Truck driver injured when truck struck by freight locomotive
James Butrick 34 of Southside West Virginia was driving a City Ice and Fuel Co truck on George's Creek Road when he drove onto tracks and was hit by a southbound Chessie System locomotive. The truck tumbled over an embankment, caught fire, and was hauled to Pleasant Valley Hospital. The engineer was Donald Weis. Butrick was cited for failure to yield the right of way. The track was demolished and the train sustained minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
W.va
City Ice and Fuel Co
Chessie System
State Highway Patrol
Gallia County
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Donald Weis
Logan
Butrick
Hospital notes list patients in several Ohio towns
The record names numerous inpatients from Athens Nelsonville Pomeroy McArthur and nearby communities. Notable entries include Mrs Beulah North Glouster Miss Melody Simms and Eliza Adams of Rutland amid a long list. one patient, Miss Eliza Adams, is recuperating from a fractured hip at Sharon View Nursing Home South Vienna Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melody Simms
Gene Dicken
Ronald Decker
Nelsonville
Beulah North, Glouster
Joseph Bernard
Corning
Eliza Adams
Rutland
Sharon View Nursing Home
South
Vienna
Ohio
Deaf awareness workshop at Ohio University
Ohio University Criminal Justice Program hosts a free Saturday workshop in Baker Center from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on police deaf communication. Presenter Janet Duvall directs Deaf Education Assistance Facility and teaches sign language to Columbus Police personnel. For details contact Harding or DAugustine. Robin Dishong makes fall dean’s list at Ohio State University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University Criminal Justice
Janet Duvall
Deaf Education Assistance Facility
Columbus
Baker Center
David O. Harding
Fran D'Augustine
Chubb Hall
Ohio University Language Lab Offers School Tours
The Ohio University Language Laboratory opens field trips to area public schools. Alexander High School's Spanish Club will tour the lab on Wednesday, with a film strip, demonstrations, and a career possibilities presentation in the foreign language area. Contact C P Richardson, language lab director, for arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University Language Laboratory
Southeast Ohio Weather Forecast January 20 1977
Southeast Ohio forecast notes variable cloudiness with a 40 percent chance of snow flurries tonight and Friday. Low around 12, high near 25. Extended outlook shows fair Saturday with possible snow Sunday and Monday, highs in the 20s to 30s and teens lows. Lake Erie winds northwest to west 20 to 30 knots with occasional snow and rough waves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Lake Shore
West Central Central
Lake Erie
Court News Hocking County Divorces And Violations
Linda Smith and Kenneth Smith divorce case listed alongside multiple defendants charged with passing bad checks and other offenses. Pamela Mack cited for selling liquor to underage person. several defendants fined for speeding reckless operation and disorderly conduct. Bond forfeitures include Earl Richman and Brenda Fry among others. Dean Rutter and Harold Collins noted for related charges.
Local arrests list for Portland Reedsville and Mason
Jess Browning 36 Portland charged with speeding and improper backing with $10 fine. William Barber 20 Reedsville cited for improper backing with $15. Edward Johnson 28 Mason cited for speeding with $25. George McHaffie Middleport charged with disturbing the peace and destruction of property with $50 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess Browning
Portland
William Barber
Reedsville
Edward Johnson
Mason
George McHaffie
Middleport
Area Firefighters Association Hosts Crescent City Derailment Slides
Athens County area firefighters invited to a 7:30 p m program hosted by Nelsonville at Crescent City Illinois derailment slides. New members welcome at local lodges and UMWA club events with speakers. Glouster council meets 7:30 p m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Area Firefighters Association
Nelsonville Fire Department
Crescent City
Ill
Amesville Lodge
F&am
Masonic T
Albany Lodge
Albany
Masonic Temple
UMWA
Karla Cominsky
Walnut Street
Glouster
Candy Kidd
Umwa Welfare and Retirement Office
Athens
Water Lines Cause Two Weekend Fires in Logan
Logan firemen were called to two incidents tied to freezing pipes. At 7:22 p.m. an electric welder thawing a neighbor’s frozen line grounded on the Wyskiver residence at 1099 Parkway Drive, producing burning electrical odor in the basement. Earlier, at 5:55 p.m., smoke at 775 Smead Road stemmed from smoldering insulation near a light bulb used to keep pipes from freezing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan — Logan
