Community groups schedule varied events around town
AAUW and League of Women Voters host evening programs at City Hall and other venues. Current Events Club meets 7:30 with changes noted. Alcoholics Anonymous and veterans groups hold meetings at multiple locations. Public interest talks at Hocking Technical College and neighborhood clubs share crafts, socials, and charity planning tonight through tomorrow. attendees urged to bring items and follow updated times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAUW
League of Women Voters
City Hall
Ira Burnfield
Maplewood Drive
John Hartley
Alcoholics Anonymous
Lancaster St
Athens County Shrine Club
Athens Masonic Temple
OU Women’s Hobby Club
Court records list multiple traffic and conduct cases across Athens and surrounding towns
A compiled docket shows Gary W Statham and numerous others charged with speeding and traffic offenses in Athens, Marietta, Nelsonville, and nearby communities. Sentences include fines, costs, jail days, and license suspensions, with drivers from Sheffield and Millfield to Trimble and Columbus appearing before local patrols and sheriff s departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary W Statham
Athens
Richard Still
Stonteville
Dix Mussett
James R Geer
Denny L. McCabe
New Lesington
Bruce A Ferguson
Corning
Ronald W Jorgenson
New Lexington
Hunger Workshop at Ohio University Explores Causes and Solutions
A two day workshop at Ohio University will study world hunger and its links to poverty. OU faculty and officials from the Ohio Department of Health and Ohio Council of Churches lead sessions on hunger education cultural evolution and eating habits. Robert Graetz will discuss U.S. food policy. Registration contact 594 3765.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Ohio Department of Health
Ohio Council of Churches
Robert Graetz
U.S
Local obituaries list numerous residents across several towns
A lengthy obituary notice lists residents and relatives from Nelsonville Athens Crooksville New Straitsville Racine Minersville Pomeroy Middleport Syracuse and surrounding areas. Names include Mr and Mrs Blase Banik Mrs Avonelie Merz and many others with relations noted in the memorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blase Banik
Crooksville
Homer Riley
Nelsonville
Kim Irwin
Athens
Notable Names in Community Notices
Mrs Eddie Dickerson and daughter William Hutchison. Mrs Cora McCoy. Charles Hopkins. Mrs Larry Goodman and daughter. Leonard McMillin. Mrs Philip Martin appear in a local social column highlighting residents and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Dickerson
William Hutchison
Cora McCoy
Charles Hopkins
Larry Goodman
Leonard McMillin
Philip Martin
Local residents named in community notice
A fragmented bulletin lists individuals including Mrs David Flowers Mary Sayre Leslie Markham Isabelle McLaughlin Birdie Blain Mrs Ronnie Johnson Shannon Tucker Beverly Dingess Robert Walding Larry Crum and others as part of a public notice. The incomplete text references a local event or inclusion of residents in a civic matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Flowers
Mary Sayre
Leslie Markham
Isabelle McLaughlin
Birdie Blain
Ronnie Johnson
Shannon Tucker
Beverly Dingess
Robert Walding
Larry Crum
Mar
Weather Summary for Southeast Ohio and Regions
A Southeast Ohio forecast notes mostly cloudy cooler tonight with a low near 40s and partly cloudy Friday reaching mid to upper 50s with a 20 percent rain chance. Extended outlook shows showers Saturday north and fair Monday with highs in the 40s. Other regions report cold, windy conditions, showers or snow flurries, and lake effects with variable winds and precipitation chances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Lake Shore
