycles and motor bikes in past years, with a safety program guidance. the police auxiliary unit may handle registration. A trial date set for April 9 concerns Tom Hoffner and others in drug cases with bonds listed and proceedings ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Max Valkinburg
Company Recalls Products May Contain Toxin
FDA announced recalls of frozen foods potentially containing botulism toxin. Stouffer’s recall covers four products using mushrooms from United Canning. Fabbrini pizzas from Ossineke Michigan may use the same mushrooms. No confirmed contamination but all items labeled suspect and being returned.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Stouffers Food Co
KDA
Michigan
Stouffers
FDA
Fabbrini Family Foods
Ossineke
Mich
United Canning Corp
East Palestine
Ohio
FDAA
Stoutters
Solon
United
Detroit
Death notices from Wellston Pekin Gallipolis and beyond
Nellie M Ball 85 Wellston survived by daughter Judy Brady and three grandchildren. Services Wednesday 1 pm Rogers-Gaskill First Street Chapel burial Ridgewood Cemetery. Charles Creighton 87 Pekin formerly New Marshfield died at daughter Marie Sullivan's home buried Pekin. Jessie Bell Lewis 78 Gallia County died Holzer Medical Center burial Pine Street Cemetery. Gertrude Warner 84 Long Bottom died Holzer Medical Center funeral Wednesday 2 pm Chester Cemetery. Wick H Crow died in Cleveland former Sears salesman survived by wife two sons. graveside Friday 11 am Great Bend Cemetery.
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Wellston
Nellie M. Ball
S. Missouri Ave
Holzer Medical Center
Lawrence County
Hugh
Christine Cooper Gates
Free Will Baptist Church
John
Judy Brady
Rogers-Gaskill First Street
Lanny Carter
Ridgewood Cemetery
Pekin
Ill
Charles Creighton
Creighton
New Marshfield
Ohio
Ulysses
Marie) Sullivan
Sullivan
Olive Snapp
Buena Park
Calif
Robert
Bloomington
Idris
Indianapolis
Ind
Gallipolis
Jessie Bell Lewis
Fourth Ave
Waugh-Halley-Wood
Paul Hawks
Pine Street
Gallia County
Tom
Miranda Wall Wetherholt
Grace United Methodist Church
Point Pleasant
Long Bottom
Gertrude Warner
Ewing Funeral Home
Freeland Norris
Chester
Mt. Olive Church
Emily Congreve
Columbus
Wilbur Warner
Carrie Evans
Nelsonville
Fred
Elza Larkins
Peck Larkins
Belpre
William and
Mary Powell Larkins
Charles M. Warner
Pomeroy
Cleveland
Wick H. Crow
Brookview Boulevard
Ceveland
Meigs County
Charles H
Margaret V. Hayman Crow
Sears and Roebuck Co
Cartha M. Crow
Elyria
Michl
California
Thomas
Great Bend
Rawlings-Coats
Middleport
Wilkesville
Alva L. DeVault
Eva Hartley DeVault
Masonic Lodge
F and AM
Scottish Rite Valley of Columbus
Aladdin Temple of Columbus
Taberah Shrine Club
McArthur
Logan
Edward H. Funk
Homestead
Lancaster
William H
Almira Skinner Funk
Florence Weyand Funk
Funk
Detroit
Harold Ek
Newark
Bernice Chambers
Roy
Route 1
Clyde E
Nellie Cox
Florence Emmons
Cuyahoga Falls
Roberts Funeral Home
Jack Beverly
Scotts Creek
Charles
Bill
George Schultze
Wapakoneta
Irene Mooney
Glen Burney
Woodrow McDermott
William McDermott
Elwood
W. Va
Carolyn Mae Holliday
Jerico Road
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Crow-Hassell
Bryant Blair
Woodmere
Huntington
Holliday
Clarence
Charles and
Garnette Gwynn Wells
Meigs Engineer Beegle Dies At 72 In Ohio County
Theodore T. Beegle 72 of 300 Spring Ave Meigs County engineer died Monday night at Holzer Medical Center after a short illness. Survived by wife Lor etta Meier Beegle and three children, services Thursday at Sacred Heart Church Pomeroy with burial in church cemetery. Also obituary notices for Alva L. DeVault Edward H. Funk Alta Mae Schultze and Carolyn Mae Holliday.
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Pomeroy
Theodore T. Beegle
Spring Ave
Meigs County
Holzer Medical Center
Beegle
State Highway Department
Holzer
Daniel
Anna Wolfe Beegle
Loretta Meier Beegle
Paul
Shirley) Huston
Syracuse
John
Rita) Fisher
Hebron
Theodore M
Worthington
Lawrence
Racine
Esther Price
Portland
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Bernard Krajcevic
Ewing Funeral Home
Vandalism and thefts reported in Athens mix
Athens police reported two thefts and vandalism at Mount Zion Baptist Church. A stained glass window was damaged by rocks, about 2500 dollars. A toolbox and tools were stolen from a truck on W Washington Street. A tape player and tapes were robbed from a car on Lakeview. Police seek a trespass suspect at Pi Beta Phi and a private citizen’s indecent exposure arraignment.
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Athens
Mount Zion Baptist Church
W. Washington Street
George McClain
New Marshfield
Dan Weisman
Lakeview
Pi Beta Phi
S. College St
New Navy Is Changing Athens Rotarians Told
Lt. Comdr. J. W. Shelton of the Columbus Navy Recruiting District spoke to Athens Rotarians at a noon meeting about the new Navy. The Vietnam veteran outlined changes to meet modern times and the expanded role for recruits.
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Athens
Gary Elmenthaler
Messenger
Navy
Comdr
J. W. Shelton
Columbus
Shelton
Red Cross Appeals Help for Betty Smith Family Fire
The Athens County Red Cross seeks assistance for Mrs. Betty Smith of Millfield whose house and belongings were lost in a Friday night fire. They need a new house in Chauncey or The Plains and clothing for five children and Mrs. Smith. Call Margaret Bolin or drop items at the Red Cross office.
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Athens County
Red Cross
N. Congress St
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East Elementary
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East
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Korner
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William Bumgardner
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Robert Bailey
Duane
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George Washington
Monument
Meigs
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Suncrest
Mason County
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