Don Wyskiver
Parkway Drive
Wyskiver
Robert White
Smead Road
Sheriff reports arrest of Ronnie Pickens
Pomeroy Meigs County Sheriff James Proffitt says Ronnie Pickens was arrested for probation violation and transported to Mansfield Reformatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
James Proffitt
Ronnie Pickens
Mansfield Reformatory
Meigs County Officials Review Health and Road Plans
Meigs County Commissioners met with Tom Lindstrom of Ohio Valley Health Services to review the annual report and fire safety for the jail. Ed Blake proposed fire marshal approval before work, while regional planners announced Pete Shields and Orion Roush as at large members through Dec 1979. Animal claims were paid for calves killed by dogs. Senate Bill 200 was discussed to fund the health department. Wesley Buehl advised on a five year road plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Tom Lindstrom
Ohio Valley Health Services
Meigs County
Ed Blake
C. E. Blakeslee
Regional Planning Commission
Pete Shields
Orion Roush
Rose Harris
Portland
Asa Hoskins
Gene Lyons
Health Department
Rich Jones
Wesley Buehl
Jones
Buehl
Rainbow Girls Installed at Athens Masonic Temple
Athens Assembly 91 Order of Rainbow Girls held installation ceremonies Monday at the Athens Masonic Temple. Installing officers were Laura Lavery Marcy Libman Becky Maccombs Brenda Channell Joyce Wickline and Debbie Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Assembly
Order of Rainbow Girls
Athens Masonic Temple
Laura Lavery
Marcy Libman
Becky Maccombs
Brenda Channell
Joyce Wickline
Debbie Harris
Beth Maccombs
Jenny Bitters
Trena Seiferth
Charity
Ginger Channell
Hope
Jani Kern
Faith
Bew
Tammy Ball
Debbie Brown
Pam McClean
Janie Bateman
Kim Henry
Lori Higgins
Diane Hughes
Confidential Observer
Luanne Tinkham
Outer Observer
Julie Rohr
Laura Fieler
Graves, Overmyer, Rider among area death notices
Multiple obituaries from Athens to Logan mark the deaths of Walter Roy Graves 81 in Logan formerly of Athens a McBee Co. driver. John C. Overmyer 1612 Washington Ave Parkersburg a longtime furniture dealer. Ora C. Rider 71 New Plymouth Route 1 an Eagle Construction retiree. Funeral services set across Hughes Burdette Heinlein-Brown James N Blower and Johnson homes with calling hours and burial details.
Mrs Phyllis V Holland dies after extended illness in O B Memorial Hospital
Mrs Phyllis V Pickett Holland 47 of Carbondale died Wednesday afternoon in O Bleness Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. She is survived by her mother Thelma Pickett, husband James, a daughter Den in Athens, a son James Jr. in Carbondale, siblings, grandchildren Jeff Jeremy and Amy, and other relatives. Services are Sunday at 1 p.m. at Connett Church with Rev Harry Dickerson officiating. burial in New Marshfield Cemetery. visitation at Johnson Funeral Home after 7 p.m.
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Athens
Walter Roy
Gravey) Graves
Logan
Meigs County
Oscar and
Myrta Townsend Graves
McBee Co
Frank
Firman Graves
Lawton Vorhees
Blanche Graves
Norman
Hildreth) Ervin
Pearl
Mary Jane) Ash
Michael Graves
Lawrence W
Gary A
Harry
Mary Elizabeth) Bennett
Hillsboro
Hughes Funeral Home
Waldemar Haupt
Wells Cemetery
Parkersburg
W. Va
John C. Overmyer
Washington Ave
Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital
Junction City
Ohio
C.A
Viola Miller Overmyer
Ohio University
St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church
Knights of Columbus
Bpoe Lodge
St. Margaret Mary Church
Joseph O'Reilly
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Burdette Funeral Home
Market St
Funeral
Carl E. Williams
E. Front St
Doctors Hospital North
Columbus
Hocking County
Ruby Leasure Ousley, McArthur
Floyd Williams
Bobby Joe
Nelsonville
Paul
Virginia
Lloyd
Heinlein-Brown
Don MacNeil
New Fairview Memorial Gardens
Eagles
Rider
L. James Carter
New Plymouth
Mount St. Mary Hospital
John H
Dora M. Glandon Carter
Starr United Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge
Zaleski
Royal Arch Masons
McArthur
Beulah
Larry
Stephen M
Kenneth
Rockbridge
Joseph
Grove City
Herman
Margorie) Kennard
Larry Eugene Carter
James Mathias
Asbury Cemetery
Buchtel
A. T
Nug) DeLong
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
Athens County
Francis and
Charlotte Bartlett DeLong
Virginia Ashbaugh DeLong
Joe
Madelyn) Wagner
Wilma Jean Meek
Delbert
John
Millard
Pat
Dayton
Walter
Alma) Staley
Chauncey
Edna Hughes
Pierce
Pete
Johnson Funeral Home
Ivan Pullin
Greenlawn Memory Gardens
Carbondale
Phyllis V. Holland
Thelma Tolliver Pickett
Asa Pickett Sr
James
den of
James Jr
Asa Pickett Jr
Oral Ronald Pickett
James W. Pickett
Connett Church
Harry Dickerson
New Marshfield Cemetery
Jaycee Week Proclaimed by Wellston Mayor