West Central Southwest
East Central
Lake Erie
Broken Gas Line Prompted Emergency Response in Nelsonville
A gas odor led Nelsonville firefighters to a Hocking Street apartment. They found a broken half inch line in Minnie Pitts’s unit and a defective gas vent in Barney Baker’s apartment. Columbia Gas shut off the supply as investigators checked West Washington Street for smoke with no fire found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Hocking Street
Eugene Sanborn
Minnie Pitts
Barney Baker
Columbia Gas of Ohio Co
West Washington Street
Emergency medical runs list with multiple patients
Emergency runs report multiple patients including John Chappell 21 Athens Apartments to O'Bleness for possible food poisoning at 1 13 a m Thursday Mabel Gaul 8 of 17 Ohio Ave to O Bleness for breathing difficulty Wednesday Becky Stewart 20 Hartford to Holzer Medical Center Tuesday Myrtle Hoffman 69 Letart to Pleasant Valley Tuesday Lawrence Stephens 33 New Haven to Pleasant Valley Wednesday 11 00 am Aaron Kelton Welchtown to Holzer Medical Center Monday Edna Hart 226 Union Ave Pomeroy to Veterans Memorial Hospital
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Chappell
Athens Apartments
O'Bleness
Mabel Gaul
Ohio Ave
Becky Stewart
Hartford
Holzer Medical Center
Myrtle Hoffman
Letart
Pleasant Valley
Lawrence Stephens
New Haven
Aaron Kelton
Welchtown
Edna Hart
Union Ave
Pomeroy
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Area Deaths Include Sprouse Brunton Mills Obituaries
Deborah Lynn Sprouse 16 Point Pleasant died at Children’s Hospital Columbus after a yearlong illness. She was a Point Pleasant High School sophomore and Grace Bible Baptist Church member. Survived by parents Roscoe Betty Sprouse. sister Cheryl. brothers David and Daniel. grandparents Clawson Roush New Haven and Maude Sprouse West Columbia. Service 1:30 p.m. Friday at Grace Bible Baptist Church. Burial Suncrest Cemetery. Call Wilcoxen Funeral Home after 4 p.m. today. Body to church an hour before service.
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Deborah Lynn Sprouse
Point Pleasant
Children's Hospital
Columbus
Point Pleasant High School
Grace Bible Baptist Church
Roscoe
Betty Roush Sprouse
Cheryl
Barthers
David
Daniel
Clawson Roush
New Haven
Maude Sprouse
West Columbia
Kenneth Coleman
Suncrest Cemetery
Wilcoxen
Newark
Phyllis M. Brunton
Licking Memorial Hospital
Athens
Roy
Nell Love Judson
Glouster Church of Christ
DAV
Emerson
Lovell
Hebron
Douglas
St. Louisville
Ricky
Sharon Scurlock
Elmer Handa
Erma Ricker
Maplewood Cemetery
Brucker and Kishler
Barberton
Drusilla Faye Wilson
27Th St. NW
Citizens Hospital
Ellsworth
Janie Barstow Cox
Barbeton
Meigs County Man Dies After Radio Antenna Accident
Meigs County man George Bud Young, 27, of Pomeroy Route 3, died of electrical burns after attempting to install a citizens band radio antenna on his home roof. He was treated at Veterans Memorial Hospital but succumbed soon after admission. Coroner Dr RR Pickens listed electrical burns as the cause. The accident occurred at 11:10 a.m. as Middleport Emergency Squad assisted. Young, Vietnam War veteran, is survived by his wife Peggy, his mother Ellen Young, two sisters, a grandfather, and a grandmother. Burial arrangements set for Ewing Funeral Home with Rev Floyd Shook officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Citizens Band
Ohio Power Co
George
Bud) Young
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Middleport
RR. Pickens
Ellen Young
West Columbia man jailed for Red Carpet Inn break-in
