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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1966
Page
11
Condensed obituary notices from Coolville to Letart Falls, listing D P Hughes and numerous local residents. Includes condemnation case for Belleville Locks and Dam project with tract descriptions and court deadlines. Public notices reference Athens and Washington Counties with multiple land tracts, dates, and parties.
Hallie Merrill executrix files petition in Common Pleas Court Athens County for reformation of deeds to quiet title to coal and mineral rights in two parcels in Verity and John Coal Mining additions. Defendants unnamed or out of state must answer by March 7, 1966.
Funeral services for Elmer L. Hokanson 72 of Point Pleasant are listed for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Chapman Wilcoxen Funeral Home following his death Sunday night at Holzer Hospital. Born in Chicago October 25 1893 he was the son of the late Gustav and Amanda Eckstrom Hokanson. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Floyd J. Townsend 53, formerly of the Albany area, died Saturday night in Doylestown. Survived by wife Louise Jordan Townsend, daughter Judy Bell, and three grandchildren. Services at Monbaron Funeral Home Doylestown near Akron at 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Mrs. Luemma Susan Blagg aged 100 widow of Benjamin H. Blagg died Sunday at her Point Pleasant home. Born October 8 1865 in Upshur County West Virginia she was daughter of the late Joseph Crawford and Lydia Euckle Crawford. Survived by two sons Okey C. Blagg Point Pleasant and Donald O. Blagg St Albans two daughters Belva Smith Point Pleasant and Eula Scholl Cincinnati and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Services 10 am Tuesday Mohr Stevens Funeral Home burial Lone Oak Cemetery. The funeral home after 4 pm Monday.
Logan Ohio three men were bound to the Hocking County grand jury on breaking and entering charges Bond set at 300 by Judge Vaughn Collins Russell Swackhammer 21 Logan Route 2 arraigned Saturday Lloyd Hartshorn and Gary Lowery bound to the grand jury Monday The men are tied to a burglary ring active in cabins at Hocking State Park Sheriff Paul Hartman has led the case
Real estate transfer records show Martha L Mayle to Ohio Bell Telephone Co in Bern Township. The Plains Methodist Church trustees acquire a lot from Herbert B and Dorothy Wilson. Elizabeth G and Mary A Anderson transfer a tract to Myrtle E Bennet in Athens Township. Lenna Bradbury sells two Athens Township lots to Fred A Marks. Frances Binderbasin transfers two Athens Township tracts to Charles L Baker. Sebring Building Center Inc transfers a lot in Athens to Joseph E and Billie Jo Essman.
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