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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1976
Page
6
Multiple obituaries from area towns report deaths with ages, birthplaces, and family survivors. Jessie Gorrell of Hamden Route 1 and Boyd H. Shaver of Columbus are among those named, with funeral details and burial plans in local cemeteries.
Mrs Cora E Ross 65 of 644 E Main St died Sunday night in Hocking Valley Community Hospital after eight years of failing health. Born in Jacksonburg W Va she was daughter of Clarence and Millie Ensminger King. Widow of Joseph died 1975. Survived by stepson William Kistler Logan stepson Jesse Ross Bethesda Md stepdaughter Mrs James Anthony Kokomo Ind two grandchildren one brother William King Logan two sisters Verlie Reinscheld Logan and Inez Kern New Straitsville Route 1. Funeral Wednesday 2 pm Leonard Lyke Funeral Home with Rev R W Faulkner burial Oak Grove Cemetery. Funeral home open after 7 pm today and Tuesday afternoon and evening.
The Athens fire squad transported patients to O'Bleness and area hospitals from Friday to Monday. Entries include a newborn birth at home, heart attack, chest pains, knee injury, head laceration, teeth marks, and other medical transports involving residents from Athens and surrounding towns.
Firemen found no blaze at 7 Palmer St Athens when occupants charcoaled steaks on the front porch. In Nelsonville Route 1 the Kennard residence prompted a precautionary check after the family smelled smoke. Local 1699 of AFSCME at Ohio University meets Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. to discuss worker reclassification.
Sunny today in southeastern Ohio with highs 20 to 25. Increasing clouds tonight with lows around 20. Cloudy Tuesday, highs 35 to 40, with a 10 percent chance of snow today and 20 percent tonight and Tuesday. Extended outlook shows snow in the north and mixed precipitation in the south midweek, with further chances Thursday and Friday.
Gallia County deputies say two women from Gallipolis were robbed at La Rochi's Pizza in Silver Bridge Plaza Sunday night. A gun was fired into the air as the assailants demanded about 300 dollars. Donald Eugene White 18 and Billy Joe Mullins 19 are in custody.
Charges of menacing threats against Lloyd W. Cain of Glouster were dismissed in municipal court this morning. Cain was charged by David E. Lunsford of Glouster last weekend. Cain is the father of Kathy Wright who was shot last week outside the Pumpkin Vine Tavern.
Athens resident Robert Boston 25 drowned in the Scioto River near Higby bridge when a duck hunting boat overturned after entangling in brush. Larry Hanson of Richmondale was rescued after two hours clinging to limbs. Boston's wife Cathy and two children survive.
The bookmobile route for Pomeroy includes daily stops at Salisbury Elementary Bradbury Elementary and many community sites from Tuesday through Friday with varied times. Readers can catch services at locations such as Coalton Elementary School Day Center Route 788 and Tuppers Plains with hours spanning morning to evening.
The document records numerous newborns and their families from Athens The Plains Glouster Nelsonville The Plains Kiren A Ferrato and others, naming mothers and spouses in a series of hospital notes across towns including Athens The Plains Glouster Nelsonville and surrounding communities.
A long roster of Logan and nearby residents appears in a petition notice listing numerous individuals including Mrs Steven McDaniels of New Straitsville Mrs William Eckelberry Larry Clutter Sammy Collins Mrs Kenneth Clayton Adkins and others across Parkersburg Gallipolis Racine and Pomeroy. The record also includes Okla Walker Syracuse and Portland affiliates along with Ellen Lawrence Edna Stiles and Robert Fetty.
The residence of Pearlie F. Jewell Jr. on Beech Grove Road in Rutland was destroyed by fire this morning. Rutland Fire Department arrived at 8:25 a.m. with seven firefighters and two trucks. no one was home. Estimated damage is $20,000. cause under investigation.
Meigs County Sheriff Robert Hartenbach reported the arrest of Kenneth Dale McCune for shooting Robert Imboden who was wounded in the left shoulder by a shotgun blast fired from a car. Imboden treated at Veterans Memorial Hospital and released. McCune charged with causing or attempting to cause harm with a deadly weapon and will face a preliminary hearing in Meigs County Court.
Hollister near Trimble Two Road 611 fire department rushed to a 2:52 a.m. blaze that leveled a five room frame house owned by Mr. and Mrs. Gary Altman while they slept. Cause undetermined at this time. In Pomeroy police investigate a 3:30 p.m. Saturday theft of a 1974 bronze Vega owned by Charles Cobb.
Firemen answered two alarms on the first Sunday of the year. A mobile home fire on Route 4 caused minimal damage after insulation ignited during thawing efforts. At 800 Mohican Ave a chimney fire turned into overheated pipe and ceiling tile ignition, also minimal damage. The Gallia County Sheriff's Dept is investigating thefts from Shirley Beaver's car and Charles Stevers' vacation cabin.
Athens Chapter 39 RAM and Albany Masonic Temple host the Most Excellent Master Degree at 7 pm. Quota Club and Children Services, PEO Chapter 6 meet at 7 and 7 30 pm. Dow at 27 Ohio Ave, The Plains Home Demonstration Club and Glouster Kiwanis Club gather in early evening. Various Masonic bodies hold degrees and lectures at 7 30 pm. Glenford Dugan Post 229 American Legion meets at 7 45 pm at the Legion War Memorial Building.
A noon Green and White Club luncheon at Baker Center with freshmen Steve Skaggs and Bucky Walden as guests. Various clubs meet in the afternoon and evening at locations around Athens including Social Literary Club at Ohio University Inn and Al-Anon at Church of the Good Shepherd.
Franklin Louis Rowe of Belpre Ohio is charged with an inmate death after a Saturday jail fight in the detox unit at the Wood County Correctional Center in Parkersburg West Virginia. Floyd Malone 52 of Waverly Wood County died from the beating and Ardell Braden 62 of Parkerburg is in critical condition. Four men including Malone Braden and Rowe were being held in the jail drunk tank when the clash occurred.
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