John Michael Wheeler, 27, was sentenced to one year in the Mason County jail for his part in the December 21 1975 break-in at the Red Carpet Inn north of Point Pleasant. Judge James Holliday presided as Wheeler pleaded guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
West Columbia
Mason County
John Michael Wheeler
James Holliday
Wheeler
Quito
Juniors Sell Pizza From HEMLOCK Miller High School
Hemlock Miller High School juniors offer baked fresh pizzas to freeze or bake. They will deliver within the district and also sell at the school from 11 am to 1 pm. 14 inch pizzas cost 2.50 for cheese and 2.75 for cheese and pepperoni. Payment due at order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemlock — Miller High School
Firemen Contain Blaze In Auto on Main Street
Firemen were called to 101 East Main Street to extinguish a car fire involving Jim Smith of Union Furnace. The blaze started by a backfire through the carburetor around 11:18 AM on Wednesday. firefighters used chemical agents to suppress the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Jim Smith
Union Furnace
Main St
Woodrow Ferrel 74 Chesterhill dies in Ohio University staff
Woodrow L. Ferrel 74 of Chesterhill Route 1 died after a heart attack in Bethesda Hospital Zanesville. Born in Jobs Hocking County he was a retired Ohio University official teacher and farmer. He helped bring war surplus materials to the university and served 1930 onward. He was a Seventh Day Adventist and member of Paramathia Lodge. Surviving are two daughters and three grandchildren. funeral by Stone Matheney Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesterhill
Woodrow L. Ferrel
Bethesda
Zanesville
Jobs
Hocking County
Benjamin F
Matilda Yates Ferrel
Ferrel
Ohio University
Chauncey
Ohio
Ferrell
Plimpton to Speak Friday at Ohio University
George Plimpton renowned writer and amateur performer will address an audience Friday at 8:15 pm in Memorial Auditorium on the Ohio University campus as part of the Kennedy Lecture series. The event highlights his career blending journalism with athletic and entertainment stunts, including Pap0 Lion and Rio Lobo collaborations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Plimpton
Memorial Auditorium
Ohio University
Kennedy
Lenes
Plimpton
Detroit Lions
Archie Moore
Pancho Gonzalez
Las Vegas
John Wayne
Mr and Mrs William Grueser Vacation in Florida
Mr and Mrs William Grueser of Middleport are vacationing in Daytona Beach Florida and visiting other points in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Grueser Middleport
Daytona Beach
Florida
Divorces and dissolutions filed in Perry County
Several petitions filed in Perry County Common Pleas include Deborah Chrysler of New Lexington suing Robert Chrysler for gross neglect and extreme cruelty, Cheryl Ann Fisher represented by Juanita Thomas from Roseville in a similar action, and Sharon McCafferty seeking divorce from Melvin Lee McCafferty with custdy of two children Stephen and Beverly Harley. Dissolutions granted for Alice Faye Stover and Danny Carrol Stover of Glenford and Eugene Wooley with Lots Aan Wooley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deborah Chrysler
New Lesington
Robert & Chrysler
Columbus
Cheryl Ann Fisher
Juanita Thomas
Roseville
John RR Fisher East
Fultenham
Sharon & MeCafferty
Melvin Lee McCafferty
Alice Faye Stover
Danny Carrol
Stover
Glenford
Carolyn
Fos
Paul Gregory
Fou Hoadney
Eugene Wooley
Lots Aan
Wooley
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Athens County
Glouster
National Audubon Society
Hocking Technical College
Barb Moran
Floyd Bolin
East State
Conrath Bean
Albany
Albany Methodist Church
Marcellite Rebekah Lodge
Ioof Temple
Jacksonville
Presbyterian Women's Association
Catherine Nelson
Elmwood Place
Golden Wings
Chauncey Lions Club
Albany Grange
Albany Vfw Dance
Dottie and
the Rhythm Makers
Dubuque
Iowa
Court News
Bennie EF Black
Cleveland
Elizabeth Winkler
Blaine
Alva L. Collins
Carraige Hill
Bryan W Goldberg
Carriage Hill
Jeffrey D. Harris
Pickering Mall
James
Mackey
Oak Harbor
Dennis J Meredith
Raymond F Nwak
Read Hall
Thomas W Yanniello
Gary Young
Millfield
Ernest R Carr
William J King
Harold J Bridentha
Louisville
Edward E Dougherty
Suger Grove
Phillip H Erwin
O'Rourke
Anna M Whiteman
New Marshfield
John Michael McFadden
Lynn Marie Corbett
Maple Heights
Tony A Reed
the Pieiis
Brenda Lee Karnes
Hocking County Common Pleas
Michael No Cremean
Donna R
Hocking
Thomas F. Tate
Toledo
Hobert
Actison Jr
Hester Tucker
Rockbridge
Albert J Shade Jr
Gregory J Jewitt
Betty J Reese
Jeffrey Rutter
Paul Allen Blankenship
Joseph FE Sullivan
J C Brown
Atwood
Kevin D Walsh
Snyder VN
Michael D Cook
Homer Logan
David A Grubb
Hotmey
John S Smith
Coshocton
Robert W Carr
Mansfield
William J. McKinney
Cincinnati
John FE Malone
Yellow Springs
Kenneth BR Bland
Perry County
George Dean Storer
Shawnee
Olwe
Wumproper
O’bleness
Michael Estell
Myrie Koker
Jack Sickels
Kimberlynn Hamilton
Guy Day
Raymond Humphrey
Gloria Palmer
Patricia Cheeseman
Randy Gambill
Zaleski
Harry McKibben
Martha Banik
Murray City
Melville McCune
Karen Baroni
Joseph Simms
William Bartlett
Wayne Massie
Dave Hamill
Otto Perry
Floyd Biffle
Harry Linscott
Marvin White
Donald Cleland
Angie Brozak
Herbart Dalton
Mary Wilson
Telonia Tignor
Clarence Waldron
Rindi Rasmussen
Mount St. Mary
Jesse VanBibber
Barbara Brutvan
Arnold Mathena
Peter Dreese
New Straitsville
Avonelie Merz
Dennis Wolfe
Susan Stuffelbean
Edith Bartlett
Fern Bunthoff
Inez Campbell
Lora Fisk
Vin Bennett
Sandra Campbell
Ronald Plumiey
Homer Davis
Daniel King
Lawrence Gerlach
von Stewart Jr
Elmer McFarland Veterans
Tamara Tallent
Racine
Ernest Stewart
Minersville
John Gilland
Dorothy Collins
Kimberly Kennedy
Anna Russell
Mary Wallace
Victoria Cundiff
Syracuse
Bryan Haning
Martha Chambers
Lori Wood
Erma Jean Johnson
Patricia Plumbley
Paul Dodson
Ava Gilkey
Naomi Bentley
Nan Moore
Hocking Valley
Kenneth Johnson
Great Lakes
New England
Southwest
Plains
Pacific
Midwest
Athens Fire Squad
NEW Haven Squad
Pomeroy Squad
Deborah Sprouse
Phyllis Brunton
Beulah Mills
Gallipolis
Beulah B. Mills
St. Mary's Hospital, Huntington
Willis Funeral Home
George Young
Meigs
Drusilla Wilson
Emily Jeffries
Wellston
Emily Suzanne Jeffries
Children’s Hospital
Ross County Medical Center
Carl Ray
Nancy Johnson Jeffries
Carl Raymond
Jeremy Todd
Delbert
Eleanor Johnson
Xenia
Carl
Mary Jeffnes
Mount Carmel
Andy Akers
Paul Koffel
C. Paul Koffel
Old Forge
Koffel
Ohio Bureau of Employment
First Presbyterian Church of
Lisbon
Marcia Woodrum Koffel
Bradley
H. Paul Koffel
Salem
Walter Eells
Elkton
Richard J
Glen A
Newton Falls
Schoedinger East Chapel
E. Livingston Ave
Glen Rest Cemetery
Kay Proctor
Parkersburg
St Joseph Hospital
Ralph
Nell) Graves
Carolyn Thomas
Ewing
Wilbur Perrin
Acceleration Corp Banc Onw Corp
Beasley and Berkley Boe
Bev Mang
Big Oru
Bod Evans Farms
Bucteve Inti Brougnton Food Co
Bucteve Fee S&l Cardinal Fund Celina Financia
Ene
Dar
Mooney Broad Wat! Mobile Concrate
Ide Corp
Amer Nati Corp
Pavco American Pine Natural Gas
Merc Ind Sc Rottenstern Fete
Samsrae &Co
United McGill
Wendy's Inter
Willem Worthington
Zonder van Co
First Banc Group OF
Ohio, Inc
FDIC
Woodrow Ferrel
Helen Stright
the Messenger
Otto
The
Messenger
Final Messenger
Perry County Common Pleas
Stephen Harley
Beverly J Harley
Junction City
Faye Spergin
Anthony Farr Spergin
Newart Robert Scott
Ethel M Dupiler Scott
New Lemington
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