Runaway truck crash damages Athens area vehicles and store
A tractor-trailer driven by Hubert Skelton Jr. failed to stop at the Carpenter Street State Street intersection, smashing seven vehicles and a supermarket an incident that injured a father and two children. Police later found the brakes worked after the crash. No citations issued.
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Athens
Carpenter-E. State
A&p
Hubert Skelton Jr
Burlington
Carpenter St
State Street
State
Skelton
Grace Dinsmoor
the Plains
Richard K. Thomas
Cincinnati
Carrol Taylor
New Plymouth
Hugh H. Davis
E. Carpenter St
Kern and Stimson Street
Lancaster Street
Stimson Ave
Holzer Medical Center Honor List Names Fact-Filled Notice
A long roster from Holzer Medical Center lists numerous individuals and spouses with a variety of names and residences. The item closes with CHAUNCEY Orland A Mansfield of The Plains forfeiting a $10 bond for illegal parking on Converse Street, cited by Marshal Ralph McKibben.
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Mansfield
the Plains
Converse Street
City Bulldozer Damaged by Fire at City Dump
Athens firefighters responded to a blaze at the city dump on Vore Ridge Road at 10 26 a m Friday. A short circuit in battery wiring damaged a city bulldozer. The Plains volunteer department arrived and extinguished the fire before city equipment.
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Athens
Vore Ridge Rd
Charles Dalton
Plains
Acting Mayor Named During Shepard Florida Vacation
City officials announce that Athens Mayor Raymond Shepard is on a Florida vacation for two weeks. City Council President Harry Crewson will serve as acting mayor in Shepard's absence.
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Athens
Raymond Shepard
Florida
Harry Crewson
Shepard
Death notices and church schedules across Ohio region
Samuel Sharp former regional development director will preach at First Christian Church Athens at 10 15 a m returning Sunday. Millfield Christian Church sets new service 10 50 to 11 40 and Sunday school 9 45 to 10 45. Iva Blanche Smith 87 of Logan died in Athens hospital survived by daughter Vera Kessler Columbus and extended family burial Oak Grove Cemetery. Donald M Bolen Sr 62 Bloomingburg died on arrival. former market operator survived by wife six daughters three sons and mother. services 1 30 p m Monday Jagers and Sons Athens burial Clarks Chapel Cemetery. Additional funeral home visits and arrangements noted.
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Samuel Sharp
Institute For Regional Development
Athens
First Christian Church
Sharp
Christian Church
Sam Sharp
Millfield
Millfield Christian Church
Logan
Iva Blanche Smith
Hocking County
John
Mary Shurtz Price
Bloomingburg
Donald M. Bolen Sr
Fayette Memorial Hospital
Bolen
Columbus
Linden Masonic Lodge
Linden Royal Arch Lodge
Scottish Rite
U. S. Trotting Association
Lucy Bolen
Pagetown
Ordestia McClanahan Bolen
Burl
Lou) DeBolt
Paul
Marjorie) Stanley
Albany
Robert
Elaine) Howard
Rialto
Calif
Frank
Judy) Hamilton
Rheta Ogdin
Sherry) Wright
Donald II
James Robert
Washington Court House
Michael
James R
Lake Dallas
Tex
Jagers and Sons Funeral Home
Clarks Chapel
Millfield Church to Install 1969 Officers
Installation services for Millfield Christian Church officers will be at 10 50 a m Sunday. Listing includes elders Grover Patton William Theisen Sr deacons Ron Kozma William Theisen Sr and others with duties for trustees parish planning council and various church roles. Honorary officers are Henry Heffken and Mabel Shaner.
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Millfield
Millfield Christian Church
William Theisen Sr
Grover Patton
Ron Kozma
John Russell
Sigmund Kozma
Amy Jo Moody
Marie Danko
Margaret Sanders
William Theisen
Mildred Russell
Point Pleasant Pharmacy Fire Burns Out of Control
Firemen battled a blaze at Fruth Pharmacy on Main Street Point Pleasant with flames threatening adjacent buildings. Anita McAllister reported her apartment above the store erupted in flames after she briefly left home. Neighbors Mr and Mrs Charles Messick evacuated as crews called in reinforcements.
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Point Pleasant
Fruth
Point Couple To Celebrate Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pyles of 420 Highland Ave Point Pleasant celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house from 2 to 6 p.m. They wed January 4 1919 in the county clerk's office by Rev. Mark Shifler. Mrs. Pyles, formerly Ethel Love, spent most of her life in the Gallipolis Ferry area. They have nine children Ruth Lambert Pomeroy Virginia Wallis Gallipolis Ferry Sandy Pyles Gallipolis Ferry Charles Pyles Point Pleasant Larry Pyles Gallipolis Ferry Jack Pyles Plain City Payton Pyles Plain City Everett Pyles Plain City Richard Pyles Ashton. They also have 24 grandchildren and 43 great grandchildren.
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Point Pleasant
Charles Pyles
Highland Ave
Mark Shifler
Pyles
Ethel Love
Gallipolis Ferry
Ruth Lambert
Pomeroy
Virginia Wallis
Sandy
Gallipolis
Jack
Larry Pyles
Payton
Everett Pyles
Plain City
Richard Pyles
Ashton
Infant Rushed to Hospital After Breathing Trouble
A three month old Thompson infant was taken to Holzer Medical Center by the Middleport emergency squad at 7:56 p.m. Wednesday after reports of difficulty breathing. The baby boy was picked up at a residence on 574 Lau rel Street in Middleport. No parental names or addresses were available.
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Middleport
Thompson
Holzer Medical Center
Robinson
Laurel St
Glouster Area Driver Jailed on DWI and Left-of-Center
A Glouster Route 3 man, Robert D. Shover, 20, was jailed on a $300 bond and $15 fine plus costs after pleading guilty to left of center. He also faced a pending intoxication charge with bond, failed to pay the fine costs and bond. Temperatures remained below freezing in Athens with a Friday low of 26 and a morning reading of 29.
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Robert D. Shover
Athens
C. L. Colmer
Grand Jury Starts Soon at Point Pleasant
Members of the grand jury will begin duties Monday at 9 a.m. under new prosecuting attorney Mike Shaw who took office January 1. The panel includes J E Sommer, Harvey Cottrill, Bernice Calloway, Gail Jones, Virgil Adkins, Shirley Karr, Margaret Thompson, Thomas Alford, Hazel Roush, Herman Stone, Melvin Earl Clark, Dorothy Yanmatre, and others. The grand jury peat jury reports January 27 at 9 a.m.
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Point Pleasant
Mike Shaw
J. E. Sommer
South Side
Harvey Cottrill
Worthy Conrad
Milton
Bonnie Nutter
Mary Hyre
Carter Franklin
Hazel E. Roush
Herman Stone
Leon
Melvin Earl Clark
West
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Hicle
Lyle A. McGeoch, Jr
Columbia Ave
Lyle A. McGeoch Sr
Betsy McGeoch
Peter McGeoch
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Fire Department
Lawrence W. Sandlin
Florence
Sandlin
Mt. Pleasant
Rex’s Forwarding, Inc
Ken Steinhoff
Charles Landrum
Jackson
Donald Richards
Wellston
Michael H Bailey
William English
Gary Fife
Harry Kauff
Diana L. Evans
New Haven
Catherine Nierman
Lloyd Carter
Mary Simkins
Luanne Staats
Bidwell
Ethel Martins
Darin McKee
Angelis J. McGuire
Earl Conley
Chloe
W. Va
Rex Unroe
Northup
Kenneth Blessing
John Thacker
Joey Wyant
Harriet Tucker
Lewis McDaniel
Kathrina Stover
Helen Beverly
Ronnie Bostic
Lowell Bush
Cindy Butcher
Frederick Calvert
John Colwell
Clarence Crace
Richard Fitch
Harold Gregory
Hez A. Henson
Robert Hickel
Tina Johnson
Roger Klein
John Loveday
Clifford Manley
Everetta McGinnis
Audrey Poore
Margaret Pritchet
William Qualls
Ronald A. Roush
van Roush
Stephen Seaman
Mont Smith
Sanford C. Stroop
William Woodard
Donald C. Shoemaker
Lenora Barnett
Paul Beards
Lisa Cameron
Robert Caruthers
Carllos Dyson
Harry Edler
Alan Lee Harper
Leah Hart
Don Hemsworth
Clara Lambert
Harry Reitmire
Sandra Sue Reynolds
Brian Wallace
Alonzo Wylie
Chauncey — Orland A
Marshal Ralph McKibben
Donald K. Barstow
Don Barstow
Mill ST
Crewson
Donald M. Bolen
Culbert Bolen
Kirkpatrick’s
Jagers Funeral Home
Grace Border
Nancy Kidd
Hazel Earich
Lucille Sanders
Virginia Kozma
Ruth Kozma
Laverne Sanders
A. P. Kozma
Debbie Farich
Sue Kozma
Ed. Heffken
Frances Wallace
Mabel Shaner
Hazel LaHugh
Beth Hanning
Jane Hanning
Henry Heffken
Glouster Area
Motor Oil
Bank Americard
Richland Avenue
Servicenter
Richland Ave
North Court Street
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