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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 13, 1977

Page

9

Alarm Blocked Fire Damages Albany Home

An Albany area home on County Road 80 burned around 7 p.m. when residents could not reach fire services as two party line users refused to stop. Mrs Mace smelled smoke touched a hot wall near the chimney and broadcast for help via a CB radio. Firefighters arrived after a Saturday call, saving the home from major damage.

Albany Citizens Band Floyd Mace Enlow Road Mace Leah Mace Miss Mace General Telephone Co

Hospital Admits and Dismissals List From Ohio Areas

A long hospital note lists admitted patients across Athens Nelsonville Glouster Hamden and surrounding towns including Karen Zando Elden Byrne Ronald Rodehaver Crystal Sinclair and Grace Frank. A separate line notes discharges such as August Garnes Adrienne French and Shirley Landers from the same facilities.

Karen Zando Elden Byrne Ronald Rodehaver Charles Cochran IV Crystal Sinclair Athens Janet Klinebriel Helen Warren Nelsonville Grace Frank Glouster Melvin Hill Hamden

Local Masonic Lodges See Meetings in Southeast Ohio

The Southeastern Ohio Federal Credit Union hosts its annual board meeting at 7 30 p m with dinner at 6 p m at Hocking Valley Motor Lodge. Albany Lodge 723 F and AM holds a special meeting at 7 p m at Albany Masonic Lodge to confer a Master Mason degree. Other lodges in Bishopville Glouster and Jacksonville schedule 7 p m to 7 30 p m sessions with Temples and Rebekah Lodge events.

S County Southeastern Ohio Federal Credit Union Hocking Valley Motor Lodge Albany Lodge F&am Albany Masonic Lodge Constitution Lodge

Family Development Programs Announces Jan 22 Meeting

Family Development Programs Inc will hold its annual membership and board meeting on January 22 in the conference room at Mount St Mary Hospital Nelsonville starting at 10 a.m. A progress report on the Rural Health Initiative and Coordinated Outreach and Screening program will be given along with day care Title XX contracts the 1976 77 first quarter utilization report and future directions recommendations. The public is invited.

Family Development Programs, Inc Mount St. Mary Hospital Nelsonville

Winter storm watch and warnings for Ohio and surrounding regions

Southeast Ohio forecast warns of a winter storm tonight with snow likely and possible freezing rain. Lows in upper teens to mid 20s and highs in the 20s to upper 30s, with 60 to 80 percent precipitation chances. Northwest wind and snow advisories extend to other regions with varying accumulations.

Ohio Lake Shore East Lake Shore East Central Southwest

Study Finds Spending Power Not Keeping Up With Inflation

A government study shows that rising inflation and tax increases erode take home pay even when incomes rise to match prices. It urges indexing to adjust exemptions and credits to CPI, citing examples from Canada and other nations.

Edmund Pinto Associated Press Washington Congressional Fice Executive Branch Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations France Netherlands Canada

Senate committee probes safety of food additives

The Senate Small Business Committee opens hearings on FDA regulation of saccharine Red Dye No 2 and Aspartame. Chairman Len Gaylord Nelson notes many chemicals used in food face new scrutiny and may pose health risks despite long use. Americans buy more processed foods with additives, consuming about five pounds per person yearly.

Washington Senate Small Business Committee Len Gaylord Nelson D-Wis Food and Drug Administration FDA General Accounting Office of Congress Nelson

Local Servicemen Earn Promotions and Awards

M Sgt James E Patterson Jr of Huntington West Virginia was promoted to his present rank and serves as a photographic supervisor at K I Sawyer AFB Michigan with a unit of the Dyt Strategic Air Command. S Sgt Fred L Gillenwater of Cheshire received his third Air Force Commendation Medal for meritorious service at Kadena AB Japan, now with a Strategic Air Command unit at McConnell AFB. Army Pvt Curtis W Waldron from Wellston Route 3 is noted among NATO Exercise Reforger 76 participants in Germany. Army Pfc Mark S Roberson, 20, of Crown City, participated in Reforger 76 with the 101st Airborne at Fort Campbell Kentucky.

James E. Patterson Jr James E. Patterson Huntington W. Va Patterson K.I. Sawyer Afb Mich Dyt Strategic Air Command Huntington High School Edith E. A. Watson Crown City Fred L. Gillenwater Forrest Gillenwater Cheshire Kadena AB Japan Gillenwater McConnell Afb Strategic Air Command Kyger Creek High School Los Angeles Community College Army Pvt Curtis W. Waldron Vickie Wellston Germany 101St Airborne Division Ft Campbell Army Mark S. Roberson Mary J Walters Roberson

Ohio University economist nets $28 692 NIH grant

Dr. Lee Soltow, economics professor at Ohio University, received a 28 692 grant from the National Institute of Health to study how population and family size affect wealth inheritance. The research seeks to understand if current inequalities in wealth distribution create a perpetual economic elite through inheritance. Soltow has previously conducted related work totaling over 47 000 in grants.

Lee Soltow Ohio University National Institute of Health Soltow

Death notices list Grace McCarty and others in Gallia area

Grace Naomi McCarty 74 of Thurman Route 1 died this morning at Holzer Medical Center. Survived by daughter Georgiana Jenkins son Lutellis McCarty six grandchildren and four great grandchildren two sisters and a brother. Private services Saturday 1:30 pm at Waugh Halley Wood Funeral Home. Burial Mound Hill Cemetery. Other notices include Hazel Dane 53 Lebanon and Bart Porter former Hollister resident. Raymond C Klinebriel 63 Nelsonville Route 2 died in Dayton VA Hospital after illness. Burial Connett Cemetery. Burial and calling hours vary by funeral homes and locations.

Gallipolis Grace Naomi McCarty Thurman Holzer Medical Center Gallipolis State Institute Simpson United Methodist Church Thurman Eastern Star Ohio Valley the Daughters of the American Revolution St. Marys W Va West Virginia Ellis Georgia Ambler Hambrick Georgiana Jenkins Lutellis McCarty Bradford Ohio Dorothy Myers Columbus Bettie Clark George Hambrick Circleville Waugh-Halley Wood Robert Damschroder Mound Hill Cemetery Hazel Dane Lebanon Hazel E Dane Oswald Nelsonville Avanelle Merz Alice Kollister Edna Erwin Logan Mary Anderson Lancaster Dorothy Cox Mabel Hart New Marshfield Bart Porter Glouster Bart Porter Hollister Athens County Var Fossen Paul Johnson Jim Onslaer Raymond C. Klinebriel Veterans Administration Hospital Dayton Saginaw Mich William and Mary Arft Klinebriel South Pacific Wilbur Klinebriel Lawrence Klinebriel Haydenville Arthur Klinebriel Newark

Kilvert Citizens Form Group To Find New Center Site

Members form a committee to locate a site for a proposed community center. Elected president is Jim Flowers, with Gail Tabler as vice president and a slate of Tabler and Parsons family members in secretary and officer roles. The Mount St. Mary Hospital Guild event in Nelsonville is postponed indefinitely due to cold weather.

Jimmy Flowers Gail Tabler Margaret Tabler Judy Tabler Bonnie Myers Irene Flowers Mary _ Tabler Mildred Culberson Rex Tabler Goldie Tabler Ida Parsons Nelsonville The Mount St. Mary Hospital

Chauncey Dover volunteers begin 36 hour fire training course

Chauncey Dover Volunteer Fire Department starts a 36 hour program led by instructor Gene Hanning from the State Education Department through Trade and Industrial Education Service. The Tri County Joint Vocational School assists as the course covers pumps apparatus hose gas masks and tactics. In Nelsonville obituary for Audrey Pierce 56 lists survivor errors omit brother Billy Gene Smith of New Plymouth.

Chauncey Chauncey- Dover Volunteer Fire Department Bill Gretz Gene Hanning Trade and Industrial Education Service State Department of Education Tri-County Joint Vocational School Nelsonville Audrey Pierce Adams St Billy Gene Smith New Plymouth Lucille

Athens Municipal Court Traffic Fines and Forfeitures

Court records show Nadine Schiechty fined $15 plus costs for right of way violation on Route 2 in Athens. Robert Hartsoch assessed $10 and costs for left of center on an Athens road. Ernest Dewis Jr found innocent of aggravated menacing. Several bond forfeitures listed including Thomas Will, Dorsey Bus, and Richard Gilbert. Property transfers and parcels noted for multiple residents and towns including Yellow Springs, Athens, and Middleport.

Athens Nadine Schiechty Robert A. Hartsoch Ernest Dewis Jr Hoskins Gary Bond Suzanne Grote Springfield Thomas Easier Middleburg Htspeed Will McArther Dorsey Huntington Richard Gilbert Lyndhurst Larry W Hoffiman Amanda James EF Williams Columbus Lori L. Horn Jeff A Bergstrom Richard D Mace Homer Catherine J Schefferstein Franklin Pleasantville

Retired Amesville Clerk Honored With Bicentennial Award

Ellen Alyce Sayer retired Amesville postal clerk received the US Postal Service Bicentennial Award from Postmaster Ray L Chadwell. The citation notes Amesville’s pioneering Northwest Territory post office established in 1921, second in Athens County, with Sayer serving over 11 years and retiring in March 1976. She helped lead Bicentennial events as secretary of local heritage groups.

Amesville Ellen Alyce) Sayer US Postal Service Postal Service Bicentennial Nnd Ray L Chadwell Northwest Territory Ames Two Athens County Sayer Ames and Bern

Wells Producing Gas and Oil in Ohio Scout Report

In Hocking County two wells produced gas and oil while another failed. Paul A Grim drilled Green Two with 100000 cubic feet of gas daily and eight barrels of oil after fracturing in Ward Two. Elias M Poston reported a well on Se aL with 100000 cubic feet of gas and 17 barrels of oil. A Poston well on Briley and Bettie Johnson's land in Ward Two was plugged and abandoned. Jacksonville Old Settlers Senior Citizens Committee canceled Friday's meeting due to weather.

Logan Hocking County Ohio Oil and Gas Association Green Two Paul A. Grim Lowell Nutterland Ward Two Elias M Poston Seal Poston Heirs Poston Briley Bettie Johnson Jacksonville Old Settlers Senior Citizens Committee

Emergency Medical Runs Reported Across Towns

Emergency runs listed for Middleport Letart and New Haven locations. Nellie Hanson from Middleport Veterans reported difficulty breathing. Eva Mason traveled from Pleasant Valley to home. Etta Young from West Columbia to Pleasant Valley.

Middleport Nellie Hanson Middleport Veterans

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