Mayor Larry Walburn proclaims Jaycee Week in Wellston to honor the Wellston Area Jaycees for their work in community betterment and individual development. The piece notes the Jaycees origin in 1915 by Henry Giessenbier in St. Louis, U S Junior Chamber forming in 1920, and the Wellston group joining in 1975 with the national name change to U S Jaycees in 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellston
Larry Walburn
Wellston Area
Jaycees
Henry Giessenbier
St. Louis
Livestock prices at Ohio Valley sale in Gallipolis
At Saturday auction the Ohio Valley Livestock Co in Gallipolis listed prices across categories including stocker steers 21 to 34.50, stocker heifers 20.25 to 29.75, canner and cutter cows 21 to 26.50, Holsteins 24 to 28.50, commercial bulls 24.75 to 31.50, veals 62 to 82, culls 55 down, sows 28 to 33, stock cows by head 125 to 240, stock cows and calves 135 to 255, stock bulls 140 to 210, baby calves 44 to 54, and pigs 52.50 to 7.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Valley Livestock Co
Gallipolis
State Rep Don Maddux Named to Two Committees
Lancaster Democrat Don S. Maddux, in his ninth year in the House, is named to the Education Committee and the Health and Retirement Committees in the 112th General Assembly. He represents the 90th district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maddux
Don S. Maddux
Lancaster
General Assembly
House
Don’t Walk On the River in Pomeroy Area
Meigs County Sheriff James Proffitt warns residents in the Pomeroy Bend area to stay off the Ohio River ice. He notes thin ice sections near shore and says anyone who falls in would likely reach the Gallipolis dam, despite some boats crossing and thinning ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Bend
Ohio River
Meigs County
James Proffitt
Gallipolis
Workshop Delayed at Senior Citizens Building
The health workshop scheduled for Friday at the Senior Citizens building has been postponed until February 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Senior Citizens
Gunman Holds Up Carryout in Nelsonville
A white male robber entered the Harper and Fourth Streets carryout around 8:40 p.m. pointed a revolver at clerk Mrs. Carl Altier and escaped with about $200 in a 1964 or 1965 Dodge Plymouth. Police report the store owned by Mr and Mrs Altier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Harper and Fourth Streets
Richard Morgan
Carl Altier
Emergency Runs Reported Across Several Towns
Emergency runs listed for Athens Mason and Pomeroy. At 8:04 p.m. a patient was taken from Carriage Hill to O'Bleness. At 5:57 p.m. Hooper Street involved Mason squad transporting Mrs Kenneth Stanley to Gallipolis Medical Plaza. At 1:09 p.m. Emmett Blackburn of Pomeroy was sent to Veterans Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carriage Hill
O’bleness
Hooper Street
Mason Squad
Kenneth Stanley, Mason
Gallipolis Medical Plaza
Emmett Blackburn
Pomeroy
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
O’ Bleness
Michael Worley
Charles Hamlin
Bobby Jo Forester
New Straitsville
Norman Hickey
David Reed
Curtis Kineer
Edna Keish
Robert Stephenson
New Marshfield
Charles Patterson
the Plains
Kenneth Perry
Clyde Sidders
Michael Wogan
Mary Spears
Cheryl Kurt Decker
Martha McCune
William Russell
Earl Williams
Barb Balch
Nettie Pyatt
Mount St. Mary
Winiford Stowers
Floyd Allbaugh
Judy Lonberger
Sheila Bragg
Charles McDonald
Gregory Warren
Robert Bledsoe
Richard Reany
Lela Robinson
Wilma Riggs
Racine
Goldie Hawk
George Smith
Teresa Longenette
Walter Baker
Coolville
Charles Boyles
Vivian Johnson
Gertrude Woods
David Donohoe
Pleasant Valley
Samuel Bennett
David Wilson
Robert Vickers
Audrey Swett
Claude Reitmire
John Fowler
Erwin Lisle
Denner Roush
Ronnie Blazer
Robert Hall
Jude Nowlin
Betty Walters
Leonard Cornell
Hocking Valley
Harold Miller
Carol Bardain
Austin Lilley
Valentine Hatfield
Joyce Dickson
Mrs
Carrie Elsewhere
Robin Dishong
Robert Dishong
Amesville
Ohio State University
Florrves
AP Wirephoto
Ohio University Geography Department
C. L. Colmer
Messenger
Bob Wilson Jree
Eens
Court News
Hocking County Common Pleas
Linda Smith
Kenneth Leroy Smith
Hocking Probate
Barry Dean Meadows
Florence Ave
Lee Ann Mojzer
Waterloo
Belgium
Carl Eugene Williams
Nona Gail Brooks
Haydenville
Hocking County Hearing
Carrie Spence
Hocking Ave
Pamela E. Mack
Union Furnace
Michael R. Gunderson
Brian D. Post
Lakewood
John Roush
Brookover
Robert Smith
Earl Richman
Point Pleasant
Brenda Fry
Disturbing Peace
Kenneth Gilkey
New Haven
Dean Rutter
Harold Collins
Meigs
Walter Graves
John Overmyer
Carl Williams
Vinton County
James Carter
A. T. DeLong
George Schuler
Danville
Melvina Eblin Schuler
Charles
Jospeh
Storys Run Road
Rawlings-Coats
Robert Bumgarner
Gravel Hill
Phyllis Holland
Athens Fire Squad
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