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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1972
Page
12
Several obituaries from Nelsonville and nearby areas note the deaths of Carl Altier Sr 74 of 455 Jackson St and Stella Ainsley 83 of Nelsonville Route 1. The notices list survivors in multiple states and counties along with service details and burial plans. Other memorials cover Arthur R Marshall 66 of Coolville and Lydia Hudnall 60 of Athens with funeral arrangements and family connections.
Mrs. Ethel Clair Chevalier 86 of Reedsville died at home Tuesday evening when clothing caught fire from an electric stove. Found by her daughter Garnet Hensley she was pronounced dead on arrival by Racine Emergency Squad. coroner’s ruled death by suffocation shock and burns. Body taken to Spencer Funeral Home Belpre. Services to be announced.
Carolyn Lasko of Athens County begins a ten week therapy training program for speech therapy aides at Ohio University funded by the Appalachian Regional Commission and sponsored by the Ohio Department of Health. The course covers phonetics language development audiology and speech disorders under director William A. Nose.
The Women's Missionary Society of the New Haven Church of God gathered at Iva Capehart's home with Sarah Gibbs as co host. Faye Carpenter led the program about doors open to Christians. Betty Dolin conducted devotions and shared a poem. Faye Ball presented Penny A Day calendars as stewardship offerings. Nellie Dudding and Betty Dolin were named to the nominating committee. The Christ's Birthday offering totaled 163 dollars. Pansy Fry and Fay Ball will host next month.
Rodney C. Hysell, 24, of Pomeroy Route 2, was cited by the State Highway Patrol after a Route 7 collision two miles north of Gallipolis. He faces charges of drunken driving leaving the scene and failure to have an operators license after his car struck Wanda Burdette 37 of Gallipolis Route 2.
Ezra Bowen portrays the male coyote in The High Sierra as an unselfish attentive family man, challenging its predator reputation in Time Life Books American Wilderness volume.
Democrats announce a full page ad stating the party is broke and seeking funds to assure candidate choices in 1972. The plan includes a second appeal via phone bill inserts and tax incentives, targeting major cities with a $45,000 campaign to cover debt and fund the 1972 race.
Kenneth W. Duckett, archivist at Southern Illinois University, notes letters to Carrie Phillips from 1910 to 1920 would offend early readers but amuse modern ones. The papers, sealed until 2014, were tied to Harding's Senate career and marred by family injunctions before distribution through Francis Russell and the Library of Congress.
Santa Fe Railway will allocate about 63 million dollars in its 1972 capital plan. John S. Reed says the update includes 52 new 3600 HP diesel locomotives and 1 325 new freight cars plus 50 rebuilt locomotives and 568 rebuilt cars. An Episcopalian student Earl T Williams Jr from North Haven Connecticut was elected president of the Newman Club at American International College.
Point Pleasant officials accepted a comprehensive planning program by Carrol W. Hill and Associates of Columbus. The plan notes industrial park potential and a safe highway and street program, with approval to come from the city council. Attendees included Seldon Flemming, Mayor Jon Leighty, and planning officials